06/05/2026
Ellough Park Rounds 3+4!
Friday practice and 2 hour sprint
Saturday 10 hour Endurance
The first of the longer races on the kart tracks for 2026.
Jimmy and Sam made the trek up to Beccles for the Friday practice and Sprint race, a few sessions under our belts to learn the track and we parked it keeping an eye on the amount of laps we had in store over the rest of the weekend and the wear the Bridgestone slicks were showing.
Sam qualified us P4 in superpole and we were set for the race, majority of the race we were fighting for the podium spots, both riders bettering their laptimes. Until the end Jimmys final stint when another rider fell off on front of him and he decided to match it and followed suit, this ended up costing us our 1st podium of the year. P5 in class P9 overall.
Overnight we gave the bike a good once over, changed the bent rear brake pedal and some fresh Bridgestone rubber for the 10hr.
Saturday and the Two Toms, Tom and Tommy arrived ready for the big one!
We split first practice so both fresh riders could learn the track. 9 minutes each. Sorted let's send it.
We sent Tom B out for qualifying 1 where he sailed through P8 54.50
Q2 we sent Tom again as he was the only rider in kit 🤣 and he smashed us P9 with a 53.6
Race start is on Jimmy, steady away is the goal. A good launch and we were racing, avoiding a sliding Round Racing at turn 1 we were settling in until a rider fell in front of us on lap 2 and with nowhere to go took us down.
Back up and in the pits to straighten a bar we were back out. Dead last 5 laps down.
Time to graft and get our heads down, we felt we had the pace as a team to be at the top and it was time to show it.
Over the hours we chipped away making our way through the field and after a few hours we found ourselves back on the podium chase, a second mechanical meant we had to pull Jimmy in 2 laps into a stint to tighten a footpeg costing another lap to those around us.
Tom and Sam were having their own personal battle for quickest lap in the team with Tom setting a 52.7 on lap 431 showing how hard the boys were working for the result!
Going into the final hour we were back on the same lap as the bike in front with the aim to keep them in sight and hope we can pull them in before the end.
With 15minutes of the 10 hours remaining, down came the rain🌧.....Sam giving us the 'what shall I do' arm and the team on the pit wall telling him to stay out. Teams pitted around us while we stayed out, this meant we sat P3 in class, once the flag went green Sam went for it and clinched P2 in the last few minutes. Securing our first podium of the year!
P2 in class
P5 overall
A solid weekend overall and the boys buzzing with the Endurance result!
Massive thanks to Phillip Room who was time keeper, bike runner and tactician all weekend. 💪
DROW Wear for our new team kit
Team ZX1 for keeping the motor slippy
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