Sera Cements Place In History
| 27 September 2016 |
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David Sera has cemented his position as Australia’s greatest karting champion securing his 18th Australian Title and first KZ2 Championship at Port Melbourne’s Todd Road Karting facility on Sunday.
- On-demand video from the round, including interviews, Sunday's racing, trophy presentation and Awards Night acceptance speeches, is HERE
- A photo gallery from the Awards dinner is HERE
- Lots of photos from the track on the series' Facebook HERE and Pace Images (day 2 gallery) HERE
- Final Championship points for all classes are further down the page
Sera had enough of a points advantage over Dutchman Marijn Kremers after the fourth heat race on Sunday morning to win the Championship in his Deadly Kart - the kart built by DPE Kart Technology to honour his achievements in the sport.
Above: David Sera celebrating his 18th Australian Karting Championship
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Coopers Photography
The KZ2 Final fell the way of Sera’s fellow Victorian Aaron Cameron who beat home the new Champion aboard his Kosmic Kart and round one winner, Chris Hays (BirelART).
The X30 Championship literally came down to the final lap of the final race to decide the Champion. Victorian Adam Lindstrom was leading and had enough of a points advantage over Queenslander Adam Mercer until a late race pass from Morgan Feast to take the lead pushed Lindstrom back to second.
Above: Queenslander Adam Mercer broke through to claim his maiden Australian Championship in the X30 class.
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In concert with the crucial lead pass, advanced past two karts in his Pacific Kartsport Arrow to score enough points to be crowned Champion. It was an emotional first Australian Championship for Mercer who had Supercars star, Chaz Mostert in his corner assisting him this weekend.
In a day of drama another Championship decided on the last lap was KA3 - the race fell to 15-year-old Cody Donald - who was the Championship challenger going into the final. Title leader, Matthew McLean had been shuffled as far back as seventh in the early running but fought back to second - advancing past both of the Nicolaou brothers late in the race.
Second place was enough to deliver enough points to hang on to the Championship for McLean - his first Australian Championship.
Above: South Australian Cooper Hay emerged as a popular victor in the KA2 class following the most dramatic of finals
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Cooper Webster won the KA4 Final which was also enough to win him the Championship. Benito Montalbano crashed in the opening lap of the final and had to wait to see what would happen between Cooper Webster and Jay Hanson - who were equal on points after the heats.
The pair of them swapped positions in the early stages of the race before Webster gained an advantage, he’d go on to win in front of Hanson and Travis Worton who came through for third.
West Aussie Brooke Redden won the TaG 125 Final in a strong fight getting home in front of Joshua Car and Mitchell Hewitt.
Just two drivers finished the KA2 Championship race final which was struck by a freak shower early in the race. When the heavens opened on lap nine, there were 11 karts that slid off the circuit in turn one. Battling the limits of adhesion best was South Australian Zanardi Kart racer Cooper Hay won the race while Queenslander Jac Preston finished second, to the cheers of the large crowd in attendance.
Above: Cooper Webster leading the KA4 Junior field
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In KA1 the Harrington Doyle Racing Arrow team split its strategy for the mixed track conditions sending Champion-elect Scott Sorensen out on wet tyres and Luke Flynn on dry rubber. Flynn’s choice proved to be crucial, as the track dried enough to allow him to sweep to the front to take the win over Ricciardo Kart’s Thomas Steele, who passed Sorensen on the final lap for second.
In Cadet 9, New South Welshman Ryan Tomsett’s third position was enough to create history and become the youngest Australian karting champion in history. South Aussie Ben Holliday won the race and Fraser Carr finished second.
In Cadet 12, Kobi Williams took the final win over Fletcher Harris and Tex Starr-McKoy.
Thus brings to a close a thrilling final round of the 2016 Australian Kart Championship presented by Jayco and Castrol EDGE.
The Prize Ceremony for all winners and the $120,000 in prizes, including 12 international race opportunities were presented at a gala ceremony at Etihad Stadium on Sunday night.
Above: 2016 MG Tyres Driver's Driver of the Year Award Winner Brendan Nelson
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2016 AUSTRALIAN KART CHAMPIONSHIP - ROUND 5 WINNERS
- Cadet 9 - Ben Holliday (SA)
- Cadet 12 - Kobi Williams (Vic)
- KA4 Junior - Cooper Webster (Vic)
- KA3 Senior - Cody Donald (Vic)
- KA2 - Cooper Hay (SA)
- TaG 125 - Brooke Redden (WA)
- X30 - Morgan Feast (SA)
- KA1 - Luke Flynn (QLD)
- KZ2 - Aaron Cameron (Vic)
Full results from the round are on CMS HERE
The final round doubled as the second round of the Victorian Kart Championship for various classes.
