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2010 HEAVYWEIGHT SPRINT POINTS

Position	Driver	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total
1st	Chris Carter	111	124	127	127	130	127	130	130	1006
2nd	Neil Fisher	124	122	124	118	124	124	121	127	984
3rd	James Brunton	130	130	130	130	0	130	127	124	901
4th	Damian Hudes	120	121	117	120	120	0	119	122	839
5th	Michael Ballinger	119	118	116	117	0	122	116	121	829
6th	Vinod Hirani	118	119	114	122	118	0	120	0	711
7th	Dave Lampitt	116	120	111	124	119	0	118	0	708
8th	Stuart Hatton	127	0	119	121	127	0	124	0	618
9th	Vince Cogzell	121	127	118	0	122	0	122	0	610
10th	Winston Bent	122	0	120	0	0	0	0	0	242
11th	Christian Abanda	0	0	113	0	121	0	0	0	234
12th	Jamie Wheatley	115	0	0	0	0	0	117	0	232
13th	Andy Griffiths	0	0	122	0	0	0	0	0	122
14th	Sam Fisher	0	0	0	119	0	0	0	0	119
15th	Tristan Fischer	117	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	117
16th	Nigel Proctor	0	0	115	0	0	0	0	0	115
17th	Tom Baker	114	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	114
18th	Kevin Braim	113	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	113
=19th	Dave Blake	112	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	112
=19th	Stuart Powell	0	0	112	0	0	0	0	0	112
=21st	Colin Pocock	110	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	110
=21st	Alan Court-Howden	0	0	110	0	0	0	0	0	110
23rd	Austen Metcalf	109	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	109

Round 1 – 21st February.

1st – James Brunton
2nd – Stuart Hatton
3rd – Neil Fisher
4th – Winston Bent
5th – Vince Cogzell
6th – Damien Hudes
7th – Michael Ballinger
8th – Vinod Hirani
9th – Tristan Fischer
10th – Dave Lampitt
11th – Jamie Wheatley
12th – Tom Baker
13th – Kevin Braim
14th – Dave Blake
15th – Chris Carter
16th – Colin Pocock
17th – Austen Metcalf

Round 2 – 14th March.

As usual, the heavies was fiercely competitive with tempers boiling over at times, however, James Brunton kept his cool to simply romp away with the race after winning 2 of the heats. Vince Cogzell was back on the pace this weekend and could have started on the front row but decided to throw away a certain heat win with an unforced spin at turn 8. He recovered quickly for the final though to gamely chase James but had to settle for second place at the finish. Behind these two, Chris Carter who had some awful heats stormed his way through to challenge Neil Fisher for the final podium place.

With less than a tenth covering their fastest laps, it couldn’t have been closer. A lovely move up the inside at turn 4 saw Chris steal the spot from Neil and although he did everything he could, Neil couldn’t quite get the 3rd place back before the chequered flag.

Sprint Heavy Weight Podium

1st – James Brunton
2nd – Vince Cogzell
3rd – Chris Carter
4th – Neil Fisher
5th – Damien Hudes
6th – Gary Patterson
7th – David Lampitt
8th – Vinod Hirani
9th – Michael Ballinger
10th – David Griffith

Round 3 – P.F. International Circuit – 18th April

As with the Lights, there was a regular PFI driver in James Brunton who quickly established himself as the man to beat. He was joined up front on the grid for the final by the usual suspects in Chris Carter, and Neil Fisher. Starting his first Sprint final, regular endurance racer Andy Griffiths started 4th with Winston Bent and Stuart Hatton right behind him. Once again, the first hairpin was key and it was James Brunton who got the hole shot and got his head down to slowly pull away from the hard charging pack. Chris Carter had a relatively lonely race in 2nd despite giving it everything to keep with James. Behind these two, Neil, Andy, Winston and Stuart couldn't quite live with the pace of the leaders but still put on an impressive showing. Further back, Vince Cogzell, Damien Hudes, Michael Ballinger, Nigel Proctor and Vinod Hirani had a super scrap for the midfield places with some hard but generally fair racing. At the end of the 12 lap grand final, James Brunton once again took the chequer, followed home by Chris Carter and Neil Fisher.
Some great racing on a fantastic day made the trip to PFI very special.

Results:

1st - James Brunton
2nd - Chris Carter
3rd - Neil Fisher
4th - Andy Griffiths
5th - Winston Bent
6th - Stuart Hatton
7th - Vince Cogzell
8th - Damien Hudes
9th - Michael Ballinger
10th - Nigel Proctor
11th - Vinod Hirani
12th - Christian Abanda
13th - Stuart Powell
14th - David Lampitt
15th - Alan Court-Howden
16th - Paul Bullough

Round 4 - Lydd - 16th May 2010

2 heat wins for series leader James Brunton weren't enough to stop Chris Carter from snatching pole position for the final. Lining up behind the usual suspects were James Limont, Neil Fisher, Paul King and Dave Lampitt. As the karts lined up for the start of the final, the rain became heavier and began to make the tarmac very slippery indeed. An astonishing first few laps saw lots of mistakes on the tricky track with no-one immune to the blunders.

