Jace Matthews picked up two Queensland Kart Championships at the state titles last weekend. Conducted on the Makotrac International Racetrack at Mareeba (near Cairns), Matthews qualified fastest in both KA3 Senior Medium and TaG 125 Light.
A DNF and a DQ in the preliminary races buried him deep in the KA3 field for the final. However, by half race distance Matthews had taken the lead from Max Walton and cleared off to a 4.8s win. In TaG Light, the CXR Racing driver lead every lap to win by 3.5s over Jackson Souslin-Harlow.
“At a track that very few drivers had been able to practice prior to the championships, it still produced races where one driver was outstanding and won by a considerable margin, and others where it came down to the wire” said The Noise, Kev Davies.
“Local driver Michael Janusz managed third in a quality TaG 125 Light field. This was an excellent result for the locals and his brother Daniel Janusz got the fastest lap in the KA3 Junior Light final.”
Results, Podiums & Vids of the Finals
(Extra race notes by The Noise)
TaG 125 Restricted Masters (Fastest Qualifier – Jeremy Evans)
1 Jeremy Evans
2 Jack Stockman
3 James Morrison
TaG 125 Heavy (FQ – Brent Reading)
1 Brent Reading
2 Daniel Brown
3 Will Marshall
A big margin was what Brent Reading won the TaG Heavy championship with, coming over the line 9.7 seconds ahead of Daniel Brown, Will Marshall was a further 9 seconds behind in 3rd.
KA3 Senior (FQ – Jace Matthews)
1 Jace Matthews
2 Max Walton
3 Jett Adamson
KA2 (FQ – Jye Flynn)
1 Jye Flynn
2 Liam Carr
3 Joel Lammers
In the KA2 final Jye Flynn seemingly had it in the bag but a late charge from Liam Carr saw the pair swap the lead three times in the last lap and it was Flynn eventually getting the win.
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Cadet 12 (FQ – Oliver Williamson)
1 Brock Nolan
2 Oliver Williamson
3 Aston Mills
Cadet 12 was a close affair, Brock Nolan came from 5th to eventually win the title from Oliver Williamson who was only 0.259 seconds behind. Aston Mills, who had moved into second place early in the race, finished 3rd just 0.2s behind Williamson.
TaG 125 Restricted Light (FQ – Luke Trost)
1 Luke Trost
2 Jack Munro
3 Emily Calwell
TaG Restricted Light saw Luke Trost take off at the start and the nearest competitor after 18 laps in the final was Jack Munro, 9.5 seconds behind. He had to hold on after a late challenge from Emily Calwell who took a fabulous 3rd place.
Cadet 9 (FQ – RJ Bellbowen)
1 RJ Bellbowen
2 Luke Robinson
3 Harry Lack
KA3 Junior Heavy (FQ – Quade Powers)
1 Tyson McGill
2 Max Mangano
3 Quade Powers
In KA3 Junior Heavy, Max Mangano & Quade Powers were favourites to take the title, but starting out of 4th place Tyson McGill had other ideas, coming through for a fabulous win. Mangano held on to second with Powers securing 3rd.
TaG 125 Light (FQ – Jace Matthews)
1 Jace Matthews
2 Jackson Souslin-Harlow
3 Michael Janusz
TaG 125 Restricted Medium (FQ – Joshua Herne)
1 Joshua Herne
2 Jay Keyes
3 Juston McCartney
Another dominant performance was in TaG Restricted Medium where Joshua Herne never looked like losing all weekend. He had to work hard in the final but won by 3.6 seconds ahead of Jay Keyes. Justin McCartney had a great final starting in 6th and finishing on the podium.
KA3 Junior Light (FQ – Mason Lucchitti)
(Final result not currently published)
KA3 Junior Light ended the weekend’s racing with Mason Lucchitti getting the win. Riley Harrison crossed the line second with Jye Flynn third.
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