Launceston Kart Club

The Circular Head Kart Club Roger Carter Mechanical - Ark at the Park was held at the Briant Park Kart Racing complex in Smithton on Saturday with just over 60 karters entered for the day.  

Racing started at 1:00pm with the chief steward declaring the track wet.  In typical Smithton fashion we had all four seasons in one day.  This made for a very interesting start especially for the rookies and cadet classes.  It wasn’t long before the track was declared dry which meant a quick change of tyres especially for those classes already waiting on the out grid.  

With those classes that had a light and heavy class racing together, this made for good racing when the faster heavies caught up with lights in the slippery conditions.  The racing went smoothly all afternoon and after a tea break the finals were held under lights.

Although every class was well represented, the class with the most competitors was Sportsman with nineteen karters on the track for the first heat.  They took a while to grid up for their start, with several roll up laps before getting the green light.  With so many karters on the track this made for a very competitive but clean race.  From heat two onwards they were separated into two classes with the lights racing on their own and the heavy and super heavy combining for an exciting final.

Hard luck story of the day was for Launceston’s Troy Stone who was leading the Sportsman heavy pre-final when he had a major collision with a kart re entering the track after a spin. Troy’s kart needed a major rebuild with both front and rear badly damaged and it was a credit to all those competitors who pitched in and helped Troy rebuild in time to compete in the finals.

The next race meeting for the Circular Head Kart Club will be on the 8 August with another twilight meeting.  This track is unique in Tasmania as the only place where you can have the experience of racing under lights.

Results

Over 40 National Light
1st Allan Harragon
2nd Stephen Johnstone
3rd Leesa Austin

Over 40 National Heavy
1st Dale Madden
2nd Andrew Perkins
3rd Anthony Butler

Rookies
1st Brodie Evans
2nd Wade McLean
3rd Keenan Slater

Senior National Light
1st Cameron Abel
2nd Shane Bray
3rd Josh McLaren

Senior National Heavy
1st Callum Harper
2nd Kyle Peters
3rd Geoffery Daw

Sportsman Light
1st Nathan Zuj
2nd Aaron Duffey
3rd Luke Sapwell

Sportsman Heavy
1st Matthias Schrepfer
2nd Jake Rice
3rd Callum Harper

Sportsman Super Heavy
1st Dean Harragon
2nd Scott Wrigley
3rd Allan Sheahan

Tag Restricted
1st Darren Wall
2nd Peter Wagner

Tas Cadets
1st Johnah Slater
2nd Jacob Morris
3rd Brock Evans

Junior National Light
1st Billy Johnstone
2nd Toby Archer
3rd Jorden Distill

Junior National Heavy
1st Jack Pickett
2nd Brody Lovett
3rd Karissa Wood

Junior Encouragement Award
Uluka Bayne

Senior Encouragement Award
Josh McLaren