James Limont came off at the first corner sadly ruining his hard earned 3rd spot on the grid. James and Chris slithered their way round the track and a fast starting Dave Lampitt took the lead on lap 3. Neil Fisher made good progress before spearing off the track at the horseshoe. Billy Taylor kept out of trouble and as the track dried the race - which had been mental since the start - settled down. Chris Carter slowly began to eat into Brunton's lead but ran out of laps to take the win. Billy Taylor had a superb drive from 9th on the grid to take the final podium place just ahead of Paul King, Dave Lampitt, Vinod Hirani and Stuart Hatton. A lot of drivers were kicking themselves afterwards as the weather conditions meant that almost any of the drivers could have won that one!

Results:

1st - James Brunton
2nd - Chris Carter
3rd - Billy Taylor
4th - Paul King
5th - Dave Lampitt
6th - Vinod Hirani
7th - Stuart Hatton
8th - Damien Hudes
9th - Sam Fisher
10th - James Limont
11th - Neil Fisher
12th - Peter Gillett
13th - Dyll Davies
14th - Michael Ballinger
15th - Nick Williams
16th - Richard Gillett

Round 6 - Milton Keynes

A disappointing entry for the heavyweight class, but the racing was no less intense and close. Heat wins went to Chris Carter, James Brunton and Neil Fisher. The grid for the final has James on pole followed by Chris, Neil, Gary Patterson, Michael Ballinger, Tony Welch and Mick Gomme.

Despite the heats being pretty frantic and very close, the final was a bit of a let down. We expected the closely matched drivers to have a right royal ding-dong but as it happened, James Brunton sped off into the lead while Chris and Neil couldn’t do anything to catch the flying Yorkshireman. Mick Gomme and Tony Welch did their best to liven up the final but at the flag it was James from Chris, Neil, Michael, Gary Mick and Tony.

Result:

1st – James Brunton
2nd – Chris Carter
3rd – Neil Fisher
4th – Michael Ballinger
5th – Gary Patterson
6th – Mick Gomme
7th – Tony Welch

Thanks to everyone who raced at Round 6, we look forward to Round 7 at Whilton Mill on August 15th.

Vodafone DMAX Championship Round 7 – Whilton Mill – August 15th 2010

Stuart Hatton, Chris Carter and James Brunton all had a win in the heats and James took pole position from Stuart and Jamie Wheatley. Chris Carter got DQ’d in heat three for contact but still had enough points to land him 4th on the grid. James, Stuart and Chris made a break for it early doors with Vince Cogzell and Neil Fisher a few seconds back. The top trio pulled away and battled between themselves for the entire 13 lap race but it was Carter that made his intention clear by hitting the front and pulling a few kart lengths to win from Brunton and Stuart Hatton. Vince Cogzell was 4th followed by Neil Fisher and Brendan Turner.

1st – Chris Carter
2nd – James Brunton
3rd – Stuart Hatton
4th – Vince Cogzell
5th – Neil Fisher
6th – Brendan Turner
7th – Vinod Hirani
8th – Damien Hudes
9th – Dave Lampitt
10th – Daniel Gallery
11th – Jamie Wheatley
12th – Michael Ballinger
13th – DNS David Payne

Vodafone DMAX Championship – Sprint Series – Heavyweight

Heat wins for Chris Carter and Pat Horrocks saw Carter take pole position from James Brunton, Horrocks, Neil Fisher, Michael Ballinger and Damien Hudes.

For the 1st half of the race, the top 5 drivers were all nose to tail giving it everything. Hudes made a mistake at the first chicane and had a half spin dropping him out of contention whilst Michael Ballinger was off the pace with an understeering kart. The top 4 now were all racing hard and close with Brunton taking the lead for about a lap. Into the chicane with just a handful of tours left, Carter made a lunge round the outside of the right hander and he collided with Brunton as James turned into the lefthand part of the chicane slowing both drivers down allowing Pat Horrocks to steal 2nd place. James recovered quickly and went on the attack but Neil Fisher was after him and on the last corner of the last lap, Neil threw it up the inside of Brunton to snatch the place at the flag. Cracking race…

1st – Chris Carter
2nd – Neil Fisher
3rd – James Brunton
4th – Damien Hudes
5th – Michael Ballinger
DQ – Pat Horrocks