2009 Australian Superkart Championship

2009 Australian Superkart
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The 2009 Australian Superkart season covers national level Superkart racing in Australia during 2009. There were three national level race meetings in 2009 all held on the calendar of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships, the first two covered the Australian Superkart Championship, which was won by Sam Zavaglia.^[1] The third event, the stand-alone Pacific Superkart Challenge, was won by Warren McIlveen.^[2]

Featured events

Australian Superkart Championship

The 2009 Australian Superkart Championship was the 21st running of the national championships for Superkarts. It began on 6 June 2009 at Mallala Motor Sport Park and end on 19 July at Eastern Creek Raceway after eight races. It was contested for two engine capacity based classes, 250 cc International (incorporating 250 National Class) and 125 cc. 125cc champion was Melbourne teenager, Steven Tamasi.^[3]

A third national level event was held later in the season at Morgan Park Raceway which was held for the 250 International, 125cc, the recently superseded 85cc class and the Rotax Max non-gearbox category.

Non-Gearbox Superkart Championship

With insufficient pre-registration, non-Gearbox Rotax Max championship was not contested in 2009.

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2009 Australian Superkart Championship. The series consisted of two rounds, with four races at each meeting. With only four competitors appearing from the 250 National class all season, the 250 Nationals were merged into the 250 International class.

Team	Class	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver
Safe Evolutions	250 International	Anderson Maverick	SAFE	1	Darren Hossack
				12	Shane Price
Rocket Race Engines	250 International	Anderson Mirage	FPE/RCS	4	Rod Prickett
Top Dog Advertising	250 International	PVP	PVP	6	Vince Livaditis
RMR Superkarts	250 International	Anderson Maverick	FPE	7	Colin McIntyre
			BRC 250FE FPE	10	Gary Pegoraro
BK Electrical	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	7	Barry Kunowski
Dunlop Art Motorsport	250 International	PVP	PVP	8	Anton Stevens
Cystic Fibrosis Queensland	125 Gearbox	Eliminator	Honda RS125	8	Iain McIntosh
Stockman Superkarts	250 International	Stockman MR2	Yamaha TZ250	9	Sam Zavaglia
			Honda RS250	18	Warren McIlveen
				43	Dan Ramerman
					Daniel Tamasi
Rockpress	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	12	Phil Silcock
	125 Gearbox	Top Kart	Yamaha TZ125	13	Mick Chiodo
Maddern Oil P/L	250 International	PVP	PVP	14	Charles Maddern
Coach Design	85 Gearbox	Gladiator	Yamaha YZ80	16	Lindsay Jamieson
				26	Stewart Bell
	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2 Laydown	Honda RS125	32	Drene Jamieson
	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	35	Russell Jamieson
	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2 Laydown	Honda RS125	86	Chryss Jamieson
Arconn Refrigeration	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	17	Rod Conn
Sugarless Confectionery Co.	250 International	Stockman MR2	Yamaha TZ250	17	Phil Webb
Nick Paul	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	21	Robert Oakley
Internode Metaplanners Davtec	250 International	Zip Eagle	BRC 250FE	28	Ilya Harpas
		Zip Eagle II		29	Yiani Harpas
Suburban Accounting	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	33	Kristian Stebbing
	125 Gearbox		Yamaha TZ125	77	Brad Stebbing
Cycle City	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	34	Jeff Reed
Top Torque	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	40	Stephen Castles
Jeff Burford	250 International	Zip Eagle II		41	Jeff Burford
Paul Snaith	250 International	Eliminator		44	Paul Snaith
STR Truck Bodies	250 International	Stockman MR2		48	Matthew Palmer
Bakker Superkarts	125 Gearbox	Bakker	Honda RS250	50	Mick Bakker
N&G Motor Repairs Iguana Signs & Concepts	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	50	Brian Wild
Martelco Equipment Hire	250 International	Zip Eagle II	Yamaha TZ250	54	Brett Purdie
Crispy Racing	250 International	Anderson Maverick		58	David Yuill
RFC Race Team	Rotax Max	Hypermax Phoenix	Rotax 125	60	David McAdam
				80	Richard Flanagan
Avoig Racing	125 Gearbox	Avoig Elise	Honda RS125	61 161	John Pellicano
Gas Action Services	250 International	PVP	Honda RS250	61	Steven Murray
	Rotax Max	CRG Maximo	Rotax 125	68	Todd Gardner
Kylope Hire Cars	125 Gearbox	Benson	Honda RS125	69	Mehmet Sinani
Darren O'Connor	250 International	Zip Eagle		70	Darren O'Connor
Lofty Coaches	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	72	Dean McGinty
1800 Bumper	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	74	Jason Laker
Sundown Security	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	88	Michael Davies
Domain Prestige Homes	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	90	Steven Tamasi
J. Shelton & Co	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125	93	Jeremy Shelton
Phoenix Dental Laboratory	250 International	Zip Eagle II	Yamaha TZ250	96	Mark Hanson
Bel-Ray / Prosport	250 International	PVP	Yamaha TZ250	250	Cameron Hoswell
Douglas Amiss	85 Gearbox	Gladiator	Yamaha YZ80	461	Doug Amiss

