Kartsport Schools' Titles go to the South Island this Year
KartSport New Zealand's Eaton Fluid Power-sponsored 2008 Schools' Championship titles have gone to South Island schools this year with Chris Cox and Andrew Errington winning the Secondary Schools' title for Christchurch's St Andrews College and Liam Young and Cassidy Mowat taking out the Primary and Intermediate one for Dunedin's Wakari Primary School and Kaikorai Valley College.
Secondary
Schools section winners Chris Cox
and Andrew Errington (St Andrews College)
Class-wise reigning New Zealand Junior 100cc Yamaha champion Chris Cox won
Junior 100cc Yamaha and finished second in Formula Junior, while schoolmate
Andrew Errington won 125cc Rotax Max Light.
While in the Junior classes Liam Young finished second in Cadet and Cassidy Mowat finished third in Junior Restricted 100cc Yamaha.
Best individual performance across the classes came from Invercargill's Jamie Conroy (James Hargest College) who won four out of five heat races to claim the Senior 100cc Yamaha Light title from top local drivers Morgan Fraser (Kaikorai Valley College) who finished second and Alex Spenceley (Logan Park High School) who finished third.
Best performance from a member of the host club, the Dunedin Kart Club, was second in class shared by Morgan Fraser and Liam Young.
Of the karters who traveled the furtherest, the best performance came from Josh Drysdale (Newbury School, Manawatu) who won the Junior Restricted 100cc Yamaha title from Scott Manson (Chrinswood School, Christchurch) and Cassidy Mowat.
The other individual class title went to James Penrose (North Loburn School, North Canterbury) who won Formula Junior from Chris Cox and Tom Alexander (St Thomas of Canterbury, Christchurch)
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Primary/Intermediate section winners Cassidy Mowat and Liam Young |
Most closely fought class over the two days was the Cadet class for drivers aged six to 12 years, where there were four different winners out of the five heat races, with the class title going to Jordan McDonnell (Windsor School, Christchurch) from Liam Young and Ryan Yardley (Russley School, Christchurch). This year's sixth annual KartSport New Zealand National Schools' Championship was sponsored by Eaton Fluid Power and hosted by the Dunedin Kart Club and Mosgiel's Taieri College at the club's Silverstream Raceway this weekend. |
Over 70 karters from 42 different schools from across the country made the trip to Dunedin where they enjoyed two full days of close and exciting racing in crisp, dry conditions.
Eaton Fluid Power 2008 KartSport NZ National Schools' Championship in association with Dunedin Kart Club and Taieri College Silverstream Raceway Dunedin Fri-Sun July 12-13 2008
Junior Restricted 100cc Yamaha
Heat 1: 1. Josh Drysdale; 2. Brook Reeve; 3. Cassidy Mowat; 4. John Schoester; 5. Rhys Tinney; 6. Scott Manson.
Heat 2: 1. Scott Manson; 2. Josh Drysdale; 3. Cassidy Mowat; 4. Brent Neill; 5. John Schoester; 6. Brook Reeve
Heat 3: 1. Scott Manson; 2. Brent Neill; 3. Josh Drysdale; 4. Brendon Leitch; 5. Cassidy Mowat; 6. Brook Reeve
Heat 4: 1. John Schoester; 2. Brook Reeve; 3. Marshall Krivan; 4. Cassidy Mowat; 5. Josh Drysdale; 6. Rhys Tinney.
Final: 1. Josh Drysdale; 2. Cassidy Mowat; 3. Brook Reeve; 4. Scott Manson; 5. John Schoester; 6. Rhys Tinney
Points: 1. Josh Drysdale 7 points; 2. Scott Manson 12; 3. Cassidy Mowat 12; 4. Brook Reeve 13; 5. John Schoester 15; 6. Brent Neill 20.
Junior 100cc Yamaha
Heat 1: 1. Vaughan Marshall; 2. Chris Cox; 3. Chad Patrick; 4. Samuel Sarcich; 5. Jayden Dodge; 6. Campbell MacLachlan.
Heat 2: 1. Vaughan Marshall; 2. Matthew Straker; 3. Patrick Davy; 4. Chris Cox; 5. Steven Thompson; 6. James Penrose.
Heat 3: 1. Chris Cox; 2. Patrick Davy; 3. Matthew Straker; 4. Daniel Krivan; 5. Tom Alexander; 6. Vaughan Marshall.
Heat 4: 1. Tom Alexander; 2. Mitchell Paterson; 3. Samuel Sarcich; 4. Damon Leitch; 5. Jayden Dodge; 6. Chris Cox.
Final: 1. Chris Cox; 2. Vaughan Marshall; 3. Patrick Davy; 4. Tom Alexander; 5. Mitchell Paterson; 6. Samuel Sarcich.
Points: 1. Chris Cox 8 points; 2. Vaughan Marshall 10; 3. Patrick Davy 15; 4. Tom Alexander 20; 5. Samuel Sarcich 23; 6. Mitchell Paterson 26.
