Updated November 4th 2008

VIC'S Clean up at Shannon's Nationals

Victorian Superkart members cleaned up at the Shannon's Nationals at Mallala Motorsport park in South Australia.

In the 250 cc Internationals Darren Hossack took home the coveted number 1 plate followed by Sam Zavaglia in second and Gary Pegoraro in Third.

Brad Stebbing won the 125cc gearbox class and whilst not winning a National title Martin Lattta won the 250cc National class.

Again the Victorians showed support for the Nationals event by supplying almost half the entrants.

The Victorian Superkart club congratulates all our winners and thanks Dave Potter Honda (S.A.) for sponsoring the Superkart event.

                        

For all the race reports of this meeting follow this link

 

TWR celebrates milestone 100 Superkart race meetings.

 

Melbourne based Superkart race team and Victorian Club members TrimWorldRacing celebrated their 100th Superkart race meeting at Calder Park on Saturday the 18th of October in fine style with pole position and a clean sweep of all 4 races in the Rotax Max heavy division of the Victorian Superkart Club race day.

 

Team principal and driver Rod Clarke said after the meeting that “he had been looking forward to the milestone for the last couple of years and to get pole position and win all 4 races from top competitors at my 100th race meeting was one of the highlights of my 20 year racing career”.

Rod Clarke heading towards one of his four race wins. Photo courtesy zoompix@bigpond.com

 

Clarke also said “the camaraderie of Superkart competitors made racing in this category of karts all the more enjoyable”. In particular he mentioned the aftermath of getting put into a wall in a high speed shunt at Phillip Island in August at the Superkart Nationals, “the support from fellow competitors and pit crews at a National level meeting in getting the kart ready to race again the next day was outstanding”.

 

Clarke has competed at National, State and club level meetings throughout Australia in racking up his 100 race meetings, winning numerous State and club titles over the years. He ranks the Winton short circuit and Oran Park South circuit as the 2 best tracks as a driver but has a soft spot for Phillip Island because of it’s high speed nature”.

 

Clarke leads Colin McIntyre (#7) and Frank Kessels (#28) who were his main rivals on the day. Photo courtesy zoompix@bigpond.com

 

The team at TWR would like to thank their sponsors for their continued support and assistance, Trimworld Automotive, Raceline Seating, FAB Racing, zoompix and Dunlop Kartsport.

 

The team will next be packing up their vintage karts and heading off to Numurkah on November 8th and 9th for the over 40’s and Vintage meeting before continuing with their Superkart commitments.

 

 

Laguna Seca World Superkart Challenge

U.S.A.

 

Victorian Club members Sam Zavaglia, with crew member Stephen Castles have just competed at Laguna Seca on the weekend of October 18 & 19.

Sam Placed his Aussie built Stockman superkart  on the front row of the grid with former Motorcycle ace Eddie Lawson on Pole.

Sam has been keeping us informed with short e mails during the weekend and his final e mail of Race day is included here:

In Practice Eddie Lawson did another crazy time of 1:23.9 after putting 2 sets of tyres on.
I did my best time after running in the new barrel, then trying 1 fast lap to achieve a 1:24.4.
Man this is going to be a hard and close race!
 
In the 25min race, I made a bad start that gave Eddie Lawson a 2.5 sec better 1st lap. From here on it was both of us doing matching lap times for the next 1/2 of the race.
In the last half of the race I put my foot down and was lapping between 1:24.0 and 1:24.1 lap times. The second last lap I made a new Track Record for Superkarts of 1:23.6 then Eddie Lawson was just in front of me.
On the last lap leading up to the corkscrew right on Eddie's rear bumper I braked just a little too late as I was airborne over the crest and ran long into the corkscrew.....onto the dirt and broke the nose cone when entering the track at the bottom (just like Stoner/Rossi at MotoGP). The kart pushed real bad through Rainey curve, and all the way through the next two corners to take the chequered flag 2nd, just 2secs behind Eddie.
This 25min race was run all in very hard 1:24's lap times and only a couple of 1:25's, at unbelievable pace for 100% race distance....definitely the hardest I've ever had to race....lucky I had been working on my fitness.

