2010 Australian Superkart Championship

2010 Australian Superkart
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The 2010 Australian Superkart season covers national level Superkart racing in Australia during 2010. There were just two national level race meetings in 2010, both held on the calendar of the Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships, making up the 2010 Dunlop Australian Superkart Championship.

Darren Hossack, Martin Latta and Steven Tamasi won the Australian championships.

Australian Superkart Championship

The 2010 Dunlop Australian Superkart Championship was the 22nd running of the national championships for Superkarts. It began on 1 May 2010 at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit and will end on 15 August at Morgan Park Raceway after eight races. It was contested for three engine configuration based classes, 250 cc International, 250 National and 125 cc.

A third national level event was scheduled for 29–30 May at Mallala Motor Sport Park for the non-gearbox Rotax Max family of classes, but did not go ahead due to poor competitor support.^[1] The event was later rescheduled for 29 October at Wakefield Park to be held as the 2010 Australian Rotax Superkart Nationals.^[2]

Teams and drivers

The following drivers competed in the 2010 Australian Superkart Championship. The series consisted of two rounds, with four races at each meeting.

Team	Class	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver
Sam Zavaglia Racing	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	1	Sam Zavaglia
			Yamaha TZ250	9	Trevor Roberts
	125 Gearbox	Gold Viper	Honda RS125R	19	Stephen Castles Dalton Rowell
Rocket Race Engines	250 International	Anderson Mirage	SAFE	4	Rod Prickett
Maddern Oil P/L	250 International	PVP	PVP	5	Charles Maddern
Viper Racing UK MJR Bricklaying	250 National	Anderson Maverick	Honda CR250R	6	Martin Latta
IGA Supermarkets Romeo's Foodland	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125R	7	Anthony Lappas
Dunlop Art Motorsport	250 International	PVP	FPE	8	Anton Stevens
RMR Superkarts	250 International	Anderson Maverick	BRC 250FE	10	Gary Pegoraro
	250 National	Anderson Maverick	Yamaha YZ250	15	Luke May
		Stockman MR2		20
		Anderson Maverick		26	Wayne Sprostan
Precision Contracting	250 International	Stockman MR2		11	Darren Kitchen
Rockpress	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125R	12	Phil Silcock
Smash Solutions	250 International	PVP	PVP	13	Poul V. Petersen
Top Torque	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125R	14	Matt Bass
	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	40	Greg Bass
Safe Evolutions	250 International	Anderson Maverick	SAFE	16	Darren Hossack
Sugarless Confectionary Co.	250 International	Stockman MR2	Yamaha TZ250	17	Phil Webb
Stockman Superkarts	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	18	Warren McIlveen
Buildersmile Constructions	250 International	PVP	PVP	20	Carlo Chermaz
Nick Paul	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	21	Robert Oakley
Broadbent Compressor Services	125 Gearbox	Topkart	Honda RS125R	22	Darren Dunn
Floth Sustainable Building Consultants	125 Gearbox	Avoig Elise	Honda RS125R	23	Tim Philp
Internode Davtec	250 International	Zip Eagle	BRC 250FE	28	Ilya Harpas
		Zip Eagle II		29	Yiani Harpas
Fuji Xerox	250 International	Anderson Maverick	FPE 250	30	Jason Smith
All Site Asbestos	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	31	Nathan Shearman
Coach Design Linra Property Group	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2 Laydown	Honda RS125R	32	Drene Jamieson
	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	35	Russell Jamieson
	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2 Laydown	Honda RS125R	75	Lindsay Jamieson
	250 International	Anderson Maverick	Honda RS250	86	Chryss Jamieson
Suburban Accounting	250 International	Stockman MR2	Yamaha TZ250 Honda RS250	33 43	Kristian Stebbing
	125 Gearbox		Yamaha TZ125	77	Brad Stebbing
Cycle City	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125R	34	Jeff Reed
Seaford Truck Refinishers	250 National	Anderson Mirage	Yamaha YZ250	41	Brendan Ludeman
				48
					Matthew Palmer
		Stockman MR2	Kawasaki KX250	67
	250 National	Eliminator		44	Paul Snaith
Polystyrene Solutions	250 National	PVP Raider	Honda CR250R	46	Bob Fullerton
Bluff Racing	125 Gearbox	Gladiator	Yamaha TZ125	47	Doug Amiss
Ciscos Race Tunning	250 International	Anderson Maverick		49	Steven Haywood
N&G Motor Repairs Iguana Signs & Concepts	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125R	50	Brian Wild
Speedy Gonzales Team	125 Gearbox	Avoig Elise	Honda RS125R	52	Anthony Cristallo
Crispy Racing	250 National	Anderson Maverick	Yamaha YZ250	58	David Yuill
RFC Race Team	250 International	Anderson Maverick	Honda RS250	60	David McAdam
Gas Action Services	250 International	PVP	Honda RS250	61	Steven Murray
Avoig Racing	125 Gearbox	Avoig Elise	Honda RS125R	63	John Pellicano
GR Industries	250 National	Stockman MR2		66	Frank Giglio
BK Electrical	250 National	Formula 1	Honda CR250R	71	Barry Kunowski
Stockman Superkarts/Top Torque	250 International	Stockman MR2	Honda RS250	74	Jason Laker
JND Constructions	250 International	Anderson Mirage	Honda RS250	78	Joshua Barnett
Betta Calibrations	250 National	Stockman MR2		82	Brett Campbell
Domain Prestige Homes	125 Gearbox	Stockman MR2	Honda RS125R	91	Steven Tamasi
J. Shelton & Co	125 Gearbox	Avoig Elise	Honda RS125R	93	Jeremy Shelton
Phoenix Dental Laboratory	250 International	Zip Eagle II	Yamaha TZ250	96	Mark Hanson

