Mildenhall Stadium April 1 2006
National Bangers BBA Supreme Championship and Saloon Stockcars English Championship
The 2006 National Banger BBA Supreme Championship saw the incredible run of turnouts continue at Mildenhall with around 140 cars filling the pits including visitors from every major promotion featuring a sizeable Common Crusher and Stinkbridge entry. Car wise Jap interest was provided by Bristol's 396 Scott Mowlam and 384 John Golden with a used Laurel and smart Cressida respectively while 159 Mitchell Mills had the lone Cortina, a smart estate. 785 James Ellis returned his Mk2 Granada Minster for its third meeting while there were no less than 16 fresh Mk2 Granadas plus a very smart Mk1 for 188 Matt Fuller which was the top car.

33 for the first heat with the train in superb condition despite the rain that morning and the previous day. 137 Lee Turner hit fellow PRI man 39 Jack King on the nose early doors while 425 Martin Stopher met 085 Dave Bonnett in similar fashion in an all Cavalier encounter while 48 Brian Redden (Granada) fired into 244 Colin Burnham (Cavalier). Turner continued to hit the luckless Bonnett as 99 Scott Gough fired the first shot form the Crusher nailing 400 Kevin Shinn as 147 Chris Detton (Primera) stuffed 156 Micky Maskall. 391 Wayne Shinn (Primera) then gave 51 Simon Heilds a big hit but was decimated in turn by a cracking shot from 98 Matt Harrison who was blown up seconds later by 400 Shinny. 99 Goffy turned round to attack 788 Dan Burton as 853 John Barnard (Primera) stuffed the Cavalier of 530 Steve Mayes allowing 455 Rick Finney (Granada) to nail the Spedeworth man. Shinny continued his rampage on the Crushers by blasting 100 Richard Elly while 147 Grumpy attacked 485 Justin Nicholls and Stopher fenced Burnham. Shinny then put Finney away but the latter shrugged it off to blow up 183 Bobby Wilmer leaving him wide open for another massive hit from Shinny with Grumpy attacking the Aftermath man in turn. 247 Lee Clarke ended the action by running in 853 the Verger as 60 Steve Laybourn (Cavalier) won from King and 460 Lewis Barber in a PRI clear sweep.

32 for the second heat with 780 Darren Barnes in the wars at the start as 96 Michael Hibbert and 8 Dale Woolnough (Cavalier) pounded him, 96 Hibbo continuing to help 128 Andy Lack in pummelling 388 Emmerson Fairweather (Cavalier) while 249 Matt Frost attacked 313 John Cullingford (Granada) as the luckless Barnes was T-boned by 366 Clive Revell. 564 Mark Cooper (Granada estate) followed Woolnough in before 399 Darron Atkins (Volvo 240 estate) collected the vacated Revell Bluebird trashing it. 753 Billy Cunningham (Granada) fenced 564 Coatie but was nailed in turn by 401 Steve Hemmings (Volvo 240 estate) while the spinning 58 Simon Warren (Volvo 240 estate) took a solid T-bone from 431 Shaun Abra and Coatie stuffed 363 Brian Jarvis' Cavalier while 217 Neil Smyth (Cavalier) did the same to 337 Ashley Garrod (Primera). A recovered Warren nailed the smart Bluebird of 103 Paul Foreman but copped a T-bone from 323 Paul Wilkes (Granada estate) for his efforts as 587 Alex Humphrey took the spoils ahead of 249 Frosty and Smyth.

Up to 37 for heat three with 207 Michael Woodward (Cavalier) hitting 76 Terry Mansfield (Volvo 240 estate) from the off as 409 Carl Pears (Volvo 240 estate) reversed hard into 411 Matthew Franklin (Mk3 Garanada) and 133 Ben Wyatt (Granada) put away 160 Perry Willings' Cavalier with 308 Del Bowen doing the same to 469 Martin Baxter (Accord). 215 Michael Crocon then hit Willings on the nose, the latter taking further abuse from 840 Dan Waddingham as 33 Warren Burnham (Primera) buried both 115 Gary Rose (Granada) and 42 Steve Prince (Mk3 Granada) in one nose. 384 Liam Conway threw his lead away to follow-in Blyton's 225 Nick Bull before 553 Justin Garman inflicted similar punishment on 207 Compo. 712 Andy Westgate nailed Prince as Burnham stuffed 405 Neil Cornish with Waddingham doing the same to the leading 761 Nat Cohn (Volvo 240). 807 Chris Murfin hammered 228 Dan Chaplin (Mk3 Granada) and continued with a T-bone on Waddingham as the lively Conway put away both Mansfield and 115 Rosy with Waddingham firing back to hammer Chaplin. 133 Werzal connected with a T-bone on 752 Sam Cunningham as Conway blasted the luckless Chaplin only to take one in turn from Waddingham. Up front 17 Mark Anderson spun the leading Werzal and went on for the win ahead of 801 Jack Foster and 478 Mark Logan (Primera).

36 drivers assembled for the Supreme Final which saw as expected a fast and furious affair with early spins for 188 Smoker and Ellis at the hands of 159 Rubble and 331 Jason Jackson (Cavalier) respectively while 312 Tom Reynolds (Volvo 240) zeroed in on the spun 688 Wayne Morphett (Granada) for a head-on while Smoker got going and dished out a stonking head-on to the spun 199 Jamie Wyatt, no doubt in revenge for Werzal's hit on the Runner at the English last July. 741 Luke Parfitt blew up Stinkbridge's 450 Glyn Platts on the home straight as 310 John Nicholson walloped 384 Goldie sending him into a complete roll. 312 Turbo weighed in hard on Smoker as 364 Sean Winchester ran in 202 Mike Kilford (Granada) and Ellis smashed into the home straight blocks hard. 557 Paul Bowen turned his smart Cavalier around to attack Goldie as 148 Ian Redden (Cavalier) followed 83 Andy Beaven's smart Granada into the pit bend heap. 190 Steve Bailey then dangerously came inside out, seemingly at 5 Anthony Crowshaw but instead hitting 191 Shaun McMillan who was mercifully ok, 45 Lips then T-boning 190 Pikey a lap later but by this point the car was empty. Having been handed pole from the Incarace draw 348 Sonny Sherwood (Cavalier) completed a flag to flag win ahead of 158 Shane Davies and 730 Dean Mayes.

35 cars for the first Allcomers with a large pile-up quickly forming on the top bend as 180 Mark Foster attacked 712 Bulldog while King stuffed both 445 Mark Dorrill (Granada) and Latham before Murfin stuck it to Compo allowing 877 Adam Perrin (Granada) to run 93 Ady Chilvers' Civic Shuttle into the latter. 715 Mick Prince (Granada) then clipped Perrin which got him airbourne as Conway continued his fine showing by following in Atkins a treat. Seconds later 180 Sparky did likewise to 712 Bulldog with a big hit as King met Cohn on the nose and 112 Tracey Goodall (Primera) hit Perrin with Conway meeting the latter on the nose. Frosty put away 307 Jon-Joe Cunningham (Granada) with the latter joining his Gypsy Crew team mates in a top bend war against 431 Shaun Abra, Murfin and Sparky while Goodall buried Jarvis en route to the flag ahead of Frosty and 22 Dave Vincent (Granada).

