Wimmera’s VCS Round 4 – KartSportNews

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words – Andrew Hayes, AHR Media
images – Brad McLaren, BPM Photography

The Wimmera Kart Racing Club has successfully hosted Round 4 of the DPE Kart Superstore Victorian Country Series at its Dooen Raceway facility over the weekend.

193 Entries took to the circuit across the weekend, with most of the competitive action being held in brilliant sunshine. Apart from the cold starts, the weather was perfect all weekend.

There was some incredible performers, headlined by dual class winners Zach Findlay and Ryan Dealy, as the racing was fast and hard fought.

full results on Speedhive HERE
more photos by BPM Photography – Friday HERE, Saturday HERE, Sunday HERE

Here is the AHR Media rundown of proceedings:

KA3 SENIOR LIGHT (23 Entries)

Zach Findlay has been the dominant force in KA3 Senior Light in 2025, and remarkably it was Horsham where he took his first KA3 pole (29.582) of the year.

Findlay was clinical in the heats, winning each encounter with breathing room.

All Arrow front row – Zach Findlay (24) and Imran Aly (90) (pic – BPM Photography)

For the fourth time in 2025, Findlay greeted the chequered flag to take the win. He was a class above at Horsham, and executed perfectly for another win. Imran Aly was also impressive all weekend, holding off a charging Ryder Dahler to claim second. Dahler was home in third after showing promise at previous rounds. Mitch Burgemeister and Lachlan Cutting rounded out the top five.

1^st Zach Findlay (GKCV)
2^nd Imran Aly (GKCV)
3^rd Ryder Dahler (GKCV)

CADET 9 (19 Entries)

Fresh off his first podium at the recent Warrnambool round, it was Daniel Hall who stopped the clock fastest in Cadet 9 (32.578).

Jax Wortley opened his VCS win count with a fine victory in the opening heat, before Jonathon Testa caught fire to win the second and third encounters.

Saturday action, Aston Tucker gets air up the inside of fastest qualifier Daniel Hall (13) (pic – BPM Photography)

Testa and Wortley led the field away in the final, with Testa taking the lead, Wortley and Ben Henman in hot pursuit. Testa showed his mettle to break through for the win, redemption after post race heartbreak in Warrnambool. Henman got the better of Wortley to finish second and third, both drivers worthy podium finishers. Alfi Lucchetti and Jack Morrell finished fourth and fifth after both showing pace across the weekend.

1^st Jonathon Testa (GKCV)
2^nd Ben Henman (ELKC)
3^rd Jax Wortley (ELKC)

VIC COMBINED MASTERS (9 Entries)

The Master from Horsham, Remo Luciani, was back on home soil and it didn’t take long for him to make a statement, claiming a commanding pole position (30.166).

Luciani took victory in each of the heats, under the most pressure in the opener, before stretching his legs in the second and third.

Remo Luciani leads Ash Mitchell and Leon Forrest (pic – BPM Photography)

The final was Luciani’s crowning performance of the weekend, as his used his speed and racecraft to edge out to a 3.6 second win, his third in four rounds. Ash Mitchell was Luciani’s nearest competitor all weekend, and certainly kept him honest in the heats, Mitchell home in second, ahead of Alan Roberts in third. Roberts had a relatively lonely run through the final, until the closing laps when a rampaging Leon Forrest closed in substantially. Roberts conceded more than 2 seconds to Forrest, but hung on to take third by a tenth. Forrest wanted more laps in fourth, ahead of Ben Derby, who acquitted himself well in fifth.

1^st Remo Luciani (WIMM)
2^nd Ash Mitchell (MILD)
3^rd Alan Roberts (GKCV)

KA3 SENIOR MEDIUM (3 Entries)

Very low numbers again in KA3 Senior Medium. Ryan Dealy was sensational all weekend, clean sweeping every session in fine style. In the final Todd Chambers finished second ahead of local driver Robbie Turmine.

1^st Ryan Dealy (GVKC)
2^nd Todd Chambers (PORT)
3^rd Robbie Turmine (WIMM)

TAG RESTRICTED HEAVY (7 Entries)

In 2025, every driver who has taken pole in Restricted Heavy has gone on to take the round win, so it was a perfect start for Warrnambool winner Trent Meadows, who took his second consecutive pole (31.067)

Meadows was simply too good in the heats, as he pulled away to take commanding wins in all three stanzas.

