08/09/2026
Race report for Bailey Cameron, Round 10 of the Club 2000 Championship at Red Lodge Karting Ltd. Bailey is racing in Senior Rotax class using Jeremy's 2025 Championship winning kart, with Jeremy as coach and 2023 Champion Alfie Campbell as mechanic.
We were all hoping for a wet race! But alas, the track was fully dry by the time we were set up and ready to race.
Practice:
Bailey settled back into the kart very quickly, having only been a couple of weeks since the Double Header. He finished the session an excellent 3rd fastest!
Heat 1:
The best place to start, pole position! π a neat and tidy start from Bailey and he set off in the lead. He was immediately under pressure from a more experienced driver, holding on for a couple of laps before they made a move into the lead, Bailey sensibly didn't fight him and tucked in behind. After another couple of laps the Championship leader had worked his way through the pack and caught Bailey, again Bailey held on as best he could but the Championship leader got past and Bailey tucked in to follow him and finish the heat in 3rd π
Heat 2:
Bailey had his best starting position in heat 1, now he started in 7th, a scruffy start by other karts this time and Bailey dropped a couple of places, but had a ding d**g of a battle with other karts in a pack throughout the heat, one of many drivers picking up a dropdown bumper penalty in the close combat, eventually crossing the finish line in 9th and dropping 1 place to 10th after penalties were applied.
Heat 3:
Bailey's worst random grid position for the day, starting 13th with 2 novices behind him. But after a nice clean start, Bailey literally carved his way through the pack, making his way up to finish 8th on track, then promoted to 7th after penalties were applied to other drivers, a gain of 6 places! π
Final:
It had been another tough day but Bailey still managed to qualify 7th for the final. A good start and Bailey settled in to a nice rhythm in the pack, then after a few laps he started to make up some places, all the way up to run in 4th towards the end of the heat, he was looking good for an excellent result.... but then, a couple of laps from the finish, something changed at the back of the kart, Bailey could feel it was handling different, he wrestled the kart through the 180 corner and drifted wide onto the grass over the back of the track, he managed to get back onto the back straight and continue racing but unfortunately he had dropped back to finish 7th, then 'to add insult to injury' he had picked up a dropdown bumper penalty from bouncing over the grass which dropped him further back to 10th. Gutted π©
Jeremy and Alfie recovered the kart back to the pits and found that 2 of the 4 rear axle bearing carrier bolts had sheared off, making the rear axle able to move up and down slightly, which would have changed the handling of the kart on each corner, but not completely detach the axle or lose drive from the chain and sprocket, a very rare failure π€·ββοΈ It was a disappointing end to a promising final result, but Bailey knows that's racing!
We are looking forward to the next round and praying for wet weather!! π
Bailey and his family would like to thank all their sponsors, especially their new sponsor J & M Roofing and Scaffolding Limited π
Many thanks from all of us at Jeremy Lock Motorsport to Castrol Classic Oils
http://www.castrol.com/uk/classics for their continued support π
Massive thanks as always to Mick and his Club 2000 team for all their hard work π
Also Massive thanks to Alfie Campbell for all his help and hard work this weekend, we couldn't have managed without him! π
Look out for the race reports for our Junior Rotax drivers, Kay'ce Fenner and William Porter π
And many thanks to Stu Stretton Photography for the awesome photos π