Kirkistown Car and Superkart Season Closes This Weekend With A Busy Meeting.

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Kirkistown Season Closes This Weekend With A Busy Meeting.

Saturday 17th October sees the final round of car and superkart racing at Kirkistown for 2020. Normally the season would have already finished but because it didn’t get going until June, an extra date has been slotted in.

Few of the championships for 2020 are settled, although in some cases there is only a mathematical possibility of an upset.

In the N.I. FF1600 Championship, Ballymena driver David McCullough has a 32 point lead over The Randalstown Rocket, Alan Davidson. There is a maximum of 44 points available, so if McCullough were to have a disaster and Davidson did his usual giant killing act, he could steal the Championship.

There had been a further major complication in the form of, in form, Ballina driver, Dave Parkes. He is only 4 points behind Davidson. His two drives at the September meeting were epic, coming from last on the grid to third, in both races! Unfortunately, we have been robbed of the prospect of a Connaught upset, as Dave has had to self isolate for fourteen days, having received a positive test for Covid-19.

In the pre-90 FF1600 class, Davidson cannot be beaten but there is a mighty battle for second place between Belfast’s Chris Hillis, Ballymena’s Henry Campbell and Omagh’s Adrian Pollock.

The Roadsports Championship is very interesting with Welling driver Steve Morris leading a resurgent Kieron Smith, from Moira, by just 16 points. Again, 44 points are on the table. John Benson, from Holywood, has had a great deal of mechanical woes this year, yet he is only 9 points behind Smyth!

In Class A, Kieron Smyth cannot be beaten.

In Class B, Cameron Boyd, from Bangor, leads Banbridge driver, Paul Thompson, by 3 points, with a possible 8 points available.

Class C is much tighter, with John Benson leading Steve Morris by 1 point. Crossgar driver, Niall Fitzsimmons is equal with Morris and Lisburn’s Trevor Allen is just 2 points behind them. There are a maximum of 8 points available over two races.

In the Saloons, Belfast driver, Stephen Traub, leads Craigavon driver, Peter Baxter, by 19 points. Again, 44 points are available over the two races. Third place is very tight. Lisburn’s Greer Wray has 30 points. Gavin Kilkey, from Derry, has 28. Matthew Lyness, from Ballinahinch, has 25. Hugh McEvoy, from Newry, has 22 and Donal O’Neill, from Nutt’s Corner, has 20.

Dungiven driver, Gerard O’Connell has the GT Championship won. The main interest in this class will come from seeing if Belfast’s Ian Leinster can further lower his own lap record in his extremely rapid Midget.

In the Mazda Modi-5 Cup, Randalstown driver, Paul Sheridan, has a healthy 32 point lead over Newcastle driver Eugene McCann. Again, 44 points are on the table. The battle for third place in the championship should be tight. Ballywalter driver, David Cousins, has 46 points. Tandragee driver, Stephen Murray, has 42 and Crossmaglen driver, Rob Kennedy, has 37.

In the Fiesta Championship, Mark Stewart, from Belfast, has a 39 point advantage over Neville Anderson, from Banbridge, with 44 points available. Strangford hot shoe, Megan Campbell, is a further 39 points behind Anderson. However, only 10 points behind her are Newtownards driver, Ricky Hull, and Belfast driver, Paul Stewart, with Helensburgh driver, Stephen Walker, only 1 further point behind.

The Superkarts are racing for fun. In the 250cc class Jason Dredge makes the trip from Reading. His opposition will come from Jonathan Adams, from Ballyclare, Brian Jones, from Craigavon, Stephen McAdan, from Richhill and Colin Armstrong, from Armagh.
The 125cc class should see the Crossen brothers, Peter and Alan, swapping places at the front again. Ross Witherow, from Millisle will be in the mix, as will Noel Lindsay, from Hillsbrough. Scott Greenaway, from Gilford, has not has an answer for the Crossens so far in 2020 but he is getting closer all the time. Philip Mills, from Dollingstown and Trevor Armstrong, from Armagh, will be hoping for strong finishes to the season as well.

Unfortunately, the General Public is not allowed to attend but the whole race meeting can be followed live on the free Speedhive app. At the last meeting, commentator, Alan Drysdale, broadcast some racing live, on his FaceBook page. He may do something similar for this one.
 
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