Continuing on from the previous round, Sam Mitchell dominated the Junior Blue final round at Forest Edge. Scoring 0 points with a lights to flag win he claimed the reinstated Junior Blue Challenge 1st place overall. Behind him, Rhys Read took 2nd overall with Jamie Dart taking 3rd place.
In the Formula Blue class, Anthony Cleal also took a minimum of points to win. His win, however, was not uncontested! Taylor Waldron, back from University, pushed him all the way, finishing a mere 0.62 seconds behind. 3rd place on the day was Russell O’Neill on 6 points, with Ben Joseph 4th on 8 points. 5th overall was Billy Thomas on 12 points.
The drive of the day had to go to Rich Puddle who, having run-in on Saturday had a series of issues during the heats, not least of which was starting at the bak, a consequence of a late entry. In the Final, he started 17th and then stormed through to finish 5th with an equal fastest lap of the Final! In the Championship standings, Cleal is the clear victor. Mike Bell having DNF’d in the Final, lost the 2nd Series place to Russell O’Neill, with Ben Joseph snatching 3rd. Serita Shone finished 5th overall.
In the Blue Master sub-class, it was Anthony Cleal again the victor from Russell O’Neill and Ben Joseph, with Billy Thomas in 4th and Paul Alexander in 5th. the Championship win goes to Cleal from O’Neill, Joseph, Alexander with rob Mortimore finishing in 5th place.
Cleal again takes the Blue Veteran group from Alexander and Mortimore. David Goode finishes 4th by 1 point, with David Waldon 7 points adrift.
Goode did, however, take the Legend section, having led it for most of the year. 2nd overall goes to Kevin O’Neill from Ron Shone.
Ben Joseph was in stunning form in the Blue Top Weight sub-class, winning both the Final plus the day with 0 points and the overall Championship on only 16 points, after 7 rounds. 2nd on the day was Billy Thomas, who secured 4th place in the Championship. Mortimore was 3rd on the day allowing him to become the Championship runner-up, from Ron Shone.

With the Blue Challenge completed, for this season, drivers have 5 weeks before the Grande Finals scheduled to be held at the Clay Pigeon Raceway on 10th October. Before then, however, is round 2 of the Two Counties Club Championships. this will take place on September 26th at Mansell Raceway.
For more details and results of the Formula Blue & Junior Blue Challenge PLEASE CLICK HERE
To enter for the next 2 Counties round at Mansell Raceway PLEASE CLICK HERE

Another clear win for Russell O’Neill. Scoring 22 points at Forest Edge on 5th September has allowed him to further extend his lead in the Tabor Championship. 2nd on the day was Serita Shone with 18 points, which in turn cements her 3rd place overall, behind Anthony Cleal who finished 3rd on the day. Returnee to the racing scene Taylor Waldron, scored a very creditable 16 points moving him up to equal 11th from 14th. Ben Joseph and David Goode took 4th and 5th with 14 points and 13 points respectively. Goode and Joseph, in the process, moved up to 4th and 5th in the Tabor in the Championship, demoting Mike Bell, who unfortunately had a DNF in the final.
Racing customers who had to organise around a back-to-back pair of race meetings, now have a 3-week gap before the net scoring round at Mansell on 10th October.
For more results and Championship standings PLEASE CLICK HERE
and for more details on the competition PLEASE CLICK HERE

