Latest Results
Saturday 6th April
1300s Entertain
Added by kevin_mcqueen on Monday 8th April
2.0 Hot Rods Heat 1: 538, 9, 755, 703, 123, 67
Heat 2: 82, 538, 67, 755, 9, 703, 123, 40
Final: 82, 67, 538, 755, 703, 40, 123
ProStocks Heat 1: 755, 145, 31, 214, 37, 271, 314, 304, 127, 122
Heat 2: 145, 133, 37, 314, 694, 127, 213, 999, 271, 31
Final: 145, 999, 170, 31, 271, 760, 314, 122, 76
U Pull It 1300 Stock Cars Heat 1: 176, 111, 113, 38, 715, 410, 357, 126, 411, 22
Heat 2: 176, 113, 38, 188, 668, 715, 22, 411, 638, 16
Final: 111, 668, 176, 113, 357, 715, 16, 42, 411, 638
Ninja Karts Whites and Yellows: 68, 16, 529, 666, 359, 315
Heat 1: 190, 55, 90, 147, 7, 135, 16, 9, 68, 529
Heat 2: 190, 7, 55, 135, 68, 16, 9, 658, 59, 666
Final: 55, 135, 9, 7, 68, 16, 147, 90, 658, 190
It was an action packed night of racing, with the U Pull It 1300 Stock Cars providing some excellent racing, with a number of incidents throughout the night. The ProStocks provided more eventful racing, whilst the Ninja Karts and 2.0 Hot Rods both also put on an excellent show.
It was a bit of a stop start night, interrupted by yellow flags as cars needed recovered from the raceway throughout the evening. The Ninja Karts were the first formula in action with the whites and yellows race being the first race of the night – which was duly won by Birthday Girl, Sophia Allan. Jamie Balfour and Mathew McIntyre completed the top 3. Heat 1 for the Ninja Karts was a quick race, which seen the star graded drivers move up through the pack quickly. English visitor, Thomas Wilkins on his track debut, looked to be quick as he raced to victory in the opening race. A coming together between Rory Wilson and Jayden Jeffrey seen Wilson penalized and docked a couple of places for his part in the incident. Tommy Melrose and Katie Lee Smart took 2nd and 3rd places. Wilkins too another victory in the 2nd heat, as he once more found great pace from the blue grade, which seen him move up to red grade in the meeting final. Rory Wilson finished in 2nd, just behind Wilkins after an epic battle up front. Jeffrey, Wilkins and Wilson all raced extremely close for a number of laps, with Jeffrey leading the way. Jeffrey would go around a back marker on the outside, whilst Wilkins went inside, and Jeffrey came across unsighted, resulting in contact with the 190 Wilkins kart, which send Jeffrey into a spin and down the order. Wilson would take 2nd place, with Melrose in 3rd. The meeting final seen Tommy Melrose drive a blinder, as he stormed to a dominant victory by almost half a lap from 2nd place. Rayah Burns and Jayden Jeffrey completed the top 3. There was a debut of Alfie Campbell who successfully passed his test on the night, with the youngster enjoying his first outing.
The U Pull It 1300 Stock Cars seen Gary Nicholls in excellent form, as he raced to a win in each of the 2 heats, and a 3rd place in the meeting final from red grade. Regan Watson continued his impressive start to the 2024 campaign with a win in the meeting final. The 1300 Stock Cars entertained throughout the night, with lots of hard hitting metal crunching racing. An ongoing battle between Steven Gold, Michael Courts and Bobby Gold seen the trio come to blows on several occasions throughout the night, all giving as good as they got, with a few bumpers replaced on the night! Michael Moyes was out in the Bryce Kempson car, but will be wishing he stayed on the spectator side of the fence, as he found himself collected at the end of the home straight by the oncoming pack of cars. A fair bit of damage and a dazed driver seen the race halted, with Callum Sturrock also suffering as a result of the impact.
The ProStocks once more delivered some great racing, Hollie Ritchie would be cursing her luck though, as she looked set to take at least 2 victories had it not been for yellow flags – having been about half a lap clear in 2 of the races before stoppages closed the pack up. Paul Barron continued his great start to the season with another race win, but it wouldn’t get any better – a DNF in one race following a coming together with John Mason and Grady Ross, and a DQ in the meeting final due to a failed silencer. Dougie Kidd would be the driver to maximise his haul as a result, as he took away a heat and final double.
The 2.0 Hot Rods were the final formula in attendance, with Chevy Mills once more making the trip to be with us. Mills took the race victory in the opening heat, whilst Scottish Champion Keith Brown took victory in the heat and final.
