EMERGING STARS
Three Rounds, Eight winners
Kristian Lindbom leads Daimon Shelton during Round Three (Pic: Coopers)
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New and old faces chase the titles AS the 2014 CIK Stars of Karting Championship presented by Castrol EDGE passes the half way mark, the battle for the Championship titles is hotter than ever. While Joey Hanssen’s consistency has ensured that he is in a commanding position to claim backto-back KZ2 Championships, the points standings in both the KF2 and KF3 ranks are tighter than. KZ2 It may have taken reigning champion Joey Hanssen three rounds to find his way to the top step of the podium for a round, it is his consistency during the qualifying heats and opening finals that has led him to being almost untouchable at the top of the standings. In his first drive aboard a Maranello chassis, Kyle Ensbey stole the spotlight when a Championship round was decided under lights in Ipswich for the first time in March. Hanssen had won all three of his heat races and then stormed away in the first final to take the win over 15-time Australian Champion, David Sera. Off the start of Final two, however, it was mayhem during the opening few laps Ensbey emerging at turn two in the lead having started fourth. Hanssen was the big loser being shuffled back to fourth. The action that ensued
guaranteed this was one of the most memorable KZ2 finals of all time. Ensbey skipped away at the front to the tune of a two second lead, while the swapping and changing behind Joey Hanssen currently leads the KZ2 standings (Pic: Coopers) continued. come home in fourth to secure the “I joined a new team for this year championship lead ahead of Sera. and you can’t ask for a better start During Round Two at Bolivar to our Championship,” said Ensbey, Raceway in South Australia, a who competed aboard an Italianrivalry of epic proportions began made Maranello chassis. to brew with Hanssen and Sera “In the final I knew that if I was aiming to make their mark on the going to have a chance at winning I championship. had to make the moves early in the The pair battled with intensity race. When I got to the front I had throughout the weekend before a look behind and realised the guys coming together in the early laps behind me must have been battling of the opening, which was won by hard as I already had a handy Sera ahead of Treseder. buffer. When the pair came together “I pushed hard for the first half of exiting turn three on the opening lap the race and then towards the end I of the second final it infuriated Sera knew that I still had a good gap and after he was left to watch on from was able to conserve a bit and hold the sidelines as Hanssen dominated on for the win.” proceedings. Sera battled with Gold Coaster The Dutchman crossed the line Chris Hays, ultimately, that battled first, however, his joy was shortlived ended with Hays taking second after officials handed him a tenplace and charging to within 0.9s of second penalty for the contact with Ensbey at the end of the race. Hays Sera on the opening lap. finished third, with Hanssen holding Hanssen’s penalty handed Jason off a charging Kel Treseder to Faint a career-first round win and
The KZ2 field lined up on the grid under lights in Ipswich (Pic: Af Images/Budd)
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the South Australian Championship, however, such was Hanssen’s dominance of the race the time penalty only dropped him to second place. After struggling for speed across the majority of the weekend, Hays rounded out the podium. Hanssen won Round Three in Puckapunyal, Victoria – but not before an epic battle in the KZ2 class. The win ahead of his two arch rivals, Hays and Sera, was one of the most physical and intense of his career. After extending his Championship lead in the heat races, he won both finals to win his fourth round from eight starts in Australia’s elite championship. In the first, Chris Hays leading Joey Hanssen in the KZ2 final at Round Three (Pic: Coopers) he got to the front on lap one and then was finals day. never headed. Starting from pole position in the opening final, Tynan The second final was never going to be so easy greeted the chequered flag two-seconds clear of with Sera starting on his outside on the front row and Shamick Racing’s Leigh Nicolaou to claim pole position nemesis from last year, Hays from position three. After being headed by both Sera and Hays during the for the main event. He then took another lights to flag victory in the second 34-lap encounter to become the opening segment, Hanssen then marched forward and first South Australian driver to win at the highest level stalked Hays, eventually getting past late in the race to of Australian karting since 2009. He is also only the take one of his most memorable victories. fifth South Australian driver to have won a round of the He now holds a handsome 96 point buffer at the top championship in its 21-year history. of the standings with two rounds remaining. “Like every racer, I want to win every time I race but I was very realistic about this weekend having not even KF2 driven a KF2 kart before,” said Tynan. Just as it finished in 2013, the battle for the James “To come away with the win is just unreal. Courtney Perpetual trophy in the KF2 class began in “After qualifying I set my sights of finishing inside the intense fashion. top five and then when I won the opening heat, my goal In his Championship debut, former Ipswich Kart Club for the weekend moved towards making the podium. Champion Scott Sorensen was the Freem Fastest “It was simply an unreal weekend, to be able to race qualifier and winner all three heats at the opening round in front of my family and friends against the best drivers in Ipswich. In the first final, the Harrington Doyle Racing from around Australia and then to win as well was just Arrow Karts driver had an intense with Bundaberg unbelievable.” driver