Drivers from Lithgow, Coffs Harbor and Tamworth were involved.

Initially the club was hoping more than 80 drivers would contest the event, which is the final meeting on the State calendar for the year.

“But with the way things are at the moment, I’m happy with 75 drivers,’’ Manning Kart Club president Darren Chick said.

Dave Hamnett winners were Manning driver Riley Rouse in the juniors with visiting driver Mitchell Hewitt taking out the seniors

The meeting started under clear skies with nine classes, some having up to 18 drivers. Racing began around 1.45pm with the finals conducted under lights.

There were three qualifying heats and final, with the final only counts. Qualifying was close from pole to second in some classes with 18 karts covered by just one second.

 Stand out Manning drivers included Jamie Newton who put his kart on pole in cadet 12; Malcolm Inman, Riley Rouse and Brad Caldon. 

The feature event, the senior Dave Hamnett trophy race had 18 drivers heading into turn one. Pole sitter Nathan Taylor was bumped back to 12th and after some aggressive moves Mitchell Hewitt, Todd Stocks, Chris Bregonje, Hudson Heath and Mathew Kenneth were in the lead after the first lap. After four laps Todd fell back to fourth behind Hudson and as the race wound down Nathan was passing karts every lap.

However, Mitch grabbed line honours by .037 seconds over Chris followed by Hudson and locals Todd Stocks, Zac Stocks and Brad Caldon.

The KA4 JL was the Dave Hamnett trophy for juniors with pole sitter Kia Morgan, Jack Childs, Riley Rouse and Lawson Latham the main contenders. 

As the karts headed down to turn one Riley made up one spot, putting Jack back to third and Lawson close by in fourth. The four drivers were within eight kart lengths of each another and the race stayed this way until lap 14. Within 60m of the finish line the drivers caught up to a slow kart coming onto the main straight, with the karts bunching up and spreading across the track trying to make room. Riley was first by .012 of a second from an unlucky Kai with Jack .069 second behind in third. Lawson was fourth, just .164 behind. 

Cadet 12 was a race between front runners Jamie Newton and Cooper Barnes with Jamie winning by .05 second over Cooper and Lachlan Gilles. 

Cadet nine, like the cadet 12, was a race in two with Christiaan Chateau beating Jarris Walker by .4 second. Samuel Bodely was a distant third.

The 4SS class was highlighted by close racing before Brad Caldon emerged the winner from Mark Pearce and Brynn Pearce.

KA3 SM was a family affair with brothers Hayden and Brady Buchanan from Coffs Harbour dominating. Hayden won from  Brady while Malcolm Inman rounded off the podium.

The KA4 JH class had it all before Caleb Di Claudio secured a win, but the rest of the field bunched up. There was another incident before Jy Lynn finished second with Rohan Gresham third. 

A quality field of 15 that included State champions lined up in KA3 SL. Thomas Hayman was victorious over Jake Horsey by .66 second with Mathew Hill third.