11th April 2014

James Sera nominated as Waverley Leader Senior Sports Star

James Sera leads the Victorian contingent at the Victorian Go Kart Championships at Oakleigh Go Kart Track in Clayton. Pic: Mid Corner Photography

COMPETITORS travelled from far and wide to contest the Victorian Sprint Kart Championships at the Oakleigh Go Kart Club in Clayton South last weekend.

In the end, it was a driver who lives less than 10-minutes drive from the circuit who was the biggest winner.

For almost 25 years, Clayton’s James Sera has been a regular competitor at the Deals Road venue and last weekend was his time to shine.

Sera was victorious in the highly competitive X30 Light class and the Clubman Light class.

Both races saw him lead home a trifecta of drivers from the home state. In X30 Light he took the win from Taylors Lakes driver Leigh Nicolaou and his younger cousin David.

In Clubman Light, Narre Warren’s Daniel Rochford finished second ahead of Beaumaris’ Ashley Arora.

‘I put in a big effort leading into the event to make it a success,” Sera, who operates the James Sera Karting Centre in Clayton, said.

‘So it is very rewarding to know that this preparation has all paid off. It was also good to have a lot of my customers gain some good results across the weekend. Seeing them achieve the results is almost as pleasing as winning myself.

‘(Cousin) David (Sera) definitely kept me honest in the heat races, and I struggled to match his pace in the early laps of X30 Light. But, I always seemed to have more speed in the longer races.

‘In Clubman Light, Daniel Rochford really gave me a good challenge in the final. I knew someone was there for the entire distance but until the final lap, when Daniel tried to make a move for the lead, I didn’t know who it was.”

Between James and David Sera, who racked up the 51st state championship of his illustrious career with victory in Clubman Heavy class last week, the pair has now amassed 78 state championships between them.