An abundance of lap records were smashed throughout the Cadets and Honda Senior’s class in the Isle Of Man Kart Association’s round three of the championship which was held in perfect conditions at JCK Kart circuit Jurby on Sunday. There was some excellent racing throughout the Honda Cadet class between Liam McCann and Craig Wade, but it was McCann that romped home claiming all three heats and the final in front of Wade and Antony Cawte third. McCann set a new lap record of 54.54s on heat 2 lap 8 at a speed of 43.18 mph. Marie Crowe dominated the Honda Junior class with a clean sweep of wins throughout the heats and the final ahead of Tanisha Beattie and Joshua Thompson-White third. Crowe set the fastest lap of 54.46s. Well done to novice driver Dillon Killeen in his first appearance in the class. There was some great racing in the combined Honda Senior and Honda Senior Heavy class. Andrew Johnson claimed heats one and three in the Honda Senior class also setting new lap records in each heat, this was not to be in heat two as he had a mechanical problem and had to slow down and nurse the kart home but then managed to set another lap record on lap 5 . It was Garey Ellison who claimed heat two. Johnson was back on form for the final starting from 4th position he went on to take the lead from Garey Ellison on lap 2 to win by 01.88s seconds from Ellison and Sarah Wade third. Johnson set another new lap record of 53.18s. Stephen Lea claimed heats one and three in the Honda Senior Heavy class with Andy Wynne-Smythe heat two. Once again nothing separated these two drivers in the final but it was Lea who managed to squeeze home and take the honours in front of Wynne-Smythe. The fastest lap was set by Wynne-Smythe 55.56s. The combined Senior TKM four –stroke and Rotax Max 177 class saw some intense racing between the Senior TKM four-stroke drivers with Dave Sutcliffe claiming the opening round and Daniel Bougourd the remaining other two other heats . The final saw some excellent racing between these drivers’ with virtually nothing separating them throughout the 14 laps but it was Bougourd who edged home to win by a tenth of a second from Sutcliffe and Chris Moore third. Bougourd set the fastest lap of 47.93s. Chris Swinden completed a full house of wins in the Rotax 177 in front of Geoff Thomas. Swinden set the fastest lap of 48.23s. Thanks to the clerk of the course Bernard Wade, all the other officials, marshals, paramedic and Red Cross. The next meeting is on Sunday May 15th with racing commencing around 11am. Spectators most welcome. Results(finals only) 1, Liam McCann; 2, Craig Wade; 3, Antony Cawte; 4, Kealan Beattie; 5, Anthony Wade; 6, Adam Godby; 7, Jordan Guest; 8, Jamie McCann. Honda Juniors 1, Marie Crowe; 2, Tanisha Beattie; 3, Joshua Thompson-White; 4, Andrew Birchenough; 5, Ben Lyon; 6, Scott Lyon; 7, Dillon Killeen. Honda Senior 1, Andrew Johnson; 2, Garey Ellison; 3, Sarah Wade; 4, Daniel Crossley; 5, Neil Pearson; 6, David Pearson. Honda Senior Heavy 1, Stephen Lea; 2, Andy Wynne-Smythe. Senior TKM four-stroke 1, Daniel Bougourd; 2, Dave Sutcliffe; 3, Chris Moore; 4, Chris Drinkwater; 5, Andre Bernard. Rotax Max 177 1, Chris Swinden; 2, Geoff Thomas. Manx Group compete off- island Six members from the Isle of Man Kart Racing Association who travelled to the UK recently. Andrew Johnson, Sarah Wade, Garey Ellison and Chris Mealin who have entered a seven round Senior Honda Challenge Championship which is at different tracks throughout the UK. The first round was held at Huntington Kart club’s Kimbolton track. It started with a full day’s practice on the Saturday ahead of Sunday’s racing. It was good conditions on the Sunday which saw a total of 13 driver’s on the grid. The first heat saw Chris Mealin finishing fourth, Garey Ellison sixth and Andrew Johnson seventh. Unfortunately Sarah Wade did not finish and was unable to compete in the other races. In the remaining two heats Johnson was back on form and there was nothing separating these four drivers’, Johnson had to settle for 4th place in both heats. The final saw some excellent racing between all the drivers’ as before Johnson could only manage to finish fourth 04.26s from the leader. He was the third fastest all weekend. Chris Mealin finished eighth. While Garey Ellison had to retire on the second lap. Craig Wade and Anthony Wade entered the clubs Honda Cadet Class there were a total of 20 driver’s on the grid. Once again this was great to watch these youngsters racing; Craig Wade started 15th on the grid and had managed to climb up to 9th place in the final. Anthony Wade had a few problems but did manage to finish 19th. Well done to all the driver’s and we wish you good luck for the next round which is at Clay Pigeon kart circuit in Dorset on May 8th.