West Coast Kart Club Round 1 was a great Success for the newly launched ROK GP category. The category in its first outing managed to draw the largest contingent of karters in anyone SR category. Even more exciting was the fresh blood out there with more first year racers than any category. With veterans such as Bob Wakeling and Ray Lord on the track and newcomers such as the Kettners,Lam,Eagles we saw a range of skill level that produced some ultra entertaining racing that was not short on action and drama.
It was no surprise that Bob Wakeling would take the win on the day but it was great to see his new CRG/ROKGP package take the fastest lap of the day by approximately .5 of a second over any other class. We saw a fantastic battle of the Kettners as the father and son tandem showed no mercy for each other with Davey Lam getting into the mix creating a battle that was thrilling to watch. With just around three more weeks until the next race we are looking forward to more entries in the class as its 32+ hp motor platform has drawn the interest of many who have been looking for a real traditional kart racing type motor package for the last couple of years, all this on a Yellow compound MG Tire and you have your self the ultimate 125cc single speed racing machine.
