Lithgow District Combined Kart club held round three of the 2018 NSW Karting championships at Lithgow race track.
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There were 180 competitors taking on the three massive days of racing from Friday, September 28 and concluding on Sunday, September 30.
“It was unreal, karting has taken a bit of a downturn these past few years so to have the most number of entries we’ve had for a state title in four years,” President Russell Becker said.
“This was the largest entry for any round, and for it to be the last round when people think they are out of contention so they won’t come is just amazing.”
Current Australian KA4 junior light champion Rhys Smith claimed the final round of the state karting championships with a time of 15.54.403. Not only did he claim the round win but the championship as well, with a clean sweep of all three meets throughout the year.
Rhys Smith and Adam Tomsett both created the fastest lap times of 35.205, Rhys creating his fastest lap on lap 23 while Adams fastest time came in on lap 26.
Jake Rutokowski dominated his cadet 9 race, leading for all 27 laps and taking a best lap time of 38.047. Jake also managed to win each round of the series, declaring him the state champion.
Alex Ninovic was the winner of the final Cadet 12 round, and took out the championship.
KA4 Junior Heavy category was dominated by racer Rhys Smith who came out on top once again.
Angus Wallace took out the KA3 Junior class and championship.
KA3 Senior medium round three winner went to Matthew Kenneth who finished .800 seconds in front of Nicholas Cooley.
TAG 125 heavy class winner went to Tony Bregonje and despite coming second Hudson Heath still managed to take enough points to become the state champion.
The KA3 Senior light class championship went to Jackson Souslin-Harlow who also took out round three of the championship with a time of 15.25.874.
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To take the TAG125 light win Chris Bregonje put in a last lap push creating his fastest lap to cross the line ahead of Christopher Sandrone, which gave him the championship.
The weekend ran smoothly despite one accident which saw racer Adrian Haak taken to hospital for surgery.
“He is okay, he had a break failure and couldn’t stop so he spent the night in hospital but is recovering well,” Russell Becker said.
According to his team EvoKart Adrian is making a speedy recovery and is trying to convince his parents to let him race in a few weeks.
“The event ran really smoothly, it all ran on time, it was well organised and just a great event, and a positive for karting,” Mr Becker said.