Aymane For The Stars

Race Report for 22nd November 2008 A Hire Kart Individual Driver Event

I was dreaming of Moroccan Harost Balls, with dates raisons and nuts as Aymane Yacine sailed to victory in race three, the first of the day to use older ingredients. I’m not suggesting that Aymane is nuts by the way, or even that he’s got Harost Balls, it was just that I had time to dream of Moroccan treats as he took the flag ten seconds clear of second. He really is a rising star and I wish him well as he looks towards his owner/driver racing career. Jack Wilson started and finished his run from second and at the line he crossed a serviette clear of Luke Watkins and James Walkington who flashed by as one. Sam Todman missed getting a mention in this paragraph by three hundredths of a second. Shame really.

Our man with the neck collars had to readjust his arms a few centimetres higher for race six as this was the second outing of the 11-16 brigade. Again Aymane Yacine excelled as he shot from the obscurity of eighth to the glare of publicity that is another race win. Sam Todman raced valiantly to cling on to his P2 start which he achieved with a second to spare over James Cossins who had worked his way up from dishwasher to head cook along the way. Luke Gherkins took fourth and was washed down with a glass of James Walker-(ington).

James Walkington started from pole in race nine and I’m betting he wished it had been a four lapper because in the fifth lap Aymane Yacine caught him and slipped by for his third win of the day. James crossed just a small hors d'oeuvre behind. Ben Linsdell makes his debut in third place after gaining a couple of pounds during this gastronomic delight. That just leaves James Cossins and Sam Todman in need of a bit of garnishing and we have the top five in all their glory.

Time now for the 11-16 main course which as expected featured Aymane Yacine as the prominent ingredient. He won but didn’t have it all his own way as Sam Todman kept up the pressure all the way. James Walkington fell one place under this pressure and crossed for a well earned bronze and not a second too soon as James Cossins was right behind. Luke Watkins completed this top five and was chased home by Jack Wilson, Ben Linsdell, Harry Sisley and Reiss Summer Berry pudding and custard.

As Aymane had been the star of the older group so had Taylor Maloney shone in the 8-13’s.

Report author: Alan Wood

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Championship: 2008 Buckmore Junior Club 11-16 Summer

Aymane finishes 5th, top Rookie by far
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Buckmore Junior Club 11-16 Summer Round 7 (Summer Series)

Aymane Yacine has rapidly made his mark in the club this year. I have spoken to him about it and he is going to clean it up later. In race four he shot up from the estuary of P9 to the salmon leap of P1 which he took despite the presence of the pocket rocket that is Jesse Chamberlain in close attendance. James Hughes had already earned a gold in the 8-13 race and was fired up for even greater success this afternoon. He picked up a brace of places to finish third and half a second clear of Matt Tiffin a driver destined to make his mark in the adult events which he starts next month. Keiran Tison needed every point he could muster if he was to retain his series lead but here finished three adrift from his main rival Jesse.
Earlier I’d been surprised to see Stuart in the D and now I was equally astonished to see Aymane Yacine floundering in the B. It’s better than floundering in the sea I’ll grant you, but still not where I expect to see this rapidly rising star. I think he was just trying to blag a free go though as he rapidly made it clear that he was off to play in the A when he won the B by over six seconds. The fight for second was thrilling as John Gabriel Iuga just scraped second by a few tenths from Jay Rudd. Murray Knott rose from the depths to secure fourth, one place clear of Matt Tiffin. Conor Jux-Chandler led the rest from sixth. Harry Tavare was chased by Ivan May-Jones, Ronnie Stracey, Sam Logan, Sam Lawrence, Ryan Cummings and Isobel Storrar.
The A final was the clincher for the championship for Jesse and current leader Kieran Tison. Jesse came of P2 while his nemesis was way back down in eleventh. Jamie Cummings took the lead as Jesse had a little spinette (It’s a new wash/dryer appliance) and fell back. Carl Williams didn’t look this gift horse in the mouth, he didn’t have time, he was busy racing and moved up. Sam Brabham completed the best days racing I’ve seen from this promising young driver and bagged third for his very own. Toby Cook moved up from tenth on the grid to an eventual fourth while Jesse completed the top five. That is of course only half the story as you need to know how Kieran fared. In truth he suffered the indignity of making a rare mistake at café that left him marooned on the kerb, right in front of Uncle Joe. I mean, how embarrassing is that? Joe amazingly resisted the urge to hop over the fence and release him but I did see he legs wiggle pre leap before he thought better of it. Kieran was untangled and finished tenth and I think he knew that the challenge was over. Of the others the result looked like this; Aymane Yacine finished sixth, Nathan Baily led Tom Storrar and Alice Goad from seventh. Seth James crossed for 11th with Stephen Harrison and James Hughes completing the order. The latter had got tripped up on lap one.
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Rookie Race Report at Buckmore Park for 4th October 2008