A whopping field of 45 for the second Allcomers which was put dynamite, The action began with 215 Chris Bull blasted Goffy only to be destroyed by an absolutely titanic shot from Finney as Revell buried 171 Darren Stanion and Platts hit 587 Humps on the nose allowing Shinny to nail the Stinkbridge man as 120 Luke Burley stuffed 231 Stuart Dunn (Mk3 Granada estate) and 156 Micky Boy hammered Mansfield with the reds then out for 128 Lacky who was in trouble on the back straight. The race resumed with 553 Garmo hitting 339 Ade Lightbown (Granada) on the nose as 331 Boxer spun Werzal into Coatie and Winchester stuffed 247 Bro. Boxer now turned round and hammered Werzal with a series of hits as 771 Rikki Roberts blasted Coatie. 97 Glen Woodward put away 551 Stuart Franklin and Winchester again put paid to Bro. Franklin then ran the Verger into Garmo allowing Bro and Dunn to hammer the latter as 148 Shorty attacked 72 Rob Joyce. Boxer now met Chaplin on the nose allowing Waddington to do the latter triggering a wrecking train with Turner, Winchester, Dunn and Joyce all piling in, the latter rolling on impact but his was able to exit and the action continued. Micky Boy singled out Dunn for a T-bone as Bro hammered Stanion with Winchester blasting the latter which fired him up to turn round and deliver a revenge hit on Bro. However Stanion again fell foul of Winchester who delivered a wicked T-bone but was nailed by Waddingham in turn. Wincheser shrugged it off to pick up Bro and get him sideways with Stanion dishing out a large T-bone, Winchester ending the action with another hit on Bro. Shorty took the win with 83 Bubbs and Winchester the only other finishers.

With precious few cars still running the proposed third Allcomers was dropped and the next race was the Accumulator which would go into a DD with just 25 making it back for it. Hields got the ball rolling with a stiff shot to the struggling 333 Alex Roberts (Sunny) but the former was walled shortly after by Morphett as Bro blew up 391 Ol Matey (both drivers having done well to repair) on the home straight with the Spedeworth man dumped into his victim a lap later by Laybourn. Vincent hammered the luckless Roberts allowing 133 Karl Day (Granada) to hand out a big hit to the latter as Ellis buried Chilvers, the former then getting a taste of his own medicine from Laybourn which also claimed Bubbs. Frosty meanwhile stuck it to Foster with 133 Karly T-boning the latter in turn as Ellis hammered Chilvers and Laybourn nailed Stu Franklin. Vincent held of Winchester to win with Frosty third. The flag fell for the DD with Karly and 273 Kevin McClagish (Volvo 240 estate) sticking it to Laybourn as Ellis hammered Rosy before the reds came out for a shaken Chilvers after a big hit from Winchester. We were soon underway again with 273 Mad Mouse and Matt Franklin meeting on the nose as Karly stuffed Winchester. Hields then met Karly in a big head-on on the top bend which sent the former into a full roll with Winchester then dishing out a T-bone as soon as he landed on his wheels! Wllis hammered Roberts and Winchester put away Rosy with Ellis the piling the latter head-on in Winchester. Latham attacked Ellis with two then meeting head-on finishing the both and gifting Rosy the win. At that points Bubbs fired back into life and so the action continued with the Autospeed young gun and Rosy ending the night with a solid back straight head-on.

Heat one: 60 Steve Laybourn, 39, 460, 112, 247, 244, 96, 97, 120, 485
Heat two: 587 Alex Humphrey, 249, 217, 72, 445, 431, 465, 93, 323, 753
Heat three: 17 Mark Anderson, 801, 478, 133, 712, 844, 36, 307, 285, 432
Supreme Championship: 348 Sonny Sherwood, 158, 730, 131, 22, 148, 53, 271, 364, 161
Allcomers One: 112 Tracey Goodall, 249, 22, 39, 478, 93, 541
Allcomers Two: 148 Ian Redden, 83, 364
Accumulator: 22 Dave Vincent, 364, 249, 785
Into DD: 115 Gary Rose from 785

An excellent field of 49 Saloon Stockcars gathered for the English Championship with the entry boosted by a fine 12 car entry from the west country.

28 cars for an explosive opening heat with a false start when 219 Luke Grief wasn't ready to go. 317 Dwayne Powell was the first spinner when the racing began with 912 Andi Newman setting the pace as 368 Steve Santry turfed aside 528 Ian Govier and 438 Tony Lay had 224 Mark Calvert around before 512 Darren Barnett completed the west country misery by spinning 87 Barry Richards. 441 Phil Martin then removed 2 Paul Tuppen which claimed 382 Danny Hunt, 27 Roy Fuller and 677 Eddie Darby triggering a pit bend pile-up. 403 Ashley Foulsham grabbed the lead on lap six as Newman spun the luckless Govier. There was another lead change on lap seven as 419 Luke Grief moved through while Lay continued having Barnett out as 156 Darren Goudy spun 149 Jamie Sampson. More action followed as 402 Shaun Webster buried Calvert which claimed 377 Mick Oslar and 513 Ross Dawson with 569 James Radcliffe then hooking out Govier which claimed Lay as 305 Nigel Parker slammed 207 Darren Bradford into the wall. Clive Grief then spun Dawson which caused problems for both Parker and 677 Eddie Darby as 111 Darryle Goddard slammed Santry into the wall. Luke Grief held on for the win ahead of 420 Ivan Street and defending champion 511 Craig Barnett with marshals tackling a blaze for 964 Kenny Peters after the race.

Up to 32 for the second heat which started with 369 Andy Santry spinning 2 Paul Tuppen as Luke Grief attacked 84 Lizzy Crowden-Murfin as 525 Jason Elvin spun and Bradford squeezed 401 Steve Webster into the wall as 26 Tommy Barnes removed 468 Kelvin Nichols. There were more spins for 562 Trevor Gray and Newman with the latter incident handing 86 Simon Royal the lead ahead of 999 Vic Walding and Barnes. 417 Fred Powell removed Dawson with the latter clobbered by 499 Dave Aldous before he got out of the way while 27 Roy Fuller smashed into the inner wall hard. Walding spun from his lofty spot as 428 Lee Sampson stuffed Andy Santry who quickly recovered to spin Walding before he clobbered the spinning Calvert. 428 Lee Sampson moved into the lead and then spun Newman as he took the flag ahead of Barnes and 156 Darren Goudy.

Just 24 for the final heat but still the action came with a lively start seeing 199 Phil Powell spin Crowden-Murfin as Darren Barnett did the same to Steve Santry while Walding led from Royal before the latter was spun by a back marking Hunt who continued to have 106 Jamie Stafford round leaving the latter stranded by the start line and prompting a red flag and a complete restart. Stafford was in the wars again on the restart coming under attack from 311 Steve Newman with 720 Shane Brown then walling the latter as Fred Powell removed Govier. Steve Webster then spun 150 Andy Parrin which also claimed Andy Santry and Darren Barnett as Nichols took the top spit from Walding on lap four. Parker slowly reeled him in and they exchanged the lead a couple of times on lap 14 before Nichols was able to get away while behind them a spinning Street was clobbered by Darby and Darren Barnett spun the second and third placed Parker and Walding in one move giving Nichols a clear run to the flag ahead of Brown and Darby.

