The Final rounds of the season for the Ginetta Juniors plus an overview.

With the 2014 season coming to a close, with the final two races at the full GP track at Brands Hatch, the Iconic layout brings both new challenges, and some better racing, for the penultimate round of the Ginetta Juniors, the honours for pole go, James Kellett' team mate at HHC Motorsport, Lando Norris, and with over leader of the standings, Jack Mitchell further back in sixth place, it is looking like a good haul of points for James and Lando, and the team.

With Lando on pole and Jamie Caroline second, it leaves James to take third position at the start of the start of the race, and hopefully a good start, and favourable overtaking will move him forward. And as the flag fell at the end of race one, Jamie Caroline was the winner, James pulled one space forward to take a well deserved second, Lando dropped right back to ninth, with Jack Mitchell moving up to fourth and Jack Rawles from fifth to third, So with just one race left to the season, it is obvious that Jack Mitchell has taken the crown for Driver Championship, and unless something drastic happens in the final race, its almost certain the JHR Motorsports will take the Team trophy.

RACE TWO - Final Race of The Year

With the track still damp on the inside, and around the GP track, race two should be an interesting one, With Lando Norris, Jamie Caroline and James K taking the first three spots, the lights go green, and Caroline goes into the lead with JK third,Jack Mitchell span before druids,  it shoved him straight to the back, and with this the only car not to get around the first lap. Flasherman Finnerman has a flappy bonnet and will come in at the end of lap one.

James Kellet in second is fighting to get past Caroline, with out much success at the present , druids has not more incidents on lap two, with James squirrelling around trying to get past, and trying to avoid the damp patches, the top four are all within a sniff of each other, Zelos, has gotten on the back of JK and as they come around to conclude the second lap,  they are all as close as ever.Zelos goes off track at the exit of druids and Lando has a late lunge on Kellett to take second,  but Caroline has a small lead.

lap three comes to an end with the racing further back as hard and as aggressive as at the front, with a number of these y0oungsters confirmed to be back next year, it is bound to be a great season, but back to the front, the leading four are pulling away, and James has had a spin at Surtee's it has put him way back, with Caroline having a smaller gap and Zelos trailing back in third, Lando is determined to have a go on lap five as they head to Druids he takes the place and Caroline drops back, but Zelos has caught them back, and Caroline goes back into the lead, and then they are right beside each other at 110mph, and Caroline takes the lead.

the racing is amazing, these guys are not afraid of fighting, Caroline loses first to Lando again, and the top three are all now right back together,  as they start lap 6 of 8, there is now a small lead by Lando with Jamie Caroline second and Zelos third, the three leaders are now coming around to complete the sixth lap, with the trio still holding position.

The fighting further back is great, they are all clawing for each place,, Senna Procter Alex Sedgewick both niggling each other for position and Chadwick loses two positions to Senna and A,ex, before taking one back, Jack Rawles and Ryan Hadfield are both fighting each other, not giving an inch, and right on the bumper, this is stunning racing, the final lap has now started with the leading three still in procession, Caroline takes the fastest lap, Lando Norris has a gap on Caroline with Dan Zelos further back, Jamie Chadwick goes off into the gravel, and with only a couple of corners to go, they are still trying to get position.

These kids are not afraid to give it all, and around the final corner Lando Norris punches the air with delight as he takes the final race win of the season, with Jamie Caroline taking second and trailing back Zelos takes third, another brilliant race, from all of the Juniors, and if next year is half as good as this years, it will be thee championship to watch, it was such a shame that JK was unable to finish the last race of the season with a win or big points.

However, it is not as cut and dried as that, when you look at the points awarded for the season as a whole, it is clear that without the lower point finishes, of which there were 6 (16 points awarded or less) for James Kellett, then the race for the title may well have been a lot closer, or even awarded to James, as Jack on had two low point finishes (16 points or less), so, it could well have been a different story albeit for those finishes.

But that's racing, you have to race hard from day one, to the final flag of the season, get ever single point that's going, because at the end of the day, that one point may mean the difference between winning and coming in second, but again, this class, is so full of winners, when most kids are at home playing on play stations, or smoking behind the bike sheds, amongst other things, these guys are out there, racing cars in a professional championship, proving that although they are not fully fledged vote allowing adults, they are just as good as the BTCC drivers, of which this is a support race.

They have shown so much determination, frustration and anger, so many emotions for these young people, emotions that the general public could never imagine, and they still have so much more to learn, so much more to give back, and so many more years of professional driving, each and every single one of the young adults have parents, siblings, family and friends that are so proud of what they have achieved at such a young age, and for most this is just that start, we look forward to seeing them all develop and go on to bigger, better and more focused race series, whether that be the bigger Ginetta's, British Touring Car Championship, One Make Series, Clio Cup, or even onto the World Touring Cars, or even F1, whatever these guys choose as a future career, I am sure that they will all be successful.

Congratulations to all the Drivers, you have provided some of the best racing of the year, your attitudes and determination not to give up, has provided some stunning over taking movements, great wheel to wheel action and some rather funny body destruction moments.

I hope to be at some of the BTCC events next year, I have missed them all this year, which is a real shame, its the first time in years when i have not been to at least one race.

**PHOTOGRAPHY**

John Beardon provides some stunning pictures from the Ginetta Juniors, and the above shot just goes to show how talented this photographer is.

Penultimate race weekend proves to be a great boost for Kellett

With the season quickly coming to a close, and the racers fighting for every point that they can draw in, James Kellett once again proved to be the driver to beat, a stunning qualifying saw James take pole in both races, a great result as they head into the last four races of the year, it is therefore a disappointment that James was not able to use the consistency at the end of the season, from the start, I feel that if he were able to utilise the great skills we see now from the start, he would have walked away with the title.

But, however, we are here with James in second for the year, which is a great achievement in any ones book, and can only build upon this for the remaining races and into next season, wherever James decides to go, but, that's for the future, on to the Silverstone weekend.

Having started in pole position for the first race on Saturday, James was unable to keep hold of the position, and valiantly held on to Jack Mitchell's bumper to finish second by the most slimmest of margins, 0.1 of a second, so although the positions show where they finished, in reality, it was a a whole lot closer than that, and it could have gone either way, right up to the flag.

SUNDAY

With James taking pole for the second race, the cars are off for the warm up lap following the Ginetta pace car around the short Silverstone track, They are lining up in their respective grid places, awaiting for the lights to change, and off they go with James slightly ahead, but he gets bogged down and goes back to third, but there is a huge incident with a large number of cars crashing into each other, and pits and pieces flying around and bonnets are up, but the safety car has yet to be sent out.

The cars are coming around for the en of lap one and James s fourth, but is fighting, to get back into contention, both JHR cars are out, due to the incident on lap one, James is weaving from side to side, to try and get back up to third, and then onto second, James has pulled into third place and has held it, Mitchel is now fourth and needs to stay in that position while James moves forward to get the points he needs.

Lando gets forth and moves Mitchell goes back to fifth, James has a great first corner, and is right in the bumper of P2, and he does it, James is up into second, followed by Lando, and James is now looking to get first, Mitchell into third, as the start lap 5, James is still pushing hard to get past and first which he has done, James takes first place, and this is where he needs to stay, but no one is giving any inch, Lando in second and Mitchell third, James is pulling away from the remainder of the group as 2-5th all are fighting for position, a great race this is.

Contact with Lando, and they are all pushing, as the end lap 6 and start lap seven, Pearson is second, with Norris third, the gap is now getting bigger with each passing corner, Brands Hatch is going to be a storming conclusion to the season, Norris and Mitchel are jostling with each other, and there is now a group of five for 2nd place, James is looking like taking a win, half way around lap 8 and Mitchel has now moved up to third, James has pulled a gap of 1.6 seconds, Caroline and Zelos took Mitchel, has he got an issue?

lap nine and the fighting is as intense, all fighting for position, and Pearson remains in 2nd, Lando pushed Pearson to take 2nd, with Caroline all pushing and barging each other to get past, they need to stay on the track to leave James with the margins he needs to a take it to the final brace of races, Caroline takes Pearson, and Mitchel takes Pearson, wow, this is getting so intense, round the last corner to finish lap ten and now onto the last lap.

