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Nutts Corner Raceway promotions are pleased to announce that from the start of  the 2012 season we will be partners with Speedworth International.

The Rookie Bangers will be Rebranded for the 2012 Season and will be known as Super 1600's

for full rules and specifications click on link

http://nuttscornerraceway.co.uk/pdfs/NuttsCornerSuper1600Rules.pdf

More details will be added when more information becomes available,2012 rules can be found here http://www.spedeworth.co.uk/rulesdownloads/2012%201300_Stock%20Car%20Rules.pdf

                                           STOCK SALOON IRISH CHAMPIONSHIP

Andy Stewart retained his Irish Stock Saloon Championship Title in fine style at Nutts Corner Raceway. Stewart powerful performances over the season secured him pole position for the Championship. Ryan Wright, Matthew Stirling and Stuart McCammon were the next best placed on the grid. The first start was aborted before they finally got going proper and a few cars need attention before the race was completely restarted. Stewart was away like a rocket at the green flag leaving Wright and Stirling in his wake. Stirling got into second to try and challenge the leader but he skimmed the fence and then retired. Wright also went out off the race leaving McCammon in second and Ross Houston had moved quickly up to third. Davy Haugh’s roof fin fell off and the race was red flagged for its removal. At the restart Stewart again powered away into the lead as McCammon and Houston battled it out for second. Houston had the upper hand and went all out after the leader. McCammon later went out of the race leaving Anthony McIvor up into third ahead of Haugh and Mark Hughes. Stewart completed the distance fairly comfortable to retain his title. Houston put in spirited display pulling back some leeway for a good runner up place. McIvor held on for the other podium spot. Haugh, Colin Jones and Hughes were the only other finishers.

                                          ROOKIE BANGER IRISH CHAMPIONSHIP

Adrian McKinstry is the new Irish Rookie Banger Champion after coming from seventh on the grid to lift the Title at Nutts Corner Raceway. Robbie Browne and James Goldie were the both joint favourites for the Title on the front row of the grid. Richie Browne and Noel Anderson were placed on row two. At the start it was Goldie who got away ahead of Richie B, A McKinstry and Anderson. Robbie B had a bad start falling into fifth. It wasn’t long until it got hot up at the front as A McKinstry commenced his assault on the leader. After a few laps A McKinstry got to the pinnacle and was never headed again. Goldie’s day was to get even worse as he and Richie B had a coming together and Goldie was out of the race. Lyle Watson and Sam McKinstry had a lively encounter with both ending up in the fence. Back at the front A McKinstry went on to take the chequered flag and the Championship. Richie B battered car scrapped home in second and Nicky Lowry had a steady drive into third. Robbie B, David Reynolds, Stephen Moore and William Bingham completed the finishers.

Sam McKay was the man of the moment as he romped to a treble of wins and lifted the George Fegan Tyres F2 Stock Car Perpetual Cup. A lively final saw McKay hit the front early on from David Nesbitt, Mark Pinkerton, Kris Fitzpatrick and Ryan McCrory. The later had a big battle with Gavin F and it was Fegan who came off worse in this encounter. Fegan’s bumper had come adrift and landed on the racing line causing a race stoppage. McKay again led at the greens ahead of Pinkerton and Nesbitt. The new Irish Champion Graham Fegan was powering up the pack moving into third and then it all went wrong as he crashed up over the bonnet of Pinkerton’s car and careered into the centre green. The race had again to be stopped as Fegan signalled that he was hurt and had to be removed to the ambulance. At the final restart McKay managed to get away well from Craig McConnell and Conor Hughes. The later then got past McConnell and eventually McConnell reversed the place. McKay went on to the winning post for his treble wins. McConnell was second ahead of Denver Grattan, Hughes, Ted Holland, Chris Hamill and Nesbitt.

