Latest Results
Sunday 31st December 2023
Heat 1: 747 711 153 29 811 59 181
Heat 2: 29 811 59 951 153 711 181
Final: 811 153 711 951 747 181 59
1300 Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1: 997 194 946 910 932 335 48 44 41 32
Heat 2: 991 194 515 997 335 946 32 41 44 888
Final: 335 991 997 194 41 946 910 44 888 92
Junior Rods
Heat 1: 61 15 218 945 975 991 107 74
Heat 2: 15 218 932 61 9 945 975 991 74 68
Final: 218 15 945 61 74 932 991 107 1 68
GP 2 Lightning Rods
Heat 1: 131 837 37 132 51 923 172 22 72 33
Heat 2: 37 132 51 923 22 72 33
Final: 37 51 132 923 22 172 72 774 33
B2B Bangers
Heat 1: 118 13 21 308
Final: 118 308 21
Caravan DD: 118 Matthew McKinstry
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There were five formals in action during the annual festive meeting at the raceway. Each of the classes contested the annual King of NuttsCorner title.
In the Saloon Stock Cars Matthew Stirling and Stuart McCammon shared the heat wins before Kieran McIvor just held on in front of Ryan Wright to take the final win.
Irish Champion Matt Milliken continued his streak of form with a heat one victory in the 1300 Stock Cars before Junior Rod graduate Daniel Stewart took the heat two spoils in his debut meeting. Local man James Crossett cruised to victory in the final, Stewart was the gallant runner up with Joshua McKinstry third.
Jamie chalked up the opening GP2 Lightning Rod heat honours before Paul Nesbitt to charge of proceeding, rounding out the remainder of the meeting undefeated; winning heat two and the final. Joining Nesbitt on the final podium was George Esler and Ricky Peoples
Alex Walker and Robbie McKinstry enjoyed wins apiece in the Junior Rod heats before Noah Teggart stormed to victory in the King of NuttsCorner Final, next across the line was R McKinstry and Mya Hill.
Matthew McKinstry was in dominant form in the B2B Bangers securing a heat and final double.
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Saturday 11th November 2023
Heat 1: 718 918 933 216 317 733 243 175
Heat 2: 718 216 317 933 733 175
Final: 718 918 216 317 933 175 733 669
ORCi Stock Rods
Heat 1: 920 115 918 981 16 5
Heat 2: 918 920 5 115 16 981 21
Final: 920 16 93 21 115 981 918
Junior Rods
Heat 1: 15 110 61 991 218 85 969 975 945
Heat 2: 110 15 991 218 975 969 85 945 175
Final: 110 991 218 85 61 969 945
GP2 Lightning Rods
Irish Championship: 837 87 37 222 131 777 22 44 172 33
Irish Revenge: 87 960 37 132 51 222 923 68 172 22
Heat 1: 87 37 777 51 132 68 22 72 33
B2B Bangers
Irish Championship: 111 152 13 11 308 27
Heat 1: 308 13 48 27
Heat 2: 11 308 152 27
Saturday's event was the final meeting of the 2023 domestic season at Nutts Corner Raceway.
Belfast man Gavin Fegan was the pace setter in the Brisca F2 Stock Cars where he thrashed the opposition to score a fine hat trick of wins including the King of Nutts Corner.
David Nesbitt cruised to emphatic victory in the GP2 Lightning Rod Irish Closed Championship, finishing ahead of Mark Goldie and Paul Nesbitt.
Goldie proved unstoppable in the remaining races, visiting victory lane in the revenge race and heat.
Alan Milliken was the man to beat in the B2B Micro Bangers where he picked up the Irish Closed Championship title.
Rueben Kernohan visited victory line twice in the Stock Rods with wins in both the opening heat and meeting final. Kernohans hat trick was dashed by Calyn People who took the top spot in heat 2.
Also on the programme was the Junior Rods. Robbie McKinstry was winner of heat 1. Oisin Arbuckle found pace in time to round out 2023 with wins in heat 2 and the meeting final.
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Sunday 5th November 2023
Irish Championship: 105 973 29 711 59
Irish Revenge: 153 59 973 181 711 105
1300 Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1: 932 997 194 48 41 888 24 22 946 44
Heat 2: 194 48 22 997 41 24 888 44 932 946
Final: 997 194 888 44 910 41 48 24 37 946
ORCi Stock Rods
Irish Championship: 314 924 920 958 84 16 981 918 933 77
Irish Revenge: 142 981 16 933 958 918 115 77 5 21
Junior Rods
Gold Roof Final: 991 975 969 61 945 85 110 932 218 15
Heat 1: 15 110 991 61 975 85 218 107 969 1
Heat 2: 15 110 975 991 218 945 932 85 969
GP2 Lightning Rods
Heat 1: 960 923 51 132 37 194 131 837 68 72
Heat 2: 194 131 837 960 51 132 37 68 923 60
Final: 194 51 37 132 22 44 923 172 72 837
Micro F2 Stock Cars
Heat 1: 181 22 36 25 153 89 180 16
Heat 2: 181 99 22 19 312 36 153 89 25 180
Final: 181 19 22 25 89 180
Calvin is Irish Champ
It was Irish Championship time for the 2L Saloon Stock Cars , early lively exchanges sidelined a few of the favourites including Matt Stirling and defending champion Ryan Wright. Other casualties included Geoff Martin and Kieran McIvor. With a somewhat depleted contingent still in action Scott Rainey held sway at the front until Calvin Blake moved through on the last lap to take the win. Rainey was second with Stuart McCammon third. Wright was back on form in the revenge, blasting through from the rear of the pack to take the victory.
Former World Champ Kennedy claims green roof.
The eagerly anticipated Stock Rod Irish Closed Championship proved to be a hard fought affair. Jack Kennedy took charge of proceedings, although he was kept honest throughout by Jack Morrow who lurked large in his mirror. Kennedy took the title ahead of Morrow and Reuben Kernohan in third.
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Daniel Stewart added the Junior Rod Gold Roof title to his impressive CV before Robbie McKinstry rounded out the day with a double heat victory.
Robbie Wright and Thomas McCrory Jnr were the 1300 Stock Car heat winners before Matt Milliken served up a fine drive to take the final win.
Jordan Nicholl had a visit to victory lane in the opening GP2 Lightning Rod heat, from there Clive Wilson was on unstoppable pace chalking up a heat and final double.
Harry Martin was the man to beat again in the Micro F2’s, where he stormed to another brace of victories.
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Sunday 15th October 2023
Irish Champ: 918 467 517 718 10
Irish Revenge: 467 918 718 243 10 733
2Lt Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1: 747 153 105 59 711 811 181 89
Heat 2: 105 747 59 711 153 181 89 811
Final: 747 153 105 59 181 811 89
1300 Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1: 44 932 888 997 94 815 335 10 946 48
Heat 2: 997 335 888 993 946 44
Ulster Final: 44 997 335 10 94 932 946 993
ORCi Stock Rods
Heat 1: 314 115 981 958 16 92 47 77 933 918
Heat 2: 918 92 958 16 981 115 47 93 21 77
Final: 918 92 314 115 933 47 X 981 77 16
Junior Rods
Irish Closed: 991 969 85 932 218 61 107 15
Irish Revenge: 991 932 969 15 85 945 107
GP2 Lightning Rods
Gold Roof: 51 87 960 132 60 923 131 81 22 777
Heat : 923 131 960 81 777 60 837 51 132 87
Micro F2 Stock Cars
Heat 1: 181 99 312 89 180
Heat 2: 181 19 312 99 25 153 89 36 180
Final: 181 312 153 36 25 89 180
Shea retakes Irish title
The Brisca F2 Stock Car Irish Closed Championship was the headline event at Sunday’s NCR meeting.
