BUS passengers in Vazon coast road had a longer journey than they might have expected on Saturday afternoon. But at least they got a good view of the finish of the quarter-mile sprint staged by the Guernsey Kart & Motor Club.

It was the first time that the sprint organisers have had problems with buses wanting to get through during a meeting, as GK & MC president Mark Scott explained.

‘It wasn’t the bus company’s fault. We always have a diversion but this time the buses couldn’t use the diversion because of a closed road.

‘They told us they would have four an hour [coming along] but it seemed more like every 10 minutes,’ said Scott, whose solution to the problem was to allow them through at the end of each run.

‘The bus company were great and they understood. But some of them had to wait 20 minutes until the end of a run.

‘We’ve never had it happen before,’ said Scott, whose organising team were also faced with the unusual problem of a lack of marshals.

‘It was all down to a certain football match being played.

‘By the time four o’clock [kick-off time] came, there was no one there, just the drivers.’

Despite the logistical headaches, competitors still got five runs in, including practice, and several records fell.

The record-breakers were John Rowlinson, Scott Rayson, Simon Bradbury, James Hill, Neil Ridley, Matt Corson and Steve Marquis.

The day’s quickest time was a 10.16sec. by Peter Price.