Season review

Former 100 cc non-gearbox Superkart Champion Gary Pegoraro finally broke through to claim a round win of the Australian Superkart Championship after coming close on many occasions in the last four years. Pegoraro won the wet second race as well as the bonus point fourth race at Phillip Island and finished third in the other two races in a consistent and fast weekend. 2008 champion Darren Hossack capitalised on a mistake by Trevor Roberts on the second last corner to win race 3 and combined that with second places in races two and four to be just five points behind Pegoraro as Anderson Karts dominated the opening round. Visiting Northern Ireland racer Trevor Roberts finished third for the round on his first visit to Australia with second places in races one and three and a third in the fourth race. Race one winner Warren McIlveen sat fourth in the points, slowed by a disappointing result in race three.

Best of the rest was Anton Stevens, whose PVP claimed a third and a fourth over the weekend and was consistently fast near the front runners. Defending champion Sam Zavaglia had a lot of work to do to come from 40 points down and sat ninth behind Ilya Harpas and Chryss Jamieson.

Luke May and Martin Latta fought over the 250 National class all weekend, trading firsts and seconds. A third-place finish in race 2 for Latta made the difference and May led the series by two points. David Yuill led the rest of the resurgent class, competing for Australian championship status for the first time since 2006. Yuill was fast in the very wet second race on Sunday morning, finishing just behind May, well up in the top ten overall. Consistency put perennial 250 National race Frank Giglio fourth in the points, ahead of STR's Matthew Palmer, the de facto defending class champion.

Twice former 125 cc champion Darren Dunn made a blitzing return to the class, winning the final race of the weekend to pull ten points clear of defending champion Steven Tamasi. Tamasi won the first race of the weekend on Saturday afternoon but Sunday saw the teenager plagued with power issues which saw him last across the line in race four. The weekend saw each race claimed by a different racer; veteran Jeff Reed won race two to be third in the points behind Tamasi while race-three winner Anothony Lappas languished seventh after a pair of retirements slowed his weekend. Brad Stebbing and John Pellicano sat fourth and fifth.

Results and Standings

Gearbox race calendar

The 2010 Dunlop Australian Superkart Championship season consisted of two rounds. Four races were held at both race meetings.

Rd.	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner 250 International	Team	Winner 250 National	Team	Winner 125 Gearbox	Team
1	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit[3]	Phillip Island, Victoria	1 – 2 May	Gary Pegoraro	RMR Superkarts	Luke May	Velocity Management	Darren Dunn	Broadbent Compressor Services
2	Morgan Park Raceway[4]	Warwick, Queensland	14 – 15 August	Warren McIlveen	Stockman Superkarts	Martin Latta	Viper Racing UK	Steven Tamasi	Domain Prestige Homes

Rd	Circuit	City / State	Date	Winner Rotax Light	Team	Winner Rotax Heavy	Team
Rotax	Wakefield Park	Goulburn, New South Wales	29 October

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:^[5]