Results and Standings

Gearbox race calendar

The 2009 www.artmotorsport.com.au Australian Superkart Championship season consisted of two rounds. Four races were held at both race meetings. Likewise four races were held at the Pacific Superkart Challenge.

Rd.	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner 250	Team	Winner 125	Team	Winner 85	Team	Winner Rotax	Team
1	Mallala Motor Sport Park[4]	Mallala, South Australia	6 – 7 June	Sam Zavaglia	Stockman Superkarts	Steven Tamasi	Domain Prestige Homes
2	Eastern Creek Raceway[5]	Sydney, New South Wales	18 – 19 July	Sam Zavaglia	Stockman Superkarts	Jeff Reed	Cycle City
PSC	Morgan Park Raceway[6]	Warwick, Queensland	8 – 9 August	Warren McIlveen	Stockman Superkarts	John Pellicano	Giova Design	Stewart Bell	Coach Design	David McAdam	RFC Race Team

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded 20-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on the top fifteen race positions in first three races of each round. The fourth race of each round, which is longer than the others (eight laps vs five laps) awarded points for the top twenty race positions at 25-22-20-18-16-15-14-13-12–11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1. Points sourced from in part:^[7]

Pos Driver MAL 1 MAL 2 MAL 3 MAL 4 EAS 1 EAS 2 EAS 3 EAS 4 Pts 250 INTERNATIONAL 1 Sam Zavaglia 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 160 2 Darren Hossack 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 4th DNS 2nd 2nd 113 3 Gary Pegoraro Ret 2nd 2nd 5th 2nd DNS Ret 3rd 87 4 Ilya Harpas 4th 5th 5th 4th Ret 7th 8th 9th 82 5 Robert Oakley 8th 8th 14th Ret 3rd 2nd Ret 4th 67 6 Shane Price Ret 6th 6th 2nd Ret 3rd 9th Ret 64 7 Russell Jamieson 10th Ret 13th 10th 8th 6th 5th 7th 62 8 Yiani Harpas 2nd 1st 1st Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS 57 9 Colin McIntyre Ret 19th Ret Ret 6th 4th 3rd 6th 54 10 Stephen Castles 28th 12th Ret DNS 5th 5th 7th 5th 51 11 Jason Laker 9th 10th 9th Ret 9th 22nd 6th 10th 50 12 Kristian Stebbing 27th 9th 7th 8th Ret 19th 8th Ret 46 13 Warren McIlveen 6th 7th 15th 6th Ret Ret Ret Ret 35 14 Brett Purdie Ret 13th 12th 7th 10th 14th Ret Ret 31 15 Anton Stevens 5th 28th 10th 9th DNS DNS DNS DNS 30 16 Matthew Palmer 26th 26th 25th 17th 16th 11th 19th 16th 30 17 David Yuill 15th 21st 22nd 16th Ret 13th 15th 11th 28 18 Vince Livaditis 7th Ret 12th 8th 27 19 Charles Maddern 12th 11th 11th 14th 12th DNS DNS DNS 26 20 Mark Hanson 11th 14th Ret Ret Ret 8th 10th Ret 21 21 Daniel Ramerman 7th Ret 8th Ret 17 22 Dean McGinty 13th 16th 17th 11th 15 23 Rod Prickett DNS 20th 18th 12th 11 24 Paul Snaith 19th 15th 16th 13th 11 25 Jeff Burford 18th 17th 19th 15th 9 26 Frank Giglio 17th 20th 20th Ret 8 27 Darren O'Connor 14th 18th 21st 19th 7 28 Michael Davies Ret Ret 20th Ret 1 Daniel Tamasi DNS DNS DNS DNS 0 125 GEARBOX 1 Steven Tamasi 17th 22nd 23rd 18th 13th 12th 16th 14th 147 2 Jeff Reed 16th Ret 24th 21st 11th 9th 11th 12th 142 3 John Pellicano 20th Ret 26th 20th 19th 21st 14th 13th 107 4 Rod Conn 22nd 24th 27th 22nd 15th 16th 18th 18th 106 5 Drene Jamieson 25th 25th 28th Ret 18th 17th 17th 15th 82 6 Brad Stebbing 28th Ret Ret Ret 14th 10th 13th 17th 75 7 Michael Chiodo Ret 18th 22nd 19th 31 8 Mick Bakker 20th 15th 21st DNS 31 9 Mehmet Sinani 24th 27th 29th Ret 30 10 Chryss Jamieson 21st 23rd Ret DNS 30 Pos Driver MAL 1 MAL 2 MAL 3 MAL 4 EAS 1 EAS 2 EAS 3 EAS 4 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Rockpress Pacific Superkart Challenge

