Shenington MSA/ABkC Round 5: 25.7.04
NEWSLETTER
Many congratulations to Mark Litchfield, Oliver Rowland and Peter Vincent who provisionally cannot now be beaten in Formula A, Cadet and 100 Nat respectively. This is of course Rowland’s second consecutive title, whilst Litchfield has narrowly missed out on more than one occasion. The Christodoulou cousins, Adam and Riki, uniquely took all four JICA and ICA finals and three out of four heats between them. Jeremy Metcalfe was dominant in F.A., Dane Smith in 100 National, whilst James Thorp enjoyed a narrow Cadet victory, his first at this level.
BTE Lawline/Renault MSA British Kart Championship
Qualifying: Jeremy Metcalfe 40.68, Alexander Sims, Jason Edgar, Gary Catt,
David Gregory.
Heat 1: Catt, Jason Edgar, Sims.
Heat 2: Metcalfe, Sims, Catt.
Final 1: Metcalfe’s setup slipped a little in the first heat, gifting the more consistent Catt the pole. But Catt had no answer in the finals, Litchfield fourth with his main challenger David Gregory down in ninth after a clash with Sims.
Results Final 1: Metcalfe, Catt, Edgar, Litchfield, Chris Rogers, Benjy Russell.
Final 2: Metcalfe was a whopping four seconds clear of Catt, with Sims storming up from last. Litchfield initially dropped back, then recovered to fourth again.
Results Final 2: Metcalfe, Catt, Sims, Litchfield (pictured right.image courtesy www.kartpix.net), Rogers, Jason Parrott.
BTE Lawline/Renault MSA British Junior Kart Champs
Qualifying: Adam Christodoulou 42.67, Lee Bell, Craig Copeland, Oliver Millroy, Garry Findlay.
Heat 1: Christo, Copeland, Bell.
Heat 2: Christo, Adam Batch, Copeland.
Final 1: Christo was well clear of Copeland with Max Chilton on top of the third place battle.
Results Final 1: Christo, Copeland, Chilton, Bell, James Bradshaw, Millroy.
Final 2: Only Chilton had the pace to keep with Christo, and he even took the lead with a couple of laps to go. But Christo sliced back underneath to win. Batch fended off the rest, seven seconds down the road, but was excluded.
Results Final 2: Christo, Chilton, Copeland, Bradshaw, Millroy, Bell.
BTE Lawline/Renault ABkC ICA
Qualifying: Riki Christodoulou 40.89, Jon Lancaster, Danny Cruttenden, Tom
Brown, Sam Hill.
Heat 1: Christo, Cruttenden, Freddie Martin-Dye.
Heat 2: Chris Lamare, Martin-Dye, Christo.
Final 1: By the time Brown had worked up from the fifth row, almost matching Christo’s times, the latter was over three seconds away.
Results Final 1: Christo, Brown, Martin-Dye, Lamare, Jason Moore, Charlie Bruce-White.
Final 2: Martin-Dye pushed Christo hard in the second final, but had to settle for second. This time Danny Cruttenden was the driver who stormed through, from grid eleven.
Results Final 2: Christo, Martin-Dye, Cruttenden, Brown, Bruce-White, John Joe Walsh.
ABkC 100 National
Heat winners: Dane Smith, Mike Brinkworth, Scott Baines.
A Final: Smith rushed off into the distance ahead of Peter Vincent with polesitter Brinkworth fading just a little to third. Tiffany Chittenden held off Scott Baines, whilst traffic meister Michael Meadows vaulted up from grid 17 to sixth.
Results: Smith, Vincent, Brinkworth, Chittenden, Baines, Meadows.
ABkC Formula Cadet
Heat winners: Jordan Lennox-Lamb, Daniel Murphy, Oliver Rowland.
A Final: As always, spectators were treated to a slip-streaming express train up front. Rowland had an early lead but dropped way back. With a lap to go, the order was Thorp, Boullen, Rowland, Godbehere, Thompson, poleman Lennox-Lamb and Murphy. Then Thompson was launched, dropping to 17th. Later James Godbehere was given a time penalty, putting him 20th.
Results: Thorp, Boullen, Rowland, Lennox-Lamb, Tom Joyner, Jack Harvey.
Shenington Shenanigans
Despite a warning at drivers briefing, Peter Rees, Jason Gardner, James Wright and Craig Cole were excluded from timed qualifying for sidepod infringements. In JICA, Max Chilton and Adam Batch similarly did not conform. Batch struggled to get things right, he was excluded again from the second final. Clerk of the Course Rod Taylor said teams need to make a much bigger effort to prepare the karts properly.