Its that time of year again…Sate Title time!!!
The time is coming, TEKA heads west for 8.5 hrs racing at one of the best tracks with the perfect combination of fast, flowing and technical and will decide the Endurance State Title Champions. Over 100 endurance drivers will come from all walks of life, not necessarily 2 stroke racing. Although many sprint karters love this class with tight racing over hours and ultimately representing the best ban for your buck.
I’m in the Right support Round 3 Lithgow 330
TEKA – The Endurance Karting Association is excited to announce that ‘IM IN THE RIGHT accident replacement vehicles has come onboard as the 2023 Naming rights sponsor of the LITHGOW 330.
TEKA memberships
Round 1 & Entries are open!!
Five Lights Grand final a blockbuster!
The weather, track, members and Orange turned it on to give us one of the best final rounds we’ve seen! Spirits were high from the outset.
The track resurfacing simply stunning and the clubs hospitality a treat 🙏 The weather perfect and the pubs not too bad either.
A few team arrived with serious business in mind with a few Championship podium positions still undecided.
Racing on the Sunday was just short of 6 hours, super tight and generally tidy throughout the day. When all said and done there can only be one winner, and no surprise was awarded to Trackside #37 making their return piloted by Chris Weir, Paul Marano, and Liam Ferry who also broke his old team mates lap record. In hot pursuit the might of the Buildline team with El Toro #97 runners up and their team mates Dynamite #27 under a second behind into 3rd. A brilliant performace in their first hit out with TEKA Stratco Racing #15 also taking 1st in A grade.
Finishing commendable 2nd in A grade and 5th outright Buildline #9 followed by their Championship rivals #54 ASR Trakka.
In the battle for B grade honours no surprise to see the super quick team of BMCM #29 take a dominant win ahead of ProFan #8 and Maverick #55.
When all said and done the Championship positions were decided for 2022
Pro
Dynamite #27
El Toro #97
Dormer Racing #84
A grade
Buildline #9
ASR Trakka #54
Yello Racing #3
B grade
BMCM #29
Wild Racing #41
Yello Racing #80
What an awesome way to finish the year, well done to all committee, members, officials, volunteers, and supporters for 2022!
Orange here we come!!
With Five Lights and Phoenix Karts supporting the final round sees TEKA head to one of our favourite tracks, with a total resurface it’s super smooth and even quicker! And its not just the drivers who love Orange as it provides the perfect view of the track and country side for support crew and spectators! Qualifying set to be exciting involving all drivers with only 5 mins each to nail a hot lap. Presentation for Tamworth will feature Saturday afternoon as the day comes to a close as the anticipation builds for the Grand Final.
There a few battles happening down the Championship ladder to keep a close eye on! The obvious one is at the top where Dynamite #27 go into the round in the strongest position with a fight for runners up only 5 points the difference, Dormer Racing #84 the slight advantage over El Toro #97. Yellow #81 lead Double D #44 by only 15 points for 4th position.
In A grade Buildline #9 have been the standouts in terms of consistency all year, with ASR Trakka #54 super quick on their day and making a late charge. The pressure is on Trakka with 29 points to bridge the gap and take a win from Buildline. DNT #18 then Yello #3 are racing for the remaining podium position separated by only 7 points.
The B battle for the Championship has been on all year, every round with BMCM #29 just too dominant till now holding a 13 point lead over Wild Racing #41. Currently Yello #80 have one hand on the final spot on the podium 23 points ahead of Dogpen Racing #86.
Dinner is booked for all members at the best pub in town The Canobolas for 7pm.
Phoenix rises again!
Great news for TEKA and all endurance karters that the popular chassis known as Phoenix, then Zenspeed, now Phoenix again is back in production. Now in the hands of Steve Cameron and co. the first chassis has come off the production line and looks and absolute class act (the welding quality insane)! Its debut was at Tamworth but kept reasonably quiet as the team tested and look for any gremlins. If you’d like to have a closer look, or are interested in a new roller or bare chassis keep an eye out for the wild new Phoenix livery!
Grand Final heading to Orange
Orange is fast approaching! With a total track resurface and not surprisingly a huge amount of interest already accommodation is extremely tight. We’ve booked our favourite local pub for Sat night and 80 guests, but get onto that accommodation immediately! Camping is also a good alternative. More to come soon!
Tamworth Liquid Clothing Round 7 – One of the best!!
After arriving to unprecedented rainfall and track flooding the TEKA community alongside Brodie from Tamworth kart track rallied and prepared the track for the conditions we may be faced with. The spirits could not be dampened, particularly with a great choice of pubs nearby to spend the Friday afternoon.
Strangely enough, although rain clouds never far away Sat morning was dry and warm, that was until race start.
With just minutes to go several teams made the change to wets as light rain continued to fall. As the flag dropped and #97, #27 & #18 bolted with #84 in tow and a race duration of only 1.5hrs it became a race of 3 clear strategies… Stick with wets, stick with slicks, and change from wets to slicks at the right time. Although the slicks struggled early at about the 3- – 40mins mark they were equalling wet tyre times although had some ground to make up. As the finish drew near it was clear that #54 who made a tyre change were storming toward the lead bringing #18 with them on the same strategy. #54 taking the win with #27 holding off #18 for 2nd after a 3 laps battle to the flag followed by #9.
Day 2 felt warmer again, competitors ready for anything. The same teams rocket off the start and dominate throughout the race with plenty of great clean racing right through the field. We didn’t see a safety kart all weekend. At the chequered flag #27 take the win followed by their team mates #97 and other championship contenders #84. A great race also by #81 dropped 1 place to 4th outright after suffering a post race MPT penalty.
A grade – #54 and #3 quick all weekend in 1st & 2nd followed by #9
B grade – with the quickest kart on the track late race and 6th outright #29 manage 1st followed by their championship rivals #41 and #86 into 3rd.
There remains a few Championship positions being fought into the final round at the newly resurfaced Orange, which is always a driver and spectator favourite
What a weekend, thank you to Liquid Clothing, well done all officials and members for one of the most action packed and memorable rounds of 2022!