The Club's Results

BPBC Karting, Lent Term 2009

A series of races at the Daytona karting track in Milton Keynes involving members of Black Prince Boat Club celebrating website creator Martin Peck's departure from bachelordom
Sat 10th January

The event was organised by Daytona Karting, Milton Keynes. At the bottom of this page there is a summary of the results of college crews and a link to Cambridge weather. Club members, please go here to add (or correct) results, crews or race reports.


Chris Ingram, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

3rd (+44.75s) in the 1st round and 5th (+31.75s) in the final
1st round
3rd (+44.75s)
Final
5th (+31.75s)

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Rich Dewire, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

4th (+56.25s) in the 1st round and 9th (+52s) in the 2nd round
1st round
4th (+56.25s)
2nd round
9th (+52s)

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John Earl, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

14th in the 2nd round and 3rd in the plate final
2nd round
14th
Tip: two-engined carts are considerably slower if one engine stalls due to the cold. This happened to me twice during this race! (Dubya)
Plate final
3rd
Hard work starting from the back of the grid but turned out ok in the end. (Dubya)

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Simon Knight, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

13th in the 2nd round and 10th in the plate final
2nd round
13th
Plate final
10th

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Will Thorne, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

12th in the 2nd round and 11th in the plate final
2nd round
12th
Given how much I spun (purely due to not knowing the car and track, you understand... ;-) you all really should have done better!! :-D (Anything to do with being short)

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Dan Darley, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

11th in the 2nd round and 9th in the plate final
2nd round
11th
Plate final
9th

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Andy Somers, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

8th in the 2nd round and 5th in the plate final
2nd round
8th
Plate final
5th

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Dan Walker, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

5th in the 2nd round and 13th in the final
2nd round
5th
Final
13th

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Mike Goodson, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

4th in the 2nd round and 7th in the final
2nd round
4th
Final
7th

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Jon Glass, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

3rd in the 2nd round and 11th in the final
2nd round
3rd
I started near the back of this race, but some determined efforts to warm my tyres on the formation lap seemed to pay dividends and I passed perhaps half the field skirting a pile-up on the first corner.

I passed a few more people and may briefly have led, before I was passed by Keith on the uphill drag from turn #8, from where I struggled to hold onto him. I had a good tussle with Clive for 2nd place in the closing laps until, lying 2nd with a lap to go, I was the victim of a bit of metal braking into turn #10 and Clive passed me for 2nd. (Jon)
Final
11th
As unmitigated disasters go, this was surprisingly enjoyable. Martin has already explained the circumstances of the black flagging, so I won't add to that. I got the longest stop of anyone, having not understood the waving and pointing efforts of the marshals to indicate that all of the leading cars were to stop, meaning I came in two laps later. The second half of the race was great fun as I struggled to make up lost time, however I then got bogged down behind a rather 'determined' backmarker and my lap times suffered accordingly.

Certainly I was beaten for pace by the three cars ahead of me on the starting grid. On a different day, I'd have hoped to remain 4th. JPD's fastest lap is particularly impressive for the fact that he's not a great deal lighter than me, so I can't have any excuses there. (Jon)

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Clive Ponsonby, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

2nd in the 2nd round and 12th in the final
2nd round
2nd
Final
12th

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Neil Talbott, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

12th (+1L) in the 1st round and 2nd (+40s) in the plate final
1st round
12th (+1L)
Turns out these karts have two engines. Sadly I didn't know this, so chugged round slowly for the entire first race not realising one of mine wasn't working, thereby explaining why everyone else left me for dead after every corner.

I should probably also apologise to John Earl who got the same kart in the second qualifying race, and though he did at least realise there was a problem and come into the pits to change, it cost us both a place in the 'A' final. (Neil T)
Plate final
2nd (+40s)
Now having two functioning engines, this race went somewhat better. Tom pulled away by around 1.5 seconds per lap and deserved to win, but second place was reasonably satisfactory, especially as I managed not to spin. Still, it would have been nice to come first, as I was a no-hoper for the evening's poker tournament. (Neil T)

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Dan Curtis, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

9th (+1L) in the 1st round and 12th (+1L) in the plate final
1st round
9th (+1L)
Plate final
12th (+1L)

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Dan Holland, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

7th (+1L) in the 1st round and 8th (+46.5s) in the final
1st round
7th (+1L)
Final
8th (+46.5s)

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John Darcy, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

5th (+1L) in the 1st round and 2nd (+1.5s) in the final
1st round
5th (+1L)
Final
2nd (+1.5s)

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Martin Peck, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

1st in the 1st round and 1st in the final
1st round
1st
Needless to say, the gentle sweeping 1st turn of the 1st race saw the 1st pile-up of the afternoon. I was last to get going again - quite a bit to do to get into the top-half of the finish order.

