Following a fraught year in which Coronavirus cancelled the opening round, the 2 Counties Club managed to complete their fixture list at Clay Pigeon Raceway on November 14th.
New boy, Sam Mitchell, continued in his winning ways by taking the Junior Blue class, from Pole position, along with the Junior Matthew Percy Memorial Trophy. Behind, Rhys Read and Josh Hibbard had a real ding dong of a Final with them changing positions frequently. In the end, it was Read who closed down 2nd place at the chequered flag. In the 2 Counties Club Championship, it is Mitchell who claims the title from Read, with Josh Hibbard in 3rd overall. Ultra ‘new-boy’ Jamie Bradfield gave advance notice for next year, by finishing 4th and posting the 2nd fastest lap.
In the senior Blue class, Anth Cleal won the Final and thereby retained the original Matt Percy trophy. David Watts was the main challenger throughout the day, ahead of Sylvain Vessier and Martin Wheeler, both of whom had transferred from Rotax Max during the year. Mike Bell, with a grid start of 3rd and a final finish of 5th ended up 3rd overall on the day. In the Club Championship, Cleal reinforced his lead going into the last round and emerged as the Champion. A bad day, by his own standards, meant that Russell O’Neill slipped from 2nd to 4th in the Championship, being passed by Bell and Vessier. A solid performance from Keiron Quirke allowed him to finish 5th overall.
Cleal also dominated in the Blue Master group with 0 points, followed by Billy Thomas on 5 points and Steven Groves on 8 points. In the Championship Cleal wins the year, from O’Neill and Paul Alexander.
The Blue Veteran sub-section was again won by Cleal, though it was Groves who finished 2nd in this group, followed by Paul Alexander. In the Championship, Cleal takes the title from Alexander and David Goode.
The Blue Legend sub-class was won by Goode from Stuard Gray. It is Goode who also wins the Championship, with Ron Shone and Robin Stoddart- Stones 2nd and 3rd separated by only 1 point.
Billy Thomas won the Blue Top Weight section, with a lights to flag win, from Ron Shone and Phil Shears. The absence of Rob Mortimore handed the Club Championship to Shone, with Shears scraping in to take the runner-up spot.
With the actual racing season now over, the last event of the year is the Presentation Dinner and Dance, on Saturday 27th of November. The formal dress code evening is a sell-out with no tickets left, it will no doubt be one to remember!
For more results and details please go to the results page on the www.planetkarting.uk website or please CLICK HERE

TABOR KARTING has advised that their engine department will be closed from Dec 1st until January 17th.  Drivers requiring engine re-builds will need to present their engines prior to 27th November, in order to ensure that the work can be undertaken prior to the Christmas & New Year closure.  The parts department will remain open to send out spares parts, etc. until  17th December, they will also re-open on 17th January. 
Drivers may choose to hand their engines to TABOR at the Clay Pigeon Race meeting, following the conclusion of the Matthew Percy Race, which will be the last race of the season.

To view results, points and positions in the TABOR Championship
PLEASE CLICK HERE

Tabor Karting will be in attendance, with their mobile shop at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on the 12th, 13th & 14th of November for the Club meeting, which includes the 2 Counties Club Championship final round and the Matthew Percy Memorial Trophy Race 2021, for Junior & 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 10th November, for delivery/collection at the circuit on the race weekend.
Telephone 01305 774074
Thanks, See you there and in the meantime please stay safe !

The following driver has yet to return his Annual Trophy –
FORMULA BLUE – Top Weight – Ben Joseph

Trophy to be returned please within the next 10 days, to either Ron Shone or TABOR or at the Clay Pigeon Race Meeting on November 13th / 14th. Thank you.

