Thanks to strict adherence to social distancing and (because of it) a blanket ban on spectators Christchurch’s KartSport
Canterbury kart club was able to successfully conclude this year’s HSD Building Contractors-backed HSD Mainland Series
at its two-day Garden City Championships meeting last weekend.
It was a major victory both for the club and the series, particularly given the capricious spring weather which saw
strong winds buffet the club’s Carr’s Rd venue on Saturday and a southerly change bringing rain showers sweeping across
the venue on Sunday,
Despite the challenges presented - even under Level 2 - to travel and compete, a strong local entry at the popular
two-day Garden City Championships meeting was supplemented by karters from other parts of the South Island chasing
Mainland Series points.
Making it an even greater challenge for all entrants is the popular annual meeting’s format, which sees racing conducted
in the normal (anti-clockwise) direction on the first day of competition, then in the opposite (clockwise) direction on
the second.
Though local club members ended up winning the lion’s share of both Garden City Championship and HSD Building
Contractors’ Mainland series trophies, once the number of entries per club was averaged out, just a single point
separated the winner, host club KartSport Canterbury, from runner-up KartSport Marlborough from Blenheim with KartSport
Nelson just 38 points further back in third place.
HSD Building Contractors 2021 Mainland Series class winners decided at the two-day Garden City Championships meeting
were;
Cadet ROK - Henry Fisher (Canty)
Vortex Mini ROK - Zach Tucker (Canty)
125cc Rotax Max Junior – Blake Knowles (Canty)
125cc Rotax Max Light – Will Neale (Canty)
125cc Rotax Max Heavy – Kevin Barker (Nel)
Briggs LO206 Light - Tony Dyer (Nel)
Briggs LO206 Heavy – Taylor Grey (Sthl)
Open – Hamish Carpenter (Canty)