Pos Driver PHI 1 PHI 2 PHI 3 PHI 4 MOR 1 MOR 2 MOR 3 MOR 4 Pts 250 INTERNATIONAL 1 Darren Hossack 5th 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 140 2 Warren McIlveen 1st 4th 7th 4th 1st 1st 1st 3rd 140 3 Gary Pegoraro 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 4th Ret DNS 105 4 Sam Zavaglia Ret 12th 4th 5th 6th 2nd 2nd 4th 97 5 Ilya Harpas 9th 5th 5th 9th 5th 5th 6th 8th 86 6 Jason Smith 6th Ret 10th 7th 4th Ret Ret 2nd 65 7 Trevor Roberts 2nd 6th 2nd 3rd 64 8 Chryss Jamieson 8th 9th 9th 6th Ret Ret 9th 7th 62 9 Jason Laker 7th 6th 4th 5th 48 10 Mark Hanson Ret 11th 15th 12th 26th 12th 15th 12th 48 11 Anton Stevens 4th 3rd 8th 11th DNS DNS DNS DNS 46 12 Steven Murray DNS Ret 35th 29th 9th 25th 5th 6th 41 13 Kristian Stebbing 11th 25th 6th Ret 8th 7th Ret DNS 33 14 Rod Prickett 10th DSQ DNS 8th 10th 8th Ret Ret 33 15 Greg Bass DNS 10th 13th 19th 18 16 Nathan Shearman 17th 16th 16th Ret 16 17 Joshua Barnett Ret 10th 10th Ret 15 18 Robert Oakley 12th Ret Ret 10th 15 19 Steven Haywood 19th 17th 18th 17th 15 20 Poul V. Petersen 14th 23rd 21st 18th 11 21 Yiani Harpas 7th Ret Ret Ret 9 22 David McAdam Ret 24th Ret DNS 22nd 18th Ret DNS 9 23 Darren Kitchen 16th DNS DNS 16th 9 24 Phil Webb 35th 30th 30th Ret DNS DNS 28th Ret 8 25 Charles Maddern 13th 18th Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 7 26 Russell Jamieson Ret 20th 16th Ret Ret Ret DNS DNS 6 Carlo Chermaz DNS DNS DNS DNS 250 NATIONAL 1 Martin Latta 15th 21st 11th 14th 11th DNS 7th 10th 142 2 Luke May 17th 7th 12th 13th 12th 9th 8th Ret 133 3 Brendan Ludeman 24th Ret 23rd 20th 16th 15th 14th 14th 105 4 Frank Giglio 26th 28th 28th 24th 21st 20th DNS 15th 90 5 Wayne Sprostan 18th 22nd 14th Ret 19th DNS 19th 17th 83 6 David Yuill 20th 8th 17th 15th 63 7 Matthew Palmer 31st 33rd 26th 25th DNS DNS DNS DNS 44 8 Barry Kunowski 37th 34th 33rd Ret 30th Ret DNS DNS 34 9 Bob Fullerton 34th Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 27th 24th 33 10 Anton Stevens Ret Ret Ret 11th 22 11 Paul Snaith Ret Ret 13th Ret 15 Brett Campbell DNS DNS DNS DNS 0 125 GEARBOX 1 Steven Tamasi 21st 19th 20th 32nd 13th 11th 11th 9th 145 2 Darren Dunn 22nd 15th 24th 21st 14th 13th 12th 13th 143 3 Jeff Reed 23rd Ret 22nd 22nd 15th 14th 17th 18th 115 4 Tim Philp 28th 32nd 25th Ret 18th 17th 18th 16th 86 5 John Pellicano 29th 14th 36th 28th 27th 22nd 23rd Ret 71 6 Brad Stebbing 27th 13th Ret 23rd 20th 24th DNS Ret 69 7 Jeremy Shelton 32nd 29th 29th 30th 23rd 19th 21st Ret 69 8 Phil Silcock 36th 31st 34th 31st 29th 23rd 25th 22nd 65 9 Brian Wild 30th Ret 32nd 26th 25th Ret 22nd Ret 50 10 Drene Jamieson 33rd 26th 27th Ret DNS DNS DNS 21st 40 11 Dalton Rowell 28th 21st 24th 20th 39 12 Lindsay Jamieson 24th Ret 20th 19th 36 13 Anthony Lappas 25th Ret 19th Ret 33 14 Matt Bass Ret 16th Ret 27th 29 15 Stephen Castles 38th 27th 31st Ret 21 16 Doug Amiss Ret Ret 26th 23rd 17 Pos Driver PHI 1 PHI 2 PHI 3 PHI 4 MOR 1 MOR 2 MOR 3 MOR 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)

References

2. "Wakefield Park to Host Rotax Superkart Nationals". Superkarts Australia. 24 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
3. "Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit 02/05/2010 Shannons Nationals Motor Racing Championships 2010 - Round 3". National Software. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
4. "Morgan Park Raceway (Track K) 15/08/2010 Shannon's Nationals Motor Racing Championship - Rnd". National Software. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
5. Jones, Mark (4 May 2010). "Full Championship Points After Round 1". Superkarts Australia. Retrieved 2010-06-18.

External links

• Official championship website
• CAMS Manual reference to Australian titles