Round 4 – Shenington Superprix and ‘E’ plate

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Mixed weather greeted the fantastic grid of 210 drivers all raring to compete in round 4 and for the coveted ‘E’ plate at Shenington on July 19^th and 20^th. Camaraderie flowed as always as we welcomed Guest drivers Lee Plain, Tom Perkins and Aaron Sifleet to the lineup. These three would not be eligible for Challenge points!

Heat 1 was contested on Saturday afternoon. This race was forecast to be dry so with all donning slicks found themselves by lap 2 attempting to stay on the black stuff as the rain came down. D. Bury took the early lead for 4 laps followed by L. Sifleet, A. Sifleet and Plain. By lap 5 L. Sifleet had passed D. Bury to claim the lead over the start line and R. Perkins had passed Plain for 3^rd around Café with the rest of the field very spread out. On lap 7 hassled by D. Bury, L. Sifleet spun exiting the straight. R. Perkins taking advantage shot into the lead.

1^st R. Perkins, 2^nd D. Bury, 3^rd Plain, 4^th A. Sifleet, 5^th L. Sifleet having recovered well and Stone who’d had a lonely race in 6^th.

Heat 2 Henry had a glimpse of the lead on a dry track as he headed a charging pack of Shepheard, Hopes, Plain, Caddick, Stone and the rest. By lap 3  Plain had taken charge with Sifleet, R. Perkins, D. Bury, Henry and Hopes now being in the top 6. On the next lap R. Perkins left the party, D. Bury was now in 3^rd with a battle going on between Henry, Hopes and Stone. Lap 5 saw Caddick in the mix of the battle and had made it to 5^th by the next lap. Lap 8 whilst Plain had long gone D. Bury was gaining on L. Sifleet in 2^nd but would have to settle for 3^rd himself. 1^st Plain, 2^nd Sifleet, 3^rd D. Bury, 4^th Stone who’d won the battle between Hopes 5^th and Caddick 6^th.

Heat 3 and although it wasn’t raining the track was still damp from an earlier downpour. Plain dominated the race once again from start to finish. R. Perkins fought off a chasing A. Sifleet and D. Bury. By lap 5 D. Bury was up to 3^rd. The top 4 put a considerable distance between themselves and the rest of the pack headed by Hopes, T. Bury, Fowler, J. Perkins (N) and the rest. L. Sifleet who must have had some issues at the start and had been last on track had passed kart after kart to claim 5^th.

1^st Plain, 2^nd R. Perkins, 3^rd D. Bury 4^th A. Sifleet, 5^th L. Sifleet and 6^th Hopes.

The Final – Such a brilliant watch the commentator did us proud. Some great track action ….. please enjoy https://www.youtube.com/live/BrrkgQNPIWs 1:00:00 in.1^st L. Sifleet, 2^nd R. Perkins, 3^rd D. Bury, 4^th Henry, 5^th Stone, 6^th J. Perkins (N) 7^th A. Sifleet, 8^th Hopes, 9^th T. Bury, 10^th Smith

Congratulations Lionel Sifleet 2025 210  ‘E’ plate Champion