Ken & Ces Memorial 2014

Dirt Trackers Kart Club

Proudly Hosts

WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT

Welcome Dirt Karters, It is with great pleasure that I am able to welcome all drivers, officials, volunteers, family and friends as well as our valued sponsors to the 2014 Ken and Ces Ditchfield Memorial Open. I would also like to make a special welcome to the Ditchfield family as well as acknowledge the club’s life members that have been able to make it down today. Welcome to everyone, we hope you enjoy the weekend. The Ken and Ces Open is a time honoured event that this year has undergone a massive revamp. The Dirt Trackers Kart Club established a separate committee for the organizing and running of this meeting. The committee has been headed by long time karter Colin Youd and included Ken Ditchfield Jnr and his daughter Kylie with the main focus on providing a race meeting that gave the drivers plenty of racing as well as an opportunity to “Celebrate Dirt Karting in WA”. I would encourage you to read the section in the program about the Ditchfield family to gain an understanding of the massive contribution they have made and continue to make to our sport. As part of the changes to this year’s event we have introduced a new racing format unlike any other format in Australian Dirt Karting. Starting with hot laps and qualifying, then moving through three rounds of heats and then the random draw top 8 Dash for each class all culminating in 12 lap deadman finals!!! We ask that competitors be patient with the new format as it will be tweaked in coming years to make this event bigger and better. In addition to the racing format, the K&C committee has managed to secure over $10,000 in prizes and give-aways. One lucky driver will win from a raffle draw a brand new KT100S motor valued at over $1,000 just for turning up!!!!! Prize winners must be at the presentations on Sunday afternoon in person. Thank you to our tireless officials and volunteers. Please remember these guys are giving up their time so the rest of us can be here. From the stewards, to our wonderful canteen staff and the gals in the lap scoring tower we couldn’t be doing what we love if it wasn’t for you guys, so thank you once again. If you competitors get a chance please pass on your appreciation also, a small thank you goes a long way. We cannot run a race meeting like this without a generous bunch of sponsors. Thank you to all the sponsors and we hope you enjoy the weekend. There are some sponsors out there who are more than willing put their hand up numerous times throughout the year, not only at this club but across WA karting. It does not go unnoticed and is greatly appreciated. Thank you and if the opportunity arises please support our sponsors. Thanks to the competitors for getting involved and supporting this new initiative. We hope you enjoy the meeting and work with us to build this event bigger and better each year. Karting is definitely a family sport and many of the drivers wouldn’t be here if not for their husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, mums, dads, uncles, aunties, brothers and sisters (as well as longtime family friends), so please take the time this weekend to enjoy the company of your family and friends as this is what Dirt Karting and the Ditchfield Foundation is all about. We are hoping to have racing finished early on Sunday afternoon to encourage competitors and supporters to stay back for the presentations and help us celebrate Dirt Karting in WA. We would love to see as many people as possible stay back and enjoy the afternoon to congratulate the winners and indulge in a BBQ and a drink or two. Again on behalf of the DTKC committee, Welcome, Enjoy, Celebrate.

