Clay Pigeon ABkC Rotax Round 1: 28.3.04

NEWSLETTER

With new support from legal services specialist BTE Lawline taking over from HHH, 2004 promises to be a cracker. A near-record 550+ registrations are logged for the three parallel series, with Rotax action kicking off at a rejuvenated Clay Pigeon. No TV coverage but DVD’s promised for each round by Alan Taddei. A huge entry of 91 seniors, 74 juniors and 50 minis turned up. Timed qualifying kicked in for juniors and seniors, with valuable points for the top ten.

ABkC MiniMax

Heat winners: Mitchell Bayer-Goldman, Nigel Moore, Adam Christodoulou, Martin Long, Sam Smithson, Devon Modell.

B Final: Conor Stephenson, Richard Bradley, James Park, Kenneth Andrews.

A Final: Christodoulou and Bayer-Goldman enjoyed a huge battle for supremacy, Christo the initial and final leader. Dean Stoneman, Smithson and Kazeem Manzur closed on them towards the end.

Results: Christodoulou, Bayer-Goldman, Stoneman, Smithson, Manzur, Bradshaw.

ABkC Rotax Junior UK

Qualifying: Matt Bell, Philip Gynn, Ben Cooper, Adam Christodoulou, Chris Brown, Brett Parris.

Heat winners: Daniel Rowbottom, Sam Bennett, Parris, Sam Bennett, Bell, Christodoulou, Stephen Black, Dean Smith.

C Final: Richard Singleton, David McDonald, James Rivett, Zac Chapman.

B Final: Cooper, Craig Boyd, Adrian Campfield, Liam Payne.

A Final: Jumping straight into his other kart on grid 3, Christo had a huge setback at Billys, onto the dirt and down to 20th. With the front row also out of the way, Brown took up the running, Thomas Arme and Smith behind. None reckoned with the stunning pace of Christo, vaulting back to second place. Cooper reached 8th from the B.

Results: Brown, Christodoulou, Arme, Smith, Stefan Wilson, Chris Newton.

ABkC Rotax Max

Qualifying: Michael Simpson, Tristram Oman, Tom Brown, Philip English, Adam Charnley, David Bellchambers.

Heat winners: Simpson, Bell-chambers x 2, Raymie Eastwood, James Clink, Euan Hankey, Lee Mumford, Brown, John Boyd, Barrie Wilkin, Glen Denny.

C Final: James McDonald, Denis Gorman, Michael Meadows, Jedd Cooke.

B Final: Lee Pattison, Daniel Holland, Hugh Brunton, Hankey.

A Final: Simpson made the final his own, aided slightly when Bellchambers lost his power valve and held up the rest. Eastwood enjoyed a late spurt of speed, snatching second from Clink, who faded to fifth, and Oman.

Results (Provis): Simpson, Eastwood, Oman, Karl Haxton, Clink, Edward Cockill,

Clay Bits

The air ambulance helicopter was called in for a spectator suffering from a severe asthma attack.