Exciting End To 2015 Australian Kart Championship
| press release | 3 November 2015 |
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The Australian Karting Championship, presented by Jayco and Castrol EDGE went over and above its fair share of excitement at the Grand Final event in Geelong - with four of the eight classes on offer not decided until the drop of the chequered flag in the finals on Sunday afternoon.
The most dramatic of the weekend came in KF3 after Canberra racer, Zane Morse led the Title chase by nine points coming into the weekend. Not starting the second heat this morning and subsequent victory for closest rival, Reece Sidebottom put Tony Kart-mounted Morse on the back foot.
Sidebottom controlled the pace of the final to take a comfortable victory over local Dylan Hollis - his best KF3 Final finish and Queenslander Joshua Rogers. Needing to win and for Sidebottom to finish third or worse, Morse mustered fifth placing behind new Victorian Champion, Oscar Piastri.
Above: Reece Sidebottom with the #1 plate, Jon Targett Perpetual trophy and boarding pass to be a part of Team Australia at the 2016 CIK-FIA Winter Cup
pic - Coopers Photography
In KZ2 Saturday’s switch in Championship lead from season-long leader, Jake Klarich to Jason Pringle continued on Sunday, with the CRG driving Pringle showing no nerves about the Championship position. He extended the lead to seven points after the third heat and then went on to put together a masterful drive leading home Dutch Ricciardo Kart pilot, Marijn Kremers and TB Kart’s Klarich in the final.
In KF2 - Harrington Doyle Arrow driver Scott Sorenson was cruelly eliminated early in the final. A technical glitch saw the Queenslander unable to get away from the line and try as he might, he could not get the issue sorted, eventually pulling off to the side of the track.
His chief rival Liam McLellan - who was 16 points behind coming into the Championship chase - took off out in front and recorded an easy victory in his Holden Kart Team JC Kart. With Sorenson on the sidelines, it gave McLellan enough points to win his second Australian Championship by seven points and secure the James Courtney Perpetual Trophy. Dunlop V8 Supercars Series campaigner, Todd Hazelwood brought his Arrow home in second on his karting return with local driver, Zac Soutar third.
Above: Holden Kart Team driver Liam McLellan was victorious in KF2 to also secure the James Courtney Perpetual Trophy
pic - Coopers Photography
In an intense X30 Championship battle, Daniel Rochford was able to overturn Bradley Jenner’s hefty Championship lead. The weekend didn’t go right for Jenner from the very beginning and had to battle his way through from a deep starting position if he was any chance.
Clearing the pack, Jenner got to fourth whilst Rochford was embroiled in a battle with the FA Kart pair, James Sera (who was a single point behind Rochford coming into the weekend) and Morgan Feast. Ironically, a move on Sera for the lead by Feast opened the door for Rochford.
If Rochford won, Jenner had to finish better than fourth - fourth would give the Title to Rochford by one point. Try as he might, the young Victorian couldn’t work past Feast and in the end the Title crossed over to Rochford.
Jenner was in the middle of another tense battle later in the day. One point separated him and Formula K’s Adam Lindstrom in KA TaG. A great start by Jenner to take the lead at turn one and a spirited charge by Lindstrom saw the pair exit turn two first and second.
Lindstrom staged a hunt on the back of Jenner’s kart and closed to within four tenths of a second as the laps were winding down, however Jenner did enough to hold on and make amends for the earlier disappointment.
In KA Junior, Jack Doohan, the son of five time MotoGP World Champion, Mick Doohan won his first Australian karting Championship, putting the exclamation point on his advantage with a final win over Tyler Everingham and debutante Matthew Benin.
Above: Brad Jenner was victorious in the KA TaG round and Championship
pic - Coopers Photography
Jay Hanson wasn’t letting his points lead get away from him, taking the round and Championship win over Cooper Webster and Blake Purdie after a wild push to the finish involving five karts.
James Sera continued to prove that he is one of the best in the business adding the first ever KA1 Championship to his extensive CV. Toby Pope and Justin Francis did everything in their power to knock the FA Kart driver off, however he had secured the Championship following the third heat.
