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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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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.

• Josh Raneri won the Clubman Light event in absolutely brilliant style. In the Final of the Gold Cup at the Todd Road, Melbourne Complex he crushed the opposition in his CRG Black Diamond chassis.

Josh Raneri – GKCV Gold Cup Winner (Clubman Light)

• Matt McDonald in only his second kart race ever, won convincingly in the Tag Restricted class. Driving his CRG Maximo chassis he started in 14th position on the grid for the Final. Well done Matt.

Matt McDonald – GKCV Gold Cup Winner (Tag Restricted)

• Steve Johnson again showed his dominance in the Rotax Over 40’s Class. The changing weather during the Pre-Final proved to be very costly. He fought valiantly to get to the front and at the end only missedby half a kart from winning the event.

Steve Johnson – 2nd Place GKCV Gold Cup (Rotax Over 40’s)

• Andrew Petrou had the misfortune of slightly erring with his set up for the Final of Junior National Light. Starting in pole position in his CRG Junior Rebel chassis he managed to achieve a very close and creditable 2nd place.

Andrew Petrou – 2nd Place GKCV Gold Cup (Junior National Light)

• Jason Hryniuk wins another State Championship in the Clubman Heavy Class

Jason Hryniuk – S.A. State Champion (Clubman Heavy)

• Rick Pringle wins another State Championship in the Rotax Heavy Class and gets 3rd in Leopard Heavy

Rick Pringle – S.A. State Champion (Rotax Heavy), 3rd Place (Leopard Heavy)

• Jason Stania gets 4th place at S.A. State Championships

Jason Stania – 4th Place S.A. State Championships (Clubman Super Heavy)