The final result was Eddie Lawson 1st, Sam Zavaglia 2nd, and third Mike Wayne from South Australia.

 

     

            Sam & Eddie                                                        The Podium                                                       Sam & Stephen

 

The Victorian Superkart congratulates Sam and Mike on this fantastic achievement. All  will now head home to Australia after a short trip to Vegas to compete at the Australian Championships at Mallala in South Australia on November 1 & 2.

 

Superkart Video's

See what all the fuss is about. Ride on board looking over the shoulder of Greg Bass or Stephen Castles driving a 250cc International kart at Australia premier race circuits.

Here are some of the viewer comments:

Wow those things are fast...Great footage man...Love those dual carbs. 

Great footage, shame about the dnf. You guys are hardcore racers. All respect to you. I think Superkarts are the heaviest form of racing. Even more so then F1's. Cheers mate

Bass rocks!!
It's scary just watching it - great footage.
Yep those carbies add to the effect.
Keep up the good work guys

 

See for yourself HERE

WINTON:

Colin Mc Intyre has won the Gold Nugget event at a very cold, sunny, raining and hailing Winton Raceway. This event has not been run since 2003 when Ben Castles last won the coveted trophy and Gold Nugget.

Full results from the Winton meeting have now been posted on the results page.

NON GEARBOX NATIONALS

The single round National title for the non gearbox classes have been run and won at Phillip Island.

Congratulations to Mark Wicks (Hypermax) and Brendan Luneman (CRG) for their 1st and 3rd respectively in the Heavy Class, the only Victorians to win and place at this years National round.

           

Above: Mark Wicks, Heavies National Champion                                     Above: Brendan Luneman 3rd Heavies

 

In the Light's it was hard charging Michael Rogers (South Australia) driving an Arrow Kart  who took home the title and in the Juniors winning back to back titles it was Sean Whitfield from the ACT driving a Phoenix.

For the Full provisional results go Here

For race reports go Here

For lap times of all sessions go Here 

 

VICTORIAN NON GEARBOX STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 

The Sandown event has now been run and won in somewhat trying conditions. The first three races being run wet and the final on a damp track on slick tyres. The Rotax Max class is controlled and the clerk of course decides if the track is considered wet or dry.

The Club is very proud to announce its first Rotax Champions in five years.

They are:

Rotax Light:: Gary Pegoraro FIRST driving an Azzuro, Russ Occhipinti SECOND driving a Hypermax, and Peter Strangis in THIRD driving an Arrow AX8.

Rotax Heavy: Mark Wicks FIRST driving an Arrow B Max, Rod Clarke SECOND driving an Arrow AX8, and Brendan Luneman THIRD driving a CRG Maximo.

Rotax Junior did not have the required minimum number of entries (5) and as such no State Championship has been awarded.

Lap times from this event are HERE

Results from this meeting are now confirmed with the eligibility issue with regards to Kart 88 (Dean Crooke) dismissed.

CLARIFICATION FROM THE VICTORIAN SUPERKART CLUB:


Reports suggesting a Victorian Title or Championship being won for two consecutive years have been published on the Hyper racing site. These are totally incorrect and misleading.

Championships and or Titles for Superkarts are awarded only by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport.

NEW LAP RECORDS SET AT WINTON JUNE 28 2008.

Gary Pegoraro has set a new lap record for the 250 International class of 55:7337 sec.

Brendan Luneman has set a new formula Rotax heavy time of 1:03.4551

Congratulations to both drivers.

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Superkart T Shirts:

Our intrepid photographer Bill Todd of Zoompix now has a range of Superkart and Motorsport T shirts for sale on the web.

Promote the class you race in or show your support of this exciting sport.

Delivery takes about four weeks, and the quality is very good as the shirts come out of the United States.

A variety of of styles are available at: 

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