The winners of the blue plate in their respective classes were:
- KA4 Junior - Cooper Webster
- KA3 Senior - Jordan Nicolaou
- KA2 - Jack Doohan
- KA1 - Scott Sorensen
- TaG 125 - Joshua Car
- X30 - Joshua Car
- KZ2 - David Sera
Above: The 2016 Australian Kart Champions
2016 AUSTRALIAN KART CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS
Cadet 9 - Ryan Tomsett (NSW)
Cadet 12 - Kai Allen (SA)
KA4 Junior - Cooper Webster (Vic)
KA2 - Jack Doohan (QLD)
KA3 Senior - Matthew McLean (Vic)
TaG 125 - Brendan Nelson (QLD)
X30 - Adam Mercer (QLD)
KA1 - Scott Sorensen (QLD)
KZ2 - David Sera (Vic)
Above: Ryan Tomsett was selected as the recipient of the inaugural Bridgestone Super Cup
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Coopers Photography
2016 DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS
After Round 5 of 5
Cadet 9
1 Ryan TOMSETT 236 (NSW)
2 Ben HOLLIDAY 220
3 Alex NINOVIC 202
4 Dominic ATTARD 181
5 Harry ARNETT 154
6 Toby DVORAK 151
7 Fraser CARR 113
8 Leon CORDATO 95
9 Carter MOBBS 75
10 Costa TOPARIS 67
11 Harrison LYNE 63
12 Marshall CROFTS 37
13 Toby CALLOW 30
14 Sebastian RUIZ 24
15 Jett COTTER 23
16 Rock HAN 19
17 Jakob SCOTT 18
18 Jesse LACEY 17
19 Sam WHITEFORD 15
20 Ruby GIBSON 15
21 Cadel AMBROSE 14
22 Spencer RICE 13
23 Nathan EMMINS 12
24 Drew DEGUARA 11
25 Aiva ANAGNOSTIADIS 10
26 Lachlan PLATTEN 9
27 Jordan ENSBEY 8
28 Bryce POWELL 7
29 Jett MURRAY 6
30 Stefan KARAJCIC 4
31 Maddison FEATHER 1
32 Sebastian MANSON 0
Cadet 12
1 Kai ALLEN 275 (SA)
2 Kobi WILLIAMS 247
3 Fletcher HARRIS 222
4 James WHARTON 215
5 Blake PURDIE 161
6 Adrian HAAK 126
7 Jobe STEWART 119
8 Rhys SMITH 117
9 William SEAL 89
10 Hugh BARTER 64
11 Tex STARR-MCKOY 53
12 Christian COWIE 41
13 Oscar COMLEY 30
14 Samuel CHRISTISON 18
15 Troy FORTANIER 18
16 Brody SONTER 17
17 Oscar TARGETT 17
18 Will HARPER 16
19 Tristan GRIFFIN 14
20 Marcos FLACK 12
21 Aaron OLIVER 11
22 Luca NICI 9
23 Jack HOTTER 8
24 Massimo CAPITANIO 8
25 Joshua SARGENT 7
26 Kai WALKER 7
27 James PISZCYK 6
28 MAX MCRAE 6
29 Nicholas SACCO 6
30 Ethan FEATHER 5
31 Hugo SIMPSON 5
32 Adam TOMSETT 4
33 Carter MOBBS 4
34 Cody MAYNES-RUTTY 4
35 Josh HAYNES 3
36 Max DEGUARA 3
37 Ty SPENCER 3
38 Liam SCEATS 2
39 Corbin BAILEY 1
40 Damon WOODS 1
41 Joseph FAWCETT 1
42 Beau PRONESTI 1
43 CALLUM FRY 1
44 Lachlan MURPHY 1
45 Rusty ROSS 1
46 Tom DRANE 1
47 Anton HORTIS 0
48 Caleb SUMICH 0
49 Joshua D’AMBROSIO 0
50 Annabelle ROLFO 0
51 Beau RUSSELL 0
52 Billy MYERS 0
53 Christian MANSELL 0
54 Christopher CHRISTENSEN 0
