The first round of the CIK Stars of Karting Series was hosted by the Newcastle Kart Club last weekend. The event attracted competitors from across Australia who put on some first class racing over the weekend.

Pierce Lehane again shone in his CRG chassis and was untouchable all weekend. He literally drove away from the opposition.

The other star of the meet was Kel Tresseder who raced his CRG Road Rebel chassis. In his first outing in the new chassis he was most unfortunate to miss out on a win in the KZ2 class by only 3/100ths of a second. The saving grace was that he was at least beaten by our favorite man, Matt Wall, who apparently went to sleep in the last couple of hundred metres from the finish line.

CIK Round 1 – Sunday from BAM Media on Vimeo.

Our sincere best wishes and congratulations for a job well done to the following CRG pilots at this year’s Victorian Open Championships.

An absolutely fantastic effort by all the race pilots and their crews; out of 304 entries only 13 were competitors racing CRG, of which 9 finished up on the podium. Fantastic!

The saddest story of the Championships was perhaps that of Midget pilot, Alexander Peroni of Tasmania. Having gone into the lead on the last lap, he approached the chequered flag with only clear air between him and the finish line. Then with only 10 metres to go the chain snapped on his kart resulting in Alex missing out on the championship by only 3/100ths of a second.

So Near / So Far

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2010 Victorian Open Champs: 304 Entries, 13 CRG’s, 9 Podiums

• Rotax Heavy – #35  Jason Pringle (1st),  #3  Simon Meyer (2nd)
• Clubman Heavy – #35  Jason Pringle (1st),  #45  Jason Hryniuk (3rd)
• Clubman Super Heavy – #5  Jason Stania (2nd)
• Midgets – #7  Alexander Peroni (2nd)
• Formula JMA – #78  Andrew Petrou (2nd),  #11  Pierce Lehane (3rd)
• Leopard Heavy – #45  Jason Hryniuk (5th)



Jason Pringle



Jason Hryniuk / Simon Meyer




Jason Stania / Alex Peroni



Andrew Petrou / Pierce Lehane

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The February 2010 edition of Kart Magazine is now in store.

This months issue features action from around the country including:

• World Rotax Grand Finals
• Kart Magazine Top 50
• Top 50 Drivers 2003 – 2009
• Driver of the Year – All Drivers
• NSW Premier State Cup Rd 5
• 2009 Canberra Cup
• SA State Championships
• SKUSA Super Nationals
• Affordable Motorsport
• CIK Stars of Karting Series News
• CIK Driver Chat – Matthew Waters
• Dunlop Trackside
• Tech Talk – Gauging Your Gearing
• WA State Titles Series Final

In another display of dominance of the Formula JMA class, Pierce Lehane driving his CRG Black Diamond chassis qualified fastest. He then proceeded to win every heat including the pre-final and final. At the conclusion of racing, Pierce thanked his Mum and Dad for all their support and especially his Dad for his ability to prepare such a brilliant race package.

In the Rotax Heavy class the Pringle brothers were again in a winning frame of mind. Having their first competition since the Christmas / New Year break, they simply took over from where they left last year, which is the pointy end of the field. This time Jason Pringle came out victorious with his brother Rick finishing in third place.

Pierce Lehane driving his CRG Black Diamond Chassis showed the opposition a clean pair of heels last Friday night at the second round of Junior Top Guns. In doing so Pierce was also awarded as the overall winner of the series with Andrew Petrou driving his CRG Black Star taking second place.