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NRKL Prologue

Results

  • Heat 1
  • Heat 2
  • Heat 3
  • Heat 4
  • Heat 5
  • Heat 6
  • Points
  • B Final
  • A Final
Heat 1

Pos

Driver (Class)

Laps

Fastest

Gap

1

(MW) Jonathan WILSON

9

53.919

8:13.980

2

(LW) Jordan PARKINSON

9

53.820

0.632

3

(MW) Jacob SHARROCK

9

53.627

0.671

4

(MW) Andy BRUCE

9

53.534

0.749

5

(MW) Barry LAKES

9

53.440

1.300

6

(HW) John PARAGON

9

54.254

3.920

7

(HW) Darren STABLES

9

54.077

4.266

8

(LW) Sam MORRIS

9

53.916

4.416

9

(MW) Lewis JOLLEY

9

53.598

5.012

10

(HW) John WLLIS

9

54.475

5.234

11

(HW) Phillip ANDERS

9

53.982

5.758

12

(LW) Jason SHARP

9

53.930

6.274

13

(HW) Ian WILSON

9

54.482

8.211

14

(MW) Iain FERRIE

9

53.860

12.778

15

(HW) Tom OWENS

9

55.115

16.386

16

(LW) Tegan EDWARDS

9

54.683

24.047

17

(HW) Andrew WYCHERLY

9

55.441

33.232

18

(HW) Ben Coates

8

55.379

1 LAP

PENALTIES

Fastest Lap

Barry Lakes: 53.440

Heat 2

Pos

Driver (Class)

Laps

Fastest

Gap

1

(LW) David METCALFE

9

53.076

8:10.490

2

(LW) Tommy LEE

9

52.625

0.093

3

(LW) Scott CLENAGHAN

9

53.515

3.106

4

(MW) Adam DAVIS

9

53.670

4.381

5

(LW) Nathan WEBB

9

53.546

4.396

6

(MW) George BOOTHBY

9

53.964

4.990

7

(MW) Ben PICKARD

9

53.876

5.291

8

(LW) James BARRETT

9

53.720

53.256

9

(LW) Oliver BAILEY

9

53.492

6.807

10

(MW) Lewis JACKSON

9

53.367

8.121

11

(LW) Sophie GILL

9

54.616

12.934

12

(HW) Jim WHITEHOUSE

9

54.590

13.213

13

(MW) Connor RATHBONE

9

53.852

13.713

14

(MW) Chris APPLEBY

9

54.093

13.874

15

(HW) Cayle SIMMONS

9

55.145

24.423

16

(HW) Jake DAWSON

9

55.181

25.918

17

(LW) Emma Rabbage

9

54.465

27.941

PENALTIES

Fastest Lap

Tommy Lee: 52.625

Heat 3

Pos

Driver (Class)

Laps

Fastest

Gap

1

(LW) David METCALFE

9

52.671

8:02.473

2

(LW) Scott CLENAGHAN

9

52.622

0.819

3

(LW) Jason SHARP

9

52.722

2.814

4

(MW) George BOOTHBY

9

53.112

3.899

5

(MW) Iain FERRIE

9

53.300

5.276

6

(LW) Sophie GILL

9

53.312

9.272

7

(LW)Tegan EDWARDS

9

53.803

11.815

8

(MW) Lewis JOLLEY

9

53.565

12.048

9

(MW) Andy BRUCE

9

53.074

12.069

10

(HW) John ELLIS

9

53.038

13.502

11

(LW) Jordan PARKINSON

9

53.276

16.338

12

(HW) Cayle SIMMONS

9

54.184

18.962

13

(HW) Ian WILSON

9

54.631

21.002

14

(HW) Ben COATES

9

54.413

21.215

15

(HW) Jim WHITEHOUSE

9

53.940

27.045

16

(HW) Andrew WYCHERLY

9

55.390

29.990

17

(MW) Chris APPLEBY

9

54.610

33.280

PENALTIES

Fastest Lap

Scott Clenaghan: 52.622

Heat 4

Pos

Driver (Class)