Belfast’s Shea Fegan held off a late insurgence from the defending title holder Aiden McFerran to take the spoils for the second time. Aiden was runner up with his brother Declan Og third. Next across the line was Gavin Fegan with Ronald Scott rounding out the top 5.
A McFerran was back at his best come the revenge race where he swooped to victory ahead of Shea and Gavin.
Daniel defends green roof
Co Armagh teenager Daniel Stewart was on blistering pace once again where he cruised to a convincing victory in the Junior Rod Irish Closed Championship. Joining Stewart on the feature race podium was Ryan Abernethy Jnr and Jaydon Brunton. Later in the afternoon Stewart visited victory lane again with a win in the revenge race.
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Gareth Halliday and Matt Milliken shared the heat wins for the 1300 Stock Car Ulster Championship. The 1300’s were in fiery form all afternoon with drama galore, Halliday went on to take the flag in the Ulster Final, Milliken was runner up with James Crossett third.
Matthew Stirling and Calvin Blake had heat wins apiece in the Saloon Stock Cars before Stirling captured the final win ahead of Ryan Wright.
Jack Kennedy and Calyn Peoples were the Stock Rod victors while George Esler and James Paisley both chalked up victories in the GP2 Lightning Rods.
Completing the busy race programme was the Micro F2 Stock Cars where Harry Martin stormed to a brace of victories.
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Sunday 17th September 2023
Heat 1: 467 918 924 718 733
Heat 2: 718 467 10 733 175 918 918
Final: 718 467 924 10 918
ORCi Stock Rods
Heat 1: 958 47 920 933 314 115 77 21 15 203
Heat 2: 920 115 933 77 314 21 15 203 958
Final: 115 47 958 314 77 15 920 21 203
Junior Rods
Heat 1: 991 110 945 969 218 61 107 1 68
Heat 2: 945 991 218 110 107 85 969 61 1
Final: 991 218 969 107 85 945 61 110
GP2 Lightning Rods
Heat 1: 51 132 131 777 41 81 923 72 172 69
Heat 2: 837 777 923 131 51 132 68 69 44 22
Final: 44 81 51 923 777 69 172
Micro F2 Stock Cars
Heat 1: 22 19 99 25 36 312 89 180 733
Heat 2: 19 22 99 89 733
Final: 19 22 181 312 99 733 36 89
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Aidan McFerran was the first F2 winner of the afternoon with a clear victory in heat one before Gavin Fegan took charge of the remaining races. Fegan enjoyed wins in both the second heat and meeting final. Next across the line in the feature race was the earlier heat winner McFerran and Jack Morrow who is finding his feet nicely in the formula.
While the more established names George Esler and David Nesbitt shared the GP2 Lightning Rod heat victories it was Cullybackey rookie Reece McMaster who took the final spoils. The Newcomer McMaster completed the distance to take the win ahead of Jonny Bigger and Elser.
Casey Lee was the opening Micro F2 winner, later in the day William Graham demonstrated strong pace chalking up wins in the second heat and final.
There was a good showing of Junior Rods once again. Irish Champion Daniel Stewart run the distance to win heat one before Mya Hill drove to an impressive heat two victory. Stewart was the pace setter again come the final, taking the spoils ahead of Noah Teggart and Ryan Abernethy Jnr.
Shea Duff and Reuben Kernohan both enjoyed heat wins in the Stock Rod formula before veteran racer Sam McKinstry visited victory lane in the final. McKinstry completed the distance to claim the silverware ahead of Jamie Cardwell and Duff.
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Sunday 3rd September 2023
Heat 1: 761 547 890 184 915 931 191 980 419 560
Heat 2: 992 390 7 154 880 86 16 918 127 226
Consolation: 180 24 801 3 376 647 183 968 387 979
Irish OpenFinal: 7 890 647 915 560 390 213 96 419 980
Grand National: 184 154 80 24 560 390 578 7 213 918
2Lt Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1: 501 38 27 711 105 124 622 620 153 902
Heat 2: 620 747 38 501 711 59 811 622 407 27
Final: 902 711 620 59 199 811 747 8 38 622
ORCi Stock Rods
World Final: 16 272 29 920 314 84 47 268 700 115
Revenge: 924 84 887 612 115 700 958 47 268
Allcomers: 924 944 314 958 161 612 115 268 535 93
ORCi Ministox
Irish Open: 42 202 88 68 6 629 172 484 628 306
Revenge: 306 60 7 202 339 68 14 484 207 51
Allcomers: 870 617 78 7 14 202 306 172 339 50
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BRISCA F2 STOCK CARS
Sunday’s meeting would see the F2’s contest the Irish Open Championship. Bowyer was a heat winner again with Burns following on his pleasing result from the night before with a well judged victory in heat two. Lady racer 180 Courtney Witts had a pleasing win in the consolation race securing her place in the Irish Open final.
The Irish Open showdown was lined up in graded order, with the star names at the back of the field. The race was less than a lap old when a caution period was required when Wallace rolled over in turn 3 after what was a barbaric start to proceedings. On the restart things soon settled down and the World Champion Moodie peeled through the pack and eventually made it all the way to the front, having hunted down 647 Chris Burgoyne and finally race leader 890 Paul Rice.
There was a big talking point along the way, when Guinchard clashed heavily with Jack Witts and Shea Fegan, taking the trio out of contention. Moodie went on to take the title ahead of Rice and Burgoyne.
The final race action of the weekend was a Grand National. The previous night’s LCQ winner Vaight was again on the pace to take the spoils in this one.
STOCK RODS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
With all the points tallied and confirmed, Philp emerged as the pole sitter with Cardwell alongside. The race started in quite an explosive manner with the front rows shuffled wide by the chasing pack. 16 Samuel Montgomery found himself at the helm albeit under immense pressure from big names such as 314 Jack Kennedy, 958 Shea Duff and Philp to name but a few. The race wasn’t without its dramas, not least when 172 Derek McAllister was spun out, but when he rejoined, 92 William Donnell ran both drivers heavily around the turns 3 & 4 wall. McAllister and Donnell were both disqualified.
Regardless of the caution periods and restarts, Montgomery continued to lead but his position was now under serious pressure from Philp and 272 John McAllister. However, deep into the closing stages, Philp made an untidy pass on Montgomery and bundled his way into the lead. Philp completed the race distance to take the flag, ahead of Montgomery and McAllister. A lengthy Stewards enquiry followed, as officials studied the Raceway’s camera footage. Philp was handed down a 2 place penalty for his involvement in the back straight incident which saw Duff spun across the infield, whereby a marker tyre was bludgeoned out on to the track. The docking of Philip elevated Montgomery back to first place and the Limavady man was crowned as World Champion, McAllister was confirmed as the runner up with Philp demoted to third. Sportingly, Philp congratulated new gold top Montgomery.
Jack Morrow commanded the remaining Stock Rod races of the afternoon, taking the spoils in the Revenge race and Allcomers event.
SALOON STOCK CARS
The Saloons continued their lively display throughout the rest of Sunday’s race card. Scotland’s Aaryn Triggs and 501 Ally Strachan shared the heat honours this time. Compton-Sage survived a last bend assault from 711 Anthony McIvor to take the final spoils, making it 2 feature wins on the trot for last year’s World Cup winner.
