2009 was a brilliant year for The Kart Shoppe

Ian Young	Aston Hare	Sean Frost

2009 was a brilliant year for The Kart Shoppe, South Africa’s agent for Birel karts as it claimed four major titles leaving owners Neil Curtis and Leeroy Poulter well satisfied.

Bedfordview’s Aston Hare stylishly dominated the junior classes as he backed up his Junior Rok national title by winning the Rotax Junior Max crown the following month.

Despite being one of the youngest drivers in his class, Midrand’s Sean Frost did a brilliant job in claiming the Senior Rotax Max title. Making his performance even more noteworthy is the fact that it was his first attempt since leaving the junior ranks last year.

Having won three races during the season, Johannesburg’s Ian Young took the Super Rok championship after the national court of appeal ruled in his favour against a penalty incurred at the final round.

There was more reason for celebration in the Birel camp when Nicholas Surguladze made it a Birel 1-2 in the Junior Rok standings and then Raoul Owens did the same to give Birel a clear edge in the Junior Max class.

The Northern Regions Championships are often regarded as being almost as competitive as the National championship categories.

Birel was once again the chassis to beat as Deon Auby astounded everyone in his comeback to karting as he won the 125cc GP crown. Runner-up was Len Talken (PCR) who spoilt what would have been an unprecedented Birel whitewash as Allan Thompson, Cint Jones, Marius Swanepoel, Rob Bakewell, Mitch Coetzee, Laurence Jones, Phillip Swanepoel filled the next positions to make it no less than eight Birel drivers in the top ten.

In the regional Mini Max championship Dewald Brummer came out on top while Castrol Toyota Development driver Morgan McColl was second.

Shaun Frost added the regional Senior Max title trophy to his bulging cabinet while Ridgway was third ahead of fellow Birel pilot Devon Tame.

Fabienne Lanz, daughter of former saloon car ace Peter Lanz won the regional Super Rok crown while the ever consistent George dos Ramos wrapped up the regional DD2 Masters title.

Results (National Championships)

Super Rok
1. Ian Young (Birel)
2. Simon Moss (TonyKart)
3. Shaun la Reservee (TonyKart)

Junior Rok
1. Aston Hare (Birel)
2. Nicholas Surguladze (Birel)
3. Chad Maciver (TonyKart)

Rotax Senior Max
1. Sean Frost (Birel)
2. Jason Georgiou (TonyKart)
3. James Ryan (CRG)

Rotax Junior Max
1. Aston Hare (Birel)
2. Raoul Owens (Birel)
3. Michael Taylor (TonyKart)