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KARTING, EMOTION & PASSION

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EDGAR HITS HIS 3RD CONSECUTIVE ABKC O PLATE, THE LATEST IN A LONG LIST OF TITLES FOR THE EDGARS, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DYNASTY EVER IN BRITISH KARTING.

RACE McCARTHY OPENS EURO MAX IN STYLE

TEST

STARLANE CORSARO

LEGENDARY KARTS: GLENN DAVIDSON REPLICATES ROSSI’S 1999 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CRG

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MAY 2015 - N. 17

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14 MONDOKART - News & Previews

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20 YOUR TKM GUIDE Ever-growing Festival 22 ROTAX MAX BEGINNERS’ TIPS Choosing the right kart for you 24 INSIDE YOUR TILLOTSON CARB HW-27A for Iame X30 set-up 26 CLOSE UP The Edgars 38 PRODUCT OF THE MONTH ALTO Laser Alignment System 76 LEGENDAY KARTS Glenn Davidson Replicas 80 2015 NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL CALENDARS

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40 ABKC O PLATES 44 ROTAX EURO CHALLENGE RD.1 48 CIK EUROPEAN KZ-KZ2 CHAMPS RD.1 50 BNL KARTING SERIES RD.1 52 LGM SERIES & X30 TOUR RD.1-2 58 BUCKMORE PARK KC SUMMER CHAMPS RD.1 60 SHENINGTON KRC CLUB CHAMPS RD.1 62 CLAY PIGEON KC CHAMPIONSHIP RD.2

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64 CUMBRIA KRC CHAMPIONSHIP RD.3 66 TRENT VALLEY KC SUMMER CHAMPS RD.1 68 SOUTH YORKSHIRE KC CLUB CHAMPS RD.1 70 HODDESDON KC CHAMPIONSHIP RD.3 72 WHILTON MILL KART CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RD.3 74 BAYFORD MEADOWS KC CHAMPS & KENT CUP RD.1

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32 TEST Starlane Corsaro Data Acquisition system

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CLOSE UP THE EDGARS

KARTING

A profile of the Edgar Karting family, one of the most successful, committed and passionate the UK Karting scene has ever encountered. Spanning across four generations, with as many as five members mastering the grids in national series, the Edgars are part of the Karting tradition (and legacy) of this country, outright members of Karting aristocracy in the UK. REPORT VROOM / PHOTOS C.WALKER, EDGAR FAMILY ARCHIVE

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Above, three generations of the Edgar dynasty. From left, brothers Justin and Jason, their father Terry, and his grandson Jonny sitting on the kart. Jonny’s third consecutive ABkC Cadet O Plate victory puts him up there with the greats of the sport, but the future has certainly in store more success for the young Edgar heir.

Opposite page, Jason and Justin, winning pair at the 2003 Super One Championship.

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hen garage proprietor Iredale Edgar

comedy series “Porridge” would later be based.

bought himself a 100cc Clinton powered

Local residents apparently had no misgivings about

Trokart, the sport in Britain was barely 12 months

living close to the prison, but this noisy group of

old and widely considered to be nothing more

karters was an entirely different matter. Following

than a passing phase. 55 years later, his Great

numerous complaints the club was faced with

Grandson, Jonny, has become a three times

eviction and had to look for an alternative site.

winner of the ABkC National “O” Plate title and can also boast an international karting pedigree.

Less than half a mile from Iredale’s Rowrah home

In March this year, Jonny took America by storm

laid a disused limestone quarry that could be

when he won the prestigious Florida Winter Tour

turned into an ideal circuit. He made enquiries and

championships.

discovered that it could be purchased for £300.

THE FOUNDING FATHER Back in 1960 British karting was far from being the

However club funds only stretched to 5% of this figure. Undeterred by this small matter, the group decided to establish a Limited Company known

professionally organised sport it is

as Lakeland Stadium. Shares were bought by club

today. Races were often ad hoc affairs,

members and local businessmen at £20 each.

held on car parks, disused airstrips

Using hired equipment and voluntary labour, a 500

and the occasional farmer’s field. A tiny

metre circuit was constructed for just under £4,000.

champion in 1964

group of enthusiasts formed the West

Karting had arrived at this sleepy Lake District village

and repeated this

Cumberland Kart Club and began

big style.

