words – Andrew Hayes, AHR Media
images – Darren Isaac, Darren’s Sportography
The Ballarat Kart Club’s 2023 Winter Challenge has been run and won with a twist, with the event held in sunny Horsham, in a collaboration with the Wimmera Kart Racing Club.
The one-day event offered plenty of laps in a unique format that included two five lap sprint races after qualifying, followed by two more heats and a final. With modest entries in some classes and 61 overall, the club elected to run multiple classes on track at once.
For the sprint races only, the fields were gridded on lap times rather than classes, which provided some extra interest.
There were some standout performances throughout the day, including several drivers topping all sessions.
Ballarat wished to thank their own and Wimmera’s officials and volunteers, along with the visiting senior officials.
Big thanks also to Billet Developments, Remo Racing and DPE Kart Superstore for their contribution.
RESULTS:
- full results on speedhive HERE
CADET 9
1 Beau Chambers
2 Cooper Hickey
3 Lawson Effingham
CADET 12
1 Sam Skoblar
2 Angus Corbett
3 Kurtis Polkinghorne
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KA3 JUNIOR LIGHT
1 Justin Yuen
2 Josh White
3 Riley Gee
KA3 SENIOR LIGHT
1 Riley George
2 Rio Campbell
3 Flynn Carnie
KA3 SENIOR MEDIUM
1 Robbie Turmine
2 Jett Rendell
TAG RESTRICTED LIGHT
1 Spiros Anagnostopoulos
2 Gabriel Massimini
3 Ashley Johnston
TAG RESTRICTED MEDIUM
1 Ben Peverill
2 Nathan Orton
TAG RESTRICTED HEAVY
1 Peter Couchman
VIC COMBINED MASTERS
1 Anthony Pethebridge
2 Andrew Moore
3 Leon Forrest
TAG LIGHT
1 Jake Krasna
2 Max Fahey
3 Greg Dunmore
TAG HEAVY
1 Jay Racovalis
2 Jett Rendell
3 Ray Dumesny
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