Drew Davidson Racing

🏁 PFI Club Round 3 Results 🏁

A solid weekend at Trent Valley Kart Club (TVKC) with plenty of positives to take away from the weekend.

However I’m still a bit disappointed about the final result where i missed out on a podium finish second last corner.

There was plenty of Progress made throughout the weekend with great close racing up front in all 3 races. The top 6 swapping positions at every corner. Good races to watch.

Qualifying – P6/30 so decent position. I knew there was 2 corners i could find those remaining tenths.

Heat 1 – P3 Great battles up front with some of the best drivers in the country.

Heat 2 – P6 i was tapped onto the grass at the start & fell back to P15. I got my head down & made my way through to catch the front pack on the last lap.

Final – Started P3-P5 I managed to get up to P2 at the start & it was a battle the whole race between the top 5. It Could’ve been anyones. I Was in P4 & i knew one of the drivers in front had a penalty. So i was in the fight for a podium finish. On the second last corner there was contact & i was lucky to cross the line in P7 then penalties got to P5.

I Was frustrated at the time of how the race ended but we have to take the positives away from this weekend.

I enjoyed being up at the sharp end battling all weekend. We had the pace & the kart felt good to be able push. It came together this weekend.

Well done to everyone 👍🏻👏🏻 look forward to next race.

Thanks to Venator Racing Engines for the waft & support 👍🏻💨

Thanks to Josh East Photography for capturing these fab photos at The Kart Championship at the weekend 👍🏻

This weekend was Round Three of The Kart Championship at Whilton Mill Kart Club. A track we havent been at for over a year so thought we might be on the back foot.

Practice Friday had good pace trying different setups & getting back used to the track.

Saturday was the closest qually yet. All 4 aligned as we say track, driver, waft & kart. I ended up coming out pits nearly last. I knew id have my work cut out going through the traffic but the kart felt effortless to drive, the power was unreal & we were quick coming through. With the times you’d think we were in a train but we were at opposite sides of the track myself going through traffic every lap. P1. Was chuffed.

Heat 1, 2 & the superheats it didn’t quite align. We tried different setups & although pace was still fast & i got away out front every time. we dropped a few places in every heat. I just couldn’t maintain the lead.

Final was the best it’d felt since qually but i just literally avoided a pile up & kart flipping turn 2 at Christmas corner. There was still just under 12 minutes to go the race isn’t won in the first few corners.

The front 2 broke away as i lost numerous positions to P9. Got head down & came through to P4 then as defending last few corners,which i shouldn’t have done as i lost time, when i had the pace to keep the position. Although we had clean racing throughout i lost the position by being tapped from behind sending me wide. Post race P3.

We were happy with that & would say was right for the pace we had as was between 4 drivers all weekend. Racing doesn’t usually go our way but this weekend was a good one with lots of championship points gained this weekend.

It was good close clean racing upfront all weekend between Jenson, Alfie, Ethan & myself. 👍🏻👏🏻

Well done to JensJenson Sayell motorsport the win & EthaEthan Lloyd Shame Alfie got caught up in the pile up as you were quick all weekend 👍🏻

Well done to My fellow Scots 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Sam P4 & Lewis P5 👏🏻👏🏻

Thanks to VenaVenator Racing Engines the waft & support as always 👍🏻

Some testing over the coming weeks before PFI round 3 in June.

SuperHeats & Finals today

Qually P1
Heat 1 P4
Heat 2 P3

Starting superheats P3

Superheat 1 P5
Superheat 2. P4
Final going out P4 14.45pm

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PFI Round 2 & just like The Kart Championship a couple of weeks ago we struggled with kart setup not like round one where everything came together.

Didn’t do Friday practice this week & i think it showed. Bad qualifying so knew id have my work cut out.

Heat 1 it started to rain as we left the grid all on slicks. I manage to get to P6 as the track dried i didnt evolve quick enough so dropped a few places to P10.

Heat 2 lost few places at the start then finished P13

Final was the best it’d felt all weekend. Lots of battles to then all push to a train of 7 karts battling for P3. Alot of the drivers used their heads this time instead of fighting for mid pack & pushed to get to the front. However I didn’t make the moves when i should’ve done so finished P9 to then get a nose penalty so went to P16 😫

PFI is a hard track to figure out setup wise in the KR just now for some reason & for it to be consistent. 🤯

We Learned more this weekend to take into Round 3 🤞🏻

Thanks to those who gave us some pointers & Venator Racing Engines for the waft. 💨

Back to PFI this weekend for the 2nd round of their club championship. Lets go 💨

Superheats & finals live today on Alpha Live link & timings below.

Going out in P6 for superheat after:

Heat 1 P7 Heat 2 P6 yesterday. Struggled a bit yesterday with the kart. Made some changes for today so hopefully get back to usual pace. Lets go.

Superheat 1: 10.00
Superheat 2: 12.00
Final: 14.45

The Kart Championship returns this weekend with action from PFI Karting in Lincolnshire.

All coverage of the event will be LIVE and exclusively on the Alpha Live YouTube channel with commentary from Jake Peach.

Live Coverage at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNtRBJPyt2w

🏁Its Race week at The Kart Championship for Round 2 at PFI up against another strong grid of 29 drivers. Solid progress made at the club round last weekend so I’m looking forward to it 🏁 lets go 💨

This weekend we headed to PFI to get some testing in before The Kart Championship next weekend.

Friday morning Practice was dry & we were a little off the pace as not been to PFI a lot & its usually been in the rain.

Saturday during the practice sessions we decided to make quite a few changes to the kart. Instantly felt better & i was able to push. Times dropping every session.

Qually P5 which we were happy with knowing there was room for improvement in a few corners to find the last remaining tenths.

Heat 1 got up to P3 to be pushed off onto the grass. Lost a number of positions to come back through to P6

Heat 2 it had been drizzling & track was drying quickly. Decided to go out on slicks. Again got up to P3 in first few corners. However we all came together. I managed to go round the outside & get going in P1. Half Defending on the last lap Oscar Managed to get through & take the win I finished P2 & had the fastest laps throughout the race. However post race penalty for nose dropped me to P8 😫

Final starting P6. It wasn’t a great start. I lost a number of Positions. Everyone battling for their position. Managed to get through the chaos up to P2 chasing Down P1 for the slow flags to come out. I was Caught a bit sleeping on the restart. I lost the tow to Oscar but others didn’t on me so i was soon swamped in the bowl & lost a number of positions. Last lap getting fired across the grass didn’t help either. P8OT ➡️P5.

I was gutted to not be on the podium but know I’ve got the pace to race at the front thanks to Venator Racing Engines. Also thanks to Rhys & Kai for the check ins throughout the weekend. 👍🏻

We Thought it was going to be a Venator 1,2,3 but hey thats racing. The waft is on point.

Looking forward to next weekend at PFI at the kart championship after a positive weekend but not necessarily the result we’d hoped for going into the final.