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         LATEST NEWS .... UPDATED WEDNESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2008         

SEGTO WASHOUT IN KENT

The Great British Summer made a return appearance to blight the first race weekend of October. Heavy rain on Saturday caused cancellations at Central Scotland, Solway and PAC, and then the rain moved south overnight to wash out the second day of what had been turning out to be a superb Donny Littlehales Memorial meeting at STAR. North Wales, Evesham and Wessex were also forced to cancel on Sunday morning. Forest of Dean (using the Gloucester club track) and Nottingham survived the conditions and completed their events, while York escaped the weather altogether and had a full day's racing (three heats and finals) in bright sunshine!

The far south didn't escape as heavy overnight rain ruined what would have been a perfect track for the visiting SEGTO drivers, as Invicta Kent club hosted the first round of the tenth anniversary NASA-SEGTO Challenge. 129 drivers signed on, split fairly evenly between NASA and SEGTO, but the practice runs for the SEGTO drivers proved that it would be impossible to make much progress in the conditions. The planned programme was abandoned and replaced with a series of Open races until everyone had had enough. 41 drivers went out; the only classes to run on their own were the Juniors and the new Club Class 3B, featuring the Sierras of five drivers (so far) who have recently transferred from the Coombe Valley Raceway at Dover.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS (there aren't any official ones):

SPECIALS OPEN 1: 1st IK11 Jamie Hollingsbee 2nd T0 Terry Sherwood 3rd S273 Adrian Tragus 4th T36 Dean Hartley 5th T174 David Baigent 6th IK880 Philip Button. SPECIALS OPEN 2: 1st IK44 Ken Ward 2nd IK33 Al Ratcliffe 3rd T257 Sean Collin. CLASS 3B: 1st IK388 Jason Anderson 2nd IK142 Paul Amos 3rd IK147 Graham Baker 4th IK141 Trevor Sharp 5th IK114 Frank Gough. SALOONS OPEN 1: 1st C333E Mike Sullivan 2nd SN208 Andrew Empson 3rd S2 Ashley Brown 4th IK555 Terry Parsons 5th S112 Terry Mellish 6th S269 Paul Manktelow 7th S369 Ashley Manktelow 8th S169 Scott Frampton. JUNIORS: 1st IK215 Ryan Pullen 2nd IK888 Mitch Hollingsbee 3rd S183 Ryan Jordan 4th IK43 Luke Saunters. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st IK118 Tom Long 2nd IK269 Luke Hardy. SALOONS OPEN 2: 1st IK34 Danny Mackenzie 2nd IK76 Dave Hewitt 3rd T33 David Welford 4th IK244 Jason Carden 5th IK74 Terry Moore 6th T82 Greg Hamlin. SALOONS OPEN 3: 1st SP108 Robert Rolls 2nd C665E David Farrow 3rd C606E Rob Brotchford 4th C611E Luke Dale 5th S153 Daniel James 6th S87 Sam Hartley 7th SP53 Greg Harper.

INVICTA, STAR AND YORK  PHOTO GALLERIES NOW ON LINE

A taste of the action from STAR ...

... and from York (thanks to Janice Daniells for the results)

RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st Y59 David Sidebottom 2nd ST99 Anthony Bateman 3rd Y58 Luke Fletcher. CLASS 2: 1st Y150 Alan Suttle 2nd YD153 Colin Ramsay 3rd Y24 Alex Hay. CLASS 3: 1st S151Y Paul Bulmer 2nd YD150 Tony Lillie 3rd Y23 Keith Tillett. CLASS 4: 1st Y1 Adam Henley 2nd Y137 Joe Sharp 3rd Y42 Andy Kirby. CLASS 5: 1st Y52 Tony Spencer 2nd YD169 Phil Peek 3rd Y115 Matthew Kitching. CLASS 6: 1st Y205 Scott Macaulay 2nd y40 Wes Tinker. STOCK HATCH: 1st S247Y Craig Truelove 2nd YD51 Heath Luck 3rd Y118 Peter Clegg. CLASS 7: 1st Y4 Russ Tinker 2nd YD17 Martin Smith 3rd Y11 Daz Hutchinson. CLASS 8: 1st Y54 Colin Blackburn 2nd Y70 Lee Daker 3rd S4Y Dave Winn. F600: 1st Y89 Roy Clark 2nd YD80 Roger Jefferson. CLASS 9: 1st Y177 Andy Swann 2nd NS16 Carl Allen 3rd Y613 Cliff Britton. CLASS 10: 1st Y92 Carl Verity. CLASS 11: 1st YD85 Katie Sunley. CLASS 12: 1st Y15 Leigh Daniells 2nd YD83 Diane Sunley 3rd Y43 Tracey Burrell. CLASS 13: 1st YD71 Pam Blackburn. CLASS 14: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd YD7 Sue Nicholls 3rd Y177 Lesley Gardner. JUNIORS: 1st Y58 Jake Fletcher 2nd YD182 James Bowe 3rd S249Y Ashley Farrow. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st S149Y JD Farrow 2nd Y916 Steven Green 3rd Y888 Jack Rawlinson.

SUN SHINES ON

RESCHEDULED OPENS

The EAST ANGLIAN OPEN, held two weeks after its scheduled date, enjoyed ideal weather and track conditions. Early morning fog on Saturday cleared by the end of the first heats, and the rest of the event was held in warm sunshine. With few major incidents and efficient organisation the programme could be extended with an extra set of heats on Sunday and Open races on Saturday qualifying for Open finals on Sunday. The East Anglian Open didn't suffer from the loss of its BAS status; the racing was just as competitive an exciting without the pressures of points racing. Some of the classes, notably 3, 5, 6, 7 and the Junior Specials, provided possibly their closest-fought finals of the year, while a number of drivers swapped cars, including Lee Deegan, who took the Class 1 win in his first ever non-Junior meeting. Other notable results included two family 1-2s from Jason and Paul Thomas in Class 2 and Phil and Lynn Cooper in Class 9, and almost a female domination of Class 8, spoilt only by Dek Traylor splitting Kerry Pope and Aly Ostridge at the flag, while there was also a father-son double win for Vinny and Ben Gibbons. 213 drivers took part, with the furthest travelled being Pat O'Driscoll and Guy Wynn from Cork.

CLASS 1: 1st CA54 Lee Deegan 2nd SC25 Ian Ullathorne 3rd C333E Mike Sullivan 4th Y75 Ollie Burley. CLASS 2: 1st SN405 Jason Thomas 2nd SN404 Paul Thomas 3rd SC971 Shaun Thompson 4th SN391 Gary Clapham. CLASS 3: 1st Y62 Phil Thompson 2nd SN269 Dave George 3rd SN27 Barry Almond 4th P502EM Mark Guy. CLASS 4: 1st SN6 Wes Johnson 2nd SN333 Tony Reynolds 3rd IK8 Steve Turley 4th SN31 Chris Parsons. CLASS 5: 1st C41E Antony Jackson 2nd ARC54 Kirk Dean 3rd SN265 Darren Lodge 4th P24EM Brian Wright. CLASS 6: 1st NS434 Ben Gould 2nd C300E Tony Teather 3rd SN999 Dan Balster 4th CA34 Darron Young. CLASS 7: 1st N700 Rich Lee 2nd SN260 Lee Holt 3rd CK8 Guy Wynn 4th P23EM Phil Barleyman. CLASS 8: 1st SN28 Kerry Pope 2nd BC98 Dek Traylor 3rd ST514 Aly Ostridge 4th SP92 Melvyn Clayton. CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd ARC6 Lynn Cooper 3rd P5EM Jason Richardson 4th SN3 Ian Robins. CLASS 10: 1st LM170 Vinny Gibbons 2nd R7 Paul Fackrell 3rd SP1 Bill Shaw 4th CA24 Stuart Ward. JUNIORS: 1st SV100 Conner Griffiths 2nd CA54 Alice Bell 3rd R212 Jordan Blore 4th H247 Dan Keddie. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st LM18 Ben Gibbons 2nd ARC7 Sean Power 3rd Y292 Katie Lockwood 4th N12 Jake Lee. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st SN43 Vicky Sole 2nd P27EM Lyndsey Allen 3rd CA102 Kirsty Noble 4th R120 Rachel Kelsey. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st SN404 Denise Empson. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st ARC27 Lisa Almond 2nd SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 3rd C266E Lianne Teather 4th L44 Sharon Branston. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st R771 Gina Fackrell 2nd L15 Lisa Branston 3rd SN31 Sally Pitchfork. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st SN199 Nicole Campbell. LADIES’ CLASS 6: 1st SN137 Abi Mead. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st SN50 Jax Clamp 2nd C262E Cathy Harrison. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st SP92 Alison Clayton. LADIES’ CLASS 9: No finishers. LADIES’ CLASS 10: No finishers. EAST ANGLIAN OPEN FINAL:  1st SN333 Fred Carpenter 2nd SC14 Russ Thompson 3rd R120 Andy Kelsey 4th P37EM Lyndsey Allen. JUNIOR OPEN FINAL: 1st SN668 Ollie Sole 2nd R121 Brian Kelsey. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st C41E Antony Jackson 2nd ARC5 Phil Cooper 3rd SN333 Tony Reynolds 4th SN269 Dave George. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st R771 Gina Fackrell 2nd ARC27 Lisa Almond 3rd P37EM Lyndsey Allen 4th L15 Lisa Branston. ARTHUR BISHOP MEMORIAL TROPHY: Darren Lodge.

The YORKSHIRE OPEN was reduced to a one day meeting, but attracted an even bigger entry of 263 drivers, mainly locally based apart from Scotland's Shuggy Brown and Gary Reid. The Yorkshire Open titles went to Adam Henley and Sue Nicholls at the end of a very full day's racing.

