Tabor Karting will be in attendance at the Whilton Mill Race Circuit supporting the NKRA / FORMULA BLUE CHALLENGE ROUND 3. This event is hosted within the UK Kart Series. There will be practice on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st, with racing on Sunday 1st June. Please bring cash to pay for the practice sessions on Friday and or Saturday.
Drivers requiring tyres and / or spares for delivery/collection at this event, please order and purchase your requirements from TABOR in advance, prior to 12 noon on Wednesday 28th May (Tel 01305 774074)
Thanks and see you there!

An accident in the heats which resulted in a bent kart, sidelined Alex Fortune from the Final at Lydd.
Callum Jobson took full advantage forging into the overall lead from Joey Foster. A fine performance from Toby Tozer allowed him to move up from 6th to 3rd, a mere point ahead of Fortune, who in turn sits 2 points ahead of Mike Bell.
The third scoring round takes place at Whilton Mill on June 1st.

For more results and scores CLICK HERE, or go to the results menu on the www.planetkarting.uk website.

After a delay with the link to the on-line entry system, for the 3rd round of the NKRA Blue Series, at Whilton Mill on 1st June, we are pleased to let you know that you can now enter via the Alpha timing system. This round is incorporated within the UK kart Series Championship. You can enter on-line for this event, via the link here https://ukks.alphatiming.co.uk/register/events/15278
Formula BLUE entries close 7 days prior to the event on Saturday 31st May at midnight. Late entries may be accepted but will start on the back of grid for all heats.
Practice is available on SATURDAY, this is payable to the hosts UKKS at the circuit by CASH ONLY on the day. Friday practice is arranged with the Whilton Mill circuit.
We look forward to seeing you all again at this event.

With a pole position, from the heats, and a clear-cut Final win, David Watts regained the ‘0’ Plate, making amends for his ‘slip up’ last year.
More details and results follow soon ………………..

David Watts, in a clear Pole-to-flag result at Lydd International race circuit, in Kent, establishes himself as the early leader of the NKRA BLUE CHALLENGE. Second on the day was the current number one, Joey Foster, points wise, this puts him into 3rd place overall in the Series. Third on the day was Harry Smithson with 7 points, which puts him firmly into 2nd place in the Championship. Callum Jobson and Dean Smithers both have 8 championship points, but, because of a better drop option, Jobson sits in 4th place overall with Smithers in 5th.

In the BLUE Masters sub-class, Watts again holds the lead from Stuart Gray, Joey Foster and Alex Fortune.

Gray commands a dominant lead in the BLUE Veteran group. HIs zero score is backed up with a zero points drop option. In second place, Nigel Vickery shares his position with David Waldron but has a better drop score. Fourth and fifth are Ron Shone and John Hartshorne respectively

In the BLUE Top Weight section, Billy Thomas won the day but it is Dean Smithers who sits in the Championship lead, with Zero points from Thomas, second on 2 points. Alex Fortune, last year’s champion, rests in 3rd spot from Max Gunter who is one point behind.
Racers in the NKRA Championship now have a month to recover before the next round scheduled for June 1st at Whilton Mill.

For more details of Championship points, please go to the results menu on the www.planetkarting.uk website or CLICK HERE

Tabor Karting will be in attendance at the Lydd Race circuit supporting the NKRA / BLUE CHALLENGE ROUND 2 featuring the Junior & Formula BLUE ‘0’ plates. There will be practice on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd, with racing on Sunday 4th May.
Drivers requiring tyres and / or spares for delivery/collection at this event, please order and purchase your requirements in advance, prior to 12 noon on Wednesday 30th April (Tel 01305 774074)
Thanks and see you there!

With the 2025 Race season now fully underway, the opening round at Fulbeck threw up a few suprises.
Alex Fortune takes the lead with 13 points followed by Callum Jobson on 10 points. Behind these two, Russell O’Neill and Mike Bell come in with 8 points apiece chased by Leanne McShane on 7 points.
The next scoring round is at Lydd circuit on May 4th.
To view the results to date go to the Results menu on the www.planetkarting website
OR CLICK HERE.

Fulbeck, in Lincolnshire, over the Easter weekend was the venue for the opening round of the 2025 NKRA Regionals, which included the Formula BLUE Challenge. Several of the Veteran and Legend sections of the BLUE Challenge chose to use this Bank Holiday period to test on Friday, giving the ‘body’ a little time to recover from the physically demanding circuit, before the Sunday Races.
On race day, the 1st Heat was won by Harry Smithson ( after Rich Puddle endured a penalty for avoiding a pile-up in the first chicane). David Watts won Heat 2 and Rich Puddle won Heat 3.

