Edinburgh/Glasgow Varsity Go-Karting
A sixteen man contingent from Edinburgh University Motor Sport Club triumphed in their annual karting endurance event against rivals from Glasgow University.
The four teams of Edinburgh drivers brought home first, third, fourth and fifth place glory in the eight kart race demonstrating their dominance over the competition and gaining the premier engraving on a new trophy, awarded to the winners of the now well established event for the first time.
Two hour race was forever intense though, as the Glasgow and Edinburgh A-Teams stayed locked in a constant battle for the lead with neither side able to pull ahead convincingly until the closing minutes on the track when the Edinburgh team, lead by captain Calum Hughes, put on a charge and gained valuable laps over the stiff competition from Glasgow.
The rest of the field was firmly in the hands of the Edinburgh B, C and D teams as they swiftly built a strong lead over the audacious but nonetheless unsuccessful efforts of the remaining Glasgow teams. The Edinburgh B and C crews even had the time and track-space to start some fierce racing amongst themselves mid-race before calming down and regaining focus in the closing stages of the race to take third and fourth place.
Edinburgh’s D-Team who finished in fifth place were by no-means short of talent. Drivers Stephen Walls and Nick Osborne both raced exceptional but exhausting thirty minute stints in the middle of the race, setting some very respectable lap times in the process that kept the Glasgow racers confined to the bottom of the running order.
The evening’s racing against some determined opposition was an excellent showground for the huge quantity of skill in the Motor Sport Club and the sportsmanship and prowess of the University Sports Union as a whole.
