On the front row for the final of the State Championships

#91 Zac Walvin Karting Australia

jwalvin October 10, 2021

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Zac Walvin Motorsport

4 months ago

Great weekend at Bundaberg Kart Club for the Patrizicorse Qld 4SS State Trophy. A big thanks to the Bundy Club for putting on yet another well run event. The club is awesome and so are the local people. Another big shout out to the sponsors of the event. Great prizes on offer and lots of them. Without great sponsors an event is nothing. The Supermax Heavy class was well represented, attracting 3 times the competitors to most classes and was only eclipsed in size by the junior field. I qualified reasonable well although I didn't feel the engine was on song. We were struggling to understand the new emulsion tube and what it needed in order to perform well having used it for the first time in only 2 short 6 min practice sessions before qualifying. It doesn't help when the data is so bad. My brother and I ran the same jetting with the new tube in practice and had 20 degrees difference in head temps!! That's crazy! So P2 it was for heat 1. Anyone who knows the Bundy track would know P2 is tough with 2 right handers straight up after the start. So for heat 1,2,3 & 4 that's exactly what happened. P3 got the inside line in every heat and by the time I got back to P2, it was too late and the leader had too much of a lead. In hindsight I probably should have hung back in P3 so I could start each race from there but hey where's the fun in that, I am a racer after all. So come finals time, I started out of (you guessed it) P2. Again I got shuffled back to P3 off the start but this time the gap between P1,2 & 3 was next to nothing. I knew I had the pace to get past both karts. I just needed to be patient and pick my move but then along came a local yellow. I passed the kart in front of me just before the yellow for P2 but I had in the back of my mind that it was very close to the light so I did what I thought was the right thing to do and waved him back through to redress the pass. Unfortunately another competitor took that opportunity as well and went through pushing me back to 4th. Whilst this was "technically" a legitimate move, there was no way I was giving away the podium to an opportunist. I got back past a few laps later to 3rd and instantly pulled away from the slower kart and set about catching the 2 leaders. By this time they had a good margin but I was pulling them in every lap. As I got to the back of them, they passed a lapped kart and the driver in P2 collided with the lapped kart putting him up on 2 wheels momentarily. I had to brake hard to avoid an accident and lost all momentum. With only 1 lap left I just couldn't quite get there. I lunged at P2 just before the finish line but fell just short. I am disappointed at what could have been but very happy to be on the podium. The 3 consistently fastest karts all weekend were on the podium so that was good to see. As they say, "that's racing." You can't win them all and sometimes the luck just doesn't fall your way. The irony of the yellow flag was that it was my little brother Coop who got pushed off the track at the final turn that caused the yellow. His race was ruined unfortunately. To add to the pain, when we reviewed the video footage after the race it turned out that my pass was fine! You can't dwell on that at all, not even for 1 second because at the time I believed I was doing the right thing in redressing the position and I don't regret making that choice.A big congratulations to Andrew Wagner for the win and Scott Svensson on second. You both are a pleasure to race with. You are clean and fast and that makes racing fun; the way it should be. ... See MoreSee Less

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Zac Walvin Motorsport

6 months ago

What a great weekend of racing at the Bundaberg Kart Club. I had never raced at this track before and after a few short laps, I had to ask myself why. A fantastic track with some fast flowing sections along with a lot of technical slower sections. A very good balance indeed that really shows up a drivers ability. With only a handful of sessions to practice to learn the track on Saturday, I had my work cut out for me.Sunday morning and racing began with a 6min warmup/practice followed by qualifying. The Supermax heavy class was the featured class at this round so extra laps were on offer as well as quali. The field was a great size with some 15 competitors taking to the track.I made the decision not to run new tyres at this meet simply because I was really only there to learn the track in readiness for the State Cup in September. It is a harsh abrasive surface so tyres do seem to play a fair part in achieving good times more so here than at other tracks. I managed a respectable 4th in quali knocking about 4 tenths of my practice times the day before. Heat 1 was a cracker race. Having an awesome battle with Mark & Craig Silcox for almost every lap. I managed a faster time than quali, putting down a 39.900 on the 4th lap. I just could not get past the 2 experienced local drivers. My best time was the fastest lap of the heat and I finished in 3rd. A solid start.Starting from my quali position of P4 again in Heat 2, it was going to be another fierce battle. I managed to put down the fastest lap of the heat again and sweet pass late in the race saw me finish in P2.Heat 3 was a P2 start which I quickly capitalized on taking the lead on lap 1 and leading the race to the end. Again it was a cracker battle all race long.Finals time and I was starting out of P1. It was fast and furious for 14 laps but I managed to hang on to the lead coming away with the win and the fastest lap of the final.Overall points for the day were calculated and I came away with the round win. To say I was pleased is an understatement. I really enjoyed learning a new track and enjoyed the clean fast racing. The Bundy Club put on a fantastic weekend. Can't wait to have a run there again. A big thanks to everyone at the Bundy Club for making us feel so welcome. See ya next time! ... See MoreSee Less

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Zac Walvin Motorsport

7 months ago

The 2021 Triple Crown comprised 3 rounds of racing at 3 different tracks. The ultimate test of versatility. Round 1 was contested at Ipswich Kart Club, Round 2 Warwick Kart Club and the finale at Cooloola Coast Kart Club. Round 1 saw a commanding performance by Zac Walvin. The Arrow X5 was on rails but it wasn't an easy journey. A loose sprocket in Qualifying meant not even 1 lap was registered sending the 91 kart to rear of grid for heat 1 & heat 2. A focused drive ensued, blasting through a 14 kart field in both heat 1 & 2 to finish 3rd in both heats as well as fastest kart in class in both heats. Heat 3 was finally an easier affair, starting from P3 and winning the heat by a good margin. The only kart in the 56's. The final was an opportunity to show real skill on a wet but drying track. Another 1st by almost 10 seconds as well as being fastest on track by 1.1 seconds in class and faster than all medium class competitors as well. A commanding round win and a fantastic start to the series.Round 2 was back to an old favorite Warwick, but it had been some time since a lap was turned there by the 91. But that didn't matter as a solid pole position was recorded by some 8 tenth of a second. What followed was a clean sweep of all 3 heats and the final. Another series round win and a commanding lead in the Triple Crown heading into the final round. A special mention to Colin Palmer who is always in the mix but unfortunately suffered a catastrophic engine failure in qualifying. Colin is one of the toughest yet fairest competitors on the track and was sorely missed.Round 3 saw the 91 head to Cooloola for the final and deciding round. Saturday was a wet affair so no practice was to be had but that was pretty much the same for most competitors. A pole position was certain until a late fast lap by another competitor was allowed after an excursion off track earlier in the session. But at 8 hundredths of a second difference, who's counting. The rest of the day was routine like with 2nd place finishes in all 3 heats and the final. Finishing the round in 2nd place and taking1st Place for the Triple Crown. Even though everything but the kitchen sink was thrown at the 91, the win prevailed in what can only be described as a dominating performance across all 3 rounds. ... See MoreSee Less

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