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2009 British Superkart Grand Prix

including the MSA and National Championship Rounds.

  18th / 19th July  2009 - Cadwell Park Lincolnshire. 

The MSA British Superkart Grand Prix is the pinnacle of the British Superkart year with the very best drivers from Britain and Europe competing for six GP titles. The first three events at Cadwell Park were massively successful with competitors and spectators alike, so if you like your motor racing a little different make sure you come to the British Superkart GP this July 18th / 19th.

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	Results and Lap Times

Race Report & Photos - By Alex Von Ernheim

Saturday 18th July

MSA 250 Superkart Championship and BSA Championship Rounds.

By Alex Von Ernheim

With this being one of only 3 Grand Prix Great Britain holds on the normal race circuits, it’s safe to say it’s a special meeting. Entries came from 26 different countries in total with even Australian and Zambian competitors entering for a shot at the coveted GP plate title. The British Superkart Grand Prix is the only FIA sanctioned Superkart GP in the world.

We had 3 visiting ladies from Germany and Holland along with our own ladies Louise Colin in 125 Open and Catherine Foster in 125 ICC. Priscilla Speelman and Kim Skrotski from Germany in 250 Div1 and Judith Van De Linde from Holland in ICC. Who said it was a big boys with small toys sport?

The average age of the drivers over the years has dropped to around 26 with the likes of James Tucker, Jason Dredge, Jake Green coming to the long circuit scene.

Where else do you get a race meeting like that in the UK !!! The 250 Div 1 grid was the biggest they have had in Europe this year. Pre finals were predicted for the Grand Prix grids for both 250 Div 1 and 250 National due to the entry levels. With the normal July weather looming over the event it was predicted to be a lottery on tyres over the weekend. With the top drivers in the world this was going to be an exciting meeting to watch for any spectator.

Saturday 18^th Qualifying and the Championship Race Day

Saturday was predicted to be wet however the weather was dry with a green circuit due to the heavy overnight rain. The morning started with timed qualifying for all classes.

250 Division 1

The premier class of Division 1 Superkarts had a very healthy entry in the forties and certainly the most nationalities competing. The incorporation of the International Superracekart series really does insure that the entry list in the category has plenty of high calibre drivers.

Due to the number of drivers the qualifying was in 2 sessions and done by numbers Odd and Evens. Peter Elkmann was running the E plate so his strategy was to get in to the correct group. He elected to go for the Evens and that proved interesting when the times were published later.

The “Odds” and yes there are some very “odd” superkart drivers out there at times. The Brits were top of the session with Carl Hulme on top with a 1:23.02. Followed by Malcolm Crowe, Paul Kennings and Morgan Valverde of France .

1 Carl HULME Anderson/FPE 1:23.02 (94.23 Mph)

2 Malcolm CROWE Anderson/FPE  

3 Paul KENNINGS Anderson/Rotax

4 Morgan VALVERDE PVP/FPE ( France )

5 Dave HARVEY Anderson/Rotax 

6 Steve WHITE PVP/Rotax Reading

7 Henri SILLANPAA Anderson/Rotax ( Finland )

The “Evens” group had saw current World champion Trevor Roberts and the current European champion Peter Elkmann involved, so the fight at the front was going to be hard. However the Barker Racing outfit driven by Lee Harpham, the GP winner from 2008 topping the times with a 1:23.17. With Roberts and Elkmann behind. The surprise was Daffyd Iles who qualified 4^th in the session. This was his first time in a 250 Div 1 superkart having only raced in 125 ICC.  Carlos Cheremaz from Australia was in 6^th and was delighted with the time as he had only seen the circuit on You Tube before coming to the UK .

