Another Season Draws to a Close..

I thought an update here was long overdue, and seeing as how we're only just over one month away from the BRKC 2014 event, now is a good time to get some new posts done as one season comes to a close, and 2014 beckons

First up then, an update on the racing. I managed to finish my season on a relative high, after taking a commanding win at the Teamsport Bristol Grid Members Open GP, which followed on from a podium place at the last Chase the Ace event. The CTA winter series is currently in full swing, with three out of five rounds already complete.

Young charger Oliver Bayani currently heads the championship, ahead of recently-crowned Castle Combe kart champ Dan Healey in second. With two fourth place finishes and a third at the last round, I find myself third in the championship, within touching distance of the top two. With only three out of five rounds counting toward the overall points, I'll be looking to secure third at the next round in January. Both Oliver & Dan are proving very rapid at the Avonmouth track, but I'm sure that if I can improve my qualifying performance and with abit of luck, I can mix it with them. Oliver especially never seems to draw a bad kart, so his luck must be due to run out at some point. Surely?
Chase the Ace returns for Round Four on 9th January, I'll be sure to post the results afterwards.

As I mentioned above, at my last event of the year I finally tasted victory again in an Members-only GP at Teamsport Bristol. What was most satisfying was that I was able to score maximum points in each session (Points were awarded for Pole & Fastest lap as well as finishing positions) and I particularly enjoyed the second reverse-grid race where, starting 7th and last, I was up to 4th by the end of lap one and ending up winning by about ten seconds. To cross the line first and then take to the top step of the podium felt good, as it was to carry through the momentum from the last Chase the Ace event. I even set a laptime that was only 0.025 seconds slower that Bayani had managed through the month of November. All of which has given me a bit of a lift going into the Christmas break, and a bit of added confidence for when the series starts up again. 

January is shaping up to be an awesome month, with the next round of Chase the Ace, followed by the Autosport International show and then the BRKC the following weekend. To say I'm excited doesnt even cover it!

Until next time..

Ben