Ryan Dealy (74) on pole alongside Jett Rendell (pic – BPM Photography)

The final was more of the same, Meadows without peer in the heavy class, burning his competitors to take a 10 second win, his second in a row. Brodie Worner saved his best for the final, delivering on his potential to take second place. Ballarat winner Jett Rendell held on to take his podium streak to four, edging Mick Angwin for the final spot on the podium. Angwin showed glimpses of finding his old mojo but settled for fourth ahead of Brendan Tucker in fifth.

1^st Trent Meadows (ELKC)
2^nd Brodie Worner (SHKC)
3^rd Jett Rendell (BALL)

KA3 JUNIOR LIGHT (25 Entries)

Another stacked field of KA3 Junior Light assembled for Horsham, and it was a familiar name topping qualifying, the defending series champion Jai George taking the pole (29.856).

The heats were hard fought, plenty of action and excellent racing, but one name kept appearing at the top of the results, Dominic Mercuri. Mercuri took the victory in all three heats.

Junior Light form up (pic – BPM Photography)

Mercuri led the field away in the final and looked the driver to beat. Deep in the race, George started to pile on the pressure and eventually took over the front running on lap 15. Mercuri continued to shadow George over the closing laps as the intensity went into overdrive. George led the start of the final lap, before Mercuri made a tough pass into the turn 3 hairpin, George responded by returning serve with a move of his own. By the time they reached the end of the back straight things boiled over on corner entry, Mercuri running wide, returning to the track over the kerb, collecting the leading George, sending him into a violent spin onto the grass. Hudson Hughes was in perfect position, sailing through to claim the Horsham win for the second year in a row! Archie Bristow also capitalised to claim second ahead of Mercuri who recovered for third. Oscar Corless and Riley Gee completed the top five, whilst a devastated George limped home in 16^th.

1^st Hudson Hughes (OAK)
2^nd Archie Bristow (BALL)
3^rd Dominic Mercuri (SGKC)

TAG LIGHT (16 Entries)

Zach Findlay made a perfect start to his weekend, claiming the Tag Light pole (28.855) to add to his earlier KA3 Senior Light pole. It was Findlay’s second pole of the season.

Findlay continued his rich vein of form to win all three heats, making it 6 heat wins from 2 classes.

Findlay leads at turn 1 (pic – BPM Photography)

The start of the final saw the cards thrown up in the air as turn two continued to build its reputation, flipping the script from the heats. Dallas Greene and Sam March came from fourth and fifth to the top two spots and checked out quickly. Findlay was recovering and eventually overtook March on lap 6, before giving chase to Greene. When Findlay eventually caught Greene, he brought March along with him. On lap 15, Findlay forced his way past Greene at turn 4, also allowing March a run and subsequent pass. From there they finished in that order, Findlay a winner once more, taking his second Tag Light win of the season. March raced home to second, ahead of Greene in third. Curt Sera and Luca Cosolo were also prominent in fourth and fifth.

1^st Zach Findlay (GKCV)
2^nd Sam March (ELKC)
3^rd Dallas Greene (GKCV)

TAG RESTRICTED MEDIUM (16 Entries)

SA’s Paul Pittam has been on a tear in Restricted Medium, and he added a fourth consecutive pole position (30.384) to his growing collection, clinching pole on the last lap of the session.

Pittam was perfect in the heat races, winning each of them, even after coming under intense pressure in the opener.

Paul Pittam (13) and Phil Hobbs (86) head the TaG R Mediums (pic – BPM Photography)

Heading into the final, Pittam was looking to keep his winning streak going in 2025. Once again he was simply too good, getting away early and never looking back, to claim his fourth round win in a row. Local Phil Hobbs showed some brilliant speed on his home track, and after an up and down weekend he landed a fine second place. Trent Meadows also continued his good form to finish a comfortable third place. Ella Dealy and Matt Hensel were up and down the order on their way to fourth and fifth.

1^st Paul Pittam (SGKC)
2^nd Phil Hobbs (WIMM)
3^rd Trent Meadows (ELKC)

KA3 JUNIOR HEAVY (20 Entries)

Just like the Light class, Junior Heavy was stacked with talent, including four fast South Aussies who topped qualifying. Noah Enright would earn the pole (30.168) in a tight session.

