Hegg Retains Gunn Trophy
Hegg Retains Gunn Trophy
Race Results: Friday 28th October
CC Rods Heat 1: 20, 99, 11, 289, 69, 252, 170, 91, 98, 708
Heat 2: 703, 99, 91, 145, 20, 289, 11, 252, 69, 98
Specialist Roofing Final: 99, 20, 170, 337, 252, 289, 91, 69, 26, 028
1300 Stock Cars Heat 1: 42, 188, 22, 410, 715, 923, 67, 44, 88, 17
Heat 2: 833, 188, 114, 67, 715, 42, 923, 668, 916, 888
Mr Gunn Final: 715, 668, 17, 67, 44, 411, 22, 88, 888, 42 (22 top white / yellow)
Ministox Heat 1: 388, 888, 7, 42, 699, 167, 647, 629, 858, 68
Heat 2: 68, 7, 84, 858, 167, 172, 484, 644, 014, 699
Final: 7, 629, 84, 172, 858, 207, 6, 42, 60, 339
It was an excellent night of stock car action on Friday 28th October at Lochgelly Raceway, with 9 excellent, action packed races.
The 1300 Stock Cars were the headline formula as they contested their annual Mr Gunn event, but any of the three formula in action could easily have fitted the bill as the ‘headline attraction’ given how great the racing was in all three formula. The CC Rods rounded off an excellent season with the track championship decided on the night, with additional meeting sponsorship coming from Specialist Roofing. The Ministox provided some great racing, with the track championship ultimately going to the final meeting of the season to be decided!
The CC Rods got the action underway on Friday, and a very competitive field of cars found the going tough in the dry conditions. The outside line was difficult to make work, and when a few drivers did try it, they found themselves at the front of a train, and one mistake could see them drop back considerably. There were some mouth-watering moments, but it would be a night of lower grade domination in terms of race wins – Brian Allen taking his first win of the season in the ex Raymond Brown car in the opening heat of the night, whilst Craig Mason also took his first win of the year in the second heat, as he had a shot of Natalie Mason’s car. Mason found himself well ahead of the pack, so much so that Jack Robertson thought he had won the race despite finishing in second place! The meeting final would see the cars gridded up as per the points they scored in the opening two heats – Jack Robertson, starting on pole position following 2 second place finishes in the heats. There would be no stopping Robertson, as he stormed clear of the field to take the win, and 4 tyres courtesy of Specialist Roofing. Brian Allen took his car to a second place finish, defending admirably from the pack behind, with Ian Christie completing the top three. Kyle Hutchison would claim the CC Rod Points Championship for 2022, finishing ahead of Lee Scott who put up a great fight in the closing part of the season!
The Ministox started off their weekend with an action packed night of racing – plenty of bumper work going on throughout each of the three races, with a rollover in the midst of things as well – Lewis Clark Burgoyne finding himself rolling as the cars entered the home straight in heat 2. Heat 1 seen an excellent showing from the Ford siblings – Cole Ford led home Eevie Ford in the pair’s first ever 1-2 finish in the formula, with National Champion Charlie Hardie finishing in third position. Heat 2 would see Eevie Ford’s night come to an end, with the driver hitting the wall hard on the exit of turn 4 and across the track into he infield – a sore driver as a result. Lewis Burgoyne would find himself on the receiving end of a hit from Bailey Millar on the last lap of the race, with Burgoyne bouncing off the wall and then over onto his roof. Charlie Burgoyne would take the race win ahead of Charlie Hardie and Robbie Armit – with Cole Ford taking a hit in the closing laps of the race from Sam Cavanagh. The meeting final seen another eventful race, with Sam Cavanagh again in thick of the action – A big hit during the race on Charlie Burgoyne would see him disqualified for his actions. The bumpers would continue to fly in throughout the race, with drivers chopping and changing positions regularly. Charlie Hardie would come through to take the race win – despite an excellent effort from Kerr Paterson who led the way much of the race before a yellow flag caution. Kerr to his credit, didn’t let Hardie run away, and put up a fight after losing the lead in the closing laps. Kerr would take second place however, with Robbie Armit completing the top three after overcoming a bunch of cars in the closing laps!
The 1300 Stock Cars were in great form – as has been the norm in 2022. Just under 30 cars took to the track on the night, with action from the outset in each of the three races. Billy Wilson charged to an excellent race win in heat 2, with the in-form Jamie Stewart finishing in second place. Heat 2 seen a big rollover for Gordon Myers – Myers was the unfortunate driver that got bounced around on the exit of turn 4 and into the home straight – with his car being knocked from side to side and eventually spun around with his car flipping just past the start finish line bringing out a red flag on only the second lap of the race. Scott Lindsell would go on to take the race win in the race, with Jamie Stewart again finishing in second place, with the returning Darren Suddaby taking a great third place finish. The meeting final was the main event though – with the cars lining up to the much loved ‘Dignity’, before ‘We Will Rock You’ sounded to the cars beginning their rolling lap. Kyle Hegg – Who won the event in 2021 was determined for more success and quickly found his way to the front of the grid in dominant style. A comfortable win looked to be on the horizon, but with only a couple of laps remaining, Courtney Cameron – on her racing debut at 16 years old – found herself upside down on the home straight, clattered by a couple of oncoming cars. A quick checkover, and all was good with the driver, and the race resumed in single file manner. Kyle Hegg restarted the race and found himself opening up a small gap to Charlie Henry in the closing laps to take the win. The melay behind him though, was dramatic – second, third, fourth, fifth and others were all up for grabs, and on the last corner of the race, the bumpers went in hard, the sparks flew as the cars hit the wall! Fraser Clark beat Stuart Farrell to the line, with Farrells car limping across the line with substantial damage to the front end. Craig Haxton, Gareth Halliday, Brant West and Steven Gold all crossed the line within seconds of each other behind, with the unfortunate Charlie Henry finding herself pinned to the wall on turn 4 as a result, dropping her down the order. To her credit, she got the car freed and cross the line shortly afterwards.
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