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Hunts Kart Racing Club LtdP O Box 203.Northampton.NN7 4WZ

Welcome to all club and non-club members. Happy New Year to you all from Hunts Kart Racing Club. This is the FIRST round of the 2007 Hunts Kart Racing Club Championship and the FIRST of THREE rounds of the Winter Championship. Also please

remember as encouragement for you to attend these meetings, we are giving all racers an extra 20 points once you have signed on to race. We continually work hard to offer great value for money as we have throughout last year with at least five

practice sessions and three heats and final on race day and we shall continue for 2007, but this January race weekend is now within the Winter season and the weather and light conditions will have an impact on the amount of track time. The club asks that all competitors on both practice and race day help the fluency of both days be arriving on the dummy grid on time. The more efficient we all are the more track time you will have. Have a competitive and safe racing weekend.

The 2006 tickets for the Hunts Kart Racing Club Awards evening at Wicksteed Park Pavillion will be available for sale again this month, please see race programme for contact details. David Rice who will be dealing with all enquiries.

This is the time of year also that we would like to send out a final reminder. Firstly pit bay allocation for 2007 will be available for review and renewal for 2007 The bays are being taken quickly on the tarmac area and we have reduced the cost of the concrete pit bays for 2007.

Continuing to work with our Business Partners at Super Sport Timing ,HKRC has been in a position to improve our communication with you. Many of you will have received confirmation of race entries and even a colour up to date Championship table for your class both by email. As SuperSport Timing is continually improving our electronic communication to keep HKRC ahead of other clubs. If you are already receiving ‘automatic’ emails from the club then there is no need to do anymore. But to those of you that have not given us your email address , then we urge you to take some time over the race weekend to give the club your email address or any changes of email address to enable you to receive all the information required from HKRC and take full advantage of the UK’s most progressive kart club.

This month we are pleased to announce that our superb energetic race commentaries by Jonathan Needam will be reinstated. Our Tannoy system has been surveyed to look at improved coverage throughout the site.

The 2007 Hunts Kart Racing Club Membership packs are available for collection. Please ask in Race Control over the weekend and if you are planning on being a new member to the club, please speak to our Competition Secretary for the club Identification member card.

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www.hkrc.co.uk for additional information log on


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The club has now confirmed the fees for the 2007 race season

• Membership for HKRC £50 • Non Race Membership £20

• Club Member race entry £43 • Non Club Member race entry £55

• Practice Club Members £30 • Practice Non Club Members £35

• Pit bays start from £80 (reduced from 2006)

The above fees have taken into account the increased costs for insurances and general maintenance and administration. To keep the club moving forward with the plans we have for our Club Members.

IMPORTANT NOTICES.

• Parking in unallocated pit bays will be strongly discouraged. Clamping will be incurred.

• No smoking on dummy grid

• Only driver and mechanic to be present on dummy grid to reduce crowding

• Spectating in engine start bay is prohibited

• Ensure you are aware of the Club Supplementary regulations which are available on the web site and on the reverse of your race entry forms. There has been changes for the 2007 season.

• Regulation12- Dogs are forbidden from the track and surrounding areas over the race weekend. If this regulation is not adhered to over the weekend then racing will stop until the situation has been suitably addressed. This will affect the amount of tack time for the competitors.

• Parking will not be permitted around Stow Corner and restricted spectating will apply. If any one is found to be disregarding this request, they will be asked to leave the race meeting.

• Please help the Club to keep on friendly terms with the local Village Stow Longa and ensure that the speed limit is adhered to through the village and due care is taken when leaving the site driving onto the main road.

• Do not park in a pit bay that is not allocated to you. Ask at race control for details on vacant bays.

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Hunts Kart Racing Club Sunday 14th January 2007

Held under the general regulations of the MSA Motor Sports Association Ltd (incorporating the provisions of the International Sporting code of the FIA) and the Supplementary Regulations.

Nat B Permit number 38756

MSA STEWARD TBA

CLUB STEWARDS Derek Dagless, Elaine Chesterman

Ruth Kennedy

CLERK OF THE COURSE Duncan Taylor

DEPUTY CLERKS OF THE COURSE John Kennedy, Andy Brant

CHIEF SCRUTINEER Andy Johnson JOF

ELIGILIBITY SCRUTINEER TBA

SCRUTINEERS Jean-Pierre Tur, Nigel Freeman, Amy Jefferies

SECERTARY OF THE MEETING Daphne Freeman

LAP SCORER Sandra Penstone-Smith, Michelle Higman

COMMENTATOR Jonathan Needham

STARTER Simon Badcock JOF

GRID MARSHALL Chris Wells

ASSISTANT GRID MARSHALL Sarah Freeman

CHIEF MARSHALL Pete Smith

CHIEF OBSERVER TBA

MARSHALS BMMC and friends of the Club

TIMING AND RESULTS Laura Greenaway JOF

RACE CONTROL PERSONEL Ellen Chesterman, Nikky Hill

CIRCUIT MAINTENANCE Derek Daglass, Geoff Boswell

Signing on from 7.30am – 8.40am Scrutineering from 8.00amDrivers briefing on Start/Finish line at 9.30am

Practice to start at 10.00am Prompt


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Practice Order1 Cadet2 Junior TKM 3 Junior TKM Inter / Rotax Mini Max 4 Rotax Junior Max 5 Rotax Senior Max 6 125/2507 Rotax Senior 177 8 Senior TKM Extreme Heats/Race Numbers 1, 9, 17 Cadet2, 10, 18 Junior TKM3, 11, 19 Junior TKM Inter / Rotax Mini Max4, 12, 20 Rotax Junior Max 5, 13, 21 Rotax Senior Max 6, 14, 22 125/250 7, 15, 23 Rotax Senior 177 8, 16, 24 Senior TKM Extreme Finals25 Cadet26 Junior TKM27 Junior TKM Inter / Rotax Mini Max28 Rotax Junior Max29 Rotax Senior Max 30 125/250 31 Rotax Senior 177 32 Senior TKM Extreme



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No Name Chassis Engine Town Club

16 Daniel Burton Zip Comer Huntingdon HKRC

17 Sam Sanders Zip Comer Bedford HKRC

30 Rory Cuff Tony Comer Bucks TVKC

32 Taylor Matheron Wright Comer St Neots HKRC

46 James Manning Zip Comer Attleborough WMKC

50 Helen Horner Wright Comer St Neots HKRC

51 Toby Sowery Birel Comer Herts HKRC

63 Sam Webster Wright Comer Dorset CPKC

70 Robin Sedden Zip Comer Hants HKRC

89 Alex Gill Wright Comer Doncaster TVKC

CADET

N.B. When your Kart is Scrutineered please make sure your Race tyres are on as they may be marked.


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9 Joe Porter Venom TKM Hinckley HKRC

19 Oliver Hodgson JKH TKM Norfolk HKRC

23 Ben Barker Venom TKM Sudbury BPKC

33 Michael Headland Venom TKM Norwich HKRC

34 N Jamie Perry Venom TKM Herts HKRC

38 Shaun Abbott JKH TKM Haverhill WMKC

39 Giancarlo Scozzari Venom TKM Bedford HKRC

48 N Will Van Es Tony TKM Sawtry HKRC

67 Gary Henderson-K JKH TKM Kent HKRC

71 Adam Jenkins ARC TKM Sandy HKRC

80 James Raven JKH TKM Hants HKRC

83 Ashley Jones Jade TKM Northants SKRC

85 Sam Grogan Venom TKM Luton HKRC

93 Andrew Gunn Venom TKM Norwich HKRC

94 Duco Verwys ARC TKM Leicester HKRC

95 Thomas Stanway Jade TKM Essex HKRC

JUNIOR TKM



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4 Danny Drew JKH TKM Glos HKRC

