RILEY AND ALLEN SHARE SUPERKART VICTORIES
Despite a disappointing entry, there was no shortage of action in the opening rounds of the Motorsport UK British Superkart Championship races.
Ross Allen (Division 1) and
Tom Riley (F125 Open) were unbeaten in their respective classes, with Allen almost taking three outright wins.
In the opening encounter, Allen battled with Carl Kinsey (Division 1) with the lead changing on several occasions. Kinsey led until five laps from the flag when a slight misfire slowed him and allowed Allen to win by 3.7s.
In the F250 National class, Kirk Cattermole gained the upper hand over Lee Plain. In F125 Open, Riley had an untroubled run to the flag. Mark Gellatly was top in F450.
The second race was interrupted by rain at half distance. Allen had been leading but was caught by Gellatly. Allen then had an excursion across the grass at Gerard’s on the last lap but still took the Division 1 class win, while Plain pipped Gellatly at the flag to take overall victory.
Gellatly elected for slicks on a still damp track for the final race and skated off at Gerard’s on the first lap. Kinsey led for six laps until a water hose came off and he retired. That left Allen with a commanding lead to claim class win number three. Cattermole was second until the final lap when he tripped over a backmarker at the Esses. That handed the F250 National class win to Plain with Riley comfortably ahead of the opposition in F125 Open. McClintock took the F450 class win.
The first race for the Caterham Academy was a thriller with six cars all in contention. Marc Jones moved up from seventh to contest the lead with Geoff Newman. After running side by side on several occasions Jones dropped back slightly.
At the flag it was a blanket finish with Newman just getting the verdict from Chris Fraser, Jones, and Mark Kendle. William James had an easy win in the second race.