Photo Gallery: Pro Tour Off-Track
| 9 February 2015 |
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The 2015 Rotax Pro Tour fired into action in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago. It was huge. In fact, it was the biggest Pro Tour round on record with two over-subscribed classes, plus the Australian debut of the Mini MAX category.
The official reports from the organisers have already been published (HERE for Saturday's and HERE for Sunday). Round 2 is at Dubbo on March 20 to 22.
Lots of "off track" images from Melbourne are below (these will also be on KartSportNews' Facebook page to tag and share).
Above: Ready and waiting - experienced DD2 Masters driver Daniel Richert has already primed the bottle of bubbly! Danny was back in contention on the Sunday after fixing an engine miss.
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Homemade chassis protector. Neat and cheap!
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Pro photographer Gordon Cooper shows Mini MAX winner Nathan Williams how to uncork a fizzy drink (don't fret people, it’s non-alcoholic)
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Matthew Payne interviews... Matthew Payne. Matt won the first ever Mini MAX final in Australia.
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Silverware
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: It's a fair effort for the little guys to push their kart up the in-grid after a long and hot final! This is Joshua Smith, 4th in Junior Trophy
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Mechanics / dads / pit crew. It's out of their hands once the kart leaves the grid
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: DD2 Masters podium ceremony
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Now THAT is a toolbox
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Some Government revenue raising happening on Sunday morning. To be fair, there was free parking not 20m down the road.
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Who says it always rains in Melbourne? These babies never saw the light of day.
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: $$ for Ryan Suhle, pre-final DNF in Junior MAX
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Lucas Ward ran inside the top ten of DD2 all weekend, carding 6th in the final
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Senior MAX funny faces?? Only thing Brad Jenner didn’t win all weekend was the race to pop the cork.
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Tyre consumption - competitors must take them home
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Junior MAX podium (L to R) Zane Morse, Joshua Car, Reece Sidebottom
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Above: Between V8Ute racing and kart racing, Kris Walton doesn't get many weekends off. Opening round of Pro Tour was going ok until the pre-final (grid 4) where contact saw him drop deep into the DD2 field. He charged back to 5th in the final
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
Race Eyes On...
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Camera On. Camera Off.
This was the first Pro Tour round where on-board cameras were compulsory.
pic - Mark Wicks, KartSportNews
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People...
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Congratulations...
There was in impressive amount of respect and camaraderie displayed by the Pro Tour drivers at conclusion of Sunday's finals.
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