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Thomas triumphs in July thriller at Llandow Kart Club meeting
publication date: Aug 4, 2011
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author/source: Craig Llewellyn and Hardy Rodde
 | Follow the leader: Ross Thomas leads the Honda
Cadet class on his way to a clean sweep of wins in July's round of the Llandow
Kart Club summer series © Words
Craig
Llewellyn and © Image Hardy Rodde
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were no special guest series to swell the numbers, but round six of Llandow
Kart Club's summer championship provided the usual thrills and spills on track
and some familiar faces at the top of the podium.
The
Bambino ‘starter' class was back up to five runners after a dip in June, and it
was the returning Marco Costanza who led the way, posting the fastest lap in
three of the four track sessions to come out on top from Jakob Chamberlain and
Alex Austin. William Elswood and Ffion Rees were the other runners.
Honda
Cadet once again provided the biggest field of the day, with 17 karts in
action, but it was the usual faces at the front of the pack. Ryan Edwards, Ross
Thomas and Brandon Patrick each claimed a heat win, before Thomas came through
to claim the final after narrowly missing the podium in June. Celtic champion
Edwards was second, with Harry Gooding sneaking the final podium spot ahead of
Daniel Thomas and Patrick.
After
claiming victory in June final, Lewis Griffiths again proved to be the one to
beat in Comer Cadet, sweeping the board with three heat wins and a
lights-to-flag success in the final. However, that was not to say that it was a
cakewalk for the youngster, who only triumphed by 0.19secs in the main event as
Oliver Graham pushed him all the way. Graham had already come through a tough
battle with Louis Griffiths-Walker before leaving his rival to settle for
third, ahead of Tom Rawlings.
Without
the Junior Honda class - which has been severely depleted this season - Monty
Gorridge stepped up to Junior TKM, running as the only 4-stroke contender in a
field of 2-strokes. It was very much a steep learning curve for the youngster
as his more experienced rivals set the pace. Ross Chell claimed each of the
three heats with Scott Morris and Ryan Jones giving chase, but it was Morris
who came out on top when it mattered most, stealing top spot in the final a
couple of laps from home. Chell and Jones completed the podium, with Gorridge
in ninth.
After
a month away on Formula Kart Stars duty, Macaulay Austin returned to dominate
his local Junior Rotax class, winning each of the four races on offer. James
Johnson and Morgan Rose took it in turns to give chase, with Rose claiming
second in the final. Only Lewis Malin broke the trio's domination of the top
three, but he had to settle for sixth in the main event, behind Jordan Hawkins
and Scott Rose.
Senior
Honda again came close to breaking into double figures, but proved to be about
just three drivers when it came to results. Reigning club and Welsh champion
Simon Evans was denied another clean sweep as Gareth Lewis claimed heat two,
but the former champion could only manage third in the final as Jamie Warren
enjoyed his best weekend since graduating from the junior class. After three
top three finishes in the heats, Warren came through to claim second place by
0.13secs in the main event.
Current
Welsh champion Craig Mooney and class frontrunners Josh Collings and Gareth
Taylor were missing from the Senior Rotax field, resulting in the heats being
shared between Chris Davis and Mathew Dowers, with Dan Rodde and David
Entwhistle also appearing in the top three. Davis returned to the top step in
the final, crossing the line 0.62secs clear of Rodde, while Dowers claimed
third from Entwhistle and Dilip Singh. Although Dean Arthur was also missing,
Wayne Stone found his path to Max 177 success barred by the returning Simon
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RESULTS
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BAMBINO
1.
Marco Costanza (CRG)
2.
Jakob Chamberlain
3.
Alex Austin (Zip) | CADET
HONDA
1.
Ross Thomas (Wright)
1.
Ryan Edwards (Project One)
3.
Harry Gooding | CADET
COMER
1.
Lewis Griffiths (Zip)
2.
Oliver Graham (Zip)
3.
Louis Griffiths-Walker | | | | JUNIOR
TKM 2-STROKE
1.
Scott Morris (Tonykart)
2.
Ross Chell (Jade)
3.
Ryan Jones (CRG) | JUNIOR
TKM 4-STROKE
1.
Monty Gorridge | JUNIOR ROTAX
1.
Macaulay Austin (Tonykart)
2.
Morgan Rose (Tonykart)
1.
James Johnson (Kosmic) | | | | SENIOR
HONDA
1.
Simon Evans (7Kart)
2.
Jamie Warren (Wright)
3.
Gareth Lewis (7Kart)
| SENIOR ROTAX
1.
Chris Davis (Storm)
2.
Dan Rodde
3.
Mathew Dowers (Kosmic)
| ROTAX
177
1.
Simon Wheeler (CRG)
2.
Wayne Stone (CRG)
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