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| 2010 UK Cup5th JuneIncluding the MSA British Superkart Championships and the BSA Championships for 125 Opens
Note to Drivers - Fuel must be ordered by the 28th of May with Wendy at Vital Equipment orders@vitalequipment.co.uk Tel 05601 168546. This will be delivered to the Circuit on Friday by Dewart Transport
DREDGE DOMINATES MSA RacesJason Dredge continued his winning streak in the MSA British Superkart Championship supported by Ginetta Cars when he bagged a double at Bishopscourt, Northern Ireland. While the former champion was racking up points his main rivals were suffered a variety of problems. Toby Davis had his best weekend ever in the series by collecting two second places and Dan Clark kept out of trouble and was third overall. It was reigning champion James O’Reilly (1m 09.199s) who topped the time sheets in qualifying to claim pole position. Dredge (1m 09.669s) joined him on the front row. Both drivers had made the best use of free practice the previous day to set up engines but Dredge tried a different exhaust in qualifying which lost him about 3mph so he was going to revert back for race 1. Dan Clark (1m 09.760s) headed the second row and was happy with his performance although was a bit worried that his Honda was showing signs of detonation. Martin Jones (1m 09.926s) rounded out the second row and reverted to his second engine when his best motor suffered from a cracked cylinder head in free practice. He pitted early in the timed session to adjust the front nosecone and also had an excursion across the grass that didn’t help him either. Team Davis was one driver down this weekend, with Ben having to stay at home to study for his AS exams so Toby (1m 10.149s) was out to grab some vital points in the 250 Challenge series in his absence and headed row three with Malcolm Clark (1m 10.564s) alongside. Race 1Just before midday the grid formed up and when the lights changed O’Reilly and Dredge headed for the first corner side by side with Jones and M Clark behind. They all shuffled through the fast left hander but at turn 4 Richard Dewart, who’d qualified 8th, was hit from behind. The resulting spin took off Sam Moss, Steve Burton and Kevin Waring. They all managed to continue having lost a bit of time except for Waring who ended up in the tyre wall with a damaged rear bumper and wing. At the end of the opening lap Dredge led from O’Reilly, Jones, Davis, D Clark, M Clark who’d lost a couple of places, Louis Wall on a new chassis this weekend and Paul Platt. These eight were well clear of the rest who had been delayed by the spinning Dewart and were headed by Alan Witherow. Jones was starting to struggle on lap two and both Davis and D Clark slipped past at the final chicane on the back straight. But they had lost vital ground to Dredge and O’Reilly ahead. By the end of lap 4 Dredge had opened up a lead of ten kart lengths over O’Reilly with Davis giving chase. He’d pulled clear of the following group with Malcolm leading Dan Clark. The latter had lost fourth place when he hit a bump and knocked off the plug lead with his arm. “At first I thought the motor had nipped up. I looked down and saw the lead hanging off so replaced that and got going again,” explained Dan later. Jones was hanging onto the group in sixth place with Wall starting to lose ground in seventh and coming under pressure from Platt. Dewart and Moss were making up ground from their spins on lap one and were up to 10th and 11th places and chasing Mark Vaughan. The gaps at the front remained fairly constant but at the end of lap 8 Dredge had increased his lead over O’Reilly who was suddenly in trouble and pulled off opposite the pits. The engine had seized due to fuel starvation. This elevated Davis into second place and he was safely clear of D Clark who had eased clear of the pursuing group just after half distance. Dredge reeled off the remaining laps and won by 6.7s. “The kart was awesome, the tyres were good and the exhaust was much better,” he said afterwards. “I didn’t know James was out until the last lap so kept up the fast pace,” he added. Davis had his best drive of the season so far to collect a very worthy second place. “If I had managed to pick up the draft in the opening couple of laps I think I could have stayed with Dredge and O’Reilly,” he said later. Dan Clark came home in third place to also get his best result of the season and had opened up a gap of 8.1s to the next group. This was a four-way scrap entering the final lap with Malcolm Clark just getting the verdict by a kart length from Jones with Platt and Wall just behind. “The bracket holding on the front bubble had snapped and I had to hang onto it over the final lap,” explained Malcolm. Moss should have been next but after coming through the field the earth strap broke causing the engine to misfire. Dewart, the very busy chairman of Bishopscourt Kart Club, made up for the earlier spin by collecting 8th spot and Catherine Foster just beat Moss for 9th. Race 2The weather remained warm and sunny as the grid formed up for race 2. Dredge got the best start and headed Davis down to the first corner with Jones looking for a run down the inside to try and gain places. The manoeuvre didn’t come off and Jones found himself moved back in the pack. At the end of lap one Dredge and Davis led the way with Platt up to third place and Moss in fourth having started from row 5. But the biggest climber was O’Reilly who had scythed through the pack to hold fifth place. That position had been held by Dewart at the first corner but his engine choked up and stalled letting most of the field past. The engine fired up again but he had dropped back to 13th. O’Reilly was really charging and having dispensed with Moss in the