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The UK’s premier karting championship promotes the following national kart championships in three parallel series:-

THE 'ROTAX' SERIES

The ABkC National Championships for
Rotax Senior Max, Rotax Junior Max, Rotax MiniMax, Max/177 and the JAG Championship for DD2.
And has  a new series sponsor for 2008 - Mobil 1

 

 

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SUPER ONE ENTERED IT'S 26th YEAR OF OPERATION IN 2008

The longest standing national motor racing championship, administrated by the same team, Super One was founded back in 1983. Highlights from the first Super One round held at Snetterton included Andrew Clark taking the inaugural 100 Senior Britain spoils whilst Paul Fletcher took a 100 National front row position, but lost the win when he came off at the first corner.  Daughter Nicky came third.  Jeremy Cottrell won the Junior International class whilst Touring Car ace Jason Plato was fifth.

In 1983 the series catered for four classes, two junior and two senior. Today, Super One boasts in excess of 500 competitors, racing across 18 rounds throughout the UK. In 2008, it will cater for seven junior classes, including the prestigious MSA British Junior Kart Championships (KF3), and seven senior classes, including the MSA British Kart Championship (KF1), the pinnacle of UK karting.  The series has hosted the two MSA British championships and the ABkC national championships continuously since 1990. 

It should be emphasised that the Super One Series awards the seeded numbers 1 - 15 in all KF, Rotax and TKM classes, and with the sole exception of the MSA British Cadet Championship, these are the only 1 - 15 numbers that are permitted to be used by drivers at the thirty ABkC clubs throughout the U.K. in these direct drive classes.   Numbers from other series are not permitted to be used at club racing.  There is one exception, the numbers from Comer Cadet Super One must be preceded with an S, to differentiate from the MSA British Cadet Championship series.  Here is the list of authorised seeded numbers.

SERIES INFORMATION (2008 Provisional & subject to change)

The Elf/B4 S1 Series is split into three sections to provide 18 rounds of top level national racing at circuits throughout the country, with 6 rounds for each section to cope with the ever increasing number of competitors who want to race at the highest levels.  Registration is £120, entry fees including Saturday practice £95 per meeting, control fuel is £42 per 10 litre can.  Friday practice is optional at extra cost - varies according to circuit.

The MSA British Championship series includes the top junior and senior B4/Renault MSA British title classes KF1 and KF3 along with Cadets, KF2 (which shares the sponsorship title). As in previous years, KF1, KF2 and KF3 will have timed qualifying to set the grid positions for the first heat with the second grid determined by the result of the first if the total entry is under 30, followed by two points-scoring finals for the top 24 drivers. A repechage will be held for the last four places in the finals if there are enough entries.

The ABkC Formula TKM series of 6 rounds will include classes for junior TKM and senior TKM Extreme 2 stroke karts, as well as junior and senior classes for the TKM 4-stroke engine, which are now upgraded to full ABkC national championship status.  The Honda Cadet ABkC championship was added in 2006.

The ABkC Rotax series of 6 rounds will be for the four Rotax classes for juniors and seniors, Rotax Max, Max 177, Rotax Junior Max, MiniMax and the JAG championship for the DD2 class.

Only classes with sufficient entries are run. Only members of ABkC clubs may enter the ABkC championships.

If the registration in a class in the TKM or Rotax series exceeds 56 then a 10 minute timed practice session will be used to set the grid for each driver's first heat position. For instance the fastest will be on pole for the first heat, the second fastest on pole for the second heat, the third fastest on pole for the third heat, and so on depending on numbers. But each driver's second and third heat will follow the usual front, middle and back positions, so the fastest driver will be at the back in another heat. Each driver will have three heats and then there will be A, B and C Finals if necessary with a grid of drivers in each. This system is just to prevent any random effects where all the fastest, or all the slowest drivers end up in the same heat. Points are also given for the positions in timed qualifying, down to 28th place, similar to those in a heat and added to the championship points total for each event. 

For 2008 MiniMax and DD2 classes have voted to have timed qualifying, two heats and two finals.

Points are awarded for timed qualifying & heat results as follows (not applicable in KF1, 2, 3, MiniMax and DD2):
1st 28, 2nd 27, 3rd 26, 4th 25 reducing by 1 point to 28th. Non finishers score 0.

Points are awarded for A Final results as follows:
1st 85, 2nd 83, 3rd 81, 4th 79, 5th 78, 6th 77, 7th 76 reducing by 1 point to 30th position taking 53. Then 5th in the B Final (if any) scores 52 and so on, and 5th in the C Final (if any) scoring 26 and so on.

The points system in the KF1, KF2 and KF3, MiniMax and DD2 is slightly different. Timed qualifying sets the grid for the first heat, and points are only awarded for the results in the two finals (50, 48, 46, 44 and so on).

Inclusion of the TKM four-strokes in 2003 marked the first time that four-stroke engines have ever been included at top national championship level. In itself that was a further expansion of the series.

Series organiser Neil Hann commented: "We have talked at length to teams and drivers to understand their needs. "We have made these changes to have three parallel sections to allow the series to grow in line with the demands of our competitors. We stress that each series is seen as running in parallel with the emphasis on equal billing for all. What this does is to allow us more championship events and the ability to cater for more drivers within a suitably controlled meeting.

Each class has different needs and we feel we can better assist in the smooth running of events by taking this approach."