'Summer' championships come to an end!

7:00am Thursday 4th December 2008

THE tenth and final round of Llandow Kart Club 'summer' championship took place in the sort of conditions that appeared to characterise the British summer, with only the on-track action bringing respite from the cold weather and persistently damp track.

Macaulay Austin again stole the show in Comer Cadet, beating a quality field to claim his 100th trophy in the class and seal a third club title at the same time. Tom Harvey finished second, with Ben Davies completing the podium.

South of England interloper Harvey Lanaway was confirmed as Honda Cadet champion in his first season of competing at Llandow as he took another victory, despite being chased hard by both Ross Chell and Niall Williams Double national Junior Honda champion Jack Davis returned to his 'home'

circuit to give the #1 plate an outing and duly claimed the win, but second place was enough for Jamie Warren to become this year's Llandow class champion.

Ferdinand Ball beat Lloyd Sealy in a classic scrap for third.

Welsh champion Sebastian Hutchinson clinched the Junior TKM 2-stroke title with victory over Dilip Singh and Sam Morgan, while Ryan Howells used possibly his last race in Junior TKM 4-stroke to confirm himself as class champion for the second year running. Cousins Zach and Liam Jones completed the podium.

First year karter Josh Collings sealed the Junior Rotax crown with a close-fought win over JJ Wilson and Luke Thomas, while Steven Handford capped an excellent year by claiming Minimax race honours. However, another visiting Englishman, Sam Marsh, had enough in hand so that second place confirmed him as champion, with fellow Englishman Oliver Pidgley completing the podium.

Simon Evans saw off Welsh champion Gareth Lewis in tense battle in Senio Honda, but could not prevent Lewis from defending his club title.

Craig Camilleri claimed third place on his first MSA outing in three years, while Hugh Jones defied attempts at a crash diet to win Senior Honda Heavy and confirm himself as champion for a second year.

Formula Rotax once again underlined its resurgence at Llandow with the biggest field of the day, with Chris Davis taking top spot in the final ahead of Bjorn Rodde and club champion Matthew Dowers

RESULTS

CADET COMER

1. Macaulay Austin (BRM)

2. Thomas Harvey (Zip)

3. Ben Davies (Zip)

CADET HONDA

1. Harvey Lanaway (Birel)

2. Ross Chell (Project One)

3. Niall Williams (Project One)

JUNIOR HONDA

1. Jack Davis (Jade)

2. Jamie Warren (Jade)

3. Ferdinand Ball (Eglem)

JUNIOR TKM 2 STROKE

1. Sebastian Hutchinson (Project One)

2. Dilip Singh (Venom)

3. Sam Morgan (Venom)

JUNIOR TKM 4 STROKE

1. Ryan Howells (Jade)

2. Zach Jones (Jade)

3. Liam Jones (Jade)

JUNIOR ROTAX

1. Joshua Collings (Tony)

2. JJ Wilson (Gillard)

3. Luke Thomas (Gillard)

MINI MAX

1. Steven Handford (Tony)

2. Sam Marsh (Tony)

3. Oliver Pidgley (Alonso)

SENIOR HONDA

1. Simon Evans (7Kart)

2. Gareth Lewis (7Kart)

3. Craig Camilleri (7Kart)

SENIOR HONDA HEAVYWEIGHT

1. Hugh Jones (MS)

FORMULA ROTAX

1. Chris Davis (Tony)

2. Bjorn Rodde (Tony)

3. Matthew Dowers (Tony)

BEST NOVICE: Chris Davies - Formula Rotax

DRIVER OF THE DAY: Ferdinand Ball - Junior Honda