55 Ethan CHURCH 0
56 Jack LAWSON 0
57 Jamie CHRISTISON 0
58 Jarrod HUGHES 0
59 Jessica FORTANIER 0
60 Jonathon MARCUSSON 0
61 Joshua HOCKING 0
62 Kent FIAS-AYON 0
63 Kyle COTTER 0
64 Kyle EVANS 0
65 Makk O’NEILL 0
66 Marcus WATSON 0
67 Noah SANDS 0
68 Ryley WATSON 0
69 Shannon MORTLOCK 0
70 Zaiden BARRY 0
KA4 Junior
1 Cooper WEBSTER 234 (VIC)
2 Jay HANSON 229
3 Benito MONTALBANO 225
4 Travis WORTON 199
5 Oscar PRIEST 157
6 Zac CRICHTON 143
7 Joshua SMITH 133
8 Tate FROST 108
9 Beau HARRIS 103
10 Broc FEENEY 56
11 Cody BURCHER 54
12 Nicholas SCHEMBRI 41
13 Thomas SARGENT 41
14 Rhys KEMP 35
15 Sean LARKIN 24
16 Kacey MANN 22
17 Jai BROWN 20
18 Jackson SOUSLIN-HARLOW 17
19 Zachary HEARD 15
20 Zac ZAMPROGNO 13
21 Tyler EVERINGHAM 11
22 Darcy INWOOD 10
23 Thomas COOPER 10
24 Lachlan DALTON 9
25 Mak HOLDEN 9
26 Samuel DOWNING 7
27 Sean LARKIN 5
28 Declan MATTHEWS 5
29 Jaiden POPE 5
30 Kynan BROOKS 5
31 Adam Jr SLATTERY 4
32 Benjamin D’ALIA 4
33 Blake FARDELL 4
34 Skaife WARD 4
35 Hayden JERICHO 3
36 Jack HUTCHINS 3
37 Coady GORRINGE 2
38 Jai SPAREY 2
39 Jaxson COX 2
40 Nicholas TREBILCOCK 2
41 Brayden EVERITT 1
42 Jack PENNACCHIA 1
43 Ryan JENKINS 1
44 Kurtis READ 1
45 Tristan LAMBERT 1
46 Angelo MOUZOURIS 0
47 Cooper JOHNSTONE 0
48 Emerson HARVEY 0
49 Matteo MIFSUD 0
50 Reuben GOODALL 0
51 Angus WALLACE 0
52 Benjamin JENKINSON 0
53 Blake LOCKETT 0
54 Blayke WAGNER 0
55 Casey CLEAVER 0
56 Domenic CAMINITI 0
57 Elise RADDATZ 0
58 Finn CASSIDY 0
59 Jacinta HOEY 0
60 Jackson BURTON 0
61 Jordan MALCOLM 0
62 Kain ARMSTRONG 0
63 Lachlan MINEEFF 0
64 Matthew NIETZ 0
65 Mia BOLTON 0
66 Natasha EMMINS 0
67 Nathaniel HARRISON 0
68 Riley LE GARDE 0
69 Riley MATHESON 0
70 Russell MAYO 0
71 Seth MATHIE 0
72 Tommy HARRADINE 0
Above: Tom Turner and Luke Grasso were presented with the Dunlop Determination Awards
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Coopers Photography
KA2
1 Jack DOOHAN 257 (QLD)
2 Harrison HOEY 174
3 Broc FEENEY 153
4 Lachlan HUGHES 143
5 Cameron LONGMORE 136
6 Jace MATTHEWS 122
7 Jordyn SINNI 107
8 DAMON PAPASERGIO 104
9 Angelo MOUZOURIS 75
10 Christian PANCIONE 68
11 Jac PRESTON 62
12 Dylan HOLLIS 58
13 Cooper HAY 52
14 Jack WINTER 43
15 Cody BREWCZYNSKI 39
16 Jackson CALLOW 37
17 Antonio ASTUTI 35
18 Luke WANLESS 34
19 Thomas SMITH 28
20 Valentino ASTUTI 27
21 Ryan SUHLE 19
22 Taine VENABLES 18
23 Zak HUDSON 16
24 Thomas TURNER 14
25 Nathan HADLOW 8
26 Bailey SAGAIDAK 7
27 Henry JOHNSTONE 6
28 Bianca BUSTAMANTE 0
29 Flynn JACKES 0