YORKSHIRE OPEN RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st YD35 John Davis 2nd Y58 Luke Fletcher 3rd Y168 James Hutchinson 4th WR219 Paul Allen. CLASS 2: 1st S70Y Rob Farrow 2nd Y24 Alex Hay 3rd YD234 John Websdale 4th Y150 Alan Suttle. CLASS 3: 1st ST31 Tim Brown 2nd YD205 Kev Bowes 3rd WR64 Martin Walker 4th YD150 Tony Lilley. CLASS 4: 1st Y1 Adam Henley 2nd YD20 Emily Jefferson 3rd Y42 Andy Kirby 4th YD1 Duane Walker. CLASS 5: 1st SL15 Steven Graham 2nd YD77 Dick Procter 3rd NS83 Gareth Williams 4th CS945 Gary Reid. CLASS 6: 1st ST12 Allan Weston 2nd YD176 Martyn Janes 3rd YD90 Scott Hunter 4th YD610 Richard Coates.  CLASS 7: 1st YD71 Graham Blackburn 2nd S209Y Paul Tateson 3rd Y10 Martyn Tinker 4th S1Y Chris Hodgson. CLASS 8: 1st Y811 Dave Newby 2nd SL10 Trevor Millican 3rd SL40 Paul Wilson 4th Y54 Colin Blackburn. CLASS 9: 1st SC150 Anthony Read 2nd YD117 Dennis Raffell 3rd Y177 Andy Swann 4th Y26 Wayne Longley. CLASS 10: 1st Y5 Mark Brooks 2nd Y92 Carl Verity 3rd SL20 Phil Sherwood. STOCK HATCH: 1st Y47 Jamie Patterson 2nd YD811 Steve Binks 3rd S247Y Craig Truelove 4th Y48 Willie Patterson. FORMULA 600: 1st Y600 Chris Mackenzie 2nd SL100 Brian Robson 3rd YD80 Ben Gill. JUNIORS: 1st YD13 Andy Dockray 2nd YD830 Callum Wing 3rd Y58 Jake Fletcher 4th S49Y Jimbob Johnson. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st Y888 Jack Rawlinson 2nd Y200 Ricky Beauchamp 3rd Y916 Steven Green 4th Y95 Chris Atkinson. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st YD35 Rachael Davis 2nd YD152 Sarah Haigh 3rd YD830 4th SL103 Fiona Hodgson. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st SL23 Sarah Carden 2nd SC400 Jay Wheatman 3rd YD82 Diane Sunley 4th S309Y Lisa Tateson. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st ST31 Annerly Wales 2nd YD205 Caroline Bowes 3rd Y30 Sheena Kirby. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st Y15 Leigh Daniells 2nd YD1 Amy Gill. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st SL15 Julie Graham 2nd Y170 Amy Bennett 3rd YD60 Gill Graham. LADIES’ CLASS 6: 1st YD55 Stephanie Corner 2nd YD176 Michelle Arnett 3rd Y66 Leigh Daniells 4th Y43 Tracey Burrell. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st YD71 Pam Blackburn 2nd S209Y Sarah Tateson. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st YD7 Sue Nicholls 2nd Y69 Louise Bradley 3rd YD42 Sandra Shields 4th Y70 Natalie Daker. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st YD171 Chris Raffell 2nd Y177 Lesley Gardner 3rd Y26 Jane Longley 4th YD139 Debby Shaw. LADIES’ CLASS 10: 1st S3Y Anne Marshall. LADIES’ STOCK HATCH: 1st YD811 Sharon Binks 2nd YD51 Nicola Tynemouth 3rd Y133 Michelle Richardson 4th Y230 Julie Suttill. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st Y1 Adam Henley 2nd YD71 Graham Blackburn. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st YD7 Sue Nicholls.

PHOTOS FROM BOTH MEETINGS COMING SOON!

GOING WILDE IN WATERFORD

Ireland's biggest Autograss event of the year, the "Irish Fastest Person on Grass", which was again combined with the final of the All Ireland Autograss Series, attracted 202 entries to the West Waterford club's track at Ballysaggart, Lismore. This included 38 overseas travellers from England, Wales and Scotland, plus 17 from Northern Ireland. In perfect weather and track conditions the meeting provided some of the best racing of the season, with everyone completing three heats on Saturday, and a further heat before the finals on Sunday. The ultra-efficiently run race meeting was followed by a typically Irish prizegiving at the Park Hotel, Dungarvan, where the local racers and visitors alike were finally ejected from the function room at 4 am!

The Irish Fastest Person on Grass title went to John Wilde, just a month after his comeback to Autograss in the ex-Matt Wells Class 5 Mini. The All Ireland Series was this year contested over just two rounds, at Carlow and West Waterford, and the series Champion of Champions race was won by Class 4 Micra driver James Brady. John (left) received his trophy from West Waterford club President J.P. Houlihan, while James' trophy was presented for the All Ireland committee by Danny O'Rourke.

IRISH FASTEST PERSON ON GRASS RESULTS:

(on points over four heats and finals)

CLASS 1: 1st C37 Jeff Hope-Davies (29 pts) 2nd MA22 Anthony Harrington (22) 3rd DA77 Matthew Jess (21). CLASS 1A 1st MA238 John Shanahan (28) 2nd WW134 Jim Meehan (27) 3rd CW36 Diarmuid Cronin (23). CLASS 2: 1st WW132 Jamie Meehan (25) 2nd CK89 Vincent McSweeney (20) 3rd CK5 Tomas Creedon (15). CLASS 3: 1st NW234 Barry Evans (27) 2nd PAC77 Chris Jones (24) 3rd MA6 Paul Cusack (23). CLASS 4: 1st CM53 Lyndon George (25) 2nd CY28 Noel McKendry (23) 3rd CW12 James Brady (22). CLASS 5: 1st DA711 John Wilde (27) 2nd CW6 Jonny Keating (23) 3rd CK9 Pat O’Driscoll (19). CLASS 6: 1st MA183 Dermot Browne (30) 2nd WW399 John Fuller (26) 3rd CK28 Steve O’Donovan (19).  CLASS 7: 1st CK8 Guy Wynn (22) 2nd R95 Phil Fenton (21) 3rd WW993 Terry Falvey (18). F600: 1st WW78 Kenneth Cashel (24) 2nd WR31 Frank Dewrow (21) 3rd WW39 John Fuller (21). CLASS 8: 1st CK3 Colin Byrne (29) 2nd SS67 Wayne Thresher (23) 3rd MA7 Alan O’Keeffe (23). CLASS 9: 1st MA1 John Shanahan (25) 2nd CW21 Bob Lanigan (19) 3rd WW252 Shane Houlihan (16). CLASS 10: 1st MA53 Patrick Sheahan (30) 2nd MA66 Eamonn O’Brien Jr (25) 3rd CW121 Derek Leech (20). LADIES’ CLASSES 1-6: 1st MA241 Ellen Sugrue (28) 2nd CM52 Elinor George (26) 3rd WW50 Gillian Hayde (14). LADIES’ CLASSES 7-10: 1st R95 Gail Fenton (26) 2nd MA1 Val Shanahan (22) 3rd CW223 Danielle Barratt (17). JUNIORS: 1st MA48 Nicole O’Brien (30) 2nd PGD226 Josh Powell (25) 3rd MA32 Jerry Lucey (19). JUNIORS’ CLASS 1A: 1st CK24 Eamonn McCarthy (23) 2nd MA238 Stephen Sugrue (23) 3rd MA73 Shane O’Sullivan (16). JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st WW65 John Fyfe (28) 2nd CK51 Conor McCarthy (20) 3rd WW67 BJ Doyle (16). HELPERS RACE: 1st MA183 Patrick Byrne 2nd CS88 David Witham 3rd MA1 Michael O’Riordan CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st DA711 John Wilde 2nd CK3 Colin Byrne 3rd MA132 Jamie Meehan.

ALL IRELAND AUTOGRASS SERIES RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st PHD226 Paul Pearce 2nd DA77 Matthew Jess 3rd MA22 Anthony Harrington 4th WW50 Jim Hayde. CLASS 1A 1st CW36 Diarmuid Cronin 2nd WW134 Jim Meehan 3rd MA87 Paul Hogan 4th MA81 Michael Galvin. CLASS 2: 1st WW261 Paul Devine 2nd CK89 Vincent McSweeney 3rd MA500 Colm Jones 4th WW303 Francis Beecher. CLASS 3: 1st DA28 Barry Curran 2nd CW333 Ross Ansell 3rd CW181 Jim Lee. CLASS 4: 1st CW12 James Brady 2nd WW44 Danny O’Rourke 3rd CW75 Brendan Byrne. CLASS 5: 1st CW6 Jonny Keating 2nd CW31 Kevin Carron 3rd MA5 Jimmy Jordan 4th DA15 Peter Devlin. CLASS 6: 1st WW399 John Fuller 2nd CW41 Ross Ansell 3rd WW285 Terry O’Donaghue 4th DA9 Peter McCann.  CLASS 7: 1st WW933 Terry Falvey 2nd CW49 Ken Ansell 3rd WW998 Patrick Sheehy 4th DA128 Gerald Curran. F600: 1st WW78 Kenneth Cashel 2nd WW39 John Fuller 3rd WW11 Sean Sullivan 4th WW64 Paul Meaney. CLASS 8: 1st MA7 Alan O’Keeffe 2nd DA66 Paul Moore 3rd MA99 Eamonn O’Brien Sr 4th MA8 Mark Kelly. CLASS 9: 1st CW21 Bob Lanigan 2nd CW72 Alan Cox. CLASS 10: 1st WW59 Mike Fuller. LADIES: 1st WW134 Tara Meehan 2nd CW8 Lisa Doran 3rd CW13 Liz Ansell. JUNIORS: 1st MA32 Jerry Lucey 2nd WW16 John Kearns 3rd WW102 Shane Meacher 4th MA100 Patrick Kieley. JUNIORS’ CLASS 1A: 1st CK24 Eamonn McCarthy 2nd WW134 Sarah Meehan 3rd MA19 Callum Hallinen 4th MA238 Stephen Sugrue. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st WW65 John Fyfe 2nd WW67 BJ Doyle 3rd CK51 Conor McCarthy. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st CW12 James Brady 2nd CW6 Jonny Keating 3rd CW36 Diarmuid Cronin 4th WW261 Paul Devine.

