Wow, what a night.
It was one of them nights where every formula at Lochgelly Raceway produced the goods – superb racing through each of the 20 scheduled races.
It had everything, writes Raceway correspondent Kevin McQueen.
Hard hitting action, door to door racing, hair raising moments and absolute carnage!
The primary focus of Saturday’s event was on the youngsters though, our stars of the future as they contested their Scrapco Metal Recycling World Ninja Championship event, with a few support races for non-qualifying drivers as well.
There were just under 50 youngsters with us on the day, and they produced the goods. The non-qualifying drivers got the chance to be part of the event, and ultimately, win a place on the back of the main race itself later in the night.
For the support races, there were some very good performances – Harry Ford looked to have the bit between his teeth, Jenson Lehec and Henri Liptrott likewise.
Max Armit would be the one though that took the win in their final, as he secured a place in the World Championship race.
For the qualifying drivers, each driver would race in two out of three qualifying heats, with the points tallied to give the grid for the World Championship race, later in the night.
Three different winners in the heats saw three different race winners, with seven Rory Wilson setting a lap record in those heats.
Wilson himself took a win in the opening heat, whilst Jack Murphy and Mason Carberry took race wins in the further heats.
The World Championship grid was formed, with Rory Wilson in pole position and Mason Carberry on his outside. George Cooper, Alfie MacLeod, Elliott Lake and Henry Hunn were in the rows behind in what was a mouthwatering first few rows of the grid.
Rory Wilson got away well and led the early stages of the race, though fell back into second place, before making a move back to the front, and seemingly looking like a good chance of success.
A further race stoppage saw the pack close up, and Wilson once more found himself under pressure from Carberry, Cooper and Elliott Lake.
Cooper moved into the lead of the race, before Wilson came back at him and once more moved into the lead of the race and a few kart lengths ahead.
Cooper found some clear track behind though, and got the bit between his teeth and chased down Wilson once more, before moving into the lead, with Lake pressuring Wilson likewise as the front three battled through the traffic.
Further back, Alfie Shevill was making inroads into the lead pack as was a resurgent Christopher Lattka.
As the laps wore down, Cooper extended his lead somewhat, and took the win and the World Championship as he punched the air as he crossed the line.
Lake pipped Wilson to second place, with Wilson completing the top three.
For a number of drivers, it was their final time of racing at Lochgelly in the Ninja Karts, before ageing out ahead of the next event here at Lochgelly, and we wish each of them the best as they move into their next formula.
The U Pull It 1400 Stock Cars were in great form with the bumpers going in hard throughout each race.
Chris Innes found himself in the thick of the action on a number of occasions, finding himself at the front of a train of cars that had all went into the corner hard, and Innes found himself clattering the wall with quite some force.
Dean McGill and Brant West looked to have a bit of a ding-dong throughout the night, with the pair exchanging heavy blows on more than one occasion.
McGill took a heat and final double, whilst Sam Cavanagh took an inspiring victory in the second heat of the night.
The CC Rods saw a few cars missing, and a few cars drop out after the opening heat – one of which was Scottish Champion Ian Donaldson, who was debuting a brand new Fiesta.
Gavin Ritchie also debuted his new car, and was bang on form with it as he took wins in each of the two heats.
Ritchie drove excellently in all three races and defended superbly at times as he held on against the star graded Robert Conway and in form Liam Conway.
Lee Scott looked to be back on form as well after a difficult couple of meetings, bringing his car home in the top 5 in all three races.
The ProStocks were certainly a formula to watch on Saturday – Dougie Kidd was in the mood for it, and was the driver to watch as he pushed his way through the field in each of the three races in a newly built car as he sets his sights on the points chase in the second half of the season.
There was plenty of action in all three races, with drivers throughout the grid getting stuck in to great effect producing lots of exciting racing.
Paul McNulty Jnr took a race win in the opening heat with Dylan Dickson taking the win in heat 2.
Dougie Kidd took the win in the meeting final ahead of Kai McNulty and Paul McNulty Jnr.
The Junior Productions completed a busy few weeks, and once more delivered lots of excellent racing.
The youngsters had a few bumps during the night, but overall, the racing was excellent with lots of very close, competitive racing.
Calum Ritchie took the win in the opening heat, whilst Lee Moore went on to take a heat and final double in the further races.
Leeland Dearn looked to have found his feet with his new car after a few issues last time out, as he came away with two second place finishes for his efforts, whilst Kenzie Kopacz continued his good form, with a hat-trick of third place finishes on the night.
The Caravans completed the evening, and entertained once more.
Despite only a few caravans in attendance, those drivers all entertained, and destroyed every caravan on the track!
James Slater Sr and James Slater Jnr finished things off in style, as Sr parked his limo across the track for son James Jnr to drive through much to the crowd’s delight.
We move into our mid season break now, and will return to action on Saturday July 18.
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