2007/8 Winter Academy Winners.

2007 Summer Academy Winners.

From left to right J. Mitchell (2nd), S. Hollingsworth (1st) and A Trigwell (3rd)

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Congratulations to Jack Mitchell on winning the

Cadet Academy Summer Championship

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Cadet Academy Information

Brentwood Karting Cadet Academy is a race league started to allow drivers below the age of 16 the chance to try their hand at kart racing. We have already seen many drivers progress to higher levels of racing with some of them being very successful.

The Cadet Academy Racing Season consists of 13 weeks karting. The first week of the season is a practice session.  It is a chance for all drivers to hone their skills before the new championship starts. It is also used as an induction session for all new members and includes basic training and the presentation for previous season.

Each race meeting consists of a 10 minute practice followed by three 10 minute heats for each driver. The grid set-up for each heat is formed from the championship order, therefore Group 1 consists of the odd number positions – 1, 3, 5, 7 etc. and group 2 the even numbers – 2, 4, 6, 8 etc. This ensures each group is evenly balanced.

At the end of each meeting there will be a podium presentation. A personal lap-time report displaying their top speed, best lap, classification in the heat, and also a graph showing improvement or consistency in their driving (this is used to help drivers monitor their progress and success throughout the season) is available upon request. The winner of each race meet category (cadet/senior) will receive a medal and all driver positions will be scored on a points system and then placed into the league table. The league table is updated every week and can be found in the reception area and the changing rooms. It is also now available for viewing on our website at www.brentwood-karting.com.

Drivers will battle it out over a challenging 10 weeks and only after this will we really be able to determine who is the best!

Point System

Race Points

The point system for the championship will work as follows: 

The winner of each heat will receive 10 points,  2nd place will receive 9 points,  3rd place 8 points etc. After all the heats have finish each drivers points are tallied up and then penalty points deducted. The total points received by each driver will be placed into the league table. At the end of the season there will be a Cadet Winner, Senior Winner and an overall winner of the championship.

Penalty Points

Driver Board or Warning Flag 1 point

Driver Boards or Warning Flags can be received for the following:

                                                    Minor Contact in which no driver loses position.

                                                    Driving over the kerbs in order to gain distance.

Black Flag 3 points

Black Flags will be received for the following:

                                                    Over-taking under a yellow flag

                                                    Contact causing a driver to lose position.

                                                    Dangerous Driving

                                                    Receiving more than 2 warnings

                                                    Ignoring driver warning and Boards

Internet Access

The Cadet Academy has its own page within our website. Where as before this has just accommodated the League Table and Format we will now see a change with additional features being added, these include:

Regular update of League Table

Fair Play Award Table. This will go on the amount of warnings and black flags received by a driver during the course of a season. Penalty Points received by drivers will be deducted from their total league points. The driver with the least penalty points will be the Winner of the Fair Play Award and possibly the league.

NEW                 A brief write-up of each week’s event accompanied with pictures.

                          (when available)

Academy Membership

Cadet Academy Club membership comes free when drivers enter the championship and entitles them to double-time karting any week day, at either of our circuits and also will allow them to bypass our briefing procedure.

Prices

The Price for the Cadet Academy is £35 + £2 Insurance per race meet. However all drivers will need to pay a week in advance which means the first week is £74.

Barking & Dagenham Karting Championship League Table