Samuel IKR Championship - Round 5

Back at the 3 Sisters Race Circuit for the second race in a row but this time it was round 5 of the IKR Championship.  5 Honda's racing in a mixed class with 9 other engines.  Samuel was on the Club circuit again and was determined to beat his best lap time of 48.05 seconds!

He qualified as the second fastest Honda with a 48.140 lap, placing him 4th overall.  In the first heat he retained 4th place and again was the second fastest Honda and knocked a bit more off his time - 48.096.

Below is race footage from heat 1.


Second heat he went even faster and set a 47.814 lap which was not just the fastest Honda but also the fastest Cadet from all 14 drivers!  He retained his placings which meant he started in 2nd place for the Honda's in the final and was just under 3 seconds behind the heat winner which was Lee Chamberlain who Samuel regularly races with.

Footage from the final:


In the final, Samuel retained his second place but didn't manage to beat his fastest lap!  Here he is on the podium with Archie and Sam:

And with his trophy:

And if you are keeping count, that is the 12th trophy of the year which equals the number he won for all of 2012!

Samuel - IKR Championship - Round 4

Last Saturday saw Round 4 of the IKR Championship at the Three Sisters Race Circuit at Wigan and it was on the Valley circuit.

There were 12 Cadets in total and two Honda's.  Samuel qualified in 9th place overall and then finished 5th in heat 1.  5th again in heat 2 and in heat 3 he again finished in 5th place and set his personal best with a 52.679 second lap!

For the final he finished 5th overall and beat his fastest lap with a 52.421!  He also finished first for the Honda engines and claimed a podium finish.

He enjoyed the day and completed some smooth and carefully manoeuvred overtakes against other drivers with faster engines with relative ease.

Photo of him and Sam P on the podium:

The video below is from the final:


Next race is on 18 August at Hooton Park!

Samuel - Round 3 IKR Championship - Three Sisters

Sunday was round 3 of the IKR Championship at the Three Sisters race track and Samuel was racing in his new kart!  The CKS team sticker kit has not yet been put on it so he was racing with black side pods and bumper and yellow stickers.

The circuit had been changed to the Valley from Club and its been a while since Samuel raced on it so he took it easy on the practice lap.  But still managed to clock the second fastest time with a 55.020 second lap.

He qualified in 5th place overall from 15 drivers with a 53.956 lap time.  The video below is from the qualifying session.


Round 1 he finished in 7th place after an uncharacteristic spin from Samuel and went marginally quicker with a best lap of 53.708.  Round 2 he finished in 4th place and went quicker - 53.456.  The combination of the two heats placed him 5th on the grid for the final.

And he finished 5th overall with a fastest lap of 53.847 and 2nd in the Honda engine class.  And here are a few photos of the podium and one of him with his trophy!

All the timing results can be found HERE.

His first MSA race is next weekend....!!  Black and white numbers are waiting to be added to his kart!

Samuel - Round 2 IRK Championship - Three Sisters

Round 2 of the IRK Championship was held on Sunday 19 May at the 3 Sisters racetrack at Wigan.  Samuel qualified in 7th place from 12 racers (IAME, Honda, WTP and Comer Cadet engines all raced together) on the Club circuit and set a 50.602 lap time.

He finished in 5th place over 10 laps in heat 1 with a time of 50.157 seconds, 5th place again in heat 2 with an improved time of 49.996.

He was placed 4th on the grid for the final and finished overall in 5th place but won the Honda engine category and set his best time of 49.681.  Which he was really pleased with (I think more than wining the category!)

Footage of the final:


And here he is with his trophy:

Round 3 is on 16 June and I hope the weather is just as nice!

Samuel - Round 1 IKR Championship - Three Sisters

Samuel entered a brand new championship aimed at non MSA drivers at the Three Sisters race track in Wigan.  Round one of the IKR Championship was held on 21 April.

There were 3 Hondas racing against Iame and Comer engines and there were 11 racers overall in the Cadets.  He qualifed 9th and then moved up to 7th after the first heat.  The second heat was a bit more nailbiting as he didn't make it very far due to an incident with another kart - race footage taken with a GoPro Hero 3 black mounted on the front of the kart is below.


He was taken off track by the paramedics in the ambulance and given a through check over - he was ok and fit to race although he had missed heat 2.  He started 9th on the grid for the final and at this point it had started to rain although not too heavy.

Samuel enjoys racing in the wet and he picked off the drivers in front of him lap by lap and finished overall in 5th place, just 0.27 seconds behind 4th place.  He finished second in the Honda class and all the results can be viewed HERE. Footage below of the final



And here he is with his second place trophy:

Round 2 takes place on 19 May

Round 3 - IndiKart Championship 2013 - Hooton Park

Round 3 of the IndiKart Championship at Hooton Park took place on 10 March.  Samuel qualified in 7th place from a field of 18 drivers and after the first heat he finished in 10th place.

The video below is from heat 1 and you'll see some rather quick reactions from Samuel as he manages to avoid other drivers' interesting driving techniques!


He finished heat 2 in 5th place which gave him an average of a 7th place grid start in the final.  He managed to finish 10th overall but still picked up 4 Championship points.

He's currently 4th place overall after 3 rounds.

On-board footage taken with a GoPro Hero 3 Black.

Round 4 is on 14 April.

Round 2 - IndiKart Championship 2013 - Hooton Park

Round 2 of the IndiKart Championship at Hooton Park was very very wet and cold.

Samuel had a difficult qualifying session and only managed one decent lap, however that was enough to give him 4th place.

He managed to stay in 4th for heat one and heat 2 so started in 4th for the final.  And finished 4th!

The top 4 drivers from the field of 16 were podium finishers so he got another trophy!

Footage below from his qualifying session and taken on a GoPro Hero 3 Black fixed to his crash helmet.



And with his trophy:

Round 3 is on 10 March.

Round 1 - IndiKart Championship 2013 - Hooton Park

Last Sunday saw the first round of 2013 in the Indikart Championship at Hooton Park - a week late due to the snow the previous week.

There were 18 Cadet drivers on the line-up and Samuel qualified in 7th place for heat one.  Here are the starts shown as a spectator and also from the GoPro Hero 3 Black camera fitted to his helmet.

Heat One - started in 7th place and by the first corner he was leading the race!






He finished in 6th place so that was his grid start position for heat two:




The final was the average of the two heat finishes so he started in 7th place:



He finished the race in 4th place (top 5 finished on the podium) with Lee and Alex from the Championship Karting team finishing in 2nd and 3rd, it meant that the team were all podium finishers!

And here they are on the podium along with 5th and 1st place drivers:

Round 2 is this weekend!