Time now to wheel out those campaigners with a few more centimetres, not to mention milligrams — Shhh, I said not to mention them. Race three provided the opportunity for James Cossins to show what he is made of. It was a bit disappointing in all honesty; it turned out to be mainly water with a smattering of minerals and stuff. Still, whatever mixture it was it worked in terms of propelling him from the midfield to the status of winner in as few as three minutes. It was one of those thrilling finishes where the top three all crossed in the bling of a chav. Jordan Annells was next home after shepherding kart 13 into the corral. (That’s three times in the top three, it’s been at those E numbers again methinks, maybe time for an early night. The kart that is, not Jordan). While kart 13 had been imbibing the E numbers I think the kart under the bottom of Aymane Yacine had been at the Horlicks. True it propelled him to third but he’d started second and we all know he’s not backward in coming forward is he. James Walkington started and finished in fourth while Jay Rudd completed the roost from fifth. Question. How can a Jay be a rook. Maybe by painting the white bits black and going for beak enhancement surgery.

Six followed five as inexorably as detention follows lying about why you haven’t brought your homework in. James Cossins had certainly done his homework about how to convert a pole into a cool twelve points and he handed his results in nearly a twentieth of a minute before Aymane Yacine got there. To be fair Aymane also had to do a bit that overtaking malarkey as he’d started eighth. Another plug is due for Jordan Annells now as he again featured in los tres superiors. If you don’t speak Spanish I can translate that for you as superiori dei tres di los. I hope that helped. This review of the top five cannot reach its logical conclusion until I have included Jay Rudd and James Walkington. There was a guy in this race called No Name 1 but in all honesty he was rubbish.

In the remaining old dude heat we watched James Walkington not so much walk but fly into the lead despite an ever present threat to his position from Aymane Yacine who had to console himself with second. Jay Rudd did his overtaking trick four times so that I could say with 100% honesty that he finished third. James Cossins concluded his heat business with a P10 to fourth conversion which left Joseph Jones no option other than to self combust or finish fifth. He chose the latter. No Name 1 was again pants but at least scored a point for not bothering to even enter let alone turn up.

We gave all the young dudes a short break so they could carry the news while their older buddies settled the outstanding issue of the rightful claim to the crown. This was settled in favour of Aymane Yacine after a terrific eight lap battle in which the top four places were traded freely on the open market. By the flag Aymane was 0.78 clear of James Walkington who would earn silver while James Cossins ended a great day with a well deserved bronze. The roll call of J’s continues unabated as we cheered Jay Rudd, Joseph Jones and Jordan Annells home for fourth through sixth. Not wishing to be left out Jrad Saunders, Juke Millington and Jndre Nicodemou completed the leader board.

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Taylor Maloney and Aymane Yacine. The bright stars in the club firmament

My theory about James’ rising has been both proven and refined over the last two paragraphs and it now turns out that it holds good for anyone whose name starts with a J. Just look at my evidence. James Walkington rose from fourth to first, James Smyth (pronounced Smiff not smyve) climbed five places for a close second as Jay Rudd held third a couple of tenths behind. James Cossins nipped up from the back to help prove my point (Cheers J) when he took fourth. Aymane Yacine didn’t quite understand the rules of the game but as his mother tongue is Arabic I think we can assume that in his languageA is the same as J. He was fifth by the way.

Assuming I’m right, and I usually am, and we take Aymane to be Arabic for James then I guess Thomas, Brad, Scott and Andre went into race 2 (for the big dudes) knowing they hadn’t got a chance short of a name change by deed pole and that’s not easy on a Saturday. Aymane drove his usual big smiley blinder to grab maximum points by three seconds over James Cossins. A little way back came the rest of the J’s led by third placed Jay Rudd with Joseph Jones, Jordan Annells, James Walkington and James Smyth all close behind.

