THE penultimate round of Llandow Kart Club’s summer championship took place at South Wales Karting Centre with drivers in eight classes looking for a late push for silverware in a meeting that featured both longer heats and a free tyre draw.

The Bambinos were back in action, kicking the weekend off with Nathan Browning and McKenzie Douglas both improving their lap times over the course of the day, and gaining certificates and trophies for their efforts.

The combined Cadet classes produced IAME heat victories for Max Fenlon (two) and Connor Kearney before Fenlon came out on top again in the final. Stuart Ferguson followed Fenlon’s lead in Honda Cadet, winning two heats and the final, with George Alp-Williams claiming the remaining race. Shay Keough completed the IAME podium, with Oscar Ferguson ensuring it was a family 1-2 in Honda by pushing Alp-Williams back into third.

There was no sharing of victories in Junior Honda as Celtic champion Kristian Prosser again claimed a clean sweep of all four races. Usual rival Patrick Hill appeared to be having on off-colour weekend as, having taken second on the road in heat one, he suffered a DSQ in race three, while the ever-improving Jack Bligh edged him in the other heat. Ben Cutler was runner-up in heat two, but it was Bligh back in P2 in the final, with Hill edging Cutler and Alex Wilkins for the final podium spot.

As usual, Junior Max featured the name of Rob Ellis at the top of the timesheets, but only on three out of four races on this occasion as heat two gave a glimpse of things to come with Minimax graduate Ethan Ling claiming first place. Ellis was back on top when it mattered most, however, with David Spiller also getting the better of Ling by the chequered flag.

In Ling’s absence, Minimax honours went the way of Riley Phillips, with Jack Fordham – stepping up from the Cadet ranks - and novice Liam Griffiths filling the podium in the final.

Junior TKM provided a 100 per cent hit rate but, for once, it wasn’t Ryan Edwards doing the winning. Instead, Alex Rees came through to claim all four victories, leaving Edwards to scrap it out for minor honours in an eight-strong field, eventually settling for three second places, with Tom Rawlings taking the other. Sam Johns completed the top three in the heats, but it was Clay Pigeon’s Lucas Sullivan joining Rees and Edwards on the podium in the main event as Johns posted a DNF and Rawlings failed to start.

Danny Griffiths returned to winning ways in Senior Honda, but was denied a clean sweep when Cristiano Nardone claimed the victory in heat three. Nardone remained the biggest thorn in Griffiths’ side, finishing second on the road in all three remaining races, denying September class winner Chris Lipscomb in the heats and veteran Paul Saunders in the finale.

In contrast to the majority of classes, Senior Rotax shared the victories around, with Ashley Lewis, Zach Jones and Gareth Taylor each claiming success in the heats. However, come the final, and it was a new name at the top in every sense of the word as, having been a top three finisher early on, Morgan Rose completed his step up from the Junior Max ranks by shocking the regulars and taking top spot. Taylor and Sam Morgan completed the podium.

The random tyre draw for each class took place during the drivers’ briefing and the following club members 'won' a set of tyres supplied by Llandow Kart Shop:

Stuart Ferguson (Cadet Honda)

Shay Keough (Cadet IAME)

Ben Cutler (Junior Honda)

Tom Rawlings (Junior TKM)

Ceran Sokhi (Junior Rotax)

Jack Fordham (MiniMax)

Chris Lipscomb (Senior Honda)

Sam Morgan (Senior Rotax)

The tenth and final round of the 2014 Llandow club championship takes place at South Wales Karting Centre on Sunday, November 16.

Results:

CADET HONDA

1. Stuart Ferguson (Project One)

2. Oscar Ferguson (Project One)

3. George Alp-Williams (Project One)

CADET IAME

1. Max Fenlon (RK/Birel)

2. Connor Kearney (Zip)

3. Shay Keough (Zip)

JUNIOR HONDA

1. Kristian Prosser (7Kart)

2. Jack Bligh (7Kart)

3. Patrick Hill (Wright)

JUNIOR TKM

1. Alex Rees (Jade)

2. Ryan Edwards (Tonykart)

3. Lucas Sullivan (TonyKart)

JUNIOR ROTAX

1. Rob Ellis (Kosmic)

2. David Spiller (Alonso)

3. Ethan Ling (CRG)

MINI MAX

1. Riley Phillips (Kosmic)

2. Jack Fordham (Kosmic)

3. Liam Griffiths (Energy)

SENIOR HONDA

1. Danny Griffiths (MS)

2. Cristiano Nardone (7Kart)

3. Paul Saunders (7Kart)

SENIOR ROTAX

1. Morgan Rose

2. Gareth Taylor (CRG)

3. Sam Morgan (CRG)

BEST NOVICE: Liam Griffiths (Minimax)

DRIVER OF THE DAY: Connor Kearney (Cadet IAME)