August and September at Ballarat Kart Club

It is a busy month for the club in the lead-up to the Victorian Country Series Round 5 on September 3 and 4.
There's a lot of work ahead, but it should be a great event.

• Volunteers - We need all members to contribute to the preparation and running our biggest event of the year
  We need help for jobs including working bees, tyre marking, sunday bbq, canteen and  bar (RSA required)
  A list is posted outside the canteen for names
• Round Sponsorship - Sponsorships are available for $100 per class (Listed in program, mentioned in commentary etc)
  Contact Paul on 0438 981300
• Pit spots - Lines have  now been marked and you can mark out your spot
• Working Bee 2: Saturday 27 Aug (TBD)
• August Club Day - Sunday Aug 28 
• AUSTRANS Victorian Country Series Round 5: Sat Sep 3 and Sunday Sep 4

February 2016 Club Day results

A glorious summer day greeted our karters, with old and new faces appearing for the first club day of 2016
KA3 Junior were lapping the track like rocket ships -  setting lap times around the 31 flat mark - faster than all almost senior classes! 

Cadet 12

1. Zaiden Barry
2. Daniel Malcolm
3. Karlee Pearson

Cadet 9

1. Akasha McEachran
2. Spencer Rice

TAG 125 Restricted Light

1. Luke Mason
2. John Page
3. Brendan Torpy

KA3 Junior

1. Jordan Malcolm
2. Luke Thurston

KA4 Junior Light

1. Scott McEachran

KA4 Senior Light

1. Ann Johnstone
2. Trudi McEachran
3. Krystal Alexander

IMPORTANT: Club day pre-entry changes

Sunday's AGM saw discussion about the future of club days at Ballarat.

In general it was agreed that -

• All karters must now pre-enter for clubdays - starting for the October clubday.
• If a minimum of 15 karters are not pre-entered on the Wednesday the event will be CANCELLED.
• The exact cutoff point of 15 karters may be fine tuned over time.
• There may be a financial incentive to pre-enter (eg: Additional cost to enter on the day) TBD
• Once the 2016 calendar is released, the club will review the calendar and determine whether to alternate clubdays or whether there are certain dates that are not viable to run.
• The club survey is still open, if you have not completed it before the AGM, please complete it so we can take your ideas to the next committee meeting and assist with these decisions https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2ZLQ2HM 

Exact details of these entry changes will be mailed to all members.

September 2015 Club Day results

It was a glorious day for our September club day

Highlight of the day being Scotty passing Jordan around the outside of turn 1 in reverse - an extremely brave place to pass
Jordan then chased hard to get the lead back, while Luke Thurston hounded both in the spirit of Harry's Challenge.

We also (Finally) managed to run our first ladies event in senior national - with Annie Johnstone taking out the inaugural honors over Trudi McEachran

Albeit small fields - there was some great racing

JNL
1 Jordan Malcolm
2 Scott McEachran
3 Luke Thurston

Senior National Light
1 Ann Johnstone
2 Trudi McEachran

Cadet 9 + 12
1 Zaiden Barry
1 Daniel Malcolm
2 Akasha McEachran

Restricted 125 Light
1 Blake Graham
2 Paul Feely
3 John Page
4 Trevor Attwood

Country Series Results Round 4: Ballarat

Congrats to the Ballarat Club Members who took home a top 10 result in our home round of the Victorian Country Series
Jarrod Dwyer 1st TAG Restricted Light
Paul Feely 1st TAG Restricted Heavy
Sam Wren 3rd Sportsman Restricted Super Heavy
Beau Russell 4th Cadet 9
Mal Mason 6th TAG Restricted Heavy
Luke Mason 7th TAG Restricted Heavy
Joe Fawcett 7th Cadet 9
Jordan Malcolm 7th Junior National Light
Luke Thurston 7th Junior National Heavy
John Page 8th TAG Restricted Light
Greg Ord 9th TAG Restricted Heavy
Daniel Malcolm 10th Cadet 9
Zaiden Barry 10th Cadet 12

View full results

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2015 AUSTRANS Victorian Country Series Round 4: July 18 -19

We are very excited to be gearing up for out biggest race meeting of the year on July 19.
We hope to see over 150 karters competing in 11 classes of racing.

For newcomers interested in watching some karting: spectator entry is free, practice is on Saturday 18 July and racing is on Sunday 19 July

For competing karters: a few bits of housekeeping:

• TRACK CLOSED from Monday 13 July until uncontrolled practice Saturday 18 July (Friday pit setup only)
• Please don't park in neighbouring driveways
• Ballarat Members - There is a volunteer list at the clubrooms that we'd like to see as many names as possible on

Meanwhile, here are some pics from last year's action 

June 2015 Club Day results

Club day run and won
Thanks to all our visitors for dropping by in preparation for the Victorian Country Series
The temperature was a little crisp, but no rain and the sun even came out in the afternoon to see  some good close racing.

Results:

TAG Restricted Heavy
1 Greg Ord
2 Barry Clough
3 Mal Mason

Cadet 12
1 Zaiden Barry
2 Karlee Pearson

TAG Restricted Light
1 Brendan Torpy
2 John Page
3 Jimmy Mason

Junior National Light
1 Jordan Malcolm

Junior National Heavy
1 Luke Thurston
2 Scott McEachran