Cadet InKart Round 3 – 5th March 2017
By Peter Lamb
First win for Luzio!
Not a spare kart seat for
Round 3 as Tamworth’s InKart
Championships go from
strength to strength…
Heat 1
Following his success in round 3 all
eyes are on Luzio on second place of
the grid. With the rain still beating
down the red light goes out and we
are off with a full days’ worth of
racing. Tyler gets a great start with
Luzio tucking in behind. MarieLainchbury makes a bold move at 5
and makes it stick up into 2nd. Luzio
regains 2nd at Turn 10 where Wilson
and
Marie-Lainchbury
come
together
with
Marie-Lainchbury
coming off worse and ending up last.
Borton, after spinning on the first lap,
has recovered well and is now back
with the pack holding 4th. 2 laps from
the end Tyler is a corner ahead, but
clearly relaxes too much and spins at
10. Luzio takes the lead and Tyler is
forced to defend from Wilson. Luzio
takes the first win of the day with Tyler
and Wilson in 2nd and 3rd.
barrier. A Red Flag is called by the
marshals and the race is stopped.
Luckily he was just winded and the
race continues. Dawson with a 4corner lead takes the chequered
flag. Stanley and Kafaie kept their
nose clean and finish in 2nd and 3rd.
Luzio take his second win of the
day. Wilson seems to always be the
bridesmaid today as he finishes 2nd
but the solid points should see him
well set for the A final.
Wilson is on pole for heat 2 with new
face Jon Kain in 2nd. All away clean
but 3 a breast round turn 3 is too
many under these conditions and
the 4 first karts come together.
Dawson, Gould, Halle-Hinxman and
Will Kain take advantage and go
through. Gould takes Halle-Hinxman
for 2nd at turn 9 taking a wide but
clearly grippy line and by 10 he
makes it stick. Dawson is clearly on
pace today and puts in the fastest
lap of the day with a 1:19.4. An
unusual mistake from Gould costs
him second place and Wilson
capitalises. Dawson holds out for the
win followed by an under pressure
Wilson and Gould.
Heat 4
Purbrick starts us off in heat 6 and is
immediately under pressure from
the chasing karts. Gould and Cole
work together to apply pressure to
Stewart who makes a mistake at 6
and lets them both through. Cole
and Gould start to chase the race
leader. Purbrick holds out valiantly
until lap 3 but then makes a mistake
at 9 and gets caught on the tyres.
Although the marshals were quick
to react, Purbrick ends up in last
place. Cole is holding the lead from
Gould but is under massive pressure
from Gould. Gould finally finds his
way passed Cole at turn 3 and
holds out for the win. Cole in
second and Tyler finds a way
passed Stewart to secure third.
Heat 3
Heat 5
From
pole
position
Dawson
disappears down the road, he’s
clearly
finding
the
conditions
preferable. Swain carries too much
speed into the esses and cuts the
grass, leaving him in last place. The
rest of the field are playing in
cautious and have clearly learnt that
keeping it on the track today is the
best way to win. Jackson takes too
much speed into turn 3 and buries
the kart in the safety
Kafaie starts heat 5 and is under
pressure from the pack through the
esses. 5 karts come together as the
rain starts to pour again. After the
incident Luzio, Wilson and Kafaie
are in the lead with Tyler in hot
pursuit. There’s an incident at turn
11 with W Kain coming out badly
losing two places. Tyler takes Kafaie
at turn 5. A black flag is called on
Stanley, as he couldn’t brake at
turn 5 causing Kafaie to spin.
Heat 2
Borton leads the field into the first
lap. Marie-Lainchbury gets a great
start and pounces on Gould
through turn 2. Cole makes up two
places in lap one and starts hunting
for the leaders. Turn 2 sees a
mistake from Davies which catches
out the drivers behind causing a
collision. The race is stopped.
Davies is okay to continue and the
race restarts. At the front Gould has
got past Borton for 1st with Cole in
the hunt for 2nd. Fantastic driving
through the closing few laps by
Borton to hold off Cole for 2nd.
Gould takes the win.
Heat 6
Heat 7
Halle-Hinxman holds his position into
lap one, but is under pressure from
Vickers and Dawson. Lots of jostling
for positions at the front. With Kafaie
leading Marie-Lainchbury, Wain
and Johnson in the chasing pack.
There’s a coming together at turn 4
and the race
is stopped. The front 4 drivers miss
the reds for a corner and under
race directors instructions are
pushed back. The Incident is
cleared and the race continues but
Johnson and Marie-Lainchbury are
half a lap down. Dawson finds
himself in the lead coming into the
last lap. But a mistake at the hairpin
lets Vickers and Halle-Hinxman
through. Vickers punches the air
through chequered he’s clearly
delighted with that result.