1 Lee HARPHAM (GP) Anderson/Rotax 1:23.17 (94.06 Mph)

2 Trevor ROBERTS Anderson/BRC

3 Peter ELKMANN (E) MS/Yamaha Germany

4 Daffyd ILES MS/VM

5 Marcel MAASMANN MS Kart/VM Holland

6 Carlo CHERMAZ PVP/PVP Australia

7 Robert CHILCOTT Anderson/Rotax

Due to the bumper entry the championship races were conducted over 3 races. All drivers competing in 2 of the 3 races.  

Race 1

It was clear that the Brits were not going to have it all their own way. Carl Hulme the UK Cup winner from lights to flag was pushed all the way to the line by the European Champion Peter Elkmann finishing only 0.39 seconds behind. Dave Harvey started in 3^rd but lost out to Crowe on lap 2. Dutchman Marcel Massmann rounded of the top 5 in race 1.

1 Carl HULME Anderson/FPE

2 Peter ELKMANN (E) MS/Yamaha Germany

3 Malcolm CROWE Anderson/FPE

4 Dave HARVEY Anderson/Rotax 

5 Marcel MAASMANN MS Kart/VM Holland

6 Carlo CHERMAZ PVP/PVP Australia

Fastest Lap - Peter ELKMANN (E) MS/Yamaha Germany 1:23.39  (93.81 Mph)

Race 2

With Daffyd Iles starting his first ever 250 Div 1 race it would be interesting to see how he coped. Off the line Roberts lead with Harpham in tow. Behind in the pack Kennings and Crowe were being hassled by Iles. By lap 3 Iles was up to 4^th. Crowe retied on lap 2 leaving Kennings to take the pressure. With the race being Red Flagged the results were declared with Roberts taking the win. Iles took 2^nd and we will be left to wonder if he could of one his first race.

1 Trevor ROBERTS Anderson/BRC

2 Daffyd ILES MS/VM

3 Lee HARPHAM (GP) Anderson/Rotax

4 Paul KENNINGS Anderson/Rotax

5 Robert CHILCOTT Anderson/Rotax

6 Carlo CHERMAZ PVP/PVP Australia

Fastest Lap - Trevor ROBERTS Anderson/BRC 1:22.99  (94.26 mph)

Race 3

It was another lights to flag win for Roberts coming home some 7.73 seconds in front of the pack.  Elkmann held off Hulme for 5 laps but made a slight mistake and Hulme took advantage of this and slipped in to second. Rob Chilcott made progress and finished in a well deserved 4^th.

1 Trevor ROBERTS Anderson/BRC

2 Carl HULME Anderson/FPE

3 Peter ELKMANN (E) MS/Yamaha Germany

4 Robert CHILCOTT Anderson/Rotax

5 Paul KENNINGS Anderson/Rotax

6 Dave HARVEY Anderson/Rotax

Fastest Lap - Trevor ROBERTS Anderson/BRC 1:22.32  (95.03 Mph)

The day was done and the results of Saturday look like it was going to be a Roberts / Hulme / Elkmann fighting it out on the Sunday.

MSA British 250 National Championship

With an outstanding number of entries the 2 rounds for the MSA Championship class would be decided by each driver racing in 2 of the 3 races. The 250 classes showing that they are both healthy classes.

Qualifying was a normal fight between the leading drivers but on lap 8 James O’Reilly put in a 1:24.83 which would of put him in the top 10 of the Div 1 grid.  He was followed by Dredge and Fleming.

1 James O`REILLY PVP/Honda  1:24.83 (92.22 Mph)

2 Jason DREDGE Anderson/Honda

3 Craig FLEMING Anderson/Honda   

4 Jon NEVILLE Anderson/Honda       

5 Matthew BETT Anderson/Honda    

6 James TUCKER Jade/Honda         

James O’Reilly didn’t put a foot wrong all day, winning both his races from the split format heats needed to cope with the bumper entry. Reigning champion Jason Dredge wasn’t far behind his points haul though with a win and podium.