Zelos is all over Norris, with James well out in front, and they take the final corner and James makes it a total clean sweep of the weekend, two poles and one win and one second, AWESOME weekend for James, and with a bit of in team manipulation Mitchel gets to move up to 4th, I hope that the scrutineers look at the manoeuvre that resulted in that 4th place, as it was far from safe to brake like that on the start finish straight, and the excuse of missing a gear would not make the front wheels lock up on a rear wheel drive car.

So, Lando takes 2nd and Dan Zelos takes third, and with the title still to be decided James is now only 57 points behind and Lando 35 points further back, so it all goes down to the last races at brands Hatch in two weeks time, but James definitely gets my vote for driver of the weekend, with both races dominated by him, lets hope this run of wins carries on into the decider.

More mixed fortune for James Kellett at Rockingham.

SATURDAY RACE 1

It proved an eventful first race at Rockingham Speedway track for James Kellett, with a poor 5th position for James after the free practice however team mate Lando Norris was leading the session, it was hoped that a better qualifying will be the order of the day, and indeed it was, James, again proved that when it matters he can get to the top no matter what is thrown at him, he happily placed his Ginetta in P2 for the first race, but he was only 0.05 away from taking pole.

These very small gaps between each car goes to show how fiercely fought this championship is becoming, and is becoming THEE support race that has to be watched after the main event, they may be classed at young adults or kids, but they are not shy when it comes to showing what they are made of, and it bodes well for the future, for whatever race series these great racers decide to move up into, I feel that James has a great future, with BTCC being the best UK based race series where he could shine, and if moving to WTCC is good enough for Rob Huff, James Thompson and Jason Plato, then it is good enough for James.

But, I digress, James was off to a flyer when there was an incident between him and Norris, where James took a corner too wide sending him into a spin and sending him right back into 17th position, however, James proved how good he is by gradually working his way back through the field and passing each and every driver on his way to gain an excellent 3rd position at the flag, but then unfortunately and unexpectedly was given a 30 second penalty for a false start, it is these sorts of stupid decisions that can give a race series a bad reputation.

The fact that James fought his way back through the field into a podium position shows how good this youngster is, and it is stupid decisions like that, that makes all that hard work seem worthless, but it is not, it is all valuable experience, 

SUNDAY RACE 2

With James Kellett and Jamie Caroline heading the field on this lovely warm day, the engine noise grows into a roar, as the flag drops James pulls slightly forward, and takes first position but as they head to the hairpin they all compress and all mange to get around the first bend, Lando makes up a position and Zelos follows, James has pulled a very small gap on Caroline, and with no incidents as the first lap comes to a close, the guys are really fighting it out for position.

The front two have pulled away from 3rd and James continues to lead,  but Caroline pulls level and fails to pull in front, Esmee Hawkey spins off as the come around to conclude the second lap of eight, Ben Pearson shoves it up inside and takes a position, lap three starts with James still in front, Zelos is 4th and a large incident between Hadfield and Proctor means they both spin and lose out with both back in the last two positions.

The cars are now really spreading out with James still in the lead, Chadwick is 4th and Norris takes second after a mistake by Caroline, as lap four carries on the cars are spreading out, and Norris has taken the fastest lap and is gradually pulling up on James, but he wont be an easy car to pass, these little Ginetta's are great sporty cars that have some real power, these guys really know how to deliver that power extremely well.

Lap five has begun with Flashman spinning, and James still in the lead with team mate Norris behind, further back the racing is getting aggressive with pushing and shoving to get past, lap six continues with the front two still in their respective position and with a large gap back to third, it is looking like a HHC walkover in round 16 at Rockingham.