HISTORY OF KEN & CES DITCHFIELD

Ken & Ces Ditchfield first became involved in karting in the mid 1950’s when Ken Jnr wanted to go racing after watching his dad own and race a Zephyr powered speedcar at the infamous Claremont Speedway (something Ken Jnr went on to do later). Ken Snr built the first go kart Ken Jnr raced whilst owning BP Belmont Park. Back then the starting age for juniors was 14. The first kart they purchased for Ken Jnr was an Avon Frame with 200cc Villiers. They took Ken Jnr to race at Belmont (where the Burswood Golf course is now located) and at Clontarf (Manning Rd). Both tracks were run by the Hurricane Go Kart Club (which still exists today, running under the AKA). The Ditchfield Family always went karting as a family and were actively involved in the Hurricane Go Kart Club. Ken Snr became president of the Hurricane Go Kart Club, and unfortunately during his presidential term the Hurricane Go Kart Club was forced to relocate due to development. The club relocated to Wundowie, where it is still today. After years of watching Ken Jnr have all the fun, Ken Snr and Ces started racing in the late 1960’s. Ken Snr raced number 8 in the 125 Super Class with McCulloch engines, and later completed in the 200cc Super with 91B/1 McCulloch Engines on a Lancer Chassis. During Ken Snr’s time karting, he won and placed in numerous state titles, and club championships. Ken Snr’s Lancer with the 91B/1 McCulloch engines has been beautifully restored by Colin Youd, and is still used today in Vintage Kart Meetings run under AKA. Colin Youd took the Lancer kart to the 2014 Australian Vintage Grand Prix held last month in Ipswich QLd, where he became the Era 1/Era 2 Champion. Ces raced number 6 in the Ladies Class choosing to use Mac 10 McCulloch Engines initially. She also ran a Corsair 1080 rotary valve engine. She used a couple of different chassis including Lancer, Dragon and HKS. Like her husband, Ces also won and placed in numerous state titles and club championships. But as everyone knows behind every good man is an even better woman. Ces was well known as a hard working for karting in Western Australia. She was the secretary of the Hurricane Kart Club, the inaugural secretary for the Dirt Trackers Kart Club and was the secretary and treasurer for the WAKA (Western Australian Karting Association). Through Ken Snr’s friendship with Aub Lawson, Mike Tilbury, and George Milburn he became the track curator at Claremont Speedway, a job he did until his retirement in the mid 90’s. Ken Jnr then took over from his father. Ken Snr was involved in the initial set up of the Perth Motorplex and also worked on many WA speedways including Wattle Grove, and Bibra Lake. Ken Snr also received the John Day award (an award he treasured) and was inducted into the Speedway Hall of Fame in 2002.

Dirt Trackers Kart Club (DTKC) was formed after an advert was placed in the West Australian Newspaper and the inaugural meeting was called. The track was pegged out and constructed within four weeks of the initial meeting at Ken & Ces’s gravel pit at 26 Mile Peg Rd, Gidgegannup. The club ran at Gidgegannup for approximately two seasons, and then Ken Snr, had the foresight to move the Dirt Trackers Kart Club to the infamous Kewdale site, which hosted several national titles. In the early years of DTKC being located to Kewdale it became the largest Western Australian club under the AKA. But unfortunately due to industrial development the Dirt Trackers Kart Club moved to its current location at Boomerang Rd, Oldbury, where it has run for more than 23 years. During the relocation to Boomerang Rd, both Ken Ditchfield Snr and Jnr played a vital role in the building of facilities and the track along with DTKC Life Member Barry Pages. Ken Snr supplied the machinery and carted in the materials for the track which was supplied by the local water board. Ken & Ces travelled to Hong Kong numerous times with the Australian Karting Team, lead by Howard Health, Robbie Hunter, Mike Sully and John Pazzario to provide assistance and support. These drivers really put Australian Karting onto the international karting map. In addition to being life members at Dirt Trackers Kart Club, both Ken & Ces Ditchfield are life members of the Hurricane Kart Club and WAKA (Western Australian Karting Association). An honour bestowed upon them for services to karting.

LIFE MEMBERS OF DIRT TRACKERS

1989 Ken Ditchfield Snr Ces Ditchfield Jack Tomich Jean Tomich Rod Fenn Pat Fenn 1990 Barry Pages John Fuller 1996 Colin Nelson Sharon Fekete Kevin Thompson 1998 Ken Ditchfield Jnr 2006 Geoff O’Keefe 2008 Alan Bartlett Chris Buffham

RACE ORDER - SATURDAY

100 Open 125 Heavy

KT Light KT Medium

125 Light Twin Engines Junior Light

KT Heavy

Subject to change Race order correct at the time of printing

RACE ORDER - SUNDAY

Rookies 1 Rookies 2 100 Open 125 Heavy

KT Light KT Medium

125 Light Rookies 1

Twin Engines Rookies 2

Junior Light KT Heavy

Subject to change Race order correct at the time of printing

TIMETABLE SATURDAY 5TH APRIL 2014

6.00am Gates Open 7.00am – 9.00am Breakfast Available 6.30am – 8.30am Drivers/Pit Crew Registration 6.30am – 8.30am Scrutineering/Safety Check

Strictly NO engine starts until AFTER Drivers Brief

8.00am Officials Brief

8.45am Drivers Brief Presidents Welcome Stewards Brief Blessing / Opening 9.30am Racing Commences with Qualifying

Racing will conclude at 5pm or once the heats are completed, whichever comes first.

