Back-to-Back Wins For Ricciardo Pair


  3 April 2017

Australian Kart Championship round 2, Sunday report

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Above: Ricciardo Kart driver Jace Matthews leading the way in KA1 (pic - Coopers Photography)

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Ricciardo Kart pair Troy Loeskow and Jace Matthews have continued their winning ways in the 2017 Australian Kart Championship in Geelong, Victoria.

Round two of the five-event Championship, presented by Jayco and Castrol EDGE, had a strong weekend of racing throughout each category, producing outstanding racing for the big crowd on hand and the record live stream numbers.

Loeskow’s second straight win in the KZ2 class came in a final that saw a turn one incident claim no less than eight competitors. Starting from pole position he quickly established an advantage over Daniel Price and was able to maintain the gap right to the chequered flag, securing the win over the CRG driver. Aaron Cameron had been in the thick of the action aboard his JC Kart throughout the weekend and he salvaged a hard fought third placing with Jason Pringle finishing fourth and Series stalwart, Sam Houston gaining a career-best finish in fifth.

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Above: Troy Loeskow enjoying the spoils of victory on the podium (pic - Coopers Photography)

2011 Bathurst 1000 Champion, Nick Percat had an entertaining late race exchange with his Brad Jones Racing stablemate, Macauley Jones - with the battle of the Supercars drivers going the way of Jones after recovering from the turn 1 melee.

Continuing the good form of Ricciardo Kart in the Karting Australia Manufacturer’s Championship was Jace Matthews in KA1. Matthews backed up his Newcastle win to make it two on the trot since moving to seniors.

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Above: Supercars driver Nick Percat leading his Brad Jones Racing team-mate Macauley Jones (pic - Coopers Photography)

KA1 was one of the more entertaining affairs over the weekend - whilst Matthews and defending Champion, Scott Sorensen were comfortable in first and second, third placed raged right to the end.

It fell the way of Scuderia PCR driver, Kyle Henry-Smith, but it could have easily gone in many different directions. The second Ricciardo Kart of Thomas Steele, Ryan Sanderson’s Formula K and Matthew Stenner’s Kosmic all had dalliances with the final step of the podium.

In KA2, the elite junior category, a two-kart battle was staged for the round win between defending Australian Champion Jack Doohan and Broc Feeney.

Feeney led the majority of the race in his Kosmic before Doohan closed down and made the decisive move two laps from home.

Christian Pancione in his FA Kart survived a late race surge from Jordyn Sinni to finish in third.

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Above: Jack Doohan crossing the line for the victory n KA2 (pic - Coopers Photography)

KA3 Senior delivered the closest finish of the day with Leigh Nicolaou taking his Shamick Racing Arrow to victory by just a tenth of a second over Matthew McLean. Australian Champion McLean had to work hard to close the gap to Nicolaou and did so in the end, however it was the only race all weekend that McLean had been headed - those results keeping his Title defence well on track. New South Welshman Oscar Priest put a strong performance in to finish third.

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Above: Shamick Racing's Leigh Nicolaou was victorious in KA3 Senior (pic - Coopers Photography)

Joshua Car took a solid win in the TaG 125 category aboard his Comp Kart. The Sydneysider pushed hard to advance himself into the lead and had enough to outlast a surge by Queenslander Brendan Nelson. Nelson skipped ahead of a battle between Joshua Rogers and Paul Rodgers which lasted the entire 26-lap distance, which eventually fell the way of the latter.

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Above: The champagne flowing on the TaG 125 podium (pic - Coopers Photography)

Nelson was again denied in the X30 final in what became a battle of the FA Karts. After leading early, he dropped to second behind South Australian Morgan Feast who took off at the front. Nelson’s biggest challenge came from West Australian Ben Harders - who also had a stint at the front of the pack.

In the end, Feast led the FA Kart trifecta to take the second AKC round win of his career over Nelson and Harders, with Car coming home in fourth.

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Above: Morgan Feast led home a FA Kart trifecta in X30 (pic - Coopers Photography)

In KA4 Junior, Kai Allen played his role perfectly in waiting until the final moments to strike.

Weekend long combatants, Cooper Webster and Jay Hanson were battling up front for the lead with Zac Crichton and Kacey Mann playing a supporting role with Allen.

Allen was able to close the gap to Australian Champion Webster and Hanson and then waited for the opportunity to snare the lead, this led to a wild sequence of events on the run to the chequers where Allen took the wind by 1.5 seconds over Webster and Hanson with Mann and Crichton close behind.

