by Diana Smith | 17 July 2013 |
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The 2013 NSW Closed State Titles were run at Lismore on the weekend. The weather was overcast with the odd shower leading up to Thursday, the Official practice day, before the start of the Closed State Titles.
The pit area was filling up fast and karters were on the track giving it their best to learn the track. Karters were starting to organise their wet weather tyres in anticipation of a wet weekend.
By Friday morning the sun was shining through and the first of the two qualifying sessions was soon under way. With qualifying over, the following drivers sat on pole for the opening heats:
Class |
Poll – Heat 1 & 2 |
Tag 125 Light |
Adam Briggs |
Junior Clubman |
Gus Flynn |
Tag Restricted Heavy |
Michael Osmond |
Senior National Combined |
Royce Sutherland |
Tag Restricted Light |
Brett Llewyllen |
Junior National Light |
Jayden Ojeda |
Clubman Heavy |
Jason Varley |
Tag 125 Heavy |
Benjamin Ritchie |
Clubman Super Heavy |
Joshua Herne |
Tag restricted Super Heavy |
Luke Garrard |
Junior National Heavy |
Jayden Ojeda |
Clubman Light |
Sebastian Tolson |
Rookies |
Zac Raddatz |
The afternoon saw some very exciting racing as karters were battling it out over 10 laps during the 1st heat of the Closed State Titles.
The start of Saturday morning saw a thick blanket of fog over the whole area, and carby session was delayed until the fog lifted and again the sun was shining through and the day warmed up very nicely. It wasn’t long and the kart engines were started and gates opened for carby session and start of heat 2 with another 10 laps to work out their position on the grid for the pre-final.
Pole position on the grid for the pre-final showed only one change from the qualifying order with John Iafolla in Junior National Light getting up to the front for his pre-final start:
Class |
Pole – Pre-final |
Tag 125 Light |
Adam Briggs |
Junior Clubman |
Gus Flynn |
Tag Restricted Heavy |
Michael Osmond |
Senior National Combined |
Royce Sutherland |
Tag Restricted Light |
Brett Llewyllen |
Junior National Light |
John Iafolla |
Clubman Heavy |
Jason Varley |
Tag 125 Heavy |
Benjamin Ritchie |
Clubman Super Heavy |
Joshua Herne |
Tag restricted Super Heavy |
Luke Garrard |
Junior National Heavy |
Jayden Ojeda |
Clubman Light |
Sebastian Tolson |
Rookies |
Zac Raddatz |
The afternoon was a challenging 15 laps for karters and the result of this would now give them all their position for the final to start on Sunday morning. Harry Hayek managed to take pole in Junior Clubman from Gus Flynn; Todd Stocks took pole from Brett Llewellyn in TaG Restricted Light; Jayden Ojeda reclaimed the front spot from John Iafolla in Junior National Light; Lee Gardiner managed to take pole from Luke Garrard in TaG Restricted Super Heavy, and last but not least Gus Flynn landed pole over Jayden Ojeda in Junior National Heavy.
Class |
Pole – Final |
Tag 125 Light |
Adam Briggs |
Junior Clubman |
Harry Hayek |
Tag Restricted Heavy |
Michael Osmond |
Senior National Combined |
Royce Sutherland |
Tag Restricted Light |
Todd Stocks |
Junior National Light |
Jayden Ojeda |
Clubman Heavy |
Jason Varley |
Tag 125 Heavy |
Benjamin Ritchie |
Clubman Super Heavy |
Joshua Herne |
Tag restricted Super Heavy |
Lee Gardiner |
Junior National Heavy |
Gus Flynn |
Clubman Light |
Sebastian Tolson |
Rookies |
Zac Raddatz |
Once again Sunday morning saw another blanket of fog over the track, but it lifted very quickly so that carby and finals could get well underway. The finals consisted of 22 laps of very challenging and close racing. The professionalism of these drivers shined through as it could have been anyone race in any of these classes.
Presentation followed not long after lunch and The 'Black Plate' NSW Close State Title Holders for 2013 are;
Class | 1st Place - Black Plate holder |
Tag 125 Light |
Adam Briggs |
Junior Clubman |
Harry Hayek |
Tag Restricted Heavy |
Michael Osmond |
Senior National Combined |
Dale Corbett |
Tag Restricted Light |
Michael Sieders |
Junior National Light |
Jayden Ojeda |
Clubman Heavy |
Jason Varley |
Tag 125 Heavy |
Benjamin Ritchie |
Clubman Super Heavy |
Joshua Herne |
Tag restricted Super Heavy |
Lee Gardiner |
Junior National Heavy |
Jayden Ojeda |
Clubman Light |
Andrew Mitchell |
Rookies |
Zac Raddatz |
Final Results NSW CLOSED STATE TITLES 2013 - Lismore 11th – 14th July 2013 |
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Class |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Tag 125 Light |
Adam Briggs |
Dean Amos |
Andrew Mitchell |
Junior Clubman |
Harry Hayek |
Gus Flynn |
Chris Sandrone |
Tag Restricted Heavy |
Michael Osmond |
Phillip Curran |
Beau Levy |
Senior National Combined |
Dale Corbett |
Hayden Buchanan |
Brady Buchanan |
Tag Restricted Light |
Michael Sieders |
Todd Stocks |
Brett Llewellyn |
Junior National Light |
Jayden Ojeda |
John Iafolla |
Jack Winter |
Clubman Heavy |
Jason Varley |
Jake Gleeson |
Dylan Jupe |
Tag 125 Heavy |
Benjamin Ritchie |
Lindsay Bunt |
Dale Corbett |
Clubman Super Heavy |
Joshua Herne |
Wayne Marsh |
Chris Whitton |
Tag Restricted Super Heavy |
Lee Gardiner |
Luke Garrard |
Scott Dalton-Kirby |
Junior National Heavy |
Jayden Ojeda |
Gus Flynn |
Samuel Schwarz |
Clubman Light |
Andrew Mitchell |
Scott Harris |
Brock Greedy |
Rookies |
Zac Raddatz |
Cody Brewczynski |
Thomas Davies |
Lismore Kart Club would like to thank all the competitors for the great racing, the distance they travelled to attend and to make this such a great meeting.
All the Officials, Geoff Salmon (our announcer for the weekend), the volunteers and club members who all pitched in, the canteen staff and Coopers photography and coffee that worked endlessly to make this event flow and hassle free a very big thank you and last but not least to Lismore City Council for supporting the Lismore Kart Club and Comfort Inn (Center point) Motel for major sponsorship for the 2013 NSW Closed State Titles.
This event would not have been possible without your support. – Thank you.