| Southern City Classic - Oakleigh |
| Wednesday, October 22, 2008 |
Qual: 3rd Pre-Final: 4th Final: 3rd
A 35 lap race in the afternoon was very challenging. We thought about setup over 35 laps too much when we should have just left the kart the way we would normally run it. I knew it was going to be a long race from the start when Jace Lindstrom and Franky Costanzo pulled a gap on the first lap! I had a race long battle with Mitchell Cuzens and finished a distant 4th place.
The final was under lights and much more to my liking. I passed Cuzens in the infield on the first lap and caught Lindstrom and Costanzo, however the positions remained that way as i was not fast enough in the right spots to make a passing move. I finished 3rd and recieved $100 for my troubles.
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| NSW State Championships - Port Macquaire |
| Wednesday, October 08, 2008 |
Qual: 18th Heat 1: 23rd Heat 2: 14th Pre-Final: 17th Final: 18th
A very long trip to be so far off the pace. A disappointing weekend which starting more promising then it ended. the first heat and the pre final i was knocked off at the start and drove back through to pick up some places. The final i was as high as 13th place until some faster karts came through that DNFed the pre-final. A stressfull week but we'll learn from it.
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| City of Melbourne Titles - Todd Rd |
| Saturday, August 23, 2008 |
Qual: 13th Heat 1: 5th Heat 2: 5th Pre-Final: 6th Final: DQ
Good heat races in the dry and wet saw sit 3rd for the pre final. Didn't show great speed in the pre final and dropped back to 6th place. In the final on the 6th lap i got crashed into, kart went over the top of me and tore the transponder off so i was disqualified from the race despite limping home in 10th place with a bent steering column and stub axle. Disappointing end to an otherwise competitive weekend.
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| All Star Series Round 4 - Puckapunyal |
| Thursday, August 07, 2008 |
Heat 1: 5th Heat 2: 2nd Pre-Final: 12th Final: 8th
After some good heat races I was 3rd for the pre-final. The heavens opened up just before my pre-final and the kart was not very good in the wet - I dropped to 12th. The finals were reduced to 8 laps due to time constraints so I didn't get past too many karts and finished in 8th place.
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| July Club Day - Oakleigh |
| Sunday, July 27, 2008 |
Heat 1: 2nd Heat 2: 1st Heat 3: 1st
1st Overall
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| June Club Day - Todd Rd |
| Wednesday, July 02, 2008 |
Heat 1: 1st Heat 2: 2nd Heat 3: 1st
1st Overall | |
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| City of Wodonga Titles |
| Tuesday, June 17, 2008 |
Heat 1: 1st Heat 2: 6th Heat 3: 1st Pre-Final: 1st Final: 2nd
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| All Star Series Round 3 - Winter Cup Geelong |
| Tuesday, June 03, 2008 |
Heat 1: 4th Heat 2: 10th Pre-Final: DNF Final: 4th
After starting 23rd for the final it was always going to be a tough race to get through the pack. I managed to keep my nose clean and found myself 9th at the end of the first lap. The kart was very strong and just missed out on fastest lap by .001 of a second. I caught the leading trio on the last lap but did not have enough time to bump myself up into the top 3. | |
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| All Star Series Round 2 - VACC Park |
| Tuesday, May 06, 2008 |
Heat 1: DNF Heat 2: DNF Heat 3: 11th Final: DNF
A shocking weekend had me finish 1 out of the 4 races. However the kart speed was good. Starting 25th and last for the pre-final i managed to finish 11th and during the final i was making a move for 5th which didn't come off and i ended up backwards. Cannot wait for Geelong at the end of the month to see if we can carry over some of that good speed. | |
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| April Club Day - VACC Park |
| Monday, April 28, 2008 |
Heat 1: 2nd Heat 2: 2nd Heat 3: 3rd
3rd Overall | |
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| All Star Series Round 1 - Oakleigh |
| Thursday, April 10, 2008 |
Heat 1: 6th Heat 2: DNF Pre-Final: 5th Final: 4th
DNF in the second heat put me 14th for the pre-final. Managed to get 5th in the pre-final and speed was good. Had the speed to run with front guys in final but finished just off the podium. | |
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| March Club Day - Oakleigh |
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 |
Heat 1: 2nd Heat 2: 3nd Heat 3: 2nd
2nd Overall | |
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| Australian National Championships - Launceston, TAS |
| Thursday, March 27, 2008 |
Qual: 25th Heat 1: 12th Heat 2: 19th Pre final: DNF Final: 13th
The biggest meeting of the year and i had a resonable weekend. We got the setup wrong in Qualifying which set us back a little bit but pressed on. Up to 12th in the first heat with the mid pack boxing on was encouraging. I was up to 14th in the 2nd heat but was pushed out and dropped back to 19th.
