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09/05/10
GKC Club Championship Round 2
Boyndie ‘Drome Circuit, Banff
Round two of the GKC club championship took place in dry but cloudy conditions at the Boyndie ‘Drome circuit near Banff on the 9th of May. With the team looking to build upon their positive start to the season, Saturday was a flurry of activity as Jordan and Harry worked on numerous setup changes in order to optimize the handling of the kart.
The random grids saw Jordan starting in pole for heat one and despite losing the lead to the hard-charging Ally Smith at turn one, Jordan hung onto second into the opening laps. Graham Clark briefly claimed the place but as Jordan’s tyres began to come in he was able to re-pass Clark and pull away to secure 2nd at the flag.
A mid-pack starting position for heat two meant that from 5th, Jordan had his work cut out in the race. Climbing a place to 4th by the flag secured another positive finish.
Heat three provided the team with the greatest challenge of the day with Jordan starting 7th out of the 9 karts present. A gritty drive through the pack was rewarded with another 4th place finish, leaving Jordan a very respectable 3rd on the grid for the final.
Drama on the warmup lap saw 2nd placed Clark’s throttle stick open and him crash out of the race before it began, elevating Jordan to 2nd on the grid for the rolling start. However, a poor start dropped Jordan to 3rd and on lap one and things looked worse as Adam Grant snatched 3rd a couple of laps later. A determined Jordan hung closely onto the tail of Grant and 2nd placed Adrian McKinnon, waiting to pounce. The moment came at the end of the penultimate lap when Jordan out-braked Grant into the final bend and drove an excellent defensive last alp to hold onto the team’s first podium finish in a kart final since their return to the sport. The result was also the team’s 44th podium final result in kartng.
“We were a little bit lucky today with Graham out on the warmup lap as he was quick today but that’s racing and overall we’ve had an amazing weekend and moved forwards leaps and bounds since the first race last month. That’s evident in our lap times which are much more competitive. Obviously we still have a bit to find to catch Ally (who won all four of the day’s races) but I’m confident we can do it and for only our second meeting back in karting we’re very satisfied with the result. A huge thanks to all our sponsors and my dad for the usual insane amount of work he’s put in all weekend to keep things running smoothly!” said Jordan.
Full results are available on the 2010 results page. Click here.
All pictures courtesy of Pamela Gronkowski
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