27 qualifiers returned for the English Championship with Darby and Shaun Webster sharing the front row having scored the most points in the heats and it was the latter who grabbed the early lead as Darren Barnett had a pop at Steve Webster. There were spins for Richards, Hunt and 377 Mick Oslar as Lee Sampson leapt to second and Goudy took a pop at Steve Santry and Parker removed Lay as Nichols spun aside Walding. 499 Dave Aldous moved into third and then on lap 13 he claimed second as elsewhere Bradford spun Luke Grief. Lee Sampson cruelly retired with a flat as on the home straight Andy Santry and Steve Newman spun causing Bradford to slam flat out into the inner wall. Aldous removed Craig Barnett in the fight for second as Shaun Webster motored to another title ahead of Aldous and Darby.

Heat one: 419 Luke Grief, 420, 511, 402, 677, 7, 438, 512, 368, 87, 377, 207
Heat two: 428 Lee Sampson, 26, 156, 311, 499, 402, 369, 401, 368, 511, 419, 377
Heat three: 468 Kelven Nichols, 720, 677, 382, 219, 149, 199, 499, 305, 999, 401, 84
English Championship: 402 Shaun Webster, 499, 677, 720, 512. 468, 156, 419, 199, 305

A quality night's action with some storming stuff from both formulas with some lively and hard hitting racing plus two very fast and competitive championship races. However there were downsides, 190 Pikey's dubious hit in the Supreme causing alarm and while the decision to scrap a planned Allcomers for both the Saloon Stockcars and National Bangers was disappointing it was apparent that neither race would have been well subscribed owing to the action levels earlier in the night.

Mildenhall Stadium March 25 2006
2Litre Bangers and BriSCA F2 Stockcars
The first 2litre banger bash of the season at Mildenhall drew a simply staggering field of 152 cars on March 25 including visitors from far and wide with PRI, TSR, Incarace, Spedeworth and Startrax represented plus Skegness and GMP in the shape of three Common Crushers and Stinkbridge's 455 Rick Finney. Car wise there was a smattering of interest with BMW's from 129 Dan Chaplin and 602 Shaun Cooper with a 316 and used 518 respectively, 313 John Cullingford debuted a Stellar and 791 Nicky Young returned a well battered Vectra. 401 Steve Hemmings paraded a Mondeo while further Ford interest included two Capris from 124 Johnny Rookard and 214 Tony Abrehart while there was an outbreak of Cortinas with fresh examples from 169 Len Brinkley, 393 Jeff Smith, 197 Andy Ashman, 378 Steve Smith, 138 Tom Meekings, 14 Colin Lacey, 462 Chris Nero, 753 Billy Cunningham, 573 Ollie Edwards and a nice Mk3 for 99 Ritchie Ahern. Going better still though was a Cressida for 446 Lee Greer and an A60 Cambridge for 813 Mick Cotton.

40 cars for the opening heat with 379 Danny Evans on the case straight away as he ran in 455 Luke Cornish who shrugged it off to T-bone 611 Gavin Harris as Evans continued to stuff TSR's 58 Danny Day allowing 503 Vic Manning to blast the former with the Rude Boy then fencing 813 Mayhem as 137 Lee Turner inflicted similar punishment to 879 Reg Reed. 511 Helen Licquorice then piled 411 Matt Franklin into Meekings allowing 380 Bradley Evans to hammer Licquorice while PRI young gun 4 Mark Burroughs buried 504 Carl Smee only to suffer a similar fate from Turner. 326 Shane Lynn the walled 121 Dave Wright as 462 Panel Wacka treated 244 Colin Burnham to a T-bone and 39 Jack King fired into Franklin while the luckless Wright was fenced by the impressive Danny Evans. A pile-up then formed on the top bend as a recovered Wright was put away again, this time by 526 Marc Warner, the latter then falling prey to a psycho lunge from Bradley Evans which saw the latter hit the wall hard. Franklin then nailed 526 2-Bob with 771 Ricky Roberts then running Common Crusher 99 Scott Gough hard into the passenger doors of 2-Bob which knocked the latter out and brought the reds out although he quickly recovered and was able to drive away. King was declared the winner ahead of Turner and 849 Mick Lown.

Up to 45 cars for the second heat with a simply massive pile-up engulfing the top bend in which 22 Dave Vincent was stuffed by 603 Jon Cooper as 679 Tom Williams homed in on 472 Mike Wood and 37 Dave Lewis buried 602 Mr Moody. 249 Matt Frost then put paid to 588 Andy Becker as 400 Kevin Shinn singled out 560 Andy Potter for a head-on only to be buried in turn by 730 Deane Mayes while 229 Ritchie Holmes landed a shot on returnee 8 Vince Wolf and 131 Barry Wade treated 313 Cully to a T-bone. 525 Wes Starman then ran in Wood as 249 Frosty connected on Chaplin and a recovered Vincent buried 98 Matt Harrison with Cully doing the same to 807 Chris Murfin as the luckless Chaplin was hammered by both Harrison and Holmes. Starman continued with a T-bone on Abrehart allowing the luckless Harrison to nail the Capri on the nose while 43 Rob Boswell put away 131 Wadey. Starmar continued his performance with a hit on Cully while 603 the Younger Hitman assaulted 730 Deano. 112 Tracey Goodhall came through for the win ahead of Frosty and Murfin.

An insane field of 64 cars filled the track to capacity for the final heat which was pure carnage as expected. 156 Micky Maskall got things going by running in 9 Paul Brown with 619 Karl Turnbull T-boning the latter as 712 Andy Westgate met 385 Roy Gedge on the nose and 88 Ashley Burton stuck 79 Ricky Twell away and brother 788 Dan Burton did the same to 58 Simon Warren. 791 Spud stuffed 585 Kevin Giles as 432 Mark Munson dished out a solid hit to Edwards only to take one in turn from Spud as 204 Andy Bailey turned round to pound 183 Bobby Wilmer and 169 Lenny Boy met 338 Terry Garrod on the nose. 712 Bulldog stuffed 752 Sam Cunningham and 125 Lee Overy did the same to Smith as 485 Justin Nicholls nailed 17 Mark Anderson before Crusher 742 Ian Gregory gave 271 Dean Goodall a big hit.19 Joe Mullarkey and 547 Tony McNeil went head to head as did 99 the Cheat and Munson with 79 Twelly then running in 541 Scott Rayner as the expected pile-up finally came, filling the pit bend. Edwards gave 125 Hitler one on the nose as 119 Davey Cox continued his feud with 117 Karl Dack with a solid shot while 547 Jon Reynolds buried Spud and before meeting 188 John Reeves on the nose. Bailey then crashed into 158 Shane Davies but was fenced in turn by 485 Fiasco with 401 Psycho then running Bailey in hard as Hitler turned round to blow up 547 the BFA with a big hit. Davies buried Giggler 262 Kevin Lee and 752 Mad Sam did the same to 169 Lenny Boy with 188 Victor firing into the Gypsy Crew man in turn as 119 Cruncher pounded Lee with a T-bone. 33 Hayden Bennett and 188 Victor piled into Davies, Victor then enjoyed a head-on with Hitler which allowed 753 Young Gun to nail Hitler as Psycho inflicted more damage to the luckless Lee. Despite loosing a wheel in the final laps 752 Mad Sam made it through for the win with 33 Don finding a quicker way through the heap on the last bend to steal second from Davies.

