British Sprint at Kames Motorsport Complex, August 1st & 2nd

[wooooody]

Kames Hosts British Championship Sprint Round

Kames will see a massive weekend of motorsport action this Saturday and Sunday, (1st and 2nd August) as the East Ayrshire Car Club track hosts the British Sprint Championship for the first ever time. A record 100 entries on both days guarantees plenty of spills and thrills with cars ranging from hot-hatches to F1 style single seat racers. The weekend forms the final part of celebrations to mark 25 years of motorsport at Kames and also incorporates two rounds of the Guyson Scottish Sprint Championship.

Sprinting involves one or two cars at a time running against the clock and at Kames is either 3 laps clockwise as on Saturday or 2.5 laps anticlockwise as on the Sunday. Both days involve practice runs in the morning and competitive runs in the afternoon.

This weekend’s event’s inclusion in the British championship has attracted drivers from all corners of the UK to the track. Travelling all the way from the South Coast of England, drivers Terry Holmes and Graham Porrett have both entered a 3.5 litre engined race car by Lola, a former F1 manufacturer. From the other end of the UK, Orkney’s Garry Dickson will make the trip down to compete in his bike engined Bluestar. Northern Ireland is well represented, with Neil Dugan in his Cosworth powered 205 GTI sure to be one of the stars of the day.

Another driver to watch is Aberdeen’s Scotty Cruikshank, who is also competing in the Lotus Cup Europe in his first season of motorsport. Cruikshank, who took a class win on his sprint debut last month, is hoping to give Scottish Sprint Champion Graeme Bremner a run for his money with both drivers piloting supercharged Lotus cars in the tightly fought sports car class.

Closer to home, EACC chairman John Frew of Tarbolton will be looking to show who’s in charge with a possible outing in his road car class Rover GTi. Club stalwart Jock Millar will, as ever, be making the short journey from Drumclog to campaign his Lotus 7 inspired Dutton, possibly one of the few cars which competing that may have been on track 25 years ago as well. It wouldn’t be Kames though without a Mini or a classic Ford Escort sideways at paddock bend, two marques that must have featured at almost every Kames event over the past quarter century. Dumfries’ Allan McDonald will be representing the mini’s, albeit with motorbike power behind him while Biggar’s Jimmy Crowe will take the flag for the Escorts.

Spectators at Kames get a great view of the all action from around the circuit, take advantage of the trackside facilities or wander the paddocks to see the cars up-close and maybe even grab a chat with the drivers. Spectators can also see run times and compare the quickest cars through the speed trap. Entry costs £4 for Adults or £10 for a car of four while under 14’s enter free.

East Ayrshire Car Club are looking for marshals to help make the event a success. Marshalling requires no previous experience but gets you free entry, a free lunch and only inches from the action!

Edited by wooooody on Tuesday 28th July 23:50

[wooooody]

I ticked the wrong box, should have been the thumbs up.

[Big Al.]

Tis.

[skylinecrazy]

Sounds interesting, will be attending the event at Mallory. (Unless I've missed it) Generally prefer the hillclimbing though.

Edited by skylinecrazy on Thursday 30th July 02:07

[Porlock]

Hope all goes well with your 1st British Sprint round. Shame it wasn't next weekend as we are travelling up from Devon to do a bit of touring up there and will be coming via family Nr Ayr. I would have left the good lady with her family, and come and marshalled for the day.

Just a tip dont let the championship co-ordinator (Paul Parker) near any Profiteroles, or they will magically dissapear!!