This year’s kart race event was yet
another success, the 3rd year in
succession. The team at Bayford
Meadows Kart Circuit Sittingbourne
put together a really good package
with a well-organised event. Viewing
for spectators is brilliant at this track
and the nearby air-conditioned
cafeteria by
made it all
the better.
With the
overnight rain
drying during
the morning,
the afternoon
bought plenty
of sunshine in
time for the
3.30pm start
time.
From 14
teams
entered, we had 7 non-member
teams to boost up the grid. These
included The Mid Kent IAM car
group, 2 teams from TREK (the off
road bike club), The Bike Shop
Faversham, and to add some spice, I
managed to get ex-world sidecar
champion Darren Dixon to enter a
team. Darren who is the owner of
Coombe Valley Motorcycles in Dover
was very keen and soon found some
fast guys to fill his team.
After 20 minutes practise and
qualifying the grid was formed and
the race got underway. There were
constant changes in positions as the
pit stops to swap drivers began. The
top four teams dicing for the number
one position were Nigel Stevens’
Latecomers up against Darren’s
Dixon Destroyers and in close
contention
were Mid
Kent IAM
Car Group.
Dave
Collings’
Norfolk &
Chance
team,
especially
put
together to
tackle
Darren,
lived up to
its name
and
suffered machine problems. Unlucky
Dave, better luck next year.
The race was won by Darren’s
Dixons Destroyers beating Nigel
Stevens Latecomers by 86 laps to
Nigel’s 84 and a better time of
1hr.29mins 26sec to Nigel’s 1hr
29mins 57sec. Third spot went to
Mid Kent IAM car group with 84 laps
timed at 1hr 30mins 24sec. Fastest
lap went to Nigel’s team with a 58.72
beating Darren’s time of 58.80.
Darren who was awarded the £50
cash prize donated it to Bayford
Meadow’s Charity fund.
Thanks go to Jo Wells and Phil
West for taking all the snap shots
which can be seen on the club’s
web site.
Full results
1st
Dixons Destroyers
2nd
Latecomers
3rd
Kamikaze Dudes
4th
Children of Shrek
5th
Bike Shop Faversham
6th
Jetstream
7th
Batteries Not Included
8th
No Go Nads
9th
Norfolk & Chance
10th
Crash Test Dummies
11th
4 Q Czech Mates
12th
Team Trekkies
13th
Hannahs Heroes
14th
Weigh Anchors