Troy Loeskow, who ended up sneaking home in While he may live only 15 minutes from the Bolivar front to win three Stars of Karting finals in succession. Raceway, he has only competed at the venue on a In the second final though, the Harrington Doyle handful of occasions over the past few years. Racing squad wouldn’t be denied, firing Sorensen home to win by over five seconds from Loeskow and the super impressive Nathan Tigani who staged a dramatic forward surge from deep in the grid during the first 10 laps of the final to finish third in his Scuderia PCR Australia entry. After receiving a last minute call up to join the Energy Corse Australia team for the second round of 2014, local driver Josh Tynan upstaged his more fancied rivals to win on debut at the Bolivar Raceway in South Australia. After stunning his opposition with a heat race win and two third placings, the Next Level Media/Quick Shade-backed Energy The Harrington Doyle Racing Arrow Karts pair of Jarryd Ebzery and Scott Sorensen (Pic: AF) Corse Australia driver was dominant on
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Josh Tynan celebrating his Round Two win in KF2 (Pic: Coopers)
The KZ2 podium at Round Three (Pic: Coopers) Zane Morse enjoying his Round Three win (Pic: Coopers)
Jason Faint won KZ2 at Round Two (Pic: Coopers)
The KF3 field in action at Round One (Pic: AF Images/Budd)
2014 CASTROL EDGE CIK STARS OF KARTING CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS AFTER ROUND THREE OF FIVE KZ2 1. Joey HANSSEN 2. Chris HAYS 3. David SERA 4. Kel TRESEDER 5. Jordan FORD 6. Kyle ENSBEY 7. Jason FAINT 8. Matthew WALL 9. Darren BURKE 10. Adam HUGHES 11. John GROTHER 12. Daniel CURREY 13. Brock PLUMB 14. Jason PRINGLE 15. Sam HOUSTON
350 256 253 250 245 235 225 221 187 181 153 112 103 96 87
KF2 1. Troy LOESKOW 2. Nathan TIGANI 3. Matthew WATERS 4. Scott SORENSEN 5. Jarryd EBZERY 6. Joshua SMITH 7. Leigh NICOLAOU 8. Adam WILLISON 9. Harry HAYEK 10. Ben EDWARDS 11. Joshua TYNAN 12. Aaron BORG 13. William HAWKES 14. Daniel EDMONDS 15. Zac SOUTAR
305 286 284 271 270 250 247 241 217 193 189 187 136 111 74
KF3 1. Jayden OJEDA 2. Bryce FULLWOOD 3. Chris SANDRONE 4. Zane MORSE 5. Andrew KAHL 6. Aaron CAMERON 7. Joshua ROGERS 8. Zane GODDARD 9. Drew RIDGE 10. Joshua DENTON 11. Jake KOSTECKI =11. Thomas STEELE 13. Joshua FIFE 14. Matthew FOYLE 15. Jordan MCGREGOR
297 290 258 236 219 218 211 208 205 200 175 175 154 123 102
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“It’s my home track but I‘ve only raced there once or twice in the past few years, and realistically only raced a handful of major events over the last 12 months,” said Tynan. “With this win, I’m hoping to be able to put some deals together to make the most of the opportunity I’ve got with the Energy Corse Australia and build on this weekend’s great result.” By virtue of a hard charging effort across the weekend Troy Loeskow moved into the championship lead. The Bundaberg driver failed to post a time in qualifying after failing to fit his transponder, he would eventually claw his way into third spot behind reigning champion Matthew Waters in the final. At Round Three in Puckapunyal, Victoria Loeskow extended his Championship lead in dramatic circumstances after what had otherwise been a difficult weekend by taking victory in the second final. He shared the final wins with Kosmic Racing Australia’s Joshua Smith, who backed up his final one win with third in the second 25-lap encounter. Nathan Tigani, who was the form man during the qualifying heats, brought his Scuderia PCR Australia machine home second in the second final. Others to impress included Zac Soutar and Leigh Nicoloau, however Nicoloau suffered two technical issues in pursuit of the lead and didn’t finish either final. KF3 Sydney-sider Jayden Ojeda came into the 2014 CIK Stars of Karting Championship as a relative unknown in the KF3 Junior division, however left the opening round in Ipswich having shown a level of dominance that has not been seen for some years in the elite junior division of Australian karting. He topped every session from qualifying onwards and put the exclamation mark on the weekend by winning
the final by more than six seconds. He beat home a fellow debutante in Zane Goddard and Exprit teammate Christopher Sandrone. It looked like a podium full of debutantes until late in the race when Aaron Cameron’s kart expired. During Round Two Canberra driver Zane Morse fended off numerous challenges from the likes of final one winner Bryce Fullwood, Arrow Karts driver Aaron Cameron and Tony Kart pilot Andrew Kahl. The quartet enjoyed an intense battle at the front of the field before Morse took over the front running for the final time with ten laps remaining. Morse’s win is the second by a championship rookie in as many rounds while Fullwood’s win in the opening final, and runner-up in the second, was enough for him to take over the lead in the championship standings. At the third round of the Championship in Puckapunyal, Victoria the title race really heated up after a pair of immensely exciting finals. The Juniors are turning it on this season and the Exprit pair of Christopher Sandrone and Jayden Ojeda were once again at the point of it. Sandrone led an Exprit quinella in the first final with Morse third. In the second final, Sandrone spun early in the race through the notorious Puckapunyal ‘bus stop’ chicane. This opened the race up to Ojeda and round two winner, Morse. Morse – from the national capital – has taken huge strides forward over recent rounds, particularly since his win at Bolivar and has the potential to bring himself into Championship contention. He took the final two victory over Ojeda and Fullwood was third. Another Canberra racer, Joshua Fife had his best CIK Stars of Karting performance by finishing fourth in the opening 25-lap stanza, but was a victim of a small technical failure which cost him a finish in the second.
