1998 James Crofts
1999 Phil Moreton
2000 Mike Pugh
2001 Mark Johnston
2002 Mike Pugh
2003 Simon Joannou
2004 Simon Joannou
Consisted of 6 Rounds
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Round: 1
Whilton Mill
5th February 2003
4th completing 142 laps
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Round: 2
Warden Law
14th February 2003
9th completing 104 laps
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Round: 3
Buckmore Park
26th February 2003
9th completing 144 laps
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Round: 4
Ellough Park
8th March 2003
6th Overall
Individual Races; 14th 2nd 14th 4th
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Round: 5
Clay Pigeon
19th March 2003
6th Overall
Individual Races; 6th 7th 6th 26th
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Position Number University Points After Dropped Scores
1 3 Leeds A 171 138
2 8 Imperial A 164 137
3 6 Oxford Brookes A 161 132
4 15 Bath A 154 130
5 1 Loughborough A 147 123
6 26 Warwick A 148 120
7 5 Swansea A 146 119
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2003 expanded upon 2002's new format, increasing the round count to 5 and also introducing the race format where each team member got a 30 minute race rather than a whole team doing 2 hours.
This was used for the last 2 rounds, and was a great success.
Building on their speed from the 2002 campaign, Leeds A were preseason favourites, but come the last round of the championship it looked like the momentum was with Imperial A, who had won 2 out of their last 3 races and finished second in the other.
However Leeds beat them in the end by keep their scoring consistent while Imperial lost out due to their drop score coming in the first round. However Oxford Brookes were not far behind in 3rd.
A record 22 universities took part, fielding a massive 38 teams between them, and the championship visited prize winning turnip country for Round 4 at Ellough Park.
Swansea Institutes Team finished a very creditable 7th.
Consisted of 4 Rounds
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Round: 1
Whilton Mill
20th February 2002
7th completing 107 laps
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Round: 2
Buckmore Park
6th March 2002
3rd completing 146 laps
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Round: 3
Rye House
20th March 2002
5th with 80 points
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Round: 4
Clay Pigeon
27th March 2002
6th with 75 points
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Position Number University Points
1 11 Loughborough A 390
2 29 Leeds A 385
3 9 Swansea A 315
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Championship Name:
Inter University Karting Championship
Organised by:
University of Nottingham Motorsport Club and Imperial College Motor Club
Nottingham and Imperial took over the organisation for 2002, with Imperial leading the move to using Club100's fleet of 100cc 2-stroke TKMs. A record 33 teams from 17 universities took part, but overall, 2002 was Loughborough's year. After threatening to dominate in previous years but never delivering, Loughborough took the lead at round 1 and never lost it. Never out of the top two positions, and scoring the championship's first ever 1-2 along the way, Lougborough looked like champions all year. The only team capable of keeping up with them were Leeds A, running them close by finishing only 5 points behind overall - the difference between 2nd and 3rd was a huge 70 points. Showing that both teams must be considered strong