I climbed in Peckish fashion into 2nd place by lap 6. Unknown to me at the time, there was only JPD ahead. With about 3 laps to go I had caught him up - and soon deduced who it was and that this was the battle for the race lead. I attempted to surprise him with an ugly attempt to barge past on the entry into turn 5, but was soon out of control and unsurprisingly found him retaking 1st place on the run down to turn 6.

The following two laps were punch for punch, with me repeatedly closing up only for small mistakes to set me back 3 or 4 lengths again.

The stalemate was broken when, on the approach to the penultimate corner, we came up to a back-marker (Judging from the results, this was Amit). JPD dived to the outside, I dived to the inside. The tortuous Turn 10 hairpin was taken 3-abreast, but with the shortest path and Amit's kart holding me on my line, I pushed ahead and survived the final corner to win by a margin of 1 second. (Martin P)
Final
1st
A suitably controversial race...!

The grid was set by interleaving the top half of the finish orders from the two heats. Keith (my manager from work), with the fastest lap so far was given pole.

The first three laps were cracking. A terrific procession saw Keith, myself and JPD inching ahead of Jon Glass in 4th. I felt good and identified two corners on the track where I had the better of Keith.

The 2nd lap had a peculiar section where yellow flags were out, despite no sign of any incident. However, Keith did not slow as he should - and there was no way I was going to slow down and let him drive away!!!!

On the following lap I duly got past Keith out of turn 5 (I think) and held 1st place for the rest of the lap, knowing JPD would not be far behind... what a race...!!

However, it was ruined when the umpires took the difficult but understandable decision to Black Flag the top 6 drivers for not slowing during the yellow flag! In the confusion, and not wishing to throw away the lead if I had misunderstood, I elected to stay out for another lap to be sure. That decision luckily served me well, as the post-race data showed that I was kept in the pits for less long than the rest.

The rest of the race was exciting for the spectators, but rather unexciting and confusing for those of us driving. I re-emerged in 8th (i.e. ahead of Keith and JPD), and steadily worked my way up the field with a string of 8 tidy laps averaging 1:14.9. As the race neared its conclusion, one last kart came into view and I pushed hard to reach it - overtaking John Darcy on the final corner of the final lap to win by 1.5s. (Martin P)

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Tom Rose, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

8th in the 1st round and 1st in the plate final
1st round
8th
In an attempt to get to grips with my kart (having never driven a proper outdoor one before), I decided to find out where the limits were, and thus spent very little time actually pointing in the direction of travel. Incidentally this is a much more amusing way of driving than normal and I'd recommend it to anyone, although it isn't very fast.

After one particularly low friction incident, I found all four wheels off the track, which is an instant black flag offence (the first one of the day, no less). This left me just about dead last, which is a shame as I'd overtaken a few people and think I was about fourth at the time.

Starting from the back was plenty of fun though and I made it back up to eighth in the remaining time, and had recorded the fourth best lap time up to that point. More importantly, I was beginning to get to grips with the kart, though not the steering wheel as I had worn too many pairs of gloves and suffered novice death grip in the latter stages (subsequent experimentation revealed that it was hard work just to bend the fingers, let alone hold anything whilst wearing three pairs). (RTT)
Plate final
1st
Going off at the front and with Bummers starting behind me I felt the need to make use of the space and get him off my arse. The tactic proved to be a good one, and in the second lap I completed my first lapping of a backmarker. Looking back afterwards I thought I saw Andy getting past too, and so drove hard for a further two laps before realising I was in isolation (it hadn't been him at all).

Since by now my karting prowess was beginning to emerge, I decided to concentrate on drifting round the corners instead of trying to take the fastest route. This was lots of fun and involved plenty of sawing on the wheel, though somehow I never quite span. It is a bit hard to do when there are other people on the racing line though, so I did get warned for bumping at one point - it's a shame that contact is frowned upon as karting bumps would be awesome I think.

Upon completion of the race I was extremely pleased with my spectacularly un-Peckish printout of lap times which showed almost none anywhere near the mean. (RTT)

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Jon Davies, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

2nd (+1s) in the 1st round and 3rd (+15.25s) in the final
1st round
2nd (+1s)
A good start from eighth saw me about five seconds clear by the end of the third lap. Then disaster - my glasses steamed up (this was the first time I've raced with them) and I could barely see.

