Club 2000, DOUBLE HEADER Round 6 & 7, 5-6th September 2020
We were blessed with some early September sun for our Double Header weekend, and what a weekend it was with 4 lap records (5 if you count the fact that Alfie Campbell smashed the Minimax record on the Saturday then shaved off even more time on the Sunday!
Congratulations to September’s Lap Record Breakers: Honda – Joshua Smith: 45.97; Junior Rotax – Emily Jackson: 40.48; Minimax – Alfie Campbell: 41.66; Senior Rotax – Ben Maxim: 39.58.
HONDA
Another fantastic outing for Joshua Smith (15) as well as smashing the Honda lap record, he took 1st place in every heat and both finals proving he is a force to be reckoned with! Hayden Gray (16) was hot on his heels all weekend, taking 2nd in nearly all heats and both finals; Jenson Mason (58) worked hard to snatch it from him in Heat 1 on the Saturday. The battle for 3rd place on the Saturday was generally fought between Jenson Mason (58) and Luke Bate (9), while on the Sunday, Luke’s feisty adversary was Ollie Clark-Ward (4).
Round 6: Jenson Mason (58) claimed the fastest Honda lap of the day with a 46.33 in Heat 3; Joshua Smith (15) achieved the fastest average speed of 57.10 mph in Qualifying.
Round 7: Joshua Smith (15) claimed the fastest Honda lap of the day and the Honda Lap Record with a 45.97. He also achieved the fastest average speed of 58.29 mph in Qualifying.
Round 6
1st Joshua Smith (15)
2nd Hayden Gray (16)
3rd Jenson Mason (58)
4th Luke Bate (9)
Round 7
1st Joshua Smith (15)
2nd Hayden Gray (16)
3rd Luke Bate (9)
4th Ollie Clark-Ward (4)
MINIMAX
Alfie Campbell (40) had a blinder of a weekend, not only achieving two lap records but taking 1st place in Heat 1 and the Final on the Saturday and then revving up to get a full set of 1sts on the Sunday. Most of the fighting for the other top positions was fought between Jenson Weston (34) and Elliot Reed-Hughes (95) but Matthew Copsey (97) was also spent some time in the leading pack.
Round 6: Alfie Campbell (40) claimed the fastest Minimax lap of the day and the Minimax lap record with a 41.91 in the Final. Jenson Weston (34) achieved the fastest average speed of 63.90 mph in Qualifying.
Round 7: Alfie Campbell (40) claimed the fastest Minimax lap of the day with a 41.66 in Heat 1, beating the lap record he set the day before. Jenson Weston (34) achieved the fastest average speed of 63.90 mph in Qualifying.
Round 6
1st Alfie Campbell (40)
2nd Elliot Reed-Hughes (95)
3rd Jenson Weston (34)
Round 7
1st Alfie Campbell (40)
2nd Elliot Reed-Hughes (95)
3rd Jenson Weston (34)
JUNIOR TKM
Thomas Warner (17) drove like a dynamo all weekend to collect a full set of 1sts, Elliot Norton (75) would have managed a full hand of 2nds but for Charlie Gaillard (74) who claimed that position for himself in Heat 3 on the Sunday. Luke Woodward (46), Jake Cox (26), and Charlie Gaillard (74) took it in turns to come home in 3rd on Saturday while Freya Woodall (16) made 3rd position all her own on the Sunday.
Round 6: Thomas Warner (17) claimed the fastest Junior TKM lap of the day with a 42.15. Novice Theo Jackson managed the fastest average speed of 63.37 in Practice.
Round 7: Elliot Norton (75) claimed the fastest Junior TKM lap of the day with a 41.84 in Heat 3. Thomas Warner (17) managed the fastest average speed of 63.97 in the Qualifying.
Round 6
1st Thomas Warner (17)
2nd Elliot Norton (75)
3rd Charlie Gaillard (74)
4th Oliver Gaillard (20)
5th Jake Cox (26)
Round 7
1st Thomas Warner (17)
2nd Elliot Norton (75)
3rd Freya Woodall (16)
4th Luke Woodward (46)
5th Jessica Fitch-Hall (22)
JUNIOR ROTAX
There was some pretty even racing in the Rotax class with competitors constantly shuffling position throughout the weekend resulting in: Emily Jackson (6) Four 1sts, three 2nds and one 3rd; Henry Beaumont (4) two 1sts and four 2nds; Bryn Evans (77) two x 1sts, six 3rds.
Round 6: Henry Beaumont (4) grabbed the fastest Junior Rotax lap in the Final with a 41.17 and Emily Jackson (6) achieved the fastest average speed of 64.31 mph in the Final.
Round 7: Emily Jackson (6) picked up the fastest Junior Rotax lap of the day and the Lap Record in the Final with a 40.48 and Henry Beaumont (4) achieved the fastest average speed of 65.50 mph in Qualifying.