Sam Mitchell won, in dominant style, the Junior Blue Challenge round 7 at Mansell Raceway, on August 29th, with a Pole to Flag 0 points win. Rhys Read with 4 points finished 2nd and Josh Hibbard was 3rd on 6 points. With one round to go Mitchell now has an 11 points lead over Read with Jamie Dart in 3rd place overall.
Anthony Cleal in formula Blue also won with 0 points. 2nd was Ben Joseph on 5 points with another Welsh competitor Billy Thomas in 3rd, scoring 7 points. Several of the top half of the competition were unable to race due to recovering from minor surgery (non-karting related !). Sadly for Syvain Vessier, he had tested positive for Coronavirus in the week before and was unable to compete, we all wish Sylvain a full and speedy recovery. Front runners David Watts, Sam Dible and Rich Puddle did not enter and as a consequence have slid down the overall positions in the Championship.
Going into the Final round, Cleal has an unassailable lead ( attendance and exclusion permitting). Mike Bell has moved up into 2nd place followed by Russell O’Neill, Joseph and Serita shone.
In the Blue Master sub-section, Cleal takes the win on the day with zero points, Joseph was 2nd with 5 points. Russell O’Neill and Thomas claim equal 3rd spot with 7 points. In the standing, it is Cleal from O’Neill, Joseph, David Goode and Rob Mortimore.
Cleal, again, takes a zero point win in the Blue Veteran sub-class. Kevin O’Neill takes 2nd place on 5 points with Paul Alexander and David Waldron sharing 3rd spot with 9 points. David Goode came in 5th, 1 point behind.
Overall, Cleal remains in the lead followed by Goode, Alexander, Mortimore and David Waldron.
Kevin O’Neill was in stunning form in the Blue Legend group with a clear pole-to-flag win. 2nd place went to Goode on 4 points followed by Ron Shone on 6 points and Mark cook on 8 points. In the overall standings, Goode holds the lead by 7 points from O’Neill. Shone stays in 3rd place, 13 points adrift.
In the Blue Top Weight sub-class, Joseph won with Zero points followed by Thomas on 4 points. Mortimore and Shone finished equal 3rd on 7 points. It is Joseph who sits in the overall lead in the championship with Mortimore in 2nd position. Ron Shone remains in 3rd with Thomas and Paul Dible making up the top 5.
The Blue Challenge now moves on to Forest Edge for the Final Round of the Championship, at the Forest Edge Circuit, on September 5th. Pressure is on with only a 7 day, back-to-back, turnaround timetable. An added bit of pressure is the knowledge that there is a 100 point non-droppable penalty for non-attendance at this last round of the Championship.
for points up-date and more details please view the results page on the www.planetkarting.uk website or CLICK HERE

Following the opening up of ticket availability, after the August 29^th drivers reserved date, ticket purchases have now soared to where there are now only 14 tickets left in total!
Drivers are reminded that,  as per the Championship regulations, winners must be present at the presentation ceremony to collect any awards won during 2021.
These will include:
NKRA numbers ( Junior and Formula Blue)
‘0’ Plates ( Junior and Formula Blue)
2 COUNTIES –  Championship ( Junior and Formula Blue ) and special awards ( all club members)
TABOR –  Championship ( all competitors)
S.W. England ( junior Blue)
If there are any competitors who have not yet ordered their tickets, please contact Julie Shone Tel. 01305 774074  with all haste, before it is too late.

See you at the next round

Serita Shone

Russell O’Neill, following his first place in the Tabor Championship at Mansell on August 29th, has increased his lead, to where he now has a 31 point buffer from Anthony Cleal. In 2nd place, Serita Shone remains in 3rd position with Mike Bell and David Goode bringing up the top 5 places.
The next scoring round is at Forest Edge on September 5th.
For more details and points up-date please CLICK HERE

Tabor Karting will be in attendance, as usual, with their mobile shop at the Forest Edge Circuit on September the 4th & 5th for the Final rounds of the NKRA and Blue Challenge Championships 2021,
Competitors requiring Tyres/Spares for all classes, for this event, please order and purchase your requirements in advance prior to 12 noon on Wednesday 1st. 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!