Pope would go on to win the final from Sera and Leigh Nicolaou.
Thus ends the first new look Australian Kart Championship, presented by Jayco and Castrol EDGE - terrific racing, the emergence of some new names and increased excitement among competitors, clubs and sponsors has placed the sport on a new level in 2015.
The Champions were crowned Sunday night at a Gala Function at Simonds Stadium - the home of the Geelong Cats.
2015 AUSTRALIAN KART CHAMPIONSHIP
Round 5 - Geelong, Vic
RESULTS: Top 3
KA12
1. Jay Hanson
2. Cooper Webster
3. Blake Purdie
KA Junior
1. Jack Doohan
2. Tyler Everingham
3. Matthew Beninca
Above: Jack Doohan crossing the line for the win in KA Junior
pic - Coopers Photography
KF3
1. Reece Sidebottom
2. Dylan Hollis
3. Joshua Rogers
KA1
1. Toby Pope
2. James Sera
3. Leigh Nicolaou
KA TaG
1. Brad Jenner
2. Adam Lindstrom
3. Brooke Redden
X30
1. Daniel Rochford
2. James Sera
3. Morgan Feast
KF2
1. Liam McLellan
2. Todd Hazelwood
3. Zac Soutar
For the full results, please click here.
Above: Jason Pringle celebrating his win in KZ2
pic - Coopers Photography
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
KA12
1 Jay HANSON 212
2 Cooper WEBSTER 162
3 Kai ALLEN 106
4 Blake PURDIE 100
5 Emerson HARVEY 88
6 Tex STARR-MCKOY 84
7 Kobi WILLIAMS 80
8 Connor DAVISON 67
9 William SEAL 57
10 Kacey MANN 54
11 Thomas COOPER 53
12 Oscar COMLEY 50
13 George GOWER 42
14 Jai BROWN 40
15 Hugh BARTER 37
16 James WHARTON 36
17 Sean LARKIN 32
18 Troy FORTANIER 22
19 Jaiden POPE 21
19 Rhys SMITH 21
19 Will HARPER 21
22 Corbin BAILEY 15
23 Tyler CRAIG 14
24 Adrian HAAK 12
25 Adam Jr SLATTERY 11
25 Jobe STEWART 11
27 Riley LE GARDE 10
27 Ty SPENCER 10
29 Riccardo D’ESTE 7
30 Callum BISHOP 4
31 Aaron OLIVER 2
31 Braydon CALLAGHAN 2
31 Hugo SIMPSON 2
34 Bayley DOUGLAS 1
34 Bronson BOULT 1
34 Matthew DOMASCHENZ 1
37 Amber MILLER 0
37 Austin WELLS 0
37 Bailey COLLINS 0
37 Beau PRONESTI 0
37 Brady MITCHELL 0
37 Christian COWIE 0
37 Christopher CHRISTENSEN 0
37 Declan MATTHEWS 0
37 Ethan WYLLIE 0
37 Gabriel GASPERAK 0
37 Jacinta HOEY 0
37 Jackson WALLS 0
37 Jasper ELLERY 0
37 Jay COMBS 0
37 Jesse KEELING 0
37 Joel JOHNSON 0
37 Jude BARGWANNA 0
37 Kai UPITER 0
37 Kyle COTTER 0
37 Kynan Brooks 0
37 Luke SAWYER 0
37 Marcus LOBKO 0
37 Matthew NIETZ 0
37 Max DEGUARA 0
37 Paige RADDATZ 0
37 Reuben GOODALL 0
37 Rhys KEMP 0
37 Rusty ROSS 0
37 Ryan WOOD 0