Irish Junior Rod Champion continued his winning ways by taking the final in a disputed last couple of laps encounter with long time leader Dylan Magee. Yellow flag s caused the confusion and McFerran had past Magee as they weren’t waved yellows and passing was allowed. Dean McCrory finished third ahead of Jaimie McCurdy, Bradley McKinstry and Aidan McFerran. William Donnell and McCrory were the heat winners.

                                                     IRISH JUNIOR ROD CHAMPIONSHIP

Sean Mc Ferran was the master of the atrocious weather conditions at Ballymena Raceway to lift his first Irish Junior Rod Championship. Dean McCrory a former Junior Stock Champion lined up beside Sean McFerran on the front row of the grid. Jaimie McCurdy and Daniel Shannon were on row two.Dean McCrory was first away at the green flag with Sean McFerran soon joining him in a side by side battle for the lead. On the very wet track it was excellent racing and after a few laps McFerran found better grip on the outside and eventually hauled himself ahead of McCrory. McCurdy was a few cars length back in third with Shannon and Marc Morrell next down the line. Other drivers who caught the eye as they moved through the pack were Niall McFerran and Aidan McFerran. . Sean McFerran got a few cars length of a gap between himself and McCrory until they encountered back markers. A wrong move from the leader could have cost him dearly with McCrory closing in on him. S McFerran had luck on his side and came through the heavy traffic well ahead of McCrory. Sean McFerran just held his nerve to drive a faultless race and went on to take his first Irish Title. McCrory had to settle for runner up spot and McCurdy was third. Aidan McFerran,  Marc Morrell, Niall McFerran, Bradley McKinstry and Peter Greer filled the top eight places.

                                               F2 IRISH STOCK CAR CHAMPIONSHIP

 Graham Fegan charged to victory in highly entertaining F2 Stock Car Irish Championship at Nutts Corner Raceway. Gary Grattan and Christopher Kincaid were on the front row of the grid ahead of Denver Grattan, Gavin Fegan, Ryan McCrory, The defending Champion Conor Hughes, Craig McConnell and Graham Fegan were next on the grid. The first major incident happened on the first bend when Graham Fegan had a massive hit on Hughes which also sent other cars careering out of control and the race was stopped. This was the start of many suspensions due to cars crashing out. Graham Fegan again showed aggression at the restart and powered into the lead past brother Gavin, Gary Blair, McConnell and Adam Maxwell. McConnell had a hit on Maxwell and Gavin Fegan also was spun out.  After this stoppage Graham Fegan still had the better start but now had pole setter Gary Grattan back up in second. Thomas Greer and Jeff Minish banged into the fence for another stoppage. Graham Fegan had another magic start but McConnell was now on Gary Grattan’s rear bumper. McConnell had a go at Grattan but a faulty ECU connector stopped his engine forcing him to retire. Maxwell had a good comeback getting into third ahead of Blair and McCrory. Blair went for Maxwell and ending up on the wrong end of this as he went spinning around. When it finally looked like it would settle down for a calm finish Gary Grattan who was in striking distance of the leader crashed out after losing a back wheel. Graham Fegan then went on to a comfortable win chased home by Maxwell for runner up. Gavin Fegan made a good recovery to claim a late third on the podium. McCrory, Mark Pinkerton and Andy Stewart were the only other finishers. Gavin Fegan had the honour of winning the only heat of the night and Sam McKay won the Grand National ahead of Maxwell and Pinkerton.

David Gillespie came and conquered in the Group 2 Lightning Rod Super Cup Championship. Kenny Greer grabbed  two  win in qualifier  but in the final it was a different story as Jason Clyde made it to the front chased by Gillespie , Samuel Murphy and Greer. In the final stages Gillespie overhauled Clyde to go on to lift the first Super Cup Championship. Clyde came in second ahead of Stephen McKane , Greer, Nigel Doherty, Uel McMillan, Mark Turtle and Kenny Carson completing the top eight.   

James Goldie again lifted the spoils in the Rookie Bangers. Goldie had a long race battle with David Reynolds with the lead changing a few times before Goldie finally made it to the winning post just ahead of Reynolds. Noel Anderson, Richie Browne, Robbie Browne, Nicky Lowery and Gerald Caldwell were the other finishers.  

