The run up to the second round of the season saw a real sense of excitement and prep as teams posted their activity on the RHPK Facebook group

This month saw a very healthy 26 kart grid. Neptune Racing who missed Round 1 were back and for the rest of the season. 2015 RHPK Championship Winners, Team Alpha were due to come back, but a sickness bug meant that they will return in May.

Practice 1 was wet, all teams were on wets trying to get a setup. Practice two started off damp in places as the track started to dry.

This month Polish Sausages returned by popular demand, this time sponsored by 7Kart.

Phil & Greg from Polish Lambo bought 120 Sausages to feed all teams during the 1 hour break. Fantastic work guys, a real asset to the series on and off the track.

We can confirm the Exclusive RHPK Sausage fest will be back in Mays televised round!

 

 

 

This month the driver line up in Team Karting Magazine sponsored by Biz Karts looked mighty strong. Lee Henderson, Piers Prior & Joe Scorey were ready to improve on their debut race last month.

Piers & Biz Karts were down at the track on Thursday testing.

 

Race

 

As the green flag dropped, 26 karts entered into Stadium, in some cases four wide. Helicopter Services lead the pack however Piers Prior, Karting Magazine manages to find some space under Ben, Helicopter Services and takes the lead.

JAKL Racing becomes sandwiched between two karts and is dramatically launched on two wheels which then hits Andy from Avatar Racing who is pushed into the tyres.

Andy took some impact and initially struggled to get out of the kart – the race is promptly red flagged.
We can confirm Andy is well, a little bruised and possibly has cracked some ribs. We hope he has a speedy recovery. We will keep you updated on his progress.

Amazingly Avatar are on the grid for the race re-start, this time Stewart Callis from the team starts from the back of the grid. As the Karts come down the grid for the restart Team Karting Magazine in their second race with RHPK is in front, ABA Racing is down the inside of Custom Rods. Right behind ABA is Team JAM who have found some real pace this month to be well in the mix!

ITS Racing 2 & Burton Power Racing are leading Clubman. ITS Racing 1 manages to take a number of places on the restart ahead of Team Wraith.

As the race settles down, a number of teams fall victim to Reliability. ABA Racing has a seat bolt shear off in the final stint & Team Karting Magazine lost a weight post, meaning that they incurred a 10 lap penalty.

As the checkered flag dropped Helicopter Services make it a double and take the win and the fastest lap. Season Sponsor, ITS Racing 1 who finished a well deserved third last race take an incredible 2nd place. Custom Rods who suffered a bent stub axle for the last hour limp home to finish third despite a fast closing Team Wraith.

In Clubman Amigos who finished 3rd spot last month take a well deserved win over last round winners NMA Racing in second. JAKL Racing round up the top three. A notable mention, in their second race of RHPK and as a Owner Driver Pro Karting Team, Team Lambo finished 4th in Class! Well done guys!

Team Karting Magazine finished 18th after their 10 lap penalty.

A real shame for the guys who worked hard on the kart during the morning to qualify 3rd on the grid, then to go on to be challenging Helicopter Services for the lead.

 

 

 

 

 

This month 7Kart provided the sausages for the grid. A big thanks to Rob from 7Kart and Greg & Phil from Polish Lambo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Round 2 - April 2016 Qualifying

Position	Kart	Team	Laps	Behind	Laptime
1	6	Helicopter Services (SP)	34		42.058
2	2	Custom Rods (SP)	30	0.041	42.099
3	17	Karting Magazine (SP)	39	0.146	42.204
4	9	ITS Racing 1 (SP)	38	0.333	42.391
5	10	ABA Racing (SP)	35	0.426	42.484
6	46	ITS Racing 2 (C)	38	0.499	42.557
7	12	Team JAM (SP)	41	0.506	42.564
8	16	Team Eyrie (SP)	33	0.575	42.633
9	32	Amigos (C)	28	0.637	42.695
10	4	JRH Racing (SP)	33	0.639	42.697
11	18	Team Wraith (SP)	36	0.676	42.734
12	34	Team CET (C)	27	0.727	42.785
13	7	Focus Racing (SP)	27	0.745	42.803
14	43	Avatar Racing (C)	28	0.798	42.856
15	5	Lambo Racing (SP)	28	0.802	42.86
16	33	JAKL Racing (C)	37	0.825	42.883
17	49	Burton Power Racing (C)	21	0.832	42.89
18	35	Silverline Racing (C)	36	1.05	43.108
19	31	KA Racing (C)	33	1.156	43.214
20	37	NMA Racing (C)	21	1.188	43.246
21	51	Polish Lambo (C)	40	1.251	43.309
22	38	Neptune Motorsport (C)	35	1.555	43.613
23	40	Pelam Racing (C)	30	1.616	43.674
24	47	HRS Racing (C)	12	2.256	44.314
25	45	Artifex Racing (C)	34	2.489	44.547
26	48	ZJ Racing (C)	21	2.897	44.955

 

Round 2 - April 2016 Race

Pos	Kart	Team	Class	Laps	Behind	Best
1	6	Helicopter Services (SP)	Super	329		41.912
2	9	ITS Racing 1 (SP)	Super	326	3 Laps	42.234
3	2	Custom Rods (SP)	Super	325	4 Laps	42.026
4	18	Team Wraith (SP)	Super	325	4 Laps	42.39
5	4	JRH Racing (SP)	Super	325	4 Laps	42.443
6	12	Team JAM (SP)	Super	324	5 Laps	42.552
7	5	Lambo Racing (SP)	Super	322	7 Laps	42.577
8	32	Amigos (C)	Clubman	321	8 Laps	42.57
9	16	Team Eyrie (SP)	Super	321	8 Laps	42.795
10	37	NMA Racing (C)	Clubman	320	9 Laps	42.783
11	10	ABA Racing (SP)	Super	320	9 Laps	42.423
12	7	Focus Racing (SP)	Super	319	10 Laps	42.663
13	33	JAKL Racing (C)	Clubman	317	12 Laps	42.804
14	51	Polish Lambo (C)	Clubman	317	12 Laps	42.965
15	31	KA Racing (C)	Clubman	317	12 Laps	42.92
16	35	Silverline Racing (C)	Clubman	316	13 Laps	42.845
17	40	Pelam Racing (C)	Clubman	315	14 Laps	43.125
18	17	Karting Magazine (SP)	Super	314	15 Laps	41.947
19	43	Avatar Racing (C)	Clubman	313	16 Laps	42.769
20	49	Burton Power Racing (C)	Clubman	311	18 Laps	42.715
21	34	Team CET (C)	Clubman	307	22 Laps	43.129
22	46	ITS Racing 2 (C)	Clubman	279	50 Laps	42.965
23	45	Artifex Racing (C)	Clubman	277	52 Laps	43.768
24	38	Neptune Motorsport (C)	Clubman	267	62 Laps	43.137
25	48	ZJ Racing (C)	Clubman	243	86 Laps	44.8
26	47	HRS Racing (C)	Clubman	200	129 Laps	43.221

 

 

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