RACING UPDATES
Pink Plate
On the 27th and 28th of January, Chloe competed in the Pink plate event at Albury. She had 4 people in her class. She had 5 practice sessions on Friday, where she set some pbs. It was another warm weekend but very happy to come home with a pink plate.
Practice 1: 1st
Practice 2: 1st
Qualifying: 1st
Heat 1: started 1st, finished 2nd
Heat 2: started 1st, finished 1st
Heat 3: started 1st, finished 2nd
Final: started 2nd, finished 1st
Overall, Chloe had a good weekend coming home with the pink plate! We will see what we can do at the first round of Golden Power Series at Rochester in 3 weeks time.
Golden Power Series Round 1
On the 17th and 18th of February, we travelled to Rochester for the first round of the Golden Power Series. It was a very hot weekend. Brodie had 30 in his class and Chloe had 18.
Brodie-
Practice 2: 18th - engine failure
Qualifying: 7th
Heat 1: started 7th, finished 16th - bent his chassis
Heat 2: started 7th, finished 9th
Heat 3: started 11th, finished 14th
Final: started 14th, finished 11th
Overall: 15th
Chloe-
Qualifying: 6th
Heat 1: started 6th, finished 4th
Heat 2: started 6th, finished 3rd
Heat 3: started 4th, finished 4th
Final: started 4th, finished 6th
Overall: 4th
Chloe had a good weekend, finishing the best she ever has at a GPS round. Brodie struggled being caught up in accidents and having a bent kart.
Golden Power Series Round 2
On the 6th and 7th of April, we raced at Gippsland on the weekend for round 2 of the Golden Power Series. It was a mix of both wet and dry races. Brodie had 26 in his class, meaning his class was split in 2, and Chloe had 20.
Brodie-
Qualifying (overall): 8th
Heat 1 (A v D): started 4th, finished 5th
Heat 2 (B v D): started 4th, finished 3rd
Heat 3 (C v D): started 5th, finished 2nd + FL
Final (out of 22): started 5th, spun and went back to last, finished 14th
Chloe-
Qualifying: 8th
Heat 1: started 8th, finished 7th
Heat 2: started 8th, spun and went back to last, finished 15th
Heat 3: started 9th, finished 9th
Final: started 9th, finished 4th
We both had a fun weekend, getting in some wet racing again! Brodie will be racing at round 2 of the Australian Kart Championships at Puckapunyal in 2 weeks time.
Australian Kart Championship Round 2
On the 27th and 28th of April, Brodie raced his first AKC event at Puckapunyal. He had a good weekend, finishing every race and learning a lot.
Qualifying (out of 55): 24th
Heat 1 (A v D): started 12th, finished 16th
Heat 2 (B v D): started 12th, finished 9th
Heat 3 (C v D): started 12th, finished 9th
Heat 4 (even points): started 10th, finished 18th
Final (out of 40): started 24th, finished 31st
Golden Power Series Round 3
On the 11th and 12th of May, we raced at round 3 of the Golden Power Series at Numurkah. We had wet practice on Saturday morning with the rest of the weekend dry.
Brodie (out of 30) -
Qualifying (overall): 10th
Heat 1 (B v C): started 5th, finished 4th
Heat 2 (B v D): started 5th, finished 4th
Heat 3 (C v D): started 6th, finished 14th after a penalty
Final (out of 22): started 11th, finished 8th
Overall: 9th
Chloe (out of 15) -
Qualifying: 7th
Heat 1: started 7th, first lap accident, finished 12th
Heat 2: started 7th, finished 7th
Heat 3: started 9th, first lap accident, finished 12th
Final: started 10th, finished 8th
Overall: 11th
Chloe didn’t have the best weekend, getting caught up in a few accidents. Brodie raced well all the weekend. Brodie will be racing at Emerald for round 3 of the Australian Karting Championship in 3 weeks time.
Australian Kart Championship Round 3
On the 28th of May, we travelled 25 hours to Emerald, Queensland for round 3 of the Australian Kart Championships that was held on the 30th of May to the 1st of June. It was Brodie’s second AKC round and at a track he hadn’t been to before.
Qualifying (out of 41): 27th
Heat 1 (B v C): started 14th, finished 14th
Heat 2 (A v C): started 14th, finished 13th
Heat 3 (C v D): started 13th, finished 6th
Heat 4 (Odd points): started 13th, finished 15th
Final (out of 40): started 25th, finished 12th (but penalty back to 18th)
Overall, Brodie had a lot of fun learning a new track and did really well. It was a mix of both wet and dry racing, as well as night racing. The next race meeting for Brodie is round 4 of the Australian Kart Championships at Coffs Harbour in July.
Australian Kart Championship Round 4
On the 17th of July, we drove to Coffs Harbour for Brodie to race at round 4 of the Australian Kart Championship that was being held that weekend. We had not been to the to the track before so Brodie did a good job to learn it quickly and finish all practice sessions. However, he had bad luck and got caught up in first lap accidents in each heat.
Qualifying (out of 43): 27th
Heat 1 (B v C): started 14th, finished 14th
Heat 2 (A v C): started 14th, finished 19th
Heat 3 (C v D): started 13th, finished 16th
Heat 4 (Odd points): started 17th, DNF
Final (out of 40): started 36th, finished 30th
Golden Power Series Round 4
On the 27th and 28th of July, we travelled to Puckapunyal for the round 4 of the Golden Power Series. We had mixed weather with both wet and dry conditions. Brodie had 30 in his class and Chloe had 23.
Brodie-
Practice 2: 2nd
Qualifying: 16th
Heat 1: started 16th, finished 4th
Heat 2: started 16th, finished 14th
Heat 3: started 7th, finished 6th
Final: started 7th, DNF - taken out
Overall: 10th
Chloe-
Qualifying: 6th
Heat 1: started 7th, DNF - was doing well until I decided I liked the mud a bit too much
Heat 2: started 7th, finished 11th
Heat 3: started 14th, DNF - avoiding first lap accident
Final: started 17th, finished 15th
Overall: 17th
We both had a fun weekend and showed pace at different points, however DNFs got in the way of showing good results.