Taking full advantage of the absolute chaos at the start of the Formula Blue Final at Mansell in October, Sylvian Vessier scores the win that he has strived all year to secure. After 11 laps of intense pressure from Russell O’Neill and Anth Cleal, Vessier took the flag and his first win. The smile, when he took his helmet off, was from ear to ear and deservedly so !
Michael Bell brought home Kieran Quirke, for 4th and 5th with Phil Shears leading Rob Mortimire and Paul Alexander over the line. The returning Martin Wheeler put up a good show, gaining Pole for the Final but suffered a mechanical failure during the race. With one round to go in the Two Counties Championship ( at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on November 14fth) Cleal leads O’Neill in the overall points with Vessier moving up into 3rd place. Bell sits in the 4th spot ahead of Kieron Quirke in 5th.
In the Blue Master group, Cleal and O’Neill share 1st place with Shears in 3rd. It is Cleal, however, who leads the Championship from O’Neill, Paul Alexander, David Good and Rob Mortimore.
Cleal took a clear win in the Blue Veteran sections with Shears 2nd with Goode and Mortimore equal 3rd. The overall lead is still held by Cleal from Alexander, Goode, Mortimore and Steven Groves.
In the Blue Legend sub-class, Goode was well clear with a clean sweep of grid plus finish. He emphatically dismissed the challenges of Ron Shone, Robin Stoddart-Stones and Kevin O’Neill. As a consequence he extends his lead over Shone who sits in 2nd overall a mere 1 point ahead of Stoddart- Stones, who in turn is 1 point ahead of O’Neill. All to play for in the final round to come.
It was Shears, in the Blue Top Weight category, who kept a rejuvenated Mortimore from stealing the show. The point table going into the last round shows Shone and Mortimore equal on points and Shears moving up into 3rd place.
In the newly contested Junior Blue Class, Sam Mitchell took the chequered flag but finished equal 1st with Rhys Read in the day’s overall scoring. Jamie Dart finished 3rd ahead of Madi Staddon. In the championship itself,
Mitchell sits in the lead by only 4 points from Read, with Dart, Hibbard and Carpenter making up the top 5.
The Two Counites Club Championship moves on to Clay Pigeon on the weekend of November 13th / 14th for the Final round which in itself will be quite an achievement considering how the season started with all the Covid restrictions.
For more details and update points for the 2CKC Club Championship, please view the Results page on the www.planetkarting.uk website or CLICK HERE

Tabor, will have a Junior Blue Kart available at Clay Pigeon Raceway on Saturday 6th November, for a free ( taster) test drive (weather permitting).
For Honda Cadet drivers already practicing on the day, there is no charge. However, there will be a £5 / £ 10 insurance charge per new driver, payable to the race circuit prior to track use. The free tests will comprise of up to 10 laps on the day, between 9.30 and 2.0 pm, time overlap possible.
It is envisaged that there could be an enthusiastic uptake on this offer. Therefore, as available track time will be allocated please make contact in advance to confirm and to secure a track time slot. RING TABOR ON 01305 774074.
Please note that anti-Coronavirus procedures will still be in place. Whereas alcohol-based anti-bacterial hand sanitizers will be freely available
(provided by TABOR), all persons and participants will be required to wear a face mask and adhere to the social distancing rules as per the Government’s roadmap at that time. THANK YOU

Following verification of the Grande Final results, TABOR report on their successes, for more info and report go to the TABOR KARTING SPECIALISTS page on the www.planetkarting.uk website or
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PAGE.

Tabor Karting will be in attendance, as usual, with their mobile shop at the Mansell Raceway on October 30th & 31st of October. for the Club round, which includes the Two Counties Club Champs penultimate round.
Competitors requiring Tyres/spares for all classes, for this event, please order and purchase your requirements in advance prior to 12 noon on Wednesday 27th October, 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!

It is time to return your annual trophies.  Drivers may find it easier to return their trophies to  J. Shone / TABOR  karting,  at the MANSELL RACE CIRCUIT on the weekend of October 30th & 31st. Trophies to be returned as listed below.   THANK YOU
BLUE MASTERS – 2nd- Russell O’Neill; 3rd – David Waldron;
BLUE VETERANS – 2nd- David Waldron; 3rd – Paul Alexander;
BLUE LEGENDS – 3rd- David Goode;
BLUE TOP WEIGHT- 2nd Ben Joseph