Aymane was masterful in the wet

That left just one more heat, the one for the teenage ninja karters, most of whom haven’t mutated. Isn’t ‘whom’ a nice word, it’s all old fashioned like ‘the wireless’ when used to describe a DAB radio. Having received but one mention so far Jordan Annells felt he’d better put on a bit of a show and buoyed up by the first letter of his given name he sailed off into the rainset to tke the win by a convincing six seconds. JAymine Yacine can speak fluent French as well as Arabic so he knows that J’ai means ‘I have’ (second in the bag). It also starts with J. From P2 on the grid Thomas Goodwin held on for a very close third despite the determined efforts of fourth placed Scott Taylor to demote him. James Walkington secured the remaining top five slot by applying for his loan before the crunch.

I love the A finals, what a great spectacle it is. The greatest monocle of all was race winner Aymane Yacine who came off pole like greased lightning. I wonder how anyone ever managed to do that, grease lightning that is. First, you’d need a huge pot of grease conveniently to hand, you’d have to know exactly where the lightning was going to strike and you’d need a really thick rubber suit to protect you from instant electrocution. Finally you’d need an extremely long self supporting ladder if you were to be able to grease more than the first couple of metres. Still, suffice it to say that it would be much faster once greased and that’s exactly how Aymane Yacine shot off. James Walkington did his best to keep up from his P2 start but his streak was merely wiped with Mr Sheen so he could only grab the silver. Jay Rudd seemed pretty chuffed with third which he took by a second from James Cossins. Jordan Annells secured fifth by a comfortable easifit six seconds from James Smyth and the remaining finishers were as follows; Brad Saunders, Scott Taylor, Joseph Jones, Andre Nicodemou (and Pliers, presumably) and Thomas Goodwin who was driving a kart that had obviously developed a pretty serious chassis twist in the preceding heat.

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Buckmore Junior Club 11-16 Summer Round 6 (Summer Series); Aymane Wins from Jamie & Keiran

Sometimes a guy can just try too hard and over drive himself into a poor finish. I’ve seen it when wives come to watch though this seems to happen less with the junior club drivers for some reason. A case in point today is Callum Spencer who had spent the morning being watched by a relative making all the right noises about helping with the race budget. As a result Callum made mistakes and failed to feature in the A final. With his mystery benefactor, or uncle Phil now back on the M1 Callum found form and went lights to flag with two seconds to spare over the far more experienced Keiran Tyson who rose from eighth. Keiran was pushed all the way by the human dynamo that is Aymane Yacine who crossed a third of a thingy later for third. Alex Nevill drove a consistent race to finish slap bang where he started, in fourth, but at least he had the satisfaction of keeping the Mighty Midget Carl Williams at (Herne) bay. Rhys Terry found his race spoiled when he became the result of a mistake by Harry Sutton which resulted in Rhys getting a chance to view the oncoming traffic.

By race eleven the rain had headed off to taunt some other sport and the strong breeze had sort of hair dried the track again. The line up was pretty star studded for this heat and we were on the edge of our seats as the lights went green. Aymane Yacine turned out to be top dog after capitalising on his P2 start. The poleman was Toby Cook but in this battle he was overcome first by Aymane then by Keiran Tyson. A lap or so later the Mighty Midget slipped by for third and finally Sam Lawrence took fourth from him. Strange though as Toby again set the second fastest lap of the race. Stuart Anderson failed to complete a single lap as the pit crew had overlooked locking his seat which suddenly shot back leaving him bereft of pedal access. We rescheduled him for race twelve.

