NSWSKC to host inaugural Aust Speedway Kart Title

In a first for NSW speedway karting it was announced at the recent NSW Title meeting that the New South Wales Speedway Kart Club would be hosting the inaugural Australian Speedway Kart title held under the AKA.

A very excited NSWSKC President Wayne Baines made the announcement at the title meeting presentation saying that this is a first for the NSW club and that the two or three day meeting may be held over the June long weekend next year.

With speedway kart clubs starting to appear all over the country, the nominations may hit the 200 mark and with the superb Nepean Motorsports complex’s 50 year anniversary in 2009, the venue will be in top condition for the inaugural speedway kart title weekend.

Speedway Kart Action at the Nepean Motorsports Complex

Andy Ticehurst.com  Pic

 

The Nepean Motorsports complex is situated on Rickards Road, Castlereagh with racing starting at 10am.

The NSWSKC would like to thank the following corporate partners for their continued support for the 2008 Season:

 

101 Mortgage:

Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway:

Angel’s Roofing Accessories:

Graham’s Painting Service:

Keats Racing/Karting World:          

G Force Racewear:                

Hoppings Mowers:

Motorex Racing Oils:

On Track Automotive:

Stillshots:

Impact Images:

Wescranes:

NSR-Nathan Smee Racing:

Outback Brewery:

Snowflake Blast & Powdercoat:

ST Signs and Designs:

Design Effects Signage:

Greg Boscato SpeedSports Media:

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 Agenda Club Meeting NSWSKC 16^th September 2008

Wentworthville Community Centre Lane St Wentworthville

 

1.     Opening by president declaring quorum  has been reached

 

2.     Apologies

      Accepted :                                        seconded :     

 

3.     Minutes from last meeting read

   Business from previous minutes discussed

   Minutes accepted :                           seconded :

 

4.     Secretary report , correspondence  in and out

                   Discuss any issues

                   Report accepted :                               seconded:

 

5.     Treasury Report , balances brought forward 

                    Discuss any issues

     Report accepted :                               seconded

 

6.     Presidents Report

                  Discuss any issues

   Report accepted :                               seconded

 

7. Vice presidents report in corpora ting AKA issues

                   Discuss any issues

   Report accepted :                               seconded

 

General Business :

1.     Presentation Night detail update - president

2.     2008 Championship prize pool update – president

3.     2009 Australian Title update –president

4.     open discussion from the floor            

 

 

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A Great 2008 Speedway Karts Title weekend.

 

The 2008 NSW Speedway Kart Titles sponsored by Angel’s Roofing Accessories was held on the 26^th-27^th July at the superb Nepean Motorsports complex and despite rain earlier in the week the two day meeting produced sensational racing and a few new NSW Title holders.

 

The weekend organised by the New South Wales Speedway Kart Club featured a different format with the Midgets, Rookies, Juniors (Light & Heavy) and the sensationally fast Formula 100’s on Saturday while the other senior divisions KT Modified (Light & Heavy) and the Clubman (Light & Heavy) were racing on Sunday and the new format worked exceptionally well.

 

Saturday dawned cold but with the Nepean track bathed in brilliant sunshine everything was set for a fantastic weekend of speedway karting action. The program was four rounds of 10 lap heats followed at 20 lap final race to determine the new 2008 NSW Title holders.

 

The Midgets final was simply sensational as both young Corey Foyle and Luke Sayer battled for the entire 20 laps. Corey who has been racing just over 12 months and has been a real standout this year, picked up the Midget crown in what was one of the best races of the weekend. Third placed Kyle Angel was also impressive as was James Peters who took out a great win in the opening Midget heat. Others who raced hard included Rhys Tuohy, Jackson McNamara, Andrew Beattie and Brittany Hickey.

 

Regan Angel son of the Title sponsors Brad and Michelle Angel took out a superb victory in the Rookies title shootout. He was fast all day and held out Nathan Camillari and a very impressive Nikki Britton to win the final. Other standouts on the day were Jake Baines and Sean Richards who both put in 100% but finished down the order in the final.

 

The 2007 NSWSKC Club Champion Michael Jordan was entered in both the Junior Light and Heavy divisions and while sensational fast and competitive in both, it was only the Heavy class that Michael took out the 2008 NSW crown. Michael was impressive in defeating an equally impressive Brad Giffen, with Ashleigh Britton continuing on the Britton speedway family name with third placing.

 

Bronson Butcher travelled all the way from Holbrook and certainly showed that he meant business right from the opening heat in the Junior Light. His Arrow kart was quick and after picking up a couple of heat victories he proved too quick effortlessly winning the final over Michael Jordan with Matthew Pescod home in third.