Laps

Fastest

Gap

1

(MW) Barry LAKES

9

53.152

8:06.641

2

(LW) Tommy LEE

9

52.780

0.152

3

(LW) Nathan WEBB

9

52.961

0.583

4

(LW) James BARRETT

9

52.545

1.027

5

(MW) Connor RATHBONE

9

52.856

1.238

6

(LW) Sam MORRIS

9

53.238

1.384

7

(HW) John PARAGON

9

53.246

6.037

8

(MW) Jacob SHARROCK

9

52.797

7.704

9

(MW) Jonathan WILSON

9

53.538

10.481

10

(MW) Adam DAVIS

9

54.561

12.909

11

(MW) Lewis JACKSON

9

54.540

12.992

12

(HW) Tom OWENS

9

54.433

13.280

13

(LW) Emma RABBAGE

9

54.008

14.140

14

(HW) Darren STABLES

9

54.964

17.752

15

(HW) Jake DAWSON

9

54.465

23.684

16

(HW) Phillip ANDERS

9

53.424

30.100

17

(MW) Ben PICKARD

9

53.935

31.367

18

(LW) Oliver BAILEY

3

54.352

6 LAPS

PENALTIES

Ben Pickard: 10 seconds, Contact gaining an advantage

Jacob Sharrock: 5 seconds, Overtake under yellow

Fastest Lap

James Barrett: 52.545

Heat 5

Pos

Driver (Class)

Laps

Fastest

Gap

1

(LW) Tomm LEE

10

52.656

8:52.664

2

(LW) David METCALFE

10

52.740

3.101

3

(LW) Scott CLENAGHAN

10

52.246

3.916

4

(MW) Lewis JOLLEY

10

52.666

4.719

5

(MW) Jacob SHARROCK

10

52.384

5.384

6

(MW) Barry LAKES

10

52.513

5.570

7

(HW) Tom OWENS

10

52.664

5.731

8

(LW) Sam MORRIS

10

53.059

12.159

9

(LW) Sophie GILL

10

52.978

12.254

10

(MW) George BOOTHBY

10

52.840

12.455

11

(HW) John PARAGON

10

52.810

12.630

12

(HW) Phillip ANDERS

10

53.117

12.809

13

(HW) Cayle SIMMONS

10

52.967

12.812

14

(HW) Darren STABLES

10

52.964

13.299

15

(MW) Jonathan WILSON

10

52.496

13.393

16

(MW) Chris APPLEBY

10

52.809

13.497

17

(HW) Jim WHITEHOUSE

10

52.716

15.337

PENALTIES

Fastest Lap

Scott Clenaghan: 52.246

Heat 6

Pos

Driver (Class)

Laps

Fastest

Gap

1

(LW) James BARRETT

10

52.273

8:52.664

2

(LW) Oliver BAILEY

10

51.840

1.833

3

(LW) Jordan PARKINSON

10

52.318

2.502

4

(MW) Adam DAVIS

10

52.368

4.502

5

(LW) Jason SHARP

10

52.607

7.770

6

(LW) Tegan EDWARDS

10

52.437

8.082

7

(MW) Ben PICKARD

10

52.529

8.192

8

(MW) Lewis JACKSON

10

52.278

8.307

9

(LW) Nathan WEBB

10

52.485

8.653

10

(HW) John ELLIS

10

53.119

12.842

11

(MW) Andy BRUCE

10

52.795

13.344

12

(MW) Connor RATHBONE

10

53.114

13.489

13

(MW) Emma RABBAGE

10

53.336

13.552

14

(HW) Ian WILSON

10

53.707

15.270

15

(MW) Ben COATES

10

53.976

19.504

16

(MW) Iain FERRIE

10

53.189

21.335

17

(HW) Jake DAWSON

10

54.102

30.749

18

(HW) Andrew WYCHERLEY

10

54.904

32.323

PENALTIES

Fastest Lap

Oliver Bailey: 51.840

Points

Pos

Driver (Class)

