T-Jay Takes 3rd at Whilton Mill British Championships

T-Jay enjoyed another great weekends Racing at Formula Kart Stars and now sits 4th in the Championship after 4 rounds with a further 8 rounds left.
T-Jay takes the Chequered Flag at Larkhall Super 1
The Trevolution Rocks Rowrah!The Trevolution Rocked the Rowrah circuit this weekend as The Cadet British Championships arrived at the fantastic Cumbria Circuit for the 1st & 2nd Rounds of Formula Kart Stars.
Friday Practice: T-Jay was on the pace and all was looking, good including his Terry Bradley designed ZIP Storm. The Team spent most of the Day testing engines & Gearing. T-Jay was looking GOOD! Saturday Morning Race Day: It had been raining the night before and there was still the slight feeling of rain in the air. Qualifying: We new it was going to be brand new wets for the qualifying however, going out on the right pressures was a big decision and going out on the wrong pressures could wreck the tyres for later if it did rain. We made are decision and qualified 8th not good, but at least we new T-Jay could easily come through the pack, but more importantly, our wet tyres were in perfect condition if it did rain. Saturday Heat 1: T-Jay started 8th on the grid but going into turn one got tagged on the back corner and was spun round facing the wrong way. He quickly got going and made his way from 22nd right back to 5th, only to be hit at the Stewart esses by number 45 knocking us back again to 17th to eventually finish in 12th place. (T-Jay was not a happy camper). Saturday Heat 2: T-Jay started 7th on the grid and by the second hairpin was in third place. After another 2 laps T-Jay was leading the race with number 5 pushing him from the back. The two karts managed to break away from the chasing pack and on the last lap going into the Stewart esses for the last time, the number 5 kart took the lead but that was only to be for a short time, as in the second but last corner the number 5 kart left the door open slightly, only for T-Jay to stick it up the inside running him wide on the exit. T-Jay went on to take the Flag. Great win! Saturday Final: T-Jay started 8th and didn’t get a great start and went back to 10th however, with T-Jay’s determination he was quickly making his way through the pack and on lap 14 was in 3rd position. T-jay was now part of a 3 kart train pushing to catch the front 2 karts and taking more than a half a second a lap out of them, but we were running out of laps and on the last lap and the last corner T-Jay went to defensive and got caught out on the exit only to loose 2 places over the line. Still a good result with good points T-Jay finished 5th. Sunday Morning Race Day: There had been a bit of rain however things were looking bright and the track was drying. Qualifying: T-Jay was in the first qualifying group and qualified second in his group. After the second group went out on the drying circuit the qualifying times were slightly better putting us back to fifth. After qualifying we found a problem with the kart which just took the edge of the handling but we immediately fixed it for the first heat. Sunday Heat 1: T-Jay started the race on grid five and by lap seven he was in the lead. T-Jay went on to take the chequered flag by more than 1.5 seconds in front of the chasing pack. Great Race and well deserved WIN! Sunday Heat 2: T-Jay again gridded 5th and after lap three had taken the lead. Trevyn then went on to pull away at the front and then! Disaster had struck on lap eight. The throttle cable on T-Jays kart had snapped and the race was over! DNF Sunday Final: After a disappointing second heat T-Jay had put the race behind him and his only focus was to get to the front as quickly as possible before the leaders got a break. Even starting 18th on the grid his only focus was on winning. Race on T-jay was on a mission! After the first lap T-Jay had made up nine places and with lap after lap of consistent lap times he kept picking away at the front runners until lap ten when T-jay took the lead. Tom Harvey from Fusion Motorsport then tucked in behind him and together they pulled a massive gap from the now fighting and chasing pack. What a fantastic race to watch and on the last lap coming into the Stewart esses for the last time T-Jay didn’t defend as he now thought he had a big enough gap between him and Tom. Tom launched up the inside and took the lead great move, Tom then defended for the rest of the lap T-Jay finished 2nd 9/100 of a second behind Tom going over the line. A fantastic finale to an up and down weekend but some great points in the bag! Trevyn would like to thank everyone involved with Trevyn Jay Nelson Racing Ltd including all the Sponsers, Wayne from Choice Engines . and also a Special thanks to Chris Underhill From CSU Developments.
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Merry Christmas & Happy New YearT-Jay would like to wish everyone a Merry Chrismas & A Happy New Year. Lets all have a Great 2010.
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