Saturday 30th March
Philp Takes 3 In Ministox
Added by kevin_mcqueen on Monday 1st April
Ministox Heat 1: 29, 7, 45, 339, 306, 484, 651, 27, 68, 680
Heat 2: 29, 480, 7, 306, 879, 339, 27, 484, 68, 249
Final: 29, 7, 339, 27, 484, 306, 45, 68, 480, 680
Junior Productions Heat 1: 156, 74, 227, 576, 9, 636, 49, 307, 112, 61
Heat 2: 112, 61, 307, 9, 133, 227, 74, 49, 57, 167
Final: 576, 307, 61, 133, 9, 636, 74, 49, 5, 156
ProStocks Heat 1: 755, 145, 162, 213, 694, 214, 304, 122, 271, 147
Heat 2: 999, 755, 145, 314, 304, 31, 214, 271, 162, 122
Final: 755, 304, 213, 214, 31, 122, 71, 147, 694
CC Rods Heat 1: 337, 170, 06, 369, 703, 195, 91, 76
Heat 2: 171, 170, 337, 06, 369, 91, 195, 76
Final: 170, 06, 337, 171, 703, 195, 76
Superstox Heat 1: 492, 446, 252, , 54, 453, 469, 99, 319, 028
Heat 2: 446, 492, 252, , 469, 219, 99, 319, 28
Final: 492, 446, 453, 469, 028, 219, 319, 99
It was another fast paced and action packed night of racing at Lochgelly Raceway on Saturday 30th March, as the youngsters shone in both the Ministox and Junior Productions.
The ORCi Ministox were eventful, with plenty of superb racing throughout the night. A big rollover for Kevin Graham in the meeting final kick-started what was to be one of the contenders for race of the season as the pack bunched up following a race stoppage. Just under 20 Ministox took to the track on the night, with Cole Ford running into issues pre-meeting and missing out as a result. David Philp continued his impressive start to the season as he drove excellently from his blue grade starting position all night, and never really looked like being caught at times. Nicole Allardyce took a hit in the opening heat, with a race caution called for to allow the 78 car to be recovered from the track. Heat 2 would see Bobby Brandon’s race come to a halt early on as he lost the rear wheel as he went into turn 1. David Philp Jnr took victory in each of the two opening heats. The meeting final seen a couple of race stoppages along the way – A big rollover onto the infield area for Kevin Graham seen the race promptly stopped to allow the track team to see to the Kevin Graham car and driver. Kevin jumped out his car quickly once the race had stopped and the grid was re-formed in single file order behind race leader David Philp. A bumper to bumper start seen the youngsters pushing, and eager to get the jump on whoever was infront of them. Philp got away, but with Rhys Kelly and Charlie Hardie hot on his heels. With a lap to go, Caitlin Mitchell found herself spun around, and clattering the barrier before coming to a halt sideways across the home straight. As the lead pack raced into the last corner, a yellow flag was called for once more, just has the bumpers had gone in for a last bender. It was all in vain though, as a one lap shootout would decide the race and once more, it was nail biting stuff, with a fantastic finale. Nobody knew who would come out on top, and all eyes were on the front few cars as they chased each other down in one final lap showdown. The last lap, the bumpers went in once more, and David Philp rode it out, with Hardie looking to squeeze through on the inside, overcoming Rhys Kelly, and narrowly finishing behind Philp, who hung on to take a hat-trick of victories.
The Superstox formula seen a few visiting drivers make the trip north to be with us, as they look to seek some track time ahead of the A1 Containers R Us British Championship on the 1st and 2nd June. Randal Lynn certainly didn’t look out of place, as he put in some excellent laps throughout the night, and claiming a heat and final double for his efforts. Gary Chisolm also had a good night, producing some good racing, and in the mix in each of the first 2 races, before his car ground to a halt at the end of heat 2 which seen his night curtailed earlier than he would have hoped for. Dean Johnston took another race victory in the 2nd heat of the night, whilst there was some great racing in the final for the minor places. Paul Mackie, Mirran Adams and Benjamin Erskine all traded places and raced closely for the large portions of the race. Mirran Adams led the race early on, before being closed down by the star graded drivers, but held her own and wouldn’t be budged by those around her. It was great to see the lower graded drivers mix it amongst each other, which we are sure will give them all a superb confidence boost moving into future events.
The Junior Production class raced for a tyre in the meeting final – courtesy of WUL Enterprises. Three different race winners, and a couple of drivers making their first outings of the season allowed for some great racing. Dale Sutherland looks to have the pace to compete and will no doubt be moving up the grades soon, as he took a win in the opening heat, whilst Jack Baird took a win in the 2nd heat, before Abe Adams took a well deserved win in the meeting final. Brooke McMullan continued her impressive start to the season, as she took away a couple of top 3 positions for her efforts, whilst there was some great showings from drivers throughout the grid.
