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Wimbledon – Sun 15th November Bangers (51 cars – Half car heats, all-in third heat) Drivers Racing:
Results: Heat 1 (27 cars): 529, 258, 426, 950, 829, 35, 633, 773, 185, 270. Heat 2 (20 cars): 557, 560, 25, 351, 62, 697, 467, 167, 411, 789. Heat 3 (45 cars): 62, 529, 467, 167, 258, 704, 272, 773, 426, 560. Final (34 cars): 557, 757, 641, 560, 426, 158, 773, 25, 803, 697. A good turnout of Bangers including New Zealander 701 Shaun Haycock in a Cecil Hire Car. The first heat started with 51 Harry Balchin veering across the home straight to get collected by 641 George Heath and they collected the fence. 707 David Driver spun on turn 3 to take a T-bone, before 815 Lee Lawson was put into the fence on the same bend. 915 Vince Sharp also collected the fence at the end of the back straight, as 594 Alex Giuntini stuffed 272 Daniel Weathers into turn 1 to collect 815 Lawson. 35 Alex Brigden had a wild spun on the home straight, as did 803 Lisa Turner down the back straight, as 258 Wayne Turner shoved 773 Alan Kenton into 815 Lawson. 238 Steven Muragh was bundled into the marker tyres, as 829 Kris Scott took a jacking, with 529 Keith Conlon taking the win. Heat 2 for the other half of the field kicked off with 885 Dan Wild attacking 62 Phil Stevens down the home straight, before 885 Wild was spun into the fence a few laps later by 167 James Morris. 757 Michael Turner fenced 790 Mickey Galloway on turn 1, as 557 Mike Turner took the flag. Heat 3 had a hectic start, with 270 Simon Kenton ending stalled off turn 4 to cause a chicane. 915 Sharp was later spun into 270 Kenton. There was lots of spinning throughout the race, including 296 Paul Shepherd who was spun into the home straight fence hard and set off on opposite to ram 915 Sharp and receive the black flag. 885 Wild clipped another car down the back straight for a spot of two wheeling, as 62 Stevens took victory. The first 3 laps non-contact rule in the Final was ignored by the drivers, with 700 Stuart Pateman being spun on turn 4 to cause a small pile up. 62 Stevens collected the home straight fence at speed to spin round, as 351 Ben Alderton was fenced on turn 3. 641 Heath led, but had been shown the black cross, presumably for contact in the first 3 laps, as 701 Haycock was attacked by 633 Gary Cole and 885 Wild on the home straight, before being T-boned into the fence by the traffic. 999 Nick Dingle fenced 429 Lee Conlon off turn 4, as 829 Scott was spun hard into the marker tyres. 885 Wild then collected 272 Weathers head-on on turn 1, with the race being halted on check on Weathers. Just 11 cars remained for the restart, with 641 Heath leading, as 697 Richard John bounced off the abandoned 429 Conlon car. 697 John later ran into the fenced 815 Lawson head-on, as 641 Heath went on to take the flag. 158 Chris Dingle hooked out 25 Reece Priestley on the last bend in the battle for the minor places. 641 Heath was then docked two places for his earlier misdemeanours, handing the win to 557 Mike Turner. 2 Litre Stock Cars (18 cars) Drivers Racing:
Results: Heat 1 (15 cars): 894, 698, 7, 29, 245, 194, 511, 14, 158, 229. Heat 2 (17 cars): 698, 31, 29, 158, 894, 7, 184, 167, 511, 245. Final (16 cars): 229, 7, 305, 29, 194, 511, 158, 894, 298, 698. 