Competitors are advised that entries are now open for the FORMULA BLUE CHALLENGE ROUND 5 at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on July 11th
There will be practice, for those who wish it, on Friday, July 9th and Saturday 10th July.
The Saturday practice and the Sunday race can be entered for on the Clay Pigeon Club web link. The link for entries is also at the foot of this news brief. Friday practice is entered for at the circuit on the day.
The entry list for Junior & Formula Blue will close at midnight, on Saturday, 3rd July. Competitors are reminded that class numbers may reach the event limit, so to ensure inclusion, all ‘Blue’ competitors are advised to enter the race meeting early. The Junior Blue time trial will take place on Saturday, July 10th.
Please check the Clay Pigeon website for specific Covid requirements that may relate to this race meeting. TO ENTER PLEASE CLICK HERE

The initial first round of the 2 Counties Kart Club Championship scheduled for March had to be cancelled due to Coronavirus restrictions. Consequently, the next round at Clay Pigeon on June 13th, became the new opening round. Also, unfortunately, as a consequence, the drop round in accordance with the Sporting Regulations, has been lost!
The weekend’s weather at the Clay Pigeon Circuit was unseasonably very hot with many of the competitors taking absolute care that their cooling systems were up to scratch and their engines were running rich.
A full grid of 24 competitors were entered for Sunday’s race with the Heat winners being Anthony Cleal, Russell O’Neill, and Taylor Waldron. Once the Heat points were totalled it was Michael Bell who sat on Pole position with Sylvian Vessier on P2 grid. The 2nd row included Kieran Quirke and Anthony Cleal. On Row 3 sat Russell O’Neill and Billy Thomas.
From the lights Mike Bell took an immediate lead followed closely by Vessier. Quirke, Cleal, and O’Neill. The initial ‘big’ movers were Taylor Waldron up into 13th from 15th, Serita Shone up to 6th from 10th and Rob Mortimore up to 12th from 16th position.
The front four raced for 4 laps locked together until on lap 5 Cleal outbraked Quirke for 3rd place. Behind, Taylor Waldron was on an absolute charge and now up to 7th place. Paul Alexander passed David Goode and Rob Mortimore to sit in 12th spot.
By lap 8 Cleal had reached the front, demoting Bell and Vessier to 2nd and 3rd. Russell O’Neill accounted for Quirke to take 4th place and by then Taylor Waldron was up to 6th position. Next lap and Vessier made his move on Bell in an effort to stay within touching distance of Cleal.
The racing continued without respite all down the order with a great number of individual battles going on. On lap 13 disaster happened for Vessier, having taken 1 kerb too many, he lost his exhaust, not to mention the bottom of his seat ! His retirement from the race moved the rest of the grid up one place. At the same time Taylor Waldron took advantage and passed Bell, followed through by Serita Shone. Further back, Chris Underhill passed Phil Shears and Billy Thomas for 8th place.
Into lap 14 and Bell’s woes continued as Russel O’Neill demoted him from the 4th spot only for Serita shone to repeat the move, as she moved up to pass him.
The race then settled down to the chequered flag with Anthony Cleal crossing the line first, followed by ‘driver of the day’ Taylor Waldron, who had started in 15th position. Even more remarkable is that he bought the engine on Saturday, bolted it on to his kart, ran it in, then raced it on Sunday, finishing 2nd with the fastest lap in the Final. A truly effective endorsement of the Formula BLUE regulations, which do NOT permit any tuning whatsover, where an engine straight out of the ‘BOX’ can not only finish 2nd but achieve the fastest lap in the right hands ! 3rd was was Russell O’Neill, with Serita Shone 4th and Mike Bell 5th.
In the overall standings , Cleal takes the early lead followed by Bell, Russell O’Neill, Quirke and Thomas.
Anthony Cleal also sets the target in the BLUE Master sub-class with Russell O’Neill in 2nd spot. Thomas takes up 3rd place ahead of David Waldron and Chris Underhill.
The BLUE Veteran group is headed by Cleal from David Waldron and Underhill. Alexander and Shears are equal 4th.
In the BLUE Legend section, it is Underhill who sets the pace, followed by David Goode, Robin Stoddart-Stones, Ron Shone and Kevin O’Neill.
The last of the sub-classes, BLUE Top Weight, sees Thomas in the lead from Mortimore, Shears Ron Shone and Mike Watts.
The next 2 Counties Club round takes place at Mansell Raceway on September 26th, giving everyone a breather and the time to concentrate on the BLUE CHALLENGE which is the ultimate competition for next years’ prestigious race numbers.
For more results and details visit the Results menu on www.planetkarting.uk website.
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The latest round of the Junior Blue, S.W. England, BLUE Challenge saw Rhys Read come out on top with the fastest lap of the day. He had to wait until the last session to accomplish it. The lead, after session 1 was held by Jamie Dart. This went to Rhys during session 2, Rhys then lowered the time again in the 3rd outing. He maintained the lead after session 4 although Rudie Hibbard was closing in on him. By the 5th outing, the front four were only separated by 0.32 of a second, with Rhys still in the lead hotly pursued by Jamie Dart. In the penultimate session, Rhys posted what was to be the fastest time of the day. Rudie Morten pulled out all the stops in the final outing to finish only 0.05 behind Rhys. Josh Hibbard equally turned it on in the last timed session to post his fastest time of the day, snatching 3rd place in the process.
The competition now moves on to Saturday 26th June at LYDD
for more details and results please CLICK HERE