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Above: Kai Allen proved too good for the KA4 Junior field (pic - Coopers Photography)

Cadet 9 provided a milestone moment for karting in Australia with the first graduate of the SP Tools Junior Sprockets program - Cadel Ambrose - taking the round win. It is the first time a ‘Sprocketeer’ has come through for victory at an Australian Kart Championship round and he did it with style. He outlasted several challenges throughout the course of the race, the most potent from second placed finisher, Shamick Racing pilot, Harry Arnett and Toby Dvorak - who came home third.

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Above: Junior Sprockets Graduate Cadel Ambrose enjoying the spoils of victory in Cadet 9 (pic - Coopers Photography)

In Cadet 12, James Wharton was able to extend his points advantage in the Championship with a dominant victory. His Shamick Racing FA Kart took the win by 3.228 seconds over Fletcher Harris who was comfortably in front of Marcos Flack in third. It was in fact the biggest winning margin of the weekend in any category.

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Above: James Wharton took a comfortable win in Cadet 12 (pic - Coopers Photography)

The Australian Kart Championship, presented by Jayco and Castrol EDGE and delivered by Mercedes-Benz Vans now moves to Monarto (just outside Murray Bridge) in South Australia over the weekend of May 26-28.

 

Provisional Championship Points after round 2:

Cadet 9
1 Harry ARNETT 107
2 Ryan TOMSETT 99
3 Cadel AMBROSE 78
4 Brock BARBER 68
5 Maddison FEATHER 66
6 Toby DVORAK 62
7 Ben HOLLIDAY 57
8 Marshall CROFTS 50
9 Macka HAZARD 41
10 Emerson VINCENT 31
11 Tyce HODGE 27
12 Luke TROST 18
13 Kristian JANEV 14
14 Leo IANNELLA 13
14 Stefan KARAJCIC 13
16 Bradley MAJAMAN 12
16 Rusty PONTING 12
16 Drew DEGUARA 12
19 Lewis FRANCIS 11
20 George FRILINGOS 8
21 Rock HAN 7
22 Zac BELL 5
23 Zach FINDLAY 4
24 Jakob SCOTT 3

Cadet 12
1 James WHARTON 126
2 Fletcher HARRIS 87
3 Tex STARR-MCKOY 77
4 Rhys SMITH 76
5 Ethan FEATHER 68
6 Adrian HAAK 65
7 Hugo SIMPSON 52
8 Marcos FLACK 51
9 Nicholas SACCO 42
10 Will HARPER 39
11 Hugh BARTER 33
12 Luca NICI 31
13 Christian MANSELL 30
14 Corbin BAILEY 29
15 Costa TOPARIS 27
16 Oscar TARGETT 24
17 Joel STRODE 21
18 Jesse LACEY 20
19 Alex NINOVIC 16
20 Christian COWIE 15
20 Joseph FAWCETT 15
22 Caleb SUMICH 14
23 James PISZCYK 13
23 Liam SCEATS 13
23 Sam WHITEFORD 13
26 Carter MOBBS 11
27 JACOB FIMOGNARI 9
28 Bailey HAZARD 8
28 Fraser CARR 8
28 Harrison MITCHELL 8
28 Kaden PROBST 8
28 Leon CORDATO 8
28 Luke THOMPSON 8
28 Seth CHELLINGWORTH 8
28 Toby CALLOW 8
36 Damon WOODS 7
37 Zane WILHELM 6
38 Jaxon JOHNSTONE 5
38 Billy MYERS 5
38 Max DEGUARA 5
42 Tristan GRIFFIN 4
43 Aiva ANAGNOSTIADIS 3
43 Ruby GIBSON 3
43 Jack CHILDS 3
46 Isaac WOODHOUSE 2
46 Adam TOMSETT 2
48 Jack LAWSON 1
48 Jarrod HUGHES 1