The CC Rods were missing a couple of drivers – but it was good to see Kenny Pitcaithly, Kevin Hutchison and Kieron McIntyre with us as they looked to make their season debuts. McIntyre didn’t have much joy though as he had car issues on the night. Kevin Hutchison may have thought his night was going the same way, after retiring in the opening heat, but cured the issued for the latter races, taking a race win in heat 2 along the way. Pitcaithly showed good pace throughout the night, but didn’t have much in the way of luck – spinning early in the opening race dropping him way back, before tangling in the opening laps with Lee Scott and Craig Mason – then in the final seen his throttle stick open before getting caught with Graham Campbell! Lee Scott looks to have found his form once more, as he took victory in the opening heat, and battled up front for the rest of the night. He had some great races with Gregory Whyte in the process – with Whyte looking quicker, but Scott kept a tight line on numerous occasions and forced Whyte to try his luck around the outside. In the meeting final, Whyte managed to make a move stick, and went on to finish in 2nd place – but there would be no catching race leader, Ian Christie, who took the final victory.
The ProStocks were the final formula with us – with just under 20 cars taking to the track in what is the first of 2 successive meetings for the formula, with them back with us this weekend once more. The formula continued it’s impressive start to the season, with more great racing, competitive action, and a few good bumps along the way. Lewis Gilchrist made his first appearance of the year, and certainly was in the mood for it, as he got stuck in in each of the races on the night. Paul Barron took the race win in the opening heat of the night, ahead of Dougie Kidd and Grumm Fleming. Owen Bonner took a well deserved win in heat 2, whilst the meeting final seen Barron once more come out on top. Robert Conway and Gavin Ritchie completed the top 3. There were some impressive performances on the night, with both Becki and Hollie Ritchie scoring well, with Grumm Fleming looking quick in each of the races, but without too much luck!
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Saturday 23rd March
English Dominate In Ninja Season Debut
Added by kevin_mcqueen on Monday 25th March
2.0 Hot Rods Heat 1: 9, 53, 178, 82, 67, 755, 538, 703, 327, 123
Heat 2: 82, 53, 178, 67, 9, 538, 703, 755, 123
Final: 178, 53, 9, 755, 703, 123
National Hot Rods Heat 1: 71, 330, 320, 700, 252, 629, 21
Heat 2: 330, 71, 320, 700, 252, 21, 629
Final: 71, 320, 700, 252, 629, 21
U Pull It 1300 Stock Cars Heat 1: 67, 668, 42, 638, 22, 126, 715, 16, 75, 15
Heat 2: 42, 67, 668, 38, 411, 113, 75, 715, 22, 638
Final: 42, 67, 113, 668, 111, 648, 167, 15, 715, 126
Ninja Karts Whites and Yellows: 132, 518, 68, 529, 296, 63, 666, 212, 121
Heat 1: 920, 147, 339, 176, 196, 135, 68, 132, 55, 9
Heat 2: 99, 920, 196, 9, 7, 55, 68, 90, 176, 132
Final: 196, 147, 7, 920, 55, 99, 176, 658, 90, 9
Saturday night seen a fast paced, dry night of racing, with some excellent stock car racing on display throughout the night. It was a night that had it all – flying cars, big hits, drama and a number or race suspensions.
The Ninja Karts took to the track for the first time in 2024, and it was great to see 20+ drivers with us. Alfie Shevill made his debut in the class, opting to start from the front of the grid after impressing at his test, and during practice. Shevill almost had the perfect start to his career, as he led the way in much of the whites and yellows race, leading until the closing stages before Blair Innes caught him and moved into the lead of the race. Innes, in his first outing in his brand new Hardie Motorsport kart, took the victory ahead of Shevill, with Sophia Allan completing the top 3. Jaxon York was one of the quickest drivers on track in the formula, with the English driver showing good form from the blue grade. Northern Irelands Lewis Hazlett always seems to enjoy his visits to Lochgelly Raceway, and Saturday was no different as the youngster drove steadily throughout the night, taking away a few good results in the process. The first main heat of the night seen the Northern Irish youngster come through from the red grade to take victory, taking advantage of an mid race stoppage for a stricken Alfie MacLeod kart. Heat 2 would see a bit of a stop start race, with a number of race suspensions during the course of the race. Jamie Balfour found himself stuck in a dangerous spot on track resulting in the first of the cautions on lap 5. A few laps later, another caution would be brought out after a heavy impact for Rayah Burns would see the race stopped while she was recovered from the track. These yellow flags did nothing to aid the lower graded drivers results, with Blair Innes finding his early race progress hampered as a result. English driver Jaxon York would cross the line in first, but found himself penalized down into third place following a coming together with Blair Innes. Fellow English driver, Jayden Roff would inherit the race win, with Lewis Hazlett moving up into 2nd place. The meeting final would see the karts lined up in graded order, but the top point scorers from the heats starting at the front of each grade. No sooner had the race got underway, a spinning Ryan Love kart went backwards into the wall, before a number of other karts spun around in the same area, with Alfie MacLeod catching one of them, and finding himself nearly vertical as his kart pointed skywards. A stoppage, and a complete restart was called for. Jaxon York completed an excellent night with a well deserved race win, with Hazlett crossing the line in 2nd before being penalized and docked to fourth position following an incident with Jayden Lee Jeffrey. Louie Hendry would take 2nd position as a result, with Rory Wilson moving into the top 3 ahead of Hazlett.
