Drysdale shows his class in final round

Dylan Drysdale, Tim Loughran and Garry Cullum were the big winners after the final round of the Prokart Series in Hamilton at the weekend.

All three took away series’ class titles - Cullum for a record fourth time - but it was a close-run thing in both KZ2 and KZ2 Masters.

In the KZ2, young gun Taylor Harte from Tauranga set the ball rolling by claiming pole position on Saturday morning and it was Kinsman who mastered a mix of wet on Saturday and dry on Sunday to win all three heats and the pre-final.

His luck ran out in the final, however, with contact ending Kinsman’s race only seconds after it started, leaving first-round winner Aaron Wilson to take the race - and with it the round victory.

Second place in the final was enough to secure Drysdale - already the New Zealand sprint champion in the 125cc/6-speed gearbox KZ2 class series.

It was a close-run thing, his titlewinning margin over class series runner-up Aaron Wilson just four points, with Kinsman having done enough before his ill-fated final to secure the final series’ podium spot a further eight points back.

With 27 karts on the grid the action was fast and furious throughout the field, with time penalties for kerb hopping coming into play throughout the weekend.

Top female racer Madeline Stewart was one of the drivers affected by a hard line on the kerb at the top of the track’s famous corkscrew.