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The pictures below are from the 3 Sisters Prokart Endurance Race (2hr) on the 26 April 2006
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Its Wigan and it is not raining!

With 17 karts on the grid it should be a good race – many karts just having a single driver (so come on get those karts out of the garage and get down to 3 Sisters for the next 2 hr Endurance). 

It is a good clean start with nobody tangling in the first few corners as the pack jostle for position, all except for Motrade who I believe managed an early spin at the Hairpin (good job its dry this week). - this is Petes version of events "qualified 3rd (our best position for ages), and if Paul had'nt fallen asleep at the start ( he said there were no red lights before green were shown, excuses, excuses !!!!!!), we would have been in the leading pack at the start."

For the first 20 minutes of the race there were 5 teams in close order – Balmforth, GKD66, RPS, GKD46 and Wait for me, all swapping places but keeping up an excellent pace pulling themselves away from the pack. Then Roy in RPS puts in a few superb laps to break away from the chasing 4 teams. (during which he set fastest lap of the race at 47.54) so there we have RPS pulling away from a group of 3  (GKD66, Balmforth and Wait for Me) who have broken away from Dave Shaw in GKD66 – is he asleep again!

After 30 minutes RPS is into the pits for an agreed driver change (maybe its one evening Roy wishes he had been on his own as he had extended his lead to a good 50 yds), so we were down to a group of 3 and where are Demon Rouge (regulars at the front of the pack- soon to be found in the pits stripping the engine!)

Eventually it is down to 2 karts (Mike Thoms in GKD46 and John Gorton in Wait for Me) fighting for the lead and what a fight they were having – evenly matched for pace – nose to tail with regular changes of lead until the pitstops, even then they came out back alongside each other – it looked like we were in for a good finish  - with Dave Shaw (GKD66) still take a watching role at about 8 to 10 seconds adrift of the leading duo. 

Into the final 10 minutes its GKD46 still ahead of Wait for Me by less than 5 seconds and closing in a few tenths each lap – but will it be enough, no Mike Thoms (GKD46) has it under control and comes through for an excellent Win ahead of John Gorton (Wait for Me) with GKD66  11 seconds adrift.

3 karts on the lead lap and 3 karts Roch Valley, Motrade, Opposite Lock just 1 lap down – great racing.

 (Apologies for lack of detail but I was not planning to write a report! (my excuse)

Results

1. GKD46 - 145 laps F/L 47.59
2. Wait For Me - 145 laps F/L 47.55 - 3.58 secs
3. GKD66 - 145 laps F/L 47.85 - 11.11 secs
4. Roch Valley - 144 Laps f/l 47.67
5. Motrade - 144 laps f/l 47.77
6. Opposite Lock - 144 laps f/l 47.81
7. DDC - 142 laps f/l 48.32
8. RPS - 142 laps f/l 47.54
9. Crisis - 140 laps f/l 48.66
10. TR Bitz - 138 laps f/l 48.5
11. Balmforth Transport - 132 laps f/l 47.71
12. Petchrol Heads - 128 laps f/l 49.66
13. Chaos - 109 laps f/l 50.88
14. Demon Rouge - 100 laps f/l 48.31
15. Gas Racing - 98 laps f/l 49.22
16. UCLAN - 34 laps f/l 54.27
17. GJR - 17 laps f/l 50.40

Pole - Wait For Me

Fastest lap - RPS 47.54