Points were awarded 401-300-225-169-127-95-71 based on the top race positions in each classe in each of the four races. There was an additional bonus points structure added, multiplying the points received by the number of karts entered in that competitors class, divided by the total number of entries for the field.

Pos Driver Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Bonus Pts 250 INTERNATIONAL 1 Warren McIlveen 1st 1st 1st 1st 560 2164 2 Vince Livaditis 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 420 1620 3 Jason Laker 4th 3rd 4th 4th 259 991 4 Russell Jamieson 14th 5th 3rd 3rd 238 910 5 Steven Murray 3rd 4th Ret 5th 182 703 6 Cameron Hoswell 7th 8th 7th 7th 154 598 7 Phil Webb 17th 13th Ret DNS 49 191 125 GEARBOX 1 John Pellicano 16th 6th 5th 6th 455 1753 2 Brian Wild 5th 9th 8th 8th 406 1557 3 Drene Jamieson 8th 7th 6th 9th 392 1517 4 Phil Silcock 9th 11th 10th 11th 259 991 5 Barry Kunowski 11th 12th 11th 15th 196 746 6 Jeremy Shelton 15th 16th 15th 16th 147 559 7 Iain McIntosh DNS 19th DNS 19th 49 191 85 GEARBOX 1 Stewart Bell 6th 10th 9th 10th 240 1844 2 Lindsay Jamieson 13th 17th 13th 12th 180 1380 3 Doug Amiss Ret 18th 16th 17th 102 777 ROTAX MAX 1 David McAdam 10th 15th 12th 13th 225 1728 2 Todd Gardner 12th 14th 14th 14th 195 1496 3 Richard Flanagan DNS 20th 17th 18th 102 777 Pos Driver Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Bonus Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

References

1. "Congratulations champions and award winners of 2009". Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
2. "McIlveen's Wins Rockpress Pacific Superkart Championship". Superkarts Australia. 9 August 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
3. Jones, Mark (9 July 2009). "Zavaglia And Tamasi Win 2009 Superkart Titles". KartSportNews.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
4. "Mallala Motorsport Park 07/06/2009 Shannons National Motor Racing Championships – Round 4". National Software. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
5. "Eastern Creek International Raceway 19/07/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 6". National Software. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
6. "Morgan Park Warwick 09/08/2009 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championship – Round 7". National Software. 9 August 2009. Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
7. Jones, Mark (1 August 2009). "Final Points 2009 Australian Superkart Championship". Superkarts Australia. Retrieved 2010-05-11.

External links

• Official championship website
• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles