IT was the wettest night of the season on Saturday, at Lochgelly Raceway, but that didn’t stop the drivers putting on a show and pushing things to the limit as they searched for success on track, writes our Raceway correspondent, Kevin McQueen.
The Superstox were down on numbers somewhat, but the drivers in attendance did there utmost to put on a show. Bryan Forrest, Gary Chisolm, Craig Stephen and Aaroun Riddell were never too far away from each other throughout the night, with Forrest looking the quickest of the four, though, Chisolm looked the smoothest.
Forrest pushed things to the limit as he looked to continue his excellent start to the season, but on a couple of occasions, pushed things just a little too hard, and collided with the wall as he took a wide line into the corners as he looked to carry as much speed as possible, resulting in two DNF’s for the track championship leader.
Chisolm took a less aggressive line and it paid off as he kept away from the wall, and managed to dial in his car perfectly for the conditions, as he took a away a heat and final double, whilst Aarond Riddell took a victory in heat 2. Dave Lumsden came away with a tyre courtesy of RS Motors, and we thank them for their contribution.
The Ninja Karts welcomed a number of southern visitors as the youngsters went on their travels at the Easter Weekend with the kids all given an Easter Egg pre-meeting from the Ninja Kart team! Some 25 karts took to the track on the night with very close and competitive racing in extremely challenging track conditions.
It was great to see the calibre of driving on display throughout the night, with each and every driver performing excellently.
Some of the less experienced drivers such as Brodie Robertson, Brett Sneddon and Denni Farrell didn’t let the weather or number of karts phase them as they drove their own races and built confidence, Denni Farrell managing to lead for a good period in the process holding off some much more experienced drivers too.
532 Bobby Davis Jnr took the win in the whites and yellows race ahead of Jaxon Stone and Jaxon Souter. The following two heats saw Alfie MacLeod continue his excellent start to the season as he took victory in both heats.
Alfie Shevill finished second in heat 1, and Finley Burt third in what may have been his first outing at Lochgelly Raceway.
Heat 2 would see Bobby Davis Jnr and Finley Burt take 2nd and 3rd places respectively. The meeting final saw an excellent race with George Cooper looking set to take victory, but a hard charging Jayden Jeffrey managed to pip him to the post with an excellent overtake on the last corner of the last lap, whilst George White finished in third position.
We extend our thanks to all the race teams for supporting our event on Saturday, with the youngsters providing great on-track racing. The 2.0 Hot Rods saw William Buller dominate in the wet conditions as he stormed to a hat-trick of victories on the night that will see him move up the grades.
Further back, there was a lot of very close racing with Mark Brady and Mitch Souter having a great battle.
Souter also had close battles with Jack Bradburn and Allan Gibson throughout the night. Charlie Hardie looked to be the best of the rest behind Buller as he battled hard throughout the night to come away with a good haul of points, though Allan Gibson was always there or thereabouts with him too, with the pair closely matched for long periods.
The 1600 Bangers saw race wins go the way of Ryan Martin in heat 1, with Paul Barron taking a heat and final double thereafter. Martin and Barron were never far away throughout the night, with Ryan Martin delivering an excellent last bend hit on Barron in the opening heat of the night to take an excellent win.
Jamie George and Luke Thompson both grew in confidence throughout the night with the two drivers scoring some good points.The ORCi Ministox were the final formula in attendance on Saturday, and they provided some very good racing with a number of drivers trading places lap after lap.
There would be no catching the flying Oakley Grief though, as he dominated from white grade and took a hat-trick of victories.
Shaun Boyle had his best meeting of the season as he looked to overcome his early season teething issues, as he finished in 2nd place in each of the two heats.
Lana Middler continues to grow in confidence in the formula – building on her much improved 2025, Lana looks to be taking things in her stride as she once more came away with some good points, most notably a runners-up spot in the meeting final.
Corey Mathers made his first outing of the season at Lochgelly and drove to a third place finish in the meeting final. Oakley Grief came away with a tyre too, courtesy of our meeting sponsor, GA Autos. We are back in action on Saturday as we welcome the U Pull It 1400 Stock Cars, Stock Rods, National Hot Rods, CC Rods and Junior Productions, with the racing getting underway at 5.30pm.
Don’t forget, under 10s go free.
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