The 2026 FT Guy Bodyworks KA3 Cup, now in its 29th running year, brought everything to the table – hard
racing, first-time winners, comeback drives, three racing debuts, hard chargers the lap records broken,
challenged and lowered again throughout the day, plus eight new anti-clockwise lap records locked in.
- full results are on Speedhive HERE
Above Baylin Pease takes a victory lap after winning the Bec Wyatt Memorial
TaG 125 Restricted – Matty Mayne was the driver under chase in Restricted Medium, but behind him the fight was on. Brady Tyler and Marcus Howe qualified just 0.022 seconds apart, while Heat 2 saw Justin Griffiths, Phil Howe and David Fidler locked together with only 0.659 seconds covering the trio.
Mayne swept all four heats, although Marcus closed to within 1.332 seconds in Heat 4. When lights went out, Mayne controlled it from the front while Marcus and Brady fought over the remaining podium places. At the flag, only 0.566 seconds separated them.
Sam Crack, Nick Price, Jason Brown and Josh Gadsby kept the midfield busy, while Luke Price continued building experience. Unfortunately, Phil Howe’s final was over before he could complete a lap.
Mayne took the win for TaG Rest Medium class, Mayne set a new lap record of 36.242 for Tag Rest Medium & David Fidler claimed Restricted Heavy ahead of Kurt Tyler.
Cadet 12 – There was little breathing room in Cadet 12, with Rupert Diprose, Harry Ralph and Wil Cairns covered by only 0.263 seconds in qualifying.
Eli White led the charge through the heats, but Ralph continued to close and was only 0.632 seconds away in Heat 4. Cairns and Diprose were locked together behind them, finishing just 0.100 seconds apart in Heat 3.
When the lights went out for the final, Ralph made his move and grabbed the lead. White stayed right on his bumper, waited for the opportunity and reclaimed the position on lap five.
From there it was flat-out to the chequered flag, with White winning by only 0.307 seconds. Diprose snatched third from Cairns by 0.392 seconds, while Carlix Smith fought back into fifth.
Micah Kerrison and Scarlett Cooper completed their very first race meeting, with Scarlett sixth and Micah seventh. Mason Ryan’s final ended before the opening lap. Ralph’s 37.979 became the new Cadet 12 anti-clockwise record.
KA3 Junior Heavy – Junior Heavy was close before the racing even started. Max Goodall, Elenah Rankin, Jack
O’Neill and Ayrton Myers were covered by only 0.149 seconds in qualifying.
O’Neill struck first in Heat 1 before Rankin answered in Heat 2. By Heat 3, the pair were back together, with Rankin holding O’Neill by just 0.524 seconds.
The final became one of the races of the meeting. Rankin and O’Neill swapped the lead six times, neither
willing to give an inch. Rankin made the decisive move on lap 11, but O’Neill stayed with her all the way to the line.
Rankin took the win by 0.213 seconds, with Myers only another 0.163 seconds behind. Less than four-tenths covered the entire podium.
Goodall held fourth from Makenzie Leonard by 0.603 seconds, while O’Neill’s 35.916 became the new Junior Heavy record.
KA3 Senior Medium – Joel Howe was no stranger to the podium, but this time he was chasing something new his first victory on the top step.
The pace was tight from qualifying, with Luke Sapwell and Nathan Zuj separated by only 0.023 seconds.
In Heat 1, Jorden Distill, Riley Newick and Zuj crossed the line covered by just 0.410 seconds. Heat 3 saw Howe under attack from Sapwell and Livingston. Sapwell closed right onto the leader, but Howe held firm to win by 0.256 seconds, with all three inside seven-tenths.
Sapwell led the opening lap of the final before Howe made his move on lap two. Once in front, Howe controlled the race and took his long-awaited first win by 0.863 seconds. Livingston emerged from another close fight with Zuj and Newick to complete the podium.
Young, Distill and Crack kept the midfield alive, while Tyler and debut driver Parker raced side-by-side to the finish, separated by only 0.126 seconds. James completed all 14 laps in tenth at his first meeting, while Byron Lee and Jack Redpath had their races end early.
Howe capped off his breakthrough day by smashing out a new class record of 35.732.
KA3 Junior Light – Harry Warmsley set the pace, but the battle behind him changed almost every time the lights went out.
Heat 1 saw Casper Anderson hold off Cooper Lockett by 0.390 seconds, Levi Bush beat Noah McDougall by 0.153, and Arlen Tapp pip Ethan Youd by just 0.132.
McDougall and Bush were separated by 0.256 seconds in Heat 2, while Youd and Tapp resumed their fight in Heat 3, reaching the line only 0.264 seconds apart.
In the final, McDougall grabbed second at the start before Anderson worked his way back through. Anderson made the move on lap seven and held the position by 0.617 seconds. Warmsley completed the clean sweep ahead of Anderson and McDougall. Bush and Lockett followed, while Matthew Crowley produced an impressive drive in his first race meeting to finish sixth. Tapp, Matilda Warmsley and Youd completed the official finishers.
Dakota Brown retired early, while Henry Murphy was unable to start. Warmsley capped off the weekend with a new Junior Light lap record of 35.203 seconds.
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KA3 Tas Masters – Clinton Slatter and Shane Stonehouse were separated by just 0.142 seconds in qualifying,
setting up a meeting-long battle.
Slatter held Stonehouse by 0.406 seconds in Heat 2, while Andrew Lawes, Geoff Lawrence and Darren Creedon fought three-wide through the chase group, with less than nine-tenths covering them at the line.
Stonehouse launched into the lead on the opening lap of the final, but Slatter refused to let him escape. Lap after lap the gap remained tight, and when the chequered flag fell, Stonehouse had won by only 0.286 seconds.
Lawes held Creedon out of third by 0.437 seconds, while Ken Jones and Lawrence were almost side-by-side at the stripe, separated by just 0.195 seconds.
KA3 Senior Light – Senior Light was stacked with pace. Kaleb Sims and Brodie Sward qualified only 0.042 seconds apart, Luke Sapwell and Oliver Webb were split by 0.025, and the top six were covered by just 0.625 seconds.
Baylin Pease remained unbeaten, but Gemma Wyllie stayed right in his wheel tracks. She finished only 0.424 seconds behind in Heat 2 and 0.430 seconds away in Heat 3.
Pease controlled the final to win ahead of Wyllie and Sward, but the battle behind the podium went right to the wire. Jonty Rowbottom made a late move on Sapwell and held him off by just 0.209 seconds, with Webb, Sims and Boyd McCarthy `also in the fight.
Baylin Pease’s 34.893 became the new KA3 Senior Light anti-clockwise record.
Prelude to the Bec Wyatt Memorial
The junior Prelude brought the Light and Heavy fields together for 21 laps—and Harry Warmsley came ready to charge.
Starting seventh, Warmsley reached fifth on the opening lap, third by lap three and second by lap six. Noah McDougall led the opening eight laps before Warmsley found his way through on lap nine.
Warmsley took the win, while McDougall held Casper Anderson out of second by only 0.342 seconds.
Levi Bush charged from 14th to fourth, while Elenah Rankin held off Jack O’Neill by just 0.205 seconds. Ayrton Myers held Max Goodall by 0.538, and Ethan Youd defeated Arlen Tapp in another run to the line by only 0.287 seconds.
Matilda Warmsley and Makenzie Leonard completed the finishers. Harry Warmsley’s 35.357 established the new KA3 Junior Championship race-lap record.
Before the feature racing began, the pace of the meeting paused.
All 23 KA3 Senior drivers lined up together on the grid, joined by Bec’s family—Chris, Christine and Zane, for a few special minutes of reflection.
It was an opportunity to remember Bec’s contribution to the Launceston Kart Club, the impact she had on those
around her and the legacy that continues through this meeting.
Some standing on the grid knew Bec personally, while others never had that opportunity. Yet, in that moment,
every driver became part of the continuing story attached to her name.
With the 23 karts lined up and the racing community gathered together, it was a powerful reminder that the Bec Wyatt Memorial is about much more than the result of one race.
The moment passed, the drivers prepared and attention returned to the circuit as the KA3 Field raced hard for the honor!
The Bec Wyatt Memorial
The final race brought Senior Light, Senior Medium and Tas Masters together at the KA3 Championship Weight of 160 kilograms for one field, one trophy and 21 laps.
Riley Newick led the opening five laps before Luke Sapwell opened the door and moved to the front. Behind them, Baylin Pease was charging. Starting from 12th, Pease picked his way through the field, reached third by lap five, second on lap six and hit the lead on lap eight.
Once out front, Pease put his head down and drove away to win the 2026 Bec Wyatt Memorial by 4.424 seconds. Brodie Sward claimed second in the official results, with Evan Livingston completing the podium.
The Bec Wyatt Memorial Hard Charger Award went to Gemma Wyllie after a storming drive from 18th. Gemma gained four positions on the opening lap, cracked the top ten by lap three and crossed the line second at the line a charge of 16 positions. Although classified fourth, it was the drive of the day.
The battle continued behind her. Livingston held Joel Howe by 0.570 seconds, Sapwell beat Newick by 0.240, while Jorden Distill, Stonehouse and Rowbottom charged across the line covered by only 0.412 seconds.
Kaleb Sims climbed from 21st to 11th, ahead of Boyd McCarthy, Kyle Young, Slatter, Crack and Redpath Creedon.
Pease’s 35.586 on lap 11 established the new anti-clockwise KA3 Championship Weight race-lap record, completing a meeting that produced 8 new records broken.
Thank you – FT Guy Bodyworks, together with Gradco, H&H Holiday Homes, Creative Homes, IInstall Automotive
and IGA Cressy. Thank you also to every official, volunteer, commentator, canteen worker, competitor and family
member who made the meeting possible.
It was a day decided by metres, tenths and hundredths, first-time racers and a first-time winner to hard chargers, comeback drives and battles throughout every field.
Some may not have known Bec personally, but through this meeting they become part of her continuing story.
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We race. We remember. We Thank You.
