HRP Lochgelly Raceway produced another exciting night of racing on Saturday as the Junior Production formula took centre stage as they battled it out for their Scottish Championship, writes our Raceway correspondent, Kevin McQueen.
Around 20 of the sport's up and coming talents took to the track as the Junior Production formula looked to showcase their talents with the Championship up for grabs.
With several of the drivers set to move on in the coming weeks and months, it will be their last major championship in the formula.
Two reverse grid heats were used to determine the grid for the main race – giving equal opportunity to all drivers to stake a place at the front end of the pack.
Heat 1 saw some brilliant racing with Bella Brown driving an excellent race as she fought her way into the top three places, before holding off some fierce competition from the challenging drivers behind – Bella would hold on to take a 2nd place finish behind race winner Callum Ritchie.
Heat 2 was another exciting race with a couple of great on track battles. Again, Callum Ritchie took the win with in-form Leeland Dearn finishing 2nd and Frazer Anderson 3rd.
The Scottish Championship was the final race for the formula, and it was a dramatic affair – a stop start race with cautions throwing extra pressure on those racing up front.
Leeland Dearn got off to a great start, however, a lap one incident would result in a complete restart, and on 2nd time of asking, Callum Ritchie got the jump and into the lead of the race – where he would never look back.
However, it wasn’t plain sailing, with several yellow flag stoppages bringing the pack closer to him at every restart. Callum held his nerve though, and took a deserving victory. Behind him, the battle for 2nd was emphatic – multiple cars chasing the position, with nothing between them.
It would be Kenzie Kopacz who took 2nd, with 3rd place being awarded to Aiden Duffy.The Superstox welcomed a couple of visiting drivers as they gear up for the World Championship on September 5. Gary Chisolm, Ian Beaumont and Michael Green made the trip north, with Green fairing best of the trio.
Chisolm and Beaumont appeared to have a few issues throughout the night.
Jordan Black continued his good form and good pace throughout the night, as he took a win in the opening heat, with Adam Low taking the victory in heat 2 – surviving a last lap push from the Michael Green car.
Green took the win in the meeting final ahead of Low and Bryan Forrest.The 2.0 Hot Rods welcomed the return of William Bullar and Allan Gibson – both who had been out of contention after suffering heavy damage on their travels in July. Robbie Daly had issues in practice that ended his night before even taking a green flag.
William Buller was in great form on his return, racing to a hat-trick of race victories. Whilst Allan Gibson kept him honest, Buller didn’t appear to be under any major threat.
The Stock Rods once more entertained, though, there were a few untimely casualties during the meeting which we hope won’t see the drivers sidelined for too long.
Again, the formula produced three different race winners on the night showcasing the competitiveness of the current crop of drivers.
Craig Harrison took the victory in the opening heat, with Jock McEwan taking the second heat.
There were strong performances throughout the heats from Baillie Glencross and Dean Heeps as well, with both drivers on the pace. The meeting final went the way of Sean Naismith with Darren McAlpine 2nd and British Champion David Philp Jnr2 being awarded 3rd. The 1600 Bangers completed the line up, and produced good racing throughout.
Ryan Martin and Paul Barron were never far away from each other, and both gave the crowd some good racing with end to end action.
Joe Ewart and Dylan Ward came together a couple of times in the final, with Ward giving Ewart a big hit following an earlier coming together.
Race wins went the way of Ryan Martin, Paul Barron and Jamie George.
Congratulations go to all the winners and podium finishers, and a huge thank you to everyone who came along and supported racing at HRP Lochgelly Raceway.
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