ORCi MINI STOX
Irish Open Championship 2023 - green flag dropped and there were a few spinning cars at the start of the long 20 lap race for drivers. 88 Kyle Rogerson maintained the lead until lap 7 of the race. All drivers drove fantastic, hard and fast racing, putting on a great show for the crowd. Yellow flag formation: 290 Alfie Tomkins, 29 David Philp Jnr Jnr, 42 Jake Wilson. 290 Alfie Tomkins held a healthy lead with 5 drivers in contention for second place; 202 Cody Bradford / 42 Jake Wilson / 60 Bailey Millar / 6 Hamish Plenderleith / 29 David Philip Jnr Jnr. An eventful, action packed, few laps followed resulting another yellow flag; 60 Bailey Millar a causality after putting up a good fight to get to the front. 6 Hamish Plenderleith pulled into the lead battling with 42 Jake Wilson, 6 falls short with a neat 360 spun and rejoins. 202 Cody Bradford tried to challenge for the lead however it was 42 Jake Wilson who took himself to victory lane becoming the first Irish Open Champion 2023, followed by 202 Cody Bradford and 88 Kyle Rogerson.
Revenge Race - this was a reverse grid of the previous race putting 306 Oliver Heron the recently crowned Open Scottish Champion on pole. It was a busy start with a few spinning cars, many drivers out of shape coming down the back straight pushing a marker tyres onto the track. Yellow flag formation: 306 Oliver Heron, 629 Kerr Paterson and 207 Alfie Frecken. Another yellow allowed a change upfront and brought more drivers into the mix. There were 5 drivers again in contention for second place; 202 Cody Bradford / 60 Bailey Millar / 207 Alfie Frecken / 172 Rian Mitchell / 629 Kerr Paterson. It was a dramatic finish with cars across both end of the track. 306 Oliver Heron lead the entire race, flag to flag, followed by 60 Bailey Millar and 7 Charlie Hardie.
Allcomers, this was graded order. 78 Nicole Allardyce showing good pace and increased confidence leading the first half of the race. Whilst 870 Bertie Farrell and 617 Christina Sillifant came through; both challenging and exchanging the lead. It was 870 Bertie Farrell who took the last spot in victory lane for the weekend, followed by 617 Christina Sillifant and 78 Nicole Allardyce. A rewarding top 3 having all been in mix of things all weekend.
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Saturday 2nd September 2023
Last Chance: 184 968 517 213 844 578 674 979 387 618
Heat 1: 761 180 547 674 387 736 931 419 325 728
World Final: 7 3 918 24 560 B96 968 992 801 578
Consolation: 390 191 517 890 647 915 285 880 783 467
Final: 918 880 931 890 560 24 7 980 736 924
517 514
2Lt Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1: 620 747 38 501 902 493 811 153 105 124
Heat 2: 902 747 711 153 38 811 493 169 501 620
Ironman Final: 902 105 747 711 811 27 8 620 153 38
ORCi Stock Rods
Heat 1 29 958 92 700 272 268 314 612 151 338
Heat 2 47 272 314 29 920 16 268 612 933 101
Heat 3 924 16 700 151 46 47 161 958 918
ORCi Ministox
Heat 1: 7 628 88 14 480 42 60 6 207 136
Heat 2: 42 29 290 6 202 68 50 617 96 78
Heat 3: 88 14 617 29 7 290 202 484 172 339
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BRISCA F2 STOCK CARS
MOODIE ON TOP OF THE WORLD
History was made at NuttsCorner Raceway on Saturday 2nd Sept 2023, when the BriSCA F2 Stock Car Championship of the World was hosted for the first time outside of the UK mainland. The race has a long history dating back to 1963 when Roy Goodman took the spoils in the inaugural running at Swindon.
The weekend started off with a well-supported practice event on Friday evening, this was well received by the visiting contingent, many of whom were competing at the Co. Antrim venue for the first time.
The teams assembled in the pits from early Saturday morning, presenting their cars for pre-race checks as they got ready to tackle the biggest event of the race calendar. There was a session of pre-meeting practice before the International entrants contested their Time Trials which would dictate their starting slots in the main event. The final build-up prior to the commencement of the main meeting was the ever-popular grid walk, this gave the fans an opportunity to get up close with the drivers and their machinery, as many racegoers swarmed on to the circuit to collect autographs and take photos of their favourites. After something of a gloomy summer in Northern Ireland, fine weather arrived in time, allowing the droves of spectators to bask in glorious early September sunshine as they readied themselves to witness history in the making!
The first F2 action of the weekend was the “Last chance qualifying” race which would see the top 6 finishers progress the main World Final race. The race was lined up in graded order using WQ points with the gaps removed to form a closed grid. The race was only green for less than a lap when an early pile up in turns 1 and 2 spilled onto the back straight causing a caution period. Among the early casualties were NI80 Aidy Finnegan and 931 Rebecca Smith. At the second fall of the green, all got away in a smoother fashion with 844 Jack Prosser enjoying a brief spell out front before local lad NI517 Declan Og McFerran moved through into the lead. With the laps ticking away and the race at its midpoint, McFerran was still at the helm, but all the while 184 Aaron Vaight was making impressive progress as was former double World Champion 968 Micky Brennan. It soon became apparent that Vaight was the man to watch, as he edged ever closer to the leading McFerran car. With the end in sight, Vaight made his move for the top spot with Brennan in tow, demoting McFerran into third. Behind the leading trio was 213 Tom Bennett and Prosser; then 578 Mark Gibbs, 979 Paul Moss and 674 Steven Burgoyne all of whom were squabbling over the all important 6th and final qualifying spot. At the flag it was Vaight who captured the win ahead of Brennan, McFerran, Bennet and Prosser. After many laps under severe pressure Gibbs held on take 6th place transferring himself into the feature race.
And then, it was time!! Led by Mick Whittle with his eye-catching creation and 1972 World Champion Jimmy Murray on the replica of his world winning car, the World finalists entered the arena one by one between the flame cannons, the qualifying was complete, and the off-track preparation done and dusted. There was nothing more the pit crews could do, it was down to each driver behind the wheel!
This was an iconic affair and the atmosphere around the Co Antrim stadium was electric as the cars took to their grid position, as their fate awaited them.
7 Gordon Moodie was the pole sitter with fellow Semi Final winner 183 Charlie Guinchard alongside. Row 2 was comprised 560 Luke Wrench and 3 Liam Rennie.
Off and rolling they went for 2 warm-up laps at the end of which came the green. Moodie got off in text -book style pulling safely clear of Guinchard as he negotiated the first corner untroubled. Behind, it had all kicked off, as Wrench and H154 Kay Lenssen had moved ahead of Guinchard while 16 Craig Wallace found himself spun around on turn 2. A train of cars led by former World Winner Chris Burgoyne picked up the stricken 16 machine, causing the yellow flags to be aired.The race was still in its infancy (lap 1) which quickly saw the yellow flags changed to red, triggering a complete re-run.
The early pile-up claimed many casualties, including Burgoyne and NI467 Adian McFerran. The restart could have been something of a reprieve for Guinchard and although he offered up a better effort, Moodie again got off to a flyer! It wasn’t long until the race was suspended again, this time it was the LCQ winner Vaight who visited the turn 2 wall in style.
By now Moodie was making the starts look easy, making yet another perfect breakaway. As the race settled Lenssen dropped off the radar and Guinchard was back to 2nd ahead of Wrench and Rennie. Lenssen soon retired with what seemed to be a puncture, which could explain him dropping out of the top placings.
Come the halfway flag Moodie was well clear with Guinchard still second, behind that was Matt Stoneman who was a man on the move, closing ground on Guinchard. Wrench still kept pace in fourth with Rennie giving chase.
With the appearance of the 5 lap board, Moodie was a safe ¼ of a lap ahead, of Guinchard and Stoneman who by this point were together. There was an interesting battle developing for the remaining top 5 placing between NI918 Shea Fegan, 24 Jon Palmer and Wrench.