KA4 Junior
1 Cooper WEBSTER 118
2 Jay HANSON 105
3 Zac CRICHTON 95
4 Kai ALLEN 93
5 Jai BROWN 42
6 Kacey MANN 39
7 Kurtis TENNANT 38
8 Blake PURDIE 37
9 William SEAL 32
10 Declan MATTHEWS 31
11 Jobe STEWART 30
12 Zachary HEARD 29
13 Zakiah-Reginald VARLEY 19
14 Luke PINK 16
15 Jackson WALLS 15
16 Jack HOTTER 14
16 Jai STEPHENSON 14
18 Jaxson COX 13
19 Noah SANDS 13
20 Brody SONTER 12
20 Connor DAVISON 12
22 Harry ARMSTRONG 10
22 Reuben GOODALL 10
24 Kobi WILLIAMS 9
24 Noah CHRISTIAN 9
26 Brodie CHRISTIAN 8
26 Jack PENNACCHIA 8
26 Ty SPENCER 8
29 Fletcher BELLARS 7
30 Lachlan MINEEFF 6
31 Corey HERBERTSON 5
31 Emerson HARVEY 5
31 Tristan LAMBERT 5
31 Victoria LOPES 5
35 Tiana PATERSON 4
35 Dylan DEBONO 4
35 Dimitri GARAGOUNIS 4
35 Jonathon MARCUSSON 4
35 Lachlan WARD 4
40 Ryan JENKINS 4
41 Brayden EVERITT 3
41 Thomas HAYMAN 3
43 Paige RADDATZ 2
44 Valentino ASTUTI 1
45 Rhys KEMP 0

KA3 Senior
1 Matthew MCLEAN 98
2 James SERA 96
3 Oscar PRIEST 90
4 Kody GARLAND 88
5 Leigh NICOLAOU 71
6 Dean O’BRIEN 64
7 Matthew WATERS 48
8 Thomas DAVIES 39
9 Benjamin MOURITZ 27
10 Jack BELL 25
11 Beck CONNELL 23
12 Bryce WOOLLARD 22
12 Jackson CALLOW 22
14 Jordan NICOLAOU 15
14 Toby POPE 15
16 Kurtis READ 14
17 Wayne BOURKE 13
18 Jarva SHEERANS 12
19 Domenic ROMEO 11
19 Harrison INWOOD 11
19 Lewis HODGSON 11
22 Darcy INWOOD 10
22 Haiden SMITH 10
24 Jack MARTIN 9
24 Lukas JANEV 9
24 Tayla HEATH 9
27 Raith SHEERANS 8
27 Tommy HARRADINE 8
29 Taine VENABLES 7
30 Antonio CAFISO 5
30 Harrison CARR 5
30 Jake CONGDON 5
30 Angus MCLEAN 5
30 Christopher JONES 5
30 Corey AINGE 5
30 Holly HOLDEN-STEWART 5
30 Jordon GREEDY 5
30 Kris WALTON 5
30 Kurtis LOVE 5
30 Luke WRIGLEY 5
30 Rick JONES 5
30 Ryan HUGHES 5
43 Bryce DAVIDSON 4
44 Jack STOCKER 3

TaG 125
1 Brendan NELSON 129
2 Joshua DAVEY 66
3 Joshua ROGERS 65
4 Mitchell HEWITT 63
5 Joshua CAR 49
6 Zac VAN LEEUWESTYN 44
7 Paul RODGERS 43
8 Tyler DI LEGGE 42
9 Aaron HINDLE 40
10 Kody GARLAND 34
11 Nicholas BECKER 27
12 Ryan KENNEDY 24
13 Chris BREGONJE 20
14 Hayden COX 16
14 Jack WINTER 16
14 James ADAMS 16
14 Tim FARRELL 16
18 Gaven WHITMORE 15
19 Cody GILLIS 13
19 Lane MOORE 13
21 Alexander RINALDI 10
21 Toby WEBB 10
23 Daniel PEGG 9
23 Kris WALTON 9
23 Marcello SURACE 9
26 Matthew DISTILL 8
26 Luke WANLESS 8
28 Nicholas CURRIE 7
29 Brett ROBINSON 6
29 James MACKEN 6
31 Jessica GOLDING 5
31 Sam VAN LEEUWESTYN 5
31 Tane SCHOFIELD 5
34 Aaron JACKSON 4
34 Ashleigh STEWART 4
34 David BOYD 4
34 Michael DORMAN 4
38 Nathan SINCLAIR 3
39 Damon SCHOFIELD 2
40 Anthony LANTOURIS 0
41 Ben ARMSTRONG 0
42 Morgan FEAST 0
43 William HAWKES 0
44 Michael COUANI 0

