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CompKart Australia's Pro Tour Round 2 Report

press release

4 March 2016

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Walton takes back to back round wins as Hoey, Woolston, Howard and Lean claim podiums for Compkart Australia in Warwick

DD2 Masters’ Kris Walton has taken his second round win of the season from two starts, surging him to the top of the points table in the series at Warwick’s Sandy Creek Raceway while Troy Woolston headlined four further podium results in the second round of the Rotax Pro Tour with the attention to now turn to Eastern Creek in April.

Above: Compkart Australia team photo from the Rotax Pro Tour in Warwick

Following a dominant performance in the pre-final at Todd Road for round one, Kris Walton started his weekend by qualifying third with a 42.537, a mere 0.03 seconds behind pole position. Despite a DNF in heat one, Walton was then able to transfer that starting position into a second place finish in heat two with a win in heat three. Engaging in a close battle within the top four in both the pre-final and final, the Z Corse driver was able to take the win in both of the longer races, earning him maximum points and back to back round wins.

A top five qualifying result for Scott Howard began a weekend of consistency for the Pacific Kartsport driver and despite recording a DNF in the first heat race, Howard was then able to take fourth in heat two with fifth in heat three. The two series points scoring races saw Scott race in a battle of his own, finishing a clear fifth in both events.

After qualifying 13th, Scott Simpson finished as high as ninth in the heat races before finishing 11th and ninth in the two finals. For Dean Wanless, an eighth place qualifying result was then transferred into finishing in fifth in heat one with two ninth place results to follow with a 13th and 12th in the pre-final and final respectively.

On the back of his commanding performance at round one in Melbourne, Troy Woolston returned to the Pro Tour with yet more good form, qualifying second, the CC Racing driver was within 0.01 seconds of pole position. Woolston then converted his front row started into three heat race wins, placing him on pole for the first of the finals. An early lead in the pre-final for Troy Woolston appeared as though he would take a comfortable victory, however intermittent electrical issues brought the gap back to 0.1 seconds by the end of the race with Troy still holding on for the win. The issues returned in the final, however the determination and hard charging of Woolston saw him finish third, earning another good bank of series points.

Joshua Car made a positive start to the weekend, qualifying seventh in DD2, just 0.1 seconds from pole position. Car then mirrored his qualifying result in heat one and three before finishing tenth and eight in the pre-final and final respectively. Qualifying sixth, Corey Lean experienced a mixed trio of results within the heats with two DNF finishes and sixth in heat two, from there the Sydney based driver managed to take two fifth place results in the two finals, earning him a podium finish.

Harrison Hoey began his first Pro Tour in a Compkart in the best way possible for Z Corse, qualifying on pole position overall in the oversubscribed Junior Max field with a 43.802. From that, Hoey was able to take two heat race wins from three starts with a DNF in the second sprint event. Setting his quickest time on the final lap of the race in the pre-final, Hoey took fourth, transferring that form and elevating himself to third in the final, also recording the fastest lap of the race.

Luke Wanless qualified 26th overall in the field of 41 in Junior Max, subsequently showing gradual progress to finish in 11th in heat three with the two finals seeing him finish 26th and 24th respectively.

Lewis Hodgson delivered a good start to the weekend, qualifying 11th overall, finishing in seventh in heat one being his best result of the minor races. Hodgson then finished 20th in both the pre-final and final.

Brad Jenner qualified seventh in Rotax Light with the Victorian then managing to move forward immediately in the opening two heat races, taking two third place finishes with an 11th in heat three. An electrical drama for Jenner in the pre-final would force a DNF after nine laps. Starting from the rear of the field in the 22 lap final, Brad managed to pick his way through pick his way through the large field to finish seventh.

Jye Hopkins showed career best form in the Pro Tour since stepping up to Rotax Light, qualifying in 11th he then managed three heat race results inside the top ten with two eighth’s and a seventh. The pre-final saw Hopkins finish 16th with a strong eighth place finish in the final.

The next major event for Compkart Australia is round two of the 2016 Australian Kart Championship that takes place at Puckapunyal, Victoria from March 25-27.

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