A hat-trick of sell outs at Lochgelly Raceway

For the third meeting in succession, trackside viewing was again sold out at Lochgelly raceway as the punters came along in there droves to get their weekly stock car fix.
A collision on the track at Lochgelly.A collision on the track at Lochgelly.
A collision on the track at Lochgelly.

A superb 25 Ninja Karts took to the track on the night, including two visiting drivers in the form of Jake Ashby and Finley Kew, in a competitive field of drivers which saw four different race winners on the night.

The evening kicked off with the Ninja Karts whites and yellows race, with Kal Wotherspoon coming through the pack to take a confidence boosting win.

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In the first heat of the night for the youngsters there would be no catching the flying Eevie Ford who took a superb race win.

English visitor Finley Kew took an excellent race win in heat two, with the final race going to Scottish Champion Toby Tyson.

A mighty 30 1300 Stock cars were in attendance on Saturday, the highest number of cars on track in the formula for a domestic meeting in approximately five years.

It was 16 year old Jamie Stewart who took a win in the opening race of the night,

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The ever improving Craig Warner finished first in heat two, before the meeting final saw Ross Watters take first place ahead of Stewart Aitken in second.

The ProStocks were in superb form from a spectator’s point of view, with 20 cars in attendance. A rollover, and a number of on track battles throughout the night saw a lot of action, but ultimately, a lot of damaged cars as well.

The opening race of the night was no sooner on its way before a complete restart was called for after a coming together between Stuart Hall and Paul Winfield.

Dougie Kidd eventually took the win in the race where only seven out of 20 cars finished.

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The second heat of the night continued in much the same fashion, with the hits continuing to go in.

Ross Stewart took advantage of everyone else’s misfortune as he took a race win ahead of Paul Winfield and Scott Jamieson.

The meeting final was a little more tame as the car numbers deteriorated and it was Tam Melrose who took the win, finishing ahead of Scott Jamieson and Ian Christie.

The Stock Rods were the final formula in action, and they too saw some visiting interest in the shape of Maison Waugh and James Morris.

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Stuart Hamilton made his return to racing on home soil, taking a comfortable race win in the opening race of the night, with Paul Wilson finishing in second and Morris third.

Stock Rodder Pete Thomson has been in the formula for a number of years on and off, and made his first outing since racing re-commenced, and took the win in the second heat of the night for his efforts, with Morris and Waugh rounding out the top three.

The meeting final saw a closed grid of cars with the top point scorers from the two heats at the front of the grid. Morris led the way from the outset, though was under intense pressure from Siobhan Martin, Brett Sneddon and Gary Dean behind.

A number of blue flags were given to advise Morris to hold a line as the pressure continued to mount, with the race steward finally deeming that Morris failed to adhere to the instruction and removed him from the result, giving Siobhan the race win.

It was an excellent race to watch with the front drivers battling it out.

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