Still 40 repaired for the consolation which kicked off with 25 Andy Rookard blasting 219 Rob Beavis before 364 Sean Winchester fired into 148 Ian Redden piling the latter head-on into Hitler as 501 Steve Rolph scored on Harrison and Williams met 13 Nigel Burchan on the nose before 400 Shinny blew up 324 Mark Latham with a fierce hit as a pile-up formed on the top bend while Finney zeroed in for a storming length of the straight shot on Shinny as the reds came out for a shaken Latham. The race resumed with Rookard hammering 655 Lloyd Mullins as Finney met Rolph on the nose with Winchester dishing out a solid hit to the Stinkbridge man in turn as 378 Pocket gave Rolph a stiff hit over the rear wheel. 148 Shorty then planted 14 Babyface into 545 Karl Hough as 17 Mark Anderson attacked the already wrecked Shinny. Pockets then turned round to enjoy head-ons with 545 Huffy and Mullins while the second placed Shorty was stopped by a stiff head-on from Winchester, the former then meeting Rookard in similar fashion allowing 128 Andy Lack to blast the latter. Meanwhile Young Gun survived a head-on from the Younger Hitman and a dodgy inside out attack from Pockets to win with 391 Wayne Shinn the only other finisher.

Amazingly 30 of the 31 qualifiers made it back out for the final with 43 Batty the first to show as he walled Lynn and Psycho attacked Fiasco while 99 Goffy ran in Young Gun allowing King to hit the latter as 391 Ol' Matey assaulted 345 Richard Lown. Harrison also weighed in on Young Gun as Psycho continued by following in 15 Lee Weeks before 752 Mad Sam met Lenny Boy on the nose and Frosty hit the luckless Weeks allowing Ol' Matey to do the latter on the nose, these two continuing to exchange hits in another chapter of the Gypsy Crew and Aftermath feud. Psycho meanwhile buried Deano and nailed Starman as Murfin fired into the Younger Hitman. Psycho again punished Starman with a T-bone but then found his Mondeo on the wrong end of a head-on from Vincent which shoved the Predator up the blocks at the end of the home straight leaving him a sitting duck for a titanic revenge T-bone from Starman which knocked Psycho out and brought the race to an early finish with Turner the winner ahead of Goodhall and Frosty.

Despite all the previous action and the race not starting until gone 11pm 32 cars returned for the Accumulator which started with 539 Danny Allen burying 303 Wayne Linsdale from the off as Batty did the same to 394 Ian Rawlins while 504 Carl Smee lined up Huffy for a solid hit only to take one in turn from 562 Gavin Barnes. Mad Sam met Ashman on the nose while 116 Mark Want dished out a good hit to 62 Graham Rainbow before 119 Cruncher turned round to blast Smee. On the home straight Smith's Cortina sparked up as Gedge nailed Twelly only to take a big hit in turn from Potter with Linsdale then blasting the latter only to be T-boned in turn by Cruncher as Mad Sam hit Linsdale. Batty again stuck it to Rawlins as Cruncher blasted 116 Wanty head-on and Garrod attacked Batty. Wanty now came under fire from 619 Rhino as a recovered Batty hit Garrod on the nose and Huffy T-boned Gedge. Mad Sam pipped team mate 785 James Ellis on the final lap to win with Davies third. Into the demo with 285 Sean Dyer doing Batty from the off as Finney met Reynolds in a large head-on. Vincent then T-boned Batty and duly came under fire from a recovered Reynolds as Finney now met Lewis on the nose only to take one in turn from Cruncher as Ellis blasted Batty. Lewis gave Finney a revenge T-bone with Ellis also attacking the latter as Davies scored on Lewis. Ellis was silenced by hits from Shinny and Batty with the Aftermath man continuing to batter Davies and Cruncher with head-ons to take the win, the latter compensated with the best wrecker prize.

Heat one: 39 Jack King, 137, 849, 345, 339, 587, 292, 326, 15, 99
Heat two: 112 Tracey Goodhall, 249, 807, 675, 22, 43, 730, 525, 98, 603
Heat three: 752 Sam Cunningham, 33, 158, 485, 188, 262, 169, 119, 401
Consolation: 753 Billy Cunningham, 391
Grand Final: 137 Lee Turner, 112, 249, 158, 485, 22, 807, 292, 603
Accumulator: Sam Cunningham, 785, 158, 311, 22, 43, 619
Into DD: 400 Kevin Shinn from 119

A fine field of around 60 cars gathered for the opening round of the BriSCA F2 Stockcar track championship. The field included National Points champ 79 Gordon Moodie from Scotland and West Country duo 111 Lewis Geech and 667 Tim Farrell while 683 Ian Marsh made his return and 559 Bert Finnikin finally raced his stunning retro-special.

19 for the opening heat with 999 Dave Savage the night's first spinner as 284 Jody Griffin led from 611 Jason Horner and 400 Dave Sharp before 49 John Davies rode up the side of 414 Mark Veall and they crashed out in a heap. Sharp meanwhile moved into second as the third placed 379 Stuart Cayzer came under attack from a recovered Davies. 606 Andy Palmer was on the move and was up to fifth by half way before Griffin disappeared with mechanical gremlins handing Sharp the advantage on lap nine but Palmer tore passed him on lap 12 and motored to the win. 13 Andy Ford's hard work was for nothing as he crashed out with Cayzer when challenging for the top three. 515 Alan Veall claimed second while Sharp drove well to hang on for third.

One more for the second heat with 519 Stephen Lawrence giving 924 Martin Pearson a thumping hit from the off as 219 Chris Mitchell and 37 Tony Smith tangled on the home straight while there were pit bend spins for 366 Mick Kemp and 988 Steve Wittler while up front 434 Mark Gardner, 602 Ricky Wilson and Lawrence enjoyed a thrilling battle for the lead chopping and changing the top spot several times before Wilson broke clear on lap five with 756 Phil Kaye then emerging as his main threat but he had to fight Gardner hard for the position. 802 Dean Simpson had 702 Allan Cooper round before the reds came out for a wheel which had fallen from the 191 Jon Wittle Jnr car bringing the race to an early conclusion which was incredibly fortunate for Wilson as the result was taken from the last completed lap and he took the win despite just losing the top spot to 103 Carl Issit who had to be content with second and Kaye third.

Down to 18 for the last heat with 304 Jamie Huntington setting the pace as 156 James Joyce attacked 448 John Wright before 208 Dave Hemstock took over at the front and 376 Darren Seneschall removed 298 Mick Stubbs. 262 Trevor Buckley eased into second and then dived for the lead when Hemstock collected a spinning Stubbs but Buckley also went round gifting 70 Brian Shadbolt the lead. 260 Anthony Winters then spun out of second as 290 James Waterfall took out Finnikin who had been getting quicker and quicker as the race unfolded. 597 Barry Clou then clipped the stationary Huntington car with Moodie suffering a similar fate with Senechall putting the bumper in to finish Moodie and take his third away. Shadbolt meanwhile held off a closing 748 Jason Irvine to win with 392 Mark Short completing a yellow grade clean sweep in third.

