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With the end of the Championship almost in sight, Clay Pigeon would be the next track to put the Lightweight drivers through their paces. Abysmal weather and not much better luck was the story of the day but Seth still comes away in P12 overall.
When the drivers arrived at the circuit near Yeovil it was quite clear that it was going to be an incredibly wet race. The rain had been coming down relentlessly for over two hours and showed no sign of stopping. Most of the field had experienced similarly bad conditions at the previous Clay Pigeon race where Seth took his worst result of the season so confidence levels weren’t high. He put this behind him however and looked promising through practice. Starting third in his first race, Seth took second in the first corner and bravely took the lead going through Billy’s Blind next time round. He looked reasonably comfortable but was struggling to get his kart turned in at some corners. ‘I think the chassis may have been marginally bent which meant that it was great through left handers but was pretty poor through the rights, especially the hairpin at the end of the back-straight.’ Despite these problems Seth managed to fight off top championship contenders Vincent Bond and Oliver Allwood throughout the race to take the win.
His second heat was a bit of a disappointment though. The conditions at this point were so bad that overtaking was not really plausible and Seth was starting from the back of the grid. He remained 9th in a long chain for a while but once again his kart wasn’t perfect. ‘My kart had incredibly good brakes which isn’t really ideal in the wet! Every time I went into big braking zones the wheels would lock and I would have to fight hard to stop myself spinning. In the end I got caught out and I got a wheel on the grass, very narrowly avoiding spinning. Unfortunately this meant that I finished 10th. The third heat was slightly better but the ever worsening weather conditions meant that Seth couldn’t capitalise on his grid position of 11th and ended where he started.
The win in his first heat meant that he nonetheless lined up midfield for the A final. ‘I made a good start and I think that I was up to 10th by the time we went on to the back straight. My kart felt really good and I was confident but unfortunately someone in front spun and although I managed to slow down in time, a driver behind me didn’t and he knocked me off. I got started again but my chassis was bent and it was a real handful. I didn’t get anywhere after that and ended up finishing 24th.’ Seth now has two rounds left at Bayford Meadows and Rye House, where he hopes for a strong end to the season.
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