Race Report - Round 3
CADETS
Harry Hardy makes another Pole Position with Rob
Staines in 2nd place and Reece Yusuf in 3rd for:
Round 3 of the
Playscape Academy Cadet 2009 Championship
With 12 laps on the Reverse Direction National Circuit an
exciting race is expected—can the drivers reverse their thoughts?
And strategies? ...................
There are several drivers away on holiday—they will kick
themselves when they realise they have missed a really ‘eggciting’
Easter Round!
From the beginning Harry Hardy pulled away with Rob Staines and
Reece Yusuf in hot pursuit from the first corner with Jacob Lefevre
joining in the battle from 4th place on the grid.
Harry Hardy gets a great drive out of Bus Wash and down towards
Casualty—still in the lead, with Rob Staines and Reece Yusuf getting
side by side round Pit Corner—a bit tight for TWO lads!
The front three drivers maintain their positions with Jacob Lefevre
hanging on to 4th place with Glenn Helder Dabo having a remarkable
drive from 8th place up into 5th after just 1 lap ..................
Ryan Rrapo had maintained his 6th place from the grid with Jake Bone
in 7th whilst Daniel Brewer had made two places to 8th before lap 2
.............. with two previous mediocre rounds he is flying
today—it must be the thought of those Easter Eggs!!
Daniel certainly having the drive of his life making it to 6th place
on lap 2—I think he may have the Tiger in Tank today!!
Harry Hardy was pulling away slightly trying very hard to get the
fastest lap of the day which was currently held by Rassan
Malcolm-Moore from earlier races.
Going into Casualty Rob Staines closes in on Harry Hardy—so close he
can smell the fear!! He can’t quite squeeze past at
Parabolica and Harry Hardy is having to make his kart as wide as
possible to prevent Rob Staines overtaking ..........Harry not
having it all his own way!!
Unfortunately despite a good drive from Ryan Rrapo he retires
through injury on lap 5—meanwhile Daniel Brewer is
smoking!!!!!............... Fastest lap at 24.1!!!!
The action continued with Rob Staines losing out on lap 6 to Reece
Yusuf and Jacob Lefevre moving into his first ever trophy
position—how good that must have felt—short lived however as Rob
Staines comes right back at the Bus Wash with Daniel Brewer sneaking
past at the same time to push Jacob Lefevre back down into 5th
place.
Harry Hardy can not defend the formidable Reece Yusuf and on lap 7
at Casualty slips through to take the lead. The action hots up
- Rob Staines now in 3rd place with Daniel Brewer breathing down his
neck who is the fastest man on track so far!
Fastest laps were being scratched up from lap 9 onwards with most
drivers setting their personal bests in the last 2/3 laps—Reece
Yusuf setting the fastest time on the penultimate lap!
Rob Staines gets the better of Harry Hardy on the last lap at
Parabolica after some pretty intense driving to finish in 2nd place
with Reece Yusuf a very worthy winner!
Many congratulations to Reece Yusuf—you have done
it again!
Winner of Round 3 A Final AND the fastest lap on lap 11 with a
23.982.
Reece Yusuf is now storming away with top points with Harry Hardy
in 2nd place and Rob Staines making a massive leap from 20th place
to 7th place.
A fantastic drive by all with the sun streaming in through the roof
I for one got rather hot and excited watching the future Lewis
Hamilton’s race ……. Well done to all!!
Cadets A Final Results
Pos Driver Best Lap Race Time 1 Reece Yusuf 23.982 5:21.271 2 Rob Staines 23.985 5:22.564 3 Harry Hardy 24.209 5:23.826 4 Daniel Brewer 24.071 5:24.101 5 Jacob Lefevre 24.079 5:24.640 6 Jake Bone 24.189 5:30.215 7 Luis Ikonen 24.248 5:31.123 8 Glenn Helder Dabo 24.668 5:16.074 9 Fin Skitini 24.575 5:17.164 10 Ryan Rrapo 25.875 2:16.932 - 5 laps
Left to right, Rob Staines, Reece Yusuf and Harry Hardy
JUNIORS
An excellent line up on the grid for the 3rd Round of the
Juniors—With Pole position taken by the determined Andy Rrapo we are
in for an exciting A final with Keiren Golding in 2nd place and Eddy
Hall making a fantastic debut in his first ever final.