Terry became Rowrah’s first outright

success on a further 16 occasions.

running races mainly on an airfield at Haverigg. It was situated close to a

RECORD-FAST SON

prison upon which Ronnie Barker’s

When the price of Trokarts was reduced from £70

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TEST DATA ACQUISITION AND GPS

AMATEUR

SATELLITES

LET’S SEE HOW THE USE OF WHAT IS NOW INDISPENSABLE KIT FOR THE PROS, THE “INSTRUMENT PANEL” AND THE GPS DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM, IS VERY USEFUL EVEN FOR THOSE WHO PRACTISE KARTING AS AMATEURS, WITH THE NEW CORSARO SYSTEM. REPORT: N. BRANCHER - PHOTOS: D. PASTANELLA

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n the professional karting world,

the instrument used besides integrating

besides being important reference

the latest GPS, it has a sensor for

points for a driver to try and improve

speed, water temperature and exhaust

technically and make the most of chassis

temperature. «the fact of not using just

set up and power delivered by engines,

the GPS American Satellite constellation,

nowadays every official team uses

but also the ones from the Russian

data acquisition systems for fine tuning

system Glonass – they tell us – it allows

engines and chassis set up in order to

you to calculate the three-lateralness with

check while on the track any changes

great accuracy and getting paths that

carried out on test benches. However,

are very true compared to the path the

seeing that they all have a normal

driver follows round the turn. With this

“instrument panel” on the steering wheel

system, even for an amateur karting driver

that doesn’t only show the date according

it is very easy and intuitive to use data

to how the engine is going, but very often

acquisition that allows you to improve on

it also integrates data acquisition too,

track performance on the same day. This

let’s see how work can be carried out

is thanks to the “localization”, the Starlane

in a simpler was and our aim is to help

System recognises the track where the

amateur drivers who want to use a data

test is being carried out automatically, in

acquisition system for checking to see

this case Lonato and automatically puts in

that your kart works properly and at the

the finishing line and intermediate places

same time see if there have been any

to be aware of. Furthermore, the system

mistakes made while driving.

allows you to place and change the

WITH THE CORSARO’S HELP

intermediate spots easily, and memorise the different configurations on behalf of

To see how this could happen in a real

the operator, independently from the set

situation, we took advantage of Starlane

magnetic bands found on the track, for

that help with our test in Lonato with

those who are used to different reference

CKR. The factory in Lombardy “lent”

points. By working out the different spots

us their expert Francesco Parisio and

for changing automatically by means of a

Corsaro, their new instrument. However,

DigiRace MMX program, he parts of the

we’ll talk about this innovation, which is

track can be changed however you like,

wireless in detail in another column; but

even when the session has already been

let me say that to help in our test that

downloaded.

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ABKC ‘O’ PLATE

RACE

CUMBRIA KART RACING CLUB, ROWRAH 19th APRIL

THE BEST AT ROWRAH Rowrah hosted the best Rotax ABkC ‘O’ Plate for years, with some excellent driving standards.

REPORT B.LAWSON / PHOTOS C.WALKER (KARTPIX.NET)

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Heat one took place on the Saturday with some good weather which continued in to Sunday for the 2nd heat, the pre-finals and the main event, the British Open Championship.

HONDA CADET Harry Thompson started on pole for heat one and he finished in 1st, in heat 2, he dominated once again. Thompson started on pole for the pre-final but unfortunately had a bad start and dropped to 13th. This led to a interesting battle between Wesley

Mason, Alex Lloyd, Oliver Clarke and Ben Fayers with and 4 of them able to take the win. Clarke crossed the line 1st meaning he started on pole for the ‘O’ plate, Alex Lloyd 2nd and Ben Fayers 3rd. Harry Thompson managed to get back up to 8th. Clarke and Lloyd held on to the first two podium positions for the first few laps of the race before dropping to positions 5th and 6th. This gave Mason the chance to take the lead; he took it and led all the way to the end to take the ‘O’ plate.

MASON (23) LEADS ALL THE WAY TO THE END TO TAKE THE HONDA ‘O’ PLATE OVER THOMPSON AND FAYERS (14).

Thompson finished in 2nd and Ben Fayers in 3rd. Clarke finished in 4th and Kieron Jermey in 4th.

MINI MAX This was the class with the most entries, with 24 on the grid, there was bound to be some exciting racing throughout the

weekend. William Petitt looked good on Saturday, winning heat one, but it was Fin Kenneally who came out on top in heat 2 on Sunday. Zachary Robertson won the Pre-final, after starting 5th meaning he started on pole for the final with William Petitt next to him on the grid. Robertson

lost the lead after a couple of laps, leaving Petitt to take the take charge. Petitt pulled away and went on to take the first place on the podium. A substantial 2.7 seconds behind him was Fin Kenneally who set the fastest lap and Kiern Jewiss took 3rd. Alex Charpentier finished 4th after a great drive

STARTING JUNIOR MAX FINAL FROM POLE, HARRISON THOMAS (26) HAS A WALKTHROUGH TO GRAB THE ‘O’ PLATE, WITH MACCARTHY (4) AND GAMBLE (3) PROVING WORTHY ADVERSARIES

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ROTAX EURO CHALLENGE RND. 1

RACE

McCARTHY TOPS IN R SALBRIS (FRANCE) 4-5th APRIL 2015

Above, Jack McCarthy (8) takes the Junior Max prefinal win ahead of Jordan Brown-Nutley (17) by 0”079.

In the final, Jordan comes together with York (opposite with teammate Fin Kenneally) dropping to the back of the field… a rather disappointing result after a promising start to the weekend.

