Almost 200 people were in attendance at the Taylors Lakes Hotel on Friday evening December 13th for the annual Karting Victoria Awards night to celebrate the end of the Victorian karting year, honour those that have made great contributions to Karting in Victoria, present the overall series podium placegetters in the Golden Power and DPE Victorian Country Series and crown the Karting Victoria Karters Of The Year award winners.
2024 Karters Of The Year Award Winners
Cadet 9 – Beau Chambers (awarded the Rene & Barney Smith trophy)
Cadet 12 – Alana Gurney (awarded the Robotham & Johnson trophy)
Junior – Christian Sasso (awarded the J.C. Maddox trophy)
Senior – Zach Findlay (awarded the Alan & Raie Choon yrophy)
These winners now join a esteemed group of prior winners including Supercar drivers Jamie Whincup, Cameron Waters, Anton Pasquale, Tony D’Alberto and Jack Le Brocq.
Life Memberships
Awarded to Ross Harrod
Long time race official Ross Harrod was awarded a Karting Victoria Life Memberships for all of his hard work, dedication and sacrifice he has made for the sport of Karting in Victoria over many years.
Other honours included Victorian Country Series organiser Liza Fahey being recognised for her contribution for organising the the Victorian Country Series and Karting Victoria State Secretary Pam Arnett for all of her tireless working behind the scenes of the sport.
Karting Victoria President Phil Lane also acknowledged and thanked all club and race official volunteers who have worked tirelessly and sacrificed so much of their time to allow our sport to keep running over the year.
Golden Power Series and DPE Victorian Country Series
Overall series podium placegetters were awarded with their trophies listed below, see the following articles for more.
Karting Victoria hopes everyone enjoyed the evening, hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and New Years and look forward to see you all in 2025.
Golden Power Series placegetters
Cadet 9 – 1st Jarvis HINDLE, 2nd Beau CHAMBERS, 3rd Lex KELLY, 4th Cooper DJEMIL, 5th Zac ISMALI
Cadet 12 – 1st Austin MCPHERSON, 2nd Luca PORTARO, 3rd Jensen DAMASCHINO, 4th Alana GURNEY, 5th Jordan BANTICK
KA3 Junior Light – 1st Christian SASSO, 2nd Jack JENKINS KA3, 3rd Jai GEORGE, 4th Cohen NAUMANN, 5th Aaron BOTTOMLEY
KA3 Junior Heavy – 1st Rya ROBERTS, 2nd Aydan WARREN, 3rd Ryan WYHOON, 4th Ryan TABORSKY, 5th Mia MIFSUD
KA3 Senior Light – 1st Amos ORR – 2nd Hugo GARRAWAY, 3rd Will THOMPSON
KA3 Senior Medium – 1st Zach FINDLAY, 2nd Jarrod BOTTOMLEY, 3rd Bodhi BRIGHT
TaG Restricted Light – 1st Ethan WARREN, 2nd Ryan DEALY, 3rd Jarrod BOTTOMLEY
TaG 125 Restricted Medium – 1st Trent MEADOWS, 2nd Jesse WATKINS, 3rd Michael FLYNN
TaG 125 Restricted Heavy – 1st Brett JENKIN, 2nd Mason BALDI, 3rd Blair VAN REE
TAG Rest Masters – 1st Leigh HOLMES, 2nd Ian BRANSON, 3rd Mark SEDDON
TaG 125 Light – 1st Amos ORR, 2nd Max MARRINER, 3rd Will THOMPSON
TaG 125 Heavy – 1st Troy ALGER, 2nd Thomas MCCULLOCH, 3rd Liam FORD
See for more https://www.kartingvic.net.au/2024-golden-power-series-wraps-up-at-bendigo-final-series-points-now-available/
DPE Victoria Country Series placegetters
Cadet 9 – 1st Beau Chambers, 2nd Beau Zac Ismaili, 3rd Jonathan Testa
Cadet 12 – 1st Archie Bristow, 2nd Alana Gurney, 3rd Kurtis Polkinghorne
KA3 Junior Light – 1st Jai George, 2nd Hudson Hughes, 3rd Aiden Schwekert
KA3 Junior Heavy – 1st Levi Jones, 2nd Chelsea Humphrey, 3rd Samuel Spiteri
KA3 Senior Light – 1st Brocklan Parker, 2nd Dylan Hollis, 3rd Dallas Greene
KA3 Senior Medium – 1st Zach FINDLAY, 2nd Matthew Nietz, 3rd Benjamin Mouritz
TaG Restricted Light – 1st Ben Kilsby, 2nd Jacob Dowlin, 3rd Ashley Johnston
TaG 125 Restricted Medium – 1st Andrew Sotiropoulos, 2nd Jack Ryan, 3rd Jonathan Mckean
TAG Combined Masters – 1st Heath Jelbart, 2nd Mark Heemskerk, 3rd Neil Mcauley
TaG 125 Light – 1st Ryan Morgan, 2nd Dallas Greene, 3rd Jacob Malcolm
TaG 125 Heavy – 1st Scott King, 2nd Aidan Solomon, 3rd Nathan Rosenzweig
Photos by Tim Francis tfdesign.com.au
See all of the photos from the night including family and series trophy presentations via the facebook album below.
