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On behalf of the committee and members congratulations to David Sera for winning the Leopard Light final at Eastern Lions at the weekend, first prize was a brand new Toyota car. David won with what looked like ease in the final just easing a comfortable gap and controlling the race.Also congratulations to Michael Griffiths for a fantastic effort in Leopard Heavy to be on pole and leading the final when unfortunately broke a header pipe and that was the end of his chance to win the other car up for grabs.Well done to both of you. It is always a buzz to see the Oakleigh members doing so well.
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October Club Day results have been uploaded to the mylaps website. Also, championship points for the 2006 OGKRC Class Driver have been updated. These are now the total points for the year as next months event, the Class Titles, doesn't count toward the Class Driver points tally. Please note, if you raced at all club day rounds this year, you will need to deduct your lowest points scoring round to get your corrected points tally. For those of you who didn't race at all rounds this year, your tally doesn't alter.October Club Day | Championship Points Next year this system will change and all points will count to your end of year tally (no drop round). More lap records have fallen - another 3 were broken on Saturday. There were:
The South Australian Open Championships were held on the same weekend. Well done to the following drivers who finished on the podium.
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| Daniel Wells | Senior National Pro | 45.714 |
| Mark Cowley | Leopard Heavy | 40.665 |
| Peter Klein | Rotax Over 40's | 41.888 |
Races from the Southern City Classic were filmed by EFX Video Productions. To buy the DVD send a cheque for $50 (includes postage) and a return address to:
EFX Video Productions
PO Box 6422
Shepparton Vic 3632.
25/10/2006
Jesse Fenech has been off superkarting again - He has given us a full report of his trip to Winton Raceway.
The weekend of the 30th September - 1st October saw the running of the NSW State Titles up at Dubbo and also the Australasian Kart Titles held at Numurkah. Oakleigh members which were on the podium at these meetings were:
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Well done to all drivers!
25/9/2006
Jesse Fenech, one of Oakleigh's young junior guns has been to Phillip Island and had a crack at superkarting. Jesse has given us a report of what superkarting and the weather at the Island is like. Below are a couple of images of Jesse on the day.
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17/7/2006
A big thank you to DP Karts and George Sera, Baron Engines/Karts and Greg Smith for suppling karts for the Come and Try day last Sunday. These guys work hard all day and their crew deserve a big pat on the back, thanks guys.
Also thank you to Gary Spencer, Ryan Baruet, Adam Bourke, Paul Griffiths for the use of their karts and hugh help. Thank you to all the people who lent suits and helmets and there help on the day.
We had approx 90 to 100 people lined up all day for a try and they all had a big smile when they came in.There will be new members joining soon. The visitors loved the FREE coffee and tea and sausage sizzle we put on, thanks to the people who did this.
21/6/2006
Congratulations to the following Oakleigh drivers who performed extremely well at the Nationals held at Bolivar last weekend.
| Leigh Nicolaou | Junior National Heavy | 1st |
| Grant Smith | Junior Clubman | 1st |
| James Sera | Clubman Light | 2nd |
| David Sera | Leopard Light | 2nd |
| Trent James | F100 | 3rd |
| Justin Tate | Junior National Light | 4th |
| Jake Chapman | Senior National Light | 4th |
| Justin Schneider | Leopard Light | 5th |
Well done to all the other drivers who represented Oakleigh at the Nationals
| Seb Geritz (SNH) | Travis Millar (JNH, JC) | Lucas Boucher (JNH) | Carey Stapleton (Leop H) |
| Michael Griffiths 6th (Leop H) | Tim Vohmann (Leop H, CH) | Adam Hughes 8th (Leop L) | James Sera (Leop L) |
| Anthony Lantouris (CSH) | Ben Cunningham (JC, JNL) | Jake Spencer (JC, JNL) | Jesse Fenech (JC) |
| Franky Costanzo (CH) | Paul Rodgers (CH) | Michael Griffiths (CH) | Joel Smith (JNL) |
| Ashley Arora 6th (CL) | Nick Chapman (CL) | James May (CL) | David Sera (CL) |
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GRANT SMITH 2006 Junior Clubman National Champion. Grant has defended his national title in style after finding himself in the repecharge after qualifying. Grant worked his way up through the heats and finished 3rd in the pre-final. In the final Grant was in second until lap 13 when he took the lead. He dropped back to 4th on lap 17 of 21 but climed back to the front on lap 19 and led the rest of the race winning by 1.153 seconds over Scott Pye.
A BIG THANK YOU to David Graham and Huntingdale Cranes for all the work David did last Saturday (25th March) moving the Coffee Ford sign and grand stands. The photos below show the job being done and the big cherry picker we used on Friday night to adjust the lights around the track to position them better for racing at night.
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The club has also put a substantial ad in the Grand Prix lift out in "The Age" this week, It is to promote the club and hopefully attract new members and to promote Karting in general, it is a great ad so have a look and see what you think.