I backed off in order to stay on the track and negotiated the back markers with care, but had misjudged how slowly I could go as Martin overtook me on the penultimate lap. Fortunately I was able to repass out of the same corner, but then another misjudgement overtaking a back marker at the end of the last lap allowed Martin to retake the lead. (JPD)
Final
3rd (+15.25s)
Racing without glasses this time, I had a steady first two laps but then got into the groove on the third. Then disaster - black flag! Keith (2nd), Ingram (5th) and I (3rd) all went into the pits, to be told that we hadn't stopped racing under a yellow flag. This took ages, and we lost about 80 seconds.

Apparently Martin (1st) stopped on the next lap, but lost significantly less time and was about 30 seconds ahead, whilst Glass (4th) was pulled in later and was well back.

Having dealt with Keith and Chris (who for some reason was told to overtake us whilst stopped), I got in some quick laps but had no idea how I was doing.

It was disappointing to miss out on what would have surely been a great race with Martin at the front, but otherwise it was nice to be back in a reasonable kart on a good track, and at least I was able to get the fastest lap :-) (JPD)

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Alex Seeley, Twin-engined Honda pro-karts

11th (+1L) in the 1st round and 13th (+2L) in the plate final
1st round
11th (+1L)
Plate final
13th (+2L)

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Selected Results

Best lap times

Pos  Driver            Best lap  on lap in           Av speed   Race result in
1    Jon Davies        1:13.401  13     Final        62.8       3rd         Final
2    Keith Mizen       1:14.022  10     Round 2      62.3       4th         Final
3    Martin Peck       1:14.201  13     Final        62.1       1st         Final
4    Chris Ingram      1:14.734  13     Final        61.7       5th         Final
5    Jon Glass         1:15.838  8      Final        60.8       11th        Final
6    Tom Rose          1:15.885  11     Plate Final  60.7       1st         Plate Final
7    Clive Ponsonby    1:16.462  10     Round 2      60.3       12th        Final
8    Rich Dewire       1:16.607  4      Final        60.2       9th         Final
9    John Earl         1:16.871  13     Plate Final  59.9       3rd         Plate Final
10   John Darcy        1:17.096  13     Final        59.8       2nd         Final
11   Mark Hayward      1:17.473  13     Plate Final  59.5       8th         Plate Final
12   Neil Talbott      1:17.616  14     Plate Final  59.4       2nd         Plate Final
13   Deepon Sen Gupta  1:17.679  15     Final        59.3       10th        Final
14   Mike Goodson      1:18.293  10     Round 2      58.9       7th         Final
15   Simon Knight      1:18.584  13     Plate Final  58.6       10th        Plate Final
16   Dan Holland       1:18.868  8      Final        58.4       8th         Final
17   Dave Johnson      1:18.893  11     Final        58.4       6th         Final
18   Dave Smitham      1:19.185  14     Final        58.2       14th        Final
19   Dan Walker        1:19.200  12     Final        58.2       13th        Final
20   Tim Mukasa        1:20.058  14     Plate Final  57.6       4th         Plate Final
21   Andy Somers       1:20.350  13     Plate Final  57.3       5th         Plate Final
22   Omar Achment      1:20.984  9      Plate Final  56.9       7th         Plate Final
23   Dan Curtis        1:21.019  10     Round 1      56.9       12th        Plate Final
24   Harvey French     1:21.301  10     Plate Final  56.7       6th         Plate Final
25   Will Thorne       1:22.452  5      Plate Final  55.9       11th        Plate Final
26   Dan Darley        1:22.741  13     Plate Final  55.7       9th         Plate Final
27   Amit Roy          1:23.338  12     Plate Final  55.3       14th        Plate Final
28   Alex Seeley       1:25.133  9      Round 1      54.1       13th        Plate Final

Heat (round 1) race results

Pos  Driver           Laps  Best lap   on lap Top speed Av speed  Total time Behind
1    Martin Peck      12    1:15.108   5      61.4      57.6      16:00.38
2    Jon Davies       12    1:16.329   7      60.4      57.5      16:01.37   +1.00
3    Chris Ingram     12    1:16.242   10     60.4      56.7      16:15.75   +15.50
4    Rich Dewire      12    1:17.857   7      59.2      55.0      16:45.09   +44.75
5    John Darcy       12    1:18.551   7      58.7      54.4      16:56.64   +56.25
6    Dave Johnson     11    1:20.461   11     57.3      52.4      16:07.97   +1L
7    Dan Holland      11    1:21.141   11     56.8      51.9      16:17.21   +1L
8    Tom Rose         11    1:16.367   10     60.3      51.8      16:17.65   +1L
9    Dan Curtis       11    1:21.019   10     56.9      51.1      16:31.83   +1L
10   Harvey french    11    1:21.623   11     56.5      50.5      16:44.54   +1L
11   Alex Seeley      11    1:25.133   9      54.1      49.9      16:55.42   +1L
12   Neil Talbott     11    1:28.135   10     52.3      49.6      17:01.22   +1L
13   Mark Hayward     10    1:33.267   10     49.4      47.1      16:17.88   +2L
14   Amit Roy         8     1:30.843   8      50.7      38.3      16:01.62   +4L

