East Fortune was the final round to cap off a thrilling 2017 season. There was a surprise in the making. Torquil had kindly been given the opportunity to ride the Carneigie Fuels BMW by Bruce Birnie. Lewis had still 2 championships to win, the Melville Open and Club championships. The weekend started off with Lewis …
Round 7 of the Scottish Championship was held at Knockhill Racing circuit. It was the 2nd reverse meeting of the year and the final round at Knockhill. The weekend started off well for Lewis with a pole position and 2 wins on the Saturday. Torquil qualified 7th and finished 5th and 4th. Lewis had secured …
Round 6 of the Scottish Championship was held at East Fortune Racing Circuit. Lewis was trailing both East Fortune Championships but was not far off Scott ‘Splinty’ Campbell. During Qualifying Lewis was chasing Scott and unfortunately he crashed in front of Lewis and he had no where to go so ran over the top of …
Round 5 of the Scottish Championship was held at Knockhill Racing Circuit. This time it was normal direction but this was a very difficult weekend. Change of weather every 2 minutes made tyre choices very hard. Qualifying went okay for Lewis with a 4th place. In the Scottish Championship race it was a solid 2nd …
Race Report – East Fortune – April 8/9 The 2017 Scottish Championship Road Racing season kicked off on the weekend of the 8th and 9th April 2017 and East Fortune Raceway, East Lothian. 3 members of the Paterson family were competing, dad Torquil starting his 26th (!) season of racing, elder son Lewis (16) starting …
http://youngracer.co.uk/2016/06/27/local-racer-shines-at-ktm-british-junior-cup/ Very nice write up with good comments from Steve Plater: https://press.ktm.com/News_Detail.aspx?id=37698&menueid=5904&l=uk
Race Report Highlights Lewis Paterson Qualified 9th Race 1: 6th – Scottish Championship Race 2: 5th Race 3: 5th Race 4: 5th – Scottish Championship Race 5: 4th Torquil Paterson – Yamaha Qualifying: 6th Race 1: DNS – Scottish Championship Race 2: 6th Race 3: DNS Race 4: 5th – Scottish Championship Race 5: 5th …
Well it’s only 8 days till track action starts at East Fortune. Still lots to be done, bikes to be prepared, trucks to be loaded. This is when it starts to get exciting!
This is the most exciting month for the Paterson family as it is Lewis, Owen’s and Erin’s Birthday, Torquil and Erin’s Anniversary and most of all is that it is when they get out on the bikes again.
Hi all just a quick update. Lewis and Torquil attended the KMSC Presentation for Lewis to pick up his 1st place in the 125’s. Also New fairing and a new exhaust have arrived for Torquil’s R6. The fairings are now away to Norman Brunton Race Paints along with Lewis’s 650 fairings.