Senna Proctor was in 9th as he pulls off, after his bonnet starts to lift, James starts the last lap well in front, and he has not put a wheel wrong throughout round 16, the last few corners have more bashing and crashing further back, James comes around the final corner, and takes the chequered flag for another great win for, Lando Norris 2nd, Dan Zelos 3rd, Jamie Caroline 4th, this race was not a very action packed, as we have seen many times this season, but we don't need action, we need James to carry on winning and getting to the championship lead.

However with only four more rounds left in the Ginetta Championship, it is really looking like James will be unable to claw back 80 points just to draw level with Jack Mitchell who is head and shoulders above all the rest, but it has to be said, Jack has not won a race for some while, so you never know, a couple of DNF's and a solid finish for James in the remaining races for 2014, and we may well have a fight for the lead going into the last round.

Well Done James, another great result, itt was a shame that a dubious deciion on Saturday meant that further points were lost, and at this stage of the season, every single point is needed to try and get that championship lead, this years racing has proved yet again, that the Ginetta Juniors have as much talent, grit and determination as far more experienced and older drivers in bigger race series.

Kellett has storming return weekend at Snetterton with a 1st and 2nd.

After the long break from, all racing, on the BTCC calendar, the return at Snetterton was, well and truly required, and awaited, with baited breath, the long break usually means that the teams have significant time, to update the cars, with new tech and upgrades.

But this time, with the Ginetta Juniors, the weekend began in a similar way it finished all those weeks ago, with our man James Kellett winning yet again, a thrilling qualifying saw Lando Norris take pole with James just a sniff behind, to take 2nd place.

As the flag dropped a storming James shot straight into first place, and there he stayed, with Lando training behind for the rest of the race, a fastest lap was also taken by James.

This win makes two wins out of the last three races, however a championship win might just be out of James' grasp  with Jack Mitchell 86 points ahead, after Snetterton race one, this might be too many points, but James will definitely not let that hinder him, into racing for each and every point remaining this season.

Race two at Snetterton saw James on 2nd place grid spot behind Lando again, and with the temperatures soaring, with a massive crowd watching from all area's of the track, the flag was dropped, and James pulled forward to shoot straight into first place yet again, and by the first corner had already made a gap back to 2nd, further back Johnny hadfield had a shunt, but eventually carried on.

The perfect start was made by James, and as the corners past the gap got bigger,  now the first three had pulled a large gap onto 4th place, as the gap between 1st and 2nd shrunk as they came over the start finish line to go into lap two, by the time they got half way around lap two the gap had gotten smaller, with the top three cars only separated by the smallest of margins,, further back a great battle between the Hadfield' was developing.

the spacing back to fourth was getting bigger as the 2nd lap was drawing to a close, with James still in command of the second Snetterton Ginetta Juniors race, the third lap development meant that James dropped back to third in the space of two corners, but grabbed one straight back, a small gap developed between Lando and James, but James has not given up the opportunity of stealing back the lead position.

Lap four begins with James right on the tail of Lando, and Zelos on James' bumper, but none of them are giving anything away to the others, further back Chadwick booted of Sedgewick, and Ryan Hadfield has developed a fault to lose out on a decent finish, as lap five comes to an end, the same three are at the front, with James trying to get past, Mitchel has now joined the leading three, and will push for all his worth to get as many points to continue his significant lead in the championship.

With only a couple of laps left, the braking is being taken later, and more chances are being attempted, James is just not quite close enough to get past as they start the final lap, but James is now pushing, James and his team mate at HHC are tyring to both take first place, Zelos, too has not given up the possibility of taking a higher podium, but as the final lap is now drawing to a close, the top two are still fighting it out to get that 1st place, , James enters the Bomb hole right on his bumper, James slides, and the final corner passes with lando in first over the line with James a brilliant second and Zelos rounding out the podium places.

Although James took a first and second at Snetterton, the gap between him and championship leader Mitchell only dropped by 7 points from 86 gap to 79 gap, although we dont wish anyone any sort of incident, it looks like a couple of DNF's for Mitchell could be James Kellett' only hope of getting to the top of the table, personly i hope that James can achieve this, and wish him and his team HHC more stunning results.

