Top midget kart driver extended

Press, 20 June 1984, Page 38

Top midget kart driver extended

Bi7ce Coulbeck, who has dominated the midget class for some time, was hard pressed by Aaron Crichton, Dean Hyde and Miles Spicer at the Christchurch kart meeting at the Carrs Road raceway on Sunday. Hyde, a son of Avon Hyde, a top karter and prominent saloon car driver, provided especially strong opposition, but Coulbeck eventually emerged with top honours once again. A big field contested the 100 cu. cm class, which was won by the national champion, Murray Davies. He had top competition from Keith Hooper and Geoff Bone. Graham Stevens looked set to win the 125 cu. cm gearbox class until his kart’s gearbox blew in the final heat. That enabled Derek Wilson to take the honours in the class. The last race, the all-in handicap event, was an excellent spectacle. Thirty karts started and 19 finished. Davies, who gave the scratch drivers

two-thirds of a lap, was challenging for the lead on the twelfth and final lap, but had to settle for third at the finish. Results:— 100 cu. cm junior class (five heats). — Shane Drake 1, Damon Sayer 2, Blair Paterson 3. 100 cu. cm senior class (five heats). — Murray Davies 1, Geoff Bone 2, Ross Rutherford 3. 125 cu. cm gearbox class (five heats). — Derek Wilson 1, Graham Stevens 2, Nigel Smith 3. Midgets (five heats). — Bryce Coulbeck 1, Dean Hyde 2, Miles Spicer 3. Feature races. — Wales Trophy: Fred Otte 1, Paul Mills 2, Grant Mills 3. Beadleweld Trophy: Bevan Gyde 1, Allan Walker 2, Gerald Curtis 3. Midget: Coulbeck 1, Hyde 2, Scott Paterson 3. Junior Geoffrey Paterson 1, Mills 2, Dean Milligan 3. Senior: Gyde 1, Otte 2, Davies 3.