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Daytona Max Winter Series Sprint Lightweights Rd1

Lightweight Podium

From left to right

3rd – Antonio Carrozza, 1st – Matthew Edmondson-Jones, 2nd – Pete Ellis

LIGHTWEIGHTS

We all caught our breath after that scintillating finish to the heavyweight final, attention turned to the lightweights and once again they didn’t disappoint.

Right from the off; the field tore up the track that was now only damp in isolated spots. The pace was frightening and the racing fierce with Matthew Edmondson-Jones leading the way. It wasn’t long before he was joined by Antonio Carrozza and Christopher Hackworth who had started the race on row 5! Another driver hacking his way through the field was Pete Ellis who after starting on the front row dropped to last after a first lap incident. He soon joined the leading bunch after a superb recovery drive. This group simply stormed their way through the race with no quarter being asked and absolutely none given. The final lap was heart stopping stuff with any one of these drivers able to win the race. Just like the Heavyweight final, the race hinged on the last 2 corners and just to add to the excitement, a backmarker was certain to get in the way. As the karts flew round turn 9 for the last time, the crowd collectively held their breath and watched as the drivers braked as late as they possibly could for the hairpin and on the exit, the surprised backmarker with Antonia Carrozza made a sandwich out of Christopher Hackworth and the resulting contact saw tyre smoke pour from Hackworth’s rear wheel allowing Pete Ellis  and Carrozza to dive up the inside of the last corner and Matthew Edmondson-Jones to nose ahead across the line. A truly breathtaking finish to a fantastic final.

The full result of the final is as follows:

1st – Matthew Edmondson-Jones
2nd – Pete Ellis
3rd – Antonio Carrozza
4th – Christopher Hackworth
5th – Callum Souter
6th – Daniel Brown
7th – Phillip Randall
8th – Joe Egan
9th – Tom Howell
10th – Stuart McKay
11th – Damien Boyle
12th – James Pratt
13th – Lee Wakefield
14th – Craig Muchison
15th – Ben Miloudi

A number of drivers were ineligible to score points and have not been included in these results.

Great finals, great racing, great atmosphere. We all look forward to the next round on December 6th 2008. Thanks to everyone who took part.

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