X30
1 Joshua CAR 106
2 Marc TULLOCH 92
3 Justin FRANCIS 69
4 Brendan NELSON 66
5 Adam LINDSTROM 60
6 Leigh NICOLAOU 59
7 Ben Harders 58
8 Morgan FEAST 55
9 Jordi MARCON 48
10 Dylan DRYSDALE 45
11 Joshua WHITE 41
12 Jace MATTHEWS 34
13 Bradley STEWART 29
13 David SERA 29
15 Bradley JENNER 28
16 Matthew BENINCA 27
17 Kris WALTON 20
18 Jarrod SPENCER-HARPER 18
19 Jacob DOWSON 15
20 Adam MERCER 13
21 Cory ARNETT 12
21 Joel JAMIESON 12
23 Cody BREWCZYNSKI 11
23 Declan FRASER 11
25 Luke GRASSO 9
26 Dylan O’BRIEN 8
26 Leon MRAMOR 8
26 Nathan ZUJ 8
26 Tim FARRELL 8
26 Zane WYATT 8
31 Ray-Yu WANG 7
32 Dylan HOLLIS 7
33 Ben FLOYD 6
33 Clayton RICHARDS 6
33 Tayla CULLINANE 6
36 Jesse FENECH 5
36 Ray-Hong WANG 5
36 Cooper HAY 5
36 Nariko MCDONNELL 5
36 Skaife WARD 5
36 William HAWKES 5
42 Brieann MOYSE 4
42 Nikolaj THOMAS 4
44 Hirotaka CHONG 3
44 Paul TRENGOVE 3
44 Dallas OKSANEN 3
47 Aaren RUSSELL 0
47 Nicholas CURRIE 0

KA2
1 Lachlan HUGHES 100
2 Broc FEENEY 89
3 Jack DOOHAN 63
4 Benito MONTALBANO 62
5 Reece COHEN 57
6 Cody BURCHER 51
7 Jordyn SINNI 50
8 Travis WORTON 50
9 Christian PANCIONE 45
10 Taylor HAZARD 38
11 Harrison HOEY 35
12 Tate FROST 28
13 Jac PRESTON 25
14 Joshua SMITH 23
15 Zac ZAMPROGNO 18
16 Zak LOBKO 17
17 Lachlan DALTON 17
18 Taylah AGIUS 13
18 William EXTON 13
18 Jackson SOUSLIN-HARLOW 13
21 Thomas TURNER 11
22 Bailey SWEENY 8
22 Theodore LIVANES 8
22 Nathan WILLIAMS 8
25 Thomas SMITH 7
25 Aron SHIELDS 7
27 Valentino ASTUTI 4
28 DAMON PAPASERGIO 3
28 Gabriel GASPERAK 3
28 Ryan BENDER 3
31 Taine VENABLES 2
32 Kade VINK 0

KA1
1 Jace MATTHEWS 146
2 Kyle HENRY-SMITH 96
3 Scott SORENSEN 95
4 Thomas STEELE 73
5 Daniel EDMONDS 63
6 Mathew STENNER 56
7 Luke FLYNN 47
8 Robert WILLIAMS 41
9 Ryan SANDERSON 38
10 Benjamin FINCH 19
11 Barbara ANAGNOSTIADIS 19
12 Alex BAKER 12
13 Matt PARKER 0

KZ2
1 Troy LOESKOW 131
2 Joshua FIFE 93
3 Daniel PRICE 92
4 Aaron CAMERON 84
5 Pierce LEHANE 61
6 Christopher HAYS 52
7 Jason PRINGLE 50
8 Macauley JONES 37
9 Tomas GASPERAK 33
10 Sam HOUSTON 27
11 Jay COUL 24
12 Cameron LONGMORE 22
13 Mitchell MACKAY 21
14 Joshua CROSSINGHAM 13
15 Matthew SMITH 12
16 Benjamin REDJEPI 11
16 Christopher SUTHERLAND 11
18 Jonathon MANGOS 10
18 Mathew ERDMANN 10
20 Jack WESTCOMBE CASEY 9
21 Henry JOHNSTONE 8
21 Nick PERCAT 8
21 Rory EVANS 8
21 Thomas HUGHES 8
25 Antonio ASTUTI 5
25 Nicholas PAVAN 5
27 Jake SPENCER 4
27 James GOLDING 4
27 Madeline STEWART 4
27 Nathan TAYLOR 4
31 Blaine DENSLEY 3
31 Jeffery COX 3
33 Kyle ENSBEY 0

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