Another bumper entry saw more than 220 competitors at Kimbolton for the final round of Hunts Kart Racing Club’s 2007 Winter Championships. After the events of last month, the Clerk of the Course had the Extreme drivers watch the Cadet race, to see how it should be done!

Cadet: Brett Wykes made a break from the pack and driving a controlled race, led to the flag. Jake Dennis followed in second, pursued by Jacob Stilp. Stilp moved up a place at half distance, but Dennis took the place back on the next lap with Alexander Albon following Dennis through for third. Harry Webb was first novice.

Junior TKM/TKM Intermediate: Junior TKM and Intermediates raced in split grids. In Juniors, Gary Henderson-Kierle was the second lights-to-flag winner of the day, although Joe Porter pressed him all the way. Ben Barker fought his way through to third by lap four, but was unable to progress further. Will Van Es won the novice award. Intermediates was dominated by James Blake who grabbed the lead at the start and went on to win by some distance. Thomas Kolasky was looking good for second until he came to a stop on lap six. Jack Kemp inherited the place with Alistair Clarke moving up to third.

Rotax Mini Max: Ben Palmer got the better of Lewis Hall at the start and led to the flag, whilst Hall dropped out of the reckoning. Callum Bowyer slotted into second, just failing to grab the win off Palmer on the run to the line. Max Robinson made gradual progress taking third from Luke Gardiner on the penultimate lap. James Abbott was first novice.

JICA/Rotax Junior Rotax: In JICA, Max Goff was straight into the lead, pulling away from pole man Sam Jenkins for an easy win. Alistair Walker advanced to third at the start, but dropped out, handing the place to Ross Jenkins. Junior Rotax pole sitter Jack Goff led David Pittard, but Daniel Lloyd from grid six was flying. Soon into second, he gradually reeled in the leader, passing Goff on lap eight. Jessica Newson took the novice award.

Rotax Senior 177: Martin Reader made no mistake on his way to a lights-to-flag win. Chris Emerson took over second spot from Lee Torrie, but was unable to do anything about the runaway leader.
TKM Extreme: At the start, Daniel Graham took the lead in a determined move to pass Ryan Cole, and stayed there to the end. Luke Caudle was soon into his stride from grid ten and by lap four was up to third. In a frantic finish, Caudle crossed the line ahead of Cole, but was handed a one-place penalty, giving Cole second in the final results.

Rotax Senior Max: Kyle Chesterman’s lead was short lived, muscled out of the lead as they rounded Stow for the first time. Marc Dawson led Jamie White and Karl Haxton with Steven Johnson moving up from twelfth. Haxton and Johnson passed White on lap four, with Johnson taking second two laps from the end. Ellis Slater won the novice award.

250: Ron Stamp got the better start, but Ashley Mack was soon past him to take over at the front. Martin Jones picked up the pace as he came from the back of the grid up to second in just four laps, but moments later he had to retire. Stamp reclaimed second with Martin Goodliffe a distant third.

125 ICC: Tom Hibbert led James Mudd, Frank Wrathall and pole man Nik Goodfellow. Wrathall was looking determined and passed Mudd and Hibbert on successive laps. Once ahead, he gained a respectable lead. Mudd’s kart came on in the latter half of the race and he passed Hibbert for second with one lap remaining, setting a new class lap record in the process. Chris Thexton won the novice award.

Hunts Kart Racing Club 2007 Winter Championships Round 3

Cadet: 1 Brett Wykes (Wright), 2 Jake Dennis (Zip), 3 Alexander Albon (Intrepid)
Cadet Novice: Harry Webb (Tony)
Junior TKM: 1 Gary Henderson-Kierle (JKH), 2 Joe Porter (Venom), Ben Barker (Venom)
Junior TKM Novice: Will Van Es (Tony)
TKM Intermediate: 1 James Blake (ARC), 2 Jack Kemp (Venom), 3 Alistair Clarke (Venom)
Rotax Mini Max: 1 Ben Palmer (Octane), 2 Callum Bowyer (Tony), 3 Max Robinson (Zanardi)
Rotax Mini Max: James Abbott (Biesse)
JICA: 1 Max Goff (Tony), 2 Sam Jenkins (Intrepid), 3 Ross Jenkins (Wright)
Rotax Junior Max: 1 David Pittard (Biesse), 2 Jack Goff (Biesse), 3 Max Hawkins (Octane)
Rotax Junior Max Novice: Bradley Gravett (Zip)
Rotax Senior 177: 1 Martin Reader (Kosmic), 2 Chris Emerson (Biesse), 3 Lee Torrie (Gillard)
Rotax Senior 177 Novice: Luke Schlewitz (Gillard)
TKM Extreme: 1 Daniel Graham (Tony), 2 Ryan Cole (JKH), 3 Luke Caudle (Gillard)
Rotax Senior Max: 1 Marc Dawson (Wildkart), 2 Stephen Johnson (Tony), 3 Karl Haxton (Tony)
Rotax Senior Max Novice: Ellis Slater (Zip)
250: 1 Ashley Mack (Raider/Honda), 2 Ron Stamp (Raider/Honda), 3 Martin Goodliffe (Raider/Honda)
125 ICC: 1 Frank Wrathall (F /TM), 2 James Mudd (Birel/TM), 3 Tom Hibbert (Birel/SGM)
125 ICC Novice: Chris Thexton (First/Pavesi)