2/4/2006
The Tracks Re-Opening!!!
The track repairs have been completed and the track will be open from Sunday 11th December at 12.00 Midday.
10/12/2005
A big MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to all members from OGKRC.
The Oakleigh Go-Kart Club would like to thank the following people for their ongoing support in 2005.
- A big thank you to Chris Lewis-Williams for donating a transponder to the club to give away on last club day .His company is Imedia.
- A big thank you to David Strid who has done a great job getting computers and transponders up and running, being able to get print outs at grid box. He spends a lot of time behind the scenes and deserves a big thank you. If you want your own transponder just talk to David and he will help you.
- A special thank you to all canteen staff and voluntary helpers -- without them you would go hungry.
- Thank you to Adam and Jo Bourke for there tireless work doing licenses and the gate fobs.
04/12/2005
The track repairs are currently in full swing!
We have a bunch of images here so that you can see how the track is progressing.
04/12/2005
Thursday, 27 October 2005
Email to proposed host clubs for 2006 GCPS from Pam Arnett
Hi guys,
I have a question from Oakleigh Kart club in regards to the power series rounds as they have not heard anything –
- Are they holding the first round of the series?
- Changing dates with Bendigo.
- Part of the series.
Can you please either let Oakleigh know what is happening or are we changing the dates.
Please let me know ASAP.
Regards
Pam
Monday, 31 October 2005
Bendigo response:
To Pam as President and Delegate of the Bendigo kart club it was discussed at the Delegates meeting on the 6 of October 2005 that the Bendigo Kart Club being the smallest track we would hold the first round of the Golden City Power series for 2006 and not change with Oakleigh, other clubs to hold the other rounds are Gippsland, Rochester, Swan Hill and the final to be held at Eastern lions.
Regards
Bob Grinton
Bendigo President
Question 1.
No – reason Oakleigh cannot hold the first round as Bendigo/Gippsland are only 22 and 24
Example: If bendigo got 22 entries in JNL then that 22 got first chance to enter Gippsland by a certain date/then the class becomes open to grid 24
If Gippsland got the 22 that entered Bendigo the class would be open to only 2 more making it 24
Question 2.
No to change of date: If Oakleigh want to be in the series they have a strict closing date for the 22 that entered Bendigo/Gippsland and they could then fill their grid of 32 .
Question 3.
If they don’t want to be part of the series then there will only be 4 rounds in 2006. Bendigo/Gippsland/Rochester/Eastern Lions
Regards
Graeme Monds
Gippsland President
Oakleigh response:
Thursday, 3 November 2005
Dear Pam
Due to the feedback from the two clubs who responded to your email, Bendigo and Gippsland, Oakleigh wishes to officially withdraw from holding a round of the GCPS in 2006. Please note that the reason for our withdrawal from the series is simple, the Oakleigh Go Kart club has worked tirelessly over the past few years to encourage people to get back into their go karts and go racing, (have fun), our club and committee put this before anything, we have upgraded our facility to the most modern and up to date of any club, possibly in Australia and we are very proud of it, all this effort has been put in for our members and everyone that comes to visit, we will never restrict, reject, or ignore any karter that wants to compete at our club. As I was not asked to attend this secret meeting that was put together on the 6th of October after the Delegats meeting, (amazing as I attended the delegates meeting) I can only go on what I hear and read, I believe the format these clubs are putting together is unworkable for the larger clubs and puts massive restrictions on karters,
Since the time we (OAKLEIGH and you Pam) started the ball rolling on the GCPS, it grew into to such a fantastic event attracting some fantastic sponsors and some of the largest fields we have seen for many years and now it has come to this, I have been saying for at least 12 months, in my opinion and many others this series needs to go to the larger facilities that can cater for not only the larger entry numbers but also the spectators, please don't think I am critical of the smaller clubs, I am far from that, we encourage our members to support all the clubs, and if they were to have a look at their entries from the past, I am sure they would have some members from Oakleigh among them, we are trying to be realistic and if the series cant go to the larger clubs then obviously it must go to the smaller one's.
In closing we think some of the people concerned need to stop thinking only of revenue and start thinking of the karters.
I would like to personally thank Kevin Mc Kinnon for all his fantastic effort towards making the series as successful as it was.
Regards Bernie Kelly
President Oakleigh Go Kart Club
Congratulations to David Sera for his win in Japan at the Yamaha World Championships. What a fantastic achievement for him to go over there and race their best, with very little practice, if any. I believe he had to run the engines in and set the kart up at the same time, so I would imagine there would have been a fair bit of pressure on the old man to get it right, and they did, so well done to both of them, how good is that, the first Aussie to win the world Yamaha Championship and he is an Oakleigh Champion.
Bernie Kelly
OGKRC President
Please read the attached letter, from OGKRC President Bernie Kelly, if you have ever contemplated using tyre treatment or any other substance which gives your kart a performance advantage.
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