CROOKE - NSW STATE CHAMPION
Photos by Shauna Horswell - Story by Jon Crooke

2009 CAMS NSW State 125 NGB Championship

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Round 1 - Eastern Creek
21-22 March 2009
Round 2 - Oran Park GP
30-31 June 2009

Crooke (88) and Rowell (96) fight it out for the title.

In the closest championship in recent memory, two of Australia's premier superkart drivers, Dean Crooke and Dalton Rowell have fought out the 2009 CAMS NSW State Championship, with Crooke narrowly beating Rowell to the title.

Crooke, with 3 wins, 3 seconds and a third, claimed the title from Rowell with 2 wins, 4 seconds and a third.
In every race only fractions of a second separated the leaders across the line. The finishing gap in one heat was only 1/8000th of a second.

Round 1 EASTERN CREEK - 4 races
The Championship started out as a 3 way fight between Dean Crooke, Alan Dodge and Dalton Rowell.
Alan Dodge was sensational in qualifying puting his Rotax on pole, over a second in front of Rowell and Crooke.
Crooke got off to a dodgy start with a mysterious engine miss that plagued his first 3 heats. Finally, 250 GB Champion Warren McIlveen pin-pointed the problem in time for the final and it was all systems go, with Crooke winning the crucial final race and Round One.

Round 2 ORAN PARK GP - 3 races
Mechanically things ran smoothly for Crooke all weekend at the Park with pole (.02 under his own lap record) and .7 quicker than Rowell in 2nd. The racing was tricky with with the curse of a mixed field of gearbox and non-gearbox competitors. Unfortunately a slower gearbox driver hampered Crooke's progress in all 3 races. Crooke also had to resist a massive challenge from Rowell in each race. Crooke still managed to lead almost every race lap, to take 2 wins and a second. Rowell took a stunning second heat win with a big move on Crooke on the last turn of the last lap.

The last and deciding heat was a thriller. Crooke lead with Rowell glued to his tail. On the second run over the bridge, a gearbox driver all but stopped in the middle of the track. As Crooke rear ended him, Rowell slipped through to a 2 second lead. Crooke, recovered and set about driving the lap of laps to take the 2 seconds back in one lap and catch and instantly re-pass Rowell for the lead. This motivated Rowell, who upped his pace by .5 second a lap and glued himself to Crooke's rear. As they approached the last corner, Rowell, with nothing to lose and everything to gain, hurled his kart down the inside. But this time Crooke was having none of it, executing an over and under maneuver to win the final race and the title by .07 of a second.

BIG THANKYOU TO:
Wayne and Shauna for their hospitallity at the Horswell resort.
Chris Jewell and the Velocity Managment Group.
David McAdam.

Round 1 - Eastern Creek

Top Guns Rowell, Crooke and Dodge, demonstrate formation drifting. The lead swapped several times a lap, every lap, in every race.

Turn 1. David McAdam (60) held 2nd briefly before the trio of Crooke (88), Rowell (96) and Dodge (77) disappeared into the distance.

Crooke on his way to winning the Eastern Creek final heat and Round 1.

Round 2 - Oran Park GP

Crooke leads the Max's over the flip-flop in the roll-round.

Race 1. Crooke leads a fast starting Allan Dodge and Dalton Rowell into turn 3.

Wayne Horswell had the eyes on again for Oran Park.

David McAdam leads Anthony Gattellaro.

2009 CAMS NSW State Championship Results
125MAX Superkarts
1	88	Dean Crooke
2	96	Dalton Rowell
3	77	Alan Dodge
Rd 1 Eastern Creek Race Results
	Race No.	Name	Heat 1	Heat 2	Heat 3	Final
1	88	Dean Crooke	2	3	2	1
2	96	Dalton Rowell	1	2	3	2
3	77	Alan Dodge	7	1	1	3
Rd 1 Oran Park GP Race Results
1	88	Dean Crooke	1	2	-	1
2	96	Dalton Rowell	2	1	-	2
3	77	Alan Dodge	3	DNF	-	4

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