by Russell Innes, IKC
Over 270 drivers contested the second Round of the 2025 Ipswich Kart Club Championship (TAG Restricted Titles) last Saturday the 1st of March. TAG Restricted Light, Medium and Masters were the three Feature classes on a day when officials, volunteers and medics were very challenged by multiple on track incidents which caused some lengthy delays and resulted in several drivers travelling to hospital for treatment. Despite the delays which meant the day was about two hours longer than anticipated, the IKC team of officials, volunteers and medics did a magnificent job to handle the challenges presented.
TAG Restricted Light was expected to be hotly contested with Jack Munro who has been quite dominant in this class at IKC for the last 2 years facing some real strong challenges from some of the new younger drivers coming into the class. Munro however was able to set the quick time in Qualifying, just ahead of Luke Trost, These 2 quite a bit ahead of Will Carmichael, Jack Doessel and Thomas Williams. Munro got off to a strong start with the Heat 1 win, just ahead of Trost. Williams won the battle for 3rd ahead of Carmichael and Darcy Briggs. Trost put out the challenge in Heat 2 and took the lead from Munro on lap 3 and then held on for a narrow win, Williams was again 3rd, Carmichael 4th and Doessel 5th. In Heat 3, Trost went to the lead right from the start and led Munro all the way. Williams again won the battle for 3rd from Carmichael and Doessel. Trost again led away at the start of the Final from Munro, but Williams and Carmichael both got shuffled back a few spots with Doessel, Kalen Mullins and Jake Czislowski filling out the top 5. Trost was really on it for the Final and was building a small but comfortable lead from Munro. The battle behind was intense though with Czislowski moving past Mullins and then Doessel to move to 3rd by lap 8. Trost went on to win the Final by a comfortable ½ a second, with Munro 2nd, Czislowski 3rd ahead of Doessel, Mullins, Williams, Cody Scott, Carmichael, Jay Keyes and Charlie Furlonger rounding out the top 10.
A field of 31 in TAG Restricted Masters was led in Qualifying by Jumpei Morita, narrowly ahead of Allan Mayes and David Vogel. Morita led Heat 1 ahead of Mayes until Lap 6 when Alan Czislowski who started down in 6th place stormed his way to the front and would go on to win by a clear margin from Morita and Mayes. Scott Hyland was 4th with Vogel 5th. Morita and Mayes again were the leaders early in Heat 2 before Czislowski worked his way forward and took the lead on Lap 8 and again had a comfortable win. Morita just held out Mayes, with Hyland 4th and Rudy Farkas 5th. Czislowski started from pole for Heat 3 and was never headed as he built a small but comfortable margin at the front with Morita and Mayes having a tight battle over 2nd and 3rd. Hyland was again 4th with Mick Robinson 5th. Czislowksi got a great start in the Final and was never challenged as he built a good lead over the 12 laps to win from Morita and Mayes. Hyland again 4th ahead of Steve Johns who had a great drive to rise up to 5th in the Final. Mick Robinson, Peter Sattler, Farkas, Mark Robinson and Matthew Donnelly were the remainder of the top 10.
Riley Van Den Broek set the fast time in Qualifying in TAG Restricted Medium, ahead of Hugo Kues-Sales and Trent Harders. Van Den Broek won Heat 1 from Harders and Matt Goddard and then had a comfortable win in Heat 2 again in front of Harders with Kues-Sales 3rd. Harders was first across the line in Heat 3 from Sebastian Di Salvo with Goddard 3rd, but Harders copped a start penalty dropping him to 6th and DiSalvo the winner from Goddard and Van Den Broek. Van Den Broek got a great start in the Final ahead of Harders and DiSalvo and would edge away over the 12 laps to a comfortable 2 second win from Harders with Goddard close behind him and the victor of a great battle for 3rd with Kues-Sales in 4th and DiSalvo who slipped to 5th. The rest of the top 10 was Ben Lillis, Gabriel Goodchild, Michael Oro, Justin Voight and Scott Jordan.
