Club100
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Club100 is a UK based "hire kart" karting championship. All karts use identical Birel
Birel
Birel S.p.A. of Lissone started building karts in the late 1950s after many years as a bicycle manufacturer.They have had numerous world champions over the years including Mike Wilson and Gianluca Beggio....

 chassis and TKM 2 stroke engines and are provided by the club to an equal standard, putting all competitors on a level playing field.

History

The first Club100 championship was held in 1993. Initially it was a 6 round sprint championship held at Buckmore Park
Buckmore Park
Buckmore Park Kart Circuit is a 1,200 metres MSA approved outdoor kart racing circuit located just off the M2 in Chatham, Kent, England.The circuit currently hosts hundreds of events yearly, with over 100,000 annual visitors and over 1,000 corporate events. It caters for nearly everyone, with...

 and has since grown into an multi-event series held all over the country at some of the UK's top karting circuits.

In 1995, the sprint championship was split up into two weight categories. 1997 saw the creation of the first endurance championship and this has grown into 4 separate championships for rookies, intermediates, clubman and premier level teams.

2004 saw the creation of the Clubman endurance championship that was a level between intermediate and premier level. In 2007, the sprints were split up again and a separate premier championship was created to accommodate the monopoly the top drivers held. The first winter championship was also held that year with all rounds being held at Rye House.

Since 1999 the club has been managed by John Vigor. In 2006, he bought all the rights to Club100 and moved the base of operations from Streatham in London to Rye House
Rye House Kart Circuit
Rye House Kart Circuit is a kart circuit, in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England, and is adjacent to the Rye House StadiumThe circuit is one of the oldest in the country, and has been driven by many of the big names in motorsport, including Jenson Button, Anthony Davidson, and Lewis Hamilton.It hosts...

 in Hoddesdon.

For many years, Club100 karts used Biz chassis but in 2008 they switched to the Italian Birel manufacturer. In 2009, the engine size was increased from 100cc to 115cc.

Premier Sprint Champions

  • 2007 Marc Craddock
  • 2008 Phil Ingram
  • 2009 Jamie Jakins
  • 2010 Chris Powell

Lightweight Sprint Champions

  • 1993 Andy Laid
  • 1994 Andy Laid
  • 1995 Malcolm Smith
  • 1996 Andy Laid
  • 1997 Russ Stephens
  • 1998 Marc Craddock
  • 1999 Marc Craddock
  • 2000 Lee Pilcher
  • 2001 Luigi Mazza
  • 2002 Trevor Randall
  • 2003 Marc Craddock
  • 2004 Marc Craddock
  • 2005 Marc Craddock
  • 2006 Ben Yeomans
  • 2007 Jon Pethick
  • 2008 Parmveer Nijjar
  • 2009 Lee Kemp
    Lee Kemp (karting driver)
    Lee Kemp is a British karting driver. Having begun his career in MSA karting events he has more recently been seen in the Club100 karting series where he became the 2009 lightweight sprint champion.-References:*...

  • 2010 Dan Gore
  • 2011 Andrew Johnson

Heavyweight Sprint Champions

  • 1995 Steve Dart
  • 1996 Russ Stephens
  • 1997 Mark Terry
  • 1998 Trevor Randall
  • 1999 Rob Hart
  • 2000 Rob Hart
  • 2001 James Winslow
    James Winslow
    James Winslow is a British racing driver. He is the winner of four motorsport championships and currently competes in the Firestone Indy Lights series and the Australian Drivers' Championship.-2004-2008:...

  • 2002 Brian Trott
  • 2003 Paul Hicks
  • 2004 Brian Trott
  • 2005 Brian Trott
  • 2006 Jamie Jakins
  • 2007 Marc Laukam
  • 2008 Will Gibson
  • 2009 Michael Roots
  • 2010 Dave Pethers
  • 2011 Dan Hoy

Winter Series Champions

Year Lightweight Heavyweight Open
1996 Russ Stephens Nick Portlock  
1997 - 2007 no championship held
2008 Chris Powell Andy Baker  
2009 Jordan Hill Lee Clackett Chris Bell
2010 Dan Gore Lee Clackett  
2011 Parmveer Nijjar Stuart Symonds

European Endurance Champions

Year Premier Drivers Clubman Drivers Rookie Drivers
2004 Essex TT Trevor Randall
Ben Yeomans
Kieran McCullough
N/A N/A N/A N/A
2005 Conservatories Online Stuart Symonds
Brian Trott
Tim Hill
IMSD Racing Stephen Deuchar
Ian Miller
Eddie Hall
Eddie Hall
Eddie Hall is a British single seater and karting driver from Essex, England. He began karting in the mid nineties and won a regional championship in 1997 before briefly moving up to Formula Ford in 1999. Since 2002 he has been racing in various UK and European Club100 Championships...