SUNDAY 6TH APRIL 2014

6.00am Gates Open 7.00am – 9.00am Breakfast Available 6.30am – 8.30am Scrutineering/Safety Check

Strictly NO engine starts until AFTER Drivers Brief

8.25am Officials Brief 9.00am Drivers Brief including Dash Draw

10.00am Racing Commences

Presentations will be held at the track at the conclusion of racing.

PRESENTATIONS

1st Place Trophy and Set of Burris Tyres

2nd Place Trophy and Voucher for 1x Kart Sandblast & Powdercoat

3rd Place Trophy and Chain, Sprocket and T-Bar Set

Two nominations from each class (excluding rookies) will win a 2014 Ken & Ces Memorial Meeting Show Bag (Valued at $80). To receive the prize, the names drawn must be at the presentations.

All Rookies will receive a participation award.

EVERY NOMINATION GOES INTO THE MAJOR PRIZE DRAW

TO WIN A

NEW YAMAHA KT100S To claim your prize, you must be at the

presentations ****NO EXCEPTIONS****

BBQ PACKS available for purchase after the final $6.00 (includes Steak, 2 Sausages, Garden Salad, Coleslaw and Bread)

BBQ’s will be provided

Bar will be open. Strictly no BYO Alcohol.

RACING FORMAT

Hot Laps A 2 lap session for each class to get familiar with the track and make sure

your kart is "on song"

Qualifying A 3 lap session in the clockwise direction in groups of 5. Drivers will draw a "marble" and this will determine which group you will qualify in. POINTS ARE AWARDED FOR QUALIFYING THE SAME AS A HEAT RACE - IE FASTEST GETS 20 POINTS, 2ND GETS 17 ETC.

Heat 1 - Quickest Time to the Front Quickest time from qualifying starts P1, 2nd quickest starts P2 etc through

to slowest starting from P20.

Heat 2 - Reverse of Qualifying Reverse of the STARTING grid from heat 1. That is, the fastest qualifier

starts last, 2nd fastest qualifier starts 2nd last through to the slowest qualifier starting on pole. Your finishing position from Heat 1 does NOT affect where you start in Heat 2.

Heat 3 - Highest Points to the Front Highest accumulated points starts from P1, 2nd highest accumulated points

from P2 through to lowest points scorer starting from last position.

Top 8 Dash The top 8 point scorers draw a random number which determines their starting position for the Top 8 Dash. The finishing order from the dash sets the grid positions for the top 8 starting positions in the final. Positions 9 through to 20 - these qualifiers go straight into the final, starting wherever they have finished on points after time trials and the heats.

Deadman Final The final will be 12 laps using the deadman format. This means "1st past the post wins" - the points from time trials and the heats simply get you to the final - where you finish in the final is where you finish for the meeting. All 20 karts will take part in the final (providing you haven't been disqualified from the meeting)

POINTS SYSTEM

The 2014 Ken & Ces Ditchfield Memorial Meeting is run using the 20 point system as required by AIDKA. The points

are as follows:

