Drivers charge in first points meeting for Eastland Kart Club members

DIRT-TRACK RACING: Harley Davis (No.14) heads around a bend, followed by Roger Moss (No.3) and Cole Rosie (No.41) at Eastland Kart Club's first points meeting of the season at the club's Aerodrome Road track on Sunday. Davis won the feature race. Picture supplied

A NEW surface and new banking were in use on Sunday when Eastland Kart Club members had their first points meeting of the club's ninth season.

Some really good racing was on show, and the feature race at the end of the meeting was as popular as ever.

Young driver Vinzent MacGregor led for most of the 10-lap race but hard-charging Harley Davis took the win. Luca Vita was second and Spring Thomson, third.

In the rookies class, Nixon Gooch had three wins and Pyper Irvine had three second placings.

Vinzent MacGregor took all three wins in the young guns class. Hamish Worsnop had two second placings and Tim De La Haye, one. Brodie Gooch had three thirds.

In the junior KTs, Hayley De La Haye had three wins and Ben Adcock had three second placings.

In the KT heavy class, Buck Rogers had two wins and Barry Irvine, one.

Irvine had two second placings, and Rogers, one.

Dion Lund had two thirds.

Spring Thomson had two wins and a second placing in the KT lights.

Daniel Taylor took a win and a third.

Luca Vita had two second placings and a third, while Seth Hall also had a third placing.

In the women's KTs, Sharyn Rogers took two wins and a second.

Robyn De La Haye had the other win, as well as two second placings.

Third placings went to Tessa Irvine (two) and, in her first meeting, Michelle Gooch.

In the Rotax Pro open class, Roger Moss, Scott Hibbert and Harley Davis had wins.

Second placings went to Luca Vita, Hibbert and Davis.

Thirds went to Davis, Moss and Vita.

Daniel Taylor spent many hours setting up the “my laps” timing system, which shows up results and lap times.

Club members are also doing manual lap-scoring as a back-up while the new system is bedded in.

The three fastest lap times were all recorded by KT 100s. They were: Daniel Taylor 20.257,1; Spring Thomson 20.382, 2; Luca Vita 20.444, 3.