Knockhill is the next round on the 23rd and 24th August.

TMW - Ginetta Juniors, how to ruin a years hard work in 30 seconds.

I was unable to report on the last round of the Ginetta Juniors race series, due to being elsewhere, and how put out I was to miss a great first race, with James Kellett taking a well-deserved win, from being second on the grid, pole position holder and team mate Lando Norris holding onto the pole by the slimmest of margins, a clever overtaking move by James into Jim Clark S's, meant that James whizzed by, and remained in the lead despite a few digs by Mitchel, this victory is proof that James is definitely a driver to watch for the rest of the season. 

The live races on the Sunday, all shown on ITV4, provide the viewer and race goer with all the races, uninterrupted, and in all their glory, it was this race for the Ginetta Juniors that has caused a lot of controversy. As is the case with all the BTCC main, and, support races, there is never enough room, in the paddock, with the BTCC taking the garages, as they should, and the other teams fitting in around.

It was this "fitting around" that has become an issue, and damaged, possibly beyond repair, James Kellett' entire season, let me explain, the cars were on the track, when James realised that there was something very amiss with the car, the team had earlier in the day replaced a steering rack, and this was not secured fully, this in turn, meant that James was left with a car he had little confidence in, and a lack of precise steering.

NOW, these things happen, and it was an accident, and ordinarily it would have been fixed and he could have re-joined the race without much of a loss in time, yet as he came back into the pits, the BTCC cars were still all in the way, this was not acceptable, and the Ginetta Juniors race should NOT have been started whilst the pits were still in this position, safety, and common sense, would have shown that.

The delay in being able to get the car fixed, meant that James was, once released, so far down the board that any chance of getting back up would be an near impossible feat, but he fought hard and even though the steering rack was not fully secured, he finished the race, in last position, and gained three points, but is now third in the Championship.

NOW, someone should be held accountable for this, well, balls up, the pit lane should have been cleared ready for the start of the next race, the support race should not have been started until all the teams were able to safely get access to the cars in the pits, and something should be put in place to ensure that if this happens again, the driver and team should not be penalised for someone else’s errors, I know, that will never happen.

The team were at fault, and they have single handily destroyed James' chances of a title this year, and no amount of apologetic letters from TOCA and the team will help the fact that James, will have one hell of a battle, to get to the top, he will need to win every race, get pole, and fastest lap, to claw his way back into contention again, it is a very tough ask, and one that James, will do his best to achieve, but at his young age, it will be hard to get his head back in the zone, and not harp back to the crazy situation at Croft.

And, what of the sponsors, they surely can’t be happy either, but they can be assured that in James they have a great racer, that’s prepared to push his way to the top, and take them, with him, they need to support James, in times like these, and reap the rewards of more wins in the rest of the 2014 season, which is why James deserves, to have more sponsors, to enable him, and his team, to actively take on the rest of the field, and lead from the top.

if you are a company, or business that would like to provide James, and his team with some support, than please feel free to contact James, HERE, and he will get back to you, James Kellett, is a name that will become a worldwide name in motorsport, so now is the time to get in on the ground floor, and support one of racing’s brightest hopes.

TMW
Jon Mower

Ginetta Juniors Race one Oulton Park 2014 - 2nd For James Kellett.