If a few drivers had found themselves rudely deposited in the B final then it follows that a few names would show in the A final, and so it came to pass. The poleman for today was (apologies in advance) Jamie Vunnijd’s who shared the front row with Kieran Tyson. The scene is set when I tell you the second row consisted of Jesse Chamberlain and Alice Goad. The race was far better disciplined than the shambles of an A final delivered by the younger group but there were still a few liberties taken that will be addressed privately with the drivers concerned away from the glare of publicity. In an exciting for some and bitterly disappointing for others race we watched Aymayne Yacine come all the way from the depths of the back row to snatch the lead which he then stretched to nearly three seconds. This guy must have a season ticket for the podium. Poleman Jamie Cummyhns (nearly!) put in a bravura performance for which he was rewarded with the silver by half a second from a very focused and determined Keiran Tyson. Murray Knott had his best result of the season so far when he crossed in fourth. Jesse Chamberlain was very disappointed to find himself in fifth but at the end of the day he has ended up just two points off the Championship lead with another round to go. Seth James had returned to form this afternoon (compared to the morning that is) and led the second wave from sixth. Following him home for tea were Ryan Dummigns (nearly there), Tom Storrar, Alice Goad, Alex Nevill new boy Danny Hurlock , the Mighty Midget who’d got tripped up while challenging for a top three place, and first timer to this age group, Callum Spencer.
Keiran Tyson leads the series by a mighty small margin of just two points over Jesse Chamberlain and then it remains real close between the Mighty Midget, Jamie Vimmibg’s, Aymane Yacine and Ivan May-Jones. Ooh, I can feel the tension from here.
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More Records Broken than in Beijing: Aymane new Lap Record holder

Edge of the seat stuff all the way

The special Junior Club 11-16 1200 race on the 12th of August was indeed special in all sorts of ways. Firstly despite a forecast of torrential and constant rain all day, it remained as near dry as makes no odds. Sure there were a couple of half hearted and short lived sprinklings but never enough to moisten the flap of an envelope. Secondly, the day was memorable for the number of times the lap record was broken and finally for the quality of racing in the A final which was worthy of the highest praise available from High Praise World PLC.
As is so often the case race one got things underway and here we witnessed Alex Tucker start his afternoon of with a maximum twelve points after swapping his P5 start for a win which he ensured by crossing the line fully ten seconds before anyone else. Smiley Ronnie Stracey flew up the order to take second place. Not bad considering he started way back in eleventh. Aymane Yacine has been particularly impressive since his first appearance at Buckmore earlier this year. He impressed again in this race by slipping by both Older brothers for third. Then came the siblings Darren and Matthew Older. It must get very confusing when someone asks which is the Older brother and both say in unison ‘We both are’.

Toby Cook then decided that he’d like to be the lap record holder as well as the race winner so he achieved both in race six where he’d started from the very back of the pack. The new record now stood at 56.414 (for a few minutes anyway). Toby pulled a healthy six seconds clear of James Walkington who had picked up one place along the way. Third from twelfth is quite a target but one achieved by the dynamo that is Aymane Yacine. He only just made it though as Jay Rudd had his sights set firmly on that very place and at the line the margin was a miniscule cooper s uno tenthio. (sorry, I went mad then). When he arrived in cricket whites at the sign in desk I thought Connor Burdett had also gone mad but he clearly had a busy sporting day. In this heat he came home just a tenthling behind the aforementioned duo.

When you watch karts passing the window every day and have done for nearly eight years you can imagine it takes a fair bit to get me on the edge of my seat. The A final today did just that and even more amazingly it got Bill all excited too and he’s been at this karting malarkey for nearly half a century when karts were still in black and white. The race made F1 look about as exciting as last night’s Indian takeaway. It was stunning. It was stupendous. It was earth shattering. But enough of the superlatives, here is the story.
From pole Toby Cook led for a while before falling foul of a bit of intimacy from another competitor. I thought that was it as Toby was now way down the order there must have been an excess calorie enhanced woman with vocal attributes in the vicinity as it clearly wasn’t over. Our attention was at the sharp end where Seth James and Ivan May-Jones were locked in combat as they fought it out for control of the race. Then at the apex of hairpin one these two touched and the ensuing friction of sidepods touching took the speed right out of the pair and allowed first Aymane Yacine and then Toby Cook to rejoin the party. This four man cabaret kept us enthralled for the next few laps with no one driver appearing to have the upper hand. The screen twice flashed up “New Lap Record” but we couldn’t take our eyes off the circuit. Mere words fail me here as I try unsuccessfully to recreate the excitement and tension so I will cut to the final chase, the last lap. It was a toss up as they headed around Symes and out of our sight for the very last time as to who would come up the hill in front. The bets were evenly spread I have to say. As they headed back into view it was Seth James by a whisker over Toby Cook for first and second and a brilliant last lap saw the screen again light up “New Lap Record” and this time we knew it was Aymane Yacine with a brilliant 56.310 and a bronze trophy. Ivan May-Jones is never far from the sharp end and again here he finished a very close fourth. No prize perhaps but his reputation must have been enhanced by his performance in this final.