There is provision in this program for spectators to record

Drivers positions if they wish

1st 20 11th 6

2nd 17 12th 5

3rd 15 13th 4

4th 13 14th 3

5th 12 15th 2

6th 11 16th 1

7th 10 17th 1

8th 9 18th 1

9th 8 19th 1

10th 7 20th 1

Proudly supporting 100 OPEN this weekend

Name Club Kart Sponsor Qualifying Heat

1 Heat

2 Heat

3 Top 8 Dash Final

Nic Turner Lucindale 6 Team BCM, Goldstar, 51 Industries

Bryden Chalmers Lucindale 7

Team BCM, BCM Merchandise, WA Retic. TLC Haulage, Dirt Brothers, JollyGood Auto Electrics, Boatland Mandurah, AJC, SCR9, Valvoline, Blackchrome, Dirt Kart World, Thursday Thunder, CRC, DFR, BRK Karts, Hearthhouse Mandurah, Kart Master, Buzz Trailer Fab

Nathan Walton Dirt Trackers 9 Benson Karts, Kart Factory Adrian Haywood Great Southern 10 Plus Fitness Jason Youd Dirt Trackers 12 Port Kennedy Tyres & More, Renegade Race Karts Paull Farrall Dirt Trackers 23 ITP Race Cars, Morton Motorsport Chris Buffham Dirt Trackers 24 Keoghs Mowers N More Alex Krause Jenna 47 Luke Jones Dirt Trackers 77 CNL MotorSport Jared Bevan Great Southern 88 BMR Engineering, The Kart Factory Bunbury Matt Morton Jenna 96 Morton Motorsport, Revolution Racegear, Unifilter, NGK, Ipone Oil

Joe Chalmers Lucindale 123


Phil Maley Busselton 182 Moorish Transport & Logistics

Proudly supporting 125 HEAVY this weekend


1 Heat

2 Heat

3 Top 8 Dash Final

Troy Brook Dirt Trackers 7 McCorry Brown Earthmoving, West Kimberley Cement, North West Nitrate Supplies, Premier Motors Suzuki, Demon Racecar Fibreglass

Michael Butler Dirt Trackers 12 Sponsor Wanted Benjamin Bull Busselton 22 Lightning Karts Jonathon Depaoli Dirt Trackers 29 JSR, BJ Market Transport Simon Pascoe Dirt Trackers 31 Stephen Clarkson Dirt Trackers 43 Incar Auto Electrics Max Fowler Great Southern 54 John O'Malley Dirt Trackers 60 XS Energy Drinks Jason White Dirt Trackers 73 White Family Racing, Mandurah Bolts Supplies

Mathew Fellowes Dirt Trackers 78 Stainless Fasteners Supplies, Kustom Graphix, Fellowes Flooring

Matt Varis Dirt Trackers 90 Domino's Pizza Spearwood

Aaron Griffiths Dirt Trackers 93 KG Training & Assessing, WA Workshop Supplies, LaserWest

Shane Austen Dirt Trackers 95 Austens High Pressure Cleaning

Proudly supporting KT LIGHT this weekend


1 Heat

2 Heat

3 Top 8 Dash Final

Aaron Chalmers Lucindale 8


Brandon Bain Busselton 11 Joondalup 4x4, Rocks Fish and Chips Wade Pickering Jenna 18 All About Racing

Joe Chalmers Lucindale 23


Hayden Browne Busselton 44 Travis Pickett Dirt Trackers 46 TPR Garage Peter Hubeck Dirt Trackers 49 Peters Removals, Action Karts n Parts Glen Treloar Great Southern 53 Barry Pages Race Engines, Hustler Dirt Karts Samantha Willis Jenna 67 Lee Austen Dirt Trackers 95 Austens High Pressure Cleaning Phil Maley Busselton 182 Moorish Transport & Logistics Joshua Rawlings Dirt Trackers 427 Troytrans

Proudly supporting KT MEDIUM this weekend


1 Heat

2 Heat

3 Top 8 Dash Final

Brad Matulovich Dirt Trackers 8 John Thompson Dirt Trackers 17 Mills Drainage, Port Kennedy Tyres & More, Toll Priority Joshua Walton Dirt Trackers 20 Benson Karts, Kart Factory Jason Curtis Great Southern 21 Jemma Wettinger Busselton 31 AOS Dolby (Mark) Davis Great Southern 32 Hearth House Daniel Carleton Great Southern 37 Victory Karts Trevor Fowler Great Southern 59 Norm Jones Dirt Trackers 75 CNL MotorSport Jaxon Sieradzki Busselton 81 Unique Gyprock, Jared Bevan Great Southern 88 BMR Engineering, The Kart Factory Bunbury Jade Walton Dirt Trackers 99 Benson Karts, Kart Factory

