Cold, wet and windy conditions saw small fields contest the April Club Day meeting of the Ballarat Go Kart Club for 2009. 25 drivers contested 8 classes of racing
Good fields in Clubman Heavy and Senior National Pro saw some exciting racing in both dry and wet conditions.
Results as follows......
Senior National Pro
1st Nick Davenport
2nd Callum Boyce
3rd Josh Dunstone
4th Drue Masterson
5th John Page
6th Michael Masterson
Junior National Light
1st Patrick Loiacono
2nd Sam Mennen
Junior National Pro
Junior National Pro
1st Ash Quiddington
Clubman Heavy
1st Kevin O'Donohue
2nd Joel Crump
3rd Mick Angwin
4th Paul Feely
5th Jamie Attwood
6th Craig Widgery
7th Rodney Westbrook
8th Trevor Attwood
Midgets
1st Jaidyn Lloyd
Rookies
1st Mitch Quiddington
2nd Jayden Boak
ROTAX Light
1st Jake Marshall
2nd John Manganelli
ROTAX Heavy
1st Andrew Stasse
2nd Callum Clissold
3rd Andrew Marshall
Smaller fields were the order of the day as 30 entrants contested 7 classes of racing at the March Club Day meeting of the Ballarat Go Kart Club for 2009. Perhaps the Grand Prix kept the punters at home or at Albert Park!
At Haddon, warm conditions were the order of the day. Results as follows......
Senior National Pro
1st Josh Dunstone
2nd Nick Davenport
3rd Ian Smith
4th Callum Boyce
5th Drue Masterson
6th Michael Masterson
7th John Page
8th Dave Prescott
Junior National Light
1st Sam Mennan
2nd Lyam Prescott
3rd Kyle Bourke
Junior National Pro
1st Ash Quiddington
2nd Patrick Loiacono
3rd Damon Hamilton
Clubman Light
1st Rob McMaster
2nd Ash Findlay
Clubman Heavy
1st Neville Crump
2nd Jamie Attwood
3rd Craig Widgery
Midgets
1st Jarrod Dwyer
2nd Jaidyn Lloyd
3rd Todd McMaster
Rookies
1st Dylan Harrison
2nd Danial Doria
3rd Mitch Quiddington
4th Tyler Harrison
5th Michael Seferis
6th Mitch Madden
Rotax Heavy
1st Peter Renga
2nd Andrew Stasse
Encouragement Award for the day went to Rookie driver Tyler HArrison
57 entrants contested 9 classes of racing at the monthly Club Day meeting of the Ballarat Go Kart Club. Warm and humid conditions were the order of the day. Numbers were boosted by visitors from clubs across Victoria who were taking the opportunity to get some valuable practice in ahead of the final round of the 2008 Country Series, and the VIC Closed Titles; both big meetings scheduled for the Ballarat track in late November/early October. With this being the final round of racing to decide the club champions for the year some great racing was on display. Results as follows......
Senior National Pro
1st Andrew Smith
2nd Ben Beasley
3rd Josh Dunstone
4th John Page
5th Michael Masterson
6th Callum Boyce
7th Jamie Attwood
Entertainment was again the order of the day from the Senior National Pro class. Little seperated the front-runners in both heats and the final. Andrew Smith seems to have sorted out the new Arrow frame with hard fought victories in both heats and the final, closley followed home by Ben Beasley who had borrowed Ash Quiddington's cart for the day to run in the national class. Josh Dunstone was again in the mix with a third place on the day reward for consistency.
Junior National Heavy
1st Ash Quiddington
2nd Nick Davenport
3rd Hayden Dodman
A small field contested the Junior National Heavy class providing some of the closest racing of the day. Ash Quiddington returned to the top of the podium ahead of Nick Davenport who chased hard all day. Visitor Hayden Dodman was right in the mix as well, gaining some valuable track time ahead of the open meetings in November and December. Clean and close racing kept the crowd on its toes.
Junior National Light
1st Zac Jones
2nd Christian Harris
3rd Tyler Carter
4th Steven Doria
5th Kyle Bourke
6th Patrick Loiacono
7th Sean Creek
Some great racing kept the crowd entertained as visitors Zac Jones and Christian Harris battled it out in the Junior National LIght class. After a win each in the heats, the final delivered a great contest where the lead swapped regularly before Zac Jones prevailed to seal the victory on the day. Tyler Carter continued his good form to finish third on the day, with Steve Doria and the improving Kyle Bourke chasing hard.
Clubman Light
1st Ben Beasley
2nd Chris Dodman
3rd Paul Stack
4th Drew Masterson
5th Ash Findlay
6th Robert McMaster
Ben Beasley continued on his way with another victory in the Clubman Light class in a tight battle with visitor Chris Dodman. Paul Stack battled gamely to take third on the day, with the rest of the field struggling to match the pace set by the front runners.
