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LATEST NEWS .... UPDATED SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2010
OVAL RACING EXPO
Grass racers from SEGTO and NASA once more provided much of the on-track action at the fifth annual Oval Racing expo, held at Arena Essex Raceway on 23/24 January. A revised format provided much more track time for the grassers, with the SEGTO and NASA cars combined into six classes that each took part in two twelve lap heats on Saturday afternoon, followed by 15 lap finals under the lights as part of the Rolling Thunder Show's evening race meeting. Several drivers then stayed over to take part in Sunday's varied programme of "demonstration" races. Probably the best race of the weekend was the Production B/Class 2 final, with NASA's Geoff Bishop and SEGTO's Ted Symes racing side by side for virtually the whole race. Antony Jackson put up his usual spectacular show to win the RWD Super saloon final, while other winners were SEGTO drivers Terry Mellish (Production A), Nicky D'Souza (FWD Super Saloons), Trevor Smith (Specials) and Ian Bailey (Juniors).
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JUNIORS STEAL THE SHOW
Thanks and congratulations go to the drivers, constructors and supporters who put on such a fantastic show for Autograss at Autosport International 2010. The standard of the cars on show reached yet another peak, while the Class 7 and 8 drivers again provided the most spectacular action throughout four days in the Live Arena. However, for many the true stars of the show were the eight invited Junior drivers, Ash Bryan, Alice Bevans, Shannon Ellis, Hayley Empson, Nicola Mackenzie, Luke Saunters, Arran Sharp and Beth Tomkinson, who performed magnificently in eight beautifully turned out Minis in Saturday's Oval Racing Spectacular.
There'll be a full report of the show in Autograss Review 177, due out early February. In the meantime you can catch up on everything that happened in the show and the live action through our photo galleries - CLICK HERE.
SHALE SPLATTERED SANTA
Christmas racing returned to the calendar this year with invitation races for Autograss cars at Startrax Promotions' Belle Vue Stadium events on Sunday 27 and Monday 28 December. The stadium was snow and ice-bound on Sunday morning, but the track itself rapidly thawed out, producing rather messy conditions.
Santa rode along with Dan King and his borrowed Class 1 Peugeot to win the final for the Unmodified Saloons, the best supported of the three classes that raced over the two days. Heat winners were Mini drivers Grant Mitchell (LM62) and Ian Roberts (NS225).
The Modified Saloons also raced in front of packed terraces on Monday. Lee Powell (NW25) took a heat and final double in his Class 6 Astra, while Rob Simmonds won the other heat in the SN23 Class 5 Peugeot.
The Specials got the worst of the conditions, racing alongside F1 Stock Cars and Bangers on Sunday. Twelve cars started but only three survived to the end of the final, with Geoff Berrisford (NS55) winning all three races.
BELLE VUE RESULTS (Unofficial): SPECIALS HEAT 1: 1st NS55 Geoff Berrisford 2nd LM9 Geoff Gallagher 3rd NW6 Terry Gray 4th LM19 John Yates 5th NW37 Carl Kent 6th SR92 Maurice Powell 7th YD232 Wayne Taylor DNF ARC88 Dale Carter, LM20 Adam Gilbertson, BC5 Martin Bowen, NS215 Matt Moore, NS34 John McBride. SPECIALS HEAT 2: 1st NS55 Geoff Berrisford 2nd BC5 Martin Bowen DNF: YD232 Wayne Taylor, LM9 Geoff Gallagher, NW37 Carl Kent, SR92 Maurice Powell, LM19 John Yates, NS215 Matt Moore, ARC88 Dale Carter, NS34 John McBride. SPECIALS FINAL: 1st NS55 Geoff Berrisford 2nd LM9 Geoff Gallagher 3rd SR92 Maurice Powell DNF NW37 Carl Kent, NS215 Matt Moore.
