Huge Crowd Wowed By Van Bangers
Huge Crowd Wowed By Van Bangers
Race Results: Saturday 6th November
Superstox Heat 1: 446, 119, 55, 171, 128, 26, 28, 34, 426, 703
Heat 2: 171, 446, 119, 55, 26, 217, 34, 28, 426, 703
Final: 446, 611, 119, 171, 217, 28, 34, 703, 426, 506
Van Bangers Scottish: 166, 180, 74, 96
Heat 1: 74, 883, 320
Heat 2: 74, 883
DD: 96
Stock Rods Heat 1: 648, 27, 188, 700, 658, 605, 46, 54, 721, 10
Heat 2: 10, 188, 605, 700, 248, 658, 27, 721, 261, 54
Final: 700, 658, 27, 10, 721, 188, 46, 232, 612, 261
ProStocks Heat 1: 170, 133, 122, 83, 638, 134, 213, 672
Heat 2: 638, 83, 133, 760, 122, 304, 213
Final: 638, 134, 170, 304, 83, 760, 213, 122
2.0 Hot Rods Heat 1: 82, 147, 16, 662, 217, 610, 178, 67, 107, 144
Heat 2: 82, 147, 529, 178, 144, 26, 107, 662, 610, 217
Final: 147, 662, 178, 529, 82, 26, 178, 16, 703, 144
It was the final meeting of the season for a number of formula on Saturday night, with a few points championship’s sewn up along the way. The Superstox class seen Bryan Forrest awarded with the track points shield yet again, although, Dean Johnston put up a good fight and only finished narrowly behind! In the Stock Rod class, Darren McAlpine secured the track championship, whilst in the 2.0 Hot Rods, youngster Cameron Willacy added the track championship to his list of accomplishments throughout 2021.
The racing itself was full of excitement, with a slippery track to contend with throughout the night, it made for some interesting racing!! The Superstox battled bravely throughout the night, with debutants Craig Mason and John Downs finding the track conditions more alike an ice rink than a tarmac oval! Dean Johnston and Mark Brady were the two drivers that came away with race wins on the night, though, Lee Livingston was unfortunate having looked to be the quickest driver on the night in the less than ideal conditions!! Livingston set the fastest lap in a couple of the races, and had he not had a couple of early mishaps – would likely have been walking away with at least one win under his belt. The slower track conditions meant that the star graded drivers found it tougher to make headway through the traffic, enabling some of the lower graded drivers the opportunity to battle bravely throughout the evening – none moreso than Adam Low and Ciaran Adams – with both drivers showing determination and grit to keep those behind at bay. Scottish Champion Aaron Riddell found the going tough from the very back of the grid throughout the evening, though did pick up three top three finishes on the night as he found a setup that worked for him.
The Stock Rods seen another good field of cars, with a couple of drivers joining us for the 1st time in 2021! Craig Watson finally got an opportunity to show off his new car, though was plagued by fuelling issues throughout the night, which hampered his progress in each of the races – it will be something he will be hoping to rectify over the winter months, with a view of hitting the ground running in 2022! Leon Stewart found himself racing with us, and found the conditions difficult it seemed, with a few spins throughout the night, whilst also being collected by the oncoming Jamie Stewart on one occasion! Niall McFerran looks to be becoming a regular attendee at Lochgelly Raceway, having made his 2nd appearance in a row. The Northern Irish driver has been living in Scotland and may well become a regular attendee in the 2022 campaign. Alex McDonald also made an outing at Lochgelly Raceway, and seemed to fair well throughout the night – avoiding any incidents, and finding some good track speed himself. Robbie Hamilton finally managed to secure a win on home soil in the opening race of the night, benefiting from the demotion of Jamie Stewart who was adjudged to have held the pack up too much at one of the restarts. Niall McFerran took the 2nd heat win, before Ian Donaldson took the win in the meeting final – continuing his impressive form in the Stock Rod class of late.
The ProStocks had a few less cars than expected, though, managed to put on a good showing. Lee Kopacz made only his 2nd appearance of the season at Lochgelly Raceway, and looked to be in the mood, picking up a few good results, and sticking the bumper into good effect throughout the evening as well, though did find himself on the receiving end at the end of the night as well! John Mason and Jason McAlpine had a coming together in the meeting final as well, with Mason putting a fair, but big hit in on the McAlpine car, that left McAlpine stranded against the wall. World Cup winner Ian Christie took a race win in the opening race of the night, with Darren Rae going onto take a heat and final double, and move ahead in the track championship standings in the process. The ProStocks are back with us next Saturday in the final outing of the season, in an event that will see the National Points and HRP Points determined!
