August 2011 Round 6 FEKC Club Championship

August 2011 Round 6 FEKC Club Championship

 

Another bumper grid of drivers graced the Hampshire circuit for August’s Summer meeting, although the rain ignored the summer to put many grids onto wet tyres for their races on what should have been a sun filled day!

 

Comers were the first grid out, Thanassi Barnicoat sat on pole, Ollie Ellis-Richardson alongside, Max Bird and Harry Mailer filled the second row. Barnicoat early on looked to have the edge on the following pack that had Bird, Piers Copeland and Matteo Zanetti all trying to push for the lead place. Last lap Bird glued to Barnicoats bumper seized his chance going into Midgetts, and came into Climate ahead, last corner Tollys, Barnicoat pulled inside and twenty yards run to the line saw the computer separate the two with Bird winning by 1/1000^th of a second! Copeland too the final podium step by half  a kart length from Matteo Zanetti.

 

The Honda race was frantic with a train of drivers jostling for the lead throughout from poleman Kieran Jewiss. Jewiss managed the race perfectly holding off Fletcher Trueman, Yukinori Ishii and Sam Pooley. The four youngsters produced a thrilling race with the top step being impossible to call from the spectators, at the finish line Jewiss had pulled two lengths lead three corners from the chequered flag from Trueman, Ishii and Pooley.

 

Rotax took to the track with the CRG shod Craig Mooney on pole take fastest lap with an unchallenged lights to flag victory to secure a commanding win from Jonny Drabble who moved from row two to take second with a move mid race to displace Michael Cheek down to third. Scott Smart secured fourth place in his final race before heading off to Afghanistan for a year, good luck Scott!!

 

Rob Sedden sat on pole for Junior TKM , Tom Hackett alongside, row two Harry Kennedy and Matt Edon.  Hackett took his chance in the latter stages of the race and was to move 5 kart lengths away from Sedden to take the win from Sedden and Kennedy with Edon holding off Adam Worley.

 

In 177 it was nearly a year to the day that young John Fleming died in Germany on a motorsport trip to the Nurburgring and was the club’s second running of the Fleming Memorial in his class to honour the popular young man! Last year’s winner Dan Bushell had come back for this race and was to retain the Fleming trophy with one point separating him from Rotax Master and trophy sponsor Kieron Woolgar. Bushell was to win by less than a second from Steve Pratt who in turn managed to keep Jamie Drabble behind by less than two kart lengths, Tom Clarke took fourth 177 across the line. Masters Joe Holloway, starting 12th was to match Bushell’s pace and came past Woolgar on lap 6 that was ultimately to hand Bushell the Fleming trophy from Woolgar’s grip, Mark Argent was there to take the final step with Rob Prince in fourth.

 

In Junior Rotax poleman David Wright looked to have the race under control from Elliot Hall until a red flag incident rendered a complete restart, this time there was nothing anyone could do to stop Hall coming through the field taking Josh Lomas on lap four and moving past Wright two laps later to take  a fine win with Wright second, Lomas third and Matt Ward fourth.

 

A combined gearbox grid saw the 250 of Kenton Ashforth disappear into the distance to take first place from Rob Randall and the 125 of James Berio taking third place on track.

 

 Comer Cadet              1^st  Max Bird, Zip

                                   2^nd  Thanassi Barnicoat, Shark

                                   3^rd  Piers Copeland, Zip

                                   4^th Matteo Zanetti, BRM

 

 

1^st Novice                  Dominic Cousins, BRM

 

Honda Cadet            1^st Kieran Jewiss,

                                 2^nd Fletcher Trueman, Project 1

                                 3^rd Yukinori Ishii, Project 1

                                 4^th Samuel Pooley, Project 1

 

Minimax                   1^st  Jordan Gilbertson, CRG

                                2^nd  Jack Constable, Tony

                                3^rd  Lewis Bowles, Storm

                                4^th  Myles Potter, Alonso

 

Junior Max               1^st  Elliot Hall, Gillard

                                2^nd David Wright, Gillard

                                3^rd Josh Lomas, Gillard

                                4^th Matt Ward, Gillard

 

Junior TKM               1^st  Tom Hackett, Intrepid

                                2^nd  Robin Sedden, Gillard

                                3^rd  Harry Kennedy, Alonso

 

 

Rotax Max                 1^st  Craig Mooney, CRG

                                 2^nd Jonny Drabble, Gillard  

                                 3^rd  Michael Cheek, DR

                                 4^th  Scott Smart, Gillard

                                 5^th  Jake Sturt, Alonso

 

Senior TKM               1^st Sam Grogan, Tony

                                 2^nd Jamie Hadley, Alonso

 

Senior Blue               1^st  Chris Derrick, Tony

                                 2^nd Robin Stoddart Stone, Mac

 

Junior Blue                1^st Sam Dible, Alonso

                                  2^nd Ben Pearson, Tony

 

250 Gearbox             1^st  Kenton Ashforth, Jade

                                  2^nd Rob Randall, Jade

 

 

125 Gearbox             1^st James Berio, Birel

                                  2^nd Simon Berio, Birel

 

Rotax 177                 1^st Dan Bushell, Tony

                                  2^nd Steve Pratt, Gillard

                                  3^rd Jamie Drabble, Gillard

                                  4^th Tom Clarke, Kosmic

 

177 Masters              1^st  Joe Holloway, Intrepid

                                  2^nd  Kieron Woolgar, X30

                                 3^rd  Mark Argent, Tony

                                 4^th Rob Prince, Gillard

 

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