A much larger field of 32 cars assembled for the consolation with Griffin attacking Horner from the off as Stubbs spun. Griffin emerged as the pace setter before a three car pile-up claimed Waterfall, Marsh and rookie 623 Rob Dobie while Cayzer removed Joyce and Finnikin took a big hit on the pit bend tearing a wheel of the latter and bringing the reds out. Griffin led the restart ahead of Pearson and 274 Trevor Bonnett as Waterfall again became a victim of a small pile-up as elsewhere 798 Mark Sargent and Cayzer went round. Ford was again on a charge moving up to 13th in just three laps as Buckley and Kemp both spun and up front Bonnet moved into second with Joyce then taking third while Ford gave Seneschall a big shot as he continued to work up the chart. At half way Griffin still held a healthy lead over Bonnett and Joyce with the latter soon taking second but his attack on Huntington cost him much time and he disappeared from the lead group. The lively Seneschall removed Savidge as Griffin romped to the win ahead of 414 Mark Veall and Ford.

Two of the 30 qualifiers failed to grid for the final which impressively ran without a stoppage. 662 Steve Wytcherly broke away into the early lead as 231 Matt Clayton and Shadbolt crashed out by the start line. Winters and Sharp emerged as the front runners chasing Wytcherly with 589 Colin Eardley giving Sharp a good hit in the battle over third. Ford was again making fine progress as the lead red and was up to eighth by lap five while Mark Veall secured sixth two laps later as the first blue on the charts. Griffin then spun Winters aside as 19 Martin Ford went round. Eardley and 515 Alan Veall moved into second and third as Issit moved up a gear and raced into fourth while further down the order Davies spun Gardner to take ninth. Back up front and Issit made a determined attack on Alan Veall for second which he eventually got and then enjoyed a great battle with 871 Mark Simpson for the spot as Kaye spun Dean Simpson who hit the wall hard but not before spinning Winters in turn. However there was no catching Wytcherly who didn't put a foot wrong en route to an impressive win, Issit beating Mark Simpson in the race to second. The reds then came straight out to tend to Kaye who was shaken after getting clobbered by the pack.

More than 40 cars came out for the Grand National which in truth was far too many and as expected a huge pile-up formed exiting the top bend after a lap or so leading to the first stoppage and there was more casualties on the second restart with another blockage on the pit bend in which Savidge took a beating and was knocked out to bring the reds out again. The second restart was the last with early spins form 267 Dave Teal, Irvine and Wilson as Palmer turfed aside Mark Simpson. Winters made the early running ahead of Sargent and Joyce while 702 Allan Cooper made an excellent start moving into seventh in just three laps with Andy Ford not far behind as he moved into eighth by lap five but by flag fall they could only reach third and fourth respectively. Up front a thrilling finish saw Joyce give the leading Winters a hit on the final bend which sent him spinning, Joyce winning from Sargent.

Heat one: 606 Andy Palmer, 515, 400, 599, 667, 977, 589, 49, 683, 414
Heat two: 602 Ricky Wilson, 103, 756, 871, 702, 434, 802, 662, 19, 231
Heat three: 70 Brian Shadbolt, 748, 392, 744, 260, 597, 298, 788, 156, 968
Consolation: 284 Jody Griffin, 414, 13, 274, 231, 19, 924, 37, 156, 290
Grand Final: 662 Steve Wytcherly, 103, 871, 667, 589, 13, 414, 606, 70, 702
Grand National: 156 James Joyce, 798, 702, 13, 667, 788, 744, 599, 589, 70

A storming night's action despite the threatening rain all night which was limited mainly to just spots at various points during the night. However the monster turn out and massive grids did come at a price with the DD not finishing until just after 11.30pm which may have been improved had the fields in the banger heats been a little more even and the Grand National not been as over subscribed. Still a memorable night's action from both formulas.

Dover Raceway Sunday March 19 2006

2Litre Bangers, Bangerstox, Super Rods and Ministox

A more than expected and very decent field of 27 2litre bangers assembled for the first Dover of the year on March 19 although 155 Shelly Willis' smart Cavalier failed to race with the entry boosted by five Mildenhall visitors. Car wise the field was dominated by Bluebirds with a handful of Cavaliers and a Sunny coupe while the RWD entry was restricted to a used Mk5 Cortina and a pair of Mk3 Granadas.

Just 23 cars for the opener which started with 484 Gary Harvey (Sapphire) fencing 20 Andy Burbridge as 169 Tony George did the same to 271 Michael Doel (Mk3 Granada) as 303 Jodie Walker (Sapphire) crashed up the pit bend banking as did 349 Lee Saunders which triggered a massive pit bend pile-up in which 239 Andy Swift (Mk3 Granada) clobbered 484 Baloo before a recovered 349 Finbarr run in 285 Sean Dyer with 15 Lee Weeks (Cavalier) giving a late assist, 239 Swifty weighing in for a hefty T-bone on Dyer as Weeks continued by burying 263 Brian Willis (Sunny coupe). 583 Dan Weeks then hit 101 Ian Norris and a recovered Willis hit 500 Bill Wenham (Cortina) who fired back to hit 169 Tony George as a fired up Dyer run in 10 Sam Topley and then turned Finbarr into the wall. Topley's rough ride continued as Dan Weeks buried him with 4 Robin Miles taking a flag to flag win ahead of 188 John Reeves and 158 Shane Davies.

Just one less for the second heat which began with head-ons between Lee Weeks and Willis and 785 James Ellis and Walker, the latter then taking more stick from 271 Mol as a recovered Willis hit 60 David Moon, the latter coming back only to be fenced again by 349 Finbarr with 80 Gavin Wood (Cavalier) T-boning the latter in turn while Mol buried 185 Paul Bailey (Cavalier) only to take a stiff hit from Dan Weeks in turn as Lee Weeks fenced the luckless Moon. 131 Barry Wade T-boned the spinning Wood on the back straight, the latter then getting fenced by Finbarr as Norris won from Miles with Davies just holding Ellis off for third. The race ended with George burying Lee Weeks just before the reds coming out, the latter landing a revenge blow in reverse.

22 for a cracking final which started with Swifty burying Dyer a Bailey blasted 500 Wild Bill Wenham and Baloo put away 59 Nathan Port and 60 David Moon in one move allowing Swifty to T-bone Baloo with the Metal Wrecker then delivering a second, much harder T-bone to the Management man. 20 Andy Burbridge stuffed Finbarr only to come under fire from Wild Bill in turn but he had his Cortina blown up by 266 Ray Williams, the latter then following Walker in full chat on the bottom bend as 20 Baldy took Dyer round the pit bend wall. Davies then stuffed Mol allowing 266 Slippery to dish out a meaty head-on to the latter who recovered only to come under fire from Baldy who ended the action by piling Dyer into Swifty's vacated motor. Norris took his second win of the day ahead of Miles and Davies.

Just 10 returned for the Accumulator dash and demo with Wild Bill on the case in the race attacking George and Norris allowing Slippery to nail the Metal Wrecker in turn. Davies turned Mol up the wall with the latter then doing a full roll off the inner banking allowing Wild Bill to belt him leaving him open for another package from Slippery which finally finished the Cortina. Miles held on for his second win ahead of Davies and Norris. Into the demo with Slippery hitting Mol on the nose, prompting the latter to ram George before the lively Slippery delivered a big head-on to Moon only to take one himself from Norris as Wood hit Moon. Norris finished George with a T-bone before the former met Moon in a big head-on allowing Wood to blast the latter which looked like it was enough to give Wood the win but he then expired just as Slippery fired up and he took a lap run up before giving an obliging Wood a stonking head-on to take the win.

