On August 8th-10th at Whilton Mill in Northamptonshire Will participated in the TKM Festival, a televised event with over 150 drivers. Will got back late Thursday night after a day of KF1 in Larkhallm to run with the Dave Litchfield team.
On Friday Alan Dove was helping out for a day of testing, which fortunately stayed dry. On Saturday the rain came down, which benefited Will because h was unable to afford new slick tyres for race day. Qualifying went well with El Bandito setting pole position immediately and getting faster as the soaking wet session progressed. The Tonykart chassis and setup help from Dave and Nick Jepson was superb in the wet and meant Will took pole overall, beating the other 84 TKM Extreme drivers.
The 1st heat remained wet and saw Dendy line up 5th on the grid. After a battle for a few laps with various drivers Will set out to catch the leader, but was unable due to an experimentation with high tyre pressures, but 2nd was a good result to begin the heats. Dendy began the second heat 15th place in drying conditions, and didn't have the correct tyres and could only manage 9th at the flag.
Will was gridded 16th for heat 3 and as the drivers headed out on the warm up lap the rain came down, meaning they were all driving in the wet on slicks! Once up to 5th, Will's relative inexperience showed as he made a mistake, putting him down to 18th.
The poor 3rd heat meant Will lined up for the 'Elite' final 21st, and this proved to be a bad place to start as Ryan Cole, Will and Randall Lynn all came off worst on the 1stlap carnage. For the main final will started 33rd and was through to 20th quickly. Just as the kart started to come on Will was taken out of approximately 15th place on lap 9, after setting a 48.8, the same time as the eventual winner who was on brand new tyres.
Will and the team have created a new and totally unique way of raising cash for his 2009 racing campaign named 'Race your Face'
The new scheme allows individuals and companies to buy a passport photo (45mm x 35mm) sized 'block' on the kart for £10. People can put anything from a photo of themselves and their family to their pet or a logo! This also means that companies who want a larger space on the kart can buy more blocks!
The team are also giving a brand new set of slicks to the driver who comes up with the most amusin/most original 'block'! This is your chance to win a hundred quids worth of Karting gear for getting one up on your mates!
Included in the £10 for each block, is a photo of your photo on the kart and updates on how Will's 2009 season is progressing!
There will be a total of 400 spaces on the kart and one thing is for sure, it will look pretty cool once full!
So far we have had many individuals buying spaces, and many local companies including HG Rapkin Electronics, HumGT, Kartmania '08, A&B Harris Plumbing, EmbroidMe Northampton, JB Services, Ortech Ltd and interest from many more! Check out the Race your Face section for more details on who's bought blocks so far!
If you are interested in having your face or logo plastered on the kart, check out http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180261103518 or please send details to
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of how many blocks you would like to buy, your name and address (so we can send you a photo of your block on the kart.) Don't forget to attach your photo too!
More info very soon!
Will quicka than Mika in Southern France with Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
Friday, 23 May 2008 17:50
After a slight delay at the Airport, Will arrived in the South of France to attend a warm and sunny Paul Ricard High Tech Test Track, regularly used for Formula 1 and Le Mans testing to meet with McLaren Mercedes, Aixro and Swiss Hutless.
Dendy clocks lap record pace on old tyres and snapped chassis
Saturday, 28 June 2008 17:03
Recently Will has been using AIM data logging technology to analyse his performance around Whilton Mill, allowing him to set times well under the lap record. Data logging is now commonly used at the top level of the sport and can be used to record throttle position, brake pressure, steering movement, G-forces, GPS and speed. With a snapped chassis, old tyres and a kart 6kg overweight Will was lapping at lap record pace. With new tyres and a straight kart, low 47 second laps are possible around the Northamptonshire circuit, the lap record being a 48.15.
Evenflow kart training and Will have had 2 days at the circuit using the exciting technology, and have found nearly 1 second! A lot of the most useful data has been published on a new website, www.kartintelligence.com including some secrets of Will's throttle trace and braking technique.
Evenflow can be contacted on 01536 799 008 check out their website www.evenflow.co.uk
