Jess Arabian Ranches Wins Second ESKC Senior Title
Championships were decided the 4th and final round of the Emirates Schools Karting Championship (ESKC) on Saturday (18 March 2017) at Dubai Kartdrome.
ESKC Senior Championship and Nomad Cup
On the early morning of the last race of the season, Eliot Jones, Max Tryggvason, Harry Tryggvason and Sam Burtonwood of Jumeirah English Speaking School (JESS) Arabian Ranches had sufficient indicate finish 3rd on the ESKC Senior platform, yet they really did not intend to choose anything much less compared to first.
The defending champs won the final round and defended protected their title, wrapping up the ESKC Senior Champion momentarily period in a row.
JESS Arabian Ranches struggled early on as 2 other groups, Ghost Racing Group and Dubai English Talking College (DESC) Group 7 both qualified higher on the grid. Sameer Mohideen, Sayed Taifur, Samuel Garbutt, and Mateo Moussaoui of Ghost Competing started the day well, earning lead with a blazing lap time of 1:10.992, the only team to dip listed below the 1.11 mark.
Fifteen student group karts launched right into activity for the final 90 minute endurance race, which included 4 required rest stop for chauffeur modifications. Specific team effort and a bit of good luck with rival penalties quickly had JESS Arabian Ranches out in front and building a gap.
" Once we obtained our lead, we just kept pulling away, away, and away up until victory" said Max Tryggvason.
Eliot Jones owned the final stint for JESS Arabian Ranches, making certain there were no difficulties to the lead. Three laps prior to the end of the race he created a sensational 1:10.037 lap time, the fastest of the day, and went on to take the chequered flag by 58.628 seconds over their nearest competitor, Repton School. Ghost Racing routed in for 3rd.
When the final champion points were tallied for the 4 rounds of the 2016-2017 Period, JESS Arabian Ranches had safeguarded a 2nd ESKC Senior title on 169 points. Matthew Elliot, Harrison Mitchell and Denis Bahar of Repton School asserted second put on 145 points, while Kyle Jensen, Jaden Taylor and Henry Jenkins and DESC Group 4 captured the final area of the podium with 132 points.
On protecting the ESKC Senior crown Harry Tryggvason of JESS Arabian Ranches stated: "It's a great feeling, like it and we hope to do it again."
With 2 championship titles to its name, JESS Arabian Ranches is simply beginning. Sam Burtonwood said: "We have some strategies with this very same team to do a pair twelve hour races and twenty four hour races."
In the Nomad category of ESKC Senior, with teams made up of kart racers of various schools, Ghost Racing Group started the day with 2 various other teams, P1 Racing and VDR Racing, in advance of it in the championship standings. Nevertheless, a mind-blowing qualifying session and a decent 3rd place surface in the race raised the team into first place in the championship with 123 factors, effectively protecting their Nomad Cup title from last period.
At 121 points Rashid Al Awadhi, Ethan Watt, Kyle Kumaran and Hugo Gid of P1 Racing were only two factors down on the Wanderer victors and took residence second place prizes. VDR Racing, with Jordy Van Dort, Albina Gabdrashtova and Goffredo Orlandi Contucci, protected third on 119 points.
ESKC Junior Champion and Nomad Cup
At the end of the last Junior round, three different groups based on the platform yet just one school, Swiss International Scientific School of Dubai (SISD), asserted every one of the honours.
The Swiss school groups set the bar high and no other team can use up the obstacle, with each of the SISD teams claiming a success in all four races on the day. Keanu Al Azhari and Adam Al Azhari of SISD Team 1 pioneered their success, winning 2 races and protecting the inaugural ESKC Junior Championship.
Beforehand it was SISD Group 3 that got the benefit, with Enzo Al Azhari taking victory over his bro Keanu by 1.536 seconds. SISD Group 1 struck back in Race Two, with Adam Al Azhari obtaining a narrow 0.213 seconds sway Paul Seefeld of SISD Group 3.
SISD Team 2 entered the mix and Constantin Reisch powered across the finish line a full 20.287 seconds in front his local rival, Paul Seefeld. Race 4 belonged to the ultimate champs, SISD Group 1; Keanu Al Azhari compensated his very early obstacle, fighting for the lead and afterwards holding on for victory, just 0.447 seconds in advance of Enzo Al Azhari of SISD Group 3.
After 4 rounds of champion factors were calculated, Keanu Al Azhari and Adam Al Azhari of SISD Group 1 took home the ESKC Junior championship trophy with 162 points. Enzo Al Azhari and Paul Seefeld of SISD Group 3 declared second position on 152 points, while Constantin Reisch and Dara Stankova of SISD Team 2 protected 3rd with 140 points.
Reisch didn't get the win but he certainly validated that he is the quickest ESKC Junior on the grid, having actually clocked in the fastest lap in each of the four rounds.
In the Wanderer category of ESKC Junior, Theo Gid and James Bernard of JT Racing accumulated 105 total points and snatched the champion by a solitary point over Kayne Cherian, Joshua McGregor, Vladik Dashkovsky and Elie Nassar of Dragsters DXB. Perspective PP, with vehicle drivers Tom Bett, Daniel Buerk, Harry Ward and William Greaves were well adrift on 72 factors, yet it was enough to capture third.
Captions:
1. ESKC Senior Champions Podium at Dubai Kartdrome
2. ESKC Junior Champions Podium at Dubai Kartdrome
3. Begin of ESKC Senior final race at Dubai Kartdrome
