RAF Lossiemouth Kart Club

Lossie Kart Club attended Clay Pigeon for Round 2 of the AFKC.

After only having Kart 69 compete in Round 1, we were pleased to have three teams participating this weekend.

It wasn’t without its problems, however, as a couple of mechanical issues across Thursday and Friday limited track time for both Kart 66 and Kart 99.

Race day proved to be another mixed bag for the teams:

Kart 69 showed strong pace and secured some solid results, although the team were hoping for more.
Kart 99 suffered some poor luck in Race 1, before the weekend came to an early end following a big crash on Lap 1 of Race 2.
Kart 66 had two novice drivers in the seat, with both gaining valuable race experience over the weekend.

Race Results:

Kart 69
Race 1 – P11 Overall (P8 Military)
Race 2 – P10 Overall (P4 Military)

Kart 99
Race 1 – P34 Overall (P27 Military)
Race 2 – DNF following a major crash on Lap 2

Kart 66
Race 1 – P37 Overall (P30 Military)
Race 2 – P28 Overall (P20 Military)

A huge thanks to Wraith Racing Karts for the chassis and support throughout the weekend, to RPM Racing Engines for the power and Ed Nussey for the photos.

RAF Lossiemouth Kart Club organised a Force Development Day for members of IX(B) Squadron at Grampian Kart Club. Several squadron personnel attended the event, including two additional members from the kart club.

The newer drivers enjoyed a full day of running in the ProKart, gaining experience and confidence on track. The pace was really good across the board for their first time in a ProKart.
Meanwhile, Brad and Elliot took the opportunity to put their KZ kart through its paces for just the second time, completing several laps throughout the day.

Conditions were dry throughout the day, allowing everyone to maximise their seat time and make the most of the event. Although an issue with the seat on the ProKart resulted in a slightly earlier finish than planned, the day was enjoyed by all and proved to be a successful day overall.

Thank you to Grampian Kart Club for having us today it is really appreciated.

We look forward to attending AFKC Round 2 next weekend at Clay Pigeon.

AFKC Round 1 Race Report

Lossie kart club travelled down to Llandow for round 1 of the AFKC. A 10 hour trip either way for us.

We had 3 karts out for Thursday practice with Richy in his rotax and 2 drivers in each of the 2 pro karts.

Jake had never been in a pro kart until Thursday but he done really well and built some good experience up hoping to race in round 2. Brayley also drove well in kart 66 for the day with no issues.

Both Thursday and Friday practice were a success for Brad and Elliot in kart 69, the pace was rapid and the kart was in a good place going into race day.

Richy got some good practice in across the 2 days and got to grips with physical side of premier class.

Race day:
Richy had an incident in one of the heats but managed to get the kart out for the final and came P2 in the 177 class.
We also had the pleasure of helping out Jack Goring from RAF Valley, he managed overall P2 in the premier class.

Brad qualified for Kart 69 in both races, qualifying in P6 overall in the 1st race and P5 overall in the 2nd race.
A good strategy in the 1st race put us in contention for a military podium but we came home P7 overall and P4 military.

We had a transponder issue during the 1st stint of the 2nd race but thankfully this was resolved and after a tough race we came 5th overall and P4 military again.

Overall it was a good haul of points for kart 69 and good results for both Jack and Richy in the Premier class. Hopefully more of the same in round 2!

A big thanks to;
Wraith Racing Karts for the bulletproof chassis.
RPM Racing Engines for the power.
Llandow Circuit for hosting us.
Armed Forces Karting Championship for organising a great round 1.

We look forward to attending round 2 at Clay Pigeon next month!

This weekend we competed in round 2 of the winter series at Crail.

We had 3 karts racing in the senior prokart category competing against 6 other drivers.

The other 6 drivers were running to a higher weight limit and 200cc engines which brought some close racing between us all.

During practice we noticed a bad split in the chassis of kart 69. Alfie decided to drive the 7 hour round trip back to Lossie to pick up the spare chassis ready for race day on Sunday.

Race day brought some slippy conditions and some good racing from all drivers racing across the categories.

Lossie finished P1, P2 and P3 in the final as the wet conditions benefited our softer compound tyres.

Alfie P1
Brad P2
Max P3

We had a great time at crail both on track and off track.

Massive thank you to everyone at crail for having us this weekend we will definitely be back.