UNMODIFIED HEAT 1: 1st LM62 Grant Mitchell 2nd NW19 Chris Colegate 3rd NW39 Lee Kent 4th LM444 Dan King 5th NW43 Gaz Edwards 6th LM696 Ian Kelly 7th ARC21 Pam McBride 8th LM67 Steve Baldwin 9th P241EM Graham Gregory DNF: A15 Grant Victory, LM669 John Skarratt ARC102 Craig Carter ARC23 Matt Astbury LM46 Simon Mills LM226 Stephen Carr LM969 Mark Egan WR611 Dave Calvert. UNMODIFIED HEAT 2: 1st NS225 Ian Roberts 2nd NW43 Gaz Edwards 3rd NW19 Chris Colegate 4th NW39 Lee Kent 5th ARC21 Pam McBride 6th LM969 Mark Egan 7th LM444 Dan King 8th P241EM Graham Gregory 9th LM226 Stephen Carr DNF: LM696 Ian Kelly LM669 John Skarratt LM62 Grant Mitchell LM46 Simon Mills. UNMODIFIED FINAL: 1st LM444 Dan King 2nd NW19 Chris Colegate 3rd NW43 Gaz Edwards 4th LM67 Steve Baldwin 5th LM62 Grant Mitchell 6th P241EM Graham Gregory DNF: NS225 Ian Roberts LM46 Simon Mills NW39 Lee Kent ARC102 Craig Carter ARC21 Pam McBride
MODIFIED HEAT 1: 1st NW25 Lee Powell 2nd NW70 Jamie Lea 3rd LUD69 Paul Stevens 4th SN23 Rob Simmonds 5th Y118 Pete Clegg 6th SV7 Keith Mountford 7th YD17 David Prudhoe 8th LM4 Terry Rigney 9th NW14 Paul Tyrrell 10th SR806 Steve Hare 11th ST6 Colin Chilvers 12th BC61 Mike Hockly DNF: IK155 Neil Thomas N118 Matt Duffell. MODIFIED HEAT 2: 1st SN23 Rob Simmonds 2nd NW70 Jamie Lea 3rd NW25 Lee Powell 4th NS143 Ernie Ashley 5th SR806 Steve Hare DNF: YD17 David Prudhoe Y118 Pete Clegg BC61 Mike Hockly. MODIFIED FINAL: 1st NW25 Lee Powell 2nd NS143 Ernie Ashley 3rd SN23 Rob Simmonds 4th LM4 Terry Rigney DND: SR806 Steve Hare N118 Matt Duffell.
BELLE VUE PHOTO GALLERIES NOW ONLINE
JACKO'S BRIGHT BLYTON
The season-closing meeting for Autograss cars on the Blyton Rallycross track enjoyed fine sunny weather, as it has done six times in its eight year history. This year the event attracted its smallest ever entry, with 75 cars taking part, but that didn't matter as slick organisation ensured non-stop action, with everyone enjoying practice, four heats, finals and the chance of an open race before finishing at 2.40 pm! Some of the race action was the best yet seen at the Lincolnshire venue. Tim Corner beat comeback man Richard Herdman to win a 14-car Class 8 final in which everyone finished without incident. Other classes featured reversed grids for the finals, meaning that Andrew Empson and Jack Farrow battled from the back to win Classes 1 and 2 respectively. It was a good day for Essex as Mike Sullivan won the Stock Hatch class and Trevor Martin took Class 7, while Antony Jackson beat Allan Weston to win an incident packed Superfinal.
BLYTON RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st SN208 Andrew Empson 2nd SC9 nTom Sanerson 3rd ST52 Alex Fretwell. CLASS 2: 1st S118Y Jack Farrow 2nd S70Y Rob Farrow 3rd CM54 Lance Bowen. CLASS 3/6: 1st YD17 Allan Weston 2nd YD148 Terry Cree 3rd IK21 John Berry. CLASS 4/5: 1st C41E Antony Jackson 2nd Y84 Nigel Bennett 3rd NS257 Julian Galowicz. STOCK HATCH: 1st C633E Mike Sullivan 2nd YD149 Ben Cree 3rd Y178 Tony staples. CLASS 7: 1st C18E Trevor Martin 2nd ST50 Dave Fretwell 3rd YD71 Graham Blackburn. CLASS 8: 1st YD54 Tim Corner 2nd C15 Richard Herdman 3rd Y191 John Lockwood. CLASS 9/10: 1st ST337 Barry Ashmore 2nd R7 Paul Fackrell 3rd BC72 Will Corfield. SUPERFINAL: 1st C41E Antony Jackson 2nd YD17 Allan Weston 3rd R7 Paul Fackrell. SUPER MANNING
The Eric Carlin Memorial Grasstrack Grand Prix at Northampton provided some of the best tarmac action for a long time, with virtually every race closely fought. Champion of Champion honours went to Class 4 winner Matthew Manning - Matt received the Eric Carlin trophy from Eric's grandson Lee - who had just finished second.
