Carnival of Karts

from Kerry Foster, TKC

The weather turned it on for the Carnival of Karts and Round 3 of the WA State Karting Series at Wanneroo International Kartway in Neerabup. Over 170 drivers put on some great racing over the two-day event hosted by Tiger Kart Club on April 6^th and 7^th.

Qualifying got under way Saturday morning with the circuit at its best, drivers constantly swapping positions to claim the top spot for the first 2 heats. Points then set the position for the final grid with a dead man’s final determining the result.

• full results are on Speedhive HERE
• more photos by Andrew Hooper HERE

TAG 125 LIGHT (21 KARTS)

A great tussle in the final between Toby Maiolo and Kip Foster with Kip claiming the lead with 2 laps to go.

1^st Kip Foster
2^nd Toby Maiolo
3^rd Tayla Dicker

CADET 12 (23 Karts)

A post-race Tech failure meant Chase Saxild who crossed the line first was DSQ from the final.

1^st Valentino Giorgella
2^nd Alexander Hills
3^rd Lucas Arscott

TAG 125 HEAVY (9 Karts)

A first corner coming together ended the day for Jesse Elliot and Arron Mcgregor. Louis Rossi had failure while running 2^nd on the last lap.

1^st Thomas Sparkes
2^nd Aleksandar Stefanovich
3^rd Nathan Lee

TAG 125 RESTRICTED MASTERS (17 Karts)

Close racing up front was great to watch in this class.

1^st Simon Gwilliam
2^nd Carlos Del Toro
3^rd Lloyd Nicholson

CADET 9 (18 Karts)

Always action in the Cadet 9 class, plenty of passing all race.

1^st Edward Dell’Aventino
2^nd David Webb
3^rd Edward Noon

KA2 (6 Karts)

This class was unfortunately a small field.

1^st Benjamin Hall
2^nd Jett McDonnell
3^rd Ethan Atkin

TAG 125 RESTRICTED MEDIUM (15 Karts)

A great field of drivers raced hard all weekend, with a young Aiden Nichols taking the win in the final. A nasty incident in this class saw Brad Van Rompaey roll over going into Thunderdome and was conveyed to hospital. We are glad to say he is doing well.

1^st Aiden Nichols
2^nd John-Paul Vosloo
3^rd Brock Durdin

KA3 JUNIOR LIGHT (18 Karts)

Another action-packed class that got people to the fence to watch.

1^st Chace Webb
2^nd Riley Currey
3^rd Zak Casagrande

KA3 SENIOR (14 Karts)

After winning TaG 125 Light, Hugh McGuire went on to win and make it a double top podium spot.

1^st Hugh McGuire
2^nd Aidan Dekkers
3^rd Bailey Riordan

KA3 JUNIOR HEAVY (10 Karts)

Chase Wildman had a great start, led from start to finish and won by a large margin.

1^st Chase Wildman
2^nd Benjamin Hall
3^rd Mason Walczak

TAG 125 RESTRICTED LIGHT (21 Karts)

After starting fourth, Ruairidh Avern took the lead with 5 laps to go and went on to win.

1^st Ruairidh Avern
2^nd Bryce Moore
3^rd Joshua Nichols

The fourth round of the State Karting Series takes to Albany for the Southern Sprint on the 11^th and 12^th of May.