Heat one: 4 Robin Miles, 188, 158, 785, 346, 169, 15, 285, 500, 20
Heat two: 101 Ian Norris, 4, 158, 785, 131, 346, 185, 349, 285, 15
Grand Final: Norris, 4, 158, 131, 785, 185, 349, 20, 285
Accumulator: Miles, 158, 101
DD: 266 Ray Williams from 80

A fine field of 42 cars gathered for the opening round of the Bangerstox track championship and as with most season openers it was great to see so many new names in action.

23 cars for the opening heat although 15 Jay Powell was a non starter. 51 Colin Boswell led the opening laps ahead of a great scrap for second between 61 Ken Hollamby, 46 Pete Gaynor and 2 Fred Drayner as problems developed on the bottom bend when 261 Steve Willis spun and was collected by several cars throughout the race causing numerous pile-ups. Drayner finally moved into second and took the lead shortly after half way and quickly opened a lead as both 95 Richard Punyer and 19 Glenn Cook spun, the former piling up the bank as 68 Steve Morse also went around. Hollamby moved into second only to then clip a dead car and lose time as Boswell and 27 Steve Cork tangled and crashed out while battling for second. Drayner won by over half a lap with Hollamby beating Gaynor home for second.

15 graded cars for the second heat lead away by 78 Bobby Miles from 32 Darren Clarke and 89 Ben McGonnell and it stayed that way for the majority of the race as elsewhere 94 Mick Acheillous and 5 Kurt Martin spun. An incredible finish saw Miles and Clarke race the final two laps side by side with nothing more than a fag paper between at the flag, Clarke getting the nod. A frantic scramble at the finish saw 67 Alan Colyer take third with 87 Robin Miles and 1 Trevor Poile finishing a fine fourth and fifth from the back.

Drama at the start of heat three as rookie 81 Drew Baines rolled leading to a complete restart. 23 Tony Hutton led the restart ahead of 19 Glenn Cooke and 93 Mandy Richmond as 97 Lee Holden went spinning as did 95 Richard Punyer and 261 Steve Willis. Hutton the collected the stricken 47 Jason Hind car gifting Cooke the lead at half way but he got bogged down in back markers on the final lap and Hutton was able to nip through and hold off Hollamby for the win with Cooke having to settle for third, Drayner taking seventh from the back.

14 cars for the final heat with 94 Mick Acheillous not putting a foot wrong and taking a flag to flag win despite the increasing pressure from 89 Ben McGonnell in the closing laps while behind them a thrilling battle developed for third which led to a frantic finish in which 78 Bobby Miles was sent spinning and 87 Robin Miles grabbed the spot, ahead of fellow star men 1 Trevor Poile after they had battled together up the order throughout the race. Bobby Miles recovered for eighth.

19 qualifiers for the final which was led away by 26 Anthony Williams with 19 Glen Cooke quickly moving into second as major trouble developed up front when Williams got out of shape and hit 93 Mandy Richmond first triggering a pile-up on turn four but most of the field battled through although the upshot was smaller pile-up at the end of the home straight involving Richmond, 27 Steve Cork, 78 Bobby Miles and 89 Ben McGonnell, the latter suffering a lot of damage in the crash. The race continued with the field going on both sides of the heap until the reds were eventually called and a restart issued which sadly started without the leading 90 Graham Cobell. 87 Robin Miles eventually took up the running with 1 Trevor Poile clicking on his heels as they crossed the line with 61 Ken Hollamby third.

Heat one: 2 Fred Drayner, 61, 46, 52, 23, 90, 27, 47, 28, 81
Heat two: 32 Darren Clarke, 78, 67, 87, 1, 89, 10, 94, 30, 29
Heat three: 23 Tony Hutton, 61, 19, 27, 93, 90, 2, 26, 51, 45
Heat four: 94 Mick Acheillous, 89, 87, 1, 32, 33, 67, 78, 29, 10
Grand Final: 87 Robin Miles, 1, 61, 32, 33, 52, 67, 10, 19, 46
Grade awards: 61 Ken Hollamby (white), Clarke (yellow), 67 Alan Colyer (blue), Miles (red)

A strong field of 17 cars assembled for the first track championship round of the Super Rods with a very different line up to 2005. 17 Derek Ledger, 74 Matt Ovenden, 47 Jim Fisher, 35 Brian Dunn and 2 Fred Drayner all switched from Bangerstox (although the latter was racing in both classes), 85 Jack Miles made a full time return and 16 Danny Wenham debuted.

All 17 cars for the opening heat with 16 Danny Wenham hitting the fence early doors as fellow rookie 47 Jim Fisher spun and 17 John Lingham also hit the fence as 2 Fred Drayner set the pace ahead of 75 Marc Anderson while 99 James Keep quickly worked his race to third only to cruelly retire soon after as 70 Garrie Martin passed Drayner for the lead and he held his nerve to take a fine win. Behind him 77 Mark Shingleton came out on top in a thrilling battle for second, a fine effort from the back of the grid, with 10 Sam Topley right on his tail as they crossed the line and 85 Jack Miles passing Drayner in the dying laps for fourth while 35 Brian Dunn narrowly held off 41 Peter Emson in the race for seventh.

A full field again for heat two which started with a tangle between 35 Brian Dunn and 85 Jack Miles before a spinning 117 John Lingham causing a pile-up which broke the field up and handed 47 Jim Fisher a big lead as Shingleton hit the wall after a tangle with Emson. 74 Matt Ovenden, 75 Marc Anderson and 70 Garrie Martin enjoyed a great race for third as Shingleton started to work his way up the order. Dunn then spun Topley causing him to be taken out of the results as the stricken Lingham was collected by 15 John Trevylan leaving the former in trouble and bringing the race to an early conclusion in favour of Anderson from Miles and Martin for a white top clean sweep with Shingleton again doing a fine job from the back in fifth.

15 for the final led away by Dunn as Fisher quickly worked his way to second only to then spin after a tussle with Anderson which promoted Martin who managed to get passed Dunn on lap 12 as Shingleton again showed rapid form moving into fourth but then getting passed by Emson who held on for second behind Martin with Shingleton third.

Heat one: 70 Garrie Martin, 77, 10, 85, 2, 15, 35, 41, 75, 28
Heat two: 75 Marc Anderson, 85, 70, 47, 77, 74, 42, 41, 28, 10
Grand Final: Martin, 41, 77, 35, 10, 99, 15, 85, 74, 28
Grade awards: Martin (white), 15 John Treveylan (yellow), 77 Mark Shingleton (blue/red)

A reasonable field of 15 Ministox gathered for their first Dover outing of 2006 including two visitors, 572 AJ Taylor from PRI and the now Spedeworth 173 Jack Harrington. 372 Kyle Tuppen and 370 Kyle Overy made their track debuts while 385 Mitchell Miles made his Ministox debut.

All out for a very lively opener which saw 369 James Clements and 305 Robin Ash find the wall early doors as did 387 Olly Ovenden before 396 Chip Howland, 381 Craig Upson and 371 Jason Cobbold all crashed into the fence in a heap together leaving 320 Ben Burbridge to lead until 312 Sam Shepherd spun him for the top spot. 369 Rude Boy again clashed heavily with Ash as Howland piled into the stricken Ovenden as Taylor removed 337 George Forbes. Harrington then moved into the lead as Taylor attacked 320 Greedy and 371 Smiler used the bumper to move Harrington wide and went on for the win with Shepherd hanging on for third.

