Edgar’s Hyundai Super One Rotax Series Round 3: Rowrah 16/17 June 2012

June 21st, 2012 by Karting1

The championship circus moved north to Rowrah, a tight and twisty 1030m circuit located in England’s Lake District, but it was back to rain on Saturday, albeit drying up on Sunday. Over 150 drivers made the trip, with Sean Babington dominating Senior Max, likewise Lucas Orrock in the top spots in Max 177, with Ross Gunn and Kyle Fowlie sharing the Junior Max honours. In MiniMax Lando Norris and Dave Wooder shared the points scoring wins, whilst Honda Cadet wins were from Luke Wooder and Sandy Mitchell.

Sean Babington Sean Babbington is in top form – pic by Kartpix.net

Honda Cadet

From the two TQ sessions, Sandy Mitchell came out tops from Charlie Lamb and Ethan Andrews, but it was Elliot Harvey who took Heat 1 honours, Lamb the second and finally Mitchell took the third one putting him on the Final 1 pole, Lamb alongside but Harvey only on row 13 after a heat exclusion. However it was Matthew Hopcraft who leapfrogged into the lead on the opening lap, but soon dropped in favour of Jewiss, Mitchell and Luke Wooder. Jewiss and Wooder energetically traded the lead, with Mitchell often in second but by the end Wooder had control over Jewiss and Mitchell with Harvey storming up to sixth. For the second final, Jewiss soon took over the front from Mitchell, the latter having one brief time in the lead mid-race, until Wooder snatched it on the penultimate lap. But as the first two battled, Mitchell propelled himself past for the win, Wooder, Jewiss and Harvey next.

MiniMax

Philip Rawson, Connor Mills and Alex Stott were at the top of the timed qualifying table but Guan Yu Zhou and Harrison Thomas were excluded for minor technical issues, so would start the heats last. Rawson won his two heats, Dave Wooder the other, with Lando Norris handily placed on grid 3 for the first final whilst Zhou had reached ninth in the classification. Rawson led them away but within a few laps Norris would take over, trading the lead with the fast rising Zhou and Wooder. Connor Hall then went to the front, but had a clash with Wooder which initially had him excluded from his eventual third then re-instated again. Wooder has appealed the decision to re-instate which will be held at the next round, meaning results are provisional. Wooder fell back to finish sixth, as Norris made a move stick on the last lap to win over Harry Williams despite suffering from reduced braking, relying only on the safety strap. Jordan Falding was excluded from mid-pack. Zhou had fallen right back and would finish only eighth, whilst William Creighton running behind him would be forced to retire. Norris got away in the lead for the second final, losing it to Hall on lap 8 and then trading it with Wooder later, the latter over the finish line first, Connor Mills joining them on the podium with Zhou in fourth. Steven Prentice was excluded for driving standards. “It has been a good weekend really, we didn’t have the best outright pace, but everything worked well and I was able to pick up points right through the weekend. It was good that I was able to take points off the guys who were ahead of me in the championship too,” said Norris.

Junior Max

Danny Keirle on the sole Jade kart topped timed qualifying over Kyle Fowlie and Harry Webb, but after finishing second in his first heat it was found that Keirle had an incorrect needle in the cut-off valve in his carburettor, leading to exclusion from the meeting. Apparently this led to many others checking their carbs for the same issue, there being a figure 1 under the Dellorto diamond mark. So with two heat wins Fowlie would have the first pole, Raoul Hyman alongside and the other heat winner Ross Gunn on grid 3. And it would be Gunn who tracked Fowlie through the first final, and by mid race taking over at the front for the win and rebuffing the one lap where Fowlie got back ahead, even so a very close finish. Hyman ran third, Fowlie briefly behind at the end but recovering the spot, whilst Ben Hingeley hung onto fourth leaving Oliver Myers and Josh White for a close 5th and 6th. Fowlie only allowed Gunn a couple of laps in the lead of the second final before finding the pace to put three seconds on the battle between Hyman, Gunn and Holland with Hingeley falling away. And Adam MacKay from second last in the repechage reached ninth.

Max 177

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