IN THE HEADLINES

SCHOOLS OUT FOR RACING

Former Junior Saloons driver Sam Kirkpatrick returned home early from a school trip in Germany to race in the MG Trophy at Donington. He had an engine replaced before the first race, in which he finished second in class, before track-limits penalties dropped him to ninth in class. He made amends in race two, however, with a class win in his ZR 170.

HAYEK BACK AFTER INJURY

Harry Hayek is set to make a return to motorsport in the third-tier Kumho V8 Touring Car Series in his native Australia this weekend, more than a year after a British Formula 3 crash left him sidelined with a fractured vertebra. The Australian crashed during practice for the BRDC British F3 round at Snetterton last May, and underwent an operation in which the damaged vertebra was fused with metal rods.

F1000 CHAMP EYES MORE

Lee Morgan is hoping to compete in the final two races of the Formula 1000 season after making a return to the series at Castle Combe last weekend. A sticking throttle limited the 2013 champion to 10th in qualifying, and an off while challenging for third consigned him to sixth in race one. He retired from race two with a heavy oil leak that prevented him from starting race three.

COMBE MONEY RAISER

More than £2200 was raised for the Teenage Cancer Trust following a charity karting race at the Castle Combe Karting Circuit. The event was organised by Formula Ford driver Luke Cooper and commentator

Ian Sowman. Castle Combe Saloon driver Alex Kite won the event.

GOODWOOD TRANSFORMED

At the 20th anniversary Goodwood Revival (September 7-9), the themed pits will be transformed into early 1950s Silverstone, in honour of the circuit’s 70th anniversary. The first themed pits were built at Goodwood in 2012 and are now meticulously set-dressed each year to celebrate key moments and places in motorsport history.