The 2.0 Hot Rods made their 2nd outing of the year, and it was good to see a few more cars take to the track, including the visiting Chevy Mills – who we hear may also be in attendance at our next event for the formula in early April. Colin Wotherspoon finally managed to get his car ready for action, and it was an impressive first outing for the #9 pilot, as he races to an convincing race win in the opening heat. David Frame has shown great consistency in the class so far, and once more, took away a few podium places for his efforts, battling for the top spot throughout the evening. A hat-trick of runners up spots will have left him happy with his nights work, but he’ll be eager to get that first win under his belt. Scottish Champion Keith Brown would take victory in heat 2, with the meeting final seeing a coming together between Brown and Cunningham on the opening lap, drop both out of contention. Mark Dews – who is always there or thereabouts was the one to take full advantage of this, as he raced to a well deserved race win. Frame and Wotherspoon would go on to complete the top three.
The National Hot Rods were with us for the final time ahead of their DPC European Championship on the 13th and 14th April. John Sibbald took the opportunity to get some more track time ahead of the first speed weekend of the season. Gordon Alexander and Ross McWilliam were both certainly on the pace, with low 13 second lap times steadily throughout the night. Both drivers will be hoping to have fine tuned their setups as they look to make local track knowledge count in the big one in a couple of weeks time. A heat and final double for Alexander, and a heat win for McWilliams would see the top 2 share the spoils. There was an impressive performance from Darren Scott, as he took away 2 third place finishes in the heats, before bettering that in the meeting final with a 2nd place finish. Ian Donaldson and James Robertson both also showed good pace throughout the evening. A well matched field of cars certainly provided some good close competitive racing.
The U Pull It 1300 Stock cars were out in force once more, as they looked to show why they are one of the most watched formulas in the UK. The armoured hatchback cars take a lot of stopping, and as a result, the drivers need to race with skill, with precision hits along the way if they want to move up the order. Precision isn’t always what is seen though, with some drivers keen on the hard hits which is always entertaining to see – especially if the hit is moving 2, 3, or 4 cars at a time. Saturday night was one of them nights, where there was very little between much of the cars, with the pack often close, and drivers from a little further back taking opportunities to try and dispose of several cars at once ahead of them – it didn’t always work out though, as they then often found themselves at the front of the ‘train’ and therefore the one being pushed out wide by the pack behind. This trend repeatedly showed up on Saturday in each of the three races, which kept everyone’s eyes on the action on track. A big hit from Kyle Hegg on Kai McNulty seen McNulty suffer some damage, ending his night in the opening race. This followed on from a battle that has been brewing between the two over the early stage of the season. Another battle that looks to be developing in the formula is that between Mike Courts and Steven Gold – a coming together previously has seen the two lock horns on a couple of occasions on Saturday night – most notably in the meeting final where both drivers, as well as Chris Gold, found themselves rattling steel against each other. Craig Haxton took the race win in the opening heat, before Jake Wilson took yet another heat and final double which will once more see him move up the grades.