Race one saw O’Reilly start from pole. He had put in record-breaking times in qualifying and certainly looked like the man to beat going into the first Race. As was expected he took a comfortable win, in Superkart terms, from Matthew Bett from Scotland , who was performing well, followed by Dredge who was closely pursued by Jon Neville and Sam Moss over the line. Dredge took pole for the second race with series leader James Tucker making his first appearance of the day starting from fourth. But it was Bett who became Dredges closest rival, following him home albeit some seconds behind. Craig Fleming took third, showing solid speed. The third race of the day saw O’Reilly back on track and taking the win. This time pressed all the way by Tucker who’s second race of the day seemed to run more according to plan, and miss out on the victory by just 0.17 seconds. Neville and Fleming were best of the rest. Overall with the points from the 3 split races combined O’Reilly took the days win from Dredge, Bett, and a tied Fleming and Neville.

Race one:

1 James O’Reilly (PVP Honda)

2 Matthew Bett ( Anderson Honda)

3 Jason Dredge ( Anderson Honda)

4 Jon Neville ( Anderson Honda)

5 Sam Moss ( Anderson Honda)

6 Dan Clarke ( Anderson Honda)

Fastest Lap: Dredge 1m 25.64s (91.35mph). Starters: 26

Race two:

1 Dredge (Anderson Honda) 7 laps in 10m 09.81s (89.80);

2 Bett ( Anderson Honda) +3.46s;

3 Fleming ( Anderson Honda);

4 Clarke (Anderson Honda);

5 Paul Platt (PVP Honda);

6 Karl Baxter ( Anderson Honda);

Fastest Lap: Dredge 1m 26.06s (90.90mph). Starters: 26

Race three:

1 O’Reilly PVP / Honda

2 James Ticker (Jade Honda)

3 Neville ( Anderson Honda)

4 Fleming (Anderson Honda)

5 Mark Allen (Jade Honda)

6 Richard Dewart ( Anderson Honda)

Fastest Lap: Tucker 1m 25.55s (91.44mph). Starters: 26

 The 125 Open and 210 class had a combined grid for the Saturday races and the 125 ICC class had there own races. Only 2 races per class were required.

125 Open Championship Races

Edwards stamped is mark from the off. With Colin and Morgan this years UK cup winner in 3^rd.  With the session being shared with the 210 nationals it was important to get a tow of the other karts where possible.  It was soon apparent that Danny Edwards was going to be the driver to beat.

1 Danny EDWARDS F1/TM  1:31.56  (85.44 mph)

2 Louise COLIN Anderson/Pavesi

3 Lee MORGAN Raider/SGM  

Race 1

Danny Edwards got a clean start and lead the 125 Opens out around the back of the circuit. By the time they reached the mountain section he had a second lead.  He continued to lap a second per lap quicker than his rivals. Colin lead Morgan up until the last lap when they the back markers changed the order. Morgan slipped through to take 2^nd leaving Colin in 3^rd. 

1 Danny EDWARDS F1/TM 

2 Louise COLIN Anderson/Pavesi 

3 Lee MORGAN Raider/SGM 

4 Danny BUTLER F1/TM

5 Jason KITCHIN F1/TM

6 Ben WILLSHIRE Anderson/SGM

Fastest Lap - Danny EDWARDS F1/TM  1:30.99  (85.97 mph)

Race 2

For a change James Irvine was having a change in luck and lead the first lap. But yet again it was Edwards would take the lead go off in to the blue yonder putting in some quick initial laps building a safe buffer. Irvine was having a epic battle with Morgan and Colin. Again the back markers making things tricky for the leaders. Over the line it was Edwards by 6 seconds.  Irvine , Morgan and Colin covered by less than a second. Danny Butler was demoted 5 places for jumping the start.

1 Danny EDWARDS F1/TM

2 James IRVINE F1/Pavesi

3 Lee MORGAN Raider/SGM

4 Louise COLIN Anderson/Pavesi

5 Jason KITCHIN F1/TM

6 Ben WILLSHIRE Anderson/SGM

Fastest Lap - Danny EDWARDS F1/TM 1:31.25  (85.73 mph)

210 Championship Races

With only 8 driver qualifying would run on the back of the 125 Open grid. Simon Bateman topped the times with a respectable 1:43.71 (75.43 mph). Simon managed to get some good tow’s from the 125 Opens giving him a 1.5 second lead.