Connor Smith grabbed a double in the Production Car Heats before Mark McCambridge  was deemed  to be the winner of the final . A few hot moments between McCambridge and Jonathan Redmond  saw McCambridge bundle up against the fence and Redmond crawling past the post first off the track  and was not placed in the results. Gareth Sloane was the only other official finisher in second.

                                     IRISH PRODUCTION CAR CHAMPIONSHIP

Gareth Sloane retained his Production Car Irish Championship at Nutts Corner Raceway. Sloane overall performance over the year secured him pole position. Seasoned campaigner Davy McDowell was along sides him at the front of the grid. Mark McCambridge, Connor Smith, Jonathan Redmond, Colin Woods and Paul Nesbitt were the next highest place men on the grid. Sloane got a good start ahead of McCambridge and McDowell. The later then moved into second with McCambridge in third fell into the clutches of Redmond. This short dice saw McCambridge bundled wide and then retired from the race, Woods and Smith also had big problems and were also sidelined. Sloane was well away increasing his lead over McDowell to a good half lap. Redmond was reeling in McDowell rapidly and in the closing laps got himself ahead of McDowell. Sloane was still cruising away to the winning post for his second Irish Title in a row. Redmond finished a worthy runner up with McDowell in the other podium spot. Nesbitt came in fourth. Sloane fantastic week started with his wife giving birth to a baby boy Ross on Monday.     

Sean McFerran mastered the wet conditions to lift the first Stadium Championship for the Junior Rods. Second place went to Dean McCrory who broke a drive shaft on the start line and went out immediately. McFerran went out into the lead and was never headed. The big scrap for second between Daniel Shannon and Jaimie McCurdy was settled near the finish with McCurdy getting the verdict. McFerran coasted to his first major win well ahead of McCurdy and Shannon. Bradley McKinstry, Marc Morrell, Niall McFerran, Dylan Magee and Aaron Moody were just some of the other finishers. S McFerran actually achieved a treble with two superb wins in the heats coming from the back of the grid on both occasions.

Gavin Fegan drove another blinder of a race to record a treble of final wins and a treble on the night winning the two heats and the final in the F2 Stock Cars. In the final young Kyle Beattie was the long time leader but eventually Fegan reeled him in. Ian Denning was also driving well and actually hit the front in a big scrap between himself, Beattie and Fegan. Christopher Kincaid debuted his new SRD car and was making good progress from the back. Fegan coolly swept by Denning as Beattie fell back to fourth. Once out in front Fegan went on to take the win ahead of Denning. Denver Grattan moved up to take third ahead of Beattie, David Nesbitt, Gary Grattan, Conor Hughes and Kincaid.        

Davy Gurney kept alive his winning streak in the Slick cars with another close finish in the final. Gurney got himself out in front before Tommy Maxwell reeled him in. These two fought tooth and nail for the lead but the stubborn Gurney shrugged off all his attempts to pass. Keith Martin got the better of Maxwell to take up the challenge on the leader and again Gurney shrugged off his attack and went on to collect another fine win. Martin, Maxwell and Adie Shaw were the only other finishers. Martin eased to victory in heat one while Gurney again carried the chequered flag in heat two.

                                            F2 STOCK CAR IRISH CHAMPIONSHIP

           Wednesday 28th September is the big shown down for the F2 Stock Cars when they all go for glory in the Irish Championship.  Local man Conor Hughes is the defending Champion and will have his work cut out if he is goanna hold on to his crown starting on the third row outside. Gary Grattan is on pole with Christopher Kincaid on the front row beside him. Denver Grattan and the on form Gavin Fegan are on row three. Ryan McCrory is alongside Hughes. Craig McConnell is on row four with hot shot Graham Fegan the danger man on his outside. Other fancied drivers are Gary Blair, Willie Murray, Matt McCreight, Kris Fitzpatrick, Ted Holland and Kyle Beattie to name just a few. This contact formula should see the sparks fly especially the opening laps should be awesome. The Group 2 Lightning Rods, Productions and Rookie Bangers are also on the programme. Action gets underway at 7-30pm

The 2011 Points Champion in each class are :-

Production:- # 301 G. Sloane.