Tabor Karting will be in attendance, as usual, with their mobile shop at the Mansell Raceway on August 28th & 29th for the S.W. Championships which includes the Junior & Formula Blue Challenge Round 7.
Competitors requiring Tyres/spares for all classes, for this event, please order and purchase your requirements in advance prior to 12 noon on Wednesday 25th August, 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 JUNIOR & FORMULA BLUE CHALLENGE, FINAL ROUND 8 and NKRA FINAL ROUND 5 at the Forest Edge Race Circuit on September 5th.
There will be practice, for those who wish it, on Saturday, July 31st.
The Saturday practice and the Sunday race can be entered for on the Forest Edge website link. The link for entries is also at the foot of this news brief.
The entry list for Junior & Formula Blue will close at midnight, on Saturday 28th August. 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 especially as this ( last) round carries a 100 point non-attendance penalty, which CANNOT be dropped.
Please check the Forest Edge website for specific Covid requirements that may relate to this race meeting.
TO ENTER FOR THE EVENT – PLEASE CLICK HERE

In a close-fought final round of the Junior Blue S.W. Challenge, new boy Sam Mitchell took 1st place with the fastest time. 2nd was Jamie Dart with Rhys Read coming in 3rd. Rudie Morton finished 4th a mere 0.28 seconds behind. A little further back Josh Hibbard came in 5th. The last 2 battled it out until the last session when Mitch Carpenter snatched the 6th spot from Madi Staddon by 0.01 seconds. It could not have been closer!
In the overall standings, Read maintains his lead from Dart. Morten took the decider between himself and Hibbard to claim 3rd place in the Challenge.
The presentation of the trophies will take place at the NKRA presentation evening on November 27th.
For more info/update results, please CLICK HERE
or go to the results page on the www.planetkarting.uk website.

A clean pair of heels by Rhys Read gave him minimum points and the win in the Junior Blue sections of the Blue Challenge 2021. Mitch Carpenter suffered an exclusion for a carburettor rule infringement which dropped him down to 6th place overall. The Challenge lead stays with Sam Mitchell though Read has closed him down. Jamie Dart is promoted to 3rd overall.
Richard Puddle won the Formula Blue class but fell foul of a battery terminal issue at the post-race scrutineering and was duly excluded. Anth Cleal with an opposite pole start grid, together with a race win, won the day. Sam Dible with a pole and 2nd in the Final finished 2nd overall followed by Ben Joseph in 3rd. David Watts on 10 points came in 4th with Sylvain Vessier in 5th. Cleal now takes the Challenge lead by 1 point over David Watts. Mike Bell sits in 3rd place with Russell O’Neill and Ben Joseph bringing up the top 5.
Cleal with 0 + 0 points score takes the win the Master sub-class from Ben Joseph who scored 5 points. Billy Thomas finished 3rd overall on 7 points. 4th was Russell O’Neill who shared the points with Robin Stoddart-Stones. Cleal increases his Challenge lead over O’Neill. Joseph stays in 3rd but David Goode snatches 4th pace from Rob Mortimore by 1 point.
Cleal, again, takes the win in the Veteran Sub-class. This time the challenge came from Stoddart-Stones in 2nd. Phil Shears shared the points with Paul Dible but took 3rd place by virtue of a higher track position. Paul Alexander finished 5th. In the overall standings, Cleal maintains his lead with Goode in 2nd. Mortimore is in 3rd just 1 point ahead of Paul Alexander 4th and David Waldron 5th.
In the Blue Legend section, Stoddart-Stones takes the win following the withdrawal of Stuart Gray with a ‘lost ‘ chain guard. Goode comes in 2nd with John Hartshorne in 3rd. Goode remains in the overall lead from Kevin O’Neill, Ron Shone, Stoddart-Stones and Chris Underhill.
Ben Joseph was dominant in the Blue Top Weight group with a grid to flag win. Second was team-mate Billy Thomas, followed by Phil Shears and Paul Dible. It is Joseph in the overall lead, chased by Rob Mortimore and Ron Shone, Thomas overtakes Paul Dible for 4th spot.

Competitors now have a full 4 weeks before the penultimate round at Mansell on August 29th.

For more details and results please CLICK HERE,
or view the Results page on the www.planetkarting.uk website