The final round of this year’s CRC Speedshow-sponsored Top Half kart series in Auckland this weekend looks set to be the biggest yet.

“That’s right,” said series spokesperson Jared Lawson. “It looks like the final number could be around the 140 mark this weekend.”

The annual series sees competitors from nine KartSport clubs across the upper North Island, from Whangarei in the north, Tokoroa the south and all points inbetween, battle each other for individual class as well as collective club honours.

Heading into the final of four rounds at the KartSport Auckland club’s Strata Networks Raceway in Avondale this Sunday, KartSport Mt Wellington club members lead the points standings in four of the nine classes but four other clubs – from the sizable KartSport Hamilton to the much smaller, Eastern Bay of Plenty – have members leading the other five.

It’s also still very close at the top too, with KartSport Tokoroa’s Bradley Tyrrell leading 125cc Rotax Max Heavy by just one point from clubmate Caleb Hartley, and KartSport Hamilton club member Suvarn Naidoo leading Formula Junior by just five points from KartSport Auckland driver Dylan Smith.

With the support of CRC Speedshow and a number of other sponsors the annual Top Half Series is one of the best supported regional competitions on the New Zealand KartSport calendar. One of the reasons is the prize pool which this year includes $5000 worth of cash prizes to class place-getters, a custom-painted Arai helmet, and a set of MG tyres.

Competitors in this year’s series also have sponsor CRC Speedshow’s annual automotive and motorsport expo to look for. It is being held at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds over the July 19-20 weekend.