Arrow Wins 92nd National Title With Rotax Light Victory
| press release | 4 September 2013 |
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J&A Tuning/KTEQ Truck Rentals/Sera Driver Development’s “Deadly” Dave Sera has once again proved that he is the man to beat in Australia when it comes to the Rotax Light category.
This Australian championship makes his remarkable record now seven titles from nine years. Including his second place finish in 2006, it is a truly fantastic record of sustained success in arguably the toughest field assembled each year.
Above: David Sera holding his 15th Australian championship trophy
pic - Coopers Photography
This victory now takes David to equal position with the great John Pizzaro. Being only 24 years old, there is no doubt Dave will break this record before his driving days are done.
The weekend started positive with a front row start for the heat races on Saturday with a qualifying time of 43.848 versus the pole time of 43.843. David won heat 1 & 2 and drove a calculated race in heat 3 for P2.
David won the Pre Final but pole sitter Brenton Mountjoy and New Zealand multi national champion Daniel Kinsman pushed Sera all the way to the line.
There was much anticipation for the 20 lap final with D Sera, Mountjoy, D Kinsman, Carey, Ford, Greenbury, Cramer, Lehane, Dutch World KZ Champion Joey Hanssen and M Kinsman making up the top 10. The reigning national champion, Pierce Lehane, was the one that everyone thought could upstage Deadly Dave if could find his pace from Thursday & Friday practice.
Once the green light went on David pushed hard and as he has done somany times before, put a gap early on the field which forced Mountjoy and Dan Kinsman to battle over second spot for 10 laps before Kinsman broke clear of Mountjoy and set about his pursuit of Sera. At the 16 lap mark Kinsman started to reign in Sera and by the last lap they were bumper to bumper which had the large crowd on edge.
It was an absolute nail bitter with a drag to the finish line, David was unsure if he had won until he saw the No 1 tag go onto his kart. David was physically exhausted and commented that he was absolutely spent and was so relieved and ecstatic that he was able to hold on and secure a memorable victory, the 15th of his remarkable career.
Above: David Sera & Daniel Kinsman crossing the finishing line, just 0.02s apart
pic - Coopers Photography
Above: David’s father & gun mechanic, George, was a very relieved man. It was a very tense and nervous last 3 laps for George, but ultimately a very memorable Fathers' Day present.
pic - Coopers Photography
Above: DPE Kart Technology's guru and former national champion Adam Klunyk presents Dave with his 3rd limited edition championship floor tray for 2013
pic - Coopers Photography
We would like to thank all the Arrow drivers & dealers that represented the brand at the 2012/2013 Rotax Pro Tour season.
Big congratulations to Brendan & Larry Nelson for their success this year and we look forward to him performing well at the Rotax World Finals & SKUSA Super Nationals in Las Vegas. They will be competing in the TAG category with our US distributor, Kartsport North America.
Additionally, we have the following Aussies representing the Arrow brand at the 2013 Super Nationals:
- David Sera
- Nick Rowe
- Ben Stewart
- Kip Foster
- Nathan Davis
- Matt Davis
Good luck to all and their respective crew members.
