Daniel Bugler made every post a winning one at this year’s HighRev Central New Zealand Sunbelts Sprint Championships
kart race event in Nelson and Blenheim over Queen’s Birthday, leading home all nine heat races to take the Open class
title with the only perfect score of the weekend.
Karters from all over New Zealand converged on Nelson on Saturday and Blenheim on Sunday for the 34th annual two-day
Sunbelts meeting hosted jointly by the KartSport Nelson and KartSport Marlborough clubs at their tracks in Nelson and
Blenheim.
This year’s event attracted over 80 entries with drivers coming from as far afield as Invercargill and Auckland to
compete.
The action kicked off at KartSport Nelson’s The Hits Opel Industries Kart Raceway on Saturday then continued at the
KartSport Marlborough Club’s Cresswell Electrical Raceway in Blenheim on Sunday.
Bugler was one of eight class winners at the meeting. The complete list was;
Open class – Daniel Bugler
Rotax Max Heavy – Andrew Broughton
Rotax Max Light – William Exton
ClubSport Briggs LO206 Light – Jason Richards
ClubSport Briggs LO206 Heavy – Kayden Richards
Rotax Max Junior – Bo Hill
Vortex Mini ROK – Louis Sharp
Cadet ROK – Zach Turner
Each day of racing also carried points for this year’s McLaren Racing Mainland Series.
With former KartSport Marlborough club member Daniel Bugler now living in Auckland and not entered for the
six-round/three meeting Mainland Series, Open class Sunbelts event runner-up Jack Noble-Adams from Christchurch inherits
the top spot in the class standings after the first two rounds.
The full list of McLaren Racing Mainland Series class points leaders after the Sunbelts event is;
Open – Jack Noble-Adams
Rotax Max Heavy – Andrew Broughton
Rotax Max Light – William Exton
ClubSport Briggs LO206 Light – Blake Greenfield
ClubSport Briggs LO206 Heavy – Mike Kendrick
Rotax Max Junior – Bo Hill
Vortex Mini ROK – Louis Sharp
Cadet ROK – Zach Tucker