Karting Results 2009

MENHENIOT 19TH JULY 2009

3 HEAT RACE RESULTS AND GAPS

POS	HEAT 1	GAP	BEST LAP	POS	HEAT 2	GAP	BEST LAP	POS	HEAT 3	GAP	BEST LAP
1	Steven Dash	00.00	43.85	1	Steven Dash	00.00	43.83	1	Ross Blatchford	00.00	43.16
2	Ricko Barker	+2.96	44.26	2	Ricko Barker	+3.50	43.83	2	Steven Dash	+0.97	42.90
3	Mark Stocks	+5.08	43.63	3	Ross Blatchford	+4.12	43.66	3	Craig Stocks	+4.85	43.30
4	Ross Blatchford	+10.29	44.00	4	Mark Stocks	+9.22	43.90	4	Mark Stocks	+11.24	43.28
5	Craig Stocks	+12.59	44.33	5	Nathan Mansfield	+23.15	45.15	5	Kevin Triggs	+24.03	43.96
6	Nathan Mansfield	+31.20	46.12	6	Kevin Triggs	+24.02	45.01	6	Nick Blatchford	+26.85	44.04
7	Matt Bennetts	+37.13	47.03	7	Craig Stocks	+32.60	44.58	7	Bear Barker	+43.03	45.09
8	Nick Blatchford	+37.40	46.85	8	Nick Johns	+33.07	45.08	8	Matt Bennetts	+1m.01	46.21
9	Nick Johns	+37.87	46.84	9	Bear Barker	+35.09	45.11	9	Ricko Barker	+1m.03	43.69
10	Bear Barker	+38.87	46.19	10	Olly Preston	+45.90	44.45	10	Nathan Mansfield	+1m.05	45.14
11	Kevin Triggs	+1m.02	45.60	11	Matt Bennetts	+1m.00	46.17	11	Olly Preston	+1m.06	44.00
12	Olly Preston	+1m.05	46.55	12	Nick Blatchford	+1m.05	45.83	12	Jake Williams	+1m.08	45.16
13	Jake Williams	+1m.19	49.29	13	Danny Mellor	+1m.10	45.94	13	Nick Johns	+1m.21	44.26
14	Danny Mellor	+1m.26	46.73	14	Richard Pursall	+1m.17	46.52	14	Richard Pursall	+1m.25	46.08
15	Chris Robinz	+1m.27	46.32	15	Jake Williams	+1m.25	47.55	15	Andrew Triggs	+1m.26	47.24
16	Richard Pursall	+1m.34	48.32	16	Chris Robinz	+1m.35	46.12	16	Chris Robinz	+1m.28	45.94
17	Andrew Triggs	+2m.02	50.78	17	Andrew Triggs	+1m.42	48.60	17	Danny Mellor	+1m.40	44.27

 

HEAT REVIEWS

HEAT 1	HEAT 2	HEAT 3
After a dry qualifying which saw Dash and Ricko on the front row, closely followed by Ross Blatchford and Craig Stocks, the heavens opened just as the grid lined up for the race. Off the line, Dash and Ricko scampered into the distance with only a charging Mark Stocks from 8th on the grid [ had to change kart after qualifying ] on any kind of hot pace. Dash won a shade cosily in the end while there was a good drive from Matt Bennetts in the midfield who came from near last on the grid to hold off a train of karts behind him to grab 7th. Tiddlytuddly in his debut race came 17th losing an average of  12 seconds a lap to the race winner, Steve Dash!	The track was soaking for heat 2 and Dash and Ricko again went off like rockets into the distance. Mark Stocks couldn't go with the leaders but Ross Blatchford suddenly found another gear to cruise up to the back of Ricko by the end of the race. The front 4 were well clear of the remainder led by Nathan Mansfield who came under pressure from a storming drive in this heat from Kevin Triggs [son of Andrew aka Tiddlytuddly] . Matt Bennetts slipped down the field while Olly Preston caught the eye in 10th with a much improved performance on a real greasy track. Tiddlytuddly was last again but  was a lot closer to the rest of the field in heat 2!	This time Ross did Ricko off the line and Ricko spun out on turn 3 with Nathan Mansfield and both ended up in 16th / 17th. Ross followed Dashes every move up front. Danny Mellor had a nightmare 3rd heat, crashing everywhere, including a huge smash with Richard Pursall that nearly saw Richard thrown from his kart ! Bear Barkers good 7th place was not good enough. Nick Blatchford and Kevin Triggs did much better in this final heat while Ricko battled back from l7th to 9th after his early spin.  Mansfield got back to 10th. Ross Blatchford pipped Dash for the victory right near the end after back markers got in the way. Tiddlytuddly did not finish last this time around!

 

FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

	FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP FINISHING POSITIONS	POINTS	HEAT COMMENTS
1	Steve Dash	50	Won first 2 heats and looked stronger than ever all day
2	Ross Blatchford	46	These conditions suit him perfectly and snatched victory in heat 3
3	Mark Stocks	43	Not quite on top form but extremely dangerous starting from 3rd in the final
4	Ricko Barker	41	2nd in both the first 2 heats but poor mistake in heat 3. Under Pressure.
5	Craig Stocks	39	Consistent all day so far apart from blip in heat 2. Nothing to lose
6	Nathan Mansfield	33	Sneaks into the final by the narrowest of margins, could be outpaced
7	Kevin Triggs	32	Off pace in heat 1 but some great drives in last 2 heats and misses out on final by a single point!
8=	Bear Barker	28	He hated the wet and was already in deep trouble after a poor qualifying
8=	Matt Bennetts	28	Good performance from the bad boy...he's getting better all the time
8=	Nick Blatchford	28	Level with Bear and Bennetts and not far off reaching the final
11	Nick Johns	24	Did all he could from the midfield but wasn't a fan of the slippery track
12	Olly Preston	21	Miles better this time and he was quickest on the track apart from the top 6
13	Jake Williams	14	Seemed to struggle with other drivers bumping him but his last heat was much better
14=	Danny Mellor	10	Very poor from Danny who was flying off the track with consummate ease causing mayhem
14=	Richard Pursall	10	Took the full brunt of Danny Mellors recklessness but had some great battles
16	Chris Robins	7	Would prefer it dry next time and got stacked off the track and through the trees by Bennetts
17	Andrew Triggs	5	Expected to be off the pace on his debut....but he loved it and will be back for more chaos soon

 

THE FINAL RACE

	FINAL RACE FINISHING ORDER	GAP	ODDS BEFORE THE DAY	FINAL COMMENTS
1	Steven Dash	00.00	4/1	Dominated pretty much all day and got a long deserved winners medal
2	Craig Stocks	3.86	6/1	Started 5th in final and did really well to finish 2nd. What a drive !
3	Ricko Barker	4.22	9/2	Really fast on the drying track and right with Craig at the end. Good performance in the end
4	Mark Stocks	5.24	2/1F	Couldn't live with the front 3 despite starting ahead of Craig and Ricko. He'll be disappointed
5	Nathan Mansfield	9.80	12/1	Always behind and was just off the leaders pace but did well to come 5th overall
6	Ross Blatchford	18.39	14/1	Will be gutted after such a great day. A mistake of his own making finished him off mid race