The team at Thruxton Karting braced themselves for the opening round of the Thruxton Kart Centre Short Series Karting Championship. With 17 competitors set to take part, it was due to be an action-packed meeting, and that it was.

The cohort of drivers headed out onto the circuit for their only qualifying practice session. They had 10 minutes to get to grips with all that the 1100m Thruxton Kart Centre full circuit has to offer, a circuit that many of them hadn’t driven previously, and find their rhythm out on the tarmac.

Before you knew it, the chequered flag came down and topping the timing board was that of 17-year-old Reggie Moseley, who lapped at 1:01.460. Followed closely by Ali Robertson in second and Rudy Mendez in third. The full qualification can be found here!

With the final line-up decided, the drivers made their way out onto the track to take their position for the standing start. Green lights out and away they go! Mosely led into the first corner but Roberton quickly made his move and positioned himself comfortably at the front of the pack. Further back, overtakes were happening throughout the field and fierce battles for position were a plenty.

As the timing board counted down, a costly mistake from Moseley looked as if the race win was secured for Robertson. Determination meant you couldn’t count Moseley out of contention as he closed the gap and went for the top-step position. Harry Robson pushed his way forward and climbed an incredible 7 positions to third, finding himself in his own air for the remainder of the race.

When the clock hit zero and the chequered flag waved for the final time of the evening, Moseley claimed first, closely followed by Robertson in second who also took the fastest lap accolade with Robson rounding out the podium in third.

Find the full classification here!

The next round of the championship takes place on the 30th May. You can follow all the action using our Alpha Live Timing link.