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National Honours On The Line At Eastern Creek Next Weekend

18 September 2009

Kart racers from all across the country will be heading to Sydney’s Eastern Creek International Karting Raceway next weekend (September 26/27) in an attempt to be crowned the Australian Champion at the Rotax Nationals.

The competitors, who will all be competing aboard 125cc Rotax-powered karts, will reach speeds in excess of 100 km/h while racing only centimetres apart on the 1024-metre circuit.

Over the past few years Victorian David Sera has cemented himself at the top of Australian karting with numerous victories in the major events across the country, including three of the last four Rotax Light crowns at the Nationals.

Sera will be joined on the track in the battle for the Rotax Light crown by Windsor’s David Whitmore, Bankstown’s Nathan Tigani and the North Shore’s Jason Hryniuk.

Since graduating from the junior ranks 18 months ago Whitmore has continually developed into a front-runner in the Rotax Light division across Australia and is the reigning New South Wales State Champion.

“It is going to be good taking on the best drivers on my home track, hopefully I’ll have a little bit of an advantage over them but it will be tough against the likes of David Sera, Bart Price and Damien Ward,” said Whitmore

“We’ve been doing a fair bit of testing over the last few months in an effort to be fully prepared, it is going to be a tough event but I will be giving it everything I’ve got to win.

“Everyone that is racing at the event is going to be hard to beat and qualifying will play an important role for the shape of your weekend. I’ll be aiming to be inside the top five at the end of qualifying but as everyone in karting knows it is not over until the end of the last lap in the final.”

Queenslanders have dominated the Rotax Heavy division at the Rotax Nationals having won the last six titles and Bundaberg’s Kel Treseder is the reigning two-time Champion.

While confident entering next weekend’s event Tresder is well aware that local drivers such as Castle Hill’s Daniel Baker and Mt Druitt resident Craig Stauner will be tough to beat on their home circuit.

“Once again there is a high quality field assembled for the Rotax Nationals and come Finals time next Sunday it is going to be ‘game on’ with the best of the best set to rise to the occasion,” said Treseder.

“I think local track knowledge will certainly come into play but hopefully us visiting drivers will be able to overcome the local guys and continue the domination by Queensland drivers in the category.”

In the battle of the junior drivers, the Championship chase in Formula JMA is wide open with the likes of interstate visitors Ben Jurczak, Chris Hays, Luke Rochford and Sam Howard set to take the challenge to local drivers Pierce Lehane, Darsey Kondopirakis and Tobias Bellbowen.

While the Junior category has been contested in Australia for several years next weekend’s event will be the first time that the category has got National Championships status.

Next weekend’s event kickstarts a double-header of action for karting in the Western Sydney region with Oran Park hosting the New South Wales State Championships the following weekend (October 3-5).

Former winners of the Rotax Karting Nationals

Rotax Light

2001 - Matthew Wall (Vic)

2002 - Josh Arandt (Vic)

2003 - Bart Price (Vic)

2004 - Scott Auld (Qld)

2005 - David Sera (Vic)

2006 - Hayden McBride (NSW)

2007 - David Sera (Vic)

2008 - David Sera (Vic)

Rotax Heavy

2001 - Damien Meyer (NSW)

2002 - Brett Davidson (Vic)

2003 - William Yarwood (Qld)

2004 - William Yarwood (Qld)

2005 - William Yarwood (Qld)

2006 - William Yarwood (Qld)

2007 - Kel Treseder (Qld)

2008 - Kel Treseder (Qld)

Previous Venues

2001 - Eastern Creek International Karting Raceway, Sydney, NSW

2002 - VACC Park, Melbourne, Vic

2003 - Mt Sugarloaf Raceway, Newcastle, NSW

2004 - Ipswich Raceway, Ipswich, QLD

2005 - Beckley Park Raceway, Geelong, Vic

2006 - Mt Sugarloaf Raceway, Newcastle, NSW

2007 - Ipswich Raceway, Ipswich, QLD

2008 - VACC Park, Melbourne, Vic

2009 ROTAX NATIONALS ENTRY LIST

Formula JMA

2 Bronson Butcher

3 Luke Spinley

4 Jonathan Venter

5 Jaie Robson

6 Scott May

7 Jackson Delamont

8 Luke Bergens

11 Pierce Lehane

14 Macauley Jones

17 Tyler McDonald

22 Ben Cooper

24 Max Johnston

27 Josh Hunter

29 Beck Connell

34 William Sculpher

35 Luke Rochford

39 Jackson Howard

41 Nicholas Ellen

45 Jake Coleman

50 Jaymee Frampton

51 Michael Stewart

62 Matthew Hart

74 Trent Grubel

75 Tobias Bellbowen

76 Ben Jurczak

77 Britany Hall

78 Sam Howard

88 Joshua DeMaio

89 James Macken

93 Hayden Cooper

94 Jordan Lloyd

95 Darsey Kondopirakis

97 Christopher Hays

Rotax Heavy

1 Kel Tresider

2 Joel Allingham

3 Simon Meyer

5 Troy Brown

7 Craig Evans

8 Trent Bink

9 Lane Moore

10 Paul Rodgers

11 Grant Donley

13 Nick Karmalis

15 Matthew Wall

21 Jonathan Romeo

23 Brendon Hart

29 Todd Davey

33 Rick Pringle

35 Jason Pringle

43 Chris Board

50 Jonathan Dwyer

57 Trent Moore

66 Hamish Cross

67 Mike Godsell

69 William Yarwood

72 Brock Green

74 Ben McKinlay

75 Cameron Harch

77 Daniel Baker

78 Brad Wyatt

88 Daniel Stein

89 Matthew Solman

91 Craig Stauner

95 Harley Aitken

96 Joshua Feenstra

99 Jay Waugh

Rotax Light

1 David Sera

3 Grant Gafa

4 Geoff Connell

6 Troy Bretherton

7 Damien Ward

11 Philip Maxfield

13 Bart Price

14 Corey Lean

16 Nathan Tigani

17 Phil Lucas

18 Ryan Rannard

23 Mitchell Bink

24 Mark Flood

29 Kyle Ensbey

33 Matt Greenbury

36 Daniel Rochford

39 Chris Bleakley

42 Ashley Richards

45 Jason Hryniuk

48 Jessica Golding

57 David Whitmore

63 Blake Sciberras

65 John Wells

68 Mitchell Hewitt

69 Shae Davies

72 Damien McPhee

86 James Horne

89 David Sultana

92 Nick Fein

94 Brenton Mountjoy

96 Dylan Lindgren

97 Tyler Greenbury

99 Abbey Kellie

Rotax Over 35s

3 Nicholas Crawshay

7 Ron Klingler

8 Robbie Daniels

9 Robert Amess

10 David Rotstein

11 Danny Woodland

18 Gerry Brookes

25 Tim Paslow

27 Bruce Otter

32 Paul Mapperson

33 Shane Mundey

34 Nigel Ward

39 Gavin Mazzoni

43 Brian Callaghan

44 Luke Wall

67 Greg Moores

81 Mal Walker

91 Garry Cole

ROTAX DD2

7 Steve Martin

9 Peter Beeten

14 Paul Hamilton

27 Kylie Otter

29 Kyle Ensbey

35 Tony Prendergast

42 Gordon Wells

51 Brinley Gread

60 Robert Harnas

86 David Hitchcock

93 Travis Millar

95 Nick Klippan

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