Following nine months of Regional Rounds the 2023 National Kart Racing Association competition finally reaches its crescendo, namely the Grande Finals. This year Mansell Kart Club, based in Devon, is the host Club. Entries closed at midnight on Saturday 16th September and what a list of ‘who’s-who’ has entered for Formula BLUE!
Every seeded ( numbers 1 – 9 ) racer from 2022 will be there, plus 3 of the lower reserved numbers. Added to this list will be four of the newcomers currently in the top 10 ( following the conclusion of the Regionals). There will be 19 new numbers available for 2024 with 27 racers correctly entered ( as per NKRA S.R. 1.4.3), so the racing should be spectacular! In the smaller Junior BLUE grid, the top two competitors from the regionals will be in action again.

CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW TO VIEW 2023 RESULTS TO DATE AND THE 2022 WINNERS
1) Grande Final Results to date
2) Regional Results
3) NKRA BLUE CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 – TOP THREE – FORMULA BLUE
4) NKRA BLUE CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 – JUNIOR BLUE
5) NKRA BLUE CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 TROPHY WINNERS
6) NKRA CADET HONDA 2022WINNER

Tabor Karting will be in attendance, as usual, with their mobile shop at the Mansell Raceway on the 23rd & 24th of September for the Club meeting, which includes the NKRA Grande Finals for Honda Cadet , Junior BLUE & Formula BLUE.
Competitors requiring Tyres/spares for all classes, for this event, please order and purchase your requirements in advance prior to 12 noon on Wednesday 20th September for delivery/collection at the circuit on the race weekend.
NB. Junior Blue and Formula Blue competitors are reminded that for this event there is a compulsory slick tyre purchase. These tyres will be available from the afternoon of Saturday 23rd September.
Telephone 01305 774074

The Two Counties Kart Club and the National Kart Racing Association Championship end-of-year presentation evening and dinner will be held at the Rembrandt Hotel, in Weymouth, on Saturday 25th November.
All drivers, family, and friends welcome.
To book your tickets please go to the link below, or contact Shelly on 07950 709539
CLICK HERE FOR THE BOOKING LINK TO END-OF-SEASON PRESENTATION TICKETS

With a pole and 2nd place finish in the Final, Harry Smithson won the Formula Blue class at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on Sept 10th. Second on the day was Dave Watts on 4 points with Joey Foster and Anthony Cleal sharing 3rd place with 6 points each. It is Watts, however, who maintains his lead in the overall standings, although Smithson moves up to 2nd with Foster and Cleal 4 points adrift in equal 3rd place.
In the Master sub-class, Cleal and Foster share the day with 2 points, Paul Alexander and Alex Kemp share 3rd place with 8 points each. Cleal Maintains his Championship lead by 1 point from Foster. Alexander moves up to 3rd, Steve Groves slips to 4th and David Waldron stays in 5th.
Cleal wins the day in the Veteran sub-group from Alexander and Waldron. In the overall standing Cleal extends his lead over Alexander and Groves.
In the Legend sub-group, Robin Stoddart Stones takes a clean sweep from Chris Lord. As a consequence, he maintains his class lead from Kevin O’Neill with Chris Underhill and David Goode sharing 3rd spot.
Waldron, having spent Friday getting his ‘groups’ equipment ready for the forthcoming NKRA Grande Finals, established several shortcomings on his equipment. As a result, he was able to gain a clean sweep of points, in the Top Weight sub-class, during racing on the Sunday. 2nd, on the day, was Alexander with Rob Mortimore in 3rd. Alexander, by virtue of his excellent drop score, maintains the lead, although Waldron displaces Rob Mortimore for 2nd spot.
Moving on, most of the Two Counties racers will now focus their attention on the NKRA Grade Finals, scheduled for September 24th at Mansell Raceway, before returning to Clay Pigeon on October 8th for the penultimate round of the Two Counties Club Championship.
For more info and points updates please view the results page on the www.planetkarting.uk website
OR CLICK HERE.

The front two of Anthony Cleal and Joey Foster maintain their lead in the TABOR CHAMPIONSHIP, although Foster clawed back 2 points of Cleal’s lead.
Robin Stoddart-Stones finished in 3rd position thereby promoting himself from 7th to 5th. Alex Kemp, 4th on the day, remains in 4th position overall.
The next scoring round is at the NKRA Grande Finals on September 24th at Mansell Raceway.

TO VIEW RESULTS UPDATE PLEASE CLICK HERE – OR GO TO THE RESULTS PAGE ON THE www.planetkarting.uk website.

TABOR announce the details of the much anticipated AUTUMN EXTRAVAGANZA – the INDYBLUE T&T

It will be held within the club meeting at Mansell Raceway on October 29th ( with practice/testing on Saturday 28th )

TORSTER TRAVEL, the 2023 sponsor, will be in attendance during the race weekend, with advice and special offers on holidays.