Clubman Heavy
1st Brad DeCarli
2nd John Owen
3rd Leon Forest
4th Neville Crump
5th Michael Ryrie
6th Mark Cottrell
7th Paul Feely
8th Michael Cunningham
9th Jason Harrison
10th Kevin O'Donohue
11th Michael Seerarly
The Clubman Heavy boys were out in force with a number of visitors in the field. Brad DeCarli once again topped the podium with an all the way win once more. With 8 racers recording DNFs in heat 2, staying on the track was the key to podium finishes on the day, and John Owen came through for 2nd place. Leon Forest edged Neville Crump for 3rd place on the day on a countback.
Clubman Super Heavy
1st Trevor Attwood
2nd Dean Marshall
3rd Stephen Macdonald
4th Bob Graham
5th Derek Toering
Clubman Super Heavy drivers enjoyed the opportunity to run as a seperate class, with Trevor Attwood on top of the podium for the first time with fine performances across the heats and final. Dean Marshall boys drove consistently to take 2nd place overall, ahead of Steve Macdonald. Steve provided one of the more exciting moments of the day when he managed to stand his cart on its nose, putting it through a spin in midair before bringing it back down on all four wheels; all in slow motion! President Bob worked hard in the heats before leaving it to the young blokes to fight out the final.
Midgets
1st Blake Graham
2nd Jarrod Dwyer
3rd Tyler Harrison
4th Micheal Seferis
5th Max Kranjc
6th Todd McMaster
7th Aaron Cunningham
8th Jaidyn Lloyd
Once again we saw some great individual tussles were the feature of the Midgets class. At the front of the field there was some excellent racing between Blake Graham and Jarrod Dwyer while close behind them was another great battle between Tyler Harrison and Micheal Seferis. Blake Graham secured victory on the day just shading Jarrod Dwyer, with Tyler Harrison edging past Micheal to take third place on the day.
Rookies
1st Dylan Harrison
2nd Mitch Quiddington
3rd Jayden Boak
4th Bryce Carter
5th Danial Doria
6th Sam Mennen
Dylan Harrison and Mitch Quiddington had a great battle at the front of the Rookies field before Dylan prevailed on the day. Some close racing with the lead swapping regularly was the order of the day. Jayden Boak continued his improvement for a great podium finish in third after seeing off challenges from Bryce Carter and Daniel Doria.
TAG PRO
1st Neville Crump
2nd Peter Renga
3rd Robert Cole
4th Andrew Stasse
Neville Crump was an all-the-way winner in the TAG PRO class for the day, taking wins in both heats and the final. Pete Renga kept the crowd entertained with his hard-charging driving while trying to eat into Neville's lead, while the consistent Robert Cole took another podium finish with a close thrid on the day.
Encouragement Award for the day went to Midget driver Aaron Cunningham. After struggling with the wet conditions last time out Aaron showed great improvement to record his fastest times to date at the track.
The next meeting is the final round of the 2008 Victorian Country Series, scheduled for the weekend of November 22nd/23rd at the Haddon Park Raceway at Haddon. Spectator entry is free, and all are welcome.
For more info visit www.ballaratkartclub.com
42 entrants contested 9 classes of racing at the first monthly Club Day meeting of the Ballarat Go Kart Club for 2009. Warm conditions were the order of the day. Results as follows......
Senior National Pro
1st Josh Dunstone
2nd Callum Boyce
3rd Nick Davenport
4th Dave Prescott
5th John Page
6th Michael Masterson
Junior National Pro
1st Patrick Loiacono
2nd Steven Doria
3rd Ash Quiddington
4th Kyle Bourke
5th Lyam Prescott
6th Sam Mennen
Clubman Light
1st Drew Masterson
2nd Rob McMaster
Clubman Heavy
1st Paul Feely
2nd Jamie Attwood
3rd Joel Crump
4th Jason Harrison
5th Mark Cottrell
6th Craig Widgery
Clubman Super Heavy
1st Mick Angwin
2nd Dean Marshall
Midgets
1st Jarrod Dwyer
2nd Todd McMaster
Rookies
1st Will Hawkes
2nd Dylan Harrison
3rd Jayden Boak
4th Tyler Harrison
5th Danial Doria
6th Micheal Seferis
TAG Light
1st Jake Marshall
2nd John Manganelli
3rd Danial Riordan
4th Michael Seery
TAG Heavy
1st Neville Crump
2nd Andrew Marshall
3rd Peter Renga
4th Craig Widgery
5th Brendan Earl
6th Andrew Stasse
7th Josh Willett
8th Callum Clissold
Encouragement Award for the day went to CLubman Heavy driver Jamie Attwood.
Warm and sunny weather saw drivers return to the track in numbers, with 42 entrants contesting 8 classes of racing at the monthly Club Day meeting of the Ballarat Go Kart Club. The conditions brought out the best in drivers, with closely contested racing in most classes. Highlight of the day was the Senior National Pro class where little seperated the field in both the heats and final. Results as follows......
