Round preview - 2016 Australian Rotax Pro Tour Grand Final

2016 Australian Rotax Pro Tour
Grand Final
Lincoln County Raceway
Dubbo
NSW
Fri-Sun
Aug 30-Oct 02
2016

ROUND PREVIEW

29-09-16

Emerson Vincent (#10) from Pukekohe is the top-ranked Kiwi karter heading into the Australian Rotax Max Pro Tour's Grand Final meeting at Dubbo in New South Wales this weekend. Other Kiwis contesting the meeting include Ashleigh (#22) and Madeline (#82) Stewart, and Matthew Payne (#9) and Rianna O'Meara-Hunt (#69). Photo credit: Fast Company/Coopers Photography

BIG KIWI TEAM FOR AUSSIE ROTAX FINAL THIS WEEKEND

An 11-strong team of Kiwi karters will be in Australia this weekend contesting the Grand Final round of this year's Rotax Pro Tour at Dubbo in rural New South Wales.

The group - one of the biggest yet to cross the Tasman for an Australian kart meeting - is made up of a mix of Pro Tour regulars and top fellow Kiwis either making a one-off return to the long-running Australian series or taking the opportunity to check it out for the first time.

Young gun Emerson Vincent is the best placed Kiwi heading into the round, lying second overall in the series' points standings in the Micro Max class.

He is followed by Sam Wright from Auckland who is fifth in Junior Trophy, Connor Davison from Hamilton who is eighth in Mini Max and Matthew Payne from Pukekohe, 12th in Junior Max.

This weekend Wright moves up to the Junior Max class where one of three female drivers in the squad, Rianna O'Meara-Hunt from Wellington, is next best Kiwi in 19th in the points standings despite missing the first round.

The other two females in the team, the Stewart sisters from Wellington, are ninth (Madeline) and 12th (Ashleigh) in Rotax 125 Light while fellow Pro Tour regular Brendon Hart is 11th in Rotax 125 Heavy.

Joining the eight regulars at the Pro Tour Grand Final meeting at Dubbo are Fynn Osborne from Hamilton in the Junior Trophy class, Andy Schofield from Cambridge in Rotax 125 Light, and Stuart Marshall from Auckland in DD2 Masters.

Ends

2016 Australian Rotax Pro Tour

Calendar
Rnd 1: Todd Road Melb, VIC 22-24 Jan
Rnd 2: Warwick QLD 26-28 Feb
Rnd 3: Eastern Creek NSW 15-17 April
Rnd 4: Ipswich QLD 03-05 June
Rnd 5: Bolivar SA 15-17 July
Rnd 6: Puckapunyal VIC 26-28 August

Grand Final: Dubbo NSW 30 Sept-02 October

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