Proudly supporting 125 LIGHT this weekend


1 Heat

2 Heat

3 Top 8 Dash Final

Joe Chalmers Lucindale A1


Rick Iwanow Dirt Trackers 4 Pet Name Tags, WA Workshop Supplies, LaserWest Nathan Walton Dirt Trackers 9 Benson Karts, Kart Factory Murray Iwanow Dirt Trackers 24 Ultratune Cannington Stephen Clarkson Dirt Trackers 43 Incar Auto Electrics Hayden Browne Busselton 44 Travis Pickett Dirt Trackers 46 TPR Garage John O'Malley Dirt Trackers 60 XS Energy Drinks Darren Cartwright Dirt Trackers 70 DRC Electrical Services Ashley Darwent Dirt Trackers 82 Clinton Hancock Dirt Trackers 85 Ellement Produce , Kartmagic Michael Steele Dirt Trackers 121

John Day & Co SMASH REPAIRS

Port Kennedy

Proudly supporting TWIN ENGINES this weekend


1 Heat

2 Heat

3 Top 8 Dash Final

Adrian Haywood Great Southern A1 Plus Fitness Craig McIntyre Great Southern 5 Craig McIntyre Race Engines



Jason Youd Dirt Trackers 12 Port Kennedy Tyres & More, Renegade Race Karts John Thompson Dirt Trackers 17 Mills Drainage, Port Kennedy Tyres & More, Toll Priority Matt Bosveld Dirt Trackers 35 Wife Dolby (Mark) Davis Great Southern 37 Hearth House Glen Treloar Great Southern 53 Barry Pages Race Engines, Hustler Dirt Karts Max Fowler Great Southern 54 Luke Hughes Great Southern 67 Doors Doors Doors Luke Morton Jenna 69 Morton Motorsport, Revolution Racegear, Hornet Karts Phil Richards Dirt Trackers 71 Lazer Dirt Karts Matt Morton Jenna 96 Morton Motorsport, Revolution Racegear, Unifilter, NGK, Ipone Oil

Proudly supporting JUNIOR LIGHT this weekend


1 Heat

2 Heat

3 Top 8 Dash Final

Jye Chapman Great Southern A2 BoatLand Mandurah Cayleb Griggs Dirt Trackers 4 AG & MD Bartlett Taj Reeve Dirt Trackers 7 Craig McIntyre Race Engines, JC Performance Heads Beau Bland Dirt Trackers 13 DJ's Gas and Air Tylar Main Dirt Trackers 17 Accord Panel & Paint Cody Horton Dirt Trackers 19 GF Engineering, Xpose Urself, Twights Plumbing Lachlan Horton Dirt Trackers 20 GF Engineering, Xpose Urself, Twights Plumbing

Nathan Chalmers Lucindale 23


Adrian Krause Jenna 27 Kostera's Tyre Service Matthew Carleton Great Southern 30 Victory Karts Cooper Davis Great Southern 38 Hearth House Joel Watson Dirt Trackers 75 GMB Enterprises Patrick Watson Dirt Trackers 76 GMB Enterprises Keenan Fleming Dirt Trackers 79 Asteel Powdercoaters, Barry Pages Race Engines Abbey Pickering Jenna 95 All About Racing Chloe Steele Dirt Trackers 119

Proudly supporting KT HEAVY this weekend


1 Heat

2 Heat

3 Top 8 Dash Final

Josh Dale Dirt Trackers A2 Uneeda Tyre and Smash Repairs

Craig McIntyre Great Southern 5 Craig McIntyre Race Engines

Ian Pickering Jenna 06 All About Racing Mathew Bain Dirt Trackers 7 Joondalup 4x4, Rocks Fish and Grill

