May Ends With A Bang
May Ends With A Bang
Race Results: Saturday 29th May
Ninja Karts Whites and Yellows: 703, 147, 501, 618, 691, 75, 135, 529, 274, 834
Heat 1: 45, 133, 618, 691, 501, 888, 135, 126
Heat 2: 721, 888, 133, 6, 591, 74, 703, 901, 501, 834
Heat 3: 45, 721, 6, 888, 591, 74, 136, 618, 133, 542
CC Rods Heat 1: 750, 171, 91, 506, 267, 23, 289, 700, 671, 20
Heat 2: 750, 91, 267, 289, 506, 170, 671, 700, 20, 304
Final: 700, 289, 750, 20, 91, 71, 171, 98
Junior Productions Heat 1: 555, 35, 871, 17, 307, 125, 10, 899, 50
Heat 2: 388, 871, 35, 307, 687, 50, 125, 555, 112, 900
Final: 17, 35, 871, 307, 388, 555, 687, 50, 125, 112
Superstox Heat 1: 309, 26, 15, 446, 469, 217, 556, 34, 57, 28
Heat 2: 26, 309, 446, 469, 217, 15, 453, 611, 34, 57
Final: 309, 446, 453, 217, 15, 26, 171, 611, 34, 57
Back 2 Basics Bangers Heat 1: 74, 3, 752, 152, 757, 99, 999, 158
Heat 2: 74, 752, 152, 158, 3, 180
Final: 74, 999, 752, 3
DD: 999
Lochgelly Raceway hosted it’s final meeting in what has been an entertaining month of racing since we returned at the beginning of the month, and at that, it was the final points scoring meeting for each of the formula in attendance before new gradings come into effect.
The Ninja Karts were in action for the final time ahead of the McAlpine Auto Sills European Championship in 2 weeks time (12th June) as they looked to grab themselves a place in the big race! The Whites and Yellows race started off proceedings for the youngsters, with Cameron Mason taking a fine win ahead of Louie Hendry and Saul Galloway. Mason and Hendry, both racing from the white grade both continue to impress, and this confidence boosting result will only further enhance their confidence ahead of future events. Saul Galloway and Stuart Shevill have both also stepped things up with both drivers showing some good outright pace on track. The first heat of the night went the way of Dougie Kidd, who was in excellent form throughout the night, and could have gone onto challenge for a hat-trick of race wins had it not been for his roof coming loose in one of the races. Murray Hall brought his kart home in second place, however, after a video review afterwards, it was deemed that he spun a fellow driver out in the closing stages of the race, and was subsequently removed from the result, which promoted Kenzie Kopacz and Stuart Shevill up into 2nd and 3rd places respectively. Kenzie Bell found form at the right time with the European Championship on the horizon, as he took a heat win, followed by a runners up spot in the final race of the night for the youngsters. Eevie Ford and Hamish Plenderleith both also impressed throughout the night, with Plenderleith looking to be one of the front runners in the battle for the points championship this year. Scottish Champion Kenzie Kopacz had a strong meeting from the back of the grid, though, sustained a fair amount of damage as the karts crossed the line in the final race of the evening!!
Another group of youngsters were also in action, with the Junior Productions taking to the track for the third time this season already. A few cars were missing from action compared to the last few outings, but this gave the opportunity for a number of other drivers to step up and find there feet in the formula. Excellent performances from a couple of the lower grade drivers will see them progress up the grades in the coming month. Cole Ford took his first win in the formula, whilst Lewis Dickson scored consistently throughout the night, narrowly missing out on the podium places on a couple of occasions. Jack MacLeod took the opening race win, with Jase Walle and Jensen Bell both showing consistency throughout the night, taking away 3 trophies each. It could have been even better for Jensen Bell however, with him being docked on a couple of occasions after falling foul of a couple of jump starts!! Dylan Smart continues to move forward in the formula, and took away an excellent win in the final for his efforts following on from the demotion of Jensen Bell. The youngsters throughout the night, all continued to show improvement as they aim to increase their racecraft before eventually moving on into senior formula where they will hopefully be ready to start winning from the outset!
The ‘budget’ non-contact class, the CC Rods, had there second outing of the season, and again, it was Raymond Brown who was the inform driver. Brown took away 2 heat wins before bringing his car home in 3rd place in the final. The white grade driver now tops the points chart, which will see him elevated up the grades for the month of June, where no doubt, points will them be harder to come by! Kevin Hutchison made his first outing of the season with a nice looking new car and it looked to have some good speed, with Kevin taking away a runners up spot in the opening race of the night. Kenny Pitcaithly, having fixed his car from the meeting a couple of weeks ago will be having reservations about bringing out his new car, with this car seemingly going as well as it has ever done. A couple of top three finishes on the night, and just outside the top 3 in the meeting final will ensure a good points haul for the 91 pilot. Ian Donaldson had a much improved meeting, and this cumulated in a final victory for the former points champion. The meeting final in the CC Rods provided some excellent racing, with the cars bunched up nose to tail for the majority of the race. Try as they might, some of the quicker, more experienced drivers found the going tough as they found some of the lower grade drivers equally as quick and with rather evenly matched cars, the outside line was difficult to achieve as the drivers showed respect for each other as they battled relentlessly for the places.
The Superstox formula, sponsored by Cleland Builders and Joiners this week, seen 19 cars take to the track as a quartet of drivers made their first outings of the season. Evan Clark would have been delighted with the pace that he had from the car after a winter rebuild, taking away a heat win and a 2nd place finish for his efforts, before dropping back early on in the final yet managing to recover back upto 6th position. Bryan Forrest continues to be the driver to beat in 2021, taking away another couple of race wins, including the meeting final. Dean Johnston looks to be getting to grips with his new car as he continues to fine tune it to his liking. The Moray based driver improved as the night went on, taking away a 4th, 3rd and 2nd place finish. Lisa Adams also made an outing in the Superstox, coming out for a shot in son Ciarans car, and did herself proud having never sat in the car prior to the practice on the day! Declan Salmon and Bradley Brooker also joined us, as they made the trip north for some Saturday night racing. It was Brooker who faired best out of the 2 though, managing to take away a couple of top 5 finishes.
Finally, the Back 2 Basics Bangers were also in action – the budget, easy to build class of Bangers have seen a decent amount of cars on track over the last year, and with just under 20 on Saturday, it was no different as the formula continues to grow. Jamie Sangster took away a hat-trick of race wins as he shows his dominance in the formula. The meeting final was a lively affair, with plenty of crashing going on. Gary Doyle seen his car leave the raceway a little worse for wear, as did the majority of drivers!! Only 4 cars completed race distance in the meeting final, before a decent Demolition Derby took place. A couple of small fires in the cars meant a couple of stoppages, but in the end, it was won by Dayle Linton.
We are back in action at Lochgelly Raceway this Saturday and Sunday, with another 2 days of super stock car action!!
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Previous Meeting Results
14/09/24 - 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 - 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