WEST WATERFORD PHOTO GALLERIES NOW ON LINE

In the meantime there was one particular photo everyone wanted to see - so here it is, with apologies to Eamonn O'Brien for reminding him of his early bath!

DATE CHANGES

The EAST ANGLIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS will be held on September 27/28 - start time 10 am each day. Although not a BAS points round, it will be a BAS format meeting - two heats on Saturday, third heat and finals on Sunday. Ladies' racing will be in Classes 1-10. All classes are sponsored with trophies to BAS standards. Depending on time, conditions and the number of entries there should also be Open racing. The venue will be open for camping from Friday afternoon. Admission is £15 for the weekend, including camping.

To avoid clashing with the East Anglian Open, the MELTON meeting scheduled for September 28 has been postponed to November 9, starting at 10.30 am

SCUNTHORPE will be running an extra meeting at Blyton on 12 October, start 11 am

The YORKSHIRE OPEN at Thornborough has been rescheduled as a one day event on Sunday 28 September, also qualifying as a round of the Sportway Tyres Northern Challenge.

NORTH WALES SAVE SEPTEMBER

The beginning of September saw Autograss virtually wiped out by the weather. The weekend of 6/7 September had twelve meetings scheduled but, for the first time we can remember on a mid-season weekend, every single one was cancelled. The following week, only the meetings in North Wales and Central Scotland survived. The cancellations included two high profile events; the Yorkshire Open and the East Anglian Open have both been rescheduled for the weekend of 27/28 September.

North Wales club found themselves hosting the only Open meeting held in England or Wales for three weeks, and attracted probably the biggest turnout yet to the Broughton track, coming from far and wide with 223 entries in 183 cars. The track was in good shape and conditions were remarkably dry, although the early mist never quite cleared, giving the meeting an "end of season" atmosphere. It was a special trophy meeting, sponsored by former Class 10 man Darryl Williams, and close and spectacular racing was the order of the day, with a novelty event being a full grid of fathers, big brothers and others having fun in the Junior Specials.  

RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st NW134 Scott Sharp 2nd NS38 Andy Oakley 3rd PHD21 Barry Lewis. CLASS 2: 1st NW5 Rich Owen 2nd LM80 Mark Aspin 3rd NW94 Owain Charles. CLASS 3: 1st ARC27 Lee Almond 2nd SR20 Neil Burnett 3rd NW160 Paul Rowlands. CLASS 4: 1st NW96 Graham Moore 2nd NW65 Rod Walker 3rd NW144 Kev Kemp. CLASS 5: 1st C31 Ian Jones 2nd NW69 Stephen Cargill 3rd NW197 Dennis Owen. CLASS 6: 1st NS434 Ben Gould 2nd YD176 Martyn Janes 3rd Y821 Chris Mullen.  CLASS 7: 1st G64D Keith Beard 2nd NW37 Carl Kent 3rd G65D Nigel Beard. CLASS 8: 1st N94 (NW60) Kenny Roberts 2nd LM7 Ashley Gallagher 3rd LM41 Alex Hall. CLASS 9: 1st SC150 Anthony Read 2nd NS5 John Williams 3rd NW126 Spencer Parsonage. CLASS 10: 1st BC22 Lance Bowen 2nd NS29 Mike Holroyd 3rd NW85 Tom Jones. CLASS 11: 1st SR51 Katie Jones 2nd Y60 Olivia Tinker 3rd LM24 Lorraine Milnes. CLASS 11A: 1st 2nd 3rd . CLASS 12: 1st C31 Sandra Jones 2nd Y15 Leigh Daniells 3rd NW197 Sarah Johnston. CLASS 13: 1st ARC27 Lisa Almond 2nd NW160 Joanne Rowlands 3rd G64D Kay Blackwell. CLASS 14: 1st C10 Sandra Jones 2nd NW91 Lynne Smith 3rd NW36 Karen Munslow. JUNIORS: 1st NW35 Arron Sharp 2nd NW31 Matt Sutton 3rd NS19 Will Henry. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st NS151 Tom Chadwick 2nd NS344 Sam Gould 3rd NW200 Jay Lloyd. JUNIOR SPECIALS (ADULTS): 1st NS5 Rhys Williams 2nd NS155 Geoff Berrisford 3rd NS344 Ben Gould.

NORTH WALES PHOTOS NOW ON LINE

LADIES' & JUNIORS'

NATIONALS

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Same winner, different name .... although class success eluded Sandra Jones at the 2008 Ladies' and Juniors' National Championships, Sandra retained her Champion of Champions title, which she has now won in three of the last four years, by taking advantage of an early tangle between Donna Campbell and Nicola Jesse and then holding off Nicola to the finish.

Nicola Jesse repeated her mother's 1994 achievement by winning in both Class 5 and Class 8 (driving brother Blobby's 8 for only the second time). Two of the Ladies' classes were won by drivers who last year were competing in the Juniors; Becky Shaw in Class 1 and Sarah Trott, who was unbeaten all weekend in Class 2 (and only missed qualifying for the Class 1 final as well by two points). At the other end of the scale, Penny Smith added the Class 3 title to her wins in Class 10 (in 1984) and Class 5 (in 1985). Like Nicola Jesse and Becky Shaw (whose mother Mandy was twice Class 3 Champion), Donna Jones (Campbell)'s Class 4 win followed in a family tradition as her mother Jean won five titles between 1980 and 1990. Jo Thompson's win in Class 7 was her third National title, while first time winners were Donna Forrest (Class 6), Jane Baynton (Class 9 - at last!) and Carrie Mills (Class 10).

The Junior winner, beaten only once all weekend as he came out on top of 117 competitors, was Shayne Deegan, whose success came in only his second season of racing. At thirteen and a half years old Shayne MAY be the youngest ever National Champion (to verify that, we still need to check the birthday of 2001 Champion Grant Rees). The very popular and deserving new Junior Specials Champion, after probably the most exciting race yet provided by this class, was Tom Chadwick, one of the original group of drivers who first contested this class in 2005.

Penhow club made an excellent job of hosting the venue at their Magor track, and were rewarded with a mainly fine and dry weekend. Although all the club's members put in a tremendous effort, particular credit must go to Ian Doddridge and Sam Hughes, who had been thrust into the positions of Chairman and Vice Chairman only a couple of weeks before the event! 

LADIES' AND JUNIORS' PHOTO GALLERIES NOW ON LINE! 

A BUSY BANK HOLIDAY

The major August Bank Holiday race meetings all enjoyed excellent turnouts, fast and action-packed racing and mostly dry weather. The three day Border Counties Autograss Festival, at Monkland in Herefordshire, was run as three separate meetings, with overall Champion of Champions races at the vend of the weekend in which the main cash prizes were grabbed by Class 2 drivers Ian Harvey and Lorraine Milnes. As usual the Border Counties event was run on a "long track" layout, incorporating a left-hand bend, while the usual chicane this year became a challenging hairpin bend. The Border Counties entry peaked at 405 drivers for Sunday's meeting.

Meanwhile Lincolnshire's Caenby Corner track was the scene of the 38th running of the oldest established championship event in Autograss, the Fastest Man on Grass. 381 drivers took part in two days of hectic action, culminating in the Fastest Man on Grass Final, won by Phil Cooper, with Kerry Pope beating her brother Karl Mosley into third place. Karl had failed to qualify through his heats following an incident with Lewis Pugh (who as a result won the trophy for "best roll") but was one of several drivers who took advantage of the unique Fastest Man on Grass Final, earning his place in the final run-off by winning the C-Final, then the B-Final to get into the Class 7 A-final. He won that too, to transfer to the Fastest Saloon on Grass final, only to be beaten there in possibly the drive of the weekend by the Class 5 of Antony Jackson. Phil Cooper was also the Fastest Special on Grass. Clare Horner won the Fastest Lady on Grass title for the third year running, and the Fastest Junior on Grass was Yorkshire Dales' Andy Dockray.

The third major event, attracting nearly 250 competitors, was the first running of the South Somerset club's Autograss Grand Prix at the Somerset Raceway near Highbridge. This proved a great success, with the unique extra ingredient of a team competition, won by an Evesham/Stroud joint venture, Fat Boy Motorsport, comprising Matt Middleton, Luke Smith and Neil and Matt Corbett.

Other two-day events that proved successful with a smaller number of competitors were those at Central Scotland and Invicta Kent. 

