From 20th on the grid the championship leader made remarkable progress in the early laps and passed both Walsh and Max Robinson on the final lap to put all his rivals on notice that the #3 Kart would be the machine to beat before the day was out.
Robinson and Walsh rounded out the top five with Scotland’s Jack
Williams an excellent sixth and Lewis Hall seventh from grid 16.
Sutton showed his true potential in heat two, moving from 14th to first and taking the win from the closely following Ben Palmer with Joe Boullen hanging on to third after a clear three kart breakaway. Jordan King claimed fourth from Robinson, Walsh and Carl Stirling although Bowyer’s luck ran out, as he was ‘meatball’ flagged for a mechanical problem before returning to the race a lap down in 19th position.
With Sutton absent from heat three it was Williams’ turn to shine as he claimed a popular win from Pippa Coleman and the ever-present Robinson. Coleman’s drive was especially noteworthy, repelling several attacks from Robinson and fourth place finisher Ollie Varney while remaining within one second of the leader.
Hall was especially disappointed with fifth place, especially as he started from the second row while Walsh took his second straight sixth place finish ahead of Rossano Bhandal, Henry Easthope, Bowyer, Palmer and a strangely off-colour Fletcher.
The concluding Mini Max heat was all about Sutton who dominated proceedings from pole position and finished more than three seconds clear of his nearest rival with the fastest lap of the race to boot. Like in heat two Sutton’s closest competition came in the form of Palmer although the Maidenhead driver had to battle past Luke Gardiner in the final stages to claim second spot. Gardiner recovered well from an earlier DNF with third with Jordan King leading a three-kart scrap home for fourth place.
