The MOTOR MAGAZINE – TOTAL –
Mombasa Go-Kart CHAMPIONSHIP 2005
Last month we
wished our self a rain race and we got it. And it was raining cats and dogs.
And it was messy and slippery and really fun! For once we saw the star drivers
with slow lap-times and other side less skilled ones leading the races.
The winners were
those who actually get through the rounds rather than sitting in the grass
somewhere watching the others go past because they have spun in one corner.
Need to say that we do not have rain tires, so it was really a challenge to
maneuver the karts through the rain.
Many thanks to
TOTAL KENYA who supported us with the overalls, in this race we really needed
them.
The race format was
the same as in January, with first a team wise qualifying of four laps to
determinate the start grid, then followed by 3 semi final and last the two
final races. In total about 17km for each driver – a distance to wrench off the
flesh by the next morning.
Guest Race
The guest drivers
were scared of the rain and did not show up or refused to drive. The only two
who were eager to race, Beat Bachmann and Hans Bolli,
were included in the Main Races.
For the
Championship drivers there was no excuse. We completed the full program
regardless the track conditions.
In the qualifying
our fast lady Beth Rune showed the best-lap time. She was over half a second
faster than Ashlin who still holds the track record. (But under dry
conditions). All lap times were about 3 seconds slower than usual.
But times of 36 and
later in the races even 35 are really fast on a track with standing water.
The first Pre-final
Heat started Mark Jennings in the pole position, followed by Adnan Din and Aniz
Popat. Ali Mirza, our youngest driver of only 10 years, spun at the first
corner and blocked Adnan who lost so his good position. Winner after 15 laps
was Mark Jennings, second was Gary Sampson.
The second Heat was
with Walter Brun at the top. Paolo Rocca started before the green flag was
falling and caused a restart. In this case the offender has to line up at the
end of the grid for the restart, anyway that was already his position. The race
then was one of the best. Walter in front and Torben Rune only a few
centimeters behind over many laps. A risky fight on the in the meantime
completely wet track. Easily both can end up somewhere in the bushes along the
track and watch the others passing. Finally Torben overtook Walter and crossed
the finishing line as first.
Then again two duel
in the third Heat. Beth started in pole and Steven Webb very close behind her,
trying here and there to overtake. Finally Beth, who seems to be a really good
rain driver won more and more distance and we saw a fight for rank two between
Ashlin Bending and Steven. Ashlin made it and ended as second behind Beth. Our
two guest drivers competed in the same race and managed to finish the race in
the same lap as our champions.
Finals:
In the Semi-Final
Heat Adnan Din was first on the grid and Beat Bachmann, one of the guest
drivers, second. Alnoor Dhanjee and Anita Irwin who both started at the rear of
the field overtook one by one until Alnoor was the winner, Adnan second and
Anita third.
The Final was a
race with nine karts. All fast drivers, so the field was very close together
over many laps. As usual when Ashlin and Gary drive together we saw once more a
rough duel between them. Ashlin kicked Gary once in the rail tires but he
recognized his mistake and let Gary then pass. Winner of the final race was
Mark Jennings who started in pole and was leading all over the race.
On the podium at the prize giving:
Mark Jennings (Mambo Bado) as winner, Steven Webb (KUKU) as second and Torben
Rune as third.
After five races
the leading team is again ”KENYALASTMINUTE.COM”.
Championship Points:
Out of the five
races up to now the two with the lowest number of points do not count. This
allows the drivers to miss up to two championship days without loosing points.
With the now
corrected points list we find Torben Rune leading with 57 points
Followed very
close by Adnan Din and Steven Webb with both 56 points.
Next Championship
race Saturday on August 27th.
|
|
Driver |
Team |
Points |
Missed Races |
|
1 |
TORBEN, Torben
Rune |
KENYALASTMINUTE.COM |
57 |
1 |
|
2 |
ADDY,
Adnan Din |
COAST
PEKEE |
56 |
1 |
|
2 |
KUKU, Steven
Webb |
KENOZ |
56 |
0 |
|
4 |
GARY,
Gary Sampson |
KENYALASTMINUTE.COM |
54 |
1 |
|
5 |
NADEEM, Nadeem
Din |
COAST
PEKEE |
50 |
2 |
|
6 |
WALTER, Walter
Brun |
Flying
Fish |
49 |
1 |
|
7 |
ASHLIN, Ashlin
Bending |
MTWAPPA |
46 |
2 |
|
8 |
ALNOOR,
Alnoor Dhanji |
Flying
Fish |
45 |
0 |
|
9 |
BETH,
Beth Rune |
KENYALASTMINUTE.COM |
42 |
1 |
|
10 |
PAOLO,
Paolo Rocca |
MTWAPPA |
41 |
1 |
|
11 |
SHAZA,
Shaza Thornton |
KENOZ |
40 |
1 |
|
12 |
NITSO, Anita
Irwin |
KENOZ |
36 |
0 |
|
13 |
MAMBO
BADO, Mark Jennings |
MTWAPPA |
10 |
1 |
|
14 |
BUNDY,
Adam Bundle |
BLUE
MARINE |
25 |
1 |
|
15 |
ANIZ,
Aniz Popat |
Flying
Fish |
22 |
2 |
|
16 |
HEDGEHOG, Ivan
West |
ANGELL |
21 |
3 |
|
17 |
ALI PEKEE, Ali
Mirza |
MIRZA |
19 |
1 |
|
18 |
ADIL
PEKEE, Adil Mirza |
MIRZA |
15 |
2 |
|
19 |
CHRIS
ANGELL, Chris Angell |
ANGELL |
9 |
3 |
|
20 |
ANGELL, George
Angell |
ANGELL |
6 |
3 |
|
21 |
MUZ PEKEE, Muzahir
Khan |
COAST
PEKEE |
4 |
3 |
|
22 |
RUSTY,
Steve Rodwell |
BLUE
MARINE |
2 |
3 |
|
23 |
RUHI PEKEE, Ruhi
Mirza |
MIRZA |
0 |
4 |
|
23 |
FLORIAN,
Florian Schollinger |
BLUE
MARINE |
0 |
4 |
Team Points after
five Races:
|
Rank |
Team
|
|
Points |
|
1 |
KENYALASTMINUTE.COM |
|
50 |
|
2 |
KENOZ |
|
47 |
|
3 |
MTWAPPA
|
|
35 |
|
4 |
COAST
PEKEE |
|
32 |
|
4 |
FLYING
FISH |
|
32 |
|
6 |
BLUE
MARINE |
|
9 |
|
7 |
MIRZA |
|
8 |
|
8 |
ANGELL
|
|
5 |