FASTEST MAN ON GRASS RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st Y75 Luke Burley 2nd SC9 Tom Sanderson 3rd T370 Mike Greaves. CLASS 2: 1st N66 Kev Spriggs 2nd N103 Dean Buxton 3rd SN405 Jason Thomas. CLASS 3: 1st IK351 John Warren 2nd Y180 Carl Allen 3rd Y23 Keith Tillett. CLASS 4: 1st SN6 Wes Johnson 2nd SP70 Tom Godfrey 3rd Y42 Andy Kirby. CLASS 5: 1st ST6 Colin Chilvers 2nd C41E Antony Jackson 3rd Y64 Mark Grice. CLASS 6: 1st N25 Andrew Smith 2nd YD176 Martyn Janes 3rd SL122 Jason Ballantyne. STOCK HATCH: 1st YD81 Heath Luck 2nd C665E David Farrow 3rd Y178 Tony Staples. CLASS 7: 1st SC82 Karl Mosley 2nd SC950 Abi Mosley 3rd Y306 Richard Northway. CLASS 8: 1st S19Y Tom Bendell 2nd YD120 Andy Jefferson 3rd ST44 Dan Mackenzie. CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd P5EM Jason Richardson 3rd B6H Phil Preece. CLASS 10: 1st LM170 Vinny Gibbons 2nd NW26 Karl Bennett 3rd WR20 Ian Stephenson. JUNIORS: 1st ST52 Alex Fretwell 2nd ST141 Nicola Mackenzie 3rd YD13 Andy Dockray. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st WR11 Sean Wright 2nd Y292 Katie Lockwood 3rd ARC7 Sean Power. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st ST447 Tina Hilton 2nd SP41 Donna Rankin 3rd YD26 Beth Robinson. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st Y14 Diane Tomkinson 2nd YD2 Angie Hilton 3rd N1 Kerrilee Wilson. LADIES’ CLASS 3: No finishers. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st Y15 Leigh Daniells 2nd ST132 Sam Bratton 3rd YD14 Beth Robinson. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st Y64 Nicola Jesse 2nd Y170 Amy Bennett 3rd ST6 Sarah Chilvers. LADIES’ CLASS 6: 1st YD15 Yvonne Dockray 2nd SC900 Lindsay Knipe 3rd Y309 Pauline Medd. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st LM30 Charlotte Pugh 2nd YD71 Pam Blackburn. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd YD7 Sue Nicholls 3rd Y191 Amanda Lockwood. LADIES’ CLASS 10: 1st M128 Rachael Minnikin 2nd N29 Debbie Kettlewell.

FASTEST JUNIOR ON GRASS: 1st YD13 Andy Dockray 2nd ST141 Nicola Mackenzie 3rd WR11 Sean Wright. FASTEST LADIES’ SALOON: 1st Y64 Nicola Jesse 2nd LM30 Charlotte Pugh 3rd Y170 Amy Bennett. FASTEST LADIES’ SPECIAL: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd YD7 Sue Nicholls 3rd Y34 Nicola Jesse. FASTEST LADY ON GRASS: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd YD7 Sue Nicholls 3rd YD71 Pam Blackburn. FASTEST SALOON ON GRASS: 1st C41E Antony Jackson 2nd SC82 Karl Mosley 3rd SC950 Abi Mosley. FASTEST SPECIAL ON GRASS: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd S19Y Tom Bendell 3rd SN28 Kerry Pope. FASTEST MAN ON GRASS: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd SN28 Kerry Pope 3rd SC82 Karl Mosley. GLEN CARTER MEMORIAL: 1st ST44 Dan Mackenzie 2nd T55 Ben Green 3rd SC222 Brendan Guest. LINCOLNSHIRE OPEN: 1st SC59 Martyn Dunmow 2nd C333E Mike Sullivan 3rd Y821 Chris Mullen. JUNIOR OPEN: 1st T32 Marcus Fletcher 2nd N12 Jake Lee 3rd SC65 Thomas Bryant.

BORDER COUNTIES RESULTS – SATURDAY:

CLASS 1: 1st SV201 Neil Griffiths 2nd NW19 Chris Colegate 3rd SR321 Richie Williams 4th NS192 Michael Ikin. CLASS 2: 1st S6 Craig Evans 2nd C63 Ian Harvey 3rd SR33 Peter Morgan 4th NW5 Rich Owen. CLASS 3: 1st Y62 Phil Thompson 2nd NW205 Dave Lloyd 3rd SR20 Neil Burnett 4th LM31 Paul Houghton. CLASS 4: 1st PAC3 Rob Corbett 2nd NW55 Phil Roberts 3rd NS71 Simon Lunt 4th C171E Ted Sparrow. CLASS 5: 1st LUD8 Jabez Smith 2nd NS83 Gareth Williams 3rd M10 Mark Lane 4th M6 Richard Clarke. CLASS 6: 1st NW25 Lee Powell 2nd SR6 Kev Williams 3rd PHD47 Neil Morgan 4th PHD44 Damian Longotano. CLASS 7: 1st BC9 Gareth Thomas 2nd NW99 Rupert Lomax 3rd NW38 Lee Kent 4th BC59 Simon Bentley. CLASS 8: 1st SR17 Jack Powell 2nd LM9 Geoff Gallagher 3rd LM106 Roy Blower 4th T65 Jack Dickinson. F600: 1st Y600 Chris McKenzie 2nd LM153 Chris Taylor 3rd WR32 Bryn Hawkins 4th WW78 Kenneth Cashel. CLASS 9: 1st PHD9 Wayne Llewellyn 2nd PAC34 Steve Freeman 3rd NW4 Alun Roberts 4th PHD54 Anthony Paines. CLASS 10: 1st BC4 Phil Mumford 2nd C8 Nathan Powell 3rd BC91 Gareth Thomas 4th NW85 Thomas Jones. CLASS 11: 1st PHD4 Daphne Mousley 2nd LUD28 Louise Duggan 3rd SR24 Fiona Harvey 4th NS66 Beverley Holland. CLASS 11A: 1st C62 Donna Howells 2nd SR15 Charlotte Morris 3rd P282 Elaine Phillips 4th LM24 Lorraine Milnes. CLASS 13: 1st Y62 Jo Thompson 2nd ST31 Annerley Wales 3rd NS1 Di Jones 4th H77 Tracy Frankland. CLASS 14: 1st BC160 Terri Mumford 2nd LM20 Suzanne Gibbons 3rd LM2 Catheryn Day 4th WR2 Rosemary Glover. JUNIORS: 1st SV100 Conner Griffiths 2nd E71 Alex Leide 3rd BC163 Gemma Frankland 4th H15 Aaron Susans. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st LUD81 Neil Roche 2nd R6 Tom Taylor 3rd LM17 Jack Gibbons 4th NW106 Jamie-Lee Jones.

BORDER COUNTIES RESULTS – SUNDAY:

CLASS 1: 1st C37 Jeff Hope-Davies 2nd NW19 Chris Colegate 3rd R137 Steve Edwards 4th SR12 Mark Shuker. CLASS 2: 1st C64 Lloyd Morgan 2nd S6 Craig Evans 3rd SR33 Peter Morgan 4th C63 Ian Harvey. CLASS 3: 1st P502EM Mark Guy 2nd NS293 Leon Dorsett 3rd CA69 Tom Parr 4th NW205 Dave Lloyd. CLASS 4: 1st SV54 Colin Tippins 2nd NW55 Phil Roberts 3rd NS71 Simon Lunt 4th SP326 Chris Hardman. CLASS 5: 1st NS83 Gareth Williams 2nd LUD8 Jabez Smith 3rd LM4 Terry Rigney 4th LUD65 Simon Roche. CLASS 6: 1st C608E Glen Embling 2nd NW25 Lee Powell 3rd NS121 Ian Rogers 4th LM42 Scott Buckley. CLASS 7: 1st C18E Trevor Martin 2nd CM15 Darrell Cole 3rd LUD10 Alfie Smith 4th BC59 Simon Bentley. CLASS 8: 1st LM9 Geoff Gallagher 2nd SL5 Mark Johnston 3rd BC55 Tom Lewis 4th NW91 Chris Smith. F600: 1st LM153 Chris Taylor 2nd LM20 Andy Blomfield 3rd LM47 Zoe Leyland 4th LM44 Dave Wilding. CLASS 9: 1st Y5 Mark Brooks 2nd NS4 John Williams 3rd SR98 Chuck Jones 4th SR5 Paul Owen. CLASS 10: 1st BC22 Lane Bowen 2nd BC4 Phil Mumford 3rd BC91 Gareth Thomas 4th C8 Nathan Powell. CLASS 11: 1st LUD28 Louise Duggan 2nd SR7 Stacey Littlehales 3rd NS66 Beverley Holland 4th PHD4 Daphne Mousley. CLASS 11A: 1st C62 Donna Howells 2nd NS952 Sam Hand 3rd LM24 Lorraine Milnes 4th P282 Elaine Phillips. CLASS 12: 1st 38F Janet Murray 2nd PHD40 Donna Forrest 3rd P145EM Jenny Lewis 4th NS121 Carol Rowland. CLASS 13: 1st NS1 Di Jones 2nd CM4 Donna Cole 3rd LUD22 Jade Dyke 4th Y62 Jo Thompson. CLASS 14: 1st LM20 Suzanne Gibbons 2nd SL5 Lynn Johnston 3rd WR2 Rosemary Glover 4th LM2 Catheryn Day. JUNIORS: 1st NW35 Aaron Sharp 2nd SV201 Conner Griffiths 3rd SR24 Jake Law 4th LM225 Alan Stretton. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st NS151 Tom Chadwick 2nd NS344 Sam Gould 3rd PHD72 Jake Roberts 4th LUD81 Neil Roche.