We are back in action at Lochgelly Raceway on Saturday 30th March, with a fantastic five formula event, featuring Superstox, CC Rods, Ministox, Junior Productions and ProStocks
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Saturday 16th March
Wilson at the Double
Added by kevin_mcqueen on Monday 18th March
CC Rods Heat 1: 170, 11, 207, 337, 6, 703, 195, 76
Heat 2: 207, 11, 6, 170, 337, 195, 703, 369, 76
Final: 207, 6, 170, 337, 11, 703, 195, 369
Stock Rods Heat 1: 84, 183, 363, 263, 700, 248, 27, 25, 11, 338
Heat 2: 84, 700, 263, 194, 289, 363, 352, 183, 25, 248
Final: 263, 363, 27, 84, 289, 100, 25, 248, 352, 750
Superstox Heat 1: 446, 453, 128, 34, 319, 99, 54, 28
Heat 2: 446, 128, 453, 34, 319, 54, 99, 28
Final: 446, 453, 34, 319, 128, 99, 54
U Pull It 1300 Stock Cars Heat 1: 42, 357, 67, 411, 610, 668, 638, 38, 126, 75
Heat 2: 610, 357, 42, 638, 668, 411, 113, 67, 75, 16
Final: 42, 610, 38, 113, 668, 638, 67, 357, 411, 16
1600 Bangers Heat 1: 227, 31, 60, 198, 390, 323, 22, 27, 246, 213
Heat 2: 267, 31, 323, 27, 198, 390, 227, 999, 246
Final: 227, 31, 27, 323, 246, 231, 22
Entertainer: 390/999 Joint
A dry and bright Saturday afternoon turned into an extremely wet Saturday night, with the rain falling persistently from just before start time, right throughout the evening. Credit must go to the race officials and race teams for sticking it out with many soaked to bone come the end of the night.
15 races were held on Saturday without a single race stoppage – a rarity these days! The U Pull It 1300 Stock Cars were a late replacement for the Classic Hot Rods class, as they added to the on track action.
The CC Rods started the evening off in damp conditions, with the track progressively getting wetter as the race wore on. Alun Gregory continued his impressive start to the season in the formula, with another strong showing, holding off Ian Christie for a large part of the race, before Christie managed to make a move stick around the outside. Gregory did his best to stick with the 170 Ian Christie car, whilst also holding off Scottish Champion Alec Cunningham who was closing behind him. Christie took the win ahead of Gregory and Cunningham. Heat 2 seen another good performance from the 11 car of Alun Gregory – once more, leading in the early stages of the race, but with Alec Cunningham in superb form at the moment, the 207 car soon moved ahead and into the lead of the race. Cunningham seems to have found a sweetspot in his setup at the moment, and come rain or dry, he seems to be able to adapt. Gregor Whyte in the 06 car seems to fly under the radar at times, but has been steadily totting up the points with consistently good results. A 2nd place finish in the meeting final behind Alec Cunningham was another great result for Whyte, whilst race 1 winner Ian Christie completed the top 3.
The Stock Rods were out in force with over 20 cars booked to race, though a couple of late cancellations seen 20 cars take to the track on the night. 338 James Halkett made his season debut, and after showing great pace in practice, he found himself pointing the wrong way on a couple of occasions during the evening on the wet track. He wasn’t alone in finding the track conditions tough though, with numerous drivers drifting around the raceway on various occasions in each of the three races. Robbie Armit 84 started the night off perfectly, with a heat win in each of the two heats, before battling excellently with a string of competitive drivers during the meeting final. Lee McGill took the final win last time out in the class, and it was brother Dean, that took the win on Saturday night in the final, finishing just ahead of Lee on this occasion, with Scottish Champion Gary Dean completing the top three. The Stock Rod class is proving very competitive at this early stages of the season, and it will be interested to see how things materialize with a change of grades at the end of the month!
The Superstox were seen a few cancellations and no shows on the night. Dean Johnston took a hat-trick of race victories on the night, with Kenny McKenzie and Ciaran Adams having some excellent battles throughout as they races for the other positions. There was a great opportunity for a few of the less experienced drivers to get some good points on the board, with Campbell Scott and Benjamin Erskine both scoring well on the night, with Erskine beginning to get to grips with the Superstox class.
The U Pull It 1300 Stock Cars were a very late addition to the programme – only added on the Friday afternoon, yet, the drivers rallied and mustered up just shy of 20 cars on the night, which is a fantastic effort. Shaz Law has had a terrible start to life with the 1300 Stock Car, as she once more ran into issues, without completing a single racing lap. The 614 pilot will be keen to get to the bottom of the problems as she looks to get her season on track! At the other end of the spectrum, Jake Wilson, Kai McNulty and Craig Warner have all started off there 2024 campaigns in fantastic form, with Wilson taking 2 more wins on Saturday, which will see him start as a yellow grade this coming Saturday. Stuart Hall deserves some recognition for his efforts as well – a difficult debut meeting was had for him, but a 3rd place finish in the meeting final was a well deserved result after seeing his pace throughout the event. Of the more experienced drivers, only Craig Haxton would come away with a top 3 finish on the night, after racing to a 3rd place in the opening heat.