One less for heat two but a messy start saw Ash spin Upson on the rolling lap and so a complete restart was ordered. Shepherd led the restart as Smiler flicked out Ash and then gave Rude Boy a big hit as Smile motored into the lead on lap four and romped to the win, Harrington spinning Taylor en route to second and Shepherd third for a repeat of the heat one result with Ash sparking up on the field at the end. Tuppen meanwhile excelled with a fine fourth, easily his best result on only his second meeting.

One less again for the final with Greedy heading the pack as Howland gave Upson some attention and Miles spun into the banking at the end of the back straight. Harrington worked his way into the lead by lap four and withstood the pressure and front bumper of Smiler for several laps before the latter got passed on the inside, Harrington landing a big last bend hit forcing Smiler wide but he had the speed coming out of the bend to narrowly beat Harrington to the line for the hat trick with Rude Boy in third while Greedy came out on top in a fine battle for seventh between himself, Upson and Ovenden.

Heat one: 371 Jason Cobbold, 173, 312, 370, 369, 320, 396, 372, 305, 385
Heat two: Cobbold, 173, 369, 370, 312, 372, 320, 381, 387, 364
Grand Final: Cobbold, 173, 369, 370, 312, 372, 320, 381, 387, 364

A fine start to the season with good entries and good action from all four classes, if the rest of the meetings at Dover this year are as good we should be in for a fine season.

Mildenhall 11th March

A staggering field of 130 cars gathered for the first National Banger British qualifier including a good helping of visitors from TSR, PRI, Startrax, Spedeworth and Henham, Car wise 262 Kevin Lee, 587 Alex Humphrey and 602 Shaun Cooper dared to be different with a late Merc, Rover SD1 and BMW518 respectively while the rest of the interesting cars were Ford based.116 Mark Want, 543 Luke Townsend and 808 Tom Meekings debuted Cortinas, the former's a Mk4 while the Granada entry was 16 strong with seven fresh Mk2s including a stunner from 278 Tom Hills while 117 Karl Dack, 391 Wayne Shinn and 785 James Ellis returned a Mk1, Mk2 limo and Mk2 Minster and 779 Paul Robinson returned a coupe while 753 Billy Cunningham had a fresh one which was car of the meeting.

29 for the opener which started with 160 Perry Willings burying 587 Alex Humphrey leaving the latter prone to hits from 853 Jason Barnard and 78 Lee Macey before 15 Lee Weekes stuffed 39 Jack King and 752 Sam Cunningham blasted 853 the Verger and 156 Michael Maskall did likewise to 404 Luke Brinton before rookie 551 Stuart Franklin did a 3/4 roll on the pit bend but was able to exit without the need of a stoppage. 156 Micky Boy treated 417 Dan Davey to a stiff T-bone as 348 Sonny Sherwood stuffed 545 Karl Hough. 158 Shane Davies took a fine full conatct win from the back ahead of Weeks and 53 Dave Palmer.

A bigger field of 34 for heat two but it was quieter. The action started with a head-on between 809 Paul Turner and 602 Mr Moody as a spun 543 Lukey Boy fired into 171 Darren Stanion and 161 Karl Totham tagged 504 Carl Smee. A top bend pile-up claimed several before 183 Bobby Wilmer blasted the luckless Stanion and 93 Ady Chilvers sparked. up. The only action in a quiet few laps saw 308 Del Bowen hit the spun 715 Mick Prince on the nose as 547 Jon Jo Reynolds took ab untroubled win from Turner and 807 Chris Murfin.

A similar sized field for the third heat which started in style as 148 Ian Redden thundered in 730 Deane Mayes ending his race before the former T-boned the spun 694 Gary Owen. 233 Rob Aldridge did the same to 712 Andy Westgate while the luckless Owen took further stick from 879 Reg Reed and 400 Kevin Shinn buried 188 John Reeves. The reds then came out to rescue an upturned 364 Sean Winchester with the race restarting with 400 Shinny who had a fire extinguished during the stoppage. The action resumed with 180 Jack Foster thumping 285 Carl Victory before 879 Wrecked Reg blew up Owen. 337 Ashley Garrod then thundered in Victory with the latter taking a hard hit from Shinny a lap or so later with the Aftermath man continuing to run in 579 Ben Bland as 180 Mark Foster took the chequered ahead 4 Mark Burroughs and 583 Robin Gaskett.

Just 25 for the final heat with 292 Keith Saunders hitting 117 Kamikaze fromn the off as 877 Adam Perrin buried new signing 562 Gavin Barnes and Saunders continued with a package on Lee. 117 Kamikaze then turned round and met 665 Stu Scarlett in a stiff head-on as 445 Mark Dorrill buried 326 Shane Lynn. Perrin now hit Kamikaze on the nose as Lee took a psycho lunge on 560 Andy Potter but more Armco than target. Scarlett then connected on 748 Graham Kiddle as Potter sparked up but continued to finish eighth as a lurking Kamikaze set off against the flow and on the back straight gave 119 Davey Cox a big T-bone. 125 Lee Overy took a fine Granada win ahead 432 Mark Munson and a recovered 119 Cruncher.

A whopping 45 for the consolation which was a massive improvement. 562 Gavin Barnes started by blasting 366 Clive Revell as 391 Ol Matey was pounded by 404 Luke Brinton and 753 Young Gun while 411 Matthew Franklin assaulted fellow Ministox graduate 334 Steve Court. 885 Keith Moore T-boned 585 Big Ears against the flow as 741 Luke Parfitt blew up 287 Paul Totham and 313 John Cullingford ran in 400 Shinny while a massive pile-up formed on the top bend. Shinny then belted 404 Spook on the nose but was nailed in turn by Young Gun as Big Ears hammered Robinson's coupe only to have 78 Lee Macey run into him by 602 Mr Moody with the stricken coupe then having Big ears run into him by a recovered 78 Mad Mace. 551 Stuart Franklin hammered 217 Neil Smyth as the lively 313 Cully put away 580 Ben Bland and 603 Jon Cooper hit 545 Carl Hough. 741 Capt D motored to the win with Smyth and 312 Tom Reynolds the placemen.

37 qualifiers returned for the final which was a lively affair starting with 72 Rob Joyce setting about Mad Mace who crashed up the inner wall as a result as 560 Andy Potts walled 885 Keith Moore and Smyth T-boned King allowing 53 Dave Palmer to bury 465 Andy Scarlett into the former as 308 Del Bowen rode up the side of 417 Dan davey. King then blasted Smyth with a head-on as Mad Mace ran in Scarlett and Bowen again punished Davey as 587 Humps fired up the back of Joyce and 665 Stu Scarlett blasted 312 Turbo. Joyce and 125 Lee Overy enjoyed a head-on allowing Potts to hit the latter as Turbo thundered in Moore. Davey then turned round to ram Smyth on the nose as Turbo continued with a shot on 37 Dave Lewis before he T-boned 807 Chris Murfin. Mad Mace then ran in early leader 4 Mark Burrroughs a Humps attacked 137 Lee Turner who did well to avoid the wall. A frantic finish saw Foster bury the leading Davies allowing 741 Capt D to take over but the race was declared half a lap early when 527 Danny Gardiner rolled onto his roof, Capt D taking the win ahead of 348 Sonny Sherwood and Foster.

