After the successful sold out round in May raising the bar, the RHPK team were tasked keeping the momentum up in Round 4 – June.

Whilst we didn’t have a sellout grid this round, the team entry list was a very healthy 25. All however were accounted for – we had three regulars who could not make it due to other commitments this month and a couple of teams just not ready.

This month saw a brand new entry. Series veteran Bill Wilson from Team Eyrie put a brand new sister team together to run alongside their Super Team. Eyrie Also consisted of Billy Griggs, Steve Jones & of course, Bill Wilson who was eager to get back in the seat this year!

This month saw a further change to ABA Racing’s line up. Ben and Andrew were joined by Patrick Pearce.

Team Karting Magazine’s line-up for June looked strong as ever, Matt England and Steph Walters join Lee Henderson this month.

This month the Saturday Sausage fest was kindly sponsored by Chris McCarthy from the Karting Magazine. Superstars Phil & Greg from Team Lambo cooking lunch for all of our teams!

 

 

 

Qualifying

Team Focus fell victim to a broken chassis before qualifying had started. A real shame for the team, considering their strong performance last round.

Qualifying was very competitive all the way down the field – Custom Rods taking pole in the last minute of the session from Helicopter Services. Less than a tenth separated the top three in Super. Notable mention goes to Team JAM this month for their best qualifying position in Super to date – the guys have really found some pace this year and was fantastic to see the team on the third row of the grid.

In Clubman Team Amigos secure the top spot on the grid. Both Burton Power Racing & Polish Lambo qualified on the same time of 42.412. Behind them 7 teams are separated by less than a tenth of a second.
Team Eyrie Also in their debut race qualifying a respectable

Before the karts lined up on the grid we had a very impressive show by Steve Evans (Stiggy) in the Starlet Drift car.

Grid Walk

This month, Motorsport legend Barry Lee was back and confirmed his commitment to the series for the rest of the season which is fantastic news. Barry took to the track in a Delorean in his Back to the Future Doc brown uniform, he was interviewed on the track by Chris McCarthy in a very entertaining interview.

 

Race

The start of the race was very clean, Custom Rods leading the pack of 24 karts around stadium. Team Lambo taking advantage of the start to get the team up to third. Amigos securing their top spot, first in Clubman whilst a close battle behind for second in class as they come out of the second hairpin three wide!

Biggest mover on lap one was ZJ Racing, taking 4 places from last on the grid! Great work guys. Team Jam slip down a couple of places after the first lap.

Lap 8, ABA Racing take Lambo Racing for third, a second behind first and second. Custom Rods having to drive defensive to keep Helicopter Services behind.

Lap 37 ABA Racing take the lead after a brief excursion over the infield by both Custom Rods & Helciopter Services. The places are the fought for a number of laps after by both teams and Helicopter Services take the lead over Custom Rods and ABA Racing.

In Clubman, Amigos build up a comfortable lead over Burton Power Racing of 17 seconds. 10 seconds down the road NMA Racing are in third. Barry Lee commentating on the race was focused on Silverline Racing after lap 100 where they dropped to last place (5 laps down) By lap 141 that had gone from 24th to 19th and chasing through the pack – fantastic work by the guys.

Team Wraith suffered engine failures which put them out of contention. Team Karting Magazine suffered brake issues and had to retire from the race, such a shame considering their pace this round.

After 339 laps Helicopter Services take a well well deserved win. Baron Racing pipped Custom Rods in the last hour for second in a fantastic result for them this month. Custom Rods round up the top three in third.

In Clubman Amigos take the win to make it their third win this season! JAKL Racing take an incredible second place, their highest this season and puts them right back into the fight for the Clubman Championship. Burton Power Racing round up the top three in third.

 

Round 4 - June 2016 Qualifying

Position	Kart	Team	Laps	Lap Time	On	MPH
1	2	Custom Rods (SP)	31	41.612	31	51.072
2	6	Helicopter Services (SP)	19	41.647	16	51.029
3	15	Baron Racing (SP)	28	41.698	28	50.966
4	5	Lambo Racing (SP)	32	41.807	15	50.833
5	12	Team JAM (SP)	29	41.911	9	50.707
6	10	ABA Racing (SP)	30	41.949	28	50.661
7	9	ITS Racing 1 (SP)	28	42.076	27	50.508
8	17	Karting Magazine (SP)	30	42.197	24	50.363
9	32	Amigos (C)	13	42.206	10	50.353
10	49	Burton Power Racing (C)	19	42.412	15	50.108
11	51	Polish Lambo (C)	38	42.412	36	50.108
12	18	Team Wraith (SP)	32	42.446	29	50.068
13	33	JAKL Racing (C)	33	42.449	26	50.065
14	4	JRH Racing (SP)	26	42.478	16	50.03
15	16	Team Eyrie (SP)	20	42.494	20	50.011
16	31	KA Racing (C)	36	42.496	36	50.009
17	37	NMA Racing (C)	16	42.61	16	49.875
18	35	Silverline Racing (C)	33	42.683	33	49.79
19	54	Team Eyrie Also (C)	26	42.774	24	49.684
20	38	Neptune Motorsport (C)	25	42.799	12	49.655
21	34	Team CET (C)	32	43.052	32	49.363
22	45	Artifex Racing (C)	22	43.133	21	49.271
23	36	BMH (C)	35	43.735	29	48.592
24	48	ZJ Racing (C)	27	43.363	26	49.009

Round 4 - June 2016 Race

Position	Kart	Team	Class	Laps	Behind	Best
1	6	Helicopter Services	Super	339		41.536
2	15	Baron Racing	Super	338	1 Lap	41.687
3	2	Custom Rods	Super	337	2 Laps	41.571
4	5	Lambo Racing	Super	337	2 Laps	41.861
5	9	ITS Racing 1	Super	334	5 Laps	42.006
6	4	JRH Racing	Super	334	5 Laps	42.267
7	12	Team JAM	Super	333	6 Laps	42.018
8	32	Amigos	Clubman	332	7 Laps	42.192
9	33	JAKL Racing	Clubman	331	8 Laps	42.173
10	49	Burton Power Racing	Clubman	331	8 Laps	42.278
11	51	Polish Lambo	Clubman	328	11 Laps	42.481
12	31	KA Racing	Clubman	328	11 Laps	42.414
13	10	ABA Racing	Super	327	12 Laps	41.682
14	38	Neptune Motorsport	Clubman	327	12 Laps	42.855
15	34	Team CET	Clubman	325	14 Laps	42.941
16	16	Team Eyrie	Super	325	14 Laps	42.294
17	35	Silverline Racing	Clubman	323	16 Laps	42.598
18	45	Artifex Racing	Clubman	319	20 Laps	42.758
19	37	NMA Racing	Clubman	319	20 Laps	42.334
20	18	Team Wraith	Super	295	44 Laps	42.371
21	48	ZJ Racing	Clubman	269	70 Laps	42.997
22	17	Karting Magazine	Super	261	78 Laps	42.108
23	36	BMH	Clubman	260	79 Laps	43.485
24	54	Team Eyrie Also	Clubman	136	203 Laps	42.779

 

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