The 1600 Bangers were with us for the first time in 2024, and it was good to see a decent grid of cars take to the track, giving optimism for the season ahead. There were numerous long distance travellers from England, but none moreso than Ashley Rumary, who had a 499 mile trip to be with us! Kieran Tweed made his 2nd appearance of the year at Lochgelly, as he becomes a regular face in Scotland. There were some good hits on the night, with Dayle Linton getting stuck in when possible, whilst Michael Turner and John Paton also did there best at putting on a show. Gavin Taylor took 2 race wins, whilst Steven Adair took a race win on the night as well.
We are back in action at Lochgelly Raceway on Saturday 23rd March, with the U Pull It 1300 Stock Cars, National Hot Rods, 2.0 Hot Rods and Ninja Karts taking to the track, with a 6pm start time.
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Saturday 9th March
Clark Takes Final Win in 1300 Stock Cars
Added by kevin_mcqueen on Monday 11th March
Ministox Whites and Yellows: 480, 136, 249, 78, 227, 73, 19
Heat 1: 29, 7, 339, 484, 858, 249, 227, 78, 480, 73
Heat 2: 339, 484, 7, 858, 249, 29, 136, 480, 227
Final: 249, 7, 858, 339, 484, 29, 136, 227, 480, 78
National Hot Rods Heat 1: 21, 71, 330, 252, 320, 58
Heat 2: 252, 71, 700, 330, 320, 21
Final: 21, 71, 320, 252, 330, 700
ProStocks Heat 1: 122, 755, 694, 213, 805, 145, 999, 31, 37, 170
Heat 2: 122, 755, 271, 805, 37, 127, 31, 162, 760, 304
Final: 694, 755, 127, 170, 31, 145, 805, 133, 304, 760
U-Pull-It 1300 Stock Cars Heat 1: 42, 126, 668, 357, 411, 835, 715, 638, 610, 167
Heat 2: 357, 176, 126, 411, 42, 668, 835, 638, 38, 715
Final: 668, 715, 42, 176, 357, 411, 126, 111, 638, 610
Saturday 9th March at Lochgelly Raceway once more seen some fantastic stock car action on display. The tight nature of the Lochgelly Raceway always ensures that the racing is close, exciting and proves challenging for the drivers. Lots of overtaking, swapping of positions, hard hitting action and nail biting door to door action is a regular feature of the venue.
Without any visiting drivers, grids were healthy throughout the night, with a number of new drivers in some of the formula. In the 1300 Stock Cars, we seen Stuart Hall make his debut, taking to the track for the first time in his brand new race car, whilst Gary Nicholls, Michael Stewart, Charlie Henry and Samuel Douglas all made their first outings of the season. In the Ministox, Halle Wishard made her racing debut, whilst Stuart Shevill made his first appearance in the formula after graduating from the Ninja Karts. Jack Connor also made his first appearance of the season.
The ProStocks made their first appearance of the season, and it was a fantastic start for the formula. A formula that many had written off only a couple of seasons ago, is once more flourishing, with excellent racing witnessed on Saturday night. With things looking up for the class, we hope that numbers can continue to rise and that drivers can provide the sort of entertainment they displayed on Saturday, throughout the 2024 season here at Lochgelly Raceway. There were lots of excellently turned out cars, with Jamie Doyle, Hollie Richie, Robert Conway, Jamie George, Owen Bonner, and Becki Ritchie all standing out. A special mention to John Mason who enters his 35th season of racing, with another well-presented car. John Jackson, raced to a great win in the opening heat of the night for the formula having overcame Grady Ross in the closing stages of the race. The pair hard raced close for a number of laps beforehand but with Paul Barron closing, Jackson made his move and into the lead, holding Ross on the outside for the last lap or so. Ross found himself under attack from Paul Barron on the last lap, with a hit coming in forcing 694 car wide with Barron moving into 2nd. Former multi-champion Paul Barron finished 2nd behind Jackson, with the returning Grady Ross taking 3rd place. Lochgelly track champion Gavin Ritchie raced from the rear of the grid to finish in 4th having overcame Owen Bonner on the final lap of the race. Heat 2 seen another great race, with Grady Ross making some early moves to once more, move the front of the pack. Behind Grady though, there were some great battles, with Jamie George, John Jackson and Jamie Doyle battling for 2nd place for a large proportion of the race, and it was Jackson who broke clear of the duo, with Doyle dropping out of proceedings later. Jamie George drove well to finish just behind Paul Barron, who crossed the line in 3rd. Ross would see the win removed from him though, due to an infringement, which seen John Jackson move up to take his 2nd win of the night, with all other drivers also moving up a place. By the time the meeting final had came around, the track was now wet. Up front though, it was once more Grady Ross battling for the lead of the race, overcoming Owen Bonner early on after disposing of the 999 car on turn 3 and 4. Paul Barron had quickly moved up the grid and was soon up into the top 5 places in the first half of the race. With 5 laps remaining, Grady continued to lead the way with old foe Paul Barron chasing in 2nd place. The bumpers continued to go in further back, with Graeme Fleming and John Jackson tangling on the exit of turn 4, with Fleming forced into retirement on the infield as they battled for 3rd position. Grady would take the win ahead of Barron and Mark Boyle, with a few cars coming together on the last lap of the race. McIvor racing across the line in reverse come the end of things.. Just outside the points.
