End of season - final round

The final round of the Warden Law Thunderkart series took place a the weekend, where Hayden-Media driver James just missed out on a top 3 placing in the championship, despite missing three of the 10 rounds held. The above image shows James ahead of circuit boss Ian Lawson.

Only three drivers out of the 49 who at some stage took part in the championship competed in all 10 rounds, and with the bonus points on offer for doing so, in what had been a tightly contested series, those three finished in the top 3 places.

Craig Brock had enjoyed a reasonably consistent year to emerge as overall champion, after steadily overhauling Daniel Laws later in the year, after Daniel, gracious in defeat, had suffered a few more troubles than Craig had perhaps done in some of the finals. Tony Little had been there or there abouts in the early stages, but a poorer second half of the season compared to what he had enjoyed at the start, left him 3rd overall.

James was therefore joint 4th with Marino Pili whom he had outscored during the last few races, with Tony's 10-point bonus giving him that championship 3rd place by just two points. James though, despite not being able to drop any low scores as he had not entered enough races, was left rueing the 8-point penalty that had been unjustly meted out back in April. A top 3 had been his aim by the end of the year - it had been a narrow miss for him!