first part of lap 2 looked for a pass on Platt into the final chicane. After the incident at Silverstone earlier in the season the rivalry was intense. Platt kept his foot down and O’Reilly had to back out of the manoeuvre. At the end of the lap they were side by side and O’Reilly squeezed through at the fast left hander after the start straight and set off after Davis. On lap 4 O’Reilly moved into second place but Dredge looked secure in the lead. Could he catch him? O’Reilly looked to be edging closer but on lap 7 the Honda edging seized and his race was over. This put Davis back into second place while Moss had got the better of Platt with the Clark’s next. Unfortunately Moss’s hold on third place was short-lived when he toured past the pits at the end of lap eight. Up at the front Dredge had eased off a bit as a leaking fuel breather pipe was covering his visor in spray, but he completed the remaining laps to notch up his second win of the day by 4.5s. Davis kept up the chase when O’Reilly dropped out but he had got fuel in his eyes from Dredge’s kart as early as lap 3 and had to settle for another runner up spot. Platt inherited third place at the flag after Moss’s problem. “The tyres were better and we had put on a bit of castor to improve the handling,” he said. Dan Clark chased Platt but had to settle for 4th place with a Honda that was running “a bit rich”. Malcolm Clark couldn’t match the pace of his nephew and finished in fifth with Wall next and closing on him at the flag. Jones struggled along with a badly handling kart to end a miserable day while Moss lost five places over the last two laps to wind up in eighth place with a bad misfire possibly caused by the coil breaking down. Dewart did his best to recover from his first lap problem and nipped past Vaughan on the final lap to grab 9th place.
The 2010 UK CUPDivision 1Trevor Roberts was on pole position having secured two wins earlier in the day with his main rival Liam Fox alongside. At the start Roberts was quickest away while Fox had his engine bog down and got swallowed up by the pack. At the end of the opening lap Roberts led by 2.7s from Fox who had his motor running better and Jonny Wilkinson. Unfortunately Wilkinson toured into the pits at the end of the next lap and lost five laps trying to rectify a problem. This elevated McAdam into third place. At the front Roberts continued to pull away and when Fox retired after seven laps with a badly chewed up front left tyre he was left with no opposition. At the flag he coasted over the line to win by 25.2s. Carl Kinsey starting from a low grid position chased McAdam during the second half of the race and snatched second place on the final lap from McAdam.
Richard Dewart (Dewart Transport) Presenting the trophy to Trevor Roberts.
125 OpenDaniel Butler also had two wins during the BSA Championship races to claim pole position for the UK Cup but Louise Colin hadn’t allowed him to relax for one moment and she completed the front row determined to win the O plate. It was Butler who led the grid down to the first corner when the lights changed followed by Lee Morgan, but as they came onto the back straight Colin headed the field from Dan Edwards, Butler and Morgan and that’s how it stayed at the end of the opening lap. Edwards took the lead on lap 2 but by the end of the lap he had been demoted to third with Butler in front ahead of Colin. This was 125cc racing at its best with these three pulling clear of Morgan. At half distance Butler had eked out a lead of 0.89s with Edwards and Colin nose to tail, but over the next couple of laps Butler put in some quick laps, increased his lead and broke the tow of his pursuers. At the finish the gap was up to 3.8s. The battle for second was always in doubt. Colin regained second place on lap 8 with a smart move at the final corner but Edwards struck back at the final chicane on lap 9. Colin moved back in to second place on the last lap but once again Edwards got through at the final chicane and held second place to the flag with Colin 0.1s behind.
Richard Dewart (Dewart Transport) Presenting the trophy to Danny Butler.
250 NationalFollowing his earlier domination Dredge was on pole position with Davis alongside. When the lights changed Platt made a good start from row 2 to lead Dredge down to the first corner with Davis tucked in behind. But the PVP driver’s spell at the front was short-lived and Dredge led at the end of the opening lap by seven lengths. Dan Clark held third place from Moss, Davis, Malcolm Clark, Wall, Dewart and Vaughan. O’Reilly’s dismal weekend continued when he toured into the pits to retire. “The exhaust gas temperature rose on the opening lap so I pulled in rather than wreck the engine, he explained. At the end of lap 2 Dredge had a massive lead from Dan Clark who had moved clear of Moss, Wall and Davis. Platt toured into the pit lane to retire with a split exhaust. “I lost power after one lap and instead of wasting a set of new tyres I pulled in,” he said. Malcolm Clark lost four places following an off while trying to get on terms with the leaders and dropped back to 10th spot. Dredge didn’t have any problems and reeled off the remaining laps to win by 4.9s and cap a perfect day. Dan Clark had his best drive of the day to secure second place nearly 7s clear of third. That position had been held by Moss until lap 8 when the electrical gremlins struck again and he retired. Louis Wall benefited from the misfortune to claim third spot while Toby Davis struggled along on old tyres in fourth place safely clear at the finish of a recovering Malcolm Clark.
Richard Dewart (Dewart Transport) Presenting the trophy to Jason Dredge. This event was supported by.
Report By Gary James
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