A healthy field of 2.0 Hot Rods provided some great racing throughout the night, despite the less than ideal conditions. Heat 1 of the night seen Jock Campbell disqualified from the race having been deemed to make excessive contact with Jason Secker and spinning him out in the process, whilst former F2 star Keith Brown had his best outing to date in the class – taking away a double heat win which will see him move upto yellow grade for the start of the 2022 campaign. Gerry Hendry returned to action having sat out a few meetings, and will be satisfied with his efforts on the night – taking away 2 runner up spots, and a win in the meeting final as well. A difficult night was had for Cameron Willacy, who went into the meeting with a seemingly comfortable margin over Jason Secker in the quest to become the track champion – though, difficult conditions, and being caught up a couple of times seem him finish further back than he had hoped – and in the end, just hung on to take the title, though Secker will be gutted having found himself docked for jumping a start in the meeting final as well! 2022 will see a few new drivers come into the formula, and it looks set to be a titanic battle between a number of the star names with Kevin Stewart returning to action as well.
The Van Banger Scottish Championship was the main attraction, and with just under 15 vans on track, it was an entertaining affair – as is the norm with Van Bangers, the track quickly became treacherous and greasy, with vans stricken around the raceway!! Englishman Andy Armstrong would be the driver that would come out on top and took away the Scottish Championship as a result of his efforts, making the journey north worthwhile! Jamie Sangster took away a double race win, whilst Callum Marshall would claim the DD after a big head on seen a couple of the competitors ruled out of the reckoning!!
A mid event firework display wowed the crowd as well, with one of the biggest displays at HRP in history. The large crowd will have left the raceway at night entertained, and looking forward to coming back for more on track action!!
We are back this Saturday night, with our final meeting until our Hogmanay special. The Micro Bangers are in action, whilst the 1300 Stock Cars battle it out for the Michelle Freck Memorial shield. The Junior Productions and ProStocks both also feature in a night that will see funds raised for a couple of charities close to some of the racing communities hearts. The evening will round off with a CARAVAN CARNAGE DEMOLITION DERBY!! Visit our website at hardieracepromotions.co.uk for more information!
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Previous Meeting Results
09/11/24 - Charity Event Success02/11/24 - Barron In Van Banger Joy25/10/24 - Muirhead at the double19/10/24 - Johnston and Dean In Scottish Glory12/10/24 - Cobb Takes World Glory05/10/24 - Brown Retains Hot Rod Scottish28/09/24 - Stewart claims 1300 Scottish21/09/24 - Smith Wins Super2s Scottish14/09/24 - Cunningham Does The Double07/09/24 - Burns Wins JusBounce Shield30/08/24 - Friday Night Results24/08/24 - 24th August Results17/08/24 - Rae On Top of the World10/08/24 - 10th August Results03/08/24 - Croskell In Scottish Delight27/07/24 - Wilson Claims Ninja Scottish20/07/24 - Dickson on top of the World29/06/24 - Bangers Wreak Havoc22/06/24 - York and Hardie In Championship Success15/06/24 - Chaos at Lochgelly Raceway08/06/24 - Saturday 8th June Results01/06/24 - June Speed Weekend Results25/05/24 - Race Report 25th May18/05/24 - Plenderleith In Ministox Success11/05/24 - McMills in Hot Rod Success04/05/24 - Saturday 4th May Results27/04/24 - 27th April Results20/04/24 - Melrose Treble Delight14/04/24 - Maxwell In Euro Triumph06/04/24 - 1300s Entertain30/03/24 - Philp Takes 3 In Ministox23/03/24 - English Dominate In Ninja Season Debut16/03/24 - Wilson at the Double09/03/24 - Clark Takes Final Win in 1300 Stock Cars02/03/24 - Hat Trick For Deano In Wet Conditions24/02/24 - Jarman Wins In Memorial Event11/11/23 - Brant Wins Memorial In Excellent Night of Racing04/11/23 - Barron Takes Van Scottish27/10/23 - Stewart In Form To Win Mr Gunn Event21/10/23 - Chalmers In Autism Awareness Victory14/10/23 - McConnachie and Hardie Take The Titles07/10/23 - Adams and Dean Claim Scottish Titles30/09/23 - Rae Wins the McNicoll