Stoneman disposed heavily off Guinchard on the penultimate lap, and both cars collided hard with the turns 1 & 2 concrete. Rennie wasted no time at all in moving through to fill the second place void. Stoneman and Guinchard dusted themselves off and head down the back straight where Guinchard fired back at Stoneman landing both into the turn 3 fence. By now Moodie was less than a lap from home, but the 183 car lost a rear wheel sending it flying loose around the raceway. Instead of Moodie receiving the chequered flag he was greeted with a yellow, the race was suspended once more as the lose wheel was recovered, Guinchard exited his car and stood on top of it, before it was then removed to safety.
As the realisation of a one lap shoot out became apparent, the atmosphere grew to fever pitch, which was still an understatement! What was already an historic World Final had now come down to a last lap dash to the flag. Moodie’s massive lead had vanished;Rennie, Fegan, Wrench, Palmer and company were now on his tail.
Moodie made good of the resumption while the others bumped and banged into one another into turn three. Moodie toured down the back straight and looked to be out of reach for any challengers. However, Rennie mounted a gigantic last bend launch, missing Moodie completely and running himself hard into the wall.
Moodie rounded the final turn and sped to the flag, crowning himself World Champion once again. Meanwhile Rennie rode around the wall narrowly holding onto second spot ahead of Fegan. Next across the line was Palmer, B96 Jan Bekkers, Brennan, 992 Harley Burns, 801 Jack Cave and Gibbs.
Moodie celebrated in style with a fine display of donuts on the back straight, before mounting the roof! In his post-race interview, he voiced his displeasure at the late caution period, and commented - People thought he would get favourable treatment from his In-law promoter, but “having a 1 lap restart didn’t feel like that!”
The full format meeting followed for the F2 Stock Cars on Saturday evening; 761 Richie Bowyer was the heat winner with 390 Jessica Smith making a visit to victory lane in the consolation event.
The unfortunate delay to proceedings late on Saturday resulted in the rest of the meeting being postponed to the following day. In traditional style the meeting final boasted the Alan Benson Trophy. It was especially fitting that a Nutts Corner regular, young Shea Fegan, completed the distance in this boisterous affair ahead of the rest to take the coveted prize. Joining Fegan on the podium was 880 Jack Witts and 931 Jessica Smith who held sway out front most of the race.
STOCK RODS
It was a World Championship double header with the ORCi Stock Rods’ gold roof also up for grabs.
There was high interest in this event also with a large number of drivers from all corners of the UK assembled to do battle. The drivers contested the heat races on Saturday night before Sunday’s main race. The defending title holder 29 David Philp Jnr was the first victor of Saturday evening with a win in heat 1. Local lads Jamie Cardwell and Jack Morrow went on to win the remaining qualifying heats.
SALOON STOCK CARS
The all-action Saloon Stock Cars were also on the programme as they contested the Iron Man Trophy. There was visiting driver interest from both England and Scotland swelling the grid into the mid twenties. two graded heats would determine the grid for the feature Iron Man Trophy. 620 Aaryn Triggs was winner of the opening heat before 902 Buster Compton-Sage claimed the flag in the second encounter.
The Iron Man final was arguably the race of the weekend for the lively Saloon Stock Cars, 747 Matthew Stirling took up the running at the front closely followed by Compton-Sage while Irish Champion 153 Ryan Wright lurked menacingly in third spot. As the race progressed a caution period was called for debris on the racetrack, and this bunched the cars once again. There was a swap of positions at the front with Wright briefly taking up the top spot. Stirling, Wright and Compton-Sage continued to squabble for the placings with Triggs now in the battle also. Further cautions periods allowed Stirling to break clear in the lead, while Triggs, Compton-Sage and Wright continued to trade paint in some entertaining exchanges. Stirling went on cross the line in first place, however he was penalised by the race stewards for a jump start. Compton Sage was promoted to the win ahead of 105 Calvin Blake with Stirling demoted to third.
ORCi MINI STOX
Practice proved to be invaluable for the Ministox drivers on Friday evening and Saturday pre-meeting ahead of their debut at Nutts Corner Raceway.
It was a fast and busy track with the higher grade drivers demonstrating good lap times.
With 36 drivers in attendance, the race format for Saturday was 2/3 where all drivers would partake in 2 of the 3 heats against approximately 24 cars each heat. Their positions would determine their grid position for the Irish Open Championship on Sunday (highest points scorer on pole).
Heat 1 - lower grade drivers took their chance to shine from the offset. 136 Shaun Boyle held a healthy lead until half distance and yellow flag. The higher graders fought their way through with the top 3 all in contention on the last corner; winner was 7 Charlie Hardie followed by 628 Ross McLaughlin and 88 Kyle Rogerson.
Heat 2 - it was close fast racing throughout the field with 3 cars abreast at points. The blue graders were quick to make headway. Yellow flag formation; 628 Ross McLaughlin, 29 David Philp Jnr Jnr and 51 Finlay Gemmell. Later taking a hard hit into the wall allowing 42 Jake Wilson into 3rd place. 29 David Philp Jnr Jnr made it through into the lead. 27 Rab Scott collided with the wall retiring for the night. Following a yellow flag there was a last corner chase to the line which saw 628 Ross McLaughlin narrowly miss out, spinning before the start/finish line. Heat 2 result; winner was 42 Jake Wilson, followed by 29 David Philp Jnr Jnr and 290 Alfie Thomkins.
Heat 3 - Up the front it was the lower graders that showed good pace. Early yellow flag formation; 78 Nicole Allardyce, 480 Ollie Sime and 88 Kyle Rogerson. There were good battles from the back with the current champions 202 Cody Bradford, 290 Alfie Thomkins and 7 Charlie Hardie making their way through the field. It was 88 Kyle Rogerson who took the win, followed by 14 Demi Ritchie and 617 Christina Sillifant.
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Sunday 20th August 2023
Heat 1: 467 918 718 80 998 924 86 216 243 74
Heat 2: 924 718 467 998 80 2126 175
Final: 216 718 998 86 517 918 368 10 924
2Lt Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1: 747 153 181 29 811 493
Heat 2: 747 29 153 493 811 181
Final: 747 29 811 153 493
GP2 Lightning Rods
Heat 1: 51 837 132 68 22 172 72 131 69 33
Heat 2: 923 22 837 51 132 68 172 131 72 33
Final: 51/923 132 22 69 33
Junior Rods
Heat 1: 61 975 991 967 218 969 85 107 1 68
Heat 2: 969 61 991 945 107 218 1 975 68
Final: 975 991 945 969 218 85 61 107 68
F2 Micros
Heat 1: 22 19 181 312 153 89 25
Heat 2: 22 19 99 312 153 25 89 180
Final: 22 19 181 99 312 25 153 89
ORCi Stock Rod
Heat 1: 887 5 84 700 115 924 314 92 958 21
Heat 2: 314 92 115 47 918 21 48 924
Final: 84 700 314 924 933 48 5 21
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It was the final meeting prior to the World Final for both the Brisca F2 Stock Cars and ORCi Stock Rods, where the drivers were keen to capitalise on the track time as they finalised their preparations.
Aidan McFerran and Jack Morrow shared the F2 Heat wins before Kilrea’s Thomas Greer went the distance to take a fine win in the meeting final. Greer was followed across the line by Gavin and Graham Fegan.
Padraig Hannigan chalked up the win in the opening Stock Rod heat before former World Champion Jack Morrow took the heat 2 spoils. Greg McMullan proved to be the pace setter in the meeting final where he stormed clear to take the honours ahead of the visiting Sean Naismith and Morrow.
Matthew Stirling performed a hat trick of wins the in the 2L Saloon Stock Cars, current Irish Champion Ryan Wright was runner up in the first encounter, while Stuart McCammon followed Stirling home in the next 2.
Casey Lee was unbeaten in the Micro F2’s; while the Junior Rod races served 3 different winners in the form of Alex Walker and Ryan Abernethy Jnr in the heats and Codi Wilson in the meeting final. Next home in the final was Daniel Stewart and Mya Hill.