37 Thomas HAYMAN 0
Above: The KA12 podium finishers at Geelong
pic - Coopers Photography
KA Junior
1 Jack DOOHAN 216
2 Jordan CARUSO 128
3 Angelo MOUZOURIS 113
4 Tyler EVERINGHAM 112
5 Cory ARNETT 82
6 Jace MATTHEWS 79
7 Declan FRASER 71
8 Benito MONTALBANO 69
9 Cooper MURRAY 68
10 Broc FEENEY 63
11 Harrison CARR 52
12 Blake FARDELL 50
12 Damon PAPASERGIO 50
14 Jack WINTER 47
15 Matthew BENINCA 37
16 Jacob DOWSON 33
17 Travis WORTON 29
18 Nicholas SCHEMBRI 23
18 Zac CRICHTON 23
20 Oscar PRIEST 19
21 Samuel DOWNING 19
22 Cameron MCLEAN 14
22 Joshua SMITH 14
22 Tyson HARVEY 14
22 Zac RADDATZ 14
26 Harrison HOEY 13
26 Thomas DAVIES 13
28 Marcus FRASER 12
29 Cody BURCHER 10
30 Kaleb MUSTOW – VEAL 9
31 Jason BOWYER 8
31 Zayd TONES 8
33 Christian PANCIONE 7
33 Cooper HAY 7
33 Domenic ROMEO 7
33 Jac PRESTON 7
37 Hayden JERICHO 6
38 Benjamin D’ALIA 3
38 Brieann MOYSE 3
38 Jordyn SINNI 3
41 Benjamin BARGWANNA 2
41 Tayla CULLINANE 2
41 Zachary HEARD 2
44 Jack HUTCHINS 1
44 Jordan KERVERS 1
44 Kurtis READ 1
44 Skaife WARD 1
48 Angus WALLACE 0
49 Bailey SAGAIDAK 0
49 Benjamin ATKINSON 0
49 Brodie WHITMORE 0
49 Callum BISHOP 0
49 Clayton RICHARDS 0
49 Daley MARTIN 0
49 JACK HARDERS 0
49 Jackson CALLOW 0
49 Jackson REES 0
49 Jackson SOUSLIN-HARLOW 0
49 Jake SAWYER 0
49 Jay COUL 0
49 Jaylyn ROBOTHAM 0
49 Joel JAMIESON 0
49 Joshua BUCHAN 0
49 Joshua DENTON 0
49 Luke VAN HERWAARDE 0
49 Michael JONES 0
49 Nathan WILLIAMS 0
49 Olivia DALLA-ZUANNA 0
49 Russell MAYO 0
49 Ryan HUGHES 0
49 Sean TOMS 0
49 Tayla HEATH 0
49 Thomas SMITH 0
49 Toby WEBB 0
49 Zak LOBKO 0
KA1
1 James SERA 217
2 Toby POPE 181
3 Justin FRANCIS 176
4 Matthew MCLEAN 136
5 Leigh NICOLAOU 118
6 Nicholas BECKER 82
7 Braydon NORTH 65
8 Dean O’BRIEN 47
9 Matthew WALL 45
10 Jordi MARCON 40
11 Bryce DAVIDSON 39
12 Luke WRIGLEY 35
13 Shayne PIPER 34
14 Jordan NICOLAOU 33
15 Luke MARQUIS 28
16 Matthew WATERS 22
16 Simon FALLON 22
18 Nicholas INGHAM 18
19 BEN HARDERS 14
20 Brett ROBINSON 13
20 Robert THORBURN 13
22 Charlotte POYNTING 12
22 Peter O’NEILL 12
24 Steven WRIGLEY 11
25 Ben GRAY 8
25 Joseph TIGHE 8
25 Nicholas RILEY 8
28 ALEXANDER BARBOUTIS 6
28 Glenn RIDDELL 6
28 Holly MARQUIS 6
28 JEREMIAH SHEEHAN 6
32 Alan FITZPATRICK 5
32 JEFFREY RAHALEY 5
34 Courtney BECKER 4
35 Shay MAYES 3
35 Spencer ACKERMANN 3
37 Jason CONROY 2
38 Mark DORBOLO 1
39 Fabian DORBOLO 0
39 Sparky MARQUIS 0
39 Tabatha BADGER 0