 

The only senior class racing on Saturday was Formula 100, with Wayne Baines & Sean Mayo joining the cast of the fast. David Hopping who had been the dominate racer earlier in the year continued his recent bad luck and engine problems saw him retiring early in the day. In the final the 2007 NSW Champ Jonathan Bright had to settle for second and follow Brent Coghlan home with a hard charging Nathan Bailey third. Sean Mayo suffering from a football injury was fast in his F100 debut but got caught up in a number of incidents while Wayne Baines having a guest drive in the Keats Racing machine also struck a few problems during the day. Jason Freer, Matt Goff and Donald Steven were all fast early but had to settle out of podium places in the final.

 

Sunday wasn’t as bright as Saturday but the rain held off all day with light drizzle falling at presentation time. It was another busy day for a number of racers with Wayne Baines, Sean Mayo, Nathan Bailey (2 classes) and David Hopping (2 classes) returning after competing on Saturday. Fields, like Saturday were big and with the Nepean track still in great shape the racing was superb.

 

Nathan Bailey proved too quick and defeated 2007 NSW Champ David Hopping to claim the KT Modified Light title with Nathan Randell after a great battle with Alana Baines finished third. Alana was in third for most of the race but after holding Nathan Randell out for many laps, ran wide in turn 1 allowing Nathan to forge by with Alana finishing back in fourth.

 

A Strong 20 kart field assembled for the Clubman Heavy division with 2007 Champion Wayne Baines looking to defend his crown picking up the first two heat races. In the final Steven Mitchell just demolished the stellar field to claim his first title with Daniel Selmes second and Wayne Baines third. Standouts earlier in the day were Gary Slarke and Les Green as was Michael Lahiff and Cameron Coghlan but the day belonged to Steven Mitchell.

 

John Watton the sprintcar team crew chief moved into the speedway karts last year and with just a handful of meetings proved to be the guy to beat in the KT Heavy class. John was impressive in the heats picking up a victory but in the final his #2 machine was too quick beating home an impressive Jason Freer and Lean Coleman. Craig Banks was expected to be one of the guns but after impressive drives in the heats fowled a plug before the start of the final.

 

David Hopping like Nathan Bailey, competed in three divisions on the weekend but it was Clubman Light which saw him claiming a State crown. David was too strong winning the final over Jonathan Bright and Tim Loveday. Brent Coughlin showed the same form that saw him bag the formula 100 title on Saturday, qualifying on the front row for the final, however a fowled plug in rollups ended his opportunity for a 2^nd title on the weekend.

 

Some of the standouts were Natalie Genner, Sean Mayo and Nathan Bailey in what was a hotly contested division. With 25 entries the class had to be split in two for the heat racing, with the top 20 pointscores combining for the 20 lap final.

 

Presentations were held at the end of each day and with near record nominations, sensational track conditions and rain holding out all weekend the Angel’s Roofing Accessories NSW Speedway Kart Titles was certainly a success.

 

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Sensational kart racing at the Nepean complex last Sunday.

It was round 5 of the GREAT 2008 New South Wales Speedway Kart Club’s 2008 championship last Sunday (June 22) and under brilliant blue skies the speedway karts certainly “turned it on” at the superb Nepean Raceway complex.

The meeting, the Motorex Racing Oils Masters saw the karts racing on the long track for the second time this year and with near record entries, all divisions produced sensational racing with many standout performances during the day.

Beside’s the day being the speedway karts final shoot out before next months NSW State Title’s meeting the Federal member for Lindsay David Bradbury was on hand at presentation to hand over an Australian Flag with Kim Freer accepting the flag.

The KT Heavy division saw former sprintcar ace Troy Little’s crew chief Craig Banks in devastating form winning all three heat races but while challenging in the feature spun out and was a non finisher. While the feature was taken out by Anthony Selmes, Craig Banks still finished third overall but it was John Watton picking up the round victory.

In the Midget’s young Corey Foyle continued his great form taking out the round as well as the feature race. Corey has been a real find this year and he look’s to be heading for a big career in the speedway karts.

Although he took out the round 2007 Club Champion Michael Jordan didn’t have it all his own way in the Junior division with Matthew Pescod taking out the feature.

Lady racer Alana Baines continued her forward progress winning the KT Open Light division with the fast Joel Goff taking out a superb win in the feature.

David Boyd scored the double in winning both the round and feature races for the Clubman Light ranks with former NSWSKC champion Jonathan Bright also taking out the double in the Formula 100 division.