It was day for sharing in the GP2 Lightning Rods with George Esler and James Paisley recording a heat win apiece. They took sharing to a new level in the final, when the pair battled all the way to end crossing the line side by side. The Stewards reviewed the finish finally declaring the race result as a dead heat.
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Sunday 13th August 2023
Heat 1 29 711 811 181 153
Heat 2 711 747 153 29 811 181
Final 747 753 29 711 811 181
Junior Rods
Heat 1 975 61 218 15 967 1 945 68 969
Heat 2 15 61 218 945 107 85 969 975
Final 969 945 218 61 107 85 15 12 68
GP2 Lightning Rods
Heat 1 837 51 132 60 68 87 923 39 960 69
Heat 2 837 87 51 132 68 60 960 39 33 69
Final 837 51 87 132 68 22 69 33
Micro F2 Stock Cars
Heat 1 22 19 99 181 312 153 733 89 25
Heat 2 19 25 153 312 89
Final 19 22 312 53 89 99
B2B Micro Bangers
Heat 1 111 118 997 774 913 27
Heat 2 111 118 997 53 913 774
Final 111 118 997
There was a five formula feast at the raceway on Sunday afternoon all topped off with the fans favourite... A Caravan Destruction Derby!
The B2B Bangers and 2L Saloon Stock Cars were on hand to provide the contact action while on no contact duties were the Micro F2’s, Junior Rods and GP2 Lightning Rods.
Stuart McCammon and Anthony McIvor shared the 2L Saloon heat wins before Matthew Stirling clinched the final victory ahead of Ryan Wright and McCammon.
Alan Milliken was on top form in the B2B Bangers where he completed the day undefeated, chalking up a hat-trick of wins. Matthew McKinstry was the final runner up with Matthew Milliken third.
Another on unstoppable pace was David Nesbitt in the GP2 Lightning Rods. David managed to score the honours in both heats and the meeting final. In the final, next across the line was George Esler and Mark Goldie.
Casey Lee visited victory lane in the Micro F2 opening heat before Broughshane’s William Graham took command of heat two and the final.
In the Junior Rods there were heat wins for Codi Wilson and Robbie McKinstry before Ryan Abernethy demonstrated a mature driving style to capture the final win. Joining Abernethy on the podium was Mya Hill and Noah Teggart.
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Saturday 29th July 2023
Heat 1 517 7 718 998 24 918 924 243 278 733
Heat 2 998 7 216 718 368 278 243 10 918 467
Final 517 7 718 24 216 998 467 918 278 10
Grand National 467 998 7 718 918 216 243 10 278 517
2Lt Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1 29 153 181 973 811 711 493
Heat 2 29 153 711 747 811 973 181 493
Final 29 711 811 181 153 747 973
1300 Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1 1 515 391 803 137 70 409 48 924 44
Heat 2 932 229 335 924 303 137 41 32 194 70
Final 1 70 391 924 515 94 888 229 127 743
ORCi Stock Rods
Heat 1 920 958 24 314 47 115 16 933 21 77
Heat 2 21 47 924 920 92 981 958 314 115 16
Final 933 920 314 47 924 958 918 115 92 981
Junior Rods
Heat 1 107 85 969 218 15 975 68
Heat 2 967 107 85 218 969 15 69
Final 967 107 969 218 85 15 68
Micro F2 Stock Cars
Heat 1 312 22 19 181 99 733
Heat 2 312 181 22 99153 89
Final 22 312 153 99 89 25
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NATIONAL GLORY FOR WILLIE!
The 1300 Stock Cars were the headline act as they contested their 2023 National Championship. There were a good number of mainland drivers in attendance to do battle with the locals for the prestigious title.
Local man William Stewart was the star attraction of heat one as he handed out a heavy walling to Stephen McCready on his way to the victory. Stewart was followed across the line by Josh McKinstry and England’s Jake Banwell.
It was a local victor again in heat two, with Antrim’s Thomas McCrory Jnr taking the honours ahead of Englishman Steven Carter.
With the points tallied from the heats McCrory emerged the pole sitter with Spedeworth star name Curtis Tebbenham alongside while the earlier heat winner Stewart and Ivan Elliot occupied row two.
The race got off to something of an explosive start, which was to be expected. W Stewart soon settled into a comfortable rhythm at the head of the field. There was a few caution periods throughout which bunched the cars hot on the tail of the leader again, however Stewart was able to get away safely each time. William completed the distance to take the win and crown himself National Champion. Next across the line was Ryan Stewart with Banwell completing the podium steps in third.
There was visiting interest in the Brisca F2 Stock Cars with the welcome addition of Gordon Moodie and Jon Palmer, both of whom will have benefited from the track time ahead of the World Showdown in September.
It was the white graded Declan Og McFerran who picked up the opening win of the evening before Graham Fegan stormed through to take the flag in heat two. Come the final Scotland’s Gordon Moodie was on blistering pace however D Og McFerran managed to complete the laps ahead of Moodie and take the final glory. Irish Closed Champion Aiden McFerran completed the evening with a good win in what was a lively Grand National race.
Also in action in a support role capacity was the hard hitting 2L Saloon Stock Cars. Armagh’s Stuart McCammon took both the heat victories ahead of the Irish Champion Ryan Wright. McCammon continued his winning streak when he chalked up another win in the meeting final ahead of the McIvor brothers, Anthony and Kieran.
With the ORCi Stock Rod World Final just a month or so away the drivers were out in force to secure precious track time ahead of the big Showdown at Nutts Corner in September. Recent final winner Reuben Kernohan got his night off to a flying start wrapping up the victory in heat one. Lady racer Louise Donnell demonstrated fine pace taking the heat two spoils and indeed her maiden win in the formula. Randalstown teenager Sam Percy who has recently joined the Stock Rod ranks showed great promise ahead of the World Championship with a well calculated victory in the meeting final. Kernohan was the runner up with former World Champion Jack Kennedy third.
Charlie Hill was the Junior Rod heat one winner before Aaron Dilly dominated the remainder of the races; Dilly completed the distance to take a fine win heat two and went on to take the silverware in the final ahead of Hill and Ryan Abernethy Jnr.
Completing the busy race card was the Micro F2 Stock Cars where Alice McGaffin enjoyed a brace of heat wins before Casey Lee romped to victory in the final.
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Sunday 18th June 2023
Heat 1 998 968 467 74 1 918 718 216 243 175
Heat 2 216 517 74 968 918 998 903 1 467 243
Final 517 216 968 918 998 1 467 74 718 243
Grand National 968 918 467 998 74 903 1 718 175 517
2Lt Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1 181 747 711 811 29 493 153
Heat 2 181 711 747 29 811 493
Final 181 811 29 747 153 711 493
ORCi Stock Rods
Heat 1 920 314 92 77 115 924 203 981
Heat 2 920 918 314 958 115 92 21 924 16 77
Final 920 918 958 314 16 77 115 21 924 981
Junior Rods
Heat 1 991 975 945 967 85 218 107 1
Heat 2 61 991 110 945 969 85 967 975 218 107
Final 991 922 110 85 907 945 969 61 107 975
GP2 Lightning Rods
Heat 1 51 837 87 132 22 72 911 33
Heat 2 51 837 87 132 69 72 22 33 312
Final 837 51 132 87 22 72 33
Micro F2 Stock Cars
Heat 1 99 312 181 25 89 391
Heat 2 312 19 181 99 22 153 25 89 733 16
Final 312 19 181 99 22 153 25 89 733 16
There was a six formula bonanza at the raceway on Sunday afternoon with Brisca F2 Stock Cars, 2L Saloons, ORCi Stock Rods, Junior Rods, GP2 Lightning Rods and Micro F2’s all in action.
