We’ve just passed the half way mark through the RHPK Season and what a season it’s been so far. Once again the RHPK facebook group was buzzing with activity right up until race day.

This month we had a fantastic turnout of 27 teams despite missing ITS 2, Avatar Racing & Baron Racing all of which should be back for August.

Celebrating their Birthday weekend was ABA Racing’s Ben and Andrew Bishop. The brothers were joined by their family. The RHPK staff were sure to give them a mention and devoted “ABBA – Dancing Queen” to them in morning practice!

Team Karting Magazine’s line up for July looked mighty strong, bringing a karting legend into the team in the shape of Colin Brown along with his brother James. Unfortunately James has had to pull out of the race due to rib injury

Qualifying

1 Second separated the top 16 teams, a clear indication on how tight it was all the way down the field.

ABA Racing take pole position for Round 5 with a lap time of 41.726, Helicopter Services just miss out with a laptime of 41.763 and last month pole sitters Custom Rods take the second row on a 41.940 next to ITS Racing 1.

A number of Clubman teams outpaced Supers this month in Qualifying, Burton Power Racing take the Clubman pole and 5th overall. JAB Racing who are looking very strong from last round take second with a 42.232 and HRS Racing 2 

Race

As the race gets underway ABA Racing lead the field into the first corner as Nick Griggs from Burton Power Racing manages to take 4th place from ITS Racing followed very closely by HRS Racing 2. 

Big movers on lap one are Team Karting Magazine & Evolution Racing both jumping 7 places on their original grid spot!

ITS Racing takes Burton Power Racing for 4th place and JRH make a move on Team CET for 13th. On Lap 3 Custom Rods lose 3 places as a very close battle breaks out between ITS Racing, Burton Power Racing & HRS Racing 2. 

Lap 8 saw Ben Cook from Helicopter Services take Ben Bishop from ABA Racing for the lead down the straight start/finish. Despite a real charge from both ABA Racing & ITS Racing 1 – neither could catch the mighty pace of the Helicopter Services team. By Lap 10 Colin Brown from Team Karting Magazine is already 10th – however, a 3 lap penalty is given as the team made up a couple of places before the green flag.

Lap 38 Burton Power Racing are in the tyre wall and bent a stub axle which take them out of contention – a real shame as they looked very strong all morning. Leading Clubman is HRS Racing 2 to Evolution and current Clubman Championship leaders, Amigos in 3rd.

As the race comes to a close, Team Karting Magazine who looked mighty quick all day have to retire due to a lose wheel/hub failure. Silverline Racing have issues and spend a vast amount of time in the pits and Team Lambo suffer a failure.

Helicopter Services drive a faultless race to take the win by a solid lap. Custom Rods take the second by jumping ABA Racing in the Pits who round up the top three in Super. A notable mention goes to Focus Racing who take a very strong 5th place.

In Clubman the win goes to JAB Racing who take their first win of the season! Well done guys! Amigos take second and Evolution who return this month take a very well deserved third place.

HRS Racing 2 who return to the series after their debut in May take 4th on a new chassis and engines! Well done guys!

 

Round 5 - July 2016 Qualifying

Pos	Kart	Team	Laps	Laptime	On	MPH
1	10	ABA Racing (SP)	29	41.726	25	50.932
2	6	Helicopter Services (SP)	30	41.763	29	50.887
3	2	Custom Rods (SP)	32	41.94	15	50.672
4	9	ITS Racing 1 (SP)	26	42.091	23	50.49
5	49	Burton Power Racing (C)	23	42.207	23	50.352
6	33	JAKL Racing (C)	38	42.232	33	50.322
7	53	HRS Racing 2 (C)	9	42.259	9	50.29
8	32	Amigos (C)	38	42.261	24	50.287
9	12	Team JAM (SP)	29	42.303	15	50.237
10	18	Team Wraith (SP)	39	42.307	21	50.233
11	5	Lambo Racing (SP)	34	42.334	8	50.201
12	4	JRH Racing (SP)	29	42.434	22	50.082
13	34	Team CET (C)	33	42.481	26	50.027
14	16	Team Eyrie (SP)	26	42.596	23	49.892
15	38	Neptune Motorsport (C)	35	42.693	28	49.778
16	7	Focus Racing (SP)	28	42.795	24	49.66
17	51	Polish Lambo (C)	34	42.799	13	49.655
18	31	KA Racing (C)	34	42.882	33	49.559
19	35	Silverline Racing (C)	29	42.922	21	49.513
20	37	NMA Racing (C)	29	42.941	28	49.491
21	54	Team Eyrie Also (C)	26	42.994	21	49.43
22	45	Artifex Racing (C)	25	43.147	23	49.255
23	40	Pelam Racing (C)	15	43.274	13	49.11
24	36	BMH (C)	33	43.354	22	49.019
25	39	Evolution (C)	22	44.049	20	48.246
26	48	ZJ Racing (C)	9	44.504	7	47.753
27	17	Karting Magazine (SP)	28	41.946	28	50.665

Round 5 - July 2016 Race

Pos	Kart	Team	Class	Laps	Behind	Best
1	6	Helicopter Services	Super	339		41.789
2	2	Custom Rods	Super	338	1 Lap	41.798
3	10	ABA Racing	Super	336	3 Laps	41.901
4	9	ITS Racing 1	Super	335	4 Laps	42.101
5	7	Focus Racing	Super	334	5 Laps	42.271
6	12	Team JAM	Super	333	6 Laps	42.334
7	33	JAKL Racing	Clubman	332	7 Laps	42.347
8	32	Amigos	Clubman	331	8 Laps	42.383
9	39	Evolution	Clubman	331	8 Laps	42.002
10	4	JRH Racing	Super	331	8 Laps	42.184
11	18	Team Wraith	Super	331	8 Laps	42.225
12	53	HRS Racing 2	Clubman	331	8 Laps	42.1
13	37	NMA Racing	Clubman	330	9 Laps	42.528
14	38	Neptune Motorsport	Clubman	329	10 Laps	42.78
15	34	Team CET	Clubman	328	11 Laps	42.598
16	51	Polish Lambo	Clubman	328	11 Laps	42.754
17	54	Team Eyrie Also	Clubman	328	11 Laps	42.736
18	31	KA Racing	Clubman	327	12 Laps	42.584
19	40	Pelam Racing	Clubman	326	13 Laps	42.958
20	45	Artifex Racing	Clubman	323	16 Laps	42.992
21	36	BMH	Clubman	320	19 Laps	43.101
22	5	Lambo Racing	Super	317	22 Laps	42.163
23	16	Team Eyrie	Super	303	36 Laps	42.065
24	49	Burton Power Racing	Clubman	280	59 Laps	42.261
25	48	ZJ Racing	Clubman	277	62 Laps	43.366
26	17	Karting Magazine	Super	215	124 Laps	42.048
27	35	Silverline Racing	Clubman	80	259 Laps	42.868

 

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