This will be the first official race meeting following the NKRA Grande Finals where the newly won race numbers will be on parade!
Competitors must be registered with the NKRA – New registrations close at 10am on Sunday, August 27th
CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK TO TORSTER TRAVEL
CLICK HERE FOR NKRA REGULATIONS
CLICK HERE FOR AN NKRA REGISTRATION FORM
CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE EVENT

To view the additional supplementary regulations for the NKRA Grande finals held at Mansell Raceway
on 24th September. Please view the NKRA Championship page on the www.planetkarting.uk website or CLICK HERE

Competitors are advised, that entries are now open for the NKRA Grande Finals at Mansell Raceway on September 24th. There will be practice for those who wish on Saturday the 23rd of September. The Sunday race can be entered on the Mansell website, the link for entries is at the foot of this news brief. The entry list for Junior and Formula Blue will close at Midnight on Saturday the 16th of September Late entries may not be accepted for this NKRA Grande Final. Total numbers may reach the capped limit before the closing date, especially as this is the Grande Final and therefore full attendance is anticipated. To ensure inclusion all ‘BLUE’ competitors are advised to enter the event forthwith.
To enter this event, please go to the Mansell Kart Club website link or CLICK HERE

Tabor Karting will be in attendance, as usual, at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on the 8th, 9th & 10th of September for the Club round which also includes the 2 Counties Club Championship round 4 , for Cadet HONDA , Junior BLUE and Formula BLUE.
Competitors requiring tyres/spares for all classes for this event, to ensure delivery /collection on race weekend, please order and purchase your requirements in advance, prior to 12 noon on Wednesday 6th of September. Thanks and see you there.
Telephone 01305 774074

The last National Kart Racing Association Regional round was held along with the South West Championship at Mansell Raceway on 27th August. In a dramatic turn around Harry Smithson, who held a 5-point lead over Anthony Cleal before the weekend failed to start in Heat 2. He still had good results in the other pair of Heats but as a consequence of the dropped one managed a grid start of P6 for the Final. Cleal, however, scored well in his heats and would start 2nd in the Final, cutting the points deficit to one point, so all Cleal had to do was beat Smithson in the Final to win the Championship. Following the lights change Cleal dropped to 3rd and Smithson was up to 4th, so the game was on !!
Into lap 2 and Cleal was up to 2nd. A lap later Smithson had squeezed into 3rd place. At the front, the two MAC Karts of Foster and Cleal raced as though they were as one! Cleal managed to pass Foster on lap 6 and held it to the end, with Foster glued to his rear bumper. Smithson hadn’t given up and finished only 1.5 seconds adrift. The Regional Title was Anthony Cleal’s again. Behind the front three, Mike Bell maintained his pace to finish 4th with Paul Alexander in a creditable 5th place.
Cleal and Foster also shared the Master sub-class, again with 2 points each. Alexander took 3rd Spot but only 1 point ahead of Chris Lord. Stuart Adam finished 5th. Overall, Cleal wins the Regionals from Alexander, Alex Kemp, Dave Waldron and Steve Groves.
In the Veteran section, it was Cleal taking a clean sweep at the front with Alexander and Lord sharing 2nd place from Waldron, Groves and Rob Mortimore.
In the last of the age category sub-classes, the Legends, Lord was the clear winner, 2nd on the day was Robin Stoddart-Stones from Ron Shone and John Hartshorne. It was Hartshorne, however, who claimed the yearly title from Shone by the narrowest of margins, 1 point. Had the scores been equal, Shone would have won by virtue of his superior drop option. Stoddart-Stones finished 3rd overall.
Paul Alexander won the day in the Top Weight class from Stuart Adam. In the overall results, it is David Waldron who emerges as Champion from Rob Mortimore and Ron Shone.
With the regional rounds now over, competitors now prepare themselves for the Grande Finals, which are scheduled for the 23rd and 24th of September at Mansell Raceway.
In the Cadet Honda Class, Devon Giles secured an unopposed win.
The Junior Blue class experienced a complete run around where Alfie Lenton secured pole from Rudie Winslow-Morten and Jack Gillett. In the Final, however, Lenton spun, on a damp patch, going into the first bend. Winslow-Morten held the lead until lap 8 when he pulled into the pits reacting to a faulty engine temperature sensor display readout! A greatly improved Gillett won the Final with a recovered Lenton only 0.9 seconds behind!
FOR A FULL LIST OF RESULTS AND POSITIONS PLEASE CLICK HERE
FOR AN ENTRY INTO THE GRANDE FINAL PLEASE CLICK HERE