Ian Wilson
N/A N/A
2006 D'Oily Kart Marc Craddock
Graeme Coombes
Paul Hicks
Jamie Jakins
IMSD Racing Stephen Deuchar
Ian Miller
Eddie Hall
Eddie Hall
Eddie Hall is a British single seater and karting driver from Essex, England. He began karting in the mid nineties and won a regional championship in 1997 before briefly moving up to Formula Ford in 1999. Since 2002 he has been racing in various UK and European Club100 Championships...


Ian Wilson
N/A N/A
2007 D'Oily Kart Marc Craddock
Graeme Coombes
Jamie Jakins
NSPCC Pete O'Connor
Simon Young
Dan Gore
Tim Gibson
Will Gibson
N/A N/A
2008 Essex TT Trevor Randall
Ben Yeomans
Kieran McCullough
Mac Boys Gilles Chetelat
Damien Ducourty
Guillaume Stevens
Jean Letard
N/A N/A
2009 Steel London Jamie Jakins
Daniel Butler
Lee Clackett
Andy Baker
Es Car Go Geoff Symonds
Ross Andrews
Angus Boath
All Torque Barney Langley
Ross Britten
2010 Steel London Jamie Jakins
Lee Clackett
Pete O'Connor
Lufbra ? Lufbra ?

Premier Endurance Champions

Year Winning Team Winning Drivers Points
1997 Crazy Dimonds Russ Stephens
Neil Leaver
Jeremy Dart
400
1998 Crazy Dimonds Russ Stephens
Neil Leaver
Jeremy Dart
329
1999 Logic Racing Lee Pilcher
Ross Pilcher
Stephen Gibson
Chris Milan
360
2000 D'Oily Kart Marc Craddock
Luigi Mazza
780
2001 Essex TT Trevor Randall
Ben Yeomans
750
2002 Essex TT Trevor Randall
Ben Yeomans
775
2003 D'Oily Kart Marc Craddock
Paul Hicks
Luigi Mazza
765
2004 D'Oily Kart Marc Craddock
Paul Hicks
Graeme Coombes
770
2005 D'Oily Kart Marc Craddock
Paul Hicks
Graeme Coombes
765
2006 D'Oily Kart Marc Craddock
Paul Hicks
Graeme Coombes
Jamie Jakins
785
2007 D'Oily Kart Marc Craddock
Graeme Coombes
Jamie Jakins
785
2008 Team Red Steel Jamie Jakins
Dan Butler
Lee Clackett
765
2009 Team Red Steel Jamie Jakins
Dan Butler
Lee Clackett
785
2010 Just So Racing Stuart Symonds
Brian Trott
Phil Ingram
785

Clubman Endurance Champions

Year Winning Team Winning Drivers Points
2004 Cartman Alan Hindley
Ian Hindley
Dan Sullivan
565
2005 Team Red Steel Andy Hinder
Dan Butler
Lee Clackett
670
2006 Tanked Up Racing Anthony Teal
Darren Teal
575
2007 FB Racing Ian Perkins
Keith Perkins
420
2008 Ministry of Speed Jordan Hill
Stuart Davies
765
2009 High Times Richard Higham
Paul Higham
Parmveer Nijjar
750
2010 The Man's an ANIMAL Neil Small
Ian Blake
Aidan Ball
Tom Norton (Manager)
740

Intermediate Endurance Champions

Year Winning Team Winning Drivers Points
1999 Logic Fairway Rob Risbridger 746
2000 Yellow Peril Paul Williams
Chris Hoyle
James Godfrey
770
2001 LST Jon Luik
Chris Simpson
Brian Trott
755
2002 Rapido II John McMullan
Martin Cooke
735
2003 2 The Limit Simon Mace
Kevin O'Shea
775
2004 Team Rhenus Dean Evans
Brian Hawkins
770
2005 IMSD Racing Ian Miller
Stephen Deuchar
Eddie Hall
Eddie Hall
Eddie Hall is a British single seater and karting driver from Essex, England. He began karting in the mid nineties and won a regional championship in 1997 before briefly moving up to Formula Ford in 1999. Since 2002 he has been racing in various UK and European Club100 Championships...


