WET & TRICKY CONDITIONS FOR ROUND 2 OF THE KWAZULU NATAL KARTING CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday, 18th February saw a cold a wet day for KZN Kart Club at iDube Raceway, which brought some tricky conditions for the competitors who had to race in some wet and some dry races. This event was the second round of the KZN Club Championship and the first round of the Rotax Regional Championship, and also a SARMC event.
DD2 & DD2 MASTERS
Cristiano Morgado and Jono Pieterse were in a tough battle to claim victory in Rotax Max’s premier class, but in the end, it was Chris taking the win in all three heats followed closely by Jono in second. Third place was claimed by Hannah Daniel who had a strong drive in the rain and took her first podium in the premier class, followed by racing veteran Steve Clark, and Sharad Banto. Jono also took the win in DD2 Master followed by Steve. Overall, very tough three heats with the weather conditions changing from dry to rainy and back to dry in race one, wet in race two and finally dry for race three.
DD2 RESULTS
1st – Cristiano Morgado
2nd – Jono Pieterse
3rd – Hannah Daniel
4th – Steve Clark
5th – Sharad Banto
DD2 MASTERS RESULTS
1st – Jono Pieterse
2nd – Steve Clark
JUNIOR MAX & SENIOR MAX
Junior and Senior Max classes were combined on the day and with conditions similar to the DD2 classes all three heats proved to be very tricky. Jonno Wilson was defending his win from last month’s event and he, Uzair Khan and Travis Mingay battled through the day for the top of the podium, but it was Jonno who managed to hold them off and take the win for the day, with Uzair second and Travis third. The Naidoo brothers, Shrien and Dhivyen, again had lots of close racing with the lead pack and with each other. This time it was Dhivyen beating his brother to take forth, Shrien fifth and Corban Spies finishing the pack. Junior Max saw some close racing in amongst the Seniors with Kyle Spies giving a master class on wet weather racing to everyone in the field, coming second overall in the final heat and the only Senior Max competitor to beat him was Wilson. Troy Pieterse claimed the day for Junior Max overall, followed by Kyle.
SENIOR MAX RESULTS
1st – Jonno Wilson
2nd – Uzair Khan
3rd – Travis Mingay
4th – Dhivyen Naidoo
5th – Shrien Naidoo
6th – Corban Spies
JUNIOR MAX RESULTS
1st – Troy Lee Pieterse
2nd – Kyle Spies
MINI MAX
With the absence of the ever-popular Micro Max class, Mini Max class raced on their own on the day. Competition in the heats was very close and saw these young competitors showing some real talent in wet conditions. Michael Arde took the win for the day from Ryan Falconer in second, and the other Naidoo brothers, Matthew and Christian in third and fourth respectively.
MINI MAX RESULTS
1st – Michael Arde
2nd – Ryan Falconer
3rd – Christian Naidoo
4th – Matthew Naidoo
BAMBINO
The Bambino class caters for our youngest children between 5 and 9 years old. Our Out-Of-Town club members Sebastian Shuttleworth and Alonzo de Oliveira were back to race against Sean Arde and Connor Falconer. Some of these youngsters had never raced in wet and rainy conditions but showed their metal and gave some very entertaining racing for their fans. Alonzo claiming two wins and a second place, saw him clench the victory for the day, followed by Sebastien in second, Sean in a close third and Connor in fourth place.
RESULTS
1st – Alonzo de Oliveira
2nd – Sebastien Shuttleworth
3rd – Sean Arde
4th – Connor Falconer
JUNIOR & SENIOR CLUBMANS & MASTER MAX
Sunday’s field was made up of Junior Clubman’s, Senior Clubman’s and Master Max who all raced together on the day. With Clubman’s class competitors only experiencing racing for their second time ever, none of them ever had experienced a wet rainy track. The class didn’t disappoint with an action-packed 3 heats and all the newbies getting to grips with the conditions and mixed in with them the two experienced Master Max competitors. Abigail Rudd who won the day for Senior Clubman’, Teshaan Moodley second and Kailey Gengaih third, followed by Lwanele Kareem Sithole and Taslyn Sujpathy. Roxy Lange taking the win in the Junior Clubman’s. In Master Max, it was Steve Christy winning the day followed by Edmond Masson.
SENIOR CLUBMANS RESULTS
1st – Abigail Rudd
2nd – Teshaan Moodley
3rd – Kailey Gengaih
4th – Lwanele Kareem Sithole
5th – Taslyn Sujpathy
JUNIOR CLUBMANS RESULTS
1st – Roxy Lange
MASTER MAX RESULTS
1st – Steve Christy
2nd – Edmond Masson
4 STROKES
The 4-Stroke class featured some very tough and competitive racing in all three heats with lots of sliding and spinning. Kyle Nivison, won heats one and three to win the class ahead of Andrew Nivison in second and Edmond Masson in third, followed by Steve Christy, Wayne Christy, Andy Arde and Charl Fensham. Nice to see Steve, Wayne and Charl back!
RESULTS
1st – Kyle Nivison
2nd – Andrew Nivison
3rd – Edmond Masson
4th – Steve Christy
5th – Wayne Christy
6th – Andy Arde
7th – Charl Fensham
A fantastic and fun-filled family day out racing with no incidents. Round # 3 of the Championship will be in April so don’t forget to get your entries in for early as soon as they open!
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