Adriane Carter has had a fantastic days racing and she has earned
her 4th place on the grid. Marcus Palmer makes it to the
final after joining the academy in the last round—one to watch!
Daniel Wright, Andrew Knight, Bradley Martin-Pitt with Lee Massey
form up in front of the previous pole man George Skitini!..........
This is his 3rd month in a row!
The front two drivers Andy Rrapo and Keiren Golding were side by
side from the very start with Keiren Golding just getting the edge
in Tennessee and takes the lead—what a great start!....
Bradley Martin-Pitt trying to get in on the action but spines at
Pits Corner and drops back down the order.
After just one lap Keiren Golding leads from Andy Rrapo with Eddy
Hall still in 3rd place. Marcus Palmer has gained one
position pushing Adriane Carter back into 6th place with the help of
Andrew Knight making up two places.
George Skitini takes a flyer from the back of the grid, leaving Lee
Massey, Bradley Martin-Pitt and Daniel Wright in his wake!.
A great battle pursues at the front with Andy Rrapo looking for
every which way to get past Keiren Golding - the first
time Kieren won an A Final was in December 2008 and he is looking to
repeat this performance having tasted the success of the Winners
Trophy!....... This year he has excelled and
driving very well; managing to pull away from Andy Rrapo.
3rd place man Eddy Hall is having a magnificent race but has Marcus
Palmer all over his back bumper as they head into the Bush Wash on
lap 3— keep that kart wide Eddie!..........
Andrew Knight is waiting and watching being 3rd and 4th place men
looking for any mistakes so that he capitalise and make the move!
The front two runners are having a real ding dong and with just 4
laps gone Andy Rrapo has closed the gap on Keiren Golding to just
1/10th of a sec around Howler Hairpin and Parabolica.
George Skitini clocks up the fastest lap so far on lap 4 with a
24.7.
Andy Rrapo takes his chance at Pits Corner up the inside of Kieren
Golding to take the lead but Kieren fights back immediately chases
him back down—a great battle— Andy Rrapo has been practising his
defending strategies and makes Kieren go the long way round!
Marcus Palmer joins in with the front runners battle and George
Skitini is on a charge now in 4th place and ready to pounce on any
little mistakes made by these front 3 runners………………..
Kieren Golding gets alongside Andy Rrapo coming up to the Bush Wash
- and the action continues with Kieren Golding losing out as
he gets squeezed into the tyre wall - penalty board
being shown for Andy Rrapo which means he will lose the lead.
What a shame the racing had been exciting however; Marcus
Palmer and George Skitini take up the gauntlet for providing the
excitement.
George Skitini clocked up the fastest lap on the 8th with a 24.589
beating his earlier fast lap.
Andrew Knight closes in to take a piece of the action in 4th place
with Eddy Hall in 5th.
George Skitini is right on the back of Marcus Palmer—maybe another
race win?................. The race is not over yet!..........
Andrew Knight takes 2nd place in the closing stages -
but I am sure a stewards enquiry will be held before the final
results are announced!
Well …… what can I say a race full of everything - heat,
excitement, penalty boards, controversy and a stewards enquiry
- Wow …….. In the heat of racing determination to win is
the key factor but keeping aware of your surroundings is critical to
every drivers safety also!
Junior A Final Results
Pos Driver Best Lap Race Time 1 Andrew Knight 24.759 5:06.263 2 Marcus Palmer 24.633 5:07.515 3 Eddy Hall 25.045 5:08.943 4 George Skitini 24.589 5:06.782 5 Bradley Martin-Pitt 25.433 5:15.832 6 Lee Massey 25.093 5:16.063 7 Adriane Carter 25.585 5:19.628 8 Kieren Golding 25.004 5:20.474 9 Daniel Wright 25.526 5:30.518 DNF Andy Rrapo 24.851 5:05.337
Left to right Marcus Palmer, Andrew Knight and EddyHall
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