Having won 2 of the 3 heats, Sam Mitchell secured Pole position for the Final from Rhys Read, who claimed the 3rd heat. The 2nd row was taken up by Jamie Bradfield and Jamie Dart.
From the ‘off’ Mitchell snatched the lead closely followed by Read, Bradfield and Dart. Positions remained the same for 4 laps with all the competitors in close order. Then Read made a move on Mitchell at the exit from the hairpin. The two were momentarily locked together allowing Bradfield to slip by both into the lead. He held the lead until lap 9 when Mitchell re-established himself at the front. There it stayed until the chequered flag, with Mitchell inching out his lead. Read tried all he could to pass Bradfield, but to no avail. Occasionally his efforts earned him a contact warning board but it was Bradfield who finished 2nd with Read 3rd and Dart 4th.
In the Seniors, it was Dave Watts who won 2 of the Heats with Anth Cleal winning the 3rd. These two took up the front row for the Final with Watts on Pole. Behind, sat Joey Foster on 3rd and Kieran Quirke on 4th. David Waldron and Nigel Vickery were positioned on row 3. Steve Groves and Paul Alexander on row 4 with Rob Mortimore and Mike Bell bringing up row 5. So there were 8 seeded drivers from last year in the top 10 grid positions.
Watts was ready for the lights change and took the lead followed by Cleal, Foster, Quitke and Waldron. By the end of lap one Serita shone had passed Bell for 10th place. Further back David Goode, in 14th had been ‘muscled ‘ off-line allowing Chris Lord, Phil Shears, Ben Joseph and Sylvian Vessier past. Somewhere in the opening incident, Stuart Gray accrued some damage causing his retirement.
Into lap 2 and the front three had created some ‘air’ between themselves and the chasing group, which was headed by Vickery. Back in 14th place, Joseph passed Shears followed by Vessier. Next lap and Bell was settling into his stride re-passing Serita. Joseph was now up to 13th position overtaking Stoddart-Stones. Again he was followed through by Vessier.
Lap 4 saw the faster drivers, who qualified well, forging forwards. Alexander and Bell passed Groves and Joseph accounted for Chris Underhill. Next lap and Joseph was past Mortimore and Vessier overtook Underhill.
Into lap 6 Alexander succumbed to pressure from Bell and Joseph. Vessier took another lap to pass Serita. Vessier continued his charge, followed by Serita and slipped past Mortimore. They were now in 11th and 12th place respectively.
Over the next 2 laps Vessier accounted for Mortimire followed, again by Serita . Lap 9 and Bell passed Waldron for 6th spot.
Half distance and the front three had broken away with Watts just clear in the lead from Cleal with Foster, a small distance adrift. Bell continued to charge and passed Vickery for 5th place. Joseph forced his way past Waldron thereby allowing Alexander to follow through. Behind Vessier overtook Steve Groves.
Into lap 11 and Joseph was up to 6th passing Vickery. Lap 12 spelled disaster for Alexander. Chasing Vickery and in passing lapped drivers, he chose the wrong side hoping to pull off a spectacular move. Unfortunately for him, it didn’t come off resulting in a trip to the barrier. Whist extracting himself, from the tyres the rest of the grid ‘sailed’ by. In the aftermath, Vessier moved up to 8th passing Waldron.
Over the last 8 laps, as the leaders came across drivers about to be lapped, the front 3 tried to capitalise on the situation by gauging how to get past without compromising their positions.
Lap 14 and Serita passed Groves and was now up to 10th position.
At 75 % race distance, Josephs’s charge came to an end as he rolled to the tack side. From 19th to 6th was quite an effort! Nos such bad luck for Vessier who passed Vickery as well as taking the position vacated by Joseph.
4 laps to go and the front 3 had closed right up each one pressing to try and force an error from the driver in front without giving space for a move from the man behind. On lap 17, novice Peter Staddon accounted for a re-started Alexander. With 3 laps to go Mortimore passed Groves whilst Shears slid by Robin Stoddart-Stones, who was having none of it and on the penultimate lap retook Shears.
Last lap and Watts led Cleal by the narrowest of margins, with Foster a few seconds adrift in a safe 3rd spot. In the mid-order, a tiring Groves lost several places and Shears was passed by Chris Lord and Alex Kemp.
So on to the chequered flag and a fine win for Dave Watts, thereby retaining his ‘0’ Plate from 2022. Cleal pushed him all the way finishing 0.3 seconds behind. 3rd was Joey foster with Kieran Quitke in 4th and Mike bell 5th over the line.
Once the points were been checked ( where you start plus where you finish added together) the various categories of ‘ o’ plate winners were announced.
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JUNIOR BLUE
1st – Sam Mitchell 0 + 0 = 0
2nd – Jamie Bradfield 3 + 2 = 5
3rd – Rhys Read 2 + 3 = 5
FORMULA BLUE
1st – Dave Watts 0 = 0 = 0
2nd – Anth Cleal 2 + 2 = 2
3rd – Joey Foster 3 + 3 = 6
BLUE MASTER
1st Anth Cleal 0 = 0 = 0
2nd Joey Foster 2 + 2 = 2
3rd Nigel Vickery 4 + 3 = 7
BLUE VETERAN
1st – Anth Cleal 0 + 0 = 0
2nd Nigel Vickery 3 + 2 = 5
3rd David Waldron 2 + 3 = 5
BLUE LEGEND
1st Chris Underhill 0 + 0 = 0
2nd Robin Stoddart-Stones 2 + 3 = 5
3rd Chris Lord 4 + 2 = 6
BLUE TOP WEIGHT
1st rob Mortimore 0 + 0 = 0
2nd Phil Shears 2 + 2 = 4
3rd Ron shone 4 + 3 = 7

A dominant points win by Joey Foster in the latest round of the TABOR Customer Championship has shot him up from equal 5th to equal 1st. He shares the top spot with Anth Cleal, both of them on 58 points. Second, on the day, was junior driver Sam Mitchell. His result promotes him from equal 11th up to 5th place and in line for £ 100, although the season is but young, with a long way to go. Rob Mortimore also scored well with 19 points moving him up to 4th position. Kevin O’Neill, previously in 2nd place, suffered by his non-attendance ( mistake on dates, regarding an organised trip abroad ! ) and slips down to equal 7th place.
The next scoring round is at Mansell Raceway on April 24th.
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Competitors are advised, that entries are now open for the NKRA CHAMPIONSHIP Round 13, on April 24th, at Mansell Raceway.
There will be practice for those who wish, on Saturday the 23rd April. The Sunday race can be entered on the Mansell Kart Club website, or 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, 16th April. Late entries may be accepted, however, they will be placed on the back of the grid for all heats.
TO ENTER THE EVENT PLEASE CLICK HERE

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