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Birthday Boy Harvey Takes Another Victory in WSK |
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Tuesday, 17 April 2007 |
 Karting star Jack Harvey racked up another race victory in European competition this weekend (April 14/15), when he won the first final at the latest round of the Winning Series of Karting (WSK) at the Zuera circuit in Spain.
The Bassingham based youngster, who turned 14 years-old during racing on Sunday, was again the man to beat in the KF3 class as the weekend got underway, taking pole position for the opening heat in the timed qualifying session.
A change of engine, saving his best for the finals on Sunday, meant that he struggled for outright power in the heats. However, he still managed to take two third places, putting him on the second row for the first final on Sunday morning and in a great position to narrow the gap to the series leaders in the points battle.
A scrappy first final meant that the factory Maranello Kart racer was
forced to work hard over the 12 lap race. At the start, Jack lost the
lead to one of his rivals and had to put in a fantastic drive to get
back onto terms as they crossed the line for the final lap. With just a
handful of corners left to go, his rival left a gap and Jack forced his
way through, picking up another race victory in the European series.
“It was great to take pole-position,” said Jack. “It was my first in
major competition since cadets and the win in the opening final was
hard work. I had to reel the leader in and he started to defend his
line as we started the last lap, but he left a gap and it was all I
needed to see to go for it.”
In the grand final Jack struggled from a lack of bottom end power but
was able to battle through the 12-laps to take fourth place and grab
enough points to move him up into fourth in the championship, with
three more rounds left to run.
“I obviously wanted to win again in the second final, but I just didn’t
quite have enough to stay on terms with the leaders, but it’s been a
good weekend for us. The Maranello Kart guys are working incredibly
hard and the results are good and keep moving me up in the points,” he
added.
Jack now has just a couple of days to celebrate his birthday before
heading back out to Ugento in Italy for the second round of the Italian
Open Championship, where he currently lies second in the points and
will be aiming to move up one place.
“I can’t wait for Ugento next weekend,” he said. “It will be another
new track for me and hopefully I can come away from there leading the
Italian Championship.”
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