Right, an all British Junior Max podium with Jack McCarthy on top sided by Kiern Jewiss and Dean MacDonald.

Opposite, Senior Max podium with Lehane, Stewart and Nijjar.

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Brit Jack McCarthy

ROTAX OPENER

tops the Junior Max charts in Euro Challenge opener held in Salbris, France where it was a top 6

British parade.

REPORT & PHOTOS T.DECK

Over 160 drivers from 34 countries representing every continent entered the first of four rounds of the European Rotax series.

While the qualifying practise on Friday took place on a dry track, Saturday’s heats were a slippery business.

The sun was back on Sunday for the final race day.

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LGM SERIES & X30 TOUR

RACE

RND.1 PF INTERNATIONAL, 5th APRIL / RND.2 KIMBOLTON, 12th APRIL

GREEN FOR GO! Recordbreaking entry at PFI and Kimbolton for the first two rounds of the LGM Series & X30 Tour.

REPORT LGM PO / PHOTOS C.WALKER (KARTPIX.NET)

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RND.1 – PF INTERNATIONAL

The opening round of the 2015 LGM Series & X30 Tour was an event that almost didn’t happen. Minor alterations to one of the corners at PF resulted in the MSA Permit being withdrawn on Wednesday. A series of frantic phone calls were made by the TVKC chairman Nigel Edwards and circuit owner Paul Fletcher, initially without much success. However, after the CIK Vice President Kees Van De Grint intervened, permission was finally granted late on Thursday evening.

At least Paul had a smile on his face on Saturday morning as he contemplated a record-breaking entry of 69

competitors in the Senior X30 class. “There’s never been a “C” Final for any class on my circuit,” he beamed. “It just goes to show that, if you can get the formula right, there are still plenty of adult karters who want to take part in MSA racing.”

LGM Lorcan Hanafin, Brandon Martland, Jonny Edgar, Joseph Taylor. Dexter Patterson and Matthew Hunt all emerged as Heat winners.

It was Edgar, however, who claimed pole position for the “A” Final, with Patterson sitting alongside him on row 1. Immediately behind these two were Taylor Barnard and Finlay Bunce. Down at the other end sat Alex

Walker, Alicia Goundry, Daniel Butterworth and Aiden Neate all qualified via the “B” Final.

Edgar made a good start, but Patterson looked to be in trouble as

Above, Albert Carter (11) is protagonist of an outstanding comeback in the opening round of the LGM Series, climbing back a whopping 19 positions to close in 6th. Below, LGM round 1 and 2 winner Harry Thompson holding the trophy. Right, Jonny Edgar (O) tries all the tricks in the book to displace Thompson from the lead but he has to settle for the runner up spot in round 1. Opposite, Thompson (79) leads the field.

several drivers streamed past him under the bridge.

This allowed Taylor to gain three places and he slotted in tightly

behind the leader with Patterson in tow.

Martland, Bunce and Harry Thompson were all in contention at mid distance, but Reggie Duhy had started to fall off the pace slightly. With four laps remaining Edgar, Taylor, Patterson and Thompson had broken away from the chasing pack. Taylor went up Edgar’s inside, forcing him to drop 5 places, as Thompson took the lead

followed by Patterson. Edgar fought his way up to 4th as Taylor dropped down to 6th.

Over the bridge they emerged on their final lap with Edgar moving ahead of Patterson and then overtaking Barnard for 2nd. Patterson’s race ended badly when, with just a couple of corners left, he was struck by Duhy and lost ten places. Thompson crossed the line delighted to chalk up his first Little Green Man victory followed

by Edgar, Barnard, Taylor and Bunce. After retiring from an earlier Heat, Albert Carter had started this race off grid 25 but performed admirably to finally finish in 6th position.

JUNIOR X30 56 entrants in this class produced yet another record for the PF circuit.

Lewis Taylor, Alfie Brown and Eddie Hack all dipped under the 1 minute mark in Timed Qualifying. Taylor won his Heat followed by Hack and Bradshaw. Brown picked up the win next time out, with Mario Mills finishing 2nd ahead of Ben Wooldridge.

In the “A” Final Lewis Taylor was unable to capitalise on his pole position as Brown, Bradshaw and Joshua Simms all moved ahead of him.

Brown was especially quick off the mark as Bradshaw retired from 2nd place on lap 2, leaving Hack to take up the chase ahead of Taylor

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LEGENDARY KARTS GLENN DAVIDSON REPLICAS

GLENN TURNED HIS PASSION ABOUT KARTS OF THE ‘90S INTO AN EXCITING HOBBY. HERE HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HE RECREATED THE MAGIC OF TWO LEGENDS OF THE SPORT, DANILO ROSSI AND THE 1999 FSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING CRG HERON PLUS KARTS.

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File info Driver: Danilo Rossi Kart: CRG Heron Plus Race: 1999 FSA World Championship Type: Kart Replica

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