NSW Southern Stars Series, Round 5
| 3 October 2013 |
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Round 5 of the M.I.A Powder Coating Southern Star Series was hosted by the Griffith Kart Club on September 21 and 22. With 123 karters entered for the final round of the Southern Star Series it was sure going to be a weekend filled with plenty of excitement and fantastic hard fought racing.
The Griffith track provides drivers with a unique opportunity to race under lights with the prefinal on Saturday night living up to all expectations from a driver and spectator’s point of view.
Starting with Rookies, Thomas Sargent had a fantastic battle with Blake Fardell each winning 2 races before starting the final. Cody Burcher in his first Rookies race from Cadet’s performed well along with Tayla Harnas. The final result was Thomas Sargent first followed by Blake Fardell in second and Cody Burcher in third.
Junior National Light was very fast and exciting racing, local Griffith drivers Stewart Weigand and Byron Woolner performed well along with Dubbo driver Tyler Everingham just up from Rookies and Alec Morse, however it was down to Zane Morse and Luke Wrigley to fight it out with the overall result being Zane Morse in first followed by Luke Wrigley in second and Stewart Weigand in third.
A strong field of 12 Cadets lined up with local driver Noah Sands performing very well in the heats on his home track. In first place was Sydney driver Zach Heard, followed by Josh Sargent from Grenfell in second and Canberra’s Josh Haynes in third.
The fiercely contested Junior Max class saw Gus Flynn and Zane Morse fighting hard all weekend leaving Gus Flynn to lead home Zane Morse in Second and Chris Cooper in third after a weekend of intense racing.
Senior National Light was dominated by Kieran Doran from Wagga having a clean sweep winning all heats and the final followed by the Orange Kart Club duo of Mark Dunbar in second and Robert Dickson in third.
Senior National Heavy saw local Griffith Driver Braden Boots dig deep on his home track and finish first overall with Orange drivers Kurtis and Brent Dickson second and third respectively.
Open Performance Light was dominated in the heats by Jackson Delamont but a DNF in the final nearly ruined his weekend. But with enough points on the table it secured his position in first followed by Stephen Hampson in second and Shannon McLaine in third.
Crowd favorites Open Performance Heavy again put on a great spectacle with Steven Martin taking out first place in front of Robert Harnas in second and Peter Beeten in third position.
Clubman Heavy proved once again that local driver Trevor Whitby is at the peak of his game taking a clean sweep finishing first overall followed by Grenfell drivers Richard Drooger in second and Lachlan Schneider in third.
Jackson Delamont took the top step ahead of Mitchell Croke and Chris Thomas in Clubman Light, while in the Super Heavies Bruce Otter had hot on his heels Griffith locals Graham Winnel and James Croxon in second and third respectively.
Junior National Heavy as always saw some extremely close racing, local drivers Jarrod Whitty and Jamie Prendergast had a fantastic battle with Canberra driver Zane Morse. After some closely fought heats it was Zane Morse in first followed by Jarrod Whitty in second and Jamie Prendergast in third.
TAG 125 Light was won by Adrian Hogan with a near clean sweep apart from one heat and Beck Connell performed well to finish second followed by Anthony Barrie in third.
Tag 125 Heavy saw Canberra driver Robert Hogan just edge out Wagga local Tony Woodward for second with Canberra driver John McCabe biting at his heels in third.
TAG 125 Super Heavy had local driver Paul Cirillo from Griffith start out well with a win in heat one, but a strong comeback from Nathan Jess (Canberra) and Peter Beeten (Grenfell) soon turned the tables with first place going to Nathan Jess followed by Peter Beeten in second and Paul Cirillo in third.
In Sportsman Restricted Light local drivers Rino Mezzomo and Marianne Croft couldn’t match Michael Seiders speed and consistency which rewarded him with a first in front of Alexander Milward in second and Micheal Hogan in third.
The final race for the day was Sportsman Restricted Heavy with the honors taken by Mather Whale, with second place going to Greg Parker and third place to Chris Wykes.
At the completion of Sunday’s racing saw the round presentation along with the overall series presentations.
Jarrod Prendergast from Griffith was the lucky winner of the MONACO chassis which proved so fitting after Jarrod’s Kart was damaged at the Grenfell round earlier in the series.
A big thank you to all the Karters, supporters, officials, delegates and helpers over the series and also our major sponsors MIA Powder Coating and Abrasive Blasting along with DPE Kart Technology.