Other memorable performances came from Lance Bowen, who came from the back of a crowded Class 4 field to win the first heat on the very last corner. Lance took an easier win in the second heat, interrupted by Ian Tomkinson getting on his roof, but in the final it took Lance just two laps to get from the back of the grid to the lead! Nathan Rees also turned in some brilliant drives from the back of the day's biggest grids to win Class 6. Laura Morgan proved to be the only Class 8 driver capable of beating the flying F600s of Terry Cox and Tom Aldridge. Other outstanding winning performances came from Brian Herridge (Class 1), Paul Stevens (Class 3), Neil Thomas (Class 5, after a great battle with Mark Barrett), Lee Carlin (Class 7) and Anthony Read (Class 9). Juniors were included for the first time and Jake Lee was the winner.
NORTHAMPTON RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st B100H Brian Herridge 2nd S121D Jordan Smith 3rd R299 Antony Lee CLASS 2: 1st CM54 Lance Bowen 2nd LUD64 Tony Hawkins 3rd N103 Dean Buxton. CLASS 3: 1st LUD69 Paul Stevens 2nd CA11 Pete Lemmon 3rd LUD22 Bryan East. CLASS 4: 1st E152 Matthew Manning 2nd S55D Mark Maynard 3rd R47 Rob Lancaster. CLASS 5: 1st IK155 Neil Thomas 2nd R13 Mark Barrett 3rd E22 Graham Grasby. CLASS 6: 1st PAC57 Nathan Rees 2nd YD10 Martyn Janes 3rd H99 Paul Bailey. CLASS 7: E7 Lee Carlin 2nd BC62 Mike Hockly 3rd ST442 Vernon Mackenzie. CLASS 8: 1st R900 Laura Morgan 2nd ST1 Terry Cox 3rd S5D Tom Aldridge. CLASS 9: 1st SC150 Anthony Read 2nd H150 Phil Dyke 3rd H250 Marc Paskell. CLASS 10: 1st R7 Paul Fackrell 2nd PHD12 Carl Ray 3rd SC212 Steve Armstrong. JUNIORS: 1st N212 Jake Lee 2nd IK75 Kieran Cobb 3rd R302 Lewis Waterhouse. LADIES: 1st ST337 Aly Ostridge 2nd S40D Rhiannon Smith 3rd H150 Jade Dyke. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st E152 Matthew Manning 2nd E7 Lee Carlin 3rd LUD69 Paul Stevens.
NORTHAMPTON PHOTOS NOW ON LINE
BRAFIELD STARTS WITH A BANG
The annual tarmac meeting at Northampton International Raceway (Brafield stadium) started with three hours of practice on a sunny Saturday afternoon, before a full afternoon of racing. Practice was interrupted by several incidents, the most spectacular of which involved Class 8 drivers Julian Heath and Aly Ostridge - Aly, having already hit the wall, was sitting in the wrong place when Julian's throttle stick wide open. Both drivers were unhurt.
NORTHAMPTON PHOTOS NOW ON LINE - MORE TO COME
SUPER SCUNNY SHALE NOTTS WEATHER THE STORM
You couldn't get two more contrasting meetings than the two we enjoyed last weekend. On Saturday night Scunthorpe speedway promoter Rob Godfrey opened up the Eddie Wright Raceway, acclaimed as the fastest shale venue in the UK, to the grass racers. After a full afternoon of practice, the evening saw some highly spectacular floodlit racing action, which left promoters and drivers alike wanting more! It's to be hoped this becomes an annual fixture in future.
SCUNTHORPE RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st SN43 Daniel Robins 2nsd SC171 Kirsty Malkin 3rd SC39 Dec Collins. CLASS 2/4/GT RODS: 1st GT520 Kev Brocklesby 2nd ST81 Mark Bailey 3rd SC126 Craig Conway. CLASS 3/6: 1st YD17 Martin Smith 2nd YD10 Martyn Janes 3rd SC291 Tina Leary. CLASS 5/7: 1st ST442 Dan Mackenzie 2nd Y306 Richard Northway 3rd ST4 Mike Mackenzie. CLASS 8/10: 1st S19Y Tom Bendell 2nd SC1 Antony Ross 3rd S3Y Jem Snowden. CLASS 9: 1st SC150 Anthony Read 2nd E8 Alan Smith 3rd T5 John Whitehouse. JUNIORS: 1st WR11 Sean Wright 2nd N53 Lloyd Elliott 3rd N170 Jordan Hampson. SUPERFINAL: 1st WR11 Sean Wright 2nd ST442 dan Mackenzie 3rd GT520 Kev Brocklesby.