125cc Rotax Max Light
Heat 1: 1. Andrew Errington; 2. James Macdonald; 3. Albert Rohrlach; 4. Matthew Pluck; 5. Jamie Conroy; 6. Alex Spenceley.
Heat 2: 1. Andrew Errington; 2. Jamie Conroy; 3. Albert Rohrlach; 4. James Macdonald; 5. Richard Moore; 6. Matthew Pluck.
Heat 3: 1. Richard Moore; 2. Andrew Errington; 3. Albert Rohrlach; 4. Matthew Pluck; 5. Ben Webb; 6. Morgan Fraser.
Heat 4: 1. Richard Moore; 2. Andrew Errington; 3. Matthew Pluck; 4. Dyson Freeman; 5. Alex Bower; 6. Ben Webb
Final: 1. Richard Moore; 2. James Macdonald; 3. Albert Rohrlach; 4. Matthew Pluck; 5. Dyson Freeman; 6. Ben Webb.
Points: 1. Andrew Errington 6; 2. Richard Moore 8; 3. Albert Rohrlach 12; 4. James Macdonald 15; 5. Matthew Pluck 15; 6. Jamie Conroy 23.
Formula Junior
Heat 1: Chris Cox; 2. James Penrose; 3. Damon Leitch; 4. Tom Alexander; 5. Campbell MacLachlan; 6. Daniel Harvey.
Heat 2: Chris Cox; 2. Tom Alexander; 3. James Penrose; 4. Damon Leitch; 5. Daniel Harvey; 6. Steven Thompson
Heat 3: 1. Chris Cox; 2. Campbell MacLachlan; 3. Damon Leitch; 4. Tom Alexander; 5. Steven Thompson; 6. Alexander Webb.
Heat 4: 1. Alexander Webb; 2. Daniel Henry; 3. James Penrose; 4. Campbell MacLachlan; 5. Damon Leitch; 6. Chad Patrick
Final: 1. James Penrose; 2. Tom Alexander; 3. Damon Leitch; 4. Steven Thompson; 5. Campbell MacLachlan; 6. Daniel Henry
Points: 1. James Penrose 9; 2. Chris Cox 10; 3. Tom Alexander 12; 4. Damon Leitch 13; 5. Campbell MacLachlan 16; 6. Daniel Henry 19.
Cadet
Heat 1: 1. Ryan Yardley; 2. Thomas Batt; 3. Seth Rasmussen; 4. Jordan McDonnell; 5. Tyler McPherson; 6. Dylan Drysdale.
Heat 2: 1. Liam Lotter; 2. Jordan McDonnell; 3. Liam Young; 4. Dylan Drysdale; 5. Kieran Woods; 6. Jacob Cranston
Heat 3: 1. Liam Young; 2. Jordan McDonnell; 3. Jacob Cranston; 4. Ryan Yardley; 5. Liam Lotter; 6. Thomas Batt
Heat 4: 1. Jordan McDonnell; 2. Ayden Polaschek; 3. Tyler McPherson; 4. Seth Rasmussen; 5. Ryan Yardley; 6. Liam Lotter
Final: 1. Jordan McDonnell; 2. Liam Young; 3. Ryan Yardley; 4. Tyler McPherson; 5. Ayden Polaschek; 6. Seth Rasmussen.
Points: 1. Jordan McDonnell 6 points; 2. Liam Young 13; 3. Ryan Yardley 13; 4. Tyler McPherson 19; 5. Liam Lotter 20; 6. Seth Rasmussen 22.
100cc Yamaha Light
Heat 1: Jamie Conroy; 2. Hayden Sarcich; 3. Morgan Fraser; 4. Dyson Freeman; 5. Daniel Picard; 6. Ben Webb
Heat 2: 1. Daniel Picard; 2. Ben Webb; 3. Dyson Freeman; 4. Alex Spencely; 5. Jamie Conroy; 6. Morgan Fraser.
Heat 3: 1. Jamie Conroy; 2. Morgan Fraser; 3.Alex Spenceley; 4. Hayden Sarcich; 5. Ben Webb; 6. Dyson Freeman
Heat 4: 1. Jamie Conroy; 2. Alex Spenceley; 3. Dyson Freeman; 4. Morgan Fraser; 5. Ben Webb; 6. Daniel Picard.
Final: 1. Jamie Conroy; 2. Morgan Fraser; 3. Alex Spenceley; 4. Daniel Picard; 5. Hayden Sarcich; 6. Ben Webb.
Points: 1. Jamie Conroy 4 point; 2. Morgan Fraser 11; 3. Alex Spenceley 12; 4. Daniel Picard 16; 5. Dyson Freeman 16; 6. Hayden Sarcich 18.
Eaton Fluid Power 2008 KartSport NZ National Schools' Championship
2008 Secondary Schools' Championship Teams
Chris Cox 1st Junior Yamaha and Andrew Errington 1st Rotax Light
Jamie Conroy 1st Yamaha Light and Damon Leitch 4th Formula Junior
The 2009 National Schools Championship will be held at Hawkes Bay Karting Club on 10/11/12th July 2009.
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