Above: James Sera leading the way in KA1
pic - Coopers Photography
KA TaG
1 Bradley JENNER 185
2 Adam LINDSTROM 179
3 Brendan NELSON 126
4 Troy MORRISSEY 113
5 BROOKE REDDEN 74
5 Rick PRINGLE 74
7 Dean FOSTER 72
8 Nicholas ANDREWS 63
9 William HAWKES 59
10 Mitchell HEWITT 56
11 Bryce DAVIDSON 55
12 Aaron BORG 46
13 Tim FARRELL 41
14 Daniel WALLIS 34
15 Aaron HINDLE 31
15 Jayden SHARRAD 31
15 Rohan KINENS 31
18 Brock LANNOY 28
19 Damon SCHOFIELD 26
20 Nicholas DALTON 21
21 Mitchell MADDREN 18
22 Thomas PRASCEVIC 15
23 Chris BURLEY 14
24 Lindsay BUNT 13
24 Scott MATHESON 13
26 Matthew ATTRILL 12
27 Mitchell MACKAY 10
28 Nathan TAYLOR 9
29 Brett PORTER 8
30 George GUTIERREZ 7
30 James CORNFOOT 7
32 Hudson HEATH 6
32 Leigh COCKER 6
32 Russel PROVAN 6
35 Matthew DISTILL 5
35 Ryley BRUNNER 5
37 Martin SWINDELLS 4
37 Paul GLOWACKI 4
39 Joel HEINRICH 3
40 Jordan TASKER 2
40 LUKE BIRD 2
40 Mathew BYRNE 2
40 Wayne BOURKE 2
44 Jack WOODFALL 1
44 Jake DOWNS 1
46 Aaron IVERS 0
47 Alexander RINALDI 0
48 Ali ULUTURK 0
49 Amos NOON 0
50 Andrew DANG 0
51 Ben FLOYD 0
52 Ben MCCOMBIE 0
53 Bradley CADY 0
54 Bradley MARSH-STEPNEY 0
55 Brandon STILWELL 0
56 Brent BLAKEY 0
57 Christopher COOMBE 0
58 Christopher PROVAN 0
59 Cohen ARCHER 0
60 Dean WIEGMAN 0
61 Dimitri KOZLINSKI 0
62 Dylan PINTILIE 0
63 Greg PERRY 0
64 Haydn FELICI 0
65 Jackson LINES 0
66 Jarad NEINERT 0
67 Jayden VEALE 0
68 Jonathon FENCH 0
69 Josh FIELDING 0
70 Keaton SZACH 0
71 Kerry AVRAMIDIS 0
72 Kurt HILL 0
73 Kyle JACKSON 0
74 Max CARTER 0
75 Michael SMITH-CROSSING 0
76 Nicholas CARROLL 0
77 Paul RODGERS 0
78 Rhys ASTLEY 0
79 Robert HOOPER 0
80 Stephanie STONES 0
81 Troy BYLES 0
82 Troy STONE 0
83 Yu-Jin LEE 0
X30
1 Daniel ROCHFORD 177
2 Bradley JENNER 174
3 James SERA 167
4 Brendan NELSON 111
5 Ben STEWART 108
6 Morgan FEAST 100
7 Leigh NICOLAOU 96
8 Adam MERCER 70
9 Bradley STEWART 52
9 Jordan NICOLAOU 52
11 Alex BAKER 47
12 Pierce LEHANE 46
13 Aaron HINDLE 40
13 Shay MAYES 40
15 Reece DAVIDSON 35
16 Matthew WATERS 31
17 Zac SOUTAR 22
18 Luke FLYNN 21
19 Brody APPLEBY 16
20 Aaron BORG 15
21 Tommy QUINLAN 13
22 Matthew HALL 11
23 Paul PITTAM 8
24 KIP FOSTER 6
25 ADAM LEVI 4
25 Gaven WHITMORE 4
25 Julian LUNETTA 4
28 Ashley SEWARD 3
28 Brenton SIMONDS 3
28 Jake RICE 3
28 Kyle RETHUS 3
28 Luke JONES 3
33 Christopher SUTHERLAND 2
33 Jordi MARCON 2
33 Liam FERRY 2
33 Lindsay BUNT 2
33 Nicholas CARROLL 2