Above: KA2 Champion Jack Doohan with his parents Mick and Selina Doohan
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KA3 Senior
1 Matthew MCLEAN 223 (VIC)
2 Cody DONALD 220
3 Jordan NICOLAOU 211
4 Spencer ACKERMANN 136
5 Justin FRANCIS 122
6 James SERA 105
7 Declan FRASER 89
8 Benjamen DELANEY 87
9 Matthew WATERS 78
10 Beck CONNELL 67
11 Luke WRIGLEY 62
12 Dean O’BRIEN 58
13 Thomas DAVIES 56
14 Joseph TIGHE 53
15 Jacob DOWSON 50
16 Toby POPE 42
17 Harrison CARR 41
18 Leigh NICOLAOU 33
19 Brett ROBINSON 28
20 Bryce WOOLLARD 20
21 Glenn RIDDELL 20
22 Jarva SHEERANS 15
23 Jack BUSSEY 15
24 James LITZOW 13
25 Hamish RIBARITS 11
26 James O’MALLEY 11
27 Raith SHEERANS 10
28 Sarah COLLINS 10
29 Luke GRASSO 9
30 Tyler MORRISON 9
31 Jack BELL 8
32 Nicholas RILEY 8
33 Kody GARLAND 6
34 Luke MAY 5
35 Clayton RICHARDS 4
36 John GROTHER 4
37 Jason SEVERINO 3
38 Wayne BOURKE 3
39 Tayla HEATH 3
40 Jacque ISARIN 2
41 Michael RILEY 2
42 Robert THORBURN 2
43 Keenan SLATER 1
44 Christopher WILLIAMS 1
45 Matthew PIPER 1
46 Harrison INWOOD 0
47 Jake CONGDON 0
48 Peter GIGIS 0
49 Peter O’NEILL 0
50 Kaleb MUSTOW – VEAL 0
51 Aaron JACKSON 0
52 Anthony DI MAURO 0
53 Cameron MCLEAN 0
54 Christopher JONES 0
55 Cory ARNETT 0
56 Daley MARTIN 0
57 Jack O’SULLIVAN 0
58 Jayden SHARRAD 0
59 Jordan KERVERS 0
60 Lachlan BOYLE 0
61 Lucas WALTERS 0
62 Melissa WHITMORE 0
63 Nathan CARR 0
64 Nicklaus LICHTENBERGER 0
65 Robert ZOANETTI 0
66 Trevor WHITBY 0
67 Tyler DOWTON 0
68 Vincent SEVERINO 0
TaG 125
1 Brendan NELSON 320 (QLD)
2 Joshua CAR 284
3 Mitchell HEWITT 134
4 Brooke REDDEN 131
5 Hamish RIBARITS 107
6 Thomas HUGHES 94
7 Luke VAN HERWAARDE 54
8 Matthew HALL 51
9 Paul PITTAM 50
10 Kris WALTON 45
11 Liam FORD 45
12 Kody GARLAND 40
13 Bryce DAVIDSON 39
14 Nicholas ANDREWS 39
15 Toby WEBB 38
16 William HAWKES 35
17 Lane MOORE 33
18 Joshua DAVEY 32
19 Jayden SHARRAD 31
20 Ashleigh STEWART 29
21 Damon SCHOFIELD 29
22 Aaron HINDLE 28
23 Samuel MORROW 25
24 Luke COLLETT 22
25 Troy MORRISSEY 22
26 Alexander RINALDI 19
27 Shane KUBACKI 18
28 Nicholas DALTON 17
29 Daniel CREED 14
30 Liam SHEPPARD 13
31 Nikolaj THOMAS 13
32 Paul RODGERS 12
33 Rick PRINGLE 12
34 Shawn MCNAMARA 12
35 Bradley MARSH-STEPNEY 11
36 Elly MORROW 10
37 Scott HOWARD 8
38 Bjorn SCHULTHEISS 7
39 Joshua THOMAS 7
40 Alex BAKER 7
41 Connor FARR 7
42 David BOYD 7
43 Hayden COX 5
44 Kyle ZINK 4
45 Ali ULUTURK 3
46 Joshua AMUNDSEN 3
47 Scott WITHERS 3
48 Phil SMITH 2
49 Daniel PEGG 1
50 Rudy FARKAS 1
51 Tyler HOWARD 0
52 Daniel WALLIS 0
53 Jaymi MACKAY 0
