WA’s top kart racers battle for Triple Crown prize in Geraldton

Geraldton became WA’s karting hub with top competitors vying for honours in the Triple Crown feature event. It is the biggest event held annually at the Midwest Kart Club, with the Triple Crown also serving as round two of the WA Karting Series. In the WA Karting series the State’s top racers travel across seven tracks, with each event adding to their total score. The first was held in Esperance and the Mid West played host to the second round over March 9-10. On Saturday, racers competed in qualifying and heat events with the finals taking place on Sunday. With the overall winner coming from the racer who gathered the most points across all the races, and the final being worth double points, meant each race counted. Just four divisions had drivers clean sweep the competition, topping the ladder in both days one and two. Beau Casagrande won the cadet 12 division, Riley Currey the KA3 junior light, Joshua Nichols the tag rest light, and Aiden Nichols the tag rest medium. The points for every race counting was highlighted in the tag masters and KA3 junior heavy, as Troy Stones-Clarke and Benjamin Hall got the wins overall despite failing to top on day two, with their day-one scores helping get them over the line. Despite not topping the leaderboard on either day, Nash Ferraro won the tag 125 light division. The only division that saw the double points from day two nudge them over the line was in the KA3 senior champs, with Todd Vince enjoying the final race bonus. The WA Open was won by the day-one winner Mathew Chambers, while cadet 9 was claimed by Cruz Priolo and tag heavy was won by Thomas Sparkes. Round three of the WA Karting Series will be at the Tiger Kart Club in Wanneroo on April 6-7.