The 2019 LGM race calendar has now been finalised. With a new tracks added to the series it will see the LGM championship visited Little Rissington and with Wigan now back on the calendar in nearly 10 years it set to be a new fresh feel.
Championship organiser Mike Mills said It’s been a frantic few weeks with the changes to the MSA British championships, but after closely working with the newly formed Karting Operations we have been able to deliver a calendar that compliments all of the scheduled IAME races in the UK and Europe. We are also working to bring some new features to the championship so keep watching this space for up dates.
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The biggest UK Cadet championship, Arvid Lindblad stole the win from under Freddie Slater who had lead the series all year. Lindblad managed to get pole position with Slater on grid 2. They drove away from the rest allowing a one on one battle. Both had the lead but in the end it was advantage Lindblad who won by 0.04 at the line !. In Senior X30 Thomas Turner has been crowned 2018 champion after finishing 4th which was just enough to beat Callum Bradshaw who won the event at PF International. Bradshaw who has finished second, three times now did as much as he could but missed out by a mere 4 points. Stephen Letts was 2nd and Harry Platten getting his first podium of the year in 3rd. The Junior X30 battle was very exciting, the title battle had been won with Thomas fleming not getting the pole he needed so left the championship to Joseph Taylor. In the race it was Georgie Dimitrov who was the man to catch, but catch they did with Lewis Thomson, Oliver Bearman and Nelson King all fighting for the win. Joseph Taylor managed to cross the line first but recieved a penalty due to a driving issue. Dimitrov and Bearman also getting a nose penalty. In the end Nelson King took victory, from Tom Edgar 2nd and Lewis Thompson 3rd. The Mini X tour was again a big grid, but the man on form was Joshua Mclean who lifted the tour with ease. Ivan Lomliev put up a very good battle and also got the pole and fastest lap, but couldn’t quite beat Mclean on the day finishing 2nd.
With the rain luming in the area, raceday was a dry affair. The IAME cadets using wets for morning warm up. Arvid Lindblad took his third win of the year by beating Fusion pole man William Macintyre and Aiden Neate who finished 2nd & 3rd. Junior X30 Lewis Thompson took an earlier lead and headed the pack for 7 laps, but it was Nelson King who from pole, managed to get back to the front and pull away, Series leader Joseph Taylor grabbed 2nd with Thompson 3rd. In the Senior X30 class, it was a return for Oliver Hodgson who came back to set pole and take an untroubled race win. Followed home this time by returnee Morgan Porter and Stephen Letts. The Mini X30 tour was a three horse race with again the Fusion drivers left to battle it out. Joshua McLean goes back to the top with a fine win, followed home by a superb drive from Jessica Edgar and Cian Sheilds. Only one round left to go at PF International in 5 weeks time.
IMPORTANT– Information for all competitors. The 6th round of the LGM series at Whilton Milll will be using a nominated petrol station the details are as follows:-
BP
1High Street
http://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/BP/@52.232262,-1.074219,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x487716d45a43e7ed:0xa6b32a5cf57878a9
The only petrol permitted for this round is 95 Ron unleaded and the chosen oil is Shell ‘M’ (Cadets only, X30 oil is as per regulation). A sample will be taken and measured against the datum purchased.