Alex Tucker finished not last overall as he had predicted but in a very creditable fifth. A couple of tenths later Alice Goad crossed for fifth. All the way from the depths of the B final to sixth overall, that’s the rags to riches story of Alex Crump who led the remaining finalists home from seventh. Those following were James Walkington, Ronnie Stracey our visitor Connor Lewis who had been granted a promotion from the B as James Swatton had accidentally gone home too soon! Then it was Jay Rudd and Alex Nevill who found his kart had tired quicker than the driver. And so ends one of the best race days for ages. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as we on the staff did.

Report author: Alan Wood

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Buckmore Junior Club 11-16 Summer Round 5 (Summer Series) Keiran & Aymane looking good

Race three was next as is so often the case and this provided the interesting spectacle of Aymane Yacine coming through from the second row to snatch the win from the very mouth of Sam Bennigsen. Another Sam followed very closely behind, a mere tenth in fact, and this was Sam Lawrence who earned eleven points for his trouble. Ryan Cummings enjoyed a similarly close scrap with Stuart Anderson for fourth and fifth.

I wonder if having your dad win the Le Mans 24hr race puts any kind of pressure on the younger family member. It certainly didn’t seem to affect Sam Brabham who sailed to the line with a few tenths in hand over a similarly inspired Ivan May-Jones. The school custard yellow form of Stuart Anderson poured across the finish line next and it was a good job he did or Stephen Essex would have secured the place. Aymane Yacine powered his way up from P10 to complete this roll of top five honour.

In the next clash of the titans it was poleman Toby Cook who emerged victorious if only by the merest sliver of time. The guy right up his back bumper was Aymane Yacine who had started right behind the leader and finished just six tenths behind. Keiran Tyson started his charge from the back of the grid but tucked in behind the lead duo for a pleasing eleven points. A point adrift was Ryan Cummings who just scraped home by a nose in front of Stuart Anderson.

After remaining dry all day the sky finally looked as though precipitation was imminent as we prepared the grid for the A final. Still, it caught me ought when it happened. Before that though there was drama when Tom Hill got spun out at the first hairpin when another driver out braked himself. Tom now had a mountain of K2 proportions to climb which he set about with the determination and dignity that marks the difference between a true professional and a hobbyist. He climbed back to a very impressive seventh at the flag but I guess that was a far cry from his target. Out front we were watching a terrific scrap for the lead when suddenly the race leader Ivan May-Rain spotted the drops on his visor and dove deep into Conways. The boy has gone mad I thought, not yet aware of the rain, until I saw Keiran Tyson and Aymane Yacine understeering badly in the same corner. Ivan then took control of the race in true rain meister fashion and pulled out an impressive four lap lead. Keiran managed to hang on to second place but found it far harder on a damp track. Toby Cook climbed high up the order and then in a near repeat of his morning he spun out and fell to the back of the pack.
At the line it was Ivan by a country mile and Keiran for the silver. Right on his tail came the bronze winning form of Aymane Yacine who has very quickly risen through the ranks to become a front runner. Driver of the day in my eyes was Seth James who you remember had already won the 8-13 section and now crossed for a very close fourth in this meeting. Jamie Cummings deserves a pat on the back for fifth and I’m delighted to see Sam Brabham now up and scrapping in the A final where he finished sixth. The unlucky Tom Hill crossed in seventh where he was ahead of Nathan Baily, Sam Lawrence, Carl Williams, Ryan Cummings, Harry Sutton and the twice unlucky Toby Cook.

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Another fun filled Rookie Race Day!

We shifted up the age scale for race three from sprog to teen where we found Jay Rudd taking control of the proceedings but by the infinitesimal margin of seven smidglings of a tad over Aymane Yacine. Up from fifth came Matt Meekings while James Swatton climbed eight places to take fourth. Sam Bennigsen finished in fifth after a P8 start.

Like a cuckoo in a sparrows nest we had a Jay in a Rookie race, Jay Rudd to be exact. In heat six Jay converted his pole start into a lead of three of your earth seconds over third placed Aymane Yacine. Whilst a Jay is very clearly a bird, Connor Burdett is less defined, a baby bird perhaps. Anyway, our Burdling came through to fourth after fighting his way through the flock from tenth. Sam Bennigsen completed this review of the top five, by coming fifth.

