KZN Rotax Kart Season Ends in Style

Another great day of family racing at iDube

The KZN Kart Club enjoyed a fine day of Rotax Max regional racing in a typical family affair as it closed off its 2022 season at iDube on Sunday. The epic hillside track delivered all the usual action and angst, highlighted by a full pack of premier class DD2 runners.

Brent Walden was on form as he left top Masters’ driver Jonno Pieterse to fight Riley Horner and Nicholas Wuite off for the scraps. Another ever improving Masters’ man, Alistair Mingay continued to impress in fifth, with Richard Van Heerde next ahead of Masters’ five, Shane Foley, Richard Horner, Chris Grobbelaar, Bev Van Heerde and Reval Gayadin.

Corban Spies and Yifan Li fought hard in Senior Max, with Spies taking the day two heats to one. Juandre Nel was always close enough to pick up the pieces from Dhivyen Naidoo and Hannah Daniel. Rotax Master remains hugely popular in KZN, but nobody was stopping Allan John Rice on Sunday as he led James Stewart, Alan Johnston, and Robin Jeffrey home.

Dhivyen Naidoo was unstoppable in under-15 Junior Max in spite of Uzair Khan’s best efforts. Jonno Wilson, Maahir Wahab, Brandon van der Nest Travis Yield and Yashil Ghazi fought it out behind. In the Primary school classes, Kyle Spies beat Troy Pieterse and Sebastian Geldenhuys to all three Mini Max wins.

Ryan Falconer did the same over Kiyaan and Ashaan Redd in under-11 Micro Max and Kayden Pistauer won baby Bambino from Teiyan Chetty. The 4stroke karts are also most popular in KZN and on Sunday Kyle Nivison scored a close win after sharing out the wins with Andrew Nivison and Byron Campbell.

That wraps up the 2022 season, but rest assured it will start all over again early in the New Year, as it always does in KZN.