BORDER COUNTIES RESULTS – MONDAY:

CLASS 1: 1st C37 Jeff Hope-Davies 2nd PHD21 Barry Lewis 3rd SR321 Richie Williams 4th R137 Steve Edwards. CLASS 2: 1st C63 Ian Harvey 2nd NW5 Rich Owen 3rd NS249 Cary Evans 4th S6 Craig Evans. CLASS 3: 1st NW205 Dave Lloyd 2nd SR20 Neil Burnett 3rd LM31 Paul Houghton 4th 76F Shane Manley. CLASS 4: 1st PAC3 Rob Corbett 2nd SV54 Colin Tippins 3rd C171E Ted Sparrow 4th NW55 Phil Roberts. CLASS 5: 1st C2 Craig Bagley 2nd NS83 Gareth Williams 3rd LUD8 Jabez Smith 4th DA711 John Wilde. CLASS 6: 1st PAC91 Ken Thomas 2nd NW25 Lee Powell 3rd C608E Glen Embling 4th PAC35. CLASS 7: 1st NW37 Carl Kent 2nd BC59 Simon Bentley 3rd C18E Trevor Martin 4th R69 Ian Craske. CLASS 8: 1st NW61 Dave Alcock 2nd N94 Ken Roberts 3rd SC100 James Brooks 4th LM7 Ashley Gallagher. F600: 1st LM91 Lewis Kershaw 2nd LM2 Gary Norbury 3rd Y600 Chris McKenzie 4th LM153 Chris Taylor. CLASS 9: 1st NW88 Darren Lane 2nd SR5 Paul Owen 3rd NW4 Alun Roberts 4th NW86 Chris Bell. CLASS 10: 1st NW85 Thomas Jones 2nd BC4 Phil Mumford. CLASS 11: 1st NW43 2nd LUD28 Louise Duggan 3rd PHD4 Daphne Mousley 4th SR7 Stacey Littlehales. CLASS 11A: 1st NS952 Sam Hand 2nd LM24 Lorraine Milnes 3rd P282 Elaine Phillips 4th NW74 Rhian Roberts. CLASS 12: 1st 2F Chris Thomas 2nd LUD65 Maria Roche 3rd 38F Janet Murray. CLASS 13: 1st BC62 Terri Mumford 2nd ARC27 Lisa Almond. CLASS 14: 1st LM20 Suzanne Gibbons 2nd LM9 Mel Gallagher 3rd LM2 Catheryn Day 4th C10 Sandra Jones. JUNIORS: 1st C3 Ryan Jones 2nd NW35 Aaron Sharp 3rd NS19 Will Henry 4th BC888 Ashley Tolley. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st PHD72 Jake Roberts 2nd R6 Tom Taylor 3rd NS5 Lyndon Williams 4th LM17 Jack Gibbons. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st C63 Ian Harvey 2nd C608E Glen Embling 3rd PAC3 Rob Corbett. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st LM24 Lorraine Milnes 2nd LM9 Mel Gallagher 3rd PHD4 Daphne Mousley.

DOWN BAS - DAY 2 SUCCESS

By Sunday the weather in Northern Ireland was hitting the National headlines, with widespread flooding in Belfast and other areas, but thanks to the magic worked by Cecil Haffey and his track preparation team, those areas did not include The Old Airfield, Maghaberry. Racing started in the wet at 7.50 am, but the rain soon cleared (returning the moment the trophy presentation was finished) and the track settled down to produce some excellent racing. Down Autograss and their many friends and helpers from among the BAS travellers, pulled off the seemingly impossible task of cramming in three full sets of heats and an incident-packed and rerun-strewn set of finals within the day - without trimming a single lap off the planned race distances.

Our congratulations and thanks to all at Down for their hard work and hospitality. Down's Chairman, Jim Lyons, asks us to thank everyone who helped and supported the club, and all the competitors for their faith and understanding.

And we hope everyone manages to find a way round the floods and road closures and makes it safely home! 

RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st S88D Matt Middleton 2nd 7F Simon Fowler 3rd ST99 Anthony Bateman 4th CA295 Carl Whitfield. CLASS 1A: 1st WW134 John Shanahan 2nd CW36 Diarmuid Cronin 3rd MA87 Paul Hogan 4th MA61 Mick Galvin. CLASS 2: 1st SV5 Tim Harber 2nd B129H Ben Reade 3rd WW132 Jamie Meehan 4th NS249 Cary Evans. CLASS 3: 1st N70 Rich Lee 2nd MA6 Paul Cusack 3rd IK138 Derek Linch 4th ARC8 Ryan Power. CLASS 4: 1st E220 Darren Grasby 2nd NR72 Laura Atyeo 3rd TA32 Alun Jenkins 4th CM7 Huw Jones. CLASS 5: 1st Y64 Mark Grice 2nd C41E Antony Jackson 3rd ST6 Colin Chilvers 4th C2 Craig Bagley. CLASS 6: 1st PAC57 Nathan Rees 2nd MA183 Declan Browne 3rd H99 Paul Bailey 4th M4 Mark Moore.  CLASS 7: 1st SC82 Karl Mosley 2nd MA18 Donal O’Brien 3rd Y61 Daz Nutter 4th SS7 John Gay. CLASS 8: 1st MA7 Alan O’Keefe 2nd SS3 Russ Shepherd 3rd CK3 Colin Byrne 4th Y34 Mark Grice. CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd MA1  John Shanahan 3rd MA3 Richard Davis 4th WS21 Stuart Taylor. CLASS 10: 1st NS9 Dave Holroyd 2nd Y88 Neil Rawlinson 3rd MA53 Patrick Sheahan 4th BC96 Derek Adams. JUNIORS: 1st PAC157 Tom Roberts 2nd R212 Jordan Blore 3rd R120 Brian Kelsey 4th H247 Daniel Keddie. JUNIORS CLASS 1A: 1st WW124 Sarah Meehan 2nd MA19 Callum Hallinen 3rd MA238 Stephen Sugrue 4th WW35 Luke Clohessy. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st M3 Guy Moore 2nd Y292 Katie Lockwood 3rd WW65 John Fyfe 4th WR11 Sean Wright. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st PHD73 Bobbie Neale 2nd YD35 Rachael Davis 3rd R411 Becky Shaw 4th P37EM Lyndsay Allen. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st SL23 Sarah Carden 2nd CM54 Rachel Linfoot 3rd SR41 Claudette Chater 4th NS942 Sam Hand. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st C266E Lianne Teather. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st CM53 Elinor George 2nd E220 Lisa Grasby. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st C31 Sandra Jones 2nd Y64 Nicola Jesse 3rd ARC54 Julie Dean 4th SL15 Julie Graham. LADIES’ CLASS 6: 1st C212E Josie Cox. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st PAC53 Michaela Bevans 2nd DA26 Kathryn Thomas 3rd B32H Linzi Weare 4th E14 Dawn Holloway. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd SS3 Helen Richards 3rd Y191 Amanda Lockwood 4th SL5 Lynn Johnston. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st Y26 Jane Longley 2nd S275Y Kate Featherstone 3rd MA1 Val Shanahan. LADIES’ CLASS 10: 1st ARC1 Clare Horner 2nd CW223 Danielle Barratt. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st Y64 Mark Grice 2nd MA7 Alan O’Keefe 3rd PAC57 Nathan Rees 4th (Ladies 1st) R2 Clare Horner.

DOWN BAS PHOTO GALLERIES NOW ON LINE

DOWN BAS - DAY 1 WASHOUT

Despite the supreme efforts of Down Autograss' members torrential rain put a stop to any action on the first day of the first major British Championship event ever to be held in Northern Ireland. Heavy rain earlier in the week, which had caused widespread flooding in Ireland, let up briefly to give Down's maintenance crew the chance to work on the track all day Friday, ending the day with what looked a perfect surface. However, at 3 am on Saturday, the rain returned in earnest, falling solidly for fourteen hours, getting heavier as the day progressed.

With 270 drivers signed on to race (88 from Northern or Southern Ireland and 182 who'd crossed from England, Wales or Scotland) the start time was put back from 9 am to 10, and then to 12. The drivers' meeting took place in a torrential downpour and the majority voted to postpone racing until 8 am on Sunday.

With the rain easing off on Saturday evening, and a more favourable forecast for Sunday, the objective is now to cram as many heats in as possible on Sunday; if time does not allow the finals to be run then positions will be declared based on qualifying points. 

We'll bring you more news from Down on Sunday night.

CONGRATULATIONS, TIM!

Tim Harber - National Champion of Champions 2008

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LOOKING BACK ON THE NATIONALS

As the dust settles on the superbly successful National Championships, hosted by the Wiltshire League at Javelin Park Gloucester, some of the highlights were:

• Ollie Burley's unique achievement which means that he now holds both Junior and Senior National titles at the same time!

• Tim Harber overhauling Ian Harvey's record to become the most successful Class 2 driver of all time;

• The most exciting Class 9 final in recent memory, ending in a well deserved win for James Candy

And here's a look at perhaps the two most controversial moments; the Class 8 run-off between Lee Waldron and Colin Byrne, who went on to become the Champion:

.... and the coming together between Pete Robinson and Chris Jones that took Chris' Moggie Minor out of the lead of the Class 3 final.

Coming soon:

On the website:

• full Nationals results - downloadable version of the official NASA points sheets (NOW UPLOADED)

• photo galleries - every car in every race - over 13,000 photos (they'll take a day or two to sort and upload!)

In the magazine:

• full report of every race over the weekend

• profiles of all the new Champions

INTRODUCING COLIN

Colin will be the Yorkshire Dales club's chief cheerleader at the Nationals, by which time he'll have been kitted out with a club shirt and hi-vis jacket! As the Dales members, together with club members throughout the UK and Ireland, get into the Nationals spirit, they still had time to go racing on 27 July at last year's Nationals venue, Thornborough. 191 entries made this yet another excellent Dales meeting.

