Motorsport

Spalding speedster Andy Molsom got his new Caterham Graduates Racing Club season off to a great start with two second places at a rain-hit Oulton Park. Molsom, who competes in the Super-Graduates class, qualified third for both races. Just before the first race, the rain started again and didn’t relent. Molsom made a good start and set about trying to ...

Following the removal of the external fixator from his injured right leg, Ben Wilson is now back on his feet and has re-joined the team at Gearlink Kawasaki as rider coach. Wilson, from Kirton, has gone through multiple operations to repair the damage to his very badly broken right femur following his crash at the North West 200 in May ...

It wasn’t the best start to the season for the Wyberton-based G&S Racing Kawasaki team as both Tom Fisher and Ben Luxton suffered crashes and new recruit Sam Coventry placed 21st at Donington Park over the weekend. After completing his qualifying in 25th position, Coventry began the new format Superstock 1000 race from a ninth row grid position and, despite ...

Aaron Clarke’s chances of a top five finish at the opening round of the Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship were hit by an untimely bout of arm pump over the weekend. Clarke recorded an 11th-placed finish for his team draperRacing at Donington Park on Sunday to bring five championship points – but he could easily have bagged a few more. ...

The three G&S Racing Kawasaki riders are all prepared and raring to go for the opening round of the new season which kicks off at Donington Park at the weekend. Tom Fisher and Sam Coventry will compete in the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 championship, while Ben Luxton will ride in the Pirelli National Superstock 600 class. All three riders have ...

Kirton racer Aaron Clarke gets his season under way at Donington Park this weekend. Still with draperRACING, Clarke is once again competing in the Pirelli National Superstock 600 championship. He was at Cadwell Park for a shakedown test recently – and was on good form. Despite the inclement weather, he posted fast times and was happy with his progress and ...

The weather stayed dry and the supporters came out in force at the Adrian Flux Arena in King’s Lynn for Simon Lambert’s Testimonial meeting on Saturday. With King’s Lynn Stars legends Tomas Topinka, Terry Betts and Ian Turner present as special guests, and Neil Vatcher’s Young Lions also on show alongside the main event, there was a real party atmosphere ...

Gosberton Risegate speedway ace Simon Lambert will reach the pinnacle of his career this weekend as he prepares for his very own testimonial meeting. Having been a King’s Lynn Stars asset for the last 11 years, the British Speedway Promoters Association (BSPA) granted his testimonial – dubbed Rambo Lambo’s Decennary – over a year ago. Now based in Kirton, Lambert, ...

A podium finish at the Rallye De Hannut served as a great start to the new season for P & R Plant Hire Rally Team Holbeach. Driver David Tinn and his co-driver Giles Dykes scured third place overall in their Ex Works Proton at the event in Belgium. Some 185 cars started the rally, which had four stages run three ...

Wyberton-based G&S Racing Kawasaki are pleased to announce the additions of Sam Coventry and Ben Luxton to the team. Coventry will team up with Tom Fisher to contest the Superstock 1000 championship, while Luxton will campaign the Superstock 600 series. Waterlooville-based Coventry, who is 23, is a service manager at PGS garage services. He said:  “I’m so pleased to have ...

A successful rally team is hoping to raise South Holland interest in the sport ahead of their keenly-anticipated return to action next month. P & R Plant Hire Rally Team Holbeach, who are owned by Paddy Plaice and led by driver David Tinn, are bidding to broaden their horizons this season after a hugely impressive 2016 campaign. Despite the MSA ...

Pinchbeck brothers Brodie, Bradley and Jack Ferguson all enjoyed strong seasons at Coventry Junior MX Club. In the 65s group, Bradley pipped his older brother Brodie in the overall standings, with the pair ninth and tenth respectively. Young gun Jack enjoyed a fine campaign in the Autos category as he bagged fourth overall in the championship.

It is now eight months since Kirton motorcycle racer Ben Wilson suffered a serious a compound fracture of his femur during practice for the North West 200 Road Races in Northern Ireland. The race ace underwent an operation to fit an external fixator on his leg, with his surgeon confident that the bone would begin to grow back – meaning ...

Speedway star Simon Lambert has unveiled initial details for his testimonial meeting at King’s Lynn’s Adrian Flux Arena at the start of next season. Original plans to stage the event this past August had to be put on hold, but Lambert is delighted to announce that “Rambo Lambo’s Decennary” will now be staged on Sunday, March 26, with a 2pm ...

Spalding race ace Andy Molsom admitted he had exceeded expectations after securing a third place finish in the Caterham Graduates Championship.   Molsom had travelled to Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium for the final two rounds of the championship with an outside chance of landing the overall trophy.   However, after enduring mixed fortunes in the finale in his quest for honours, ...

Pinchbeck’s Dan Booth is targeting British under-25 Championship success in his 1300cc Stock Car on Halloween Carnival Night at King’s Lynn’s Adrian Flux Arena this Saturday (5.30pm). The meeting also features a massive field of Unlimited Bangers and the three-wheeled Reliant Robins. Off-track, there will be a fireworks display, plus a Halloween fancy dress parade and free fairground rides. For ...

Kirton speedster Aaron Clarke posted his best-ever finish in the Superstock 600 season finale at Brands Hatch on Sunday. The draperRacing ace qualified well to start the 12 lap affair from the fourth row – and was running in 12th place when his race was red flagged. However, Clarke was soon up to ninth place in the six-lap restarted race ...

Aaron Clarke heads to Brands Hatch for the final round of the Superstock 600 series this weekend. Kirton racer Clarke has done well this season and has improved massively since switching to a Yamaha with draperRACING. It seems to suit his riding style and he is now a regular points scorer, amassing 14 championship points to date, and he has ...

Wyberton-based G&S Racing Kawasaki team may not have a round of their Superstock 1000 championship at Assen this weekend – but the team will travel to Kevin Van Leuven’s local circuit to race in the Dutch championship at the Cathedral of Speed in order for his Dutch followers to see the team in action in their homeland. The Superstock 1000 ...

The Ferguson family were on-song once again as they starred for Coventry MX in a motocross team event at Milton Malsor. Pinchbeck’s Darren Ferguson and his three sons Brodie, Bradley and Jack Ferguson were all chosen to race for Coventry in the event – and they all performed superbly well amid mixed conditions of both rain and dry over the ...