Tabor Karting will be in attendance as usual, with their mobile shop, at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on the 8th, 9th & 10th April, for the Club meeting which includes Round 2 of the NKRA Regional Championship & the ‘0’ Plates for Junior Blue, Formula Blue, Blue Master, Blue Veteran, Blue Legend and Blue Top Weight.
Competitors requiring tyres/spares for all classes, for this event, please order and purchase your requirements in advance prior to 12 noon on Wednesday 6th April, for delivery/collection at the circuit on the race weekend.
Telephone 01305 774074
Thanks, See you there and in the meantime take care & stay safe !

At the opening round of the NKRA & Formula Blue Championship held at Mansell Raceway on the weekend of the 27th March. Rhys Read showed a clean pair of heels to the rest of the Junior Blue grid winning all 3 Heats and Final in dominant fashion. On the day, it was only Rudie Winslow-Morten who managed to stay in contact, though never in a position to challenge, in 3rd position was Ben Gillit.
In the Senior Formula Blue grid, it was Stuart Gray, all the way from Edinburgh in Scotland, who showed the established grid the way home. Having secured pole position he then dominated the racing, although Anthony Cleal did work his way through to finish 0.07 seconds adrift. Joey Foster took a very credible 3rd place right right on the tail of the leading pair. Indeed only 0.29 of a second separated the first three drivers.
So, Gray won the day with 0 Championship points from Foster in 2nd on 5 points. Cleal and Mike Bell shared 3rd overall with 9 points. Dave Watts, Ben Joseph and Tom Parker tied for 5th place on 13 points.
The Master sub-class was won by Gray from Foster, Cleal, Joseph and Paul Alexander.
Gray also cleaned up in the veteran group from Cleal, Alexander, Nigel Vickery and David Goode.
To reinforce a totally dominant performance, Gray heads the Legend section from Chis Underhill, Goode, Kevin O’Neill and Chris Lord ( the first of the reserves).
The last sub-class, Blue Top Weight, was won by Joseph from Parker, Phil Shears, John Hartshorne and Ron Shone.
Following this fantastic opening round, the Blue racers have a fortnight before round 2 , at the Clay Pigeon Raceway, on April 10th. This meeting also encompasses the varying ‘0’ plates, so there will, no doubt, be some serious preparation going on !

For more information and results please go to the results menu on the www.planetkarting.uk website or CLICK HERE

Joey Foster wins round 2 of the Tabor Customer Championship held within the NKRA Round 1 at Mansell at the end of March. His score of 28 points elevated him from equal 19th up to equal 5th. Second, on the day, was Anth Cleal who moves up from 3rd to 1st. Second place in the points is shared by Kevin O’Neill and Mike Bell. Behind them Paul Alexander sits in 4th. The top Juniors, Rudie Winslow-Morten and Sam Mitchell share equal 10th.
The next scoring round takes place at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on April 10th.
For more detail and points scores on the TABOR CHAMPS , CLICK HERE

Would all NKRA registered drivers competing at Mansell on March 27th, in the opening Championship round, please take note that official photographs will be taken at this race meeting, for internet website use during 2022.
Competitors are requested to ensure that their race outfits, especially bodywork are suitably presented in a clean manner, with the correct decals. Photographs that are unsuitable for internet display will obviously not be used. This especially applies to black rubber tyre marks! If required, the correct decals can be obtained from Ron Shone at the TABOR race support vehicle on the race weekend. Thank you !

Competitors are advised, that entries are now open for the NKRA CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2 and the Formula BLUE & Junior BLUE ‘0’ Plates competition at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on April 10th. There will be practice for those who wish, on Friday 8th and Saturday the 9th of April. The Sunday race can be entered on the Clay Pigeon Club website link, or the link to enter is at the foot of this notice.
The entry list for Junior and Formula Blue (first 30) will close at Midnight on Saturday, 2nd April. Late entries may be accepted, however, they will be placed on the back of the grid for all heats.
PLEASE NOTE AS PER. THE NKRA CHAMPIONSHIP REGULATIONS, THIS ROUND CARRIES A 100 POINT NON-ATTENDANCE PENALTY, WHICH CAN NOT BE DROPPED.
To enter this event, please CLICK HERE

To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the NKRA Clubman Championship, created by and competed for within Great Britain, the NKRA announce a special trophy fund for 2022.
Trophies/prizes will be 3 x that of a normal year, i.e. 1 x for every 10 years, to the value of £ 3,000. ( in solid silver/gold coins).
The NKRA Regional Championship builds up to the Grande Finals in September ( which this year is at the Forest Edge race circuit) and culminates with a fantastic prize presentation evening in Weymouth, in November.
Drivers are reminded that the opening round takes place at Mansell Raceway on Sunday 27th March.
For more details on the NKRA and its Championship, please view the planetkarting.uk website, or CLICK HERE