38 Adam WILLISON 1
39 Andrew CASH 1
39 Troy STONE 1
41 Aaron JACKSON 0
41 Alexander RINALDI 0
41 Anthony CAIAZZO 0
41 Bjorn SCHULTHEISS 0
41 Blake BROOKS 0
41 Daniel PRICE 0
41 Graham PRAJBISZ 0
41 Greg PERRY 0
41 Hayden SLATTERY 0
41 Jake DOWNS 0
41 Jason PRICE 0
41 Joel HEINRICH 0
41 Josh FIELDING 0
41 Kristopher WALL 0
41 Kurt HILL 0
41 Matt SLAVIN 0
41 Matthew BOYLAN 0
41 Patrick CARTER 0
41 Ryan AITKEN 0
41 Scott KISSOCK 0
41 Simon ENRIGHT 0
41 Stephen SIMPSON 0
Above: Daniel Rochford standing on top of the podium in the X30 class
pic - Coopers Photography
KF3
1 Reece SIDEBOTTOM 191
2 Zane MORSE 169
3 Oscar PIASTRI 147
4 Thomas HUGHES 140
5 Dylan HOLLIS 122
6 Joshua DENTON 111
7 Joshua ROGERS 90
8 Aaron CAMERON 89
9 Joshua FIFE 75
10 Alec MORSE 67
11 Cody BREWCZYNSKI 60
12 Harrison HOEY 29
13 Ryan SUHLE 25
14 Jack WINTER 22
15 Cooper MURRAY 16
16 Cameron LONGMORE 12
16 Flynn JACKES 12
18 Thomas STEELE 9
18 Zac RADDATZ 9
20 Alex BARBOUTIS 8
20 Liam FORD 8
20 Valentino ASTUTI 8
23 Lachlan HUGHES 6
24 Broc FEENEY 5
24 Joel JAMIESON 5
26 Angelo MOUZOURIS 3
26 Cameron SHIELDS 3
28 Antonio ASTUTI 2
28 Morgan FEAST 2
30 Jordyn SINNI 1
31 Declan FRASER 0
31 Jack WESTCOMBE CASEY 0
31 Taine VENABLES 0
31 Tomas GASPERAK 0
KF2
1 Liam MCLELLAN 207
2 Scott SORENSEN 200
3 Zac SOUTAR 135
4 Harrison KNIGHT 108
5 Joshua TYNAN 79
6 Steeley NODA-BARNES 66
7 Bradley MARSH-STEPNEY 51
8 Todd HAZELWOOD 40
9 Kyle HENRY-SMITH 36
10 Ben EDWARDS 33
11 Matthew MCLELLAN 31
12 David HARRADINE 26
13 Joshua DAVEY 26
13 Luke FLYNN 26
14 Blaine DENSLEY 24
15 William HAWKES 22
16 Jaymi MACKAY 15
KZ2
1 Jason PRINGLE 172
2 Jake KLARICH 161
3 Kyle ENSBEY 130
4 Jaie ROBSON 125
5 Christopher HAYS 122
6 Troy WOOLSTON 89
7 Brock PLUMB 88
8 Kel TRESEDER 83
9 Troy LOESKOW 75
10 Matthew WALL 63
11 Jonathon MANGOS 51
12 Jason FAINT 50
14 Joshua SMITH 42
15 Kris WALTON 36
13 Troy BRETHERTON 42
16 Pierce LEHANE 29
17 Daniel PRICE 26
18 Tyler GREENBURY 24
19 Drew RIDGE 19
24 Sam HOUSTON 11
21 Jarryd EBZERY 12
21 Nick PERCAT 12
23 David SERA 8
20 Benjamin REDJEPI 7
25 Zane WYATT 6
27 Mathew ERDMANN 5
28 Stelios TRIANTAFILLIDIS 4
29 Matthew SMITH 3
30 Mathew NIPPERESS 2
30 Zane GODDARD 2
32 Mitchell MACKAY 1
33 Cian FOTHERGILL 0
33 Joel HEINRICH 0
33 Joshua FIFE 0
33 Lee DILLON 0
33 Luke DILLON 0
33 Marc HUGELSHOFER 0
33 Mason BARBERA 0
33 Michael BUCKLEY 0
33 Peter RICHARDS 0
33 Robert HOOPER 0
