Another wet weekend of racing greeted competitors at the final round of Top Half held at Kartsport Auckland’s Moselle Panel & Paint Raceway on July 4th and with track conditions almost treacherous at times through the day driving skills were well and truly tested.
Special thanks to Graham Hughes from SportsWeb Photography for the great photos - www.proshotz.com
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Continuing his winning way was Cadet class winner Matt Podjursky, with another clean sweep, taking both the round & series wins from Taylor Harte. Dylan Smith finished third for the day & fourth overall. On her home track Kaitlyn Wonnacott drove like a demon in the Junior Restricted class taking no prisoners & the round win from club mate Joe Ganley in second & series winner Thomas Mclean in third. McLean adds the 2010 Top Half Junior Restricted title to his 2009 Junior Restricted & 2008 Cadet wins. Thomas Joyes, despite an average final round just held on to second place overall from Wonnacott in third & Logan Brown fourth. Due to an unfortunate accident & subsequent injury on Saturday Junior Yamaha series leader, Rhys Tinney was unable to compete & after missing round 3 Andy Schofield was back. The round win went to Schofield, with Reid Harker second & Faine Kahia third. Overall it was Harker with the win from Callum Quin & Nicholas Carpenter in second equal. Aaron Wilson made the most of his home track advantage in Formula Junior taking the days win & edging out CJ Sinclair for the overall honours with Luke Dobbs in third. Within the Formula Junior class there were also prizes, courtesy of Right Karts, for the first three Rotax powered karts. These went to CJ Sinclair, Shaun Grocock & Jordan Hart respectively. With the close racing in Yamaha Light throughout the series the points battle was going to the wire. Hamilton’s Ryan Urban & Rotorua’s Matt Bufton finishing the final round on equal points for the day, with Urban winning on countback. Daniel Kinsman, who went into the final round leading the series, finished third & held on for the series win; adding this Top Half title to his 2009 Junior Yamaha. Matt Bufton was doing double duty for the Rotorua club, back on track in Rotax Light & back in the winners circle. Bufton took the final round win & the series honours. Mitchell Beach drove well for second place for the round & third overall. Man on a mission was Mt Wellington’s Aarron Cunningham; 5 wins from 5 starts with a couple of substantial winning margins. Teddy Bassick & Garry Cullum were inseparable, finishing second equal for the day. In the overall standings Cunningham had another substantial winning margin from Cullum in second & Garry Claxton third. Open class saw Tony Chambers gain the upper hand over Melissa Urban, taking the round & series wins. Urban second overall with James Jackson third. In the Great Clash of the Clubs Rotorua retained the lead & took Top Half 2010 honours ahead of Mt Wellington & Hamilton.
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by Graham Hughes
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Round 4 Results:
Cadet
1. Matt Podjursky 2. Taylor Harte 3. Dylan Smith 4. Lachlan Smith 5. Sebastian Bainbridge 6. Thomas Batt
Junior Restricted
1. Kaitlyn Wonnacott 2. Joe Ganley 3. Thomas McLean 4. Logan Brown 5. Michael De Ponte 6. Ethan Anderson
Junior Yamaha
1. Andy Schofield 2. Reid Harker 3. Faine Kahia 4. Callum Quin 5. Nicholas Carpenter 6. Arie Hutton
Formula Junior
1. Aaron Wilson 2. CJ Sinclair 3. Luke Dobbs 4. Michael Scott 5. Jordan Hart 6. Mitchell Brown
Yamaha Light
1. Ryan Urban 2. Matthew Bufton 3. David Daniel Kinsman 4. Stan Tangaroa-Green 5. Jason Butterworth 6. Corey Green
Rotax Light
1. Matthew Bufton 2. Mitchell Beach 3. Ethan de Jong 4. Sean Sparg 5. Shaun Curran 6. Marius Holm
Rotax Heavy
1. Aarron Cunningham 2=. Teddy Bassick 2=. Garry Cullum 4. Colin Lewis 5. Michael Cullum 6. Cameron Dennis
Open
1. Tony Chambers 2. Scott Reddish 3. Melissa Urban 4. Richard Moore 5. Steve Cox 6. James Jackson
Overall Results:
Cadet
1. Matt Podjursky 2. Taylor Harte 3. Chelsea Herbert 4. Dylan Smith 5. Sebastian Bainbridge 6. Thomas Batt
Junior Restricted
1. Thomas McLean 2. Thomas Joyes 3. Kaitlyn Wonnacott 4. Logan Brown 5. Caleb Huston 6. Michael De Ponte
Junior Yamaha
1. Reid Harker 2=. Callum Quin 2=. Nicholas Carpenter 4. Faine Kahia 5. David Anderson 6. Andy Schofield
Formula Junior
1. Aaron Wilson 2. CJ Sinclair 3. Luke Dobbs 4. Shaun Grocock 5. Jordan Hart 6. Mitchell Brown
Yamaha Light
1. Daniel Kinsman 2. Ryan Urban 3. Matthew Bufton 4. Stan Tangaroa-Green 5. Corey Green 6. Lance Fisher
Rotax Light
1. Matthew Bufton 2. Daniel Connor 3. Mitchell Beach 4. Mason Armstrong 5. Sean Sparg 6. Luke Cameron
Rotax Heavy
1. Aarron Cunningham 2. Garry Cullum 3. Garry Claxton 4. Daniel Sayles 5. Michael Cullum 6. Cameron Dennis
Open
1. Tony Chambers 2. Melissa Urban 3. James Jackson 4. Jason Ash 5. Scott Reddish 6. Steve Cox
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