The Brisca F2 grid was swollen with the welcome addition of World Champion Dave Polley and Micky Brennan, both keen to gain some track time ahead of the World final in September. Graham Fegan and Thomas Greer shared the heat spoils before Declan Og McFerran secured his maiden Final victory later in the afternoon, joining him on the podium was Greer and Brennan. Brennan showed impressive pace as the day went on and was awarded for such with a convincing victory in the Grand National.
Geoff Martin proved unstoppable in the 2L Saloon Stock Cars with another flawless brace of victories from the blue grade. Next across the line in the final was Kieran McIvor and Stuart McCammon.
Reuben Kernohan was another on blistering form, cruising to a fine hat trick of wins in the ORCi Stock Rods. Kernohan was followed home in the final by Calyn Peoples and Shea Duff.
Irish Champion Daniel Stewart was again on fine form in the Junior Rod section claiming wins in the opening heat and meeting final. Stewart was denied a hat trick of wins by Alex Walker who served up an impressive drive to take the heat two glory.
Jordan Nicholl and George Esler both enjoyed victories in the GP2 Lightning Rods heats before star name David Nesbitt upped the ante to secure victory in the meeting final. The earlier heat winner Esler was the gallant runner up this time around.
Completing the busy race card was the Micro F2 Stock Cars, where Robbie Graham and Alice McGaffin shared the honours.
Racing returns after the summer recess on Saturday 29th July (6pm) featuring 1300 Stock Car National Championship, Brisca F2 Stock Cars, 2L Saloon Stock Cars, ORCi Stock Rods, Junior Rods and Micro F2’s.
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Sunday 28th May 2023
Race 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
HT1 918 47 933 77 958 314 92 18 3 924
HT2 918 18 47 314 84 958 92 924 77
Final 918 47 84 314 924 958 77 18 21
Race 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
HT1 515 923 932 924 127 997 888 48 44 41 194 933
HT2 888 515 932 44 997 127 924 946 194 48 923
Final 515 997 932 924 933 44 888 923 127 48 976 41
1300 Stockcars
B2B Bangers
Race 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
HT1 111 690 774 918 80
HT2 111 690 13 69
Final 3 69 16 82
The Slingshot team burst into full life in day two of the monster truck weekend, thrilling the onlookers with spectacular stunts including car jumping.
The B2B bangers were on hand to keep up the entertainment.
Also in action was the Stock Rods and 1300 Stock Cars.
Calyn Peoples, a former Junior Rod star made his presence know in the Stock Rods with an undisputed hat-trick of wins while Joshua McKinstry and Jonathan Brown shared the 1300 honours.
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Saturday 27th May 2023
Race 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
HT1 181 711 153 811 747 493
HT2 153 29 811 711 747 493
Final 181 29 153 811 747 711
Junior Rods
Race 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
HT1 991 967 107 85 969 975 945
HT2 991 967 107 85 945 975 969
Final 991 967 969 107 85 975 945
It was Day one of the Monster truck weekend at the Raceway.
The 2L Saloon Stock Cars and Junior Rods were also on the billing.
Ryan Wright and Geoff Martin shared the Saloon victories while Daniel Stewart cruised to a fine brace of wins in the Junior Rods.
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Sunday 21st May 2023
BriSCA F2
Heat 1 718 467 903 998
Heat 2 718 903 517 918 243 467 175
Final 998 718 467 918 903
1300 Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1 932 48 888 932 194 924 997 44 335 127
Heat 2 993 44 923 515 997 41 932 48 335 88
Final 44 923 993 997 888 932 924 41 48 335
Junior Rods
Heat 1 85 991 922 967 975 945 107 969 218
Heat 2 991 61 975 107 969 922 967 218 85 945
Final 991 922 85 969 976 107 218 945 975
GP2 Lightning Rods
Heat 1 51 837 72 39 69 911 33
Heat 2 51 837 72 39 69 911 33
Final 960 837 83 51 22 172 69 911 33
Micro F2 Stock Cars
Heat 1 312 22 181 99 25 153 89
Heat 2 312 22 19 181 99 153 25 16 89
Final 312 181 99 22 153 89 25 16
In the Brisca F2 Stock Cars Gavin Fegan was a double heat winner, before Graham Fegan turned up the pace to secure victory in the meeting final ahead of Gavin and Aidan McFerran.
The lively 1300 Stock Cars were again out in force, putting on a great show throughout the afternoon. Chris Hamill and Michael Logan both enjoyed heat victories with Gareth Halliday lasting the distance to take the win in the final. In the final Hamill was the runner up with Logan third.
Randalstown man George Esler romped to a double heat victory in the GP 2 Lightning Rods before Jordan Nicholl stormed through the pack to take the meeting final spoils ahead of David Nesbitt.
Jaydon Brunton was winner of the opening Junior Rod heat of the afternoon. Thereafter the Irish Champion Daniel Stewart to charge of proceedings chalking up victory in heat town and the final. Joining Stewart on the final podium was Joshua Murray the runner up and J Brunton in third.
Completing the programme was the Micro F2 Stock Cars where Alice McGaffin proved to be unstoppable taking victories in all three events.
The action continues this weekend with the Slingshot Monster Truck with us on Saturday and Sunday. Full event details can be found online at www.nuttscornerraceway.co.uk or on our social media pages.
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Saturday 6th May 2023
2Lt Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1 181 105 711 153 811 29 493
Heat 2 181 105 29 747 811 711 153 493
Final 747 711 105 153 181 29 493 811
Junior Rods
Heat 1 969 945 218 85 107 15 1
Heat 2 991 922 969 218 85 945 975 107 1
Final 991 969 85 978 922 945 1
Micro F2 Stock Cars
Heat 1 181 22 312 99 25 733 89 16
Heat 2 312 181 22 99 25 89 733 16
Final 312 22 181 99 733 25 16
B2B Bangers
Heat 1 997 111 774 13 52 21 913 996 690 920
Heat 2 997 111 996 13 774 21 913 8 690
Final 997 111 8 13
Geoff Martin showed strong pace to secure a double heat victory in the 2L Saloon Stock Cars. Matthew Stirling benefited from the extra laps in the final to take the honours ahead of Anthony McIvor and Calvin Blake.
In the Junior Rods Ryan Abernethy Jnr showed promise from the white grade to take the opening heat win of the evening. Daniel Stewart was the pace setter for the remainder of the meeting chalking up wins in heat two and the meeting final, where Abernethy was the runner up.
The kids in the Micro F2 Stock Cars put on a fine show for the onlookers throughout the evening. Harry Martin and Alice McGaffin shared the wins between them while there was a spectacular roll over for Kyle Anderson.
Matt Milliken was in dominating form in the B2B Micro Bangers where he completed the meeting undefeated, taking wins in both the heats and final.
Rounding out proceedings was a Caravan destruction derby where Kurtis Reid emerged the victor.
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Sunday 30th April 2023
Heat 1 467 74 924 718 903 216 918 368
Heat 2 467 718 924 74 216 918 903 368
Final 467 903 718 918 74 216 368
1300 Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1 41 44 59 993 923 194 946 888 932 997
Heat 2 319 803 59 41 923 225 194 44 997 924
Final 803 194 923 59 997 993 48 946 44 127
ORCi Stock Rods
Heat 1 84 924 918 314 18 47 3 92 77 16
Heat 2 84 924 18 47 3 77 314 115 958 16
Final 84 47 924 92 314 21 3 958 16 18
Junior Rods
Heat 1 218 85 922 15 991 61 969 975 107 967
Heat 2 218 991 61 85 967 969 15 10 107
Final 991 922 969 975 218 15 967 107
GP2 Lightning Rods
Heat 1 60 960 837 51 87 37 132 11 39 83
Heat 2 83 837 37 960 132 51
Final 83 837 37 11 51 39 132 22 911 33
Micro F2 Stock Cars
Heat 1 22 99 181 153 25 89 312
Heat 2 181 99 322 153 312 25 89 89
Final 19 181 312 153 25 89 99
Aidan McFerran was the pace setter in the Brisca F2 Stock Cars where he completed the meeting undefeated, chalking up a double heat and final win. Recent Junior Rod graduate Jack Morrow looked as though he would hold on to take the final win however mechanical problems forced him into retirement, paving the way for McFerran to take his third win of the afternoon.
