LARKHALL HOSTS FINAL ROUND OF BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP KARTING SEASON NEXT WEEKEND

Two of the country’s most hotly-contested classes will be decided next weekend, 11th/12th September, when the final meeting of the 2004 British Championship Karting season takes place at Larkhall Circuit near Glasgow, Scotland.

While the BTE Lawline/Renault MSA British Kart Championship (Formula A) has already gone the way of Mark Litchfield (Rocester, Staffordshire), the BTE Lawline/Renault MSA British Junior Kart Championship (Formula JICA) and BTE Lawline/Renault ABkC ICA Championship (Formula ICA) are both finely poised with some tremendous action expected at Larkhall.

During the fifth meeting of the season at Shenington, near Banbury, at the end of July, Litchfield eased to the Formula A crown with a brace of fourth place finishes enough to secure him the most prestigious title in British Championship Karting.

Even though the destiny of the blue riband class has been decided, there will be no lack of action in Formula A with race winners Jeremy Metcalfe (Fleet) and David Gregory (Sheffield) keen to finish the season on a winning note, as will be 2003 champion Gary Catt (Thruxton, Hampshire) and front-runner Jason Parrott (Crowland, Peterborough).

In Formula JICA, the battle is really on with Craig Copeland (Wimborne, Dorset), Adam Christodoulou (Shenstone, Litchfield) and Lee Bell (High Wycombe) all in with a fantastic chance of following in the wheel-tracks of current Formula ICA race-winner Riki Christodoulou (Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield), who is the reigning JICA Champion.

For the Christodoulou family a title success for Adam, who is Riki’s cousin, would be a well deserved and highly emotional achievement but both Copeland and Bell have both shown throughout the year they also have the qualities and the pace to be worthy champions.

The Formula ICA season will also go down to the wire at Larkhall with Danny Cruttenden (Wilmington) currently heading the standings by just nine points from Freddie Martin-Dye (Shamley Green, Surrey) with Riki Christodoulou a mere four points further adrift in third.

Chris Lamare (Inkberrow, Worcestershire) and Tom Brown (Irchester) are both within reach of the championship front-runners while early-season points leader Jon Lancaster (Pudsey, Leeds) has his work cut out for a good finish to the season after disappointing outings during the last two meetings at Shenington and Clay Pigeon, near Wigan.

Formula A, Formula JICA and Formula ICA form part of the ELF/BTE Lawline MSA British Super One Kart Series.

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