Many of those who raced at Scunny then loaded up and made the short run to Nottingham's Oxton Raceway for the traditional Bonfire Meeting, the final round of the Winter Series and the final Autograss fixture of the season. Torrential rain set in early in the morning, and probably any club but Nottingham would have given up the unequal fight against the weather. However, a majority of the drivers present voted to carry on regardless, which the Nottingham crew are always happy to do. Although a couple of dozen drivers opted to keep their cars clean, 117 others went to play in the mud, and found the track extremely raceable, even as the rain still lashed down. Their confidence was justified as the rain stopped and the strong wind, aided by the Nottingham grader, produced an ever improving racing surface, until the final Devil's Race brought out a capacity 25 car grid.
Heading the bill at Nottingham were the F600s, having the final round of their British Championship. Andy "Basher" Blomfield won his first Bf600C final at his 31st attempt, securing second in the Championship behind Bryn Hawkins, and ahead of the successful series newcomer Tom Aldridge.
F600 FINAL RESULTS: 1st LM20 Andy Blomfield 2nd WR32 Bryn Hawkins 3rd LM47 Zoe Leyland.
WINTER SERIES RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st M9 Jamie Lane 2nd L6 David Hampson 3rd N1 John Boaden. CLASS 2: 1st T133 Conrad Noble 2nd SP43 Ash Robinson 3rd N777 Joe Smith. CLASS 3: 1st WR71 Steve Woodruff 2nd N6 Gary Cave 3rd N13 Al MacFarlane. CLASS 4: 1st SP36 Joe Baxter 2nd P59EM Barry Kirton 3rd WR57 Jon North. CLASS 5: 1st SC72 Martin Dixon 2nd N76 Lyndon Moakes 3rd S39Y Chris Campling. CLASS 6: 1st YD10 Martyn Janes 2nd N25 Andrew Smith 3rd N168 Dan Wilson. CLASS 7: 1st YD700 Craig Dykes 2nd SC101 Rich Moorhouse 3rd P23EM Phil Barleyman. CLASS 8: 1st S19Y Tom Bendell 2nd WR70 Tom French 3rd N44 Nigel Steele. CLASS 9: 1st N55 Andy Clarke 2nd L16 Dex Unwin 3rd R171 Ian Stewart. CLASS 10: 1st SC99 Andy Kershaw 2nd WR12 Dennis Wright 3rd NW117 Tony Jones/T121 Pat Emmerson. CLASS 11: 1st M9 Nicola Bettoney 2nd N500 Nicola Ferguson 3rd ARC20 Gemma Harris. CLASS 12: 1st SC72 Kate Dixon 2nd YD10 Becky Smith 3rd P59EM Pam French. CLASS 13: 1st WR71 Stephanie Bullock 2nd S22Y Clare Horner 3rd N272 Teresa Rigby. CLASS 14: 1st WR70 Amy Botterill 2nd R2 Clare Horner 3rd N8 Nicola Ferguson. STOCK HATCH: 1st WR179 Chris Dunwell 2nd N622 Marytin Maguire 3rd WR99 Mark Day. F600: 1st WR32 Bryn Hawkins 2nd Y600 Chris Mackenzie 3rd WR34 Jamie Ellison. JUNIORS: 1st N53 Lloyd Elliott 2nd P65EM Stephen Heath 3rd N170 Jordan Hampson. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st WR52 Ricky Beauchamp 2nd ST171 Jack Bailey 3rd BC158 Kieran Griffiths.