Started out of 16th in the pre final but was shunted off big time at the start of the 2nd lap. This left us with a bent axle, steering column and 2 tie rod ends and a starting position of 29th for the final. I faught my way through to finish 13th with only 3 DNF's in front of me i was extremely pleased with the pace the kart had. I think we are starting to get on top of the new kart which is promising. | |
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| February Club Day - Oakleigh |
| Monday, February 25, 2008 |
Heat 1: 3rd Heat 2: 3rd Heat 3: 2nd
2nd Overall | |
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| Victorian State Championships - Geelong |
| Tuesday, February 19, 2008 |
Qualified: 27th Heat 1: 11th Heat 2: 8th Heat 3: 15th Final: 15th
Not a bad start with the new kart which has really only turned a handful of laps. 3 and a half tenths of a second left me 27th in qualifying and then i only moved forwards, starting 22nd in the final and moving up to 15th. | |
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| Intrepid for '08 |
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 |
With a new year brings new colors. 2008 sees us move from the Arrow kart which i have raced with since i started racing to the Intrepid chassis. I first tested the kart in December and only got my kart a few weeks ago. We have only completed one test day heading into the Victorian Open Championships so it's learn as we go - but the early signs have been very good. | |
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| Victorian Closed Titles - Portland |
| Monday, December 03, 2007 |
Qualified: 7th Heat 1: 5th Heat 2: 5th Pre-Final: 5th Final: 7th | |
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| Oakleigh Class Titles |
| Monday, November 26, 2007 |
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Qualified: 3rd Heat 1: 3rd Heat 2: 2nd Pre-Final: 3rd Final: 2nd
Click Here for image gallery from this meeting |
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| October Club Day - VACC Park |
| Wednesday, October 31, 2007 |
Heat 1: DNF Heat 2: 6th Final: 5th | |
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| Tasmanian State Championships - Launceston |
| Thursday, October 25, 2007 |
Qual: 19th Heat 1: 13th Heat 2: 10th Pre-Final: DNF Final: 14th | |
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| Septemeber Club Day - Oakleigh |
| Sunday, October 07, 2007 |
Heat 1: 3rd Heat 2: 3rd Heat 3: 4th 3rd Overall | |
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| Country Series Round 5 - Portland |
| Monday, October 01, 2007 |
Heat 1: 6th Heat 2: DNF Heat 3: Race Not Run
After being crashed into at the start of the 2nd heat resulting in a DNF in very wet conditions the 3rd round of racing was called off due to the extreme weather conditions. A long way to go to complete 8 racing laps. | |
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| Australasian Titles - Numurkah |
| Saturday, September 22, 2007 |
Heat 1: 8th Heat 2: 5th Heat 3: 8th Final: 4th | |
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| City of Melbourne Titles - VACC Park |
| Saturday, August 25, 2007 |
Qual: 15th Heat 1: 14th Heat 2: 14th Pre-Final: DNF Final: 9th
With the DNF in the pre-final i started 22nd for the final. I survived the start with some extremely close near misses. Picked off karts for the rest of the race to finish 9th. We have had some big problems with the kart of late and think we are now on top of them for our meetings to come. Time will tell. | |
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| Val & Joyce Findlay Memorial - Geelong |
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 |
Heat 1: 7th Heat 2: 6th Pre-Final: 6th Final: 8th | |
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| Central City Series Round 3 - Geelong - Winter Cup |
| Wednesday, June 06, 2007 |
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Heat 1: 8th Heat 2: 3rd Pre-Final: 9th Final: 6th
3rd Overall in series. | |
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| Central City Series Round 2 - VACC Park |
| Wednesday, May 09, 2007 |
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Heat 1: 5th Heat 2: 8th Pre-Final: 6th Final: 6th | |
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| 45th Australian Sprint Kart Championships - Eastern Creek |
| Wednesday, April 11, 2007 |
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The 50 karts entered for Clubman Heavy were split into 2 groups for the heat races and the top 40 from the 2 groups raced the final.
Qual: 37th (18th for Group B) Heat 1: 7th Heat 2: 16th Heat 3: 10th Final: 18th | read more ... |
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| Central City Series Round 1 - Oakleigh |
| Monday, March 26, 2007 |
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Heat 1: 1st Heat 2: 12th Pre-Final: 2nd Final: 2nd | read more ... |
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| March Club Day Results - Oakleigh |
| Sunday, March 18, 2007 |
Heat 1 - 1st Heat 2 - 2nd Heat 3 - 1st 1st overall on the day. | |
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| Golden Power Series Round 1 - Morwell |
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 |
Heat One: 1st
Heat Two: 2nd
Heat Three: 1st
Final: DNF
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| Victorian State Championships - Cobden |
| Thursday, February 15, 2007 |
Qual - 12th Heat 1 - 16th Heat 2 - 10th Pre-Final - 11th Final - 6th
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