Senior National Pro
1st Callum Boyce
2nd Josh Dunstone
3rd John Page
4th Michael Masterson
5th Jamie Attwood
6th Ian Smith
7th Andrew Smith
In the closest racing of the day the Senior National Pro class featured nose-to-tail action in both heats and the final. Little seperated the front runners with constant changes of position across all three races. After a close 3rd in the first heat, some inspiring driving from Callum Boyce saw him lead the field home in heat 2 and the final to take the class win for the day. Closely following was Josh Dunstonewho drove consistently all day with three second places. John Page showed good form on the day for a well-earned 3rd ahead of the fast finishing Micheal Masterson who showed great pace in the final. An unlucky Andrew Smith struck mechanical problems in heat 2 and the final after a great drive to win the first heat.
Junior National Pro
1st Nick Devenport
2nd Ash Quiddington
3rd Steven Doria
4th Patrick Loiacono
5th Tyler Carter
Nick Davenport took the honours in Junior National Pro ending Ash Quiddington's recent dominance in the class. After chasing Ash home in the first heat Nick showed great determination to turn the tables in heat 2 and set up a Final showdown. Clean and close racing resulted before Nick edged ahead in the latter stages to record a well earned class win on the day. Steven Doria again performed consistently to bring home third place for the day.
Clubman Light
1st Ben Beasley
2nd Paul Stack
3rd Ash Findlay
4th Robert McMaster
5th Drew Masterson
Ben Beasley continued his recent good form with another victory in the Clubman Light class. After establishing his dominance early in the first heat he was rarely challenged for the rest of the day. Behind Ben there was an entertaining contest between Paul Stack and Ash Findlay with both drivers pushing themselves to the limit to press their claims. Paul was able to hold out Ash in the first two heats to take second place on the day, before Ash found his way past in the final to secure third place for the day.
Clubman Heavy
1st Brad DeCarli
2nd Jason Harrison
3rd Kevin O'Donohue
4th Michael Agwin
5th John Manganelli
6th Stephen MacDonald
7th Trevor Attwood
8th Trevor Brain
A strong field in Clubman Heavy saw Brad DeCarli once again on top of the podium. It seems there is no stopping his recent run with an all the way win once more. Jason Harrison led the chasing pack with some desperate driving to secure second place on the day ahead of the ever reliable Kevin O'Donohue. Mick Angwin kept the field honest with aclose fought 4th on the day.
Rotax Heavy
1st Andrew Marshall
2nd Andrew Stasse
3rd Craig Widgery
Andrew Marshall had an all the way win in Rotax Heavy recording victories in both heats and the final. After a competitive first heat, the stage was set for more action in the second heat. Andrew Stasse and Craig Widgery were chasing hard before a collision saw Craig out of action for the rest of the day.
Midgets
1st Blake Graham
2nd Jarrod Dwyer
3rd Tyler Harrison
4th Micheal Seferis
5th Todd McMaster
Some great individual tussles were the feature of the Midgets class. At various times during the day there was some excellent racing between Blake Graham and Jarrod Dwyer, Tyler Harrison and Micheal Seferis, and Jarrod Dwyer and Micheal Seferis. At the end of it, Blake Graham secured victory on the day with wins in both heats and the final. The final was highlighted by the battle at the front of the field between Blake and Jarrod, with the lead swapping regularly before Blake prevailed. Another great battle was taking place behind them between Tyler Harrison and Micheal Seferis, withTyler edging past Micheal on the final lap to take third place on the day.
Rookies
1st Danial Doria
2nd Dylan Harrison
3rd Jayden Boak
4th Bryce Carter
Danial Doria and Dylan Harrison had a great battle at the front of the Rookies field. With a win each in the 2 heats, some close racing was anticipated for the final. And so it proved for the first couple of laps before Danial established his dominance to record the victory and take first place on the day ahead of Dylan. Jayden Boak drove consistently for third place on the day, while Bryce Carter showed great improvement across the course of the day with a great drive to take third place in the final.
TAG 125
1st Andrew Smith
2nd Jake Marshall
3rd Robert Cole
4th Richard Blackwell
5th Craig Widgery
It was a battle of the youg guns as Andrew Smith and Jake Marshall went head-to-head in the TAG 125 class. With Craig Widgery out of action after taking first place in heat 1, Andrew and Jake stepped up with some close racing before Andrew prevailed with the victory on the day. The consistent Robert Cole fought on well to take third place.
Encouragement award for the day went to Rookie driver Bryce Carter.
The next Monthly Club Day meeting is scheduled for Sunday October 26th at the Haddon Park Raceway at Haddon. Spectator entry is free, and all are welcome.
For more info visit www.ballaratkartclub.com
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