34 Jack Kemp Venom TKM Herts HKRC

35 N Brett Smith TKM Wellingborough HKRC

92 Thomas Kolasky ARC TKM Herts HKRC

JUNIOR TKM INTERMEDIATE


22 Jordan Aveline Intrepid Rotax Dudley WMKC

50 Andrew Moore CRG Rotax Norfolk BDKC

53 Luke Gardiner Maranello Rotax Cambs HKRC

64 Ollie Varney Tony Rotax Kent HKRC

99 Jack Taylor JPR Rotax London HKC

ROTAX MINI MAX


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18 Nick Wones CRG Rotax Bungay HKRC

24 Aaron Head JKH Rotax Colchester HKRC

30 David Pittard Biesse Rotax Herts HKRC

31 Bradley Gravett Zip Rotax Berks TVKC

33 Jack Goff Biesse Rotax High Wycombe HKRC

37 David Turton Rotax HKRC

38 Bruce Winfield Kosmic Rotax Derby HKRC

44 James Mulley Biesse Rotax Little Downham HKRC

69 James Duncalfe Gillard Rotax Wisbech HKRC

75 George Foster BRM Rotax Norwich BDKC

92 Jake Parker BRM Rotax Kettering HKRC

ROTAX JUNIOR MAX



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21 Peter Masters Gillard Rotax Suffolk HKRC

22 Graham Knapp Gillard Rotax Oxon HKRC

23 Marc Dawson Alpha Rotax Wickford HKRC

33 Jon-Paul Hathway Biesse Rotax Beds HKRC

37 N Justin Burrell Kosmic Rotax Bedford HKRC

38 Martin Speed Birel Rotax Middlesex HKRC

40 Steven Johnson Tony Rotax Northampton HKRC

58 N Jon Bruce Gillard Rotax St Neots HKRC

62 Jamie Harrison CRG Rotax Wilsted HKRC

65 Josh Parker JKH Rotax Northants HKRC

71 William George Birel Rotax Northants HKRC

74 Anton Stamp Gillard Rotax Essex BMKC

77 Ian Alexander Tony Rotax East Barnet HKRC

80 Kyle Chesterman Kosmic Rotax St Neots HKRC

83 David Mortlock Wright Rotax Newmarket HKRC

84 Patrick Pearce Energy Rotax Herts TVKC

86 Andy Foskett Kosmic Rotax Leics HKRC

87 Benjamin Davies Biesse Rotax St Albans HKRC

89 James Corpe Gillard Rotax Bucks HKRC

90 Samuel Davies Biesse Rotax St Albans HKRC

98 Paul Walsh Tony Rotax Fleetwood HKRC


ROTAX SENIOR MAX


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5 David Heathershaw Tony Pavesi LKRC

22 Jack Angus Wright Pavesi Upwell HKRC

34 Robin Kingham Topkart Pavesi Herts HKRC

65 Richie Schmitz Topkart Pavesi Northants HKRC

69 Mo Goater Zip Pavesi Herts HKRC

74 Paul Lawson Anderson TM Lincs HKRC

77 Joanne Loveday Wright TM Ely HKRC

85 John Wilkes Arrow TM Milton Keynes HKRC

86 Barry Stuart Birel TM Herts HKRC


125 ICC



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4 Ron Stamp Raider Honda Pinchbeck HKRC

7 Ashley Mack Raider Honda Littleport HKRC

33 Jason Tucker F1 Honda Hull HKRC

41 Ian Carvell Jade KTM Daventry SKRC

44 Gary Rothwell Anderson Suzuki Norfolk HKRC

52 Steve Burton Jade Honda Cambridge HKRC

73 Martin Goodliffe Raider Honda Lincoln HKRC

99 Andrew Dean ADE Honda Peterborough HKRC


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11 Dan Holland Kosmic Rotax Mkt Drayton MBKC