Memorial23/09/23 - Smith Takes Banger Wildcard16/09/23 - Brown Retains Scottish09/09/23 - Cunningham Claims CCR Scottish02/09/23 - Clark Wins 1300 Scottish26/08/23 - World Titles go to Northern Ireland19/08/23 - Wright Retains The Saltire12/08/23 - Shevill Claims Ninja Scottish05/08/23 - Quinn Retains The Scottish29/07/23 - 29th July Results22/07/23 - Green claims the Masters15/07/23 - Murray Takes The British24/06/23 - Unlimiteds Pull The Crowd16/06/23 - Friday 16th June10/06/23 - Livingston at the Treble03/06/23 - 1300s Shine in Euro Championship27/05/23 - Saturday 27th May Results20/05/23 - Carberry On Top of the World12/05/23 - Clark at the Treble06/05/23 - Henry at the double in chaotic 1300 stock cars29/04/23 - 29th April22/04/23 - McDonald In European Glory15/04/23 - Ritchie Takes Hat Trick In Ministox08/04/23 - Results 8th April01/04/23 - Bell Dominates On Final Meeting25/03/23 - Buchan Takes Hat-Trick In Classical Style17/03/23 - Stav Dominates In Wet Conditions11/03/23 - Alexander makes it 2 out of 2 in 202304/03/23 - Cunningham takes a hat-trick25/02/23 - Murdoch Claims Walsh Memorial30/12/22 - Wet and Wild Night12/11/22 - Hegg Claims Freck Memorial05/11/22 - Vans Delight In Destruction Derby28/10/22 - Hegg Retains Gunn Trophy22/10/22 - 22nd Oct Results15/10/22 - Gurney Rocks The World08/10/22 - Brown Takes Hot Rod Scottish01/10/22 - Ina Retains ProStock World24/09/22 - Kidd Takes Glory17/09/22 - New Scottish Champions Crowned10/09/22 - Forrest Retains The Masters03/09/22 - Robertson takes epic Scottish27/08/22 - Johnston Takes the Saltire20/08/22 - Adams takes Gibson Memorial12/08/22 - An Eventful Friday Evening06/08/22 - Korben Takes 1600 Banger Scottish30/07/22 - Rochford takes glory in World Final23/07/22 - Wet and Wild at Lochgelly Raceway16/07/22 - 16th July Results24/06/22 - Friday Night Storms - Results18/06/22 - Eventful Rods 18th June11/06/22 - Roff and Crawford Take Glory03/06/22 - Friday Night Thunder28/05/22 - Bangers Entertain at Lochgelly21/05/22 - Cup Cars Shine at Lochgelly Raceway14/05/22 - 14th May Results30/04/22 - 30th April Results07/05/22 - An Action Packed Evening23/04/22 - Results 23/4/202216/04/22 - Gilmour at the Double 16-0409/04/22 - 9th April 22 - Results02/04/22 - An Epic Weekend of Racing26/03/22 - New Winners In Juniors19/03/22 - Smart Hat Trick12/03/22 - Drama in 1300 Final - 12th March05/03/22 - 5th March Results26/02/22 - Thomson Wins Walsh Memorial13/11/21 - Gilmour Takes Freck Memorial06/11/21 - Huge Crowd Wowed By Van Bangers29/10/21 - English Run Riot In Ministox23/10/21 - Riddell Takes The Scottish16/10/21 - Connor Steals The Show in Ninja Karts09/10/21 - Byram Takes The Glory In World Cup Chaos02/10/21 - Ninja Shine On Drab Night25/09/21 - Walle and Christie Take The Honours10/09/21 - Rae on the double as he returns to action04/09/21 - Pearce Retains Gold In The Race Of The Decade28/08/21 - McAlpine Scoops Scottish21/08/21 - Bomber Wins Memorial14/08/21 - Hegg Dominates As He Claims Scottish Title07/08/21 - Frame Returns To Win Memorial Event30/07/21 - Friday Night Results24/07/21 - Kingsnorth at the Double17/07/21 - McWillam Scoops Hat Trick25/06/21 - Bangers Friday Night Delight19/06/21 - Dillon Wins Shaun Walsh Memorial12/06/21 - Tyson takes dramatic Ninja Euro05/06/21 - Titles Goto Northern Ireland29/05/21 - May Ends With A Bang22/05/21 - Murray Takes Nationals Euro15/05/21 - Ballantine Runs Out Of Luck 15th May 202108/05/21 - Pitcaithly Takes Stock Rod Final01/05/21 - Saturday 1st May Results07/11/20 - Sangster Dominates In Van Scottish31/10/20 - Gourlay Takes CC Scottish With Touching Tribute24/10/20 - Clark Takes The Gunn Trophy17/10/20 - Mackie takes Hot Rod Scottish10/10/20 - Reynolds Takes The Gold03/10/20 - Rapid Racing at Lochgelly26/09/20 - McConnachie Takes The Scottish19/09/20 - Double Scottish Results12/09/20 - Saturday 12th September Results05/09/20 - September Weekend Results29/08/20 - Saturday 29th August Report22/08/20 - Double Rollovers In Stock Car Actions15/08/20 - Bell Takes A Double07/08/20 - Burgoyne Takes The Final As Minis Shine01/08/20 - Kopacz at the double25/07/20 - Back with a Thud!14/03/20 - Ford At The Double In 1300 Stock Cars07/03/20 - Hat Trick of Hat Tricks - 7th March 202029/02/20 - 2020 Season Opener09/11/19 - Van Bangers Delight The Crowd at Season FinaleView Historical Results