698 Danny Colliver soon headed the first heat, as 13 Robert Gamble spun on turn 2 to get collected head-on by 305 Billy Wood. 31 Iain Amos spun on turn 4, as 894 Mark Almeida reeled in 698 Colliver before shoving him wide into turn 3 for the lead. 894 Almeida went on for the win, as 133 Gamble’s front wheel collapsed in the latter stages. Heat 2 saw a pile up after 910 Adam Pendergast had spun on turn 3 where he was collected by 352 Keith Simmons, most of the following cars also getting involved. This allowed 698 Colliver to build up a big lead as he was one of only about five cars not to get delayed, and he went on to take the flag, while 229 Robert George dished out a big last bend hit to 305 Wood. 511 Keith Miller was almost leant into the home straight fence on the opening lap of the Final, but somehow survived, as 31 Amos took an early lead. However, he drifted wide out of turn 2 to hit the fence, allowing 229 George to take over, with 7 Colin Farley giving chase. 14 Daniel Langley collected the back straight fence to put his wheel back, as 229 George spun the backmarking 184 Marty Colliver on turn 4. 194 Steve Anscombe tried to hook out 158 Shane Davies on turn 3, but Davies managed to steer out of the spin and stayed ahead of Anscombe, only to then be spun on the back straight on the next lap. 229 George maintained his lead ahead of 7 Farley to take the chequered. V8 Stock Cars (12 cars) Drivers Racing:
Results: Heat 1 (10 cars): 98, 99, 72, 324, 117, 128, 89, nof. Heat 2 (12 cars): 117, 72, 98, 99, 42, 324, 23, 815, 633, 128. Final (12 cars): 99, 117, 98, 72, 324, 23, 89, 36, nof. Amongst the line up was 1960’s Superstox driver 35 Trevor Carpenter, in the spare 42 Pete Blomfield car, but gearbox problems sadly sidelined him for the evening. 89 Bryan Scott headed the first heat, before being overhauled by 72 Colin Goodswen. 98 Peter Scott caught Goodswen and got through on the inside, before 99 Peter Scott Jnr caught Goodswen and also went up the inside. 633 Barry Amas spun in the latter stages, as 98 Scott took the win. 117 Bill Chance soon headed heat 2, with 72 Goodswen moving into second to give chase. Goodswen managed to fend off 98 Scott’s challenges in the closing laps, as 117 Chance took the flag. 128 Carl Taylor headed the Final before spinning on turn 2, where he was T-boned by 72 Goodswen. 324 Simon Turner and 633 Amas tangled to end in the back straight wires to cause a stoppage. 117 Chance set the pace on the restart, as 42 Blomfield tangled with 72 Goodswen on turn 4 and rode over his front wheel. 99 Scott reeled in 117 Chance and went past with around 3 laps to run, and went on for the win. 72 Goodswen bumpered 324 Turner into turn 1 in the closing laps to barge past him and 23 Lee Pearce to claim fourth place. Mildenhall – Sun 8th November 2 Litre Bangers – Team Championship (119 cars in 32 teams. Heats score 15 for win then 9 down to 1, with Final double points. Each team races in three heats, with top 12 teams qualifying for the Final) Drivers Racing:
Results: Heat 1 (40 cars): BR22, BR249, BR37, MA320, HG328, HG324, MA311, BR67, AA604, MA46. Entertainer: AA604. Heat 2 (39 cars): YG119, BB425, GB801, DB188, LY60, YG465, RP565, GB17, BB303, AB417. Entertainer: AB417. Heat 3 (37 cars): MR180, BW483, MR10, GC247, TB154, SC196, SC648, nof. Entertainer: GC247. Heat 4 (38 cars): BB303, AB183, BR37, GA86, HG328, CB205, DB897, MA46, MA203, AB603. Entertainer: PB176. Heat 5 (39 cars): YG119, GC247, TB154, YG465, LP107, MR242, FL128, FB837, FL462, nof. Entertainer: GC159. Heat 6 (38 cars): HG327, BR22, BB761, BR37, AB603, GA371, MA311, GB17, DB897, HG326. Entertainer: GB807. Heat 7 (32 cars): GC247, YG119, YG465, LP107, AC602, MR10, MR180, AC391, nof. Entertainer: AC391. Final (25 cars): GB17, AB417, YG465, GC247, YG119, BB303, GB801, BR37, BB761, HG328. DD (28 cars): GB17/GB382 (dead heat). Entertainer: AC602. Points: Young Guns – 87, Beck Row Bandits - 65, Team Green B - 52, Bits and Bobs - 48, Team Green C - 45, Midnight Runners - 37, Aftermath B - 35, Hogs - 35, Motley Krew A - 21, Thattadoo B - 14, Dover Boys - 13, Team Lips - 13, Team Green A - 