20/04/2026
This one might be a long read, We have a championship trophy 🏁🏆🏁
A weekend in the hills at Buxton raceway. Saturday was Casey’s debut in the Stoxkart at a big meeting with a big crowd, no pressure kid😜
She was absolutely petrified, we could feel her shaking through the kart chassis😂😂 someone asked her if she has butterflies in her stomach, she said “I think they have had babies in there”😂
Heat 1,
All the hype, all the looking forward and all the nerves, here we go. Rolling lap and the chain fell off 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️😂😂
Heat 2,
She did it, she finished her first race. Might have been last and a couple of laps down but she did it.👏🏻👏🏻
Final,
She got to about lap 17 of 20 and it got a bit hectic with over 30 cars all around her she ended pulling to the infield. When she came in we asked her what was up she openly said “It just got a bit much and I bottled it a bit” Can’t beat a bit of honestly.👏🏻
Stoxkart Sunday was, As Saturday was all about learning again.
She started and finished both heats and the final without any damage and with big smiles at the end of the day.
We couldn’t have asked for a better first couple of meetings for her considering she has never raced anything before this weekend. 👌🏻👌🏻
V8s Sunday. Supreme championship. 🏁🏆🏁
Ruby,
She decided to let dad have the tarmac car this weekend and she was going to have a play in the shale car.
Heat 1-2.
We made a mistake in the garage and chose the complete wrong gear set so the car just wasn’t pulling out of the corners at all, she finished both heats but way down the grid.
Final.
We changed the gear set and from the get go it was loads better and the pace was there until 3 laps in when the power steering belt decided it didn’t want to be there anymore😤😤DNF
Grand National.
Again on the pace and sticking with the pack but again the power steering belt came off midway but she decided to give her chicken arms a workout 😂 and finished the race with a very heavy steering wheel👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Mike.
The boy who always disliked tarmac when he used to race. The boy who is just coming out for a bit of fun this year but is now 2nd in the national points championship.🤔🤔😂 13 years since he last raced V8s properly.
We wasn’t even sure if the engine was going to hold out as it had lost 6 of its 7 litres of oil at kings Lynn and it has a hydraulic lifter not pumping up. He was advised by the engine builder not to run the engine this weekend but when does Mike ever listen to instructions.🤷♂️🤷♂️ it had a misfire all day and a very noisy tapper but it managed to hold out! 🙏🏻
Heat 1,
The pace looked good in the car but he was struggling with it being loose mid corner. Came over the line in 4th.😀
Heat 2,
Changed some tyres and altered the car slightly and it was loads better. Car hooked up really well. Came home in 1st 🏆
Final,
Supreme championship race. With his heat results it put him on pole of his grade. Got off to a good start but so did 65 Jed. They both got to the front fairly early on and Mike was tailing Jed all race but wasn’t close enough yet to attack for the lead. Last few laps and Mike was gaining and planning on a last bender when all of a sudden the bend before the last Jed was pushed wide by a back marker,
Mike then caught him on the last bend and managed to get up the inside. Car 262 Camey was now in the mix and it was a drag to the finish.😬😬 All 3 cars crossed the line within inches of each other but Mike knew his bumper was over first.
Initially the win was given to car 65 because of the transponder readings but even Jed like a true sportsman he is, said Mike had won it. After the stewards had a look at transponder positions it was clear Mike’s transponder was a lot further back and the win was given to Mike.
We did it, Supreme Champion 🏆🏁
This means a lot to us as a family as Mike’s dad Paul Lomax 69 was the first ever winner of this trophy a mere 38 years ago at Long Eaton and for them both to have their name on a trophy means a lot. Best thing about it was Paul was trackside to witness it, it all got a little emotional in the pits afterwords. 😢😂
Grand National,
Mike was ready to load the car up as it had been a long weekend and he was knackered but he decided to give it a go and started from the lap handicap, Steady race came home in 8th place.
But who got 1st,? None other than our best mate 355 Bryan Andrew, 🏆🏁 Well done Bry great win.👏🏻👏🏻
We now have a weekend off racing and then we will be at Skegness on the 3rd & 4th May for a Stoxkart weekender and then Ruby is at Hednesford on 17th May in the V8 an then as long as the new tarmac car is ready both Ruby and Mike will be racing Skegness Pairs weekend on the 24th 25th May in the V8s. 👌🏻