Results were:

CLASS 1: 1st YD850 David Roberts 2nd Y168 James Hutchinson 3rd WR219 Paul Allen. CLASS 2: 1st WR900 Graham Mallinson 2nd YD153 Colin Ramsay 3rd WR68 Carl Cockhill. CLASS 3: 1st Y101 Matt Houldsworth 2nd Y30 Roger Kirby 3rd WR64 Martin Walker. CLASS 4: 1st YD20 Emily Jefferson 2nd Y77 Carl Procter 3rd WR610 Richard Hillier. CLASS 5: 1st Y84 Nigel Bennett 2nd YD83 Mally Wing 3rd YD77 Dick Procter. CLASS 6: 1st Y29 Rob Cooper 2nd SL296 Joe Threlkeld 3rd YD840 Mark Bennett.  CLASS 7: 1st YD71 Graham Blackburn 2nd Y246 Janet Ellis 3rd Y666 Dave Anderson. CLASS 8: 1st Y811 Dave Newby 2nd YD120 Andy Jefferson 3rd SL811 Nicky Cowperthwaite. CLASS 9: 1st SC150 Anthony Read 2nd Y82 Peter Cooper 3rd YD139 Chris Joyce. CLASS 10: 1st WR20 Ian Stephenson 2nd SL55 Mark Johnston. STOCK HATCH: 1st Y47 Jamie Patterson 2nd YD811 Steve Binks 3rd YD290 Paul Harrington. F600: 1st Y600 Chris Mackenzie 2nd WR32 Bryn Hawkins 3rd YD80 Ben Gill. JUNIORS: 1st YD13 Andy Dockray 2nd YD831 Lewis Wing 3rd YD830 Callum Wing. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st Y888 Jack Rawlinson 2nd Y95 Chris Atkinson 3rd N19 Megan Kettlewell. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st YD35 Rachael Davis 2nd YD85 Katie Sunley 3rd YD152 Sarah Haigh. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st YD2 Angie Hilton 2nd WR900 Debra Mallinson 3rd YD82 Diane Sunley. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st Y30 Sheena Kirby 2nd YD269 Sue Lee. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st Y15 Leigh Daniells 2nd YD19 Lyndsey Knott 3rd YD1 Amy Gill. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st Y84 Amy Bennett. LADIES’ CLASS 6: No finishers. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st YD71 Pam Blackburn. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd YD7 Sue Nicholls 3rd YD42 Sandra Shields. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st YD171 Chris Raffell. LADIES’ STOCK HATCH: 1st YD811 Sharon Binks 2nd YD51 Nicola Tynemouth 3rd YD235 Lisa Humphreys.

ANDY'S THE KING OF THE HILL

Class 10 driver Andy Lee took his second major trophy of the month (after winning the Alf Cope Memorial Trophy at Evesham). Andy won the "King of the Hill" title at Bredon Hill by taking the lead on the last lap of the 17-car, 12-lap Champion of Champions race. It was a suitably spectacular end to an excellent day of racing with 206 drivers signed on. Despite the scorching hot conditions, there were no major incidents but there was plenty of close and fast racing on the recently resurfaced Hilltop Raceway. The Queen of the Hill title was won by Rhiannon Smith, driving her son Kenny's Mini, while the "Princes of the Hill" were Rhys Wyeth (Juniors) and Joe Kacarevic (Junior Specials).

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st R121 Andy Kelsey 2nd R99 Antony Lee 3rd 96F Chris Manners. CLASS 2: 1st E19 Mark Stallard 2nd P226 Dai Preece 3rd R17 Mike Harris. CLASS 3: 1st SV118 Gary Kennett 2nd C91 Roger Matthews 3rd 76F Shane Manley. CLASS 4: 1st CM47 Steven Davies 2nd B117H Terry Barker 3rd SV83 Wayne Sosna. CLASS 5: 1st R420 Al Green 2nd S73D Graham Steadman 3rd S45D Jeff Bateman. CLASS 6: 1st SV92 James Lewis 2nd P55 Craig Smith 3rd PAC91 Ken Thomas. CLASS 7: 1st C90 Roger Matthews 2nd G64D Keith Beard 3rd SR57 Alan Hotchkiss. CLASS 8: 1st TA19 Alun Thomas 2nd E41 Brian Calder 3rd C10 Steve Mills. CLASS 9: 1st LUD3 Marcus Mills 2nd SR98 Chuck Jones 3rd S11D John Phipps. CLASS 10: 1st SS6 Chris Ellis 2nd R9 Andy Lee 3rd S94D Graham Lee. CLASS 11: 1st A8 Aimee Conbeer 2nd S41D Rhiannon Smith 3rd R4 Natalie Morgan. CLASS 11A: 1st G33D Jessica Walters 2nd R140 Sue Harris 3rd B321H Kerry Baxter. CLASS 12: 1st S45D Sarah Bateman 2nd R13 Jayne Barratt 3rd 39F Janet Murray. CLASS 13: No finishers. CLASS 14: 1st C10 Sandra Jones 2nd B103H Debbie Short 3rd B106H Kim Jordan.. JUNIORS: 1st WS19 Rhys Wyeth 2nd B114H William Reid 3rd S41D Kenny Smith. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st R72 Joe Kacarevic 2nd R6 Tom Taylor 3rd H7 Josh Murphy. KING OF THE HILL: 1st R9 Andy Lee 2nd E19 Mark Stallard 3rd R420 Al Green. QUEEN OF THE HILL: 1st S41D Rhiannon Smith 2nd R140 Sue Harris 3rd G33D Jessica Walters

KING OF THE HILL AND YORKSHIRE DALES PHOTO GALLERIES COMING SOON.

SPORTWAY THRILLS AND SPILLS

York's meeting on 20 July saw no shortage of spectacular incidents. Here's a short cut to Andrea's "action gallery" in which you'll find major rollovers suffered by Dave Smith, Scott Macaulay, Phil Sherwood, Sarah Carden and Roger Peacock as well as numerous other strange happenings. Here's a taste of the action:

The meeting was Round 1 of the 2008 Sportway Tyres Northern Challenge - we hope to publish Challenge Standings later on as the series progresses. Thanks to Janice Daniels for the results, as follows:

CLASS 1: 1st YD850 David Roberts 2nd Y187 Simon Theaker 3rd WR258 Richard Brook. CLASS 2: 1st Y24 Alex Hay 2nd Y38 Dave Laughton 3rd Y150 Alan Suttle. CLASS 3: 1st ST31 Tim Brown 2nd S292Y Kev Shaw 3rd Y23 Keith Tillett. CLASS 4: 1st Y1 Adam Henley 2nd YD20 Emily Jefferson 3rd Y42 Andy Kirby. CLASS 5: 1st Y170 Jonathan Bennett 2nd YD83 Mally Wing 3rd LM4 Terry Rigney. CLASS 6: 1st Y40 Wes Tinker 2nd Y212 Pete Mattison 3rd YD146 Ricky Harper.  CLASS 7: 1st Y4 Russ Tinker 2nd YD17 Martin Smith 3rd S1Y Chris Hodgson. CLASS 8: 1st Y45 Josh Tinker 2nd YD120 Andy Jefferson 3rd Y32 Ray Johnson. CLASS 9: 1st NS16 Paul Horrox 2nd Y177 Andy Swann 3rd Y6 Russ Addyman. CLASS 10: 1st Y92 Carl Verity. STOCK HATCH: 1st YD81 Heath Luck 2nd Y47 Jamie Patterson 3rd YD811 Steve Binks. F600: 1st Y600 Chris Mackenzie 2nd YD80 Roger Jefferson 3rd WR32 Bryn Hawkins. JUNIORS: 1st S49Y Jimbob Johnson 2nd YD830 Callum Wing 3rd S249Y Ash Farrow. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st Y95 Chris Atkinson 2nd N19 Megan Kettlewell 3rd YD33 Paige Bellerby. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st SL103 Fiona Hodgson 2nd Y168 Cally Hutchinson. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st S102Y Trena Hopper 2nd YD2 Angie Hilton. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st S292Y Julie Shaw. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st Y15 Leigh Daniells. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st Y170 Amy Bennett. LADIES’  CLASS 7: 1st YD17 Jo Thompson 2nd Y4 Tracey Burrell. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st YD42 Sandra Shields. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st Y177 Lesley Gardner.

The Sportway Challenge continues with rounds at Solway on September 14, Yorkshire Dales on September 28 and Scarborough on October 19.

WEST MIDLAND OPEN DAY 2

At the end of a weekend that saw the West Midland League recapture much of the atmosphere of the League Open meetings of the past, the big winner was Class 6 man Mark Moore. Unbeaten through the weekend, Mark won a very close Champion of Champions race for the Bert Mundy Trophy and also took the Ken Hammond Trophy for the highest overall points scorer. Adding to the celebration, his son Guy was the top scorer in the Junior Specials. Clare Horner was the Ladies' Champion of Champions, while Danielle Phillips was the highest scoring lady over the weekend. Daniel Keddie was top scoring Junior although the final was won by Cameron Mills. 261 drivers took part in Sunday's racing in dry and mostly sunny conditions at The Ovals, Lyonsall, which is the oldest Autograss venue in continuous use.

SUNDAY RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st LUD28 Jamie Duggan 2nd C37 Jeff Hope-Davies 3rd R4 Al Green. CLASS 2: 1st NS120 Liam Evans 2nd R22 Paul Morgan 3rd SR51 David Jones. CLASS 3: 1st C91 Roger Matthews 2nd NR222 Julian Wassell 3rd LUD22 Bryan East. CLASS 4: 1st SV14 Pete Murray 2nd H31 Mike Jones. CLASS 5: 1st C2 Craig Bagley Beard 2nd C31 Ian Jones 3rd LUD8 Jabez Smith. CLASS 6: 1st M4 Mark Moore 2nd CM61 Jonathan Davies 3rd H99 Paul Bailey. CLASS 7: 1st BC62 Mike Hockly 2nd R139 Paul Waldron 3rd NS1 John Gaffney. CLASS 8: 1st LUD80 Jimmy Smith 2nd BC55 Tom Lewis 3rd BC34 Ian Stead. CLASS 9: 1st NW126 Spencer Parsonage 2nd NW88 Darren Lane 3rd  BC35 John Stead. CLASS 10: 1st BC22 Lance Bowen 2nd BC96 Derek Adams 3rd R9 Andy Lee. CLASS 11: 1st CM35 Michelle Phillips 2nd A550 Sarah Trott 3rd R4 Natalie Morgan. CLASS 11A: 1st SR51 Katie Jones 2nd C62 Donna Howells 3rd NS942 Sam Hand. CLASS 12: 1st CM25 Danielle Phillips 2nd M4 Kate Featherstone 3rd NS219 Angela Evans. CLASS 13: 1st NS111 Mandy Shaw 2nd B32H Linzi Weare 3rd 123F Chris Westlake. CLASS 14: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd BC160 Terri Mumford 3rd C10 Sandra Jones. JUNIORS: 1st C9 Cameron Mills 2nd H247 Daniel Keddie 3rd SV100 Conner Griffiths. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st R72 Joe Kacarevic 2nd M3 Guy Moore 3rd C220 Shane Smith. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st M4 Mark Moore 2nd NS120 Liam Evans 3rd NW126 Spencer Parsonage. LADIES' CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd CM35 Michelle Phillips 3rd C62 Donna Howells.