12, Aftermath C - 9, Banger Wags - 9, Stanley Crew - 9, Team Flub - 6, Team Laybourn - 6, Cowboys - 5, Rat Pack - 4, Team Flash B - 3, Aftermath A - 2, Bad News - 0, Team Flash A - 0, Flintstones - 0, Gyspy Crew - 0, Team Kamikaze A - 0, Team Kamikaze B - 0, Motley Krew B - 0, Predators A - 0, Predators B - 0, Thattadoo A – 0. A good turnout of cars and teams, although the Gypsy Crew B, Ant Hill Mob and Common Crushers teams all failed to show. Top cars were the used Mk2 Trummy of GY285 Sean Dyer, the Mk5 Cortina of CB101 Garry Deacon and CB170 Chris Shipp’s Riva. Heat 1 started with a pit bend pile up, with BR67 Mark Whittaker going on opposite to give GY285 Dyer a head-on, before hitting him once again for Dyer to shed a wheel. GY41 Lee Horwood went on opposite to try and meet Whittaker head-on, but instead collected FA381 Craig Upson on turn 1. PB79 Ricky Twell gave GA382 Jack Foster Jnr a head-on near the starter’s rostrum, with AA460 Lewis Barber going on opposite to blitz Twell. Barber went on to jack CB101 Deacon in the pile up, as BR22 Dave Vincent took the win, and with all four of the team taking places, Beck Row Bandits went into an early lead. The second heat saw FB128 Andrew Shipp lean RP928 Emmerson Prime into the turn 1 fence in a melee, as a pile up then formed near the pit gate. TA54 Martin Lawton was squeezed into the blocks, before TA577 Alfie Lee was spun on the back straight to collect the blocks. YG436 Matt Arnold went on opposite to give LY760 Liam Baldwin a head-on on turn 4. LY760 Baldwin took further damage from the pack before being shunted down the home straight via a head-on from BB437 Chris Bailey. FB122 James Woodley followed in BN21 Jason Colbert on turn 3, Colbert turning round to meet Woodley head-on on turn 3, with AB417 Dan Davey blitzing Woodley, as YG119 Davey Cox took the flag. Heat 3 started with a turn 3 pile up, as KA62 Marc Cushion was blitzed by GC362 Liam Friel on the back straight. FS600 Tom Brown T-boned KA117 Karl Dack in a back straight melee, as PA404 Luke Brinton rode high over a loose wheel on the back straight. FS540 Scott Allen went on opposite to hit TB61 Daryll Theedom, while GC247 Lee Clarke jacked SC223 Brett Harrison on turn 3. KA117 Dack was spun by MR10 Paul Whiteman, but reversed Whiteman into the fence, as MR180 Mark Foster took the win. Foster celebrated by giving KA117 Dack a head-on, before KA57 Stu Cumming weighed into Foster. Heat 4 saw a pit bend pile up as BR37 David Lewis followed in HG324 Mark Lathan. PB79 Twell T-boned KB620 Guy Whitehead, before KB217 Neil Smyth was blitzed by AA604 Ross Cooper on turn 1, Cooper then getting wrecked by PB779 Craig Allen. KB257 Jaimie Neave then further blitzed AA604 Cooper, as PB176 Ady Gibbs jacked FA169 Lenny Brinkley on turn 3. A pile up formed near the pit gate, where GA371 Jason Cobbold blitzed GY85 James Ellis. AB603 Jon Cooper T-boned PB79 Twell on turn 4, before BN291 Jay Giddings picked up BB437 Bailey to take him into the turn 3 pile up, with Giddings rolling as they went in, bringing out the red flags a couple of laps from the end with BB303 Wayne Linsdell the winner. MB170 Daren Teal tangled with FS300 Darryl McMahon down the home straight as heat 5 got underway, with AC100 Callum White then planting FS539 Danny Allen into FS300 McMahon. FS539 Allen got going again to follow in BW84 Lizzy Crowden-Murfin, as FB237 Gary Nash spun RP565 Mark Carter on the back straight and they both mounted the infield concrete blocks. AC602 Shaun Cooper stuffed GC159 Darren Scarrow into the fence, as MR730 Deane Mayes fenced LP746 Harry Greer on turn 3. GC159 Scarrow shoved BW84 Crowden-Murfin into turn 4 to collect the fenced LY760 Baldwin, before FL128 Mark