2014 Ginetta Junior Championship
QUALIFYING - ROUND 7 - CLASSIFICATION

1 19 Jack MITCHELL GBR JHR Developments 2:09.396
2 55 Jamie CHADWICK GBR JHR Developments 2:09.541
3 13 James KELLETT GBR HHC Motorsport 2:09.628
4 27 Alex SEDGWICK (R) GBR JHR Developments 2:09
5 44 Ryan HADFIELD GBR R&J Motorsport 2:10.007
6 11 Lando NORRIS (R) GBR HHC Motorsport 2:10.288
7 66 Senna PROCTOR (R) GBR JHR Developments 2:10.422
8 42 Jonathan HADFIELD (R) GBR R&J Motorsport 2:10.487
9 46 Jack RAWLES GBR Tollbar Racing 2:10.535
10 21 William TAYLFORTH (R) GBR HHC Motorsport 2:10.80
12 17 Matt CHAPMAN (R) GBR TCR 2:11.207
13 39 Lewis BROWN (R) GBR Privateer 2:11.227
14 23 Billy MONGER (R) GBR Privateer 2:11.371
15 8 Ben PEARSON GBR R&J Motorsport 2:12.407
16 38 Jamie CAROLINE (R) GBR TCR 2:12.902
17 24 Harry MAILER (R) GBR Hillspeed 2:13.422
18 43 Pedro CARDOSO (R) * GBR Hillspeed 2:14.242
19 25 Flashman FINNERAN (R) GBR Privateer 2:16.059
20 33 Tom BROWN (R) GBR TollBar Racing 2:17.124
Car 43 - times disallowed - track limits

Oulton Park is the venue for round 7 and 8 of the 2014 Ginetta Juniors championship, and after the early summer break, the drivers are back and ready to fight to get control of the championship, Jack Mitchell continues to dominate taking pole in both round 7 & 8, With Jamie Chadwick taking 2nd in qualifying one and Ryan Hadfield 2nd for race two

Jamie Caroline failed to build on his race win at Thruxton with a spin that hindered James Kellet, yet Kellet was able to continue and take third position for both races at Oulton Park, whereas Caroline struggled to get back to the pits and that is where he stayed until the end of the session.

Racing for all his worth Alex Sedgwick produced a great lap taking fourth in Q1 and 7th in Q2, the 4th position meant JHR has three cars in the top four, with James Kellett spoiling a one-two-three first race start, Ryan Hadfield has a commendable 5th for Q1, followed by Lando Norris, 

For Round Eight, Jack Mitchell is on pole, with Hadfield an improved second, James Kellett will line-up third again, with Chadwick fourth followed by Rawles & Jonathan Hadfield. Sedgewick, Norris, Taylforth and Matt Chapman round out the top ten.

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The cars are lining up on a warm track and humid condition's, with the crowd still on a high from a brilliant first round of BTCC which saw Collin Turkington start and finish in first place, followed by team mate Rob Collard and Jason Plato drops from 2nd on the grid to third at the finish.

The drivers for the Ginetta Juniors are all lined up and just waiting for the green light, and off they go , Mitchell gets nudged and Kellett gets up to second, as Sedgewick shoots off into the sand, the top three are starting to pull ahead, as Chadwick take a long line and Nealy lost third, but as the come to the chicane another push from behind does not lose a place, first and second are now pulling away from third, an they finish the first lap, 

over the line and a bonnet starts flapping or a black flag will get waved, off down the hill and a large incident with bots and cars flying in all directions, but the does not hinder first and second, No, a large incident means a safety car, Brown gets punted due to a car malfunction, and two other cars all plough into the siding, Chadwick remains in third, with James still second, but the lead they have on the others will now be lost due to the safety car.

There will be a long delay as the Marshall's attempt to remove the three cars, and all the bits laying around and then rebuild some of the tyres, as the safety car continues Flasherman Finneran (what a great name) pulls off, and another car, #25,  with significant damage drives around, to the pits, the cars are all now bunched up behind the safety car, as the Marshall's continue to get the cars and safety wall sorted as quickly as possible.

The lights are off on the safety car and now onto lap 4, with Johnny Hadfield goes off, immediately, and NO, the safety car has stopped on track, with another car, pulling in front of the others just missing a huge accident, James is still second, and the racers are just ignoring the others and going for it, the race has been extended to nine laps, and back to the race leaders, with the top two now pulling away,a with the safety car just pulling on the side of the track, this will need to be investigated, the guys are really racing hard now, with Caroline's bonnet flapping well, into lap six and the cars are all starting to spread out a bit, hopefully there wont be anymore issues.