H1

H2

H3

Total

1

(LW) David METCALFE

20

20

19

59

2

(LW) Tommy LEE

19

19

20

58

3

(LW) Scott CLENAGHAN

18

19

18

55

4

(MW) Barry LAKES

16

20

15

51

5

(LW) James BARRETT

13

17

15

50

6

(LW) Jordan PARKINSON

19

10

18

47

7

(MW) Jacob SHARROCK

18

13

16

47

8

(LW) Nathan WEBB

16

18

12

46

9

(MW) Adam DAVIS

17

11

17

45

10

(LW) Jason SHARP

9

18

16

43

11

(MW) George BOOTHBY

15

17

11

43

12

(MW) Lewis JOLLEY

12

13

17

42

13

(LW) Sam MORRIS

13

15

13

41

14

(MW) Andy BRUCE

17

12

10

39

15

(HW) John PARAGON

15

14

10

39

16

(MW) Jonathan WILSON

20

12

6

38

17

(LW) Sophie GILL

10

15

12

37

18

(LW) Oliver BAILEY

12

3

19

34

19

(LW) Tegan EDWARDS

5

14

15

324

20

(MW) Lewis JACKSON

11

10

13

34

21

(MW) Connor RATHBONE

8

16

9

33

22

(HW) John ELLIS

11

11

11

33

23

(MW) Ben PICKARD

14

4

14

32

24

(HW) Tom OWENS

6

9

14

29

25

(MW) Iain FERRIE

7

16

5

28

26

(HW) Darren STABLES

14

7

7

28

27

(MW) Phillip ANDERS

10

5

9

24

28

(HW) Ian WILSON

8

8

7

23

29

(HW) Cayle SIMMONS

6

9

8

23

30

(LW) Emma RABBAGE

4

8

8

20

31

(HW) Jim WHITEHOUSE

9

5

4

18

32

(HW) Ben COATES

3

7

6

16

33

(MW) Chris APPLEBY

7

4

5

16

34

(HW) Jake DAWSON

5

6

4

15

35

(HW) Andrew WYCHERLEY

4

0

3

7

PENALTIES

Fastest Lap

B Final

Pos

Driver (Class)

Laps

Fastest

Gap

1

(MW) Connor RATHBONE

12

52.312

2

(LW) Tegan EDWARDS

12

52.198

0.444

3

(MW) Ben PICKARD

12

52.880

4.694

4

(LW) Oliver BAILEY

12

52.334

4.828

5

(HW) Cayle SIMMONS

12

52.740

5.132

6

(HW) Tom OWENS

12

52.361

5.276

7

(HW) John ELLIS

12

52.585

7.759

8

(MW) Lewis JACKSON

12

52.401

7.986

9

(MW) Phillip ANDERS

12

52.080

8.343

10

(HW) Darren STABLES

12

53.125

10.176

11

(HW) Jim WHITEHOUSE

12

53.412

11.188

12

(MW) Chris APPLEBY

12

53.032

11.639

13

(LW) Emma RABBAGE

12

53.362

11.671

14

(MW) Iain FERRIE

12

52.652

13.279

15

(HW) Ben COATES

12

53.305

16.697

16

(HW) Ian WILSON

12

53.744

16.725

17

(HW) Jake DAWSON

12

53.798

24.010

18

(HW) Andrew WYCHERLY

12

54.213

24.465

PENALTIES

Oliver Bailey: +5 seconds, Contact gaining an advantage

Fastest Lap

Phillip Anders: 52.080

A Final

Pos

Driver (Class)

Laps

Fastest

Gap

1

(LW) Tommy LEE

12

52.118

2

(LW) James BARRETT

12

51.948

0.103

3

(MW) Barry LAKES

12

52.043

0.130

4

(LW) Scott CLENAGHAN

12

52.060

5.147

5

(MW) Adam Davis

12

51.970

5.375

6

(MW) Jacob SHARROCK

12

52.127

5.555

7

(LW) Nathan WEBB

12

51.856

7.759

8

(LW) Jason SHARP

12

51.657

6.592

9

(MW) Connor RATHBONE

12

52.511

6.632

10

(MW) George BOOTHBY

12

52.164

8.360

11

(MW) Jonathan WILSON

12

52.609

8.918

12

(LW) Sam MORRIS

12

52.108

9.352

13

(MW) Andy BRUCE

12

52.231

9.352

14

(MW) Lewis JOLLEY

12

52.219

10.292

15

(LW) Sophie GILL

12

52.918

14.500

16

(HW) John PARAGON

12

52.864

14.842

17

(LW) David Metcalfe

12

51.849

15.470

18

(MW) Jordan Parkinson

2

55.610

10 laps

PENALTIES

Fastest Lap

Jason Sharp: 51.657

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NRKL Rules confirmed for 2023

The final version of the NRKL Sporting Regs are now available. There are some small changes for our first season as well as some new additions based on thoughts from the community.

Weight Classes Renamed

For the first championship, the weight classes will feature new names. While the weights will stay the same, the 65kg class will use the featherweight title, while the 80kg and 95 kg will adopt lightweight and heavyweight titles. During the full season, drivers may change their weight class any time before their first event without a penalty. If a driver wishes to change class after their first round, they will receive a 50 point penalty.

Introducing the North East Trophy

A 2 round mini-series running alongside the main championship, the North East Trophy will give drivers something extra to fight for. The opening round will take place at Teesside in May, before the finale taking place at Warden Law in August. Drivers who enter either round will be automatically signed up for the NE Trophy, while a special season pass is available for drivers who just want to enter these rounds, at a £10 discount.

Welcome to the teams championship

After running a pole on our Instagram page, there was a clear want for a teams championship for 2023, so we have introduced one. The teams championship will be open to teams of up to 3 drivers at each event, with teams allowed to field up to 6 drivers over the course of the season. This accounts for some drivers possibly not being able to compete in every round. Teams will need to nominate their drivers no fewer than 7 days prior to their first event, with any changes being made 7 days prior to the event in question.