54 Kyle JACKSON 0
55 Nicholas CURRIE 0
56 Stephen SIMPSON 0
X30
1 Adam MERCER 193 (QLD)
2 Adam LINDSTROM 189
3 Daniel ROCHFORD 184
4 Joshua CAR 181
5 Marijn KREMERS 178
6 Morgan FEAST 163
7 Ben HARDERS 123
8 Leigh NICOLAOU 114
9 Zac SOUTAR 111
10 Brendan NELSON 73
11 Bradley STEWART 68
12 Kris WALTON 49
13 Shay MAYES 36
14 Nathan ZUJ 32
15 Jordi MARCON 31
16 Nikolaj THOMAS 28
17 Ben STEWART 25
18 Tommy QUINLAN 21
19 Russel PROVAN 20
20 Toby POPE 18
21 Alex BAKER 17
22 Brenton SIMONDS 14
23 Luke FLYNN 9
24 Brody APPLEBY 8
25 Matthew BENINCA 8
26 Daniel WALLIS 7
27 Paul PITTAM 7
28 Matthew DISTILL 6
29 Thomas MCCULLOCH 6
30 Daniel BURLEY 5
31 Bryce DAVIDSON 4
32 Rohan KINENS 4
33 James CORNFOOT 3
34 Byron WOOLNER 2
35 Graham PRAJBISZ 1
36 John SHEPPARD 1
37 Luke VAN HERWAARDE 1
38 Alastair LEE 0
39 Alexander RINALDI 0
40 Barbara ANAGNOSTIADIS 0
41 Franc ASPINALL 0
42 Jacob ANG 0
43 Jarrod SPENCER-HARPER 0
44 Leon MRAMOR 0
45 Matthew HALL 0
46 Max CARTER 0
47 Olivia DALLA-ZUANNA 0
48 Brent BLAKEY 0
49 Christopher PROVAN 0
50 Clint SMITH 0
51 COURTNEY GOUGH 0
52 Dylan O’BRIEN 0
53 John COX 0
54 Nariko MCDONNELL 0
KA1
1 Scott SORENSEN 295 (QLD)
2 Reece SIDEBOTTOM 230
3 Thomas STEELE 150
4 Liam MCLELLAN 127
5 Daniel EDMONDS 122
6 Marc TULLOCH 75
7 Cory ARNETT 72
8 Kyle HENRY-SMITH 65
9 Luke FLYNN 63
10 Marijn KREMERS 55
11 Todd HAZELWOOD 40
12 Joshua CROSSINGHAM 39
13 Mathew STENNER 30
14 Matthew HOLGATE 25
15 George GUTIERREZ 19
16 Harrison KNIGHT 19
17 Reif CORBETT 15
18 Brock LANNOY 13
19 Blaine DENSLEY 4
20 Ben STEWART 3
21 Paul PITTAM 2
22 Alex BAKER 0
23 Reece DAVIDSON 0
24 Zari PARTRICK 0
KZ2
1 David SERA 225 (VIC)
2 Marijn KREMERS 193
3 Christopher HAYS 184
4 Joshua FIFE 180
5 Aaron CAMERON 148
6 Jonathon MANGOS 139
7 Troy LOESKOW 99
8 Daniel PRICE 92
9 Kyle ENSBEY 92
10 Ryan GRANT 89
11 Pierce LEHANE 82
12 Jason PRINGLE 81
13 Jason FAINT 61
14 Brock PLUMB 38
15 Mathew ERDMANN 28
16 Matthew SMITH 26
17 Jaie ROBSON 25
18 Troy WOOLSTON 23
19 Macauley JONES 19
20 Drew RIDGE 19
21 Benjamin REDJEPI 16
22 Mitchell MACKAY 14
23 Stelios TRIANTAFILLIDIS 13
24 Kel TRESEDER 13
25 James GOLDING 12
26 Sam HOUSTON 11
27 Jarryd EBZERY 7
28 Tim FARRELL 7
29 Graeme SMYTH 6
30 Kris WALTON 5
31 Nicholas DALTON 2
32 Cameron LONGMORE 1
33 Lachlan SACCARDO 1
34 Bradley TREMAIN 0
35 Christopher SUTHERLAND 0
36 Jack WESTCOMBE CASEY 0
37 Madeline STEWART 0
38 Ricky CAPO 0
39 Daniel SPAGNUOLO 0
40 John GROTHER 0
41 Klinton HANCEY 0
42 Lee DILLON 0
43 Liam MCLELLAN 0
44 Luke DILLON 0
45 Rory EVANS 0