24 Richard Neale LGK Rotax Wisbech HKRC

30 Paul Darrington Arrow Rotax Beds HKRC

34 Richard Perry Biesse Rotax Herts HKRC

39 Steve Kerr Tony Rotax Essex BMKC

44 Frank Kolasky Kosmic Rotax Herts HKRC

47 Mark Bartholomew Tony Rotax Essex HKRC

54 Simon Pugh Kosmic Rotax Milton Keynes HKRC

57 Paul Burbage Tony Rotax Northampton HKRC

66 Dan Baker Corse Rotax Bucks HKRC

69 Tom Pyttlik Maranello Rotax Lincs HKRC

72 Chris Emerson Biesse Rotax Beds HKRC

78 Lee Torrie Gillard Rotax Oxford WMKC

85 Tim Penstone-Smith Biesse Rotax Herts HKRC

87 Martin Reader Kosmic Rotax Fringford HKRC

88 Lucus Orrock Trulli Rotax Sawston HKRC


ROTAX SENIOR 177



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SENIOR TKM EXTREMENo Name Chassis Engine Town Club

5 Will Reed JKH TKM Bury St Eds HKRC

6 Michael Newell JKH TKM Peterborough HKRC

7 Luke Caudle TKM London HKRC

17 Simon Hillery Venom TKM London HKRC

21 Helen Gardiner Venom TKM Peterborough HKRC

31 Jordan Coulson JKH TKM Ely HKRC

41 Lee Gadsby Venom TKM Beds HKRC

43 Tim Penton Venom TKM Herts HKRC

46 Katie Doggett Venom TKM Cambridge HKRC

46 Katie Doggett Venom TKM Cambridge HKRC

49 Jordan Kendal JKH TKM Kings Lynn HKRC

54 James Gould JKH TKM Herts HKRC

56 Matthew Grant Venom TKM Buckby HKRC

66 Luke Austin Venom TKM Northampton HKRC

71 Oliver Sedden Gillard TKM Hants HKRC

72 Zak Roseman ARC TKM Northants HKRC

88 Matthew Clarke Venom TKM Peterborough HKRC


SENIOR TKM EXTREME


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Fastest Lap Records by Class

CADET Ben Palmer 49.44 10/07/05

MINI MAX Jonathon Railton 44.04 12/10/03

JUNIOR ROTAX Jack Goff 42.80 10/09/06

JUNIOR TKM Tom Fitzpatrick 45.22 16/04/06

JUNIOR TKM INTER Luke Caudle 45.05 10/08/03

ROTAX 177 Milan Mach 43.06 12/11/06

SENIOR ROTAX Joel Roundacre 41.91 12/03/03

SENIOR TKM EXT Ryan Cole 44.67 16/04/06

JUNIOR TKM 4/ Rossi 44.98 09/08/04

SENIOR TKM 4/ Chris Walsh 43.09 14/09/03

125 ICC Jonathan Neville 38.11 14/11/05

125 OPEN Matt Steel 38.11 12/10/03

250 Ashley Mack 36.56 14/09/03

125 EUROPA Graham Hardwick 39.38 08/05/05



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CADET Brett Wykes

JNR TKM Adam Jenkins

JNR TKM INT Ayrton Pankiw

MINI MAX Luke Gardener

JNR ROTAX Matt Clarke

SNR TKM EXT James Gould

SNR ROTAX Glen Denny

177 Dave Stimpson

125 ICC Richie Schmitz

125 OPEN Graham Rice

250 Ashley Mack

Winter 2006 Champions


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CADET Toby Sowery

MINIMAX Luke Gardiner

JUNIOR ROTAX Jack Goff

JUNIOR TKM Adam Jenkins

JUNIOR TKM INTERMEDIATE Alister Clarke

SENIOR ROTAX 177 Richard Amos

SENIOR ROTAX MAX Marc Dawson

TKM EXTREME James Gould

125 ICC Richie Schmitz

125 OPEN Graham Rice

250 GEARBOX Ron Stamp

Kimbolton 2006 Class Champions



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Last Months Race

Hunts Kart Racing Club’s 2006 Championships came to their conclusion at Kimbolton on Sunday 10 December. After a cold dry start to the day, rain showers arrived just in time for the finals.

Cadet: Brett Wykes took 2 laps to hit the front and then disappeared into the distance. Conditions led to

several drivers progressing through or dropping down the order, as karts went off the circuit in all directions!

