Taylor crowned Eastland Kart Club senior champion in Gisborne

Daniel Taylor is the Eastland Kart Club senior champion after winning an eight-car, 10-lap final at the club's Awapuni track on Sunday. Photo / Barry Irvine

Daniel Taylor is Eastland Kart Club’s senior champion for 2025.

He earned the title by winning the final of a series of races designed to whittle down the field to eight drivers racing over 10 laps at the club’s Awapuni track on Sunday.

Harley Davis was runner-up and Dion Lund was third.

Davis recorded the fastest lap of the day — 23.357 seconds — while Barry Irvine passed more karts than anyone else.

Mark Vizi Toroa was judged to have made the best pass of the day.

Kolten Irvine was named kids’ driver of the day while Evan Mooney was adult driver of the day.

Drivers each had four races in mixed groups, their starting positions decided by a marble draw.

Competitors were divided into rookies, juniors and adults, and a good-sized sized crowd watched the action.

Nixen Gooch won the junior division and Kolten Irvine topped the rookies.

Jose Govender and Pyper Irvine were second and third respectively in the juniors.

Asha Hughes and Juvae Govender completed the top three in the rookies.

Junior drivers had three races, starting from front, middle and back grid positions. Division placings were decided on points.

In the rookies, Kolten Irvine had three wins, Asha Hughes had two seconds and a third, and Juvae Govender had a second and two-thirds.

Chloe Hughes and Geo Gooch also raced well.

In the juniors, Pyper Irvine, Nixen Gooch and Jose Govender each had a win.

Gooch had two second placings, Govender had a second, and a third and Irvine two third placings

In the adult groups, Daniel Taylor, Evan Mooney, Harley Davis and Mike Vita each had two wins.

Roger Moss, Shaun Barwick, Mark Vizi Toroa and Logan Irvine each had one win apiece.

Davis, Vizi Toroa and Dion Lund each had two second placings. Taylor, Barwick, Ben Adcock, Dallas Wanoa, Barry Irvine and Sam Hughes each had one win.

Evan Mooney had two third placings, while Roger Moss, Adcock, Barwick, Wanoa, Barry Irvine, Sam Hughes and Tessa Irvine each a third.

The two repechage winners — Ben Adcock and Sam Hughes — were the only repechage drivers to make the adults’ final.

In other repechage results, Shaun Barwick and Tessa Irvine each had a second placing, while Roger Moss and Dallas Wanoa had a third.

Sponsors for the meeting were Cherrywood Joinery, Repco Gisborne and 44 Creations.