The KF3 field in action at Round One (Pic: AF)
Zane Morse (Pic: Coopers)
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KF3 Championship leader Jayden Ojeda (Pic: Coopers)
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Tight racing in KF3 during Round Three (Pic: Coopers)
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Getting set for action at Bolivar Raceway (Pic: Coopers)
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TAG 125 Heavy getting set for a start (Pic: Coopers)
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Bryce Fullwood (Pic: Coopers)
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Joshua Smith celebrating his win at Round Two in Rookies (Pic: Coopers)
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David Sera (Pic: Coopers)
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KZ2 all lined up at Bolivar Raceway (Pic: Coopers)
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Jaxon Evans (Pic: AF Images/Budd)
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Adam Mercer and Troy Morrisey (Pic: Coopers)
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Troy Loeskow leading the KF2 pack (Pic: AF Images/Budd)
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Reigning KF2 Champion Matthew Waters (Pic: Coopers)
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Jack Doohan leading the Rookies field (Pic: Coopers)
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Kel Treseder (Pic: AF Images/Budd)
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Joey Hanssen leading David Sera (Pic: Coopers)
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Scott Sorensen (Pic: Coopers)
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TAG 125 AND ROOKIES SERIES STANDINGS AFTER ROUND THREE OF FIVE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 =13 15 16 17 18 19 20
TAG 125 Light
Daniel ROCHFORD Kris WALTON Troy MORRISSEY Adam MERCER Luke BERGENS Jayden SHARRAD David WHITMORE Jason BURNS Glenn RIDDELL Jonathon MANGOS Nicholas DALTON Holly PATRIZI Blaine DENSLEY Chris BURLEY Adam LINDSTROM Jack RICHARDSON Daniel WALLIS Luke BALDRY Rohan KINENS Lydon DODGE
131 106 56 52 51 45 38 36 31 30 27 26 25 25 24 21 20 19 18 17
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 =8 10 11 12 13 14 =14 =14 17 18 19 =19
TAG 125 Heavy
Brendan NELSON Clem O’MARA Paul RODGERS Aaron HINDLE Rick PRINGLE Gaven WHITMORE Luke MAY Klinton HANCEY Paul PITTAM Jarad NEINERT Corey MCCULLAGH Scott HOWARD Leigh COCKER Daniel CREED Jason PRICE Russel PROVAN Hayden DODMAN Tony GAGLIARDI Nickolas ROSS Craig STAUNER
150 81 72 66 64 53 51 36 36 34 32 31 28 25 25 25 22 21 18 18
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 =10 12 13 14 15 16 17 =17 =17 20
Rookies
Jack DOOHAN Joshua SMITH Tyler O’LEARY Jordyn SINNI Jake SAWYER L. LICHTENBERGER Joel JAMIESON Courtney PRINCE Broc FEENEY Benjamin ATKINSON Brodie WHITMORE Benito MONTALBANO Jack HUTCHINS Raith SHEERANS Nikki WATSON Thomas SMITH Nathan WILLIAMS Nathan HERNE Cooper HAY Callum BISHOP
133 126 101 94 60 45 40 36 34 32 32 29 28 22 18 17 16 16 16 14
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BJ Takinson with his father Ben (Pic: Coopers)
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Nathan Tigani leading the KF2 field during Round Three (Pic: Coopers)
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Daimon Shelton leads Energy Corse Australia stablemates Kristian Lindbom and Michael Saller (Pic: Coopers)
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Jack Doohan claiming a narrow victory in Round One at Ipswich (Pic: AF Images/Budd)
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