Stuart Wallace Great Southern 18 WA Workshop Supplies / Craig McIntyre Race Engines

Troy Dudek Dirt Trackers 22 Complete Ceilings & Property Maintenance Christopher Jones Dirt Trackers 45 CNL Motorsport, BST Developments

Glen Treloar Great Southern 53 Barry Pages Race Engines, Hustler Dirt Karts

Max Fowler Great Southern 54



Mathew Fellowes Dirt Trackers 78 Stainless Fasteners Supplies, Kustom Graphix, Fellowes Flooring

Jared Bevan Great Southern 88 BMR Engineering, The Kart Factory Bunbury

Proudly supporting ROOKIES – GROUP 1 this weekend

Name Club Kart Sponsor Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Final Natasha Griggs Dirt Trackers 5 AG & MD Bartlett Annalyce Bennett Dirt Trackers 9 Benson Karts, Kart Factory Heath Fleming Dirt Trackers 10 Asteel Powdercoaters, Barry Pages Race Engines Blake Iwanow Dirt Trackers 24 Ultra tune Cannington Bree-ann Glazebrook Dirt Trackers 27 Harry Phillips Dirt Trackers 28 Ballistic Racing Bryden Southwell Dirt Trackers 63 Barry Pages Riley Phillips Dirt Trackers 118p Ballistic Racing Blake Curtis Great Southern 211 Curtis Electrical Contracting

DeRosa’s TM Wholesale

Proudly supporting ROOKIES – GROUP 2 this weekend

Name Club Kart Sponsor Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Final Jack Farmer Dirt Trackers 21p Naval Base Contracting Dean Schofield Dirt Trackers 22 Demon Racecar Fibreglass, McCorry Brown Earthmoving Sierra Iwanow Dirt Trackers 58 Pet Name Tags, WA Workshop Supplies, LaserWest Alex Ellement Dirt Trackers 84p Ellement Produce Chad Matulovich Dirt Trackers 100 Boston Camarri Dirt Trackers 111p CME Boilermaking Keinan Steele Dirt Trackers 120 Tejae Bowden Dirt Trackers 122p AG & MD Bartlett

DeRosa’s TM Wholesale

A HUGE THANKYOU ALSO TO OUR MEETING SPONSORS

RMDS ROCKINGHAM MILK & DAIRY SUPPLIES

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR VALUED SPONSORS WITHOUT THEM THE MEETING WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE

THANKYOU ALSO TO THE CLASS SHOWBAG SPONSORS

Listed below are families who have been influential in Dirt Karting in Western Australia for many years. The majority of these families

still play a very active role in Dirt Karting today.

We feel privileged to have the support of these families for our Class Show Bags.

Bartlett Family Buffham Family

Ditchfield Family Dean Family

Haywood Family Jones Family Keogh Family

McIntyre Family Morrell Family Morton Family O’Keefe Family O’Neil Family Pages Family Sully Family

Thompson Family Youd Family

Thank you for supporting the 2014 Ken & Ces Ditchfield Memorial Open.

WA DIRT KART CLUBS

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President: Dan Horton p: 0437 006 690 e:[email protected] Secretary: Kylie Thompson p: 0407 714 448 e:[email protected] Nomination Secretary: Taryn Buffham p: 0422 413 350 e:[email protected]

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Secretary: Lani Byles p: 0499 773 554 e: [email protected] Nomination Secretary: Kristie Humphreys p: 0459 531 653 e: [email protected]

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President: Adrian Haywood p: 0404 025 300 e: [email protected] Secretary: Angeline Carlton p: 0404 842 864 e:[email protected] Nomination Secretary: Sally McDougall p: 08 9862 6058 e:[email protected]

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President: Colin Nelson p: 0417 930 590 e:[email protected] Secretary: Sharon Fekete p: 08 9355 2634 e:[email protected] Nomination Secretary: Sharon Fekete p: 08 9355 2634 e:[email protected]

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