James is still right up close to Mitchel, but James is not giving anything away to him, third place is between three drivers, and they are banging each other to get past as Chadwick remains in third, great racing between these youngsters,, as they come to "Shell oils" James is getting closer, and a lunge will be on the cards, maybe at Lodge or Kinckerbrook, James is looking, and is closer than ever, the final lap in nearly over, and James is getting ready to go for a pass, but a small error means James stays too far back to get , with Mitchell 1st, James 2nd and Jamie Caroline 3rd, with James taking fastest lap too, what a great race, and a testament to the guts these youngster have.

Race two will be at the end of the day after the final BTCC race, unfortunately I will be unable to report that.

Ginetta Juniors Sunday 4th may Race

SUNDAY

The race started cleanly and they all managed to get around the first few corners, Jack Mitchell in 2nd is fighting to get past, James Kellett is further back and racing hard to get further forward, by the time they get to Church there is a definite stretching of the leaders, and Billy Monger has a large crash into some tree's, the course Doctor is on hand and all seems to be okay.

The leaders are most definitely pulling away, Kellet is in a steady 5th position and a change of leader has occurred up front and further back 3rd to 6th position are fighting each other, James is now up into 4th, and Pearson is still leading, with Jack Mitchell in 3rd, Caroline 2nd, again on the third lap as they approach Church again, James is back down to 5th, but fighting to get his 4th position back.

The leaders go over the line to start the 4th lap, the three up front are pulling further away from 4th, and from 4th to 7th are having a race amongst themselves, 3rd position is dropping back a little as they head to the half way mark on lap 4, James has taken 4th again as they head round the chicane and onto complete lap 4, the top three places are now neck and neck, and James has a little gap from 5th position, Mitchell has taken 1st, the cars are three abreast, and Ben Pearson takes first as Mitchell drops back to 3rd on the chicane, lap 6 starts with James back down to 5th,

The front two are sliding and weaving, and fighting to get past each other, this is great racing, the first 6 cars are now all in contention, with James in 5th, now 6 cars are together, as they head into the chicane to finish lap 6.

Lap seven starts with a small gap being pulled By Caroline on 2nd place, and James has yet again taken 4th, but 5th and 6th are right up the exhaust of James, , there is now a significant gap between 3rd and James in 4th, as they head to the fastest corner, Church, and onto the Chicane once again to complete the 7th lap, James has now a large gap between him and 5th place, James has the fastest lap, and is gaining on the 3rd place car, , but the gap is too big to do anything now, 2nd place has a large wobble into Church again ,and they all head at full pelt into the final corners, and Caroline goes sideways.

The last lap, has James right on the tail of 3rd place, and they are really racing hard, this is a great race, Zelos, takes 4th from Kellett, and and 4th-6th are slightly back on 3rd, Jamie Caroline comes to the final chicane, and Mitchell tries to take him and goes off, as Jamie Caroline takes the flag, Pearson from Zelos and James in a commendable 4th.

1st - Jamie Caroline
2nd - Ben Pearson
3rd - Dan Zelos
4th - James Kellett + Fastest lap.

In the main standings, James is now at 7th, with Jack Mitchell 1st Ryan Hadfield 2nd and  Ben Pearson 3rd.

The second race of the weekend was pure class, great driving, excellent overtaking and professional behaviour, maybe the BTCC drivers should be watching these youngsters to see how to behave on track.

James Kellett has mixed fortune at Donington.

SATURDAY
Saturday saw the Ginetta Juniors, on track and racing for the points, after a so so first weekend James had high hopes of a podium or even a win, and as the race concluded Jack Mitchell, the #19 Airwaves car took the first place with James coming in a credible fourth, earning a good haul of 22 points in race one, down on Brands race one, but still a good haul.

SUNDAY
On a damp and dodgy day at Donington, the grid was formed and James was placed in 3rd place, the track was damp, but not as bad as had been earlier in the morning, everyone was waiting for the lights to change and James started to creep before the lights changed, and as they got to the first corner James remained in third position, with cars very close behind, and further back there as a major off involving Jamie Chadwick, again.

