Saturday Qual & Heats: CIK Stars of Karting Rnd 3
| from SoK | 14 June 2014 |
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The battle for the James Courtney Trophy has stepped up a notch after the opening day of action at Round Three of the CIK Stars of Karting Championship presented by Castrol EDGE.
Nathan Tigani took two heat wins from three starts, his only blemish came when he was handed a starting infringement after crossing the line first.
Whilst Tigani was clear of a class full of talent in the Castrol EDGE Championship’s first visit to Puckapunyal, Championship leader, Troy Loeskow had a difficult day at the office. The Bundaberg FA Kart racer scored a fourth in the opening heat, but then battled through heat two and in the third heat was forced to the sidelines, costing him valuable Championship points.
Loeskow does however maintain his six-point buffer over defending Champion, Matthew Waters at the top of the standings.
Local, Leigh Nicoloau put his Arrow on the pole and is mixing it among the top group.
The Harrington Doyle Racing Arrow karts of round one winner, Scott Sorenson and Jarryd Ebzery have shown speed, so too Kosmic Racing’s Joshua Smith, whilst Waters is mired in the mid pack.
In the KF3 Junior category, it was Andrew Kahl who showed superior pace yet struggled to convert that over to a heat win. The opening heat he had an issue on the final lap while well in front, overcome by Jayden Ojeda, then Christopher Sandrone and round three winner, Zane Morse secured the remaining heats.
In an action-packed opening to KZ2, it was nothing but drama filled for the Freem Racewear pole man David Sera in his Deadly kart. He didn’t start heat one, suffered from a bent chassis in heat two, but bounced in true form despite the drama to take the final heat win.
Championship leader, Joey Hanssen continued the Dutch celebrations by capitalising on Sera’s misfortunes to record two first placings and a second.
Others to impress included round one winner, Kyle Ensbey who has bounced back to form in his Maranello Kart, WA-based Englishman, Darren Burke, last round winner, Jason Faint and CRG’s Jason Pringle.
Series leader in TaG Light, Daniel Rochford continued his excellent run making his way forward in each race despite a poor qualifying position and in TaG Heavy, Aaron Hindle and undefeated Series leader, Brendan Nelson are going at it, sharing the heat race wins.
In the support categories, it was Queenslander Jack Doohan and Sunbury’s Justin Ford who managed to convert their pole positions and take out the opening heats of Rookies and TaG Restricted respectively.
A pair of finals in all three Castrol EDGE CIK Stars of Karting Championship classes will take place tomorrow, along with pre-finals and finals for the other classes.
- full results on CMS HERE
- live stream of Sunday's action will be HERE (plus replay of Saturday night's live show from the track)
Saturday's Results (top 5)
KZ2
Heat Three: 1. David Sera 2. Joey Hanssen 3. Kyle Ensbey 4. Darren Burke 5. Christopher Hays
Heat Two: 1. Joey Hansson 2. Kyle Ensbey 3. Jason Faint 4. Matthew Wall 5. Darren Burke
Heat One: 1. Joey Hanssen 2. Darren Burke 3. Kyle Ensbey 4. Jason Faint 5. Kel Treseder
Shootout: 1. David Sera 2. Kyle Ensbey 3. Darren Burke 4. Joey Hannsen 5. Daimon Shelton
Provisional Qual: 1. David sera 2. Darren Burke 3. Daimon Shelton 4. Joey Hanssen 5. Kyle Ensbey
KF2
Heat Three: 1. Nathan Tigani 2. Scott Sorensen 3. Leigh Nicolaou 4. Adam Willison 5. Joshua Smith
Heat Two: 1. Nathan Tigani 2. Leigh Nicolaou 3. Joshua Smith 4. Scott Sorensen 5. Matthew Waters
Heat One: 1. Nathan Tigani 2. Leigh Nicolaou 3. Joshua Smith 4. Troy Loeskow 5. Adam Willison
Shootout: 1. Liegh Nicolaou 2. Scott Sorensen 3. Troy Loeskow 4. Nathan Tagani 5. Joshua Smith
Provisional Qual: 1. Leigh Nicolaou 2. Troy Loeskow 3. Nathan Tigani 4. Scott Sorensen 5. Joshua Smith
KF3
Heat Three: 1. Zane Morse 2. Andrew Kahl 3. Drew Ridge 4. Bryce Fullwood 5. Jayden Ojeda
Heat Two: 1. Christopher Sandrone 2. Bryce Fullwood 3. Andrew Kahl 4. Aaron Cameron 5. Jayden Ojeda
Heat One: 1. Jayden Ojeda 2. Andrew Kahl 3. Bryce Fullwood 4. Christopher Sandrone 5. Aaron Cameron
Shootout: 1. Andrew Kahl 2. Drew Ridge 3. Jayden Ojeda 4. Zane Goddard 5. Christopher Sandrone
Provisional Qual: 1.Andrew Kahl 2.Jayden Ojeda 3.Drew Ridge 4.Christopher Sandrone 5.Zane Goddard
TAG 125 Light
Heat Three: 1.Daniel Rochford 2.Adam Mercer 3.Glenn Riddell 4. Micheal carless 5. Kris Walton
Heat Two: 1. Daniel Rochford 2. Adam Mercer 3. Glenn Riddell 4. Rohan Kinens 5. Alex Baker
Heat One: 1. Rohan Kinens 2. Michael Carless 3. Daniel Rochford 4.Glenn Riddell 5. Kris Walton
Qualifying: 1. Luke Bergens 2. Mitchwll hewitt 3.Rohan Kinems 4. Wayne Burke 5. Aadm Mercer
TAG 125 Heavy
Heat Three: 1. Brendan Nelson 2. Aaron Hindle 3. Rick Pringle 4. Paul Rodgers 5. Corey McCullagh
Heat Two: 1. Brendan Nelson 2. Rick Pringle 3. Aaron Hindle 4. Corey McCullagh 5. Hayden Dodman
Heat One: 1. Aaron Hindle 2. Brendan Nelson 3. Rick Pringle 4. Hayden Dodman 5. Clem O’mara
Qualifying: 1. Corey McCullagh 2. Aaron Hindle 3.Bredan Nelson 4.Paul Rogers 5. Rick Pringle
ROOKIES
Heat One: 1. Jack Doohan 2. Joshua Smith 3. Tyler O’leary 4. Lucus Lichtenberger 5. Jake Sawyer
125 RESTRICTED
Heat Two: 1. Justin Ford 2. Tim McCarthy 3. Justin Carless 4. Jaymi Mackay 5. Leigh Holmes
Heat One: 1. Justin Ford 2. Tim McCarthy 3. Justin Carless 4. Jaymi Mackay 5. Leigh Holmes
