1300s Shine in Euro Championship
1300s Shine in Euro Championship
Race Results: Saturday 3rd June
Saturday
Junior American Cup Car Racing Heat 1: 17, 11, 01, 32, 21, 63, 46, 96, 27
Heat 2: 17, 32, 01, 46, 11, 22, 63, 96, 27
Heat 3: 01, 17, 32, 22, 46, 11, 63, 96, 77
1300 Stock Cars Last Chance: 30, 672, 648, 136, 400, 16, 113, 849
Spedeworth TV European Championship 106, 137, 923, 388, 44, 888, 391, 146, 835, 638
Heat 1: 183, 638, 16, 584, 671, 400, 117, 137, 946, 411
Heat 2: 668, 600, 924, 888, 146, 391, 835, 672, 638, 916
2.0 Hot Rods Heat 1: 107, 52, 331, 23, 35, 977, 929*, 745, 909, 342
Heat 2: 162, 761, 161, 743, 977, 114, 196, 745, 929, 909
Heat 3: 82, 342, 144, 959, 52, 161, 21, 743*, 331*, 178*
Junior Productions Heat 1: 171, 81, 314*, 35, 9, 352*, 636, 5, 900, 10
Heat 2: 441, 314, 81, 576, 352*, 171, 900, 49, 9*, 10
Final: 352, 35, 49, 74, 636, 10, 232, 9 NOF
American Cup Car Racing Heat 1: 25, 77, 19, 69, 10, 11, 73, 18, 10, 82
Heat 2: 82, 73, 1, 69, 77, 19, 18, 10, 29, 25
Heat 3: 77, 69, 19, 82, 1, 73, 10, 21, 25, 29
Sunday
Junior American Cup Car Racing Heat 4: 17, 21, 01, 32, 11, 63, 46, 77, 96, 22
Heat 5: 17, 22, 21, 46, 11, 01, 96, 63
Scottish Championship: 17, 01, 21, 11, 46, 63, 32, 96, 77, 27
1300 Stock Cars Scottish Open: 126, 391, 146, 44, 183, 638, 106, 137, 600, 977
Heat 1: 671, 400, 75, 514, 16, 183, 638, 600, 8, 378
Heat 2: 668, 183, 997, 75, 146, 671, 44, 600, 137, 888
2.0 Hot Rods Fife Medical Group European Championship: 52, 342, 977, 23, 144, 929*, 147, 909*, 745*, 107
Scottish Open: 147, 77, 82, 154, 743*, 196, 977, 52, 144, 959
All Comers: 196, 144, 228, 977, 82, 52, 147, 21, 114, 161
Ministox Heat 1: 7, 42, 484, 145, 68, 27, 339, 629, 52, 14
Heat 2: 7, 42, 014, 484, 629, 68, 172, 27, 339, 249
Final: 484, 7, 172, 14, 42, 629, 339, 858, 68, 145
American Cup Car Racing Heat 4: 1, 18, 69, 77, 73, 82, 21, 19, 42, 29
Heat 5: 19, 69, 82, 77, 42, 73, 01, 25, 10, 21
Scottish Championship: 82, 69, 73, 77, 19, 25, 21, 10, 42, 1
It was a two day special event, and it truly brought some special moments across the two days of spectacular stock car racing.
The 1300 Stock Cars took centre stage on the Saturday night, as they raced for their Spedeworth TV European Championship. In excess of 40 cars took to the grid to contest their main event. The evening kicked off with a last chance race for those that weren’t seeded into the main event, but fancied a chance at getting onto the back of the grid. 30 Josh Wells would be the first driver to cross the line to claim a place on the grid, with Jason McAlpine, Ryan Muirhead and Roy Phillipe also claiming a spot on the grid.
The European Championship was an action packed race, with plenty of incidents throughout, keeping everyone on their toes from start to finish. The race itself seen Liam Santry draw pole position, and drove excellently throughout the race, controlling a number of yellow flag cautions and controlling the starts to make the most of them, although, was almost caught out on one as the starter threw the green flag as the lead car came into turn 4. A chain reaction of bumpers clashed, but Santry maintained the lead of the race. An excellent battle commenced, as defending champion Carl Waterfield closed in and got to the front briefly, before the bumpers starting going in and positions chopped and changed on a regular basis. Waterfield would find himself spun around, and out of contention in the closing stages of the race. Darren Terry Brand and Curtis Tebbenham were also both in the mix of the action as the lead pack continued to trade blows. Brand broke clear of the pack and put some day light between himself and the challengers behind. Northern Irelands Chris Hamill took a few shunts during the race, but also made good progress and was in amongst the front group of drivers. England’s Darren-Terry Brand would take the flag, and become the 2023 1300 Stock Cars European Champion. Curtis Tebbenham finished second, holding off Hamill and long time leader, Liam Santry who finished just behind. The following races on the Saturday night were just as lively, with Charlie Henry climbing the wall in one race, and finding herself point the wrong way in another in a busy field of cars. The tough girl racer though, wouldn’t let any of that phase her as she drove her car off to safety on both occasions. Ryan Jordan would take victory in ‘heat 1’ of the Saturday night, with Darren Rae finishing in second and Michael Stewart bringing his car home in an excellent third position. Heat 2 would see Scotsman Fraser Clark take the victory, charging from the rear end of a near 40 car grid. Ivan Elliot and outgoing European Champion Carl Waterfield would complete the top three on the final race of the Saturday night. Sunday afternoon seen an Incarace draw take place to determine the grid for the Scottish Open Championship. Danny Whyte would find himself on pole position, and got off to a flying start and opened up a healthy lead as the cars behind battled it out for the positions. As the race drew on, Whyte’s lead would narrow, and a last bender was a near possibility for 391 Jake Banwell, but Banwell opted to settle for second place ahead of Jack Aylward. Aylward drove an excellent race and didn’t mess around behind anyone as he quickly despatched of them at the first opportunity. Leo Moore looked quick all weekend. The shale regular took a win in heat 1 on the Sunday ahead of Lee Kingsnorth, who was making his first outing in the car he only just picked up on Friday! Mike Courts took a third place finish. Heat 2 would be another lively affair, with plenty of action, with Fraser Clark again taking the race win. Ryan Jordan and Matthew Milliken would complete the top three, and round off an excellent weekend of racing for the 1300 Stock Cars.