By lap 4, Hazz Truelove and Jacob Stilp were racing 2nd and 3rd with first one then the other ahead. This

allowed Jake Dennis and Daniel Sweeney to close up and on a frantic final lap, Dennis grabbed 2nd from

Truelove, with Stilp losing out to Sweeney and Joe Byrne. William Howard was the novice winner.

Junior Rotax: Jack Goff was gifted the lead at the start, as incidents left pole man Nick Wones and Jon-

Paul Hathway from grid 3, out of it. Goff drove a champion’s race, keeping Dominic Russell a comfortable

distance behind. Jake Parker was soon into 3rd, benefiting from the first lap shake out, with Wones staging

a remarkable recovery for 4th.

Junior TKM: Tom Fitzpatrick had been in superb form winning all three heats to take pole for the final.

He was soon well ahead of Joe Porter and looked set to complete a memorable afternoon, whilst Gary

Henderson-Kierle caught the eye storming through from mid-field. As the race progressed, Porter gradually

closed in on Fitzpatrick, and a terrific scrap for 3rd developed between Henderson-Kierle, Adam Jenkins,

Ben Barker and Oliver Hodgson. Just to show you can never count your chickens, it was all change on the

last lap. Porter was rewarded for his efforts when Fitzpatrick’s kart suddenly slowed rounding Kimbolton,

leaving him 6th, behind Jenkins, Henderson-Kierle, Hodgson and Sam Blake!

Minimax/TKM Intermediate: Minimax pole Ben Palmer was looking good in the early stages, leading

from Callum Bowyer and Macauley Walsh, but midway through, a poor lap saw him back in 3rd. Josh

Blackmun had Intermediates all sewn up from the off, pulling away from Toby Newton and Thomas Kolasky.

Alistair Clarke recovered from a 1st lap incident to take 3rd off Kolasky.

TKM Extreme: Luke Caudle led from start to finish, maintaining a comfortable gap throughout. William

Reed and Steven Chisholm led the chase, with Daniel Graham on a charge from 7th. Graham was soon into

3rd and 2 laps later after a couple of attempts he passed Reed for 2nd. Graham halved the gap to Caudle,

but ran out of laps, with Joe Forsdyke taking 3rd from Reed who just managed to hang on to 4th as Paul

Garner put in a late challenge.

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Rotax Max: Championship front-runners Marc Dawson and Kyle Chesterman both hit trouble early on and

dropped out. Josh Parker took the lead, but had to relinquish it to Steven Johnson. Gordon Chenery slotted

into 3rd. Matthew Barnes took the novice award.

Gearbox: In the 250 class, front-runners Ron Stamp and Matthew Duncan dropped out early on, leaving

the way clear for Shaun Hagan, who had started from the back row of the grid, to pull away from Martin

Goodliffe for the win. Wayne Harris grabbed 3rd from Andrew Williams in a last lap move. In 125, Robin

Kingham was first away with Ritchie Schmitz chasing hard and Michael Groves a little way behind. Schmitz

had a moment on the last lap, handing 2nd to Groves. Paul Lawson took the novice award.

Rotax 177: Polesitter Lee Torrie led for just one lap, but was back in 5th by the end of lap 2, with Richard

Amos in front of Dan Holland, Milan Mach and Dave Stimpson. Holland’s pace soon saw him past Amos

and on to win, with Amos surviving a late charge by Mach. Torrie recovered to 4th.

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Last Months Race Results


Hunts Kart Racing Club 2006 Championships Round 10

Cadet: 1 Brett Wykes (Zip), 2 Jake Dennis (Tony), 3 Hazz Truelove (Zip)

Cadet Novice: William Howard (Zip)

Junior Rotax: 1 Jack Goff (Biesse), 2 Dominic Russell (Kosmic), 3 Jake Parker (BRM)

Junior TKM: 1 Joe Porter (Venom), 2 Adam Jenkins (ARC), 3 Gary Henderson-Keirle (JKH)

