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Tony Kart Junior Drivers Dominate Salbris Podium

The Tony Kart Junior Racing Team had strong performances in the latest round of the WSK Championship in Salbris, France. Ben Cooper led teammate Matteo Beretta to a first and third place finish in the KF2 category final. In KF3, Guilherme Silva won the pre-final while Carlos Sainz finished second, though a mistake in the final dropped them down the standings. The Tony Kart Junior drivers' podium finishes allow their team to continue leading the Euro Cup standings heading into the penultimate round in Spain.

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Tony Kart Junior Drivers Dominate Salbris Podium

The Tony Kart Junior Racing Team had strong performances in the latest round of the WSK Championship in Salbris, France. Ben Cooper led teammate Matteo Beretta to a first and third place finish in the KF2 category final. In KF3, Guilherme Silva won the pre-final while Carlos Sainz finished second, though a mistake in the final dropped them down the standings. The Tony Kart Junior drivers' podium finishes allow their team to continue leading the Euro Cup standings heading into the penultimate round in Spain.

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Tony Kart Junior drivers dominate Salbris podium

The Tony Kart Junior Racing Team’s season continues to gather trophies, and last weekend’s visit to Salbris in
north western France saw Ben Cooper lead KF2 team-mate Matteo Beretta to a two-three finish in the latest
round of the WSK Championship.

In the KF3 category, the team’s Guilherme Silva and Carlos Sainz dominated the pre-final, with Carlos again
returning to the podium after a dramatic main final.

The senior drivers; Ben, Matteo and Chris Lock were strong from the outset, with the Italian driver recording the
2nd-fastest time in qualifying, with his English team-mates close behind in 4th (Cooper) and 6th (Lock).

Ben then scored a perfect four wins out of four in the heats to top the intermediate classification prior to the
finals, with Matteo in 3rd and Chris rounding out the top ten qualifiers.

However, it was in the pre-final that Matteo gained the upper hand to take 2nd place, with Ben in 3rd, whilst Chris
had powered through to 5th position.

Knowing that, at this stage of the Championship, going for strong points finishes rather than outright wins was
the best policy, Ben opted to protect his Championship lead and settled for an excellent 2nd place in the final.
Matteo joined him again on the rostrum after finishing 3rd, with Chris completing the image of the trio flying in
formation as he shadowed his colleagues home in 4th.

Team manager Paul Spencer said, “I’m really, really happy. Ben had to keep his head under a lot of pressure
from his title rivals and went for the points finish. He’s in a strong position now, and barring a disaster in the
remaining two races, he’s in the box seat now.”

He added, “Matteo had a great weekend. He played a great part, as did Chris towards sealing the Euro Cup for
the team. Not only that, they’ve consolidated their own positions in the driver’s table.”

Not to be outdone by their KF2 counterparts, the team’s KF3 drivers; Carlos Sainz, Guilherme Silva and Gustavo
Menezes performed heroically.

Carlos topped the time sheets in qualifying, before winning three of his heats. The Brazilian star Silva also
showed a great turn of speed to ultimately finish 5th overall in the intermediate rankings – with Carlos ranked 1st.
Gustavo also delivered a solid performance to easily qualify for the two finals.

Guilherme was in scintillating form in the pre-final and promptly won it, with ‘the young Matador’, Carlos keeping
him honest in 2nd. Gustavo fought hard to take the chequered flag in 18th place, the victim of some earlier robust
driving.

In the final, as they tried to break away from the chasing pack, a mistake saw Guilherme collect Carlos and the
pair ran off the track. Sainz was able to recover and carved his way up to an eventual 2nd whilst Silva became
embroiled in the midfield and could not progress beyond 13th place. Menezes battled gamely to 21st.

With two rounds remaining, Carlos is currently in 3rd place overall, with Guilherme in 7th and Gustavo in 14th.
These positions – like their KF2 counterparts’ efforts – mean that the Tony Kart Junior Team heads the Euro Cup
standings.

The penultimate round of the WSK Championship will take place at Zuera in Spain on 24-27 September.

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Please contact Adam Jones at 100cc PR – +44 1702 390348 / +44 781 8061503
[email protected] / www.100ccpr.co.uk

28 July 2009

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