Heat 8
Cole shoots off the line from fourth
and by turn 5 he’s up to first, taking
Kirkby, Jackson and Kain. Luzio finds
his way up to 3rd into lap 2. Jackson
tried to keep on Coles coat tails but
is having to defend from HalleHinxman and Luzio. Luzio finds a
way passed Jackson but Cole is
already 4 corners ahead. Cole
takes home a comfortable win, with
Luzio in a clear second and
Jackson defending from HalleHinxman for third.
Heat 9
Davies starts the race and holds his
position into the first lap. Stewart
seems to find some amazing pace
as the track is drying out. Stewart
pounces on Kirkby and Vickers
while they battle each other.
Davies is under pressure from
Borton, spinning at turn 9. Vickers,
Kirkby and Borton collide with
Davies. The race is stopped to
check on Davies. After the restart
Stewart stretches his lead out and
holds out for the win. Stewart made
some great moves during the
turbulent race to go from last to first.
Johnson holds on for second with
Vickers in third.
C Final
Kirkby aims to get into the B Final
with a strong start to the race. The
Kain twins get in a battle with each
other during lap two, but J Kain
makes a mistake at turn 3 and ends
up in the tyres. Kirkby extends his
lead at the front as MarieLainchbury defends from W Kain.
Swain and Davies are battling at
the rear. Marie-Lainchbury holds on
for second but Kirkby has a
comfortable win and qualifies for
the B Final.
B Final
The rain has stopped and the track
seems to have more grip. Into turn 1
and Tyler gets his nose in front, but
there is a coming together at the
back as both drivers refuse to give
an inch, causing Stanley and
Johnson to go sideways. Borton
who’s finding real form today shows
great pace during lap one and is
putting Tyler and Halle-Hinxman
under pressure at the front. It’s close
at the front with Halle-Hinxman and
Tyler battling for 1st. It’s the last lap
and there’s a coming together
between them. A black flag is
called on Halle-Hinxman as he
takes the win. Tyler goes through to
the A final. After reviewing the
footage, the Race Director believes
the incident was 50/50, so awards
both drivers a drive at the back of
the A Final and the black flag is
rescinded.
A Final
The A final’s underway with Luzio
leading the pack. Gould pounces
on Dawson at the start and makes
a move though the esses up to
second. Wilson, Cole and Dawson
continue to trade places for 3rd
place as Luzio and Gould stretch
out a lead. Cole gets his nose in
front of Dawson and Wilson and is
chasing down Gould. Luzio looks
composed under the pressure and
the difficult conditions. Gould is
right on his tail but can’t find a way
past. Carrying too much speed into
turn 11, Gould spins out and Cole
pounces.
Luzio
keeps
his
composure and there is a huge roar
from the crowd as he takes his first
win of the season. Cole in second
and Gould in third. Wilson misses out
on the podium by 1.1secs.
Results
C Final
1. Ethan Kirkby
2. Dale Marie-Lainchbury
3. Will Kain
B Final
1. Samuel Halle-Hinxman
2. Lewis Tyler
3. Alex Jackson
A Final
1. Marcus Luzio
2. Sam Cole
3. Danny Gould
Junior InKart Round 3 – 5th March 2017
By Peter Lamb
Taylor on top again!
Robert Taylor was once again
on fine form to qualify for the
Final grid at the front, and was
hoping to walk away with
maximum points. Could
anyone stop him?
Heat 1
Max Cole starts the day off at the
front of the grid. He gets his nose out
in front and holds the lead
comfortably as the rest of the pack
battle for 3rd to 6th. Fitzpatrick
misjudges the grip on turn 3 and
spins out Palmowski, he is black
flagged for advantage by contact.
Lee-Davis has moved through the
incident and is up to 3rd. Lee-Davis
finds a good amount of grip round
turn 4 on lap 4 and takes 2nd. Cole
has built a small lead but Lee-Davis
is the fastest driver on track and is
closing
fast.
Palmowski
has
recovered well and is putting
Marriott under pressure for 3rd. Cole
holds out for the win, with Lee-Davis
a close 2nd and Marriott holds out
for 3rd.
Heat 2
Taylor leads out the second heat
and creates a gap by lap 2.
Dunford and Manton find their way
from the back of the grid to midpack. Lee-Davis and Williams hold
each other up as they try to battle
for 3rd. Dunford squeezes past
Williams and Lee-Davis through 3
and 4 up to 2nd position. Manton
and Lee-Davis are in a great battle
for 4th. Taylor has comfortable win
out in front with Dunford and
Williams 2nd and 3rd.
