The final round of the 2022 Golden Power Series was held at the Gippsland Go Kart Clubs Tramway Park Raceway last weekend with over 180 entries, but quite a few unable to attend due to the recent flooding.
Conditions were humid on Saturday and the anticipated heavy rain arrived around lunch time during qualifying making conditions treacherous for quite a few of the classes.
The track soon dried for the start of the heats with many classes producing exciting racing across the weekend due to Gippslands tight but fast and flowing layout as some classes went down to the wire to decide the overall championship winners.
On the Saturday night the end of year dinner and prize giving ceremony was held in the Gippsland Go Kart Club club rooms with almost a sellout attendance. Gippslands canteen putting on a feast for everyone with Gippsland club stalwart and Karting Victoria life member Graeme Monds bringing his fast wit and sense of humour to light up the prize giving ceremony keeping all entertained. With over $50k in prizes thanks to all of the series sponsors there was a huge amount of prizes given away, with the 3 biggest prizes going to:
Tecno kart chassis – Blair Van Ree
Parolin kart chassis – Phil Stradbrook
Engine – Mel Roberts
Golden Power Series Round 6 at Gippsland Go-Kart Club podium placegetters
Tag Restricted Light
1 94 Corey MACFARLANE
2 7 Gerry WESTERVELD
3 41 Aaron IMBACH
KA3 Junior
1 25 Alexander YOANNIDIS
2 15 Samuel MARCH
3 99 Pip CASABENE
Victorian Combined Masters
1 51 Phillip STRADBROOK
2 28 Mark APPLEBY
3 73 Herman VAN REE
KA3 Senior Light
1 48 Jamie ROWE
2 73 Liam O’DONNELL
3 22 Max TORCASIO
Cadet 9
1 34 Alana GURNEY
2 15 Oliver ARMITT
3 50 Levi LORD
4 2 Jordan BANTICK
5 87 Jasper PARTOUCHE
Tag 125 Heavy
1 89 Nikola SCHMIDT
2 32 Dylan MULLER
KA3 Senior Medium
1 44 Zach FINDLAY
2 43 Taine VENABLES
3 18 Braden CLARK
Tag Restricted Heavy
1 6 Brett JENKIN
2 18 Ryan VAN REE
3 63 Brent OPIE
KA4 Junior Light
1 14 William THOMPSON
2 99 Pip CASABENE
3 54 Cooper FRITH
4 15 Samuel MARCH
5 89 Joanne CICONTE
Tag Restricted Medium
1 4 Michael POWELL
2 15 Blair VAN REE
3 84 Scott ROBERTS
KA4 Junior Heavy
1 50 Isabel ROWE
2 49 Ryan WYHOON
3 38 Darsyn HARRIS
4 7 Grace RIDDELL
5 11 Levi FISHER
Cadet 12
1 55 Lucas COSTANZO
2 23 Max MANGANO
3 7 Gustav EGDAL
4 47 Jai GEORGE
5 10 Aiden SCHWEIKERT
TAG 125 Light
1 66 Will HARPER
2 96 Samuel DOWNING
3 94 Thomas HUGHES
*Driver of the weekend award” as nominated by the club stewards was given to Cadet 12 driver #47 Jai George
Full results can be seen at speedhive https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Events/2066103
We all wish Jeremy Kay and Kait Martin a speedy recovery from their accidents and look forward to seeing you back on track soon!
A huge thank you to all of the series sponsors who helped support the Golden Power Series in 2022 and contributed to the huge series prize draw.
Parolin
Shamick Racing
Tecno Kart Racing Australis
Remo Racing
IAME X30
SDPTools
Racing Image
DJM Race Engineering
Karting Central
Precision Karting
Kart Class
Pulse Tuning
DPE Kart Superstore
Pro Karting
ADA Group – Accountant | Financial Advisors | Business Consultants
Glenn Powell Design
Thompson Special Vehicles Shepparton
IGA Howlong, Nathalia, plus Liquor
Maxxis Lecont
TMT Custom Designs
G.D.M. Truck Spares
Strs 2 the point
Perfect Image the smart choice
Thank you for your support!
Karting Victoria and the Golden Power Series looks forward to seeing everyone at the end of season Karting Victoria presentation night where the series trophies for the Golden Power and Victorian Country Series will be presented along with the Karting Victoria Karters Of The Year awards for Cadet 9, Cadet 12, Junior and Senior.