The more senior folk were again wheeled out for race nine and here we watched Sam Bennigsen who could easily be a direct descendant of Count Von Bennigsen – who fought in the Napoleonic Wars – do his battle winning bit as he crossed the line nearly three seconds clear of James Swatton who started as he meant to go on, in second. John Frith-Haines was the poleman for this epic but he finished with ten points for third when he crossed just clear of Ali Katal. At this point in the paragraph we are a P5 short of a barbecue but amazingly if I simply press the T.h.o.m.a.s. G.o.o.d.w.i.n. keys in that order I reveal the total picture.

Out next came the elder statesmen for their final where, as usual, we witnessed the high adrenalin, all action, wheel to wheel, cliché ridden spectacle their A final provides. Emerging victorious, long to reign over us, came Thomas Goodwin who had the disadvantage of height and therefore weight to overcome as well. Just two tads of a smidge later Jay Rudd brought his kart home for silver and that left the bronze for Aymane Yacine which doubtless impressed his visiting Grandma. Making a welcome return to the club Connor Burdett did the potless fourth bit, leaving James Swatton the remaining top five slot. The second half of the pack was led by John Frith-Haines with Sam Bennigsen a split pea behind. The remaining finishers were Oliver Thomas, Ali Katal, Robbie Summerhayes and Andre Nicodemou. Andre had suffered a most miserable day after becoming the butt of everyone else’s crashes all day.

The 11-16 podium. From left, Aymayne Yacine (3rd), Thomas Goodwin (Winner), John Symes of the MSA and Jay Rudd (2nd)

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Buckmore Junior Club 11-16 Summer Round 4 (Summer Series)

Stephen Harrison got the ball rolling today with a fine win in heat one where he came off pole and despite some very talented opposition made it stick all the way to the flag. Mind you it was close which is just how it should be. Right on his tail came Nathan Baily who also started his run from the front row. Half a second behind was Aymane Yacine who has quickly established a reputation as a fast but fair driver. His drive was nothing short of highly impressive as he started way back in the dungeon that is 12th on the grid. The Mighty Midget Carl Williams ended up in fourth after starting in third, not the way it usually goes for him. Fifth was taken by Sam Babington who began his five laps from that self same spot.
Aymane Yacine took the win in heat five and no great surprise there as he started from pole and given his lack of lard he gets away fast. Jamie Cummings wasn’t going to make it easy for him though and after making his way up from tenth on the grid closed in on the leader until he was just four tenths behind at the flag. Seth James had an unlucky morning in the younger group where he became the butt of everyone else’s mistakes but his afternoon got off to a far better start when he took third in this race. Too good to hurry, Murray Knott collected ten points for fourth which left nine for Jay Rudd.
Which just leaves one more heat before the finals and this proved to be a fine climax as the front three streamed over the line very much as one. Just a nose in front was Ivan May-Jones with Connor Burdett who had driven his socks off after starting 12th on the grid. Now barefoot he crossed half a second behind the leader and a similar distance in front of Aymane Plasticine. Fourth was bagged by Andy Medhurst up from eighth and just a spit ahead of Sam Logan. Note: I’ve used the human spitting distance as I believe Llamas can spit further.
The A final was exciting as always and from the start it was all change. The kart allocation didn’t favour pole man Toby Cook who lost a bit off the start. Rhys Terry had a good engine under him but got caught up in someone else’s incident and also fell back which was a shame as his P2 was a seasons best. Micro Man shot away and off into the lead which he steadily increased to a solid six seconds. Also on the way up was the Mighty Midget who achieved a good second but the star was B final winner Stephen Harrison came all the way up the order to finish on the podium with a bronze. Toby Cook still scored well with a fourth and it was good result for fifth placed Conor Jux-Chandler. Then it was Keiran Tison for sixth , one ahead of his start position. The Cummings’ brothers came across the line a split second apart with Ryan just ahead of Jamie by a hundredth. The rest of the pack were led home by Ivan May-Jones with Rhys Terry, Tom Hill, Aymane Yacine and Nathan Baily completing the order.
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Buckmore Junior Club 11-16 Summer Round 3 (Summer Series)