SCUNTHORPE & NOTTINGHAM PHOTOS NOW ON LINE
BELLE VUE MAGIC
On a warm October Tuesday night, a selection of Autograss Modified Saloons and Specials performed under the lights at Manchester's Belle Vue stadium. A big crowd packed the terraces for Startax Promotions' "Halloween Spooktacular" event, also featuring Bangers and Reliant Robin racing, but the Grassers stole the show in what proved to be another very successful promotional venture for the North West clubs. After Leewood's Ged Reek did all the behind the scenes organisation and Abram's Carl Jones co-ordinated the line-ups on the track, the "demonstration" races of course proved highly competitive with the drivers showing no fear of the fast, narrow track and threatening fence. The Saloons' final was won with an outstanding drive by Lee Fairhurst in his Class 4 Mini Pickup, the smallest car in the race, while top Special honours went to Phil Cooper in his Class 8.
"Race" results were: SALOONS: HEAT 1: 1st: SN27 Barry Almond 2nd NW160 Paul Rowlands 3rd NW14 Paul Tyrrell. HEAT 2: 1st YD17 Allan Weston 2nd LM184 Lee Fairhurst 3rd LM4 Terry Rigney. FINAL: 1st LM184 Lee Fairhurst 2nd LM79 Mark Aspin 3rd S52Y Tony Spencer.
SPECIALS: HEAT 1: 1st LM44 David Wilding 2nd Y34 Mark Grice 3rd LM88 Dan Clancy. HEAT 2: 1st Y34 Mark Grice 2nd ARC1 Lee Seagreaves 3rd ARC4 Phil Cooper. FINAL: 1st ARC4 Phil Cooper 2nd Y88 Neil Rawlinson 3rd N8 Simon Reeve.
MELTON IN THE SUN
With just the Nottingham Bonfire meeting and the various tarmac/shale "Specials" to go, October 25 marked the end of the main Autograss season, and the 2009 season went out as it began, in glorious sunshine! With ideal weather and track conditions, and a good day's racing on offer at one of the most central and accessible venues, the Melton club's event could have been inundated with cars. However, the deceptively fast and challenging M&L Raceway remains an undiscovered gem as far as many Grassers are concerned, although visitors came from as far afield as West Wales, and the season closer attracted just 63 entries, an ideal number to provide everyone with plenty of laps within a civilised timetable. The racing was well worth watching, with classes strategically combined to produce full grids for most of the finals,
MELTON RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st L6 David Hampson 2nd R120 Brian Kelsey 3rd PHD11 Brandon Hall. CLASS 2: 1st NW46 Mark Ratcliffe 2nd SP19 Phil Clark 3rd SP119 Joe Bourn. CLASS 3: 1st L55 Dave Hemstock DNF NS334 Sam Gould, LUD69 Paul Stevens. CLASS 4: DNF L36 Nick Aldridge CLASS 5: 1st S30D Nick Rose 2nd L10 Mark Lane DNF R3 Dave Cox. CLASS 6: 1st E5 Micky Manning DNF M55 Steve Walford, SN711 Anthony Phillips. CLASS 7: 1st S47D Pete Bott Jnr 2nd R122 Andy Kelsey DNF S202D Pete Bott Snr. CLASS 8: 1st E111 Julian Heath 2nd SN395 Bill Edwards 3rd NS91 Daran James. CLASS 9: 1st PAC76 Matty Jones DNF M154 Tim Back L3 Derek Tinson. CLASS 10: 1st S74D Phil Young. CLASS 11: 1st SP19 Emma Hall 2nd SP119 Lisa Bourn 3nd R50 Katie Lakins. CLASS 14: 1st E111 Diane Heath 2nd A14 Tracey Victory. JUNIORS: 1st N53 Lloyd Elliott 2nd R302 Lewis Waterhouse 3rd L18 Lewis Beasley. B-Final NS207 Tom Pipe. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st BC158 Kieran Griffiths 2nd R190 Ted Preedy. JUNIOR OPEN: 1st BC158 Kieran Griffiths 2nd M46 Oliver Taylor 3rd R283 Matt Moseley. ALLCOMERS: 1st E111 Julian Heath 2nd M10 Mark Lane 3rd PAC76 Matty Jones.
BUSY DAY AT ST NEOTS
The second round of the NASA-SEGTO Challenge, held at St Neots, proved almost too popular for its own good, with 65 SEGTO drivers making the trip up the A1 to join 140 NASA entrants. Some extremely close racing resulted, with the visitors proving highly competitive in all the classes, although the only ones to go home with winners' trophies were Tom Tilley with his Production A Nova and Charlene Green with her pink Suzuki Swift, while Craig Mills (Prod B Nova) and Ashley Cornell (Junior Mini) picked up wins during the Open racing that completed the day. Other winners included long time SEGTO front runner Russ Wallbank, having a successful end to his first NASA season, while the biggest Class 9 field in the region for a long time gave a "comeback" win to Anthony Read. Maybe the best drive came from Dan Blackman in his Production B Mini, coming through from last place in the Class 2 final to catch the leaders before running out of laps in the shortened race.
