08/09/2026
Race report for Kay'ce Fenner, Round 10 of the Club 2000 Championship at Red Lodge Karting Ltd. Kay'ce is racing in the Junior Rotax Class using her own engine in Jeremy's kart, with Jeremy as coach and mechanic, and Brian as Mentor π
It was a much shorter wait to get racing again, only being a couple of weeks since the Double Header, and we had finally had some rain! It was pouring down on the Friday just before race day and Kay'ce was excited to have a wet race.... but no such luck, race day morning the sky was clear and the sun was quickly drying the track. Kay'ce had a better set of used slick tyres for this round, and Jeremy had made a slight adjustment to the kart setup, closer to Jeremy's Senior setup, getting Kay'ce ready to move up to the Senior class next year π
Practice:
A larger number of entries for this round meant the Race Director switched to the random grid format and split practice. The track was a little 'green' after the rain the day before, so it was a little slippery, add to that Kay'ce needed to scrub the tyres in .... she felt the change to the setup straight away and adapted so quickly! Such a natural talent and instinct, Kay'ce was soon up to speed and she finished the practice session 6th out of 14 karts π
Heat 1:
First random grid position was 12th out of 20 karts. After 2 aborted starts due to some other karts not being in correct formation, they were finally underway and Kay'ce neatly maintained her position for the first couple of laps. She then came under a lot of pressure from 2 experienced drivers behind and dropped back to 14th by lap 4, but Kay'ce knows what to do, she tucked in behind those 2 and went with them as they picked off one driver after another, with Kay'ce finishing in 11th, an excellent comeback and just outside the top 10 π
Heat 2:
Starting 6th for this heat, Kay'ce kept good formation but others were messy again, forcing 2 aborted starts once again. When they got racing, Kay'ce moved straight up to 4th, a fantastic start! .... but on the second corner she was bumped from behind and started to get spun round, Kay'ce did her best to correct the kart and keep going, but several karts were pushing the offending kart into the side of Kay'ces kart and unfortunately they ground to a halt stuck together π©π€¦ββοΈ the rest of the pack disappeared down the track as the marshals safely separated all the karts stuck in the side of Kay'ces, but by the time she got going, she was running in 19th. As before, and as Jeremy teaches, Kay'ce shrugged it off, got her head down and set about catching the karts in front. She managed to catch and pass 3 other karts to finish a very creditable 16th.
Heat 3:
The random grids hadn't been kind to Kay'ce today, for this heat she lined up 9th, and yet another scruffy start, Kay'ce got forced wide and dropped back to 13th, but again she showed her strength and determination, got her head down and pushed to regain some positions, making her way back up to 11th. Unfortunately on lap 9 she tried an overtake through the Senna S but ran out of room, rather than nudge the kart she was trying to overtake, Kay'ce braked hard and gracefully spun round coming out of the corner, by the time she safely recovered Kay'ce was back in 15th and ran out of time to try to regain some positions.
Most drivers would be fed up and quite grumpy by now, but not Kay'ce! She was still happy and smiling coming back into the pits after each heat, knowing she did her best to recover positions, make good clean overtakes... and she had beaten her personal best lap time since jumping into a Junior Rotax kart!! π Jeremy's setup adjustment had worked!
B Final:
With all the drama she had been through in the heats, Kay'ce had qualified 2nd in the B Final, only just missing out on the A Final by a couple of points. She took her position on the front row for the start, but several other more experienced drivers had a tough day too, starting behind her, they would be very keen to finish in the top 4 to join the back of the A Final grid. Being on the outside through the first corners, Kay'ce knew it was going to be tough to hold on, and the inevitable happened, she got pushed wide through the first few corners and ended up running in 6th at the end of the first lap. Again she showed her strength and determination, chasing the karts in front, but after trying really hard to make up some places, she had to settle for 6th. We were just recovering the kart from Parc Ferme when we found out that one of the drivers ahead of Kay'ce had picked up a penalty and dropped behind Kay'ce, promoting her to 5th... then one of the top 3 finishers was underweight on the weighbridge! He was disqualified and Kay'ce was promoted to 4th! She had made the A Final!! π²
A Final:
Kay'ce took her position on the back row of the A Final. She was quite tired by now after a busy day! Then, just as the grid were joining the track to form up for the rolling start, Kay'ces starter motor wouldn't engage! We tried to bump start the kart, but we couldn't get it going, the starter motor had died! π© we were gutted as we recovered the kart back to the pits and the A Final started without her, a position Jeremy has been in before with a random starter motor failure on the Final grid..... but again Kay'ce shrugged it off, smiling as she grabbed her tools and started helping strip the kart down ready to load in the van.
As we have said before, all of us at Jeremy Lock Motorsport couldn't be more proud of Kay'ce, how she races, how she bounces back from issues and setbacks, to thoroughly enjoy her racing! We are really looking forward to the last two rounds with her in the Junior Rotax class, and even more so when she moves up to the Senior Rotax class next year ππ
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
Look out for the race reports for our other Junior Rotax driver William Porter, and our Senior Rotax driver, Bailey Cameron π
And many thanks to Stu Stretton Photography for the awesome photos π