The grid for the Final found Puddle sat firmly on Pole position, with 4 points. Harry Smithson was opposite on the front row with 10 points, 1 point ahead of Watts who, equally, was only 1 point ahead of Dean Smithers. The 3rd row was made up of Callum Jobson and Alex Fortune.
On to the Final itself, where Puddle failed to appear, his engine wouldn’t start and he didn’t avail himself of the external starter, not having realised that a broken starter wire was the problem. that moved the whole grid up one place!

One rolling lap was all that was required with a well-formed grid before the lights went green. The experienced Watts took full advantage of his newly aquired front row position to take the lead, one which try and as hard as he could drive, Smithson could not regain. Behind these two, Jobson forged past Smithers into 3rd place. Mike Bell had a meteoric start, going from 9th to 5th, with Nigel Vickery moving up to 10th from 13th.
Into lap two, the situation at the front settled down, though further back Vickery passed Stuart Gray only to be repassed half a lap later. By lap three the front four were racing as hard as they could without making much impression on the racer in front. In 11th place, Ron Shone tagged the rear of Vickery’s Kart , in the chicane, allowing Russell O’Neill and John Hartshorne through on the inside. On lap five, Gray moved up to 9th accounting for Leanne McShane. The race in the middle laps settled down with Watts edging little by little away from Smithson, however, Jobson was slowly closing Smithson down.
The next real action occurred on lap eleven, where Gray managed to pass Tozer. On lap thirteen Shone managed to out-brake Vickery and Hartshorne who were battling with each other, to snatch 12th spot. The last lap and the silencer bracket on the rear of Bell’s kart snapped, allowing Fortune through to take 5th and BillyThomas to claim 6th position. Bell did manage to hang on for 7th over the line. Behind McShane passed Toby Tozer. At the Chequered flag it was a clean win for David Watts from Harry Smithson, Callum Jobson, Dean Smithers and Alex Fortune. In the post-race timing verification, John Hartshorne moved up to 12th position ahead of Nigel Vickery and Ron Shone, who both incurred a front bumper time penalty. Once the start and finish points were added, David Watts takes the Series overall lead from Harry Smithson, Callum Jobson, Dean Smithers and Alex Fortune.

In the Master sub-class, Puddle again secured pole with Watts alongside. Smithers and Fortune held row two with McShane and Thomas on Row three. In the Final Watts won from Smithers with Fortune in 3rd. Thomas and Gray brought up the top five finishers. Overall Watts won with 2 points from Smithers on 5 points. Fortune claims 3rd place with Thomas and McShane taking 4th & 5th.

The Veteran sub-group had Gray, last year’s champion, taking a clean sweep of pole and win. Hartshorne takes 2nd overall by virtue of his higher Final placing. Vickery and Shone take 3rd and 4th, again by their Final result.

In the Legend section, Gray again was dominant with zero points on the day. Hartshorne and Shone share 2nd overall on 5 points.

In the last sub-class, Top Weight, it was Smithers who took full honours with a pole and win. Chasing him home Fortune sits on 4 points with Shone in 3rd on 6 points.

Competitors now have two weeks to re-organise, ensure their entries are in correctly and on time and all their gear cleaned and stowed, ready for the trip to the Lydd for round two of the Championship.
This will be the first scoring round along with the ‘0’ Plates in the various categories.
For the full list of results to date please view the NKRA Menu button / results – OR CLICK HERE

Tabor Karting will be in attendance at the Fulbeck Race Circuit supporting the NKRA / BLUE CHALLENGE ROUND 1 event on Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th April.
Drivers requiring tyres and / or spares for delivery/collection at the opening Round, please order and purchase your requirements in advance, prior to 12 noon on Wednesday 16th April (Tel 01305 774074)
Thanks and see you there!

Competitors are advised, that entries are now open for the NKRA CHAMPIONSHIP & BLUE CHALLENGE ROUND 2 (which includes the Junior & Formula Blue ‘0’ plates on Sunday May 4th, at the Lydd International Kart Circuit.
There will be practice for those who wish, on Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd May.
The Sunday race is entered for on the Lydd website. The link for entries is also at the foot of this newsbrief.
The entry list for NKRA Formula Blue & Junior Blue will close at Midnight on Saturday 26th April. Late entries may be accepted, however, they will be placed on the back of the grid for all heats.
Please check the Lydd website to view any specific circuit requirements / rules that may relate to this event.
To enter the event please go to the Lydd website, or please CLICK HERE