ST NEOTS RESULTS: CLASS 1/PRODUCTION A: 1st T18 Tom Tilley 2nd SN43 Daniel Robins 3rd S170 Rob Dance. CLASS 2/PRODUCTION B: 1st SN391 Gary Clapham 2nd SN405 Jason Thomas 3rd S28 Dan Blackman. CLASS 3/SUPER SALOONS: 1st SN269 Dave George 2nd IK138 Derek Linch 3rd SN32 Steve Carpenter. CLASS 4: 1st SN6 Wez Johnson 2nd IK229 Dave Blackman 3rd NW326 Chris Hardman. CLASS 5/1450 HOT RODS/MODIFIED C: 1st IK155 Neil Thomas 2nd C50E Mark Fisher 3rd S304 Shaun Russell. CLASS 6/SUPER SALOONS: 1st SN196 Harry Tillson 2nd SP14 Richard Green 3rd SP252 Kevin Gliddon. CLASS 7/SUPER SALOONS: 1st SN282 Russ Wallbank 2nd CA2 Karl Taylor 3rd SN24 Mark Smith. CLASS 8/SEGTO SPECIALS: 1st ST55 Barry Ashmore 2nd ST514 Aly Ostridge 3rd SN395 Bill Edwards. CLASS 9/SEGTO SPECIALS: 1st SC150 Anthony Read 2nd E8 Alan Smith 3rd IK95 Scott Shell. CLASS 10: 1st IK44 Ken Ward 2nd WR72 Darren Cornwell 3rd E444 Steve Hopkins. CLASS 11: 1st SN668 Vicky Sole 2nd SN181 Rachael Taylor 3rd ST133 Carolyn Taylor. CLASS 11A: 1st S168 Charlene Green 2nd SP119 Lisa Bourn 3rd C334 Toni Humphrey. CLASS 12: 1st IK229 Claire Blackman 2nd T33 Emily Hayhoe 3rd SN588 Amy Turner. CLASS 13: 1st SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 2nd C266E Lianne Teather 3rd C262E Cathy Harrison. CLASS 14: 1st E213 Robyn King 2nd E111Diane Heath 3rd E8 Nikki Keats. JUNIORS: 1st SN81 Nathan Saunders 2nd SN12 Tom Hall 3rd T108 Oliver Tilley. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SN57 Gavin Savage 2nd SN11 Ashley Howard 3rd SN90 Max Fleckney. ST NEOTS OPEN: 1st SN164 Alex Hill 2nd SN64 Mark Hill 3rd SN816 Mark Keily. EAST ANGLIAN OPEN: 1st SN540 Jon Anderson 2nd CA47 Chris Barrett 3rd SN164 Alex Hill. ALLCOMERS OPEN: 1st T54 Craig Mills 2nd E111 Julian Heath 3rd CA26 Jeff Westley. JUNIORS’ OPEN: (3 heats) 1st T832 Ashley Cornell, SN43 Ollie Sole, SN11 Ashley Howard. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st ST55 Barry Ashmore 2nd SN391 Gary Clapham 3rd SN269 Dave George.
