The weather was again an issue with sunshine and showers predicted. In the event, although cold, it was dry sunny weather all day.

98 Baron had dominated round 1 and were looking to repeat the experience for round 2. 13 Red Racing had shown great pace in the previous round but mechanical problems took them out of contention. 33 Q Racing were again threatening to turn their pace into podiums. 4 ALPHA are always a threat and were implementing some new ideas. 43 MS SoCo had found the cause of their loss of pace and were hoping to return to winning ways. In short, all the competitors were expecting this to be their day.

The Championship is as level a field as you could hope for with ; same fuel for everyone, min weight, same tyres from the same source purchased at the same time and distributed by lottery, GX200 Extreme engines adjusted to be within 0.2hp of each other, control engines for top 3 plus any others that attract interest. Scrutineering ( courtesy of Kelvin Nicholls and Roger Pitchford -engines) and spotters for Driving standards.

The Organisers must be doing something right as word is spreading and the grid was up to 39 karts for this event.

Qualifying

The first 19 karts were covered by 1 sec and p1 to p10 by 0.3 sec so we were expecting a close race. 

1^st 43 MS SoCo 46.94
2^nd 98 Baron Racing 47.04
3^rd 443 MS Lucas 47.06

The RACE

43 MS SoCo took their pole into the lead closely followed by 98 Baron Racing and 13 Red Racing . These 2 battled each other, swapping the lead and allowing 43 MS SoCo to move away and build up a lead. 33 Q Racing and 4 ALPHA also had their turns at the podium places as the fuel stops unfurled. 1 Titan Motorsports performed well until an altercation with another kart ended their challenge. The Kartforce Teams had had their karts stolen before the race and a media storm on facebook led to their return in time for the race. I wonder what the next task might be for the SAS ? Anyway they raced with their usual gusto and ended with the GX160 class win. The Teesside EKL teams also entered and performed well embarassing some “Extreme” teams along the way. 23 POT Racing and 44 MS JSR II also were joined together in the first session until the experience of 23 took them away.

The fuel stops caused some frantic activity as “designer” weights decided not to come off as easily as “designed” and time was lost which requires a lot of fast laps to make up.

43 MS SoCo won with a comfortable lead from 13 Red Racing and 98 Baron Racing. 33 Q Racing have still not managed a podium despite two 4^th place finishes.

Overall Clubman H1 Class

1^st 43 MS SoCo 10 Kartforce Alive to Drive 6 Teesside Tigers

2^nd 13 Red Racing 12 Kartforce No Passengers 29 Coseley

3^rd 98 Baron Racing 11 Kartforce Bulldog Balls 24 Teesside Lightning

4^th 33 Q Racing

5^th 4 ALPHA

EPEC Championship after 2 rounds

1^st 98 Baron Racing 118
2^nd 43 MS SoCo Select 110
3^rd 4 ALPHA 103

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