KA2 Juniors and KZ2 contested the 2nd Round of the 2025 Pineapple Cup and in the Juniors, Ayrton Dalmaso won Heat 1 ahead of Harry Bourke and Seth Huth. Tyson McGill won Heat 2 from Hamish Campbell and Poppi Rule. Series leader McGill started asserting his authority with another win in Heat 3 from Jye Flynn and Cooper Folley. These 3 would then go on and fill 1st , 2nd and 3rd again in the Final.
In KZ2, Bailey Sagaidak and Troy Loeskow were the class of the field. Sagaidak winning Heat 1 from Loeskow, with Loeskow taking Heat 2 narrowly from Sagaidak and repeating the dose in Heat 3. Lachlan Murphy, Jordan Ensbey and Tom Hunter filled the minor placings across the Heats. In the Final Loeskow led early with Sagaidak following closely, these two well clear of Hunter and Ensbey. Sagaidak eventually took the lead on lap 8 of 10 and then held on for a narrow win, with Endsbey completing the podium.
In Cadet 9, Harry Lack won 2 Heats with teammate Luke Robinson winning the other. Lack, Robinson and Rodney Bellbowen had a fantastic battle in the Final, all 3 having a go at the front of the battle pack. Robinson at the front when it mattered, narrowly holding out Bellbowen and Lack.
Cadet 12 had 3 different Heat winners, Blake Haigh, Casper Anderson and Aston Mills. Mills led all the way in the Final to win ahead of Riccardo Johnston who got the best of a battle with Casper Anderson.
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KA3 Junior Light has been providing sensational racing so far this year at Ipswich and Alex Boscarini, Baxter Jarrett and Jye Flynn were the 3 Heat winners. In the Final, Flynn won ahead of Jarrett and Archer Bailey breaking through for his 1st podium at Ipswich.
Dylan Kammerlocher and Nathan Coburn both broke through for their 1st Heat wins in KA3 Junior Heavy, with Jett Saraghi taking the other Heat win. Saraghi, Coburn and then Paddy Buckley took turns leading early in the Final, before Buckley and Saraghi cleared the pack and had a great battle over the 10 laps, Buckley holding on for a very narrow win from Saraghi and Jaxon Duong coming through for 3rd.
KA3 Senior has really ramped up in numbers and competitiveness so far this year and the racing is very entertaining to watch. Declan Matthews and Toby Spinks were the early Heat winners with Spinks also taking Heat 3. Dominic Penman, Henry Stratford and Maddie Feather were all showing great pace as well during the Heats. In the Final Spinks was quite dominant though, winning comfortably from Feather and Penman.
Brent Reading was dominant in the Heats in TAG Heavy winning all 3, with Will Marshall, Josh Dagg and Chis Williams fighting out the placings. Reading was out very early in the Final and Marshall was able to build a small margin across the 10 laps to win comfortably from Dagg with Williams 3rd.
The Heat winners in TAG Light were Brodie Norris, Kiahn Burt and Jack Wells, with Daniel Brown, Thomas Gallagher and Trent Newton all amongst the placings. Norris led early in the Final before Wells went to the front and he was able to gradually build a small but comfortable winning margin to lead home Burt and Brown.
DD2 numbers continue to increase at IKC and Brock Plumb was dominant across the Heats winning all 3. Scott Cleveland, Angus Mathers and Josh Goddard filled the placings across the Heats. Plumb was unchallenged in the Final with a comfortable win from Goddard who had a great battle with Cleveland throughout and grabbed 2nd place on the 2nd last lap.
Next Round of the IKC Championship will be on Saturday the 5th of April and this will be the always hotly contested IKC Cadet Titles for Cadet 9 and Cadet 12. The Cadet P Class will also be making a return to the schedule at Round 3 and there will be a large contingent of new Cadet drivers racing for the 1st time.
In addition, the Ipswich Kart Club, Clubday Challenge Program will return as of Round 3 and Group Winners will be awarded in Cadet 9, Cadet 12, KA3 Junior Heavy, KA3 Junior Light, TAG Restricted Light, TAG Restricted Medium and TAG Restricted Masters.
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