WEST MIDLAND OPEN DAY 1

The West Midland Open promised to provide an interesting comparison between a "traditional" regional Open meeting and a BAS round, held at the same venue four weeks earlier. The Open was held in what used to be the routine format, with two separate full days' racing. Exactly 200 drivers took part in Saturday's event, with a mixture of sunshine and brief showers producing excellent conditions and an incident free day's racing.

SATURDAY FINAL RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st BC6 Lance Bowen 2nd R183 Mark Moseley 3rd LUD28 Jamie Duggan. CLASS 2: 1st C63 Ian Harvey 2nd PAC45 Raymond Morgan 3rd NS120 Liam Evans. CLASS 3: 1st NW205 Dave Lloyd 2nd NW40 Warren Beatty 3rd NS20 Neville Mower. CLASS 5: 1st G8D Richard Beard 2nd C2 Craig Bagley 3rd LUD8 Jabez Smith. CLASS 6: 1st M4 Mark Moore 2nd PHD44 Damian Longotano 3rd G30D Phil Lancett. CLASS 7: 1st NW37 Carl Kent 2nd S117D Phil Goodenough 3rd BC59 Simon Bentley. CLASS 8: 1st LM9 Geoff Gallagher 2nd SR17 Jack Powell 3rd BC160 Mike Mumford. CLASS 9: 1st NW126 Spencer Parsonage 2nd BC35 John Stead 3rd NW4 Alun Roberts. CLASS 10: 1st NW85 Thomas Jones 2nd BC52 Trev Stead. CLASS 11: 1st CM35 Michelle Phillips 2nd P29 Jade Morgan 3rd P26 Susan Morgan. CLASS 11A: 1st C62 Donna Howells 2nd NS942 Sam Hand 3rd NW30 Sian Butler. CLASS 12: 1st CM25 Danielle Phillips 2nd NS219 Angela Evans 3rd PHD54 Kelly Wonacott. CLASS 13: 1st 123F Chris Westlake 2nd PAC38 Carolyn Evans 3rd H77 Tracy Frankland. CLASS 14: 1st BC160 Terri Mumford 2nd BC22 Carrie Mills 3rd SV67 Claire Holland. JUNIORS: 1st H247 Daniel Keddie 2nd PAC40 Ryan Smith 3rd C98 Chris Milner. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st M3 Guy Moore 2nd PAC10 Dexter Thomas 3rd NS5 Lyndon Williams. UNMODIFIED OPEN: 1st NW46 Mark Ratcliffe 2nd R22 Paul Morgan 3rd C222 Shaun Smith. MODIFIED OPEN: 1st PAC38 Marc Jones/SV7 Keith Mountford 2nd PAC91 Ken Thomas/NW205 Dave Lloyd 3rd S23 Paul Meli/C60 Shane Newey.. SPECIALS OPEN: 1st R9 Andy Lee 2nd NW88 Darren Lane 3rd NW85 Thomas Jones. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st PAC40 Ryan Smith 2nd SV201 Conner Griffiths 3rd TA36 Trystan Daniels. JUNIOR SPECIALS OPEN: 1st LUD81 Neil Roche 2nd PHD72 Jake Roberts 3rd BC158 Cat Mumford. LADIES’ OPEN: 1st CM35 Michelle Phillips 2nd CM25 Danielle Phillipos.

Note: these may not agree with the official results which in classes with 8 or fewer entries were taken as the aggregate of three heats.

SUNNY SCUNNY!

Yes, really! Once again the Scunthorpe and District club recovered from what looked like a disastrously wet start to complete a BAS round in perfect conditions, and in what was a record time for the number of competitors. 515 drivers signed on, in 446 cars, of whom 326 were BAS contenders and 189 were there just because they knew it would be a good event. The rain stopped just as the first race lined up, and soon the track was drying out, becoming as hard and slick as usual in Saturday afternoon and Sunday's fine weather. Despite extensive track maintenance and several time consuming incidents on Saturday, racing finished on time at 6 pm, while on Sunday it was all over before 4.30!

RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st SC25 Ian Ullathorne 2nd SC9 Tom Sanderson 3rd ST99 Anthony Bateman 4th NW134 Scott Sharp. CLASS 2: 1st SV5 Tim Harber 2nd SR54 Lee Evason 3rd S102Y Anthony Jackson 4th WS24 Lee Rowley. CLASS 3: 1st ARC27 Lee Almond 2nd SR55 Bob Matthews 3rd IK138 Derek Linch 4th SN27 Barry Almond. CLASS 4: 1st E152 Matthew Manning 2nd BC69 Adam Jones 3rd E220 Darren Grasby 4th SN333 Tony Reynolds. CLASS 5: 1st Y64 Mark Grice 2nd C41E Antony Jackson 3rd R37 Dan Lewis 4th SS220 Jenny Bartlett. CLASS 6: 1st PAC57 Nathan Rees 2nd YD176 Martyn Janes 3rd E6 Barry Holloway 4th MA183 Declan Browne. CLASS 7: 1st SS7 John Gay 2nd SC950 Abi Mosley 3rd BC62 Mike Hockly 4th SR2 Tommy Law. CLASS 8: 1st R1 Lee Waldron 2nd T5 Stu Whitehouse 3rd SS11 Adrian Turner 4th S19Y Tom Bendell. CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd SC150 Anthony Read 3rd P5EM Jason Richardson 4th SR5 Paul Owen. CLASS 10: 1st Y88 Neil Rawlinson 2nd CW121 Derek Leach 3rd DA8 Wesley Stockdale 4th PHD12 Carl Ray. JUNIORS: 1st H247 Daniel Keddie 2nd R212 Jordan Blore 3rd P7EM Ben Gadsby 4th SP15 Shannon Ellis. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st ARC7 Sean Power 2nd T8 Lee Deegan 3rd MA33 Billy Davis 4th WR11 Sean Wright. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st PHD73 Bobbie Neale 2nd P37EM Lyndsey Allen 3rd R411 Becky Shaw. LADIES 2: 1st SR41 Claudette Chater 2nd SL23 Sarah Carden 3rd YD234 Diane Sunley 4th IK252 Helen Bishop. LADIES 3: 1st ARC27 Lisa Almond 2nd C266E Lianne Teather 3rd SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 4th CM4 Donna Cole. LADIES 4: 1st BC69 Donna Campbell 2nd Y15 Leigh Daniells 3rd R771 Gina Fackrell 4th CM53 Elinor George. LADIES 5: 1st Y64 Nicola Jesse 2nd E22 Tina Grasby 3rd PHD93 Shelley Neale 4th SL15 Julie Graham. LADIES 6: 1st YD15 Yvonne Dockray 2nd E13 Tracey Bax 3rd Y43 Tracey Burrell 4th C212E Josie Cox. LADIES 7: 1st PAC53 Michaela Bevans 2nd LM30 Charlotte Pugh 3rd YD71 Pam Blackburn 4th ST10 Angie Chilvers. LADIES 8: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd SS8 Helen Richards 3rd SL5 Lynn Johnston 4th B56H Claire Winnall. LADIES 9: 1st Y26 Jane Longley 2nd MA1 Val Shanahan 3rd SC20 Jane Bonsall 4th S275Y Kate Featherstone. LADIES 10: 1st CW223 Danielle Barratt 2nd BC22 Carrie Mills 3rd T121 Amanda Lockwood 4th NS152 Claire Cockerill.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOLWAY!

NASA's second youngest club celebrated its tenth birthday at the Cumberland Open Championship, held at Hay Close, Calthwaite, near Penrith. A good turnout of drivers from across the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland refused to let their spirits be dampened by wet and muddy conditions.

The overall Cumberland Champion title went to Class 1 driver Dave Roberts (YD850), the former Shropshire lad who was "adopted" by the Yorkshire Dales for this year. Class 2 driver Lin Cunningham (SL1) successfully defended the Ladies' title and Callum Wing (YD830) was the Junior Champion.

Full results were as follows:

CLASS 1: 1st YD850 David Roberts 2nd YD5 Don Hilton 3rd YD832 Craig Simpson. CLASS 2: 1st SL43 Martin Lofthouse 2nd SL37 Terry Alderson 3rd SL2 Richard Lewthwaite. CLASS 3: 1st SL200 Phil Sherwood 2nd YD118 Steve Bowes 3rd YD95 Jonthan Okell. CLASS 4: 1st Y42 Andy Kirby. CLASS 5: 1st YD83 Mally Wing 2nd CS945 Gary Reid 3rd Y84 Nigel Bennett. CLASS 6: 1st SL296 Joe Thelkald 2nd SL122 Jason Ballantyne 3rd Y212 Pete Mattison.  CLASS 7: 1st SL20 Martyn Tinker 2nd SL51 Mark Nugent 3rd SL78 Trevor Payne. CLASS 8: 1st SL10 Trevor Millican 2nd DA66 Paul Moore 3rd SL80 Phil Talbot. CLASS 9: 1st YD177 Dennis Raffel 2nd SL75 Greg Brookes. CLASS 10: 1st Y88 Neil Rawlinson. STOCK HATCH: 1st YD290 Paul Harrington 2nd SL21 Lee Sandelands 3rd CS42 Robert Bruce. F600: 1st ST1 Terry Cox 2nd LM44 David Wilding 3rd SL177 Peter Cobb. JUNIORS: 1st YD830 Callum Wing 2nd SL99 Liam Harvey 3rd YD5 Liam Hilton. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st Y888 Jack Rawlinson. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st YD85 Katie Sunley 2nd SL103 Fiona Hodgson 3rd SL151 Joanne Nugent. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st SL23 Sarah Carden 2nd YD234 Lisa Humphreys 3rd YD2 Angie Hilton. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st Y30 Sheena Kirby. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st Y15 Leigh Daniells. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st Y84 Amy Bennett. LADIES’ CLASS 6: 1st SL42 Sarah Carden. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st SL78 Leeanne Harding. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st YD171 Chris Raffel. LADIES’ STOCK HATCH: 1st YD51 Nicola Tynemouth 2nd YD235 Diane Sunley 3rd YD145 Michelle Rimmer. LADIES’ F600: 1st LM20 Suzanne Gibbons 2nd LM2 Cathryn Day 3rd SC500 Ann Phillip. CUMBERLAND OPEN: 1st YD950 David Roberts 2nd DA66 Paul Moore 3rd YD83 Mally Wing. LADIES’ CUMBERLAND OPEN: 1st YD234 Lin Cunningham 2nd YD85 Katie Sunley 3rd Y84 Amy Bennett.