The track was damp, but you could clearly see that a dry line was appearing, due in part to the BTCC race earlier on,  James carried on in third, with the top four very close together on lap two, while Jamie Chadwick returned from the race, the fifth placed car was creeping forward to join the group, and and the third lap carried on James pushed himself up to 2nd place, and was right up the chuff of first position.

A small gap was starting to appear between 2nd, James and third place, James was getting full use of the drag as they started the fourth lap and was pushing to get the first place and by half way around lap 4 there was a significant gap between 2 and 3, and between 3 and 4, the number 19 airwaves car is not allowing James to get past, but James is pushing, and as he came across to start the 5th lap, a drive through penalty was handed to James for creeping on the start line.

James will be angry with himself, but will not allow it to affect the race,  Matt Chapman dropped off the track on lap 6, with James still out on the track and still pushing to take the first position, James still has not come in at the start of lap 7, and after a few corners a small gap was appearing between the number 19 car of Jack Mitchell,  and James, there is now a distinct dry line on the track and James as of lap 8 of 9 has yet to come in, and half way round James has been black flagged, meaning instant disqualification, which is very harsh.

James comes in before the final lap has started, and the race continues with the number 19 car, firmly in front, with no other car close enough to cause any problems, the Ginetta Juniors has once again proved that it is a real race series and there are many faces that will go forward to other race series, and James is one of those, even though this 2nd race of the weekend has not been one that he or his family and team will want to remember, however they will have learnt plenty from this, as James was at the fore of the racing for all of the laps he was in, so it is proven he can race and race well, lets hope the next race weekend will generate a win or two, with no issues.

Congrats to Jack Mitchell, and better luck next time James, Next race is Thruxton on the weekend 2nd/3rd May.

Ginetta Juniors - James Kellett at Brands Hatch

James Kellett is used to making history, he became the 2013 Ginetta Winter Series Champion, and did this by winning all of the races, and this huge achievement,  has made him a face that's becoming very well known around the paddocks of all the race tracks in the UK...

Not only did James win the Winter Series Championship he also took the 2013 Ginetta Junior Rookie Cup, but that's not all, James, was also the 2010 British Super Cadet Champion, 2011 World Manufactures Cup, (Daytona, USA) Champion, 2012 British KF3 Open Champion he even went on to win the coveted Kartmasters GP trophy the same year.

But it was 2013 that took James into car racing with Ginetta  and the Juniors Championship, where he gained top Rookie status with 7 podiums that included his first Ginetta win at Rockingham and a credible 6th place finish at the end of the season.

The entire Ginetta series from the Juniors and GT4 Supercup,  follows the British Touring Car Championships around the UK, along with the Clio cup, and other great wheel to wheel race series.

Now, It brings us to 2014, and another season with the Ginetta, and the first race at Brands hatch on the small Indi circuit, with one race on the Saturday and live showings of all races on Sunday, James was back to good form with a great 2nd place in Race 1 (Saturday).

Race 2, well, not as good, with a great 5th grid position James was was up there with a perfect chance of getting to the front, but with a nudge on the rear just after the drop of the flag, James, and two other drivers were forced into the barriers and it did not look too good for James in the 2nd race of the weekend.

After a few more corners the Safety Car was launched which gave James the ideal chance to get back into the Frey and after a few laps under the SC James was right on the tail end of the pack. A dogged determination saw James slowly work his way through the field and into the top ten.

Just as thoughts of a decent points finish after the dire start, a spin dropped James further down the pack and a final place finish at 15th. So, after the first weekend James managed to gain a 2nd and 15th and a total points haul of 36 with currently puts him 6th position in the Ginetta Juniors league table, a deficit of 38 points on the leader, Jack Mitchell, however, James will not allow this to remain this way, and will fight back in the next race meeting, Donington Park on the 19th April.

We Wish James well in this season of Juniors, and with any luck, and a decent points haul this year, a move to another championship next year, and hopefully to BTCC. James has amazing support from his parents, and hopefully I will be able to report his racing triumphs for the rest of this season.