Atkins steamed AC545 Karl Hough into the fenced LP746 Greer. MR242 Ricky Korpiela hooked AC602 Cooper into the fence, with a quiet last few laps as YG119 Cox took his second win of the day. Heat 6 started with with BR22 Vincent sending GA86 Alec Savage fencewards, as TA244 Colin Burnham attacked CB205 Kieran Briddock. BN192 Terry Nightingale blitzed HG326 Shane Lynn on the home straight, as GB682 Paul Sparrow followed in PB519 Lee Middleton Jnr on turn 1. Middleton got going again, only for FA381 Upson to fence him at the opposite end of the track. FA169 Brinkley went on opposite to hit GA382 Foster, the latter then taking a head-on from MA203 Darren Nash. GA371 Cobbold attacked CB205 Briddock for both to spin into the fence on the road turn, the latter getting going again on opposite to meet GB807 Chris Murfin head-on on turn 4. Briddock then took a T-bone from GA382 Foster, as HG327 Jim Lathan took the win and fenced TA244 Burnham on turn 1 in celebration. The last heat kicked off with AC100 White following in PA192 Stu Warby on turn 3, before AC391 Wayne Shinn did likewise to BW212 Richard Marion on turn 4. MR730 Mayes and MR180 Foster combined to blitz LY760 Baldwin, with Foster taking a hit from FL61 Stuart Holdsworth. AC391 Shinn gave PA192 Warby a T-bone, as FL61 Holdsworth again attacked MR180 Foster. SC648 Kyle Guymer weighed into AC100 White, as AC391 Shinn stuffed TB755 Martin Crabb into KA117 Dack on turn 4. Shinn then dished out a T-bone to Crabb on the next lap, as GC247 Clarke leant FB837 Pete Nash into the dead cars on the home straight. FL462 James Bruce crashed in behind, before he was blitzed by the following AC391 Shinn to be dumped in the fence on turn 2. AC391 Shinn went on to hit MR10 Whiteman on turn 2, as LY60 Steve Laybourn gave MR180 Foster a head-on. MR730 Mayes went on opposite to hit LY60 Laybourn, which started a pile up near the starter’s rostrum. FL61 Holdsworth and AC391 Shinn met head-on, the pair then having another head-on, with YG465 Andy Scarlett collecting Shinn, as GC247 Clarke found a way through to take the win. The points were totalled up to determine the top 12 teams, with both Beck Row Bandits and Young Guns leading on 59 points, the other teams qualifying being Midnight Runners (37 points), Bits & Bobs (34 points), then Hogs (33), Team Green C (31), Motley Krew A (21), Aftermath B (17), Team Green B (14), Thattadoo B (14), Dover Boys (13) and Team Lips (13). A rather depleted field assembled for the Final, with AB417 Davey taking an early lead. HG326 Lynn went on opposite to hit LP107 Seex, as GB17 Kyle Overy took the lead just after half distance. Seex gained revenge with a T-bone to Lynn, as GB801 Jack Foster followed in AB603 Cooper, while GB17 Overy went on to take the win. The Young Guns third and fifth places in the Final were enough to secure them the overall win, with Beck Row Bandits taking second, while Overy’s win and GB801 Foster’s 7th elevated Team Green B into third place. The DD wrapped up proceedings, with 300 McMahon collecting the fence as 117 Dack followed in 465 Scarlett. 128 Shipp hit 381 Upson, as 897 Matt Battle fenced 192 Warby. 545 Hough stuffed 362 Matt Godden into 192 Warby, as 540 Allen attacked 897 Battle. 17 Overy collected 244 Burnham, as 540 Allen went on opposite to find 10 Whiteman. 17 Overy and 600 Brown had a head-on, as 300 McMahon weighed into 244 Burnham on opposite. 223 Harrison caught alight, as 602 Cooper blitzed 10 Whiteman on the home straight. 17 Overy hit 602 Cooper, as 465 Scarlett was totalled on turn 3 by 602 Cooper, with 370 John Cobbold also involved, 600 Brown crashing in behind. 382 Foster hit the fenced 244 Burnham, before 128 Shipp hit 382 Foster. With just Team Green drivers left, they seemed reluctant to hit each other, but eventually 17 Overy T-boned 371 Cobbold, the latter then taking a further hit from 382 Foster, a dead heat then being declared between 382 Foster and 17 Overy. Ministox (34 cars – Half car heats, then all in third heat) Drivers Racing:
Results: Heat 1 (18 cars): 309, 358, 355, 376, 322, 350, 352, 537, 360, 366. Heat 2 (17 cars): 308, 306, 367, 391, 302, 560, 382, 320, 332, 312. Heat 3 (27 cars): 352, 391, 376, 360, 309, 350, 308, 560, 322, 306. Final (26 cars): 309, 322, 358, 357, 308, 537, 390, 302, 355, 391. Allcomers (25 cars): 391, 309, 367, 316, 322, 306, 308, 350, 537, 355. 316 Samuel Dace spun early in heat 1 to get collected head-on by 537 Curtis Tebbenham, as 304 Joe Parker and 333 Kyle Dobbs collected the infield blocks on the back straight, with Dobbs bouncing back onto the track to head off in the wrong direction, with the pack just managing to miss him for a stoppage to assist Parker. 383 Shane Harvey led the restart, with 360 George Barber putting in a challenge. 327 Michael Maskell Jnr hooked out 376 Stephen Hackett to move into third, before 360 Barber spun 383 Harvey on turn 2 for the lead. Harvey was collected by 316 Dace, as 376 Hackett smacked the back straight fence as he tried to avoid hitting Harvey. 327 Maskell caught 360 Barber and spun him only to also T-bone him, allowing 309 Ray Petty to take the lead. 366 Matt Naughton squeezed 327 Maskell into the back straight fence, as 309 Petty took the flag.
Heat 2 saw 308 Alec Hannay leading from 391 Jake Banwell, as 392 Reid Murray stalled on turn 2, where 310 Dominic Chilverse ran into him with 353 Jack Licquorice hitting the fence for a stoppage. 308 Hannay headed the restart with 391 Banwell again giving chase, 367 Tom Keep running in third. Keep caught Banwell and sent him fencewards on turn 4, allowing 308 Hannay to open up a gap over the chasing pack. 390 Karl Morris got caught up in a battle between 302 Jordan Murray and 306 Daniel Parker to end spun near the starter’s rostrum. 306 Parker clipped Morris a lap later, as 308 Hannay went on for the win, with 306 Parker overhauling 367 Keep on the last lap for second.
323 Craig Lathan spun early in the third heat, as 383 Harvey set the pace from 352 Connor Spall. Spall then caught Harvey and spun him to take over on turn 3, as 355 Sid Madgwick spun on the back straight with 324 Georgie Lee running into him. 382 Tom Foster crashed into 324 Lee, as 355 Madgwick got going again and spun 537 Tebbenham right in front of the leading 352 Spall. 367 Keep fenced 303 Kieran Jefcoate on turn 4, as 352 Spall stayed ahead for the win.
376 Hackett led the opening laps of the Final, as 390 Morris spun 303 Jefcoate on the home straight. 391 Banwell chased Hackett, as 358 Jake Swann hooked out 367 Keep on turn 4. 391 Banwell overhauled Hackett for the lead, with 309 Petty passing Hackett soon after to move into second. 306 Parker and 560 Andrew Milner collected the fence hard off turn 4 in a melee, as 309 Petty challenged 391 Banwell before half spinning him on turn 1 to take over with three laps to run. Banwell then spun on turn 2 to lose places as 376 Hackett ran into 560 Milner, with 309 Petty taking his second win of the afternoon.
The Allcomers saw an early tussle amongst the low graders, with 391 Banwell emerging as leader and 316 Dace in pursuit. 360 Barber and 309 Petty came through the field to run in third and fourth, before overhauling 316 Dace and battle for second. 360 Barber then spun on turn 3, as 391 Banwell maintained his lead over 309 Petty to take the win, while 350 Thomas Parrin shunted 355 Madgwick wide in the latter stages in the battle for the minor places. |