Heat 3
Summerill gets a great start as
Gould defends 2nd from Manton,
Davis and Taylor. Taylor finds a way
past Manton and is up to 2nd. Gould
keeps his nose clean and is in a
race by himself. Summerill defends
excellently and holds out for 3rd.
Taylor runs out of time to chase
down Gould and settles for 2nd.
Heat 4
Dunford starts the race off but gets
out of shape through turn 2 and
loses time across the grass. The off
at 2 has effected Dunford’s kart
and the chains is off by 4. Cole
has capitalised and got around
Williams and Alman. Gould is
battling with Marriott though lap 2.
Marriott underestimates the grip
round 5 and takes out Gould
causing him to spin. A Black flag is
issued to Marriott for advantage by
contact. Cole has an 8 seconds
lead into the final lap. Williams and
Marriott takes 2nd and 3rd.
Heat 5
Davis is on pole but gets caught
through 4 by Palmowski. Davis
protects his 2nd place through 5 and
6 as Palmowski extends her lead at
the front. Whitbread makes a
mistake and finds himself with
Summerill at the back of the field.
Summerill spins under pressure from
Whitbread and finds himself half a
lap down after the marshals
recover him. Whipday and Gould
work together to force Davis into a
mistake and take 2nd and 3rd. As the
chequered
flag
goes
out
Palmowski holds out for the win,
with Gould in 2nd with Whipday in
3rd.
Heat 6
The heats start and there’s nothing
between any of the drivers. The
Race Director calls for no contact
boards for everyone. Green and
Whitbread get caught by Cole,
Lee-Davis and Dunford. Dunford
finds some amazing pace round
turn 3 and takes Lee-Davis and
Cole, someone forgot to tell him it
was raining! Davis is passed Green
and Whitbread up to 4th. Lee-Davis
gets too much contact at 5 and is
black flagged as he spins Alman.
Dunford holds out for the win with
Cole 2nd and Lee-Davis 3rd.
Heat 7
With the track drying out the
condition prove to be tricky with
grip changing at each corner.
Whipday finds some grip round 4, 5
& 6 and find himself up to 1st.
Fitzpatrick loses control round turn
11 and ends up under the tyre wall.
The race is stopped while the
marshals recover the driver. He’s
okay but finds himself in last place.
Taylor is up from last to second as
he finds a way passed Manton at
the hairpin. Whipday holds out for
the win with Taylor and Manton 2nd
and 3rd.
C Final
Lee-Davis finds himself at the front
of the C final and gets a terrific
getaway leaving the rest of the field
miles behind. Rain is starting to
come down again and it catches
out Marriott who spins but recovers
well. The field space out as most are
focusing on keeping the kart on the
track. Fitzpatrick loses the back end
at 9 but holds it excellently and only
loses a few seconds. Another
spinner, this time its Whitbread! LeeDavis is miles ahead with a good 20
second lead into the last lap. Now
it’s Summerill’s time to spin out
losing time but not any positions.
Lee-Davis keeps his cool and brings
it home for a comfortable 1st. Green
who focused on keeping it on track
ended the race in 2nd with
Fitzpatrick in 3rd.
B Final
The rain continues to be heavy.
Palmowski seems to be coping well
with the conditions pounces on
Williams into turn 1 and holds her
lead through lap 1. Great battle
between Manton and Alman
racing wheel to wheel. Davis spins
out and has heavy contact from
Williams, but a thumbs up from the
marshals and they both continue
racing. Lee-Davis has worked his
way up to 3rd and is clearly the
quickest driver out on track.
Palmowski holds her lead to take
the win, Williams in 2nd and LeeDavis just ran out of time to make a
move, settling for 3rd.
A Final
Cole starts the race and is
immediately under pressure from
Taylor, Gould and Dunford. Cole is
driving very defensively and is
backing up the pack. Taylor gets
too much contact at the hairpin
and is close to getting a black flag
but drops to fifth to allow Dunford
back through, very wise racing from
Taylor. Although the mistake has
cost them both time they are back
in the hunt very quickly. Cole makes
an unusual mistake and lets
Whipday through. Palmowski takes
a bit too much speed into turn 9
and loses the back end. The sun has
split the clouds and is drying the
track nicely. Taylor has found a way
past Dunford and is in the hunt for
Whipday in 1st. Gould takes an
unusual line to defend against Cole
and ends up facing the wrong way.
1 lap to go and Taylor eases passed
Whipday at the hairpin, both drivers
refusing to give an inch with a bit of
contact but looks fair. Taylor takes
the win with Whipday and Dunford
in 2nd and 3rd.
Results
C Final
1. Thomas Lee-Davis
2. William Green
3. Owen Fitzpatrick
B Final
1. Alisha Palmowski
2. Joe Williams
3. Thomas Lee-Davis
A Final
1. Robert Taylor
2. Alex Whipday
3. Kyle Dunford
Senior InKart Round 3 – 5th March 2017
By Peter Lamb
2nd victory for the Spencers!
The track is cold and wet and
with a full grid of drivers,
today’s race is bound to be
exciting. With the warm up
done, it’s time for super
pole…
Super Pole Qualifying
Super Pole – First group go out and
Matthew Spencer finds himself in first
place with a 1.16.073. The circuit is
proving a handful with no one getting
close to Spencer’s Pole time. The
trend continues into the second SP
session, with no one looking like
troubling M Spencer for Pole position.
The last kart approaches the
chequered flag... and it’s Andy
Spencer with 1.16.010 to take pole!!
Here’s how the top 20 line up…
Senior Lights Podium
Heat 1
28 karts ready to go... The all clear
from start finish marshal and a huge
roar of karts head into turn 1.
Greenfield ends up in tyre wall in the
traffic. Schnitzler has moved up the
pack and capitalised on the chaos at
6 and is up to P6 after starting in 18th!
Grinnell finds the grass at 7 and finds
himself dead last. M Spencer makes
a move on his brother and makes it
stick round 10, but A Spencer is not
done. The start marshal reminds the
drivers of contact as there is lots of
bumping. Watts spins out at the
hairpin and Cook ends up losing
places avoiding the contact. A
Spencer makes a move on M Spencer
and regains the lead. M Spencer
Senior Heavies Podium
defends hard against Schnitzler letting
A Spencer pull out a lead. A. Spencer
holds out for the win, with M Spencer
defending his 2nd from Schnitzler.
Collins and Stansfield are in 4th and 5th.
Heat 2
The crowd holds their
breath…everyone is through 2-3-4
and 5... but as some drivers try and
make their way up through 6 there’s
contact. Woodman gets it wrong at
6, the off-camber corner clearly
catching him out costing him the
lead. Schnitzler is holding the lead
but is now under pressure from
Stewart and Swain. A Spencer from
the back of the grid is in 12th after the
first lap. Studd spins at the hairpin
and is so keen to get back in the
race pulls out into traffic, a Black flag
for dangerous driving is given. Fawdry
gets pushed wide at on the outside
of 6 and end up on the grass but
recovers quickly. Jenkinson dives up
the inside of Bromley but there’s not
enough space and is given a black
flag. Last few laps, Cotton puts a tyre
on the grass at 9 and ends up
doughnuting, very spectacular but
not useful for racing!! A Spencer
has manged to fight his way up to 2nd
using a very wide line at turn 5 to take
two places at once! Schnitzler
defends his lead hard from a pack of
4 drivers! Stewart seems to be holding
up the pack but is driving very
defensively, letting A Spencer pursue
Schnitzler on his own. Into the last lap,
A Spencer finds a way passed
Schnitzler to take the win! Stewart
holds out for 3rd, Collins is in 4th, with M
Spencer and Swain in 5 and 6th.
Final
Final race of the day. The fields splits
into two with 5 front runners finding
grip and speed. Leading is A Spencer,
with M spencer a close second.
Schnitzler, Stansfield, Guy, Studd and
Wade all pulling ahead out front.
There’s a great battle at the front of
the chasing pack between Swain and
Stewart, if they had put in a better
qualifying times these two would
surely be in the front running. A
Spencer is carving out a useful lead,
letting the pack behind fight between
themselves.
An
amazing
race
between Schnitzler and M Spencer for
2nd (and the Heavy win), these two
have been equalling each other’s
pace all day. There’s an incident at
turn 7, someone lost grip and has
gone sideways causing the chasing
pack to take evasive manoeuvres.
Guy gets it wrong at 4 bursting
through a tyre wall, appearing on the
outside of 6! He keeps his toe in and
continues racing rather than allowing
the drivers back through, and
receives a black flag as he gained 4
places! The marshals are quick to
repair the wall. The black flag is given
after the race as it needed to be
confirmed with the observers during
the last few laps of the race. The
chequered is out and A Spencer
takes the Lights win with Stansfield
and Wade in 2nd and 3rd. M Spencer
and Schnitzler takes 2nd and 3rd in the
race but confirm 1st and 2nd in the
Heavy class. Studd takes 3rd. Fantastic
race by the seniors and excellent
discipline in the poor conditions!
Final Results
Lights
1. Andy Spencer
2. Simon Stansfield
3. Demetri Wade
Heavies
1. Matthew Spencer
2. Lee Schnitzler
3. Paul Studd
Here’s how they finished…