Heat (round 2) race results

Pos  Driver           Laps  Best lap   on lap Top speed Av speed  Total time Behind
1    Keith Mizen      12    1:14.022   10     62.3      58.3      15:47.91
2    Clive Ponsonby   12    1:16.462   10     60.3      57.2      16:07.11   +19.25
3    Jon Glass        12    1:16.941   6      59.9      56.8      16:13.58   +25.75
4    Mike Goodson     12    1:18.293   10     58.9      55.1      16:43.88   +56.00
5    Dan Walker       12    1:19.466   11     58.0      54.0      17:04.48   +00.00
6    Dave Smitham     11    1:21.275   7      56.7      51.6      16:21.74   +1L
7    Deepon Sen Gupta 11    1:23.052   11     55.5      51.4      16:25.96   +1L
8    Andy Somers      11    1:23.521   9      55.2      50.9      16:36.54   +1L
9    Tim Mukasa       11    1:21.843   7      56.3      50.8      16:38.55   +1L
10   Omar Achment     11    1:22.878   8      55.6      49.6      17:02.60   +1L
11   Dan Darley       10    1:26.634   6      53.2      47.9      16:02.12   +2L
12   Will Thorne      10    1:22.853   10     55.6      45.8      16:45.78   +2L
13   Simon Knight     9     1:21.622   9      56.5      42.0      16:26.45   +3L
14   John Earl        9     1:21.977   9      56.2      41.5      16:38.98   +3L

Final race results

Pos  Driver           Laps  Best lap   on lap Top speed Av speed  Total time Behind
1    Martin Peck      15    1:14.201   13     62.1      57.5      20:01.45
2    John Darcy       15    1:17.096   13     59.8      57.4      20:03.13   +1.50
3    Jon Davies       15    1:13.401   13     62.8      56.8      20:16.74   +15.25
4    Keith Mizen      15    1:14.129   12     62.2      56.2      20:29.05   +27.50
5    Chris Ingram     15    1:14.734   13     61.7      56.0      20:33.20   +31.75
6    Dave Johnson     15    1:18.893   11     58.4      55.9      20:35.70   +34.25
7    Mike Goodson     15    1:18.430   9      58.8      55.9      20:36.78   +35.25
8    Dan Holland      15    1:18.868   8      58.4      55.4      20:48.11   +46.50
9    Rich Dewire      15    1:16.607   4      60.2      55.1      20:53.41   +52.00
10   Deepon Sen Gupta 15    1:17.679   15     59.3      54.6      21:07.08   +1:05.50
11   Jon Glass        15    1:15.838   8      60.8      54.4      21:11.24   +1:09.75
12   Clive Ponsonby   15    1:16.467   9      60.3      53.8      21:25.63   +0:00.00
13   Dan Walker       14    1:19.200   12     58.2      53.0      20:16.19   +1L
14   Dave Smitham     14    1:19.185   14     58.2      50.6      21:15.14   +1L

Plate Final race results

Pos  Driver           Laps  Best lap   on lap Top speed Av speed  Total time Behind
1    Tom Rose         15    1:15.885   11     60.7      57.8      19:55.79
2    Neil Talbott     15    1:17.616   14     59.4      55.9      20:35.82   +40.00
3    John Earl        15    1:16.871   13     59.9      55.1      20:54.23   +58.25
4    Tim Mukasa       15    1:20.058   14     57.6      54.2      21:15.49   1:19.50
5    Andy Somers      14    1:20.350   13     57.3      53.8      19:59.85   +1L
6    Harvey French    14    1:21.301   10     56.7      53.2      20:12.25   +1L
7    Omar Achment     14    1:20.984   9      56.9      51.9      20:41.99   +1L
8    Mark Hayward     14    1:17.473   13     59.5      51.6      20:51.21   +1L
9    Dan Darley       14    1:22.741   13     55.7      51.4      20:55.98   +1L
10   Simon Knight     14    1:18.584   13     58.6      51.2      20:59.69   +1L
11   Will Thorne      14    1:22.452   5      55.9      51.1      21:03.53   +1L
12   Dan Curtis       14    1:21.927   9      56.2      50.6      21:15.58   +1L
13   Alex Seeley      13    1:25.278   7      54.0      50.0      19:57.54   +2L
14   Amit Roy         12    1:23.338   12     55.3      44.4      20:46.42   +3L

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