Things got interesting in heat three when we had a dead heat for fourth but more of that in a moment. We did remove Sam Babington from this race when it was clear the kart wasn’t getting full throttle. On Saturday Aymane Yacine had conquered all to win the gold and here he was again taking a win in the more experienced waters of the Championship group. He took full advantage of his second row start to get to the front and stay there and without the hindrance of traffic he built a solid four second lead. A blinding drive by Rhys Terry saw him go from last on the grid to second where he crossed a fraction (I hate fractions....and algebra) clear of Jamie Cummings. Joe Robson and the Mighty Midget Carl Williams came towards us side by side so I leaned over better to see the finish line. Bill and I were of one mind, it was a dead heat and so I have awarded each driver ten points. I love it when it gets like that.
Jay Rudd came off the blocks like he was on nitrous and he quickly established a solid lead. Yet again we find Aymane Yacine getting a mention, this time for his stunning back row to second sprint. His names are unusual, so I Google’d both only to come up with a DJ on both counts. I must have too much time on my hands. The Junior reports are riddled with Cummings which must be a bit tough on the family purse strings and this time the spotlight falls on Ryan who rose through the ranks to finish a good third and just in time to ensure Will Morris could go no higher than fourth. That just leaves time for the micro dot that is Jesse Chamberlain who climbed to fifth.
More contact marred race nine as half the field got to see the warning board during just five laps. There were indeed plenty of comings and goings but mainly Jamie Cummings who won by two seconds after a second row start. It’s that man again, Aymane Yacine this time up from fourth to second. Stuart Anderson drove a superb contact free race from the very back to finish a close third. Jeremy Parker finished fourth and then a second later it was Sam Babington up from P12 to take fifth.
Micro man met the Midget in the final as Jesse Chamberlain and Carl Williams went head to head and I have to say I have been looking forward to watching these two race it out at the sharp end of a final for ages. There was very little to choose between them for the full eight laps but at the line it was Carl by seven tenths from Jesse and neither driver had collected any warnings which just shows which is the quickest way. (I nearly went off on one again then but I think I got away with it) Keiran Tison scored well again with a podium bronze and a skip full of points which now show him second in the series on total points though he drops to fifth after dropped rounds, though it’s early days yet. A fine drive by Stephen Harrison earned him fourth by a couple of tenths from Tom Hill and Toby Cook completed the top six. Jamie Cummings led the rest of the field which included 8th placed Aymane Yacine who got into a tangle at the first hairpin or he would have been looking at another podium in my opinion. Then it was Ivan May-Jones, Jem Howard, Luke Pattinson, Sam Lawrence and Reece Canell. Sam Lawrence got the fastest lap with a 34.259.
Report author: Alan Wood
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Aymane Yacine Takes Gold at Buckmore Park Rookie Race

Is it a bird? Is it a fish? No, it’s both, it’s Jay Rudd powering kart 18 to a win in heat two, an 11-16 race, where he too had the benefit of a front row start. Right on his tailfin came talented new driver Aymane Yacine who wasn’t going to let a little thing like starting from tenth bother him. Thomas Goodwin took a Goodthird after making two gains during the race. Sam Beninigsen repeated the start fourth, stay fourth pioneered in heat one but Reiss Leconte made large gains coming up from eleventh to fifth.

Crow Perch repeated his earlier win in heat two but this time he did it under a pseudonym. It was like BBC Gold (I guess as I don’t have a TV), all repeats as Aymane Yacine again secured second by throwing a rope round its neck and dragging it to the ground. Knowing my fondness for alliteration Matt Meekings gained three places to take third and Reiss Leconte earned another plug for his sponsor (www.hotwheelzuk.com) when he moved up to fourth which left Matthew Dryden the honour of ending this sentence as he took fifth.

Refreshed after their short break we wheeled out the old codgers for their remaining heat where Aymane Yacine kept his name in the frame by taking a sound win after a midfield start. Sam Bennigsen had a good run too, making three gains to finish a close second. Yet again Thomas Goodwin spoiled the joke (really?) by coming third. Up to fourth from eighth and a first mention in this report came John Frith-Haines a sort of Frith of Fourth. It must be easy to Conner Burdett, about as easy as conning a little old lady I guess but young Connor was more interested in racing and to prove it he came fifth and squeezed into this paragraph nicely.