Tabor Karting will be in attendance, with their mobile shop, at Mansell Raceway on 26th & 27th March, for the Club race meeting which also includes the NKRA Championship Round 1.
Competitors requiring tyres/spares for all classes, for this event, please order and purchase your requirements in advance prior to 12 noon on Wednesday 23rd March, for delivery/collection at the circuit on the race weekend.
Telephone 01305 774074
Thanks, See you all at Mansell

Please would the following drivers return their ‘0’ plate trophies

Junior BLUE – Sam Mitchell
Formula BLUE – David Watts
Top Weight – Ben Joseph

Trophies to be returned to Julie ( TABOR ) either before or by 27th March at Round 1 of the NKRA Championship at Mansell Raceway. Thank you.

Following on from a terrible storm overnight, a sizable group of Junior and Formula Blue drivers appeared, early Sunday morning, somewhat bleary-eyed having been rocked all night by the strong winds at the circuit. They then set about re-erecting the awnings that had sensibly been taken down the previous evening as a precaution to the high winds, that had been forecast.
In the Junior Blues, Rhys Read completed a very good set of heats to secure P1 from last year’s Champion Sam Mitchell. Read took the lead from the race start and held it until lap 10, when normal service was resumed as Mitchell slid inside at ‘Billy’s’, taking the lead which he held until the chequered flag. Of special note was the performance of the novice driver Jamie Bradfield , who moved up into 3rd place and recorded the same lap times as Read in 2nd place. Once the trophies were presented Mitchell and Read emerged as equal leaders in the Club Championship, with Ben Gillitt and Mich Carpenter sharing 3rd place overall.
In the Formula Blue class, the reigning Champion Anthony Cleal, had a poor series of heats marred by chassis failures and race incidents. Not so for Mike Bell , who produced a stunning series of heats including wins in heats 1 and 2, which gave him Pole position on the Final Grid. Opposite pole was taken by returnee Joey Foster, who was unable to take part in the Final , due to suffering rib pain ! His place was filled by Kevin O’Neill, having a fantastic start to the season.
In the Final, it was Martin Wheeler who established a lead as they started lap 2 with Cleal up into 3rd. Cleal finally managed to overtake Bell on lap 11 for 2nd place. With victory in sight, Wheeler’s carburettor came loose on lap 14, gifting the win to Cleal. A similar circumstance occurred a little further back when Sylvain Vessier , having started in 14th, climbed up to 4th before his reed block came loose. At the flag it was Cleal, from Bell, Paul Alexander , Steve Groves and Phil Shears.
So after the opening round, it is Mike Bell who leads the Club Championship, from Anthony Cleal. Kevin O’Neill slots into 3rd place ahead of Paul Alexander and Rob Mortimore.
In the Blue Master sub-class, it is Cleal who leads from K. O’Neill, Alexander, Mortimore and Chris Underhill.
Cleal also leads the Blue Veteran section. Again, followed by K. O’Neill, Alexander, Underhill and Steve Groves in 5th position.
Kevin O’Neill heads the Legend group, with Underhill in close attendance. Robin Stoddart-Stones, Ron Shone and John Hartshorne bringing up the first five.
The last of the sub-classes, Blue Top Weight, finds Rob Mortimore in the lead from, Ron Shone, Phil Shears, Paul Dible and Mike Watts.

The next 2 counties round is not until August 7th at the Forest Edge circuit. The drivers, however, now turn their attention to the opening NKRA Regional Series rounds on March 27th at Mansell raceway.

For more information and update points please go to the results page on the www.planetkarting.uk website or click here.

With the absence of last year’s winner Russell O’Neill, Rob Mortimore takes the lead in the 2022 Tabor Championship. Kevin O’Neill, flying the family flag, is only 2 points behind in 2nd spot. Anthony Cleal slots into 3rd place ahead of Mike Bell and the highest of the Juniors, Sam Mitchell, shares equal 4th spot. No doubt the increase by TABOR, of the prize fund to £2000 and the new regs on Junior scoring, will make this year’s competition hotly contested.

Round 2 of the TABOR CHAMPS takes place at Mansell Raceway on March 27th.
For more details and full Results go to the Results page on the www.planetkarting.uk website or CLICK HERE