The ORCi Ministox raced in the first round of their 2024 JusBounce series, with the evening starting off with a whites and yellows race. All drivers that start the season as a white or yellow grade are eligible in the whites and yellows series throughout the season. Shevill had shown great pace in practice, though ran into issues throughout the night, resulted in DNF’s across the board for the youngster. The whites and yellows race would see Ollie Sime take the victory ahead of Shaun Boyle and Kevin Graham. The first main heat of the night was another excellent race, with both David Philp and Charlie Hardie racing neck and neck with each other for the best part of the race. Neither driver was able to shake the other off when they moved ahead, with the places swapping throughout the race. The pair couldn’t get involved in a tit for tat battle too much though, as they had Rhys Kelly sitting just behind, awaiting to pounce on any opportunity. On the final lap of the race, David Philp made a move for the lead of the race, moving onto the inside of the 7 Charlie Hardie car. Both cars went onto the back straight, side by side, with Hardie trying to muscle Philp out of contention, but Philp stuck in there with Hardie going sideways into the last corner, and Philp pushing him round. Meanwhile, Rhys Kelly was closing in once more, and the three drivers cross the line just a few car lengths apart – Philp would take the win ahead of Hardie, with Kelly just behind. Heat 2 seen a few cars fail to make it onto the now greasy track, with numbers dropping a little. Kevin Graham led the way early on in the race, with Rhys Anderson and David Philp sitting just behind. A race caution would be brough out following a coming together with Anderson and Declan Dixon, with Dixon stopped on the home straight. The yellow flag caution would bunch the pack together, and within a lap, Graham had lost his lead and dropped down into 4th position. Rhys Kelly took the lead of the race, with Dean Heep sand Charlie Hardie in 2nd and 3rd places respectively. Anderson, Philp and Graham meanwhile were battling closely for 4th position. Rhys Anderson soon found himself breaking clear of the others in the battle for 4th, and soon chased down Hardie ahead of him, with the pair running closely for the remainder of the race. Kelly would take the win ahead of Heeps and Hardie. The final race of the night seen the cars race on a wet track once more, and on the opening lap, Shevill spun to the infield and into retirement. Kevin Graham took a lead of the race ahead of Jack Connor and Rhys Anderson, with Shaun Boyle in close pursuit. Graham continued the form that he had shown in the wet last week opening up a healthy advantage. The battle for 2nd was soon a three way battle, with nothing between Connor, Anderson and Boyle. The trio battling allowed Hardie, Heeps, Philp and Kelly to close in and soon make it a 7 way battle for 2nd place. Bumpers would go in and Hardie moved into 3rd place behind Anderson, and ahead of Heeps, Philp, Connor and Boyle. Hardie and Anderson battled for 2nd for the remainder of the race, with Hardie coming out on top in that battle, with Anderson holding on for third ahead of Kelly, Heeps, Philp and Boyle. There would be no catching Kevin Graham up front though, who took another win for the season.
The National Hot Rods would see both Ethan Doull and James Robertson make their 2nd outings of their National Hot Rod careers. Gordon Alexander looked to have the bit between his teeth once the laps progressed, as he opened up a gap to fellow reds graded drivers, Ross McWilliam and Ian Donaldson behind him. Doull meanwhile, led the way ahead of Robertson and Darren Scott. Darren Scott looks to have found comfort in his new car, and is putting in some good performances, as he looks to become a top 5 driver. Just after halfway in the race, McWilliam had closed the gap to Alexander ahead, whilst Alexander battled with Robertson for 2nd place. Alexander would make the move on Robertson, with McWilliam taking full advantage of this as well, as he too made the move on Robertson in the same move. Doull would take the race victory, a couple of car lengths ahead of Alexander, with McWilliam just a few more car lengths behind. Heat 2 would see the cars take to the track on a dry track for the final time, with Doull once more leading the way in the early stages. James Robertson had made a better start on this occasion though, and soon found himself battling with Doull for the lead of the race. Doull would run wide and open up the door for Robertson to take full advantage, and into the leadoff the race. Ian Donaldson was the closest driver to Robertson up front, but with Alexander now in a clear track behind, soon put the foot down and closed the gap to Donaldson ahead of him. Donaldson wasn’t able to make any inroads into Robertson’s lead ahead, and soon seen himself drop behind Alexander and into 3rd. Alexander soon caught Robertson ahead, but with the laps running down, he was unable to put any serious pressure onto the 252 car ahead, with Robertson taking the victory just ahead of Alexander, with Donaldson completing the top 3. The meeting final had seen the heavens open, and Ethan Doull looked like a man possessed, as he stormed to a fantastic victory – over half a lap ahead of Alexander in 2nd place, and lapping every other driver in the process! Alexander took 2nd, with Darren Scott 320 finishing in 3rd.
The U-Pull-It 1300 Stock Cars were the final formula in action, with just under 25 cars taking to the track on the night. 6 white grades and 7 yellow graded drivers would mean that the blue and red graded drivers would have their work cut out to overcome many of the quick drivers up front. Stuart Hall soon found himself spinning in the opening laps and taking a bump over the kerbs. Samuel Douglas led the way, with Jake Wilson, Kai McNulty and Graham Campbell not too far behind. Charlie Henry, in the borrowed Chris Gold car, found herself pinballing around on the exit of turn 2, with cars hitting her all-ways. With the car seemingly stranded pointing the wrong way, a yellow flag was called for, which the race leader appeared to miss and continue racing, resulting in a DQ! Jake Wilson led the way from the restart, and controlled things from there on in. Behind him though, there was some fantastic action with McNulty in the thick of things. McNulty would find himself sideways on a number of occasions, but put in the bumper equally himself, spinning out National Points Champion Kyle Hegg around mid-way, with Hegg quickly rejoining. Danny Whyte, Blair Robertson and Craig Warner battled for 2nd place, with several cars just behind battling it out! Danny Whyte held on to take 2nd place behind runaway leader Wilson, with Fraser Clark managing to bring his car across the line in 3rd. Clark finished with Warner on his inside and Brant West on his back bumper with some excellent racing amongst them. Heat 2 had seen the rain start to fall with greasy track conditions. Once more though, this didn’t ‘dampen’ the racing, with some great action throughout. Wilson spun around Stuart Hall on the opening lap, with McNulty then putting the bumper into Wilson at the end of lap 1. Lap 2 would see Warner moved to the lead of the race, with Sammy Douglas, Wilson and McNulty trading blows. Graham Campell found himself as a passenger on the home straight, pushed sideways for the length of it, and into wall at the end. Warner meanwhile had opened up a healthy lead. Behind the leaders, a fantastic race ensued, with 12 cars racing hard, all on the home straight together. Sam Cavanagh found himself out wide with McNulty, Mike Courts and Fraser Clark pushing on. Sparks would fly as the cars clattered the wall on turns 3 and 4 in this fantastic battle. Bumpers would fly in, positions would be traded as the cars continued to dice for positions throughout the race. Warner would not be caught up front, with Gary Nicholls and Dany Whyte finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively come the end of the race. The meeting final once more, was another fantastic race. Stuart Hall took the lead on the opening lap, but was soon moved over as the pack came through. Kai McNulty took over the lead at the front of the pack. Jake Wilson, Craig Warner and Sammy Douglas followed through. A yellow flag for the stricken Graham Campbell car would see the pack closed up on the restart. Craig Warner, took a bit of a mid race mind blank, has he jumped the start well before green, that would result in a docking at the end. Dean Sievwright sat in 3rd place a few laps into the restart, but with Kyle Hegg, Fraser Clark, Kai McNulty and Darren Rae in close pursuit, it wouldn’t last long as the bumpers went in. Darren Rae and Kai McNulty came together, with Rae ending up spinning into turn 3. With 5 laps to go, Warner was out in front with Wilson sitting in 2nd, with Kyle Hegg in 3rd. Fraser Clark was just behind the 715 Kyle Hegg car, with a battle continuing for the minor places behind. Hegg would move the 42 car wide with just 1 lap to go, but this allowed 668 to close in, and the three cars with 42 a sandwich between, went into last corner of the race bumper to bumper. Hegg found himself pushed wide, with Clark taking full advantage, moving from 4th up to 2nd, crossing the line narrowly ahead of Hegg and Wilson. Warner would be demoted from the race win, with Fraser Clark taking the win by the narrowest of margins in the end.
We are back at Lochgelly Raceway this Saturday, with the 1600 Rookie Bangers, Classic Hot Rods, Superstox, CC Rods and Stock Rods all taking to the track, with a 5.45pm start time.
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06/04/24 - 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