Minimax: 1 Callum Bowyer (Intrepid), 2 Macauley Walsh (Tony), 3 Ben Palmer (Octane)

TKM Intermediate: 1 Josh Blackmun (JKH), 2 Toby Newton (ARC), 3 Alistair Clarke (Venom)

TKM Extreme: 1 Luke Caudle (ARC), 2 Daniel Graham (Venom), 3 Joe Forsdyke (Venom)

Rotax Max: 1 Steven Johnson (Tony), 2 Josh Parker (JKH), 3 Gordon Chenery (Gillard)

Rotax Max Novice: Matthew Barnes (Kosmic)

250: 1 Shaun Hagan (F1/Honda) 2 Martin Goodliffe (Raider/Honda), 3 Wayne Harris (Anderson/Honda)

125 ICC: 1 Robin Kingham (Tornado/Pavesi), 2 Michael Groves (Arrow/TM), 3 Richie Schmitz (Topkart/Pavesi)

125 ICC Novice: Paul Lawson (Anderson/TM)

Rotax 177: 1 Dan Holland (Kosmic), 2 Richard Amos (MS), 3 Milan Mach (Kosmic)

Congratulations to the 2006 Champions:

Cadet: Toby Sowery Minimax: Luke Gardiner Junior Rotax: Jack Goff Junior TKM: Adam Jenkins TKM Intermediate: Alistair Clarke TKM Extreme: James GouldRotax Max: Marc Dawson Rotax 177: Richard Amos125 ICC: Richie Schmitz 125 Open: Graham Rice 250: Ron Stamp


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Race and Practice Dates 2007

Month Practice Race Event

January 13th 14th Club Meeting

February 10th 11th Club Meeting

March 10th 11th Club Meeting

April 6th 7th and 8th Stars of Tomorrow

May 12th 13th Club Meeting

June 9th 10th Club Meeting

July 7th 8th Club Meeting

August 10th 11th and 12th TKM Festival

September 8th 9th Club Meeting

October 13th 14th Club Meeting

November 10th 11th Club Meeting

December 8th 9th Club Meeting

THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CLUB MEMBERS WILL BE HELD OVER 10 ROUNDS WITH 9 ROUNDS TO COUNT

THE WINTER CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE HELD OVER JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH AS PART OF

OVERALL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP.

20 EXTRA POINTS PER WINTER ROUND ONLY ADDED UPON SIGNING ON

FOR FUTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT

COMPETITION SECRETARY MRS DAPHNE FREEMAN

76 GUNTONS CLOSE SOHAM, ELY

CAMBS CB7 5DN

TELEPHONE: 01353 720390 EMAIL: [email protected]

DISCO • GREAT RAFFLE • SPECIAL AWARDS



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Hunts Kart Racing Club

2006 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP BUFFET AND DISCO

To be held on

Saturday 27th January 2007At Wicksteed Park Pavilion

Northamptonshire

Start At 7pm Until Late

DISCO • GREAT RAFFLE • SPECIAL AWARDS

Contact david rice for details and ticketsHome tel no 01933 397127

Mobile 07884 327972Email [email protected]

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at competetive rates

PLEASE ASK at race control

over the race weekend



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Wanted WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASSIST US RUN

KIMBOLTON KART CLUB?

WE REQUIRE:

• Race Marshals •• Observers •

• Race Day Helpers •• Assistant Grid Marshal •

If you enjoy Motor Sport but don’t want to drive, why not help us

run our meetings. There’s no better way to get close to the action.

Training is provided (where applicable)

and generous expenses are offered.

Ask at the Club House for more information

or contact the club at [email protected].


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379th Bomb Group Display

2006 started as most of last year had gone on, spending many hours sitting at the computer

trawling through endless websites hoping to find more information about the 379th BG and

Kimbolton Airfield.

A couple of interesting ‘finds’ during the February meeting, increased the interest being generated

within the club and also in the marshals room. Soon plans were being made in the clubhouse for a

space to start a display of the items and the information found on the websites.

The first weekend of July saw the display appear, and although quite small at first, each passing month

more & more items have been added as the research still continues.

