The quest for recognition in the Formula Blue and newly re-formed Junior Blue classes culminated in the NKRA Grade Finals held at the Clay Pigeon Raceway, on October 10th.
Anthony Cleal, with a perfect race performance, retained his No.1 Plate. Russell O’Neill has become the main Challenger after finishing 2nd in the Grande Finals and confirming the No. 2 Plate. Mike Bell with an equally impressive race in the Final of the the Grande Finals secures the No.3 Plate, from Ben Joseph who’s return to Karting has been nothing short of impressive. Paul Alexander moves up from No.6 to No.5 having steadily improved through the year.
In the Junior Blue Class, Sam Mitchell adds the No.1 Plate to his victories in the ‘0’ plate, Blue Challenge and Grande Finals. He has, without any doubt, set the bar for all the other Junior in the next year. Rhys Read had secured enough points during the Junior Blue Challenge to compensate for an indifferent Grade Final result and gain the No.2 Plate. Josh Hibbard, on the other hand, stepped up in the Grande Finals to gain the No.3 Plate. Jamie Dart and Mitch Carpenter won the No.4 and No.5 plates respectively.
The Number Plates will be awarded at the Presentation Evening on 27th November, but competitors will be able to use them exclusively, forthwith, from the next meeting until the conclusion of the 2022 Championship.
For more details – view the Formula Blue menu / Formula Blue positions ’21 – on the www.planetkarting.uk website or CLICK HERE

Anthony Cleal achieved a well-deserved win at the NKRA Grande Finals for Senior Formula Blue. The 2021 NKRA Championship culminated in the NKRA’s main event of the year which this year was held at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on the 10th October. With the exception of Serita shone, confined to bed with a mystery illness, and Billy Thomas, unable to attend, all of the front runners were entered including the best from Scotland ( Stuart Gray) and Wales (Ben Joseph) .
In order to establish a more representative grid for the front of the Final, 4 heats were employed. Racers had to not only ensure no racing mishaps but also, consider tyre management, especially those in the heavy groups.
The grid for the Final had Cleal on Pole with Dave Watts alongside. Behind these two sat Taylor Waldron and Rich Puddle with Gray and Sylvain Vessier taking up row 3.
From the lights, Cleal established his authority at the front. Behind, Waldron and Vessier became involved with each other on lap 2,  demoting Waldron and eliminating Vessier.
Puddle, having closed down Watts, made a move on lap 6 incurring contact. Watts recovered to finish 10th. Puddle set about chasing down Cleal achieving the fastest lap in the process, finishing 1.2. seconds behind.  Cleal used all of his race craft and experience to manage his carburation to ensure that he used his lead constructively. Behind these two a battle royale was taking place between Gray, Russell O’Neil, Joseph and Mike Bell, with the positions between them frequently changing. There was a  small gap to Paul Alexander whose main focus in the 21 lap Final was not to lose focus and concentration. Then came Phil Shears, Steve Groves and Nigel Vickery who raced lap after lap covered by the space of a blanket! Following this group was another race-long battle involving John Hartshorne, David Goode, and Kevin O’Neill.
At the chequered flag, it was a dominant win for Cleal from Puddle, who post-race was docked a lap having been adjudged responsible for the earlier contact with Watts. This promoted the next 11 racers. therefore, Russell O’Neill finished 2nd with Bell 3rd and Joseph 4th.  Alexander brought up the top 5.
Once the points were calculated Cleal was declared the 2021 Grande Final winner from Russell O’Neill, Watts, Bell, and Joseph.

In the Junior Blue Class,  Sam Mitchell secured pole from Rhys Read, with Josh Hibbard on position 3 and Rudie Winslow-Morton on 4. 
After the lights, the charge down to Billy’s for the lead saw Read emerge in front followed by Hibbard with Mitchell demoted to 3^rd.   By lap 3 Mitchell had re-established the lead.  This time it was Read who spun around.  The race then settled down with Mitchell gradually increasing his lead over Hibbard and Winslow-Morten.  These two spent the whole of the race nose to tail with each other.  Thus the positions remained until the flag.  The post-race points tally revealed Mitchell the NKRA Champion on 3 points with Hibbard 2nd  on 8 points.   3rd Overall was Read on 9 points.   

Competitors are reminded that the NKRA Championship Trophies will be presented at the end-of-year Awards Evening on 27^th November.

For more Results and update points, please view the Results Page on the www.planetkarting.uk website or CLICK HERE

Following on from the points scored at the Grande Finals raced at Clay Pigeon on 10th October, Russell O’Neill has all but secured the £ 500, 1st Place prize. His 24 point’s win moves him well clear of Serita Shone, his main challenger. Serita was confined ( unwell) in bed with a mystery virus, yet to be fully ascertained. This allowed Anth Cleal to move up into 2nd spot with an 18 points tally. David Goode and Mike Bell maintained their 4th and 5th place standing by scoring 16 points each. Ben Joseph, with 2 rounds to go is still within striking distance, only 10 points behind Mike Bell.
The next scoring round is 3 weeks away on October 31st at Mansell Raceway in Devon.
For more details and points scores please view the Results page on the www.planetkarting.uk website or CLICK HERE

TABOR KARTING will be in attendance, as usual, with their mobile shop at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on October the 8th, 9th & 10th, for the Club round which includes the NKRA Grande Finals.
Competitors requiring tyes/spares for all classes for this event, please order and purchase your requirements ( Tel. 01305 774074) in advance prior to 12 noon on Tuesday the 5th of October for delivery/collection at the circuit for this weekend.
N.B. Junior Blue and Formula Blue competitors are reminded that for their classes at this event, there is a compulsory slick tyre purchase, on the afternoon of Saturday 9th October.

Competitors are reminded that they now only have 4 days ( Junior & Senior Blue) or 11 entries ( in Senior Blue) , whichever comes the soonest
to enter the NKRA Grande Finals at Clay Pigeon, before the grids are closed.

Following a 3 month lay-off, the 2 Counties Club Championship programme got underway again, now with the inclusion of a Junior Blue grid, still in its infancy. Sam Mitchell won the Junior Blue class from pole, asserting his authority on the grid. second on the day was Rhys Read with Jamie Dart 3rd. The Championship table now has Mitchell in the lead followed by Read, with Dart and Josh Hibbard in equal 3rd position.
In the Formula Blue class Anthony Cleal continues with his winning ways, but not without absolute competition. Sylvan Vessier swapped the lead with him and finished a mere 0.25 seconds behind. Russell O’Neill made up the pressure group in 3rd place, a mere 0.27 seconds behind, but taking fastest lap in the process. In the Championship Cleal increases his lead by a few points from Russell O’Neill with Mike Bell in 3rd spot. the next 2 places are made up of Serita Shone and Vessier.
Cleal also won the Blue Master sub-grid from O’Neill. 3rd on the day was Paul Alexander. these 3 also, coincidentally, make up the top 3 in the Club Championship, followed by David Goode and Steve Groves.
The Blue Veteran section was also won by Cleal, though it was Alexander and Nigel Vickery who followed him home. In the Championship table, Cleal leads from Alexander, Goode, Groves and Kevin O’Neill.
In the last of the age category sub-classes, it was Goode who won from O’Neill with Ron Shone 3rd. In the overall standings, it is now Goode from O’Neill then Shone, Stoddart-Stones and Hartshorne.
Ron Shone turned the Top weight group around courtesy of his win from Rob Mortimore and Mark Cook. Shone now leads the table, from Mortimore, Billy Thomas, Cook and Shears.
The class now concentrates on the NKRA Grande Finals at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on October 10th before returning to Mansell for the penultimate Club round on October 31st.
For update results please CLICK HERE

Russell O’Neill forges on ( with a 20 points tally) to collecting the £ 500 1st prize. Serita shone with an 18 points total moves up to 2nd place, 1 point ahead of Anthony Cleal. David Goode stays in 4th place but Mike Bell displaces Ben Joseph for the last of the ‘money’ positions of £ 100 in 5th position.
The next scoring round is at the Grande Finals on October 10th at the Clay Pigeon Raceway.
for more results and info. please view the www.planetkarting.uk
Results page or PLEASE CLICK HERE

Tabor Karting will be in attendance, as usual, with their mobile shop at the Mansell Raceway on September 25th & 26th, for the Club round, which includes the Two Counties Club Champs round 3.
Competitors requiring Tyres/spares for all classes, for this event, please order and purchase your requirements in advance prior to 12 noon on Wednesday 22nd September, for delivery/collection at the circuit on the race weekend.
Telephone 01305 774074
Thanks, See you there and in the meantime take care and stay safe!

Competitors are advised, that entries are now open for the NKRA Grande Finals at Clay Pigeon, on October 10th. There will be practice for those who wish it, on Friday the 8th and Saturday the 9th of October. The Sunday race can be entered on the Clay Pigeon Club 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, October 2nd. There will be NO late entries.
To enter this event, please CLICK HERE

NKRA GRANDE FINALS  2021
                              
                 On  10^th  October 2021  –  at the Clay Pigeon Raceway

Additional (1) Supplementary Regulations for NKRA Grande Final Competitors in the Junior Blue and  Formula Blue Classes 

*To complement post-race scrutineering and to ensure compliance with the requirement for Marked Parts and Sequential numbering,  a Formula Blue specific additional Scrutineering Card will be issued,  where the sequentially numbered parts must be listed against the engine(s) in use.

The sequentially numbered parts are: 
CLUTCH DRUM;  CLUTCH; CYLINDER; PISTON; IGNITION (ROTOR & STATOR);  ECU.
This will be extra to the standard scrutineering procedure,  as per the host club,  and must be presented to the scrutineer before the start of the heats.( i.e. pre. Race) .  If during the meeting the information becomes incorrect (eg: one changes the clutch) the scrutineers must be informed.
( eg:  Go see the  scrutineer and change the details)

In the event of the scrutineer requiring sight of the sequential marking and numbering, it is the competitor’s responsibility to ensure that the markings are visible.  In the case of the Piston head (if a carbon-producing oil is used), the competitor will be allowed to scrape any carbon deposit off to reveal the official marking and numbering.

The cards will be available from TABOR prior to the race meeting.
* Covid 19 restrictions may apply to these regulations at the time of the event. 

Additional (2)  Supplementary Regulations for NKRA Grande Final  Competitors 

1. The following NKRA classes are accepted for the meeting – Junior Blue and  Formula Blue.
2. There will be  4 Heats and a Final.  Grid positions will be computer-generated, to produce equality in the heats. 
3. Entries for the meeting will open on the issue of these regulations and close 7 days prior to the event,  on Saturday 2nd of October
   ( midnight)  .   Late entries will not be accepted. 
4. Withdrawal after the closing date will result in the full entry fee being charged. Withdrawal before the closing date will result in a  £ 20 admin charge.   
5. NKRA trophies will be awarded, Regional and Grande Final, at the Trophy presentation event on 27th November.   Trophies on the day ( first over the line) as per Clay Pigeon Kart Club regulations.   
6. TYRES: as per MSA regulations (For Junior Blue and Formula Blue, for details – please view race class page on www. planetkarting.co.uk).    Tyres are limited to one dry set per meeting.  Wet tyres are unrestricted.  Junior Blue and  Formula Blue Tyres will be by compulsory controlled purchase and will be available for collection at the circuit on Saturday afternoon.    The exact time and area for collection to be notified at the event.  Tyres collected on Saturday must be returned to the area as designated on the day, in a secure named tyre bag,  and deposited between 5. 30 pm and 6.30 pm on Saturday evening.   Sunday – these tyres will be available for collection on Sunday morning between  8.00 am  – 8.30 am. 
7. Post-race scrutineering will take place, however, if deemed necessary by the scrutineer, the first  3 will be taken to the importers for a more detailed inspection by the eligibility scrutineer.  The driver, or an elected representative, will be able to be present.   In this event, all results, announced on the day,  are deemed provisional until all aspects of scrutineering are completed. 

*  Restrictions due to Covid 19  may apply to these regulations at the time of the event.  

13.09.2021