The final class racing last Sunday was the Clubman Heavy with NSWSKC President Wayne Baines winning the feature but Steven Mitchell was very impressive in taking out the round.

Round winners and major place getters on the day were:

 

Midgets: Walkabout Lodge

1^st  Corey Foyle

2^nd Luke Sayer

3^rd Rebecca Abbott

Feature Winner: Corey Foyle

 

KT Open Heavy: Graham’s Painting Services

1^st John Watton

2^nd Chris Troy

3^rd Craig Banks

 Feature Winner: Anthony Selmes

 

KT Open Light: Hoppings Mowers

1^st Alana Baines

2^nd Nathan Randell

3^rd Steve Hopping

Feature Winner: Joel Goff

 

Clubman Heavy: Angel’s Roofing Accessories

1^st Steven Mitchell

2^nd Cameron Coghlan

3^rd Daniel Selmes

Feature Winner: Wayne Baines                    

 

Formula 100: Keats Racing/Karting World

1^st  Jonathan Bright

2^nd  Donald Stevens

3^rd  Jason Freer

Feature Winner: Jonathan Bright

 

Juniors: G-Force Racewear

1^st Michael Jordan

2^nd Kyle Pollock

3^rd Bronson Butcher

Feature Winner: Matthew Pescod

 

Clubman Light: 101 Mortgage

1^st David Boyd

2^nd Jade Pollock

3^rd Sean Mayo

Feature Winner: David Boyd

Other winners on the day were:

David Cochran (On Track Automotive  Award)

David Boyd (Greg Boscato Speedsports Media Achievement Award)

Ben Ralph (Motorex Award )

 

 Kim Freer accepting the Australian Flag from local MP David Bradbury

 

It’s pleasing to see many drivers, families, crew’s and fans staying back for the after meeting presentation and like the racing nominations and numbers are growing at each and every meeting.

The NSWSKC returns to the Nepean Motorsports complex for the biggie of the year, the 2008 NSW State Titles scheduled for Saturday July 26 and Sunday July 27 2008.

The Nepean Motorsports complex is situated on Rickards Road Castlereagh with racing starting at 10am.

The NSWSKC would like to thank the following corporate partners for their continued support for the 2008 Season:

 

Walkabout Lodge:

101 Mortgage:

Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway:

Angel’s Roofing Accessories:

Graham’s Painting Service:

Keats Racing/Karting World:          

G Force Racewear:                

Hoppings Mowers:

Motorex Racing Oils:

On Track Automotive:

Stillshots:

Sayre Racing:

ST Signs and Designs:

Design Effects Signage:

Greg Boscato SpeedSports Media:

 

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It’s a celebration Sunday for the Speedway Karts.

 

The New South Wales Speedway Kart Club is holding the fourth annual Celebration Day meeting this Sunday and like this Friday’s ANZAC remembrance, the club celebrates and thanks the people & characters who have shaped or continue to give so much to the club over the past 16 years.

It’s certainly going to be a sensational day at the Nepean Motorsports complex with the NSWSKC expecting a good rollup this Sunday and while the meeting is a non championship round all the regular “hard chargers” should be present.

All the eight divisions will honour a current or past member with the honour roll being:

Midgets                 Life members    Jeff Burton

Rookies                 Life Members     Rob Eyeington

Juniors                  Past Member      Gary Bourke

Clubman Light        Life Member     Tony Johnson

Clubman Heavy      Life Member       Brian Briton 

KT Light                Life Member       Donna Eyeington

KT Heavy              Past Member      Ashley Smith

Formula 100          Past Member      Wayne Selvage

 

Like a normal NSWSKC championship round the first three place getters in each class will receive awards plus there will be other awards to be won with,

 The Motorex Hard Luck Award

 The On Track Automotive Encouragement award

 The Stillshots Shot of the round award

 And for the first time

The Celebration Day Team of the Year award,

 With this award the winning team will receive a set of tyres for both the senior and junior donated by Sayre Racing.

 It’s certainly going to be another funday Sunday for the speedway karts at the 2008 NSWSKC Celebration Day meeting.

 

 StillShots Photo

 

The Nepean Raceway is situated on Rickards Road Castlereagh with racing starting at 10am.

The NSWSKC would like to thank the following corporate partners for their continued support for the 2008 Season:

Walkabout Lodge:

101 Mortgage:

Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway:

Angel’s Roofing Accessories:

Graham’s Painting Service:

Keats Racing/Karting World:          

G Force Racewear:                

Hoppings Mowers:

Motorex Racing Oils:

On Track Automotive:

Stillshots:

Sayre Racing:

ST Signs and Designs:

Design Effects Signage:

SpeedSports Media: