The BKA completed its final event of the 2008 season with an exciting double header at the Bushy Park racing Circuit where wet and slippery conditions tested every skill that the drivers developed over years of commitment. The ROTHERLEY sponsored race event consisted of two days of racing with the scores from Saturday been added to Sunday to derive at the overall class winners and ultimately to the years champion driver. Both days were held in wet conditions and this added a new twist to the drivers along with a revised track layout kept all drivers on their toes. Over the weekend 25 drivers took place in the 5 subscribed classes completing two sets of qualifying and 6 races each.
Saturdays event started at 1.00 PM with a good turn out of karters but soon the heavens opened and the day was completed in total wet conditions. Unfortunately only qualifying and one race was held on Saturday with the remaining 2 races being held in the anti clockwise direction on Sunday. The racing on Saturday saw the return of David Evelyn claiming an excellent second place with Matthew Noel third and Orry Hunte winning the premiere 310 class in fine style. Christian Hinds was able to defend his position by finishing ahead of Cole Gill in the 270 class while Orry Hunte again finished first ahead of Mark Jordan and Barry Mayers in the shifter class.
When racing resumed on Sunday, still under wet conditions, Orry Hunte continued to dominate in the 310 premiere class winning two further races with Mark Kinch also winning two. Good results were received by David Evelyn who scored two second places with Matthew Noel only receiving one second place scoring position. Good racing was seen by championship rival Nick Gill with many skilled races involving Allan Kinch, Owen Yarde and Kareem Jackson.
In the Easy Kart 60 CC class drivers Zane and Joshua Maloney both ended the day with equal scores of 138 points.
The 230 and 270 classes raced together with the 60 CC Easy Karts and at the end of the day in the 230 class Javani Smith was the clear winner with 125 points with Joshua Parris second with 81 points and Nicholas Hinds third with 58 points. The 270 class competition was tight with Christian Hinds winning with 142 points, second was Cole Gill with 134 points and third was Brian Hinds with 55 points.
In the exciting 125 cc shifter class Barry Mayers claimed the overall class win for the day with 115 points over Stuart Maloney 107 points and Mark Jordan third 106 points. Good racing was clearly seen between Mark Maloney, Orry Hunte, Sean Maloney, Bret Clarke, Daniel Staffer and Josh Delmas.
In the final tabulation of the championship points Matthew Noel emerged the overall champion of the BKA and will wear number 1 for the 2009 season, Nick Gill emerged in second place 27 points behind with David Evelyn third 98 point behind the leader. In the 230 class Samantha Gill claimed her second title ahead of first timer Javani Smith and Joshua Parris while in the 270 class Christian Hinds dominated to win ahead of Cole Gill and Alexander Gill. The 60 CC Easy kart was won by Joshua Maloney with cousin Zane Maloney a close second and finally the shifters saw a clear winner in Stuart Maloney, the Caribbean Racing Champion in saloon cars followed by the quick Mark Jordan and Mark Maloney third. The championship saw 43 drivers compete with 13 competitors in the premiere 310 class and 14 in the 125 cc shifter class.
The final event of the year will be the awards ceremony to be held at the Foursquare Rum factory on 12th December where awards will be presented.