We then ran the trophy bearing A final for the 11-16’s where we watched Aymane Yacine sail to victory by over six seconds over a delighted Sam Bennigsen who drove a fine race. John Frith-Haines pipped Matthew Meekings to the line but to be fair Matt was pretty occupied defending his position from a determined attack by Jay Rudd. A similarly close battle was raging for sixth and after ten laps the victor here was Connor Burdett who crossed half a second clear of Reiss Leconte with Thomas Goodwin securing eighth a moment later. Daniel Love led Matt Dryden, Jeremy Parker and Henry Proto home.

Report author: Alan Wood
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Buckmore Junior Club 11-16 Summer Round 2 (Summer Series)

Race one gave Jamie Cummings the chance to be the first to get a mention in this months report for taking the win by close on six seconds from Sam Lawrence. Sam’s drive up through the field from the back row of the grid was seriously impressive. Aymane Yacine hopped up one place to take third by one third of a second from Oliver Crouch (up from seventh) while Harry Sutton gained shed loads of places to take fifth.

'Watch out!' I shouted to the crew, 'There’s a driverless kart going flat out up the straight'. They swiftly pointed out that it might look like that from behind but it was actually in the control of the very aerodynamic Jesse Chamberlain. Jesse took the win from P2 and built a five second lead. Aymane Yacine started way down the road, Canterbury I think it was, but he managed to work his way right up the order to take second. Matt Tiffin has suffered from a medical condition know as growth spurtitus over the last year which is not doing him any favours against the pint sized jockeys now inhabiting the place. In truth he’s in serious danger of standing on one of them and I think a move to the adult sector is on the cards. Anyway, despite weighing in way over the average, and this is height not beer gut, he managed to hang on for third. Stephen Harrison enjoyed a good race coming up from ninth to fourth where he beat Murray Sheep Shank to the line by a tenth.

The penalty board was again dusted down in the B final, this time for Luke Pattinson for accumulated contact warnings. This rearranged the lower reaches of the leader board but left the front untouched. The win and thus the promotion to the A was taken by Jamie Cummings by a very comfortable margin over Jay Rudd while Harry Sutton gained a place to finish fourth, one place clear of Conor Jux-Chandler. I was impressed but honestly not too surprised to see Stuart Anderson up to sixth after moving up from the C final but had he not got a bit knocked about and squeezed in this race it could well have been a place or two higher. Rhys Terry led the rest from seventh where he was followed by Sam Babington, Oliver Crouch, Tom Hill, Aymane Yacine, David Lathrope and Luke Pattinson.

Report author: Alan Wood

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Buckmore Junior Club 11-16 Summer Round 1 (Summer Series)

I first met Kieran Tison as I do so many of you, through the Kart School and he made an instant impression on me as a guy worth keeping an eye on as he had oodles of raw talent. This was borne out in heat one when he powered up the order from the midfield to secure the first win of the day in style. James Dennison started from second and doggedly held the place for all five laps and up to the line. Alex Nevill put in a great performance too as he pushed his kart to the limit to slip by seven fellow competitors to take third. Right behind him came Harry Tavare who has improved vastly over the last few months. Harry started 12th on the grid but made it to fourth. There is a new name to conjure with in fifth place and that is Aymane Yacine to whom I owe an apology for such bad pronunciation on the Tannoy. Every time I looked at the name my tongue became a six feet long and I’d trip over it. Aymane Yacine; see, I can do it now. Welcome anyway Aymane to the club.
The penultimate race produced another good result for Ivan May-Jones who maximised his pole start and converted it into a full sixteen points by winning by the very slim margin of two tenths. The guy doing all the chasing was Aymane Yacine the mean machine. He was in turn pursued by Jesse Chamberlain a driver that makes the Mighty Midget seem tall. Stephen Harrison notched up another mention for fourth and Star Pupil 2007 Alice Goad gets a round of applause for fifth.
After a couple of really lack lustre karts in the heats fortunes reversed in the finals for Kieran Tison who was able to recoup his earlier losses. He won the B final with relative ease and moved back into waters in which he is more at home, the A final. Next over the B final finish line was Alex Nevill who just got there in time to prevent Harry Tavare from catching and passing him. James Dennison found some vacant tarmac in which to secure his fourth place with time to spare before Matt Salmon crossed for fifth. Next it was Matt Tiffin with Luke Pattison, Ryan Cummings, Reece Cannell, Aymayne Yacine, Reiss Leconte, Alice Goad and Joe Robson streaming over the line to complete the order.
Report author: Alan Wood
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