The 2.0 Hot Rods contested their three qualifying heats for their Fife Medical Group European Championship on the Saturday night, with the main race taking place on the Sunday afternoon. The 2.0 Hot Rods had a bit of a mixed Saturday night, with various talking points resulting in numerous drivers docked throughout the evening as they fell foul to the steward decisions. The formula is a non-contact class, and any contact where advantage was perceived to have been beneficial, would result in a docking for the driver making the infringement. Many drivers were disappointed at being penalized and as such, protested at great length to argue their point. Scotsman Marc Honeyman got off to the perfect start in the qualifying heats, claiming a fantastic race win ahead of a charging Ben Murray, with Jason Jackson finishing behind in third position. Heat 2 of the night would see the Southern Irish drivers dominate – a race win for Ian Riordan, and a runners up spot for Brendan O’Connell. English driver, and former Oval Legends champion, Dan Holden would finish in third place. The final qualifying heat would see another Scottish victory – this time going the way of 82, Keith Brown. Adam Heatrick brought his car home in second place, ahead of Cameron Willacy. The Sunday afternoon seen Ben Murray start the European Championship race on pole position with Dan Holden on the outside of the front row. As the green flag dropped, Murray got the perfect start and was into the lead of the race by the end of the first lap, however, Holden starting alongside him would find himself tangle with Jason Jackson on the opening lap, with both cars dropping down the order as a result. Keith Brown found his race over on the opening lap as his car came to halt shortly after the green dropped, whilst Marc Honeyman found himself with damage after a few cars came together on turn 1 of the opening lap. A lap or so later, would see a yellow flag caution for the stricken Craig Mason car. A single file restart was had, and Murray led it expertly, controlling the pack and opening up a lead in the first few laps of the restart. Adam Heatrick was always there or thereabouts, but was unable to keep up a sustained challenge to force Murray into a mistake. Heatrick did make a couple of attempts, but couldn’t make the moves stick, and it would be Murray that cross the line first to take the European Championship ahead of Adam Heatrick. Behind the 342 car of Heatrick, there was a number of great races, with Connor Hughes charging through the grid and up into 4th place by the end of the race, though would find himself dropped to 6th as a result of contact during the race. James Morris would inherit fourth place behind World Champion Jordan Rochford who finished in third. Cameron Willacy drove a mature race to bring his car home in one piece, and took a fifth place finish away for his efforts. Gerry Hendry had no luck in the heats, and started last car on the grid, though came away with a 7th place finish after all the dockings. Hendry would go on to claim the Scottish Open Championship ahead of Sam Owen and Drew McKewon. Allan Gibson would take victory in the final hot rod race of the weekend.
The Junior Productions were in attendance on Saturday night, with Lexi Crooks visiting from Northern Ireland. There must have been something in the air on Saturday, as the Juniors drove the cars like stock cars, and not a rod based formula. Crooks would start the night off superbly, with a race win in the opening heat having inheriting the win from the docked Hollie Ritchie, before tangling with Koddi Wright in the closing stages of heat 2 and spinning around whilst in second place, although just reached the finish line behind Abe Adams. Jack Baird would find himself loaded for the night following an altercation with Jase Walle. Aiden McKinnon would take the win in heat 2 ahead of Hollie Ritchie. Koddi Wright would take victory in the final ahead of Jase Walle and Connie Anderson.
The Ministox joined us on Sunday, and provided some good racing despite lower than normal number of cars. Charlie Hardie took two out of three race wins, with Dean Heeps taking a race win in the meeting final.
The American Cup Cars and Junior American Cup Cars both made their annual trip to Scotland, and both sounded great, and provided great racing. The Senior version seen the Scottish Championship go the way of 82 Ross Naylor, and the Junior version Scottish Championship go the way of 17 Reilly Fields.
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