Fortnight of fast and furious action at Nutts Corner

The August 14-15 meeting in particular will be Ireland’s largest karting event when drivers from across the country, and further afield, take on the Precision Kart Team supported Irish Kart Grand Prix.

All classes will be contended for at both meetings including the incredibly fast Superkarts which are capable of 160mph and acceleration comparable to Formula One. The junior and senior non gearbox drivers will all be out in force as usual with some of the highlight classes including Junior Cadets for the 8 to 12 year olds all hoping to impress national team bosses that visit these shores.

This Sunday’s meeting, starting at 11am, will be round five of the tough Ulster Cup series and judging on the last set of races there has been no holding back even when two race meetings are so close together.

In the run up to these two meetings, the Susan McCutcheon Interiors & Sprint Auto Centre supported recent back to back meetings have given a real insight into how things are really hotting up mid-summer.

Scott Finlay continues to dominate the Mini Max class. This season has been another strong one for Finlay and a string of wins and seconds last time out really saw him start to consolidate his position.

Lisburn’s Jamie Grant, Dromore’s Ross Graham and Lisburn’s Megan McCrea are all very closely matched in the battle for fifth. Graham will start on Sunday with only the slightest of margins and with such close competition right behind it will be interesting to see how that local battle also shakes out.

Racing this Sunday and next Saturday and Sunday gets underway at 11am.