F2's:- # 917 G. Grattan.

Rookie Bangers:- # 74 R. Brown.

See 21st September 2011 final regrading sheet for the championship points in each class except Junior Rods and Saloon Stockcars.

Local lad Dean McCrory came through to clinch the Golden Helmet Championship in the Junior Rods at Nutts Corner Raceway. Qualifying heats one was sealed by Sean McFerran ahead of Niall McFerran and Jaimie McCurdy. The second race went the way of Nutts Corner lad Bradley McKinstry heading home McCrory and McCurdy. McCurdy and McCrory shared the front row for the final and at the green flag McCrory edged into the lead from McCurdy, Daniel Shannon, N McFerran and McKinstry. The very close action went on throughout the event with McCurdy trying all he knew to try and topple the leader.  With the race in its final stages Shannon rose to the occasion with a determined drive and battled past McCurdy for second. Meanwhile McCrory stretched out his lead to go on to add another title to his already impressive list. Shannon, McCurdy, N McFerran, McKinstry, Aaron Moody, Peter Greer and Aidan McFerran completed the top eight. 

 Gavin Fegan continued his good form in the F2 Stock cars with another win in the final. Kyle Beattie started the night in style with a good win over Gary Grattan and Fegan. Denver Grattan steered clear in the second heat for victory over Sam McKay and Beattie third. In the final Kris Fitzpatrick scrapped to the front before a race stoppage ended his short stay in the lead. Christopher Kincaid’s brush with the fence was the cause of the stoppage. McKay got his nose in front at the restart ahead of G Grattan and Fegan. Another red flag brought the star men closer to the leader for this restart. Fegan almost immediately shot to the front with the Grattan Brothers G and D in hot pursuit. G Gattan did edge out Fegan but Fegan bounced back to hit Grattan into Beattie. Denver G then took up the challenge on Fegan but was out of striking distance. Gary G eventually fought back past Denver to go back into second. The chase for supremacy continued to the winning post with Fegan just hanging on for victory. Gary G was second and Denver G was third. Ryan McCrory, Beattie and Fitzpatrick were the other finishers.

  Ross Houston toppled Andy Stewart to become the King of Nutts Corner in the Stock Saloons. The depleted grid of cars for the final saw Stewart edge away to lead from Girvin Houston, Ross H, Ryan Wright and Matt Stirling. Ross H soon passed his name sake to go second and all out after Stewart. Ross H gradually pulled back the leeway and battle with Stewart until he surrendered the lead to Houston. The rest of the race was completed with Houston keeping Stewart at bay to take the King of the Corner Title. Wright came third ahead of Girvin H and Stirling. Stewart who had earlier romped to victory in the two qualifying heats saw the Title slip away in the final.

James Goldie was lucky to land the Rookie Banger final as Nicky Lowery was a half lap ahead at one stage. Lowery got off to a rocket of a start and kept up his massive lead for over three quarters of the race. However Lowery’s luck ran out with mechanical gremlins and gradually lost speed and his lead. Goldie accepted the lead and went on to take the chequered flag ahead of the Browne Brothers Robbie and Richie. Lowery almost made to the finish line before he finally stopped. Goldie and Lowery had wins apiece in the heats.

   Christopher Kincaid was the winner of the Old Cars spectator race .He edged to the front in the closing laps to win. However Kincaid’s was out of luck in his F2 crashing out in the early stages of the final.

 Racing is back on Wednesday 21^st Sep when the Production Car Irish Championship is top of the bill. The Junior Rods will contest their first ever Stadium Championship. Also on the cards are the F2 Stock Cars and the Slick Cars. Action gets underway at the usual 7-30 pm start.

F2  Grid for Wed 28th Sept

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