The Shropshire season ended with 104 cars in attendance at STAR's meeting
STAR RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st SR295 Carl Whitfield 2nd R4 Paul Morgan 3rd SR24 Jake Law. CLASS 2: 1st SR54 Lee Evason 2nd SR33 Pete Morgan 3rd NW46 Mark Ratcliffe. CLASS 3: 1st SR55 Bob Matthews 2nd NS20 Neville Mower 3rd E56 Neil Corbett . CLASS 5: 1st NS76 Paul Darlington 2nd R420 Al Green 3rd SR42 Russell Cashion. CLASS 6: 1st NS434 Ben Gould 2nd NW41 Darren Owen 3rd S70D Dave Jeffries. CLASS 7: 1st SR2 Tom Law 2nd SR8 Pete Berry 3rd NW117 Tony Jones. CLASS 8: 1st BC98 Dek Traylor 2nd NS91 Daren James 3rd BC5 Martin Bowen. CLASS 9: 1st R777 Dan Page 2nd NS343 Sam Gould 3rd NS3 Rhys Williams. CLASS 10: 1st BC22 Lance Bowen 2nd S62Y Liam Evans. CLASS 11: 1st R4 Natalie Morgan 2nd NS66 Bev Holland 3rd SR11 Rhian Evans. JUNIORS: 1st R183 Melissa Moseley 2nd SR10 Brad Jarvis 3rd SR13 Gareth Jarvis. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SR46 Matthew Booth 2nd NS15 Dan Owen 3rd SR50 Ed Owen. MEN’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS 2009: SR33 Pete Morgan. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS 2009: SR227 Dawn Faulkner
ST NEOTS AND STAR PHOTOS NOW ON LINE
SEGTO CHALK UP MORE SUCCESS
This year's "end of season specials" got under way with the first round of the NASA-SEGTO Challenge, held at Southern Autosport's Horndean track, near Portsmouth. The unique hard-packed chalk oval produced some very close fought racing from a field of 99 cars, with the NASA visitors well in contention in all classes. In the end NASA just took two wins, by courtesy of Antony Jackson and Alan Smith, while the home club drivers had the edge in the other eight classes. The Challenge continues this weekend with the NASA-hosted leg at St Neots, while the 2010 Challenge hosts have already been confirmed as Concord Autograss Club and Tongham Motor Club.
NASA-SEGTO CHALLENGE RESULTS: PRODUCTION A/CLASS 1: 1st S126 Stuart Goddard 2nd X2 Liam Ivins 3rd T492 Graham Goddard. PRODUCTION B/CLASS 2: 1st S28 Dan Blackman 2nd SN37 Ian Parsons 3rd S168 Charlene Green. MODIFIED C: 1st S154 Ian Withers 2nd T16 Lewis Hayhoe 3rd S87 Rob Reeves. 1450 HOT RODS/CLASS 4/5 FWD: 1st S120 Mikee Habicht 2nd S46 Colin Campbell 3rd IK229 Dave Blackman. SUPER SALOONS FWD/CLASS 6: 1st S292 Jody Withers 2nd T33 Dave Walford 3rd T74 Laurence Connors. SUPER SALOONS RWD/CLASS 3/7/5 RWD: 1st C41E Antony Jackson 2nd C260E Nigel Richardson 3rd S311 Jason Johnsey. SPECIALS: 1st E8 Alan Smith 2nd S347 Danny Stafford 3rd IK33 Al Ratcliffe. JUNIORS: 1st S70 Becca Dance 2nd T108 Oliver Tilley 3rd NR15 Ashley Porter. NOVICE JUNIORS: 1st S360 Leon Shiers 2nd S335 Emily Golding 3rd S112 Billy Mellish. LADIES: 1st S292 Jody Withers 2nd IK229 Claire Blackman 3rd S168 Charlene Green.
Among the other meetings last weekend was the final of Pennine's popular three round "Autumn Showdown" series with its unique format of rolling start finals. The meeting also included the East Midland League's Champion of Champions race, postponed from its scheduled date at Melton.
HORNDEAN & PENNINE PHOTOS NOW ON LINE GIRL POWER TAKES THE GP
The move to an end-of season date for the South Somerset Autograss Grand Prix, the only team event on the Autograss calendar, proved a great success, with a total entry of 195 for the meeting at the Somerset Raceway, including a healthy mixture of top national names and local club racers. Four heats, finals, open racing and the Grand Prix Grand Final were run on an excellently prepared track, and all the racing was completed by 3.10 pm on Sunday. The team racing part of the event was contested by thirty teams of four drivers each. Most teams had a mixed men/ladies line-up, with some of the ladies’ classes providing the best points scoring opportunities, but the overall winners were an all-ladies team, the Border Counties Babes, comprising Becky Shaw, Donna Jones, Michaela Bevans and Carrie Mills. The top three teams, plus defending Champion Paul Fackrell, contested the Grand Prix Grand Final, which built up to a thrilling finish as Becky Shaw’s Class 1 crossed the line inches ahead of Russ Shepherd’s Class 8 and Michaela Bevans’ 7. The Juniors had their own individual Grand Prix event, won by Jordan Blore.
After just two years the Grand