However, as at St Neots, charity fund raising, fun and games were what this event was all about, including a special "drag" race that even tempted commentator George Capper into the driving seat of Don Hilton's Corsa! Here's a taste of what you'll find in Andrea's photo galleries:

BOB ROBINS MEMORIAL

The St Neots club's Bob Robins Memorial charity meeting began with 122 drivers enjoying a dry and sunny Saturday "fun day" with a 1980s style race format. The class heats featured up to 16 cars started from grid positions handicapped according to previous race results. Adding to the fun, (not intentionally!) the points scoring system was changed part way through the day, introducing an element of surprise into the final results. The racing then gave way to a best presented wheelbarrow competition, a tug-o-war, wheelbarrow race, sponsored leg wax, and other fund raising fun and games.

ST NEOTS FUN DAY RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st CA54 Tom Bell 2nd SN208 Andrew Empson 3rd CA102 Ian Noble. CLASS 2: 1st SP18 Phil Clark 2nd SN101 Brian Taylor 3rd T55 Ben Green. CLASS 3: 1st SN88 Les Taylor 2nd SN220 Dave Purchase 3rd SN269 Dave George. CLASS 4: 1st SN31 Chris Parsons 2nd SN6 Wes Johnson 3rd CA778 Sam Bridges. CLASS 5: 1st CA90 Mark Brown 2nd = SN265 Darren Lodge & SN321 Wayne Mathurin. CLASS 6: 1st CA59 Tom Bell/Andy Lodge 2nd C300E Tony Teather 3rd SN999 Dan Balster. CLASS 7: 1st SN24 Mark Smith 2nd SN166 John Newland. CLASS 8: 1st SP8 Chris Pope 2nd ST55 Barry Ashmore 3rd = ST514 Alyson Ostridge & ST77 Norman Ross. CLASS 9: 1st SN3 Ian Robins 2nd C16E Colin Sumner 3rd CA14 Ian/Colin Rogers. CLASS 10: 1st CA24 Stuart Ward 2nd CA56 Darron Williams. CLASS 11: 1st SN960 Robyn Keep 2nd CA102 Kirsty Noble 3rd SN47 Dani Warburton. CLASS 11A: 1st SN404 Denise Empson 2nd CA149 Vivienne Wright 3rd SP18 Emma Hall. CLASS 12: 1st C212E Josie Cox 2nd SN199 Nicole Campbell 3rd SN39 Rachel Keep. CLASS 13: 1st C266E Lianne Teather 2nd CA546 Emma Saint 3rd SN220 Kim Chamberlain. CLASS 14: 1st CA24 Wendy Moody 2nd SN156 Sharon New 3rd CA14 Louise Rogers. JUNIORS: 1st CA284 Sam French 2nd C202E Luke Bartlett 3rd SN81 Nathan Saunders. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SP31 Chamelle Clayton 2nd T8 Lee Deegan 3rd SN57 Gavin Savage. ST NEOTS OPEN: 1st SN999 Dan Balster 2nd SN118 Richy Rich 3rd SN64 Mark Hill. ST NEOTS JUNIORS: 1st SN164 Alex Hill 2nd SN81 Nathan Saunders 3rd SN57 Gavin Savage.  ALLCOMERS: 1st CA9 Dave George 2nd SP208n Ian Smith 3rd CA954 Matt Ellis. JUNIOR OPEN: 1st T8 Lee Deegan 2nd SN164 Alex Hill 3rd SN81 Nathan Saunders.

The main event on Sunday was held in largely wet and windy conditions, but still attracted 148 drivers. At the end of a full day's racing, it was Spalding Class 8 driver Melvyn Clayton who became the second winner of the Bob Robins Memorial Trophy, beating last year's trophy holder Daniel Robins in the Champion of Champions race.

BOB ROBINS MEMORIAL RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st SN34 Daniel Robins 2nd SN12 Ashley Hall 3rd CA54 Tom Bell. CLASS 2: 1st T55 Ben Green 2nd SN37 Ian Parsons 3rd SP208 Ian Smith. CLASS 3: 1st T897 Kim Ashmore 2nd SN269 Dave George 3rd CA9 Sharon Cousins. CLASS 4: 1st SN6 Wes Johnson 2nd SN31 Chris Parsons 3rd SP578 Martyn Johnson . CLASS 5: 1st SP55 Jay Gibbs 2nd CA4 Dan Neville 3rd CA206 Peter Chapman. CLASS 6: 1st SP114 Stephen Pearsall 2nd CA34 Darron Young 3rd CA32 Scott Young. CLASS 7: 1st SN24 Mark Smith 2nd SN166 John Newland. CLASS 8: 1st SP92 Melvyn Clayton 2nd SP50 Adam Veall 3rd ST55 Barry Ashmore. CLASS 9: 1st SN88 Ian Littler 2nd C16E Colin Sumner 3rd SN156 Mick New. CLASS 10: No finishers. CLASS 11: 1st SN40 Julia Hobson 2nd SN43 Vicky Sole 3rd CA102 Kirsty Noble. CLASS 11A: 1st T55 Stacey Ryan 2nd SP18 Emma Hall 3rd CA149 Vivienne Wright. CLASS 12: 1st C212E Josie Cox 2nd SN199 Nicole Campbell 3rd CA31 Amanda Ewings. CLASS 13: 1st SN220 Kim Chamberlain. CLASS 14: 1st SP50 Jenny Rutter 2nd SP92 Alison Clayton. JUNIORS: 1st SN81 Nathan Saunders 2nd SN12 Thomas Hall 3rd C202E Luke Bartlett. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st C280E Toni Platfoot 2nd C15E Josh Hassell 3rd CA50 Kevin Rogers. EAST ANGLIAN OPEN: 1st SN118 Richy Rich 2nd SN64 Mark Hill 3rd SN231 Paul Empson. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st SP92 Melvyn Clayton 2nd SN43 Daniel Robins 3rd SN3 Ian Robins.

Peggy Robins presented the Bob Robins Memorial Trophy to Melvyn Clayton. The 2007 meeting raised £2,000 for the British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK - the 2008 total will be announced in due course once all the money pledged has finished rolling in.

ACTION NORTH AND SOUTH

The last weekend of June saw plenty of racing on offer throughout the country, from West Wales and Wessex to Central Scotland. The non-stop run of major events continued with the West Wales Open Championship, while northern racers had their own two-day event at SCARBOROUGH, with a fun day on Saturday followed by the annual Dash for Cash meeting on Sunday. The picturesque Hunmanby venue saw some excellent action, which included Alan Suttle getting airborne, almost on the anniversary of his big roll at the same track last year.

DASH FOR CASH RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st S60Y Matty Lawson 2nd S50Y Curtis Barker 3rd YD92 Chris Cockburn. CLASS 2: 1st Y27 Andy Foster 2nd S888Y Oli Wareham 3rd Y155 Kev Frankland. CLASS 3: 1st S151Y Paul Bulmer 2nd Y101 Matt Houldsworth 3rd S138Y Maurice Parkin. CLASS 4: S10Y Martyn Smith 2nd S9Y Oliver Brown. CLASS 5: 1st Y52 Tony Spencer. CLASS 6: 1st ST33 Rob Milbourn 2nd Y821 Chris Mullen 3rd Y99 Dave Metcalfe.  CLASS 7: 1st S71Y Mark Liversidge 2^nd Y33 James Heselton 3rd S777Y Ady Gardner. CLASS 8: 1st S4Y Dave Winn 2nd S19Y Jim Nightingale 3rd SC100 James Brookes. CLASS 9: 1st SC10 James Brookes 2nd Y5 Mark Brookes 3rd S57Y Scott Easton. CLASS 10: No finishers. CLASS 11: 1st S84Y Nikki Shepherdson 2nd S92Y Katie Benson 3rd S27Y Heather Macleod.  CLASS 12: 1st S109Y Johanna Tateson 2nd Y15 Leigh Daniells. CLASS 13: 1st ST16 Sarah Chilvers. CLASS 14: 1st SC100 Helen Leason. STOCK HATCH: 1st S247Y Craig Truelove 2nd S119Y Simon Ellis 3rd S246Y Jay Hammerton. JUNIORS: 1st S296Y Robert Drake 2nd S6Y Danny MacVarish 3rd SC124 Anthony Conway. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st Y916 Steven Green 2nd S149Y JD Farrow. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st S60Y Matty Lawson 2nd Y27 Andy Foster 3rd Y52 Tony Spencer. LADIES CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st SC100 Helen Leason 2nd S84Y Nikki Shepherdson 3rd S109Y Johanna Tateson.

Matty Lawson drove a perfect race in the Champion of Champions with his Class 1 to hold off the Class 2 and 5 challengers and took the cash from Scarborough Chairman Richard Nightingale.

The sun didn't quite shine all day at Scarborough.....