2008 Calendar


April 6th
PFI

April 27th
Whiltion Mill

July 27th
Three Sisters

August 24th
Rowrah

August 25th
Rowrah

September 7th
PFI

September 21st
Buckmore Park

September 28th
Ellough Park

7 OUT OF 8 ROUNDS
TO COUNT


Other Dates:
Cadet 'O" Plate
Rowrah - 11 May

TV KARTMASTERS
British Grand Prix
PFI -
1st - 2nd - 3rd August

29-09-08 Ellough Park saw the Lap Record tumble in every heat & again in the final as the drivers got more use to the track, this said, it was a credit to Dunlop who provide the tyres, having already done 7 races before. Brad Shaw eventually got the time of 48.12

28-09-08 A huge crash of the 2nd lap of Sunday practice involved around 15 karts, The tight corner past the pits, which is slightly blind saw driver after driver piled into each other, fortunately no driver was injured, just a lot of bend metal. So big was the crash another 3 lap practice had to be run.

22-09-08 Yet another winner in this years LGM !. George Line took his first pole of the 2008 & finished with a fine win, leading all 15 laps of the Buckmore Park circuit. This edged the championship points ever closer, with only 5 points in it. The lap record was broken 4 times by the smallest of margins, eventually going to Adam Andrews with a time of 45.114. George Russell kept up the pressure by finishing second, with the rest of the BRM crew 3rd, 4th and 5th, that of James Struggles, Brad Shaw, & Andrews. Championship Leader Ben Barnicoat had good speed to start with but faded to a years worst 6th place.

It all kick's off again at Ellough Park, this weekend with the final round, with 6 winners from 7 rounds who is going to Win ? ? ?


18-09-08 For the LGM runners, to clear up any doubt with regulation 3.2 Control Fuel. Only unleaded or super unlead available at a roadside filling station or supplied by the organizer for that event may be used. The only exception is Atol MSA KART fuel which is used in Super one or Stars events, as this is a standard fuel and has a marker trace. The use of four stroke oils are also not permitted.


17-09-08 For all you LGM competitors, please ensure your places are book for the annual dinner / dance. The dates is Friday 28th November at the Olde Barn Hotel, Marston.

08-09-08 Championship leader Ben Barnicoat increased his lead and broke the mould in the 2008 LGM. Barnicoat is the first driver to take two win's this year, with four other drivers. Lemuel Pay had his first LGM pole position, with Matthew Graham enjoying another fastest lap in the final with a fine 6th place overall after crashing on the opening lap.

06-09-08 Will there be yet another different winner this weekend at PFI. Lets hope the weather improves and we get another great race !a

27-08-08 Who is going to be the 2008 WTP British Champion ?. With five rounds now completed, five different drivers have won a round, making for a very close title race, the next round is at PFI on the 7th September, a track where all the top ten drivers are fast, so should be a great race !.

25-08-08 Well done to Matthew Graham on winning the 5th round of the WTP LGM championship at Rowrah, Graham showed his class, out driving the rest of the competition in very poor conditions on Bank Holiday Monday. Graham also commented that a little bit of local knowledge and a good wet set up helped him to his first LGM win. Ben Barnicoat managed another 2nd place keeping his lead in the championship.

24-08-08 Russell kept to his current winning ways, with a fine last corner pass on championship leader Ben Barnicoat, to take his first LGM win. Russell made a bold choice of tyres in the first heat, winning easy on his slicks on what was a drying track. The other heats gave him enough points to take the pole as well as the win !. Barnicoat finishing 2nd.

04-08-08 George Russell Wins The British Kart Grand Prix, after leading most of the pre-final, George made a small mistake allowing Ben Barnicoat to pass on the outside, Russell on his BRM chassis ending up 3rd. The 3rd place on the grid was enough for him to cruise into the lead, but a last lap challenge's from Barnicoat, Graham, Shaw, Wykes, showed all Russell's skill to take the victory. Both George and his brother Benji, both have GP Plate to their names !

01-08-08 The big weekend is on at PFI this weekend, with 285 entries, the MSA kart Grand Prix racing is to be sure fire close and testing today showed all the WTP runners to be very close on pace, Bret Wykes is also racing this weekend in WTP as well as the Comer class.

29-07-08 Philip Rawson took his first win in the Little Green Man round at Wigan. The long fast straights use up all the engine power available and Rawson who kept a cool head, past Ben Barnicoat on the last lap. Barnicoat had started from pole and lead every lap but the last one

24-07-08 The LGM road show hits Wigan this weekend. Long trains of karts and heavy slipstreaming are the order of the day. The circuit relies so much on engine performance; it usually makes the racing very close.

01-06-08 As from the 1st June there will be a new type exhaust which will come standard with all new WTP engine. None of its components have change, as the only difference is the 2nd silencer now sits on the top instead of underneath.

13-04-08 With the super one having a terrible time with the weather, let's hope the sun keeps shinning for the next round of the LGM at Whilton Mill in two weeks time.

11-04-08 Apologies for those of you waiting for delivery of new WTP B5 engines, again the factory is very busy in Italy but they should leave this week, and JM should be able to cover all outstanding orders.

10-04-08 Well done to Amaury Bonduel on winning a 32 strong field of cadets in Belgium. With 31 of the drivers on Parilla engines, Bonduel was the only driver to be using the latest WTPengine to take the win. No plans to bring it to the UK though, as the engine is much quicker than full blown unrestricted B5 !. and the MSA wouldn't like that !

08-04-08 Ben Barnicoat took race one of the 2008 Little Green man championships at PF International circuit. Ben won all his heats & the final, but just missed out on the maximum with not quite achieving fastest lap, this went to Lemual Pay. George Russell led most of the final, but left the door open with 2 laps to go. George Line also had a stab at the lead, but again a mistake allowed Barnicoat through. With the top 10 very close on lap times, this is going to be one hell of a series.

05-04-08 The pairs challenge is back for 08, the names are taken from a hat and the two drivers scores are added together for the winners.

01-04-08 40 drivers have register for the 2008 championship up on last year, thanks to newcomers entering the sport, and schemes like 'racing for buttons'

29-09-08 Fifth Place at yesterdays last round at Ellough Park was enough to clinch him the 2008 WTP championship. George Russell & Brad Shaw totally dominated the race with a clear 1-2. Lemuel Pay finished his season with another podium.

Barnicoat is Champion !.

01-10-08 As per the LGM statement at Ellough Park, we, the championship organisers have followed the procedure set out by the MSA regarding the drop score situation. The decision was left with the MSA to return a written statement on the matter, after supply them with all the information. Monday 29th September, the MSA replied but they rejected to comment and passed the decision to the Championship Stewards. These have now all been contacted and their decision over this ‘grey area’ is that Bradley Shaw must count this score in the total and take the penalty. It is also noted that Regulation 3.1 to be changed so that the word ‘Final’ is to be replaced with ‘meeting’.

The championship points have been processed.

30-09-08 The situation regarding the drop points is being dealt with in the correct manner. Therefore all the ‘hearsay’ nonsense on a certain website is not factual. A full statement will be given on this official site.