Fulbeck TKM ABkC Round 2: 24.4.05

NEWSLETTER

Matthew Bell continued his winning ways in Intermediate, emulating his ICA namesake. Pile-ups punctuated the opening laps of both Junior TKM and Extreme, Jake Packun and Jesse Smart missing the spinners in front of them in the former, Shaun Carter and Scott Malvern clear in Extreme. Paul Granger took a maiden Super One win in senior 4-stroke, whilst Kieran Vernon took the junior category.

Tal-Ko ABkC Formula Jnr. TKM

Heat winners: James Tucker, Sam Snell, Jake Ball.

A Final: Jordan Williams spun entering the chicane, possibly helped from behind. Danny Fiske and another five karts were strewn about the track. Jake Packun and Jesse Smart escaped the carnage, trading the lead until Tucker caught up from grid 17, having displaced Will Waterman. Winner Packun defended strongly over the last couple of laps.

Results: Packun, Smart, Tucker, Waterman, Elliot Burton.

Tal-Ko ABkC Formula TKM Extreme

Heat winners: Paul Janes, James Duxbury x 2, Richard Bond, Adam Rodgers.

B Final: Ryan Cole, Luke Caudle, Rossi, William Reed.

A Final: A 14 kart first corner pile-up scuppered the chances of half the field, the front row of Scott Malvern and Shaun Carter escaping. Adam Constable was left trapped behind the ailing Sam Wilson. His first try at Wilson was rebuffed, letting Michael Collins ahead. But eventually he was through and chasing Malvern, whilst Carter won. Cole set fastest lap charging through to fourth after qualifying from the B.

Results: Carter, Malvern, Constable, Cole, Andrew Wilkinson.

Tal-Ko ABkC Formula TKM Intermediate

Heat winners: Matthew Bell x 2, Martyn Lyell.

A Final: Bell put his head down on the opening laps to create a gap. Ayrton Pankiw broke clear of a battle with Lyell for second, although all the excitement was for fourth, Zak Roseman finally in charge of that battle.

Results: Bell, Pankiw, Lyell, Roseman, Tom Brown.

Tal-Ko Formula TKM 4-stroke

Heat winners: Carl Willoughby, Wesley Dowling, Paul Granger.

A Final: Paul Granger pulled out a good gap, leading Simon Mills from the outset. The kart started to go off towards the end, but Granger had everything under control. Willoughby lucked in to fourth from a grid 13 start, missing the incident between Sam Dimelow and Chris Needham. But he fought a fierce battle with Chris Lipscomb to keep the place.

Results: Granger, Mills, Willoughby, Chris Lipscomb, Matthew Pritchard.

Tal-Ko Formula Junior TKM 4-stroke

Heat winners: Carly Latcham, Rhys Jenkins x 2.

A Final: Kieran Vernon led all the way except for a brief period when Emyr Honeybun was ahead. Carly Latcham was outmanoeuvred at the start, but regained her second place after a fight with Honeybun.

Results: Vernon, Latcham, Honeybun, Michael Cox, Jenkins.

Fulbeck Fulminations

Scrutineers were checking the maximum height of bodywork. The current rule is simple, the old style sidepods and nose fairing should be no more than 40mm from the ground with the driver in the kart. The new 08 CIK sidepods are allowed 60mm. A new type nose on an old non-homologated front bumper is still 40mm, but 60 if on a CIK front hoop. Next year it will be 60mm maximum for all types.

Junior TKM joint points leader Jesse Smart was able to race to second place after having laser treatment to his collar bone, broken at Three Sisters.

Dafydd Iles protested Emyr Honeybun’s driving in the Junior 4-stroke final, resulting in Honeybun getting a reprimand and two points on his licence. Being successful, Iles, who dropped from second to eleventh in the incident, received back his protest fee.

The next TKM round is at Lydd on 22nd May.

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