RESULTS
1. Rhys Read
2. Rudie Morten
3. Josh Hibbard
4. Jamie Dart

With a start grid of opposite pole, plus a race win, Anthony Cleal wins the rearranged ( Covid) Matthew Percy Memorial Race. Second on the day was Mike Bell, with a combined score of 0 points for Pole and 4th place finish. Third overall was Russell O’Neill on 5 points ( 3 + 2 ). Serita Shone ( 6 + 3) 9 points and David Waldron ( 4 + 5 ) 9 points bring up the top five.

The 2021 ‘Percy’ race takes place at Clay Pigeon on 14th November. Drivers are reminded that all entrants for that race must have competed in at least one Two Counties Club round in 2021 prior to the race.
Top 12 results
1. Cleal
2. Bell
3. R. O’Neill
4. S. Shone
5. D. Waldron
6. Alexander
7. Goode
8. Shears
9. Mortimore
10. R. Shone
11. K. O’Neill
12. M. Watts

Russell O’Neill , making up for his terrible start to the year has finally made it into the lead of the Tabor Championships. His first overall win at Clay Pigeon on June 13th, moves him up to the front, followed by Serita Shone. Mike Bell slips down to 3rd place overall followed by Rob Mortimore, who is 5 points behind. 5th equals are Billy Thomas and Anthony Cleal, a mere 2 points behind him.
The next scoring round is at LYDD International Raceway in Kent, on 27th June.
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The Lydd race circuit have, unfortunately, just advised that practice on June 25th for Senior Classes will no-longer be available. Junior drivers, however, will have the option of practice on Friday from 4pm until 7 pm. Practice on Saturday 26th June will go-ahead as normal for all classes ( Junior and Senior) . Competitors travelling ahead of the meeting may gain access to paddock B
( beyond the clubhouse) from Thursday onwards in order to set up awnings etc. if required.

2 COUNTIES CLUB CHAMPIONS – Current
Formula BLUE – Russell O’Neill
BLUE Master – Russell O’Neill
BLUE Veteran – Paul Alexander
BLUE Legend – David Goode
BLUE Top Weight – Paul Dible
CADET Honda – Freddie Baker

Following the cancellation (Covid related) of Round 1 of the 2CKC 2021 Championship, the new opening round takes place at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on June 13th. The Club Championship involves 3 classes, 1 each in Cadet, Junior and Senior. Back in 1998 Andy Prior won the very first ever Formula Blue Championship. Since then there have been 18 different winners up to present times with Russell O’Neill being the current Champion. Last year’s top 4 have already entered namely, O’Neill, Bell, Alexander and Waldron. In the BLUE Master’s Group, the top 3 from 2020, O’Neill, Alexander and Waldron, are all ready to re-engage for this year. The 2020 Champion of the BLUE Veteran section, Alexander, is along with Waldron, the runner-up, ready to renew the competition in 2021. In the BLUE Legend group, the top 3 from last year namely Goode, K. O’Neill and R. Shone are all entered ready to either defend or wrest the title as appropriate. In the last of the BLUE sub-groups, Top Weight, only R. Shone, from last year’s top 3 is currently entered to compete for the annual trophies. There are, however several new competitors entered ready to take up the competition.
The Junior BLUE grid is currently forming and will enter the competition at the next round. The youngest class, Cadet Honda still awaits this years’ entrants to sign up.
For more details of the 2020 Championship CLICK HERE.
To enter the race, on June 13th CLICK HERE

2019  PRESENTATION EVENING AND DINNER.

2019 AWARD WINNERS –  PHOTO SLIDESHOW

Tabor Karting will be in attendance, with their mobile shop at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on the 11th , 12th & 13th June for the Club meeting, which includes the 2 Counties Club Championship round 2 and the Matthew Percy Memorial Race ( for Formula Blue 2020)
Competitors requiring Tyres/spares for all classes, for this event, please order and purchase your requirements in advance prior to 12 noon on Wednesday 9th June, for delivery/collection at the circuit on the race weekend.
Telephone 01305 774074
Thanks, See you there and in the meantime please stay safe !

Competitors are advised that entries are now open for the BLUE CHALLENGE ROUND 4, THE FORMULA BLUE ‘O’ PLATES, AND THE NKRA CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3, AT LYDD INTERNATIONAL RACE CIRCUIT.
Practice is available on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th June. The Sunday race for Junior and Formula Blue is entered for on the LYDD web link under Junior and Formula BLUE (The link for entries is also at the foot of this news brief). Friday Practice is booked at the circuit on the day, Saturday practice is entered for on the LYDD Web link. The entry list for Formula Blue will close at midnight, on Saturday 19th June. Late entries (up to grid maximum of 30) may be accepted, however, if accepted, they will be placed at the back of the grid for all heats.
Please check the LYDD website to verify if there are any specific Covid requirements that may relate to this race meeting.
TO ENTER PLEASE CLICK HERE