In the Micro F2 Stock Cars Casey Lee and Harry Martin shared the heat wins before William Graham showed good pace to take the final honours.
Another healthy field of Junior Rods were in attendance. Former Ninja Kart star Noah Teggart scored victory in both the heat races. Come the final the star graders benefited from the extra laps to make it through to the front. Daniel Stewart stormed through to take the victory ahead of Joshua Murray and Ryan Abernethy jnr.
The Stock Rod scene on Sunday afternoon was dominated by Coleraine’s Greg McMullan. McMullan a former Pro Stock champion pulled of a perfect hat trick of wins. Next across the line in the final was Jamie Cardwell and Jack Morrow.
The 1300 Stock Cars were out in force, with 19 cars signed in to do battle. Ty Richardson and Matthew McCullough were the heat winners before Marcus Crossett held of the competition to take the final silverware, next across the line was Robbie Wright and Chris Hamill.
Completing the race card was the Group 2 Lightning Rods. Stewart Nicholl and Leanne Nesbitt shared the heat victories. Nesbitt was again the pace setter in the final taking the spoils ahead of David and Paul Nesbitt, making it a full family podium.
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Sunday 16th April 2023
Heat 1 924 903 918 74 467 998 243 175
Heat 2 924 903 998 918 74 467 143 175
Final 903 998 918 467 175
2Lt Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1 747 153 181 22 29 105 493 719 711 811
Heat 2 181 747 811 153 105 493 29 719
Final 747 153 711 811 181 105 22 719 493
ORCi Stock Rods
Heat 1 3 958 47 92 77 21
Heat 2 16 3 958 47 92 77 21 115 18
Final 3 958 47 92 16 77 115 15 21
Junior Rods
Heat 1 15 85 922 991 969 945 110 107 218 975
Heat 2 991 922 975 969 61 967 945 15 107 85
Final 991 922 218 975 967 110 945 15 85
GP2 Lightning Rods
Heat 1 11 60 51 132 837 960 87 39 172 911
Heat 2 60 837 51 57 132 172 11 911 33
Final 60 837 87 51 132 11 39911
Micro F2 Stock Cars
Heat 1 22 181 99 153 89 25 312 16 733
Heat 2 22 153 99 733 25 89 16
Final 22 99 153 25 733 89
The Raceway returned to domestic action on Sunday afternoon, after the busy Saloon and Stock Rod Weekend earlier in the month.
The Brisca F2 Stock Cars made their third appearance of 2023 where Jack Morrow continued his winning ways. The Junior Rod graduate, who has only joined the F2 ranks, chalked up victories in both the heat events. Ballymena’s Adam McFall was dialled in well to take the honours in the meeting final ahead of Graham and Shea Fegan.
Veteran racer Mickey McFall who has recently returned to the ORCi Stock Rod scene, enjoyed a fine afternoon, taking wins in both the opening heat and meeting Final. McFall was denied the perfect hat-trick of wins by Samuel Montgomery who toured to victory in the second heat.
Matthew Stirling and Geoff Martin shared the 2L Saloon Stock Car heat wins before Stirling held off Ryan Wright, who was coming strong in the closing laps to take the chequered flag in the meeting Final.
Robbie McKinstry was winner of the opening Junior Rod Heat before Daniel Stewart took over, taking the honours in the remaining heat and meeting final. Joining Stewart on the final podium was Joshua McKinstry and Noah Teggart.
Jake Carson took the opening GP2 Lightning Rod victory of the day, before Portglenone’s Stewart Nicholl commanded the remainder of the meeting scoring wins in both the second heat and final.
Completing the race card was the Micro F2 Stock Cars where Casey Lee was the star performer, recording a brace of victories throughout the afternoon.
Racing returns to the raceway on Sunday 30th April (1pm) featuring Brisca F2 Stock Cars, ORCi Stock Rods, 1300 Stock Cars, GP2 Lightning Rods, Junior Rods and Micro F2’s.
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Sunday 2nd April 2023
Heat 1 924 903 998 467 718 259 918 216 74 243
Heat 2 924 903 718 467 74 998 259 216 918 175
Final 924 467 74 998 918 259 243 175
2Lt Saloon Stock Cars
Heat1 121 227 349 618 22 661 407 670 153 277
Heat 2 760 684 677 661 22 902 711 122 747 607
Heat 3 618 122 349 747 670 227 181 697 207 180
Irish masters Final 618 670 747 171 349 122 407 493 277 8
Boyd Memorial 747 349 711 670 811 618 181 493 760 697
1300 Saloon Stock Cars
Starters
Ironman Final 923 924 59 932 70 194 41 515 888 48
Revenge 70 924 923 44 59 888 36 515 24 41
Heat 41 932 924 44 923 59 378 194 888 515
ORCi Stock Rods
Heat 1 172 612 944 17 351 958 924 426 16 47
Heat 2 92 17 29 314 47 924 958 944 115 46
Irish Masters Final 944 924 958 29 46 314 16 115 172 351
GP2 Lightning Rods
Heat 1 32 60 87 51 837 81 132 72 911 33
Heat 2 11 51 32 87 60 837 132 81 72 911
Final 60 81 837 81 87 132 11 72 33 911
Micro F2 Stock Cars
Heat 1 41 46 219 22 153 99 181 733 16 25
Heat 2 46 41 22 219 181 153 25 99 312 733
Final 41 46 22 219 153 181 25 650 312 16
Day number two of the weekend, and the Saloons were again on Championship duties, this time it was the Irish Masters up for grabs.
The same race format as Saturday was used with three heats on the agenda.
Kai Gilmore again took the opening win of the afternoon before England’s Joey Reynolds and Scotland’s Stuart Shevill shared the remaining qualifying heat wins.
Shevill continued to show good pace in the title decider where he took charge of many restarts to take the win ahead of Ross Watters and Matthew Stirling.
The final race of the weekend was the Stephen Boyd Memorial, Jack Grandon looked as though he was certain for victory. Grandon, the long time leader got tangled with a back marker on the final turn; this allowed Stirling through to take the chequered flag ahead of Allard and Anthony McIvor.
The Irish Masters was up for grabs for the ORCi Stock Rods also. Derek Conner takes victory in heat one before the Irish Champion William Donnell chalked up a win in the second heat. Callum Hosie proofed to be man of the weekend when he cruised to victory in the Irish Masters title decider. Joining Hosie on the podium was Morrow and Shea Duff.
Chris Hamill continued in his winning ways from Saturday evening taking the Iron Man Final win, Hamill fought of stiff pressure early on from Matthew Milliken to get his hands on the silverware. Completing the podium steps was Ivan Elliot and Steven Bolton. Later in the afternoon Ryan Stewart was winner of the revenge race while Ty Richardson picked up a win in the heat race.
Also on the race card was the Brisca F2 Stock Cars, GP2 Lightning Rods and Micro F2’s.
Jack Morrow was the pace setter again in the F2 Stock Cars, where he completed the meeting and indeed weekend undefeated, making it six race wins on the trot! Freddie Fleck and Jake Carson were the Group 2 Lighting Rod heat winners with Stewart Nicholl scoring glory in the Final. The visiting drivers enjoyed another successful day of results in the Micro F2’s with Lana Middler and Cruz Strachan both making visits to victory lane.