Points will be scored using the same system as the main championship, the only difference being a lack of dropped scores for the teams championship.

3 different event formats during the season

The first edition of the NRKL will see the majority of rounds using the tried and tested heats format we saw at prologue, named ‘Heats+’. However, at 3 rounds the formats will be shaken up slightly. Firstly, Whilton Mill will see drivers have just 2 heats to decide their qualifying positions for the finals, with the races running to a lap distance instead of time.

Warden Law and Teesside will see the biggest changes, with the introduction of the ‘sprint’ format. At these events, drivers will first have a 10 minute qualifying session before a pair of 20 minute sprint races. The grid for the first race will see drivers line up in qualifying order, while race 2 will use the result of race 1 to decide the grid.

The full racing regulations can be found here. The NRKL kicks off on March 25th at Rowrah.

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Rowrah to kick off 8 round NRKL Season

With the new year well and truely here, the 2023 NRKL Calendar is starting to take place, and we can confirm the venue for our opening round of 2023. Those who attened the prologue will already know, but we will be heading to Rowrah for round 1. We also confirm that our 2023 season will consist of 8 races over the North of the country.

Set into the side of a disused quary, the Cumbrian circuit is 1050m of challenging corners and massive elevation changes, this circuit is the perfect place to host our opening round. The circuit will also be receiving a new fleet of karts which should make kart parity even better when we visit in March.

The event itself will follow the same format as our prologue event, with drivers contesting in a 5 minute practice, then moving into 3 x 10 minute heats before contesting a 12 minute final. As our sporting regulations, drivers will score points at the end of the heats and for their finishing position in the final, meaning consistency is key.

The event will also see the first use of our licence system, with driving standards at the front of our minds. Just like a licence on the road, drivers will score points based on their (erm) indiscretions, with a scale employed based on what the driver’s found to be doing. These will be published after the event, with 12 points leading to a race ban. We are also looking to have a specific driving standards observer for each race.

As for the rest of the calendar, that will be released in the coming days, subject to finalising the last deals with host circuits for 2023.

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NRKL Roars to life at Three Sisters

For the first time, 36 drivers descended on Three Sisters in Wigan to make history: compete in the first NRKL event ever. The event would be held under the lights, with the track itself greasy and drying out, meaning our drivers would have a true test to start off.

With equal entries over our 3 classes: Lights, Middles & Heavyweights, all 3 classes would be mixed together for this inaugural event. That meant that everyone would race against each other, regardless of class, making a true challenge for our drivers. The grid itself was made up of drivers from various series around the country including the world of indoor karting and outdoor karting.

As the heats started, it was clear there would be some battles throughout the whole field. Each of the 6 heats were hard fought contests, with elbows out throughout the whole field. By using the heats to establish a driver’s grid position for the final, every position mattered.

When the heats were over, the points were totted up and drivers were slotted into the A or B final. The big talking point when the grids came out was that John Paragon was the only heavyweight to qualify for the A final, meaning he was guaranteed a top 2 finish. This was only because the winner of the B final would start in last for the A final, meaning if the 11 remaining heavyweights wanted to take the victory, they knew what they had to do.

The B final itself ended up being won by middleweight Connor Ratbhone after a late penalty for Oliver Bailey dropped him outside the top 5. Behind him, Cayle Simmons and Tom Owens finished top 1st & 2nd in heavyweights, earning them a step on the podium, and Guaranteeing Paragon the victory before the A final started.

The A final itself saw an amazing race long battle between Tommy Lee, Barry Lakes and James Barrett. The trio were inseparable despite Tommy & James being lightweights, and Barry being a middleweight. Despite having a near perfect run in the heats, it wouldn’t be David Metcalfe’s night, an incident going into the first corner dropped the favourite out of the running for the win. Behind, Rathbone was blazing a trail through the field, managing to run as high as 7th despite starting 18th and last.

The race would end with a drag race to the line between the top 3, with Tommy Lee breaking the beam first to take the overall win with James Barrett second and Barry Lakes 3rd, the top 3 separated by just a single tenth at the flag. Behind them, Scott Clenaghan won the battle for 4th ahead of Adam Davis and Jacob Sharrock who were also separated by a hand full of tenths.

“A massive thank you has to go to everyone who turned out to race, having 35 drivers on the grid for our first event is more than I could of ever expected and only shows the interest in what we are doing here.” said championship coordinator Tom Gibson. “Now we are looking forward to the opening round of the 2023 season with lots of drivers showing interest in joining us for the full season, it promises to be a great season.“

The full NRKL calendar will be coming soon!