1 Simon BATEMAN Anderson/Nametab  1:43.71  (75.43 mph)

2 Don THOMPSON Swift/Villiers 

3 Lee PLAIN Anderson/Villiers 

Race 1

Bateman got a good start and by the end of the first lap was mixing it with the slower 125 Open drivers. This gave him a lead of some 14 second by the flag over Bob Pooley. Only 4 drivers finished the race.

1 Simon BATEMAN Anderson/Nametab

2 Bob POOLEY Anderson/BPV

3 Lee PLAIN Anderson/Villiers

4 Tom WHYTE Anderson/Villiers

Fastest Lap - Charles MORRIS Anderson/DMV  1:40.80  (77.61 mph)

Race 2

Charles Morris had taken a lesson out of Bateman’s script. He got a good start passing Bateman and Pooley on lap 1. Morris managed to get in front of the slower 125 Opens. He used these as a buffer to keep Bateman and Pooley until the flag.

1 Charles MORRIS Anderson/DMV

2 Simon BATEMAN Anderson/Nametab Bromsgrove

3 Bob POOLEY Anderson/BPV

4 Tim WOODWARD Jade/Quantum

Fastest Lap - Charles MORRIS Anderson/DMV 1:40.80  (77.61 mph)

125 ICC Championship Races

Qualifying 

After several laps of the qualifying session it was apparent the there was a newcomer at the front of the pack. 16 year old Jake Green at his very first long circuit meeting was quickest for most of the session and ended up with a 1:32.49 to take pole. Was this down to playing an ace in the towing game, or would he be a serious challenge to the old guard we would soon find out. It was a surprise not to see the returnees to the GP of Sam Moore or Daniel Borton on pole. 

1 Jake GREEN Intrepid/Pavesi  1:32.49 (84.58 mph)

2 Sam MOORE Energy/TM 

3 Daniel BORTON BRM/TM

4 Lloyd SCRIVEN Tonykart/Pavesi

5 Peter BRITCLIFFE Tonykart/Pavesi

6 Ian LARDER Tonykart/Pavesi

Race 1

At the light experience would come to the fore. Borton, Larder and Britcliffe were away and Green had to settle for 4^th. At the end of the first lap the first six karts were less that a second apart. The commentators calling positions changing on every corner. By lap 3 Green had worked is way to the front with the pack close behind. By lap 6 Green was back to second with Borton.Borton only held it for a few corners to be demoted back to 5^th. This was some of the closest racing of the day. At the flag it was Green, Scriven, and Larder round off the top 3. Less than a second covered the top 5 places at the flag. If Greens qualifying pace had been in question he proved he was a serious contender for the big one at the end of the weekend with his victory.

1 Jake GREEN Intrepid/Pavesi

2 Lloyd SCRIVEN Tonykart/Pavesi

3 Ian LARDER Tonykart/Pavesi 

4 Sam MOORE Energy/TM 

5 Daniel BORTON BRM/TM

6 Mark BROOKMAN Tonykart/Pavesi

Fastest Lap - Daniel BORTON BRM/TM 1:32.80 (84.30 mph)

Race 2

Jake Green learnt from the first race and made sure he got a good start at the lights. Green used to the standing starts on short circuit had not experienced the rolling starts done on long circuit. These are done for safety reason.  By the end of the first lap Green was leading the pack by 0.2 of a second. Again it was Borton and Larder chasing hard with Brookman in tow. By lap 4 and to the flag the order was Green, Borton, Scriven and Moore. Daffyd Iles who was also racing in the 250 Div 1 Superkarts was following in 5^th.