Dominic Mercuri was in fine form on Saturday, adding the opening heat win in Heavy to his pair of wins in Light. Enright upped the game in the second and third heats, taking hard fought wins.

Pole sitter Noah Enright making signals to the photographer! (pic – BPM Photography)

Enright led the field away in the final, showing a clean pair of heels. But Mercuri came calling and took over the front running on lap 6. However Mercuri’s lead was short lived as he appeared to have an engine tuning issue that sent him sinking down the order. It took some pressure off Enright, who streaked his first VCS round win of 2025. For the second year in a row, it was Lucas Rickard finishing second in Horsham, ahead of Sam Spiteri, who took third for the second round in a row. Mercuri found his tuning again to recover to fourth, whilst Chelsea Humphrey’s recovery to fifth was the biggest of all after a disastrous qualifying.

1^st Noah Enright (SGKC)
2^nd Lucas Rickard (GKCV)
3^rd Sam Spiteri (BAR)

TAG RESTRICTED LIGHT (20 Entries)

Restricted Light was booming again, with a good sized field forming for Horsham. Ryan Dealy won the opening round in Ballarat, and put his best foot forward to take pole position (29.784) in the Wimmera.

Dealy proved to be a force to be reckoned with, taking the opening two heats. Defending Series Champ Ben Kilsby returned to the class, taking heat three after dropping back from Tag Light.

Ryan Dealy (24) and Jamie Meadows (99) lead the formation lap (pic – BPM Photography)

Dealy and Kilsby looked set to go toe to toe in the final, and it was Dealy getting the upper hand at the start. Whilst pressure was maintained throughout, Dealy had enough to get it done, taking his second win of 2025. Kilsby spiced up the field, and he eventually settled in second. Chelsea Jones was speedy throughout the weekend and made her presence felt to land in third. Josh White and Will Rowe rounded out the top five.

1^st Ryan Dealy (GVKC)
2^nd Ben Kilsby (PORT)
3^rd Chelsea Jones (BAR)

TAG HEAVY (15 Entries)

Ben Mouritz set a cracking pace in Tag Heavy qualifying to take the pole position (29.504), his second of the season.

Moritz was again the benchmark in the heats, as he edged away to over a second margin in each of the three encounters.

Tight in the mid-pack as Ben Moritz takes the lead (pic – BPM Photography)

The final would again turn into a Moritz masterclass, as he comfortably accounted for some very accomplished opposition, adding another win to his round one win in Ballarat. Scott King is always the benchmark in VCS Tag Heavy, but this weekend he had to settle for second place, despite being Moritz’s closest rival. Aidan Solomon was smooth and fast all weekend, taking a well earned third place. Daniel Malcolm showed some good signs in fourth, ahead of Jay Racovalis who had to fight through the field for fifth.

1^st Ben Moritz (BALL)
2^nd Scott King (PORT)
3^rd Aidan Solomon (WIMM)

CADET 12 (20 Entries)

The top three drivers in Cadet 12 qualifying were separated by less than half a tenth, in a sign of what was to come for the weekend. Alana Gurney took the top spot (31.679), her first pole of 2025.

Beau Chambers had already tasted success twice in 2025, and he used that experience to claim the first and second heats, Gurney taking the chequers in the third. Each heat was final intensity and quality.

Alana Gurney leads Beau Chambers as Jobe Forster (11) takes to the grass (pic – BPM Photography)

The final was simply a cracker. Chambers, Gurney and Ethan Turnbull went toe to toe over the 18 lap journey. Their dicing eventually allowed Raf Bussuttil to come into calculations. In the end Chambers made a break once the others started to dice. Chambers, whilst not the fastest, made the most of opportunity to claim his third win of 2025. Turnbull would claim second in his final cadet race before moving to Juniors. Busuttil had good pace in the final, and landed a breakthrough VCS podium in third. Gurney could well have won this class, but at the flag she was shuffled back to fourth after setting the pace for parts of the weekend. Sam Barling banked some more solid points on his way to fifth.

1^st Beau Chambers (PORT)
2^nd Ethan Turnbull (GKCV)
3^rd Raf Busuttil (GKCV)