Ian Wilson
730
2006 RBB Economics Dan Gore
Simon Young
Pete O'Connor
745
2007 Cunning Stunts Dan Sherwood
Paul Djuric
Andy Clarke
720
2008 KAD Racing Alan Bull
Karl Headleand
Dan Moore
730
2009 Auditing Armageddon JJ Aiston
Jon Buck
Doug Fidler
750
2010 Drive Fast Don't Crash Jon Maycock
Dave Vaughton
Nick Williams
715
2011 Akita 2 Sean Williams
Christophe Boudet
Alexi Vasiliou

Rookie Endurance Champions

Year Winning Team Winning Drivers Points
2003 Happy Racing Phil Harris 660
2004 Affinity Wills Gary Charles
James Attfield
Mike Burgess
750
2005 Team Dab Bruce Search
Dave Pooley
680
2006 Loose Heads Jon Wort
Colin Dangerfield
740
2007 KAD Racing Alan Bull
Karl Headleand
Dan Moore
720
2008 Team Ginsters Tom Foy
Oliver Hall
Ian Williams
730
2009 The New Yorkers Alex Drage
James Harris
James Open
755
2010 Pantera Racing Pete Mills
Liam Hitchen
740

Open Endurance Champions

Year Winning Team Winning Drivers Points
2003 Red Steel Racing Andy Hinder
Lee Clackett
290
2004 Red Steel Racing Andy Hinder
Lee Clackett
333
2005 Team Rhenus Dean Evans
Brian Hawkins
339
2006 Billy Whizzers Robert Carter
John McMullan
312
2007 Team Autotech Dean Evans
Brian Hawkins
291
2008 Team Banzai Dean Evans
Brian Hawkins
290
2009 Avit Racing Harry Landy
Glen Beard
Eddie Hall
Eddie Hall
Eddie Hall is a British single seater and karting driver from Essex, England. He began karting in the mid nineties and won a regional championship in 1997 before briefly moving up to Formula Ford in 1999. Since 2002 he has been racing in various UK and European Club100 Championships...


Jordan Hill
295
2010 Loud Pedal Racing James Taylor
Mark Burrel
Tim Hill
Jose Soler
295

O Plate Champions

Year Premier Drivers Clubman Drivers Rookie Drivers
2005 Essex TT Trevor Randall
Ben Yeomans
Kieran McCullough
IMSD Racing Stephen Deuchar
Eddie Hall
Eddie Hall
Eddie Hall is a British single seater and karting driver from Essex, England. He began karting in the mid nineties and won a regional championship in 1997 before briefly moving up to Formula Ford in 1999. Since 2002 he has been racing in various UK and European Club100 Championships...


Ian Wilson
Alex Withington
N/A N/A
2008 Team Red Steel Jamie Jakins
Dan Butler
Lee Clackett
Club Easy Glen Beard
Jordan Hill
Howard Kayman
N/A N/A

Spin off series

  • BPKDC Elite Series (2009 - present)
  • BUKC Championship
    British Universities Karting Championship
    The British Universities Karting Championship is an annual University-based kart racing competition in the United Kingdom, organised by 3T Racing Ltd in association with Club100 Racing Ltd.-The BUKC:...

     (2002 - present)
  • Advance Leisure (2003 - present)
  • Spiros 60 (2009 - present)
  • UK Challenge (2002-2005?)
  • City Challenge (2004)


Club100 have also been the promotors of the UK Easykart championship since its inception in 2007.

Notable Drivers

  • Damon Hill
    Damon Hill
    Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE is a retired British racing driver. In 1996 Hill won the Formula One World Championship. As the son of the late Graham Hill, he is the only son of a world champion to win the title...

     1996 Formula 1 World Champion
  • James Winslow
    James Winslow
    James Winslow is a British racing driver. He is the winner of four motorsport championships and currently competes in the Firestone Indy Lights series and the Australian Drivers' Championship.-2004-2008:...

    2008 Australian Formula 3 Champion
  • Alex Kapadia - 2009 European Radical Champion
  • Trevor Fowell - 2008 Caterham Academy Champion, 2009 Caterham Roadsport-B Champion, 2010 Caterham Superlight R300 Champion
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