1 Jake GREEN Intrepid/Pavesi

2 Daniel BORTON BRM/TM

3 Lloyd SCRIVEN Tonykart/Pavesi

4 Sam MOORE Energy/TM

5 Daffyd ILES Energy/TM

6 Peter BRITCLIFFE Tonykart/Pavesi

Fastest Lap - Lloyd SCRIVEN Tonykart/Pavesi

MURBAR PROVIDE THE SATURDAY AWARDS

Sunday 19th - MSA British Superkart Grand Prix

As expected the clouds were rolling in and the rain would fall just at the wrong moment for the organisers and drivers.

250 Div 1 Grand Prix

The last chance race was deemed not necessary, as in the previous day of qualifying races some competitors had fallen foul of the arduous Cadwell park circuit. This meant everyone who could continue in the event was put into the pre-final. 

Trevor Roberts had been on scintillating form all weekend coming very close to the outright lap record for the track and beating reigning European Champion Peter Elkmanns previous Superkart record. He would line up on pole from Carl Hulme and Elkmann. Over the long fourteen lap race Roberts showed a masterful display of driving stretching his lead gradually to 9.70 seconds by the flag. Elkmann was second with Hulme a distant third. Lee Harpham had run strongly but had been underweight, a costly error which meant the defending GP plate would have to start from the back of the grid in the Final. 

The first two starts of the Grand Prix Final were red flagged due to some opening lap incidents that sadly put many out of the rescheduled race. The reduced lap race was held on a rain sodden track and the weather conditions were changing on a minutely basis. Roberts failed to circulate early on with electrical failure, which was a great shame; he had surely entered the race as favourite. Before he retired he had set the fastest lap and Elkmann had never quite matched his pace all weekend in the dry. However this left Elkmann unchallenged at the front to win convincingly from a close Hulme and Malcolm Crowe battle. 

Rob Chilcott was part of the Hulme, Crowe battle before retiring, which apart from watching Elkmanns finesse through the mountain complex was the main heart of the race for a long time. Harpham drove a stormer from the back providing good entertainment, and it was refreshing to see a few new faces perform well from the European contingent inside the top ten. Carlo Chermaz from Australia put in a good performance to finish seventh. 

Results Final:

1 Peter Elkmann (MS Yamaha) 12 laps in 19m 16.63s (81.86); 

2 Carl Hulme (Anderson FPE)

3 Malcolm Crowe  (Anderson FPE)

4 Lee Harpham (Anderson Rotax)

5 Henri Sillanpaa (Anderson Rotax)

6 Vesa Lethinin (Anderson FPE)

Fastest Lap: Roberts 1m 35.51s (81.91mph). Starters: 28

250 National Grand Prix

As the 250 National Grand Prix was about to set to the track there were important decisions being made over tyre choice, which would prove to be vital in the coming race. The track was in it’s most part still very wet, however it was drying out rapidly. A few drivers on the grid including James Tucker and Sam Moss took a Gamble on slicks but the majority of the front runners stayed with their wets. As the opening tour came round into view it was apparent that even at this early stage slicks were the right choice. Tucker had made a good twenty kart lengths on the quick starting Moss, leaving the pack of James O’Reilly, Craig Fleming and Matthew Bett to battle it out. These were the quickest of the rest but had made a costly tyre choice, as Tucker meanwhile romped into the distance. Moss stayed a strong second until late on when the tail end starting pairing of Jason Dredge and Gavin Bennett came through. Tucker took the win by nearly thirty seconds in the end, with the previously dominant all weekend, O’Reilly in fifth, the first of the wet runners. Tucker setting yet another landmark this year of being youngest ever GP winner in this category. 