Round 6
1st Bryn Evans (77)
2nd Henry Beaumont (4)
3rd Emily Jackson (6)
Round 7
1st Henry Beaumont (4)
2nd Emily Jackson (6)
3rd Bryn Evans (77)
JUNIOR PROKART
There was little movement in positions in the Prokarts this weekend making it seem like the drivers were following a script. The only change being in Heat 1 on Saturday when Charlie Gromett (6) dropped back into 4th place allowing James to pick up 2nd and giving William Bloom (56) a taste of 3rd.
Round 6: Charlie Gromett (6) took the fastest Prokart lap of the day with a 44.07 in Heat 2 and Jeremy Lock (72) achieved the fastest average speed of 60.14 mph in Qualifying.
Round 7: Charlie Gromett (6) took the fastest Prokart lap of the day with a 43.62 in Heat 3 and Jeremy Lock (72) achieved the fastest average speed of 61.25 mph in Qualifying.
Round 6
1st Jeremy Lock (72)
2nd Charlie Gromett (6)
3rd James Drabwell (5)
Round 7
1st Jeremy Lock (72)
2nd Charlie Gromett (6)
3rd James Drabwell (5)
SENIOR ROTAX
For the most part, three drivers hogged the top spots in this class. Ben Maxim (26) managed six 1sts, a 2nd and a 3rd and bagged himself a Lap Record. Alfie Lawrence (75) picked up two 1sts, four 2nds and two 3rds. 3rd Josh Twitchen (25) came home with three 2nds, four 3rds and a 4th. 3rd place in Heat 1 on the Saturday was snatched up by Arundel Hughes (24).
Round 6: Alfie Lawrence (75) claimed the fastest Senior Rotax lap of the day with a 39.95 in the Final; Ben Maxim (26) reached the top average speed of 66.43 mph in the Final.
Round 7: Ben Maxim (26) reached the top average speed of 66.99 mph in the Final, claiming the fastest Senior Rotax lap of the day (39.58) and beating the Lap Record which he himself set in August.
Round 6
1st Ben Maxim (26)
2nd Alfie Lawrence (75).
3rd Josh Twitchen (25).
4th Arundel Hughes (24)
Round 7
1st Ben Maxim (26)
2nd Alfie Lawrence (75)
3rd Josh Twitchen (25)
4th Arundel Hughes (24)
SENIOR ROTAX 177
Robert Peachey (00) spent much of the weekend at the front of the field and having taken three 1sts including the Final on the Saturday and 1sts in all the Sunday heats one might have expected a double header win for the double zero driver. Apparently Novice Jay Ford (99) had other ideas and having had to resign himself to 2nds all day on Sunday came through to clinch the top spot in the Final of Round 7. The rest of the positions over the weekend were fairly mixed with James Price (33) (one 1st, two 2nds, one 3rd), Robert Reeve (15) (two 3rds, Jamie Allen (34) (one 2nd), Phil Patience (46) (one 2nd, one 3rd), Justin Clarke (48) (two 3rd s) and Dan Jones (11) (one 3rd) all placing in top three.
Round 6: Simon Hilton (65) achieved the fastest Rotax 177 lap of the day with a 41.52 in Heat 3 and the top average speed 63.23 mph in Practice.
Round 7: Robert Peachey (00) achieved the fastest Rotax 177 lap of the day with a 41.10 in Heat 2; Novice Jay Ford achieved the top average speed of 63.70 mph in the Final.
Round 6
1st Robert Peachey (00)
2nd James Price (33)
3rd Robert Reeve (15)
4th Andy Dalton (12)
Round 7
1st Jay Ford (99)
2nd Robert Peachey (00)
3rd Justin Clarke (48)
SENIOR MOD 360 – Round 6 only
Tony Wetheridge (41) and Lee Mitchell (37) were consistent with top three positions all day leaving finishing their Club 2000 visit with (Tony) two 1sts, one 2nd and a 3rd (Lee) one 3rd and three 2nds. Ian Wells (173) started the day well with two wins in the heats but couldn’t maintain the pace dropping out of the top three in Heat 3 and then returning for a 3rd in the Final.
1st Tony Wetheridge (41)
2nd Lee Mitchell (37)
3rd Ian Wells (173)
4th Alan Barber (59)
Ian Wells (173) achieved the fastest Mod360 lap of the day with a 43.72 in Heat 2 and the top average speed 60.29 mph in Practice.
YOUNGSTARZ – Round 7 only
We welcomed Youngstarz to Club for the first time this weekend and the turnout was fantastic. Louis Robinson (5) and Scott Lawrence (7) did well to maintain top three positions all day with two 1sts, two 2nds, and one 1st, two 2nds and a 3rd respectively. Luke Power (3) was apparently not satisfied to stay in mid field where he’d spend most of the day and ‘power’ed through (Yes, I did just say that! It had to be done!) to take 1st in the Final.
1st Luke Power (3)
2nd Louis Robinson (5)
3rd Scott Lawrence (7)
4th Joneld Muhaj (11)
5th Alfie Wilkes (13)
6th Greisi Muhaj (10)
Scott Lawrence (7) achieved the fastest Youngstarz lap of the day with a 51.12 and the top average speed 51.69 mph in Heat 2.