In October contact was made with Mr Chris Chandler, a former UK representative of the 379th Bomb

Group Association. A meeting was arranged to view the display, and Mr Chandler was able to help us

greatly in identifying many of the parts that have been recovered. He also offered to come and observe

the Remembrance Day silence with his Jeep which attracted a lot of interest in the paddock.

The work continues, and ideas are being thought up on improvements and additions for 2007. Some

time may be spent during the year on searching areas around the airfield.

If anybody can help with any information please contact:

[email protected]



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History of Kimbolton Airfield

Kimbolton Airfield was the home of the 379th Bomb Group during WW2. The 379th Bomb Group flew B-17s and the group was signified by the letter K within a triangle on its tail. During all of its 330 bombing missions, it dropped 26,640 tons of bombs, shot down 315 enemy aircraft and lost 141 of its B-17s to enemy action.

The 379th Bomb Group was the only unit ever awarded the 8th Air Force Grand Slam, a very unique honour in recognition of its achievements. They also received two Presidential Unit Citations. The Group flew its last combat mission on April 25, 1945 and was finally deactivated on July 25, 1945.

The airfield at Kimbolton was originally a fighter base for the RAF. When it became evident Germany was not going to invade England, the RAF decided it didn’t need many inland fighter bases and was happy to lease most of them to the United States as airfields for heavy bombers. The runways and perimeter ramps were too thin to accommodate the weight of the Flying Fortresses and Liberators, so the runways were repaired and replaced to meet necessary specifications.

The Kimbolton kart circuit is laid out on one of the few existing parts of the airfield. The original circuit was laid out direct on the concrete dispersal area. Many parts of this can still be seen today around the track and paddock. If you look very carefully, inscriptions from the Americans who strengthened the airfield for the B-17s can still be seen.


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History of Kimbolton Airfield

In July the new display for the 379th Bomb Group was unveiled and throughout the weekend the display attracted a lot of interest.

The display is being done as a tribute to the aircrews and personnel that were stationed here in World War 2, and information has been gathered by a couple of the marshals in their spare

time over the last 18 months.

The folder is information & articles found purely on the internet, and many many hours have been spent trying to find as much as possible about the 379th BG. Please feel free to browse through it.

As well as the articles, there are also items that have been found around the circuit and surrounding area, such as bullets, a bomb shackle and cockpit instruments. More and more things are being found and the area is likely to grow in both info and relics from the war.

If anybody can help with any information please contact: [email protected]



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The Marshals Year

The 2006 season started on a cold damp January morning. This set the scene for the Winter series as January, February and March all had similar dark, cold and damp/wet meetings with the odd hint of snow. Not nice when you’re out in it all day!

The action on track started to hot up, even if the weather didn’t as April’s three days of TKM Super One produced some close racing.

It was in June that we had our first serious accident of the year. Dave Rice lost the brakes on his 125 ICC going into the first bend, clipped the inside kerb and ended up in the fence. Most of the marshals

attended in one or more roles from crowd control to helping the medics, which gave some of the newer marshals an insight as to what occurs during an accident scene. Dave suffered a back injury but is happily back on his feet and supporting the club as a committee member behind the scenes

Unfortunately the following month another accident ocured . Junior TKM driver Jordan Coulsen suffered a broken leg after his kart became airborne, and once more medics and marshals attended the scene within seconds dealing with the situation. Jordon is planning on returning to race again in the 2007 season.

August brought us the TKM Festival, 3 long days were rewarded with some good closely fought racing with over 250 entrants.

November and we marked the Remembrance Sunday with the help of some WW2 re-enactors, decent weather and we had done 32 races by 15:30!

Unfortunately, on a couple of occasions this year we have been down on numbers of marshals on track, but have always taken on the task in hand and supported the race meetings to the continued high standard. There is a core of people who come regularly and without these dedicated marshals we wouldn’t be able to race. We still need more marshals willing to help each month. If you can help with marshalling duties, please ask in Race Control. Or speak to our Chief Marshal – Pete Smith.

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