The Easykart show arrived at Whilton Mill for the start of the 2008 Championship with a very wet test day on Saturday and a bitingly cold raceday. The seniors are now firmly split into Lightweight and Heavyweight categories, and are joined for the first time by a healthy looking junior grid.
The day started in promising fashion with the third fastest time in warm up on lap 2 of 3, whilst the others above wasted their tyres on a damp track with their quickest laps on laps 10 and 11.
The first qualifying session saw our man post the fastest time by 0.04 from Adrian Crockett, both on lap 3 of 7 laps completed, and the two adversaries toured back to the pits to watch the others toil to get down to their times to no avail.
It even looked as though there was no point in going out for the second qualifying session as the track saw no faster initially, but gripped up towards the end of the session. Barnaby and Crockett again went out, completed 6 laps each and shared the fastest lap time!
The Pre Final was a routine performance for the ever maturing World No. 1, leading off from the start, resisting the temptation to lean on the tyres too much, and easing back towards the end of the race, and seeing Adrian Crcokett again finish behind him and British No. 1 Harry Cockhill in third.
The Main Final start was aborted as Crockett jumped the start in his desparation to lead the race to the first corner. It mattered not as Barnaby had snatched the lead back by the time the race was aborted and there was no mistake second time.
Same performance, same result. Another routine win, now the 5th in succession since a shattered chain at Bayford Meadows in October 2007 ruined the British Championship aspirations. The only negative aspect was at the weigh in, now 11kgs overweight....... should have entered the Heavyweights.