Results Final:

1 James Tucker (Jade Honda) 14 laps in 21m 22.93s (85.37); 

2 Jason Dredge (Anderson Honda)

3 Gavin Bennett  (Anderson Honda);

4 Sam Moss (Anderson Honda); 

5 James O’Reilly (PVP Honda); 

6 Craig Fleming (Anderson Honda); 

Fastest Lap: Bennett 1m 29.00s (87.90mph). Starters: 30

125 Open Grand Prix

With Colin winning the Pre Final after a restart due a down pour on lap 1 and Edwards in second we all thought it would be a lady taking the flag in the final.

But as the Final it was Danny Edwards who had it all his own way. Lee Morgan and Ian Reid kept him honest in the early laps, however he pulled out a sizable gap with a string of strong laps which soon broke the duo of his tail. Danny Butler put in a solid drive to 4^th however the Morgan, Reid battle was the best scrap in the race, the pair separated by just 0.43 of a second at the flag. Louise Colin suffering a slipping clutch put her back in  6^th behind James Irvine. Further back down the field there was another 3 way battle between Smith, Kitchen and Willshire. Willshire leading over the mountain on the last lap only to get piped on the line by Smith.

Results Final:

1 Danny EDWARDS F1/TM 1m30.90 (86.06mph)

2 Lee MORGAN Raider/SGM

3 Ian REID F1/TM Belper

4 Danny BUTLER F1/TM

5 James IRVINE F1/Pavesi

6 Louise COLIN Anderson/Pavesi

Fastest Lap: Edwards 1m30.90 (86.06mph) Starters: 14

210 National Grand Prix

Report to Follow

1 Charles MORRIS Anderson/DMV  1:51.91 69.90 (mph)

2 Don THOMPSON Swift/Villiers

3 Lee PLAIN Anderson/Villiers

4 Simon BATEMAN Anderson/Nametab

5 Bob POOLEY Anderson/BPV

6 Mike COOMBS Jade/Villiers

Fastest Lap - Charles MORRIS Anderson/DMV Johnston 1:51.91 10 69.90

125 ICC Grand Prix

Jake Green had dominated the Saturday races and he didn’t let off on the Sunday. He won the Pre Final and started on Pole for the GP. The old guard of Larder, Iles and Brookman would have to pull out all the stops if they wanted to challenge Green for the GP plate.

At the lights Jake Green was away. Behind follow a chasing pack of angry wasps all trying to take the second spot. The Commentator picked up the pack as they headed around Charlies on to Park straight. I thought he was going to have kittens by the time they dropped down to Mansfield . He couldn’t keep up the places changes as the pack made use of the tow. The racing was close and clean.  

This close racing continued for the next 3 laps. Green made a mistake and Morley nipped passed Larder and Green to take lead. Then it was all change again on lap 5 when Mark Brookman came to the party. This wasn’t to last long with Brookman retiring on lap 6 with a broken chain over the mountain.  It was back to the front for Green with Larder and Morley in tow. Sam Moore had joined the leaders for a few laps but was bumped down the pack on the last lap. Over the line it was Green, Larder and Morley.  

This was Jake Green’s first visit to long circuit racing. I expect he will be back.

1 Jake GREEN Intrepid/Pavesi

2 Ian LARDER Tonykart/Pavesi

3 Liam MORLEY Energy/TM

4 Daniel BORTON BRM/TM

5 Daffyd ILES Energy/TM

6 Lloyd SCRIVEN Tonykart/Pavesi

Fastest Lap - Mark BROOKMAN Tonykart/Pavesi  1:31.88  (85.14 mph)  

Reflecting back at the weekend it seems we certainly have some elite competitors here in the UK , throughout the classes. Enough to rival the European visitors, which help make this event the truly entertaining spectacle it is! I think this fact along with the notorious challenge of Cadwell Park mean the overseas contingent will have enjoyed their visit as much as we enjoy welcoming them to our shores for racing. The cost of racing has increased over the years with circuit rents going up etc. But pound for pound the GP is well worth the entry fee. All the drivers I spoke to enjoyed the weekend.

A “BIG” thanks to Graham and Wendy Barker who laid on the Drivers / Team party on the Saturday night.

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