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Saturday 1st April 2023
Heat 1 924 903 718 918 467 216 243 259 175
Heat 2 924 903 918 718 467 259 998 243 175
Final 924 903 718 918 998 467 216 243 175 259
2Lt Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1 121 618 670 811 349 711 277 122 105 10
Heat 2 121 677 620 661 227 618 760 697 180 8
Heat 3 349 902 153 661 670 607 122 711 181 600
Irish Open Final 349 661 747 607 670 677 277 902 407 600
1300 Saloon Stock Cars
Starters
Heat 1 923 44 127 698 888 48 59 924 997 515
Heat 2 923 997 183 194 924 48 932 946 335 888
Heat 3 48 36 932 923 183 997 59 41 924 888
ORCi Stock Rods
Heat 1 924 84 314 16 944 92 29 18 426 47
Heat 2 17 958 29 351 115 944 314 47 612 172
Irish Open Final 944 17 314 84 351 172 958 426 612 46
Junior Rods
Heat 1 932 18 922 991 945 85 969 107 15 218
Heat 2 922 932 975 218 945 85 969 107
Final 991 922 18 218 975 969 945 83 15 107
Micro F2 Stock Cars
Heat 1 19 46 22 41 219 312 181 19 153 99
Heat 2 46 19 22 41 219 99 181 153 650 25
Final 19 41 22 219 99 650 153 25 16
The hard hitting, all action 2L Saloon Stock Cars took centre stage at NuttsCorner on Saturday evening as the Raceway hosted the first speed weekend of 2022.
With 40 cars assembled in the pit area, a two third format was used; with each driver taking part in two heats each with the aim of scoring points towards the grid formation of the Irish Open Championship Final.
The heat races were lively and served up plenty of drama as expected. Scotland’s Kai Gilmore and newcomer to the formula capitalised on his white grade starting slot to score glory in both his heat race. The third and final heat was won by Michael Allard the defending Irish Open Champion.
With the points tallied, the grid began to form under the flood lights at the popular Co Antrim Venue, where the atmosphere was at fever pitch.
Gilmore’s double heat victory secured him pole position, which would surely be an exciting yet daunting prospect for the teenager, as a star studded cast lined up around him. World Champion Allard completed the front row, with Scotland’s Stuart Shevill Jnr and the fast Ross watters next up. The third row was locked out by Graeme Shevill and the current Irish Champion Ryan Wright.
At the fall of the green the bumpers went flying in wholesale. A caution period was called on lap two when Wright become stranded on turn 2 after an entertaining scuffle involving most of the front runners. On the resumption Allard soon settled into the top spot with S Shevill looking like his biggest threat. After several exchanges and further caution periods S Shevill got shuffled backwards which paved the way for Allard to go on a take the title for a second time. G Shevill drove a consistent race to take the second spot on the podium, while Matthew Stirling had a good run through the pack to secure third.
The ORCi Stock Rods also contested their Irish Open Championship.
Jack Morrow showed promising pace in the opening qualifier to take the win before former World Champion Stephen “Speedy” McCready toured to victory in the second encounter.
After the points were counted and verified Jack Kennedy found himself on pole position with Scotland’s multiple champion David Philp along side. Next up was visiting driver Callum Hosie and McCready.
A thrilling race followed with the front runners all battling hard for position. At the conclusion Kennedy was first across the line, however Race Control issued a penalty for a misdemeanour earlier in the race. This promoted Hosie to the win, crowning him Irish Open Champion, McCready was now runner up with Kennedy demoted to third.
There was support action on the night from 1300 Stock Cars, Brisca F2 Stock Cars and Junior Rods.
The 1300’s contested three qualifying heats for their Iron Man Final which would take place on Sunday afternoon. Chris Hamill showed blistering pace taking two wins while recent newcomer Craig Bodenham scored the win in heat three.
It was a busy night for Jack Morrow, as he competed in the Stock Rods and Brisca F2 Stock Cars, where he thrashed his competition to take a flawless hat-trick of wins followed home by Adam McFall on each occasion.
Ava McCreight and Joshua Murray shared the Junior Rod Heat spoils before Daniel Stewart stamped his authority on the Final, taking the win ahead of Murray and Calyn Peoples.
There was an impressive entry of Micro F2's, swollen with the welcome addition of visiting drivers from the mainland. On the night William Graham and Cruz Strachan shared the wivtories.
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Sunday 19th March 2023
Heat 1 747 153 711 811 105 493 29 181 22
Heat 2 153 747 105 711 181 29 22 811
Final 711 811 747 493 29 153 181
1300 Saloon Stock Cars
Heat 1 59 698 335 216 924 127 888 923 194 11 70 515 997 946 41 48 96
Heat 2 698 59 216 924 127 923 194 48 515 803 946 44 997 888 335 70
Final 216 698 923 70 888 335 515 946 194 924 44 127 48 59 997 803 24
GP2 Lightning Rods
Heat 1 81 37 194 837 51 132 72
Heat 2 60 81 194 37 51 132 172
Final 60 81 194 37 132 51 837
B2B Bangers
Heat 1 15 111 36 50
Heat 2 23 36 26 22 69 92 125 98 67
Heat 3 15 777 153 23 499 82 76 31
Final 153 15 26 22 23 430 36 92
ORCi Stock Rods
Heat 1 16 3 314 17 958 21
Heat 2 3 314 16 17 21
Final 17 924 314 16 3 21
The 2023 race season kicked off in style at Nutts Corner Raceway, with the now annual Paddy Whack event for the Back to Basic Micro Bangers taking centre stage.
The booking list was greatly increased for this year’s Paddy Whack, with the addition of the ladies from Team Sugar Tits. The team was comprised of 30 plus ladies, all with the passion of getting on track with the lads and raising some money for a Pretty in Pink, a local breast cancer charity. The team made their presence felt all afternoon, as they got into the thick of all the action. A staggering £18,000 was raised and the team are already looking into taking part in future meetings.
The format for Paddy Whack was slightly different this year as the drivers were split into teams. The team with the most points at the end of the day was to be crowned champions.
The busy heat races were won by Jay Gurney and Marc Morrell before Josh Hill went on to take victory in the meeting final. When all the points were tallied, Team Brainless (David Gurney, Jay Gurney & William Donnell) emerged as the winners.
The 2L Saloon Stock Cars were back in action ahead of their Irish Open Weekend in early April. Local social media star “Donkey 262” was making a guest appearance in the rough and tumble formula. Matthew Stirling and Ryan Wright shared the heat wins before Anthony McIvor went on to take the meeting final honours.
There was a good squad of 1300 Stock Cars in attendance for the 2023 season opener. Former National Banger World Champion Steven Bolton picked up the flag in heat one while multiple Stock Rod Champion Mark Crawford enjoyed victory in heat two. Simon Lamont was the man to beat in the meeting final, taking the spoils ahead of Crawford and Chris Hamill.
Also on the billing was the GP2 Lightning Rods. Jonathon Bigger romped to victory in the opening heat, before Portglenone’s Stewart Nicholl took charge of the remaining races. Chalking up wins in both heat two and the meeting final.
Completing the race card was the ORCi Stock Rods. The drivers were keen to use this event as vital track time before their Irish Open weekend in just two weeks. Samuel Montgomery and Micky McFall shared the heat wins. Former World Champion Stephen “Speedy” McCready found promising pace in the final, taking a convincing victory ahead of Jack Morrow and Jack Kennedy.
The raceway returns on Sat 1st and Sunday 2nd April with the first Speed Weekend of 2023. Full details of these events can be found on the website at www.nuttscornerraceway.co.uk.
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