A fine field of 31 returned for the Accumulator with Perrin getting abused by 581 Jamie Thompson and Gardiner from the off as a massive pit bend pile up quickly formed in which Shinny was destroyed impressively by 337 Ashley Garrod who took a package in turn from 551 Stuart Franklin. 313 Cully the singled out 19 Joe Mullarkey for a head-on and Thompson nailed 455 Luke Cornish while 514 Steve Hobbs met 619 Karl Turnbull on the nose. 752 Mad Sam then blew up 427 Dave Johnson as 619 Rhino returned the favour on Hobbs. The leading 348 Mushy then blasted 885 Keith Moore as Cully met Cornish on the nose and Johnson T-boned Hobbs. 753 Young Gun then delivered a massive package against the flow on Cully before Mad Sam stopped 119 Cruncher with a solid head-on only to take two big hits from Foster for his trouble before the reds emerged for Johnson who was in trouble in the middle of the heap and the event was declared in favour of Mushy from 22 Dave Vincent with the DD aborted because of the injury.

Heat one: 158 Shane Davies, 15, 53, 348, 185, 39, 587, 417, 160
Heat two: 547 Jon Jo Reynolds, 809, 807, 22, 161, 308, 58, 399, 602, 585
Heat three: 180 Mark Foster, 4, 583, 579, 37, 137, 405, 465, 741, 116
Heat four: 125 Lee Overy, 432, 119, 292, 527, 445, 665, 560
Consolation: 741 Luke Parfitt, 217, 312, 72, 78, 219, 603, 885, 551
Grand Final: Parfitt, 348, 180, 158, 137, 22, 4, 37, 125, 78
Destruction Derby: 348 Sonny Sherwood, 22

A fine field of 27 cars gathered for the opening round of the Saloon Stockcar track championship which included ex banger man 86 Simon Royal, 95 John Lewney, 403 Ashely Foulsham, Ministox graduate 317 Dwayne Powell and 513 Ross Dawson on their maiden outings in the formula at Mildenhall while 569 James Radcliffe unveiled a newly repanelled machine with a smart paint job and 84 Lizzy Crowden-Murfin marked her return to the formula for the first time in over a year.

All in the for the opener with 2 Paul Tuppen spinning 305 Nigel Parker from the off as 369 Andy Santry and 417 Fred Powell went round together before Tuppen lost out to Lewney and 26 Tommy Barnes removed 311 Steve Newman as brother 912 Andy Newman set the pace. 428 Lee Sampson removed 27 Roy Fuller and a recovered Fred Powell had Royal around as Barnes moved into the top spot. Steve Newman's bad luck continued as he crashed into the spun Royal and was subsequently collected by 499 Dave Aldous while 219 Luke Grief had Andy Newman out and Tuppen squeezed Crowden-Murfin into the inner wall. The leading Barnes then fell foul of a back marking Santry but he maintained his advantage, such was his lead at this stage as the action continued with Parker spinning Radcliffe and 156 Darren Goudy removing 220 John Englestone as the lively Parker continued to take out Andy Newman. Despite slowing dramatically in the final lap Barnes held on for the spoils with 150 Andy Parrin and 512 Darren Barnett next.

Just one car failed to make the second heat with Fuller spinning Santry from the off causing the latter to spin Crowden-Murfin and Goudy resulting in a small pile-up on the home straight. Parker picked up where he left off turning aside Dawson as 149 Jamie Sampson flicked out Foulsham to move into second. Royal then put away Steve Newman which caused Barnes to spun as the leading Andy Newman fell foul of the back marking 438 Tony Lay gifting Jamie Sampson the advantage and he took the honours with the race declared a couple of laps early when 377 Mick Oslar shed a wheel. Radcliffe and Parker were the placemen.

24 returned for the final with Tuppen hitting the wall early doors as Englestone removed Fuller and Fred Powell spun Barnes who was joined on the pit bend by Jamie Sampson ruling out any chance of a heat and final double for both. Englestone continued by poking Santry in the fence as Aldous had Crowden-Murfin out and the leading Andy Newman spun Fuller who was collected by in turn by Foulsham. Parker then removed the recovered Foulsham as 512 Darren Barnett moved into second and set his sights on the leading Andy Newman who added to Foulsham's misery by spinning him as 419 Luke Grief spun Barnes. Barnes evened the score on Fred Powell as Darren Barnett reeled in Newman and passed him with a lap to run to win his second shale final in as many meetings, Radcliffe pipping Newman to the line in a photo finish for second while behind 511 Craig Barnett spun Lewney allowing Goudy and Englestone to nip past for seventh and eighth.

Heat one: 26 Tommy Barnes, 150, 512, 156, 438, 511, 377, 419, 220, 149
Heat two: 149 Jamie Sampson, 569, 305, 912, 499, 220, 419, 511, 512, 2
Grand Final: 512 Darren Barnett, 569, 912, 419, 311, 438, 156, 220, 511, 150

An excellent field of 30 Ministox showed for an all RDC bash which included new signings 347 Sarah Gould, 335 Lorna Annison and 381 Craig Upson all racing for the first time under their new numbers, the returning 343 Lewis White and the debut of 372 Kyle Tuppen who had a smart looking motor.

All out for heat one with 371 Jason Cobbold attacking 313 Timmy Barnes from the off as 323 Stu Bird struck the wall and 387 Olly Ovenden removed 396 Chip Howland. 305 Robin Ash then claimed 310 Chas Lee as 342 Lauren French shoved 356 Sid Cooper to the wall. 182 Jack Foster took over up front while Cobbold spun 380 James Jenkins and 369 James Clements had 340 Wesley Freestone round before Foster poked White into the fence allowing 370 Kyle Overy to take over but he crashed out on the back straight putting Foster back in front and he held on to win ahead of 325 Charlie Overy and 331 Jack Garrod.

Down to 23 for the second heat with Foster having Lee round causing him to get hit by 389 Charlie Garrod as Court hit the wall and Jack Garrod fenced Ash who fired back to spin 318 Emma Powell. Jack Garrod meanwhile took Cobbold out with the pair piling into the spun Powell as Ovenden hooked out Howland and Clements put 320 Ben Burbridge in the fence. Charlie Garrod then spun 391 George Chambers to moved up a spot and Friel took out Court. Foster meanwhile took an untroubled win with 330 Jack Thompson and Jack Garrod next.

21 returned for the final with early action seeing Ash spun both Upson and Clements which claimed Charlie Overy in turn as Charlie Garrod had a pop at Ovenden who did well to shrug the attack off as Foster's hat trick hopes were dashed by a spin from Thompson. The race then came to an early conclusion as Jack Garrod had a go at Cobbold spinning his target but sending him into the inner wall at a violent rate with the reds coming out to check the drivers were ok. The leading Annison inherited the victory ahead of Court (his best finish to date) and Thompson.

Heat one: 182 Jack Foster, 325, 331, 369, 335, 371, 334, 313, 387, 389
Heat two: Foster, 330, 331, 389, 313, 340, 335, 391, 371, 369
Grand Final: 335 Lorna Annison, 334, 330, 182, 369, 387, 325, 313, 340, 347

A very decent start to the season with a massive turn out of bangers putting on a lively outing, the heats were pretty forgettable but the second half of their programme was much better with Shinny's wreck and some of the Accumulator hits sure to stay in the memory while we were treated to some fine action from the Saloon Stockcars and Ministox in all of their races.