KA3 Senior Heavy
Leigh Nicolaou would enter the final round with a small 15 point championship lead over Daniel Webster, with Remo Luciani, Glenn Riddell and Christopher Thomas close together in the championship and still in with a chance.
Qualifying
|
1 |
Leigh NICOLAOU |
|
00:46.517 |
GKCV |
Shamick/J&A tuning |
VIC |
|
2 |
Daniel WEBSTER |
0.263 |
00:46.780 |
E/LIONS |
Racingimage.com.au |
VIC |
|
3 |
Glenn RIDDELL |
0.366 |
00:46.883 |
E/LIONS |
Pulse Tuning / Silhouette |
VIC |
|
4 |
Remo LUCIANI |
0.380 |
00:46.897 |
WIMM |
Remoracing |
VIC |
|
5 |
Aaron JACKSON |
0.621 |
00:47.138 |
GKCV, E/LIONS |
Measure Worx |
VIC |
|
6 |
Christopher THOMAS |
0.782 |
00:47.299 |
OAK |
APH Motorsport AMR |
VIC |
|
7 |
Peter GIGIS |
1.003 |
00:47.520 |
OAK |
VIC |
|
|
8 |
Justin BONACCI |
1.844 |
00:48.361 |
GKCV |
Next Gen Interiors |
VIC |
|
DNS |
Samuel PREECE |
7.070 |
00:53.587 |
PORT |
Autopro portland |
VIC |
Heat 1
After taking pole position Nicolaou would hold on and take out victory in heat 1 over Webster and Riddell who were only seperated by .06 of a second at the line.
Heat 2
At the start of heat 2 into turn 1 Christopher Thomas and Justin Bonacci made contact with Bonacci ending up in the gravel trap and out with a DNF. Nicolaou was able to get clear out front while there was a great fight for second between Remo Luciani, Glenn Riddell and Daniel Webster, with Webster all over the back of Luciani and trying to get by on the final lap with Luciani holding on for 2nd.
The KA3 Senior Heavy class head into turn 1 for heat 2
#99 Peter Gigis heads out of turn 1 in heat 2 of KA3 Senior Heavy
#20 Remo Luciani leads #64 Glenn Riddell and #34 Daniel Webster in heat 2 of KA3 Senior Heavy
Pre Final
In heat 3 Nicolaou again cleared away from the field taking victory by 2.7 seconds ahead of Riddell and Webster who again were only separated by a tenth of a second at the finish.
The KA3 Senior Heavy field head into turn 1 for the first time in heat 3
#7 Christopher Thomas in action in heat 3 of KA3 Senior Heavy
#4 Justin Bonacci in action in heat 3 of KA3 Senior Heavy
#34 Daniel Webster in action in heat 3 of KA3 Senior Heavy
Final
Into turn 1 of the final and Daniel Webster was pushed wide shuffling him back to the back of the pack where he worked his way back through the field to finish 3rd, behind Glenn Riddell but it was Leigh Nicolaou who took a clean sweep of the weekend taking out the state championship in style.
The top 3 place getters in theKA3 Senior Heavy class at Round 4 of the Victorian Kart Championship at the Eastern Lions Kart Club, from left 2nd place Glenn Riddell, 1st place Leigh Nicolaou, 3rd place Daniel Webster.
KA3 Senior Heavy Final
|
1 |
14 |
Leigh NICOLAOU |
18 |
13:00.482 |
00:45.668 |
9 |
GKCV |
Shamick/J&A tuning |
VIC |
|
|
2 |
64 |
Glenn RIDDELL |
18 |
13:00.849 |
0.367 |
00:45.776 |
17 |
E/LIONS |
Pulse Tuning / Silhouette |
VIC |
|
3 |
34 |
Daniel WEBSTER |
18 |
13:03.321 |
2.839 |
00:45.709 |
9 |
E/LIONS |
Racingimage.com.au |
VIC |
|
4 |
20 |
Remo LUCIANI |
18 |
13:04.084 |
3.602 |
00:45.947 |
4 |
WIMM |
Remoracing |
VIC |
|
5 |
13 |
Aaron JACKSON |
18 |
13:08.316 |
7.834 |
00:46.015 |
10 |
GKCV, E/LIONS |
Measure Worx |
VIC |
|
6 |
7 |
Christopher THOMAS |
18 |
13:12.648 |
12.166 |
00:46.250 |
7 |
OAK |
APH Motorsport AMR |
VIC |
|
7 |
99 |
Peter GIGIS |
18 |
13:12.786 |
12.304 |
00:46.102 |
18 |
OAK |
VIC |
|
|
8 |
4 |
Justin BONACCI |
18 |
13:31.719 |
31.237 |
00:46.997 |
10 |
GKCV |
Next Gen Interiors |
VIC |
|
DNS |
24 |
Samuel PREECE |
0 |
PORT |
Autopro portland |
VIC |
KA3 Senior Heavy Class Championship Trophy Presentation
The top 3 place getters in the KA3 Senior Heavy class of the 2016 Victorian Kart Championship from left 2nd place Daniel Webster, 1st place Leigh Nicolaou, 3rd place Glenn Riddell.
KA3 Senior Heavy class Daniel Webster celebrates with Glenn Riddell
Glenn Riddell celebrates 3rd place in KA3 Senior Heavy
Leigh Nicolaou celebrates his Victorian Championship victory in KA3 Senior Heavy
KA3 Senior Heavy Class Championship Standings
1 Leigh NICOLAOU 282
2 Daniel WEBSTER 251
3 Glenn RIDDELL 221
4 Remo LUCIANI 221
5 Christopher THOMAS 188
6 Peter GIGIS 166
7 Aaron JACKSON 163
8 John REYNOLDS 113
9 Justin BONACCI 100
10 Dale CARPENTER 91
11 Matthew DE STEFANO 46
12 Brenden JENNER 28
13 Heath JELBART 22
14 Samuel PREECE 13
Full size original unwatermarked photos are available to purchase from the series photographer who was at every round of the championship this year with individual photo, series package, custom design and photo effect options available, please contact TFDesign via email at info@tfdesign.com.au for further details.
