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Dunkeswell Kart Racing Club – Round 6

By Karting1 ~ August 16th, 2010. Filed under: Announcements.

With both days of the race meeting being warm and sunny, a first for the season! The 87 entrants for round 6 of the DKRC championship were able to get some meaningful testing under their chassis.

Race day was warm and dry and first out were the cadets and the usual suspects were out front with Connor Hall storming through the pack from 11^th to take the win in heat 1. Izaac Channing balanced it out in heat 2 whilst in heat 3, Thomas Harrison took the flag. With one apiece it was going to be a tough final. Next up were the Junior Rotax and once again the Jensen Mansell team drivers, Nick Arthur and Will Maslin, set the benchmark by recording a 1-2 in heat one. Sam Morgan came 3^rd. In heat 2, Morgan came good coming from 4^th to take the win. Behind him and making up 9 places was Arthur with a returning Mac Austin taking 3^rd place. In the last heat, Tyler Weedon took an early lead and held off a determined Maslin to take a well deserved win. Maslin took second with Morgan third.

In the Senior Rotax class, Stewart Baker stamped his authority on the rest of the grid by recording two out of two heat wins. Charlie Robertson managed to deny him a hat trick by holding him off to take the win in heat 3. Also putting in strong performances throughout the heats were Daz Alway and Gemma Batstone. If you think running a Minimax/Junior TKM/Junior Blue grid is confusing, try sorting out the results! In the heats the Minimax class was owned by James Moorcroft and Lewis Bowles with Moorcroft taking 2 wins to Bowles 1.

The Junior TKM grid might have only consisted of 2 entrants but they battled it out over the 3 heats and it could have been 2 heat wins for James Chubb had he not been penalised for a start line infringement which saw him dock places and allowing Jamie Andrews to get one over him. A growing Junior Blue grid saw Ryan Edgecombe take two wins with Ben Pearson taking the third. With 3 novice drives competing, it looks like there could be a renewed interest in the Blues class at Dunks. In order to make them feel wanted the 250 National boys were next up and as usual put on a great display of hard but fair racing. With 3 winners across the heats, namely Luke Plain, Andy Gulliford and James Clarkson it was all set for a cracking final.

Last up were the 177 Rotax class and this was hardcore racing at its best with 3 exceptionally experienced drivers fighting for the wins. Matt Isgrove managed to fend off Stewart Baker (Yes, the same one) to take two wins relegating Baker to 2^nd place. However, Baker made amends by taking the win in heat 3. A brace of 3^rd places went to the highly competitive and experienced Nigel Hughes.

With the heats sorted, it was time to run the finals. First up were the cadets and with Connor Hall blowing the start, championship leader, Izaac Channing was clear to take the win after a brief battle with Harrison Thomas. Bradley Drowne came through from 5^th on the grid to claim the last step on the podium. Next out were the Junior Rotax boys. With the front row locked out by Arthur, Maslin and Morgan it was going to be a tough race. As predicted, they broke away from the pack with Arthur taking an early lead but tracked all the way by Morgan and Maslin. It stayed that way until Lap 13 when Morgan made his trademark move and slipped through to take the lead pushing Arthur to 3rd.

However, on the next lap Maslin made a move on Morgan who defended but in doing so allowed Arthur to slip back through to take the win. In the first of two finals for Stewart Baker, he cruised to victory from pole with a comfortable 4 second margin over second placed Robertson. In third and again demonstrating a real competitive spirit was Gemma Batstone who fought her way up from 6^th on the grid.

The Minimax/Junior Blue/Junior TKM libre final was equally fast paced with Moorcroft and Bowles capitalising on their grid positions to break away from the pack and take the flag some 20 seconds ahead of the chasing Hardy who took third. In the Junior TKM, Andrews managed to break the dominance of Chubb to hold him off and take the win. Ben Pearson in the Junior Blue class took a strong win and was even mixing it with the Minimax drivers on the track. Behind him was disarray. William Goodhew had a great start but gradually dropped off but still managed to take second in class. Ryan Edgecombe came third a lap down on the lead drivers.

The 250 National class was a real battle of attrition with 3 drivers not making the grid and only 3 finishing. With Championship leader, Luke Plain not getting off the line and Gulliford having a great start only suffer mechanical issues on lap 12, it was left to Andy Ward to take a well deserved win whilst behind him the Moreno brothers, Juan and Marcel made it a family affair in second and third. Last up and contesting his second final of the day, Stewart Baker showed no signs of fatigue as he romped away putting daylight between himself and the chasing Isgrove who just couldn’t find a way past the championship leader. Behind him and taking third place for the fourth time was Nigel Hughes.

A great weekends racing helped by the weather conditions and the hard work of the admin and support teams. Thanks go to the marshals, medical team and the MSA officials who kept the meeting running smoothly. Next month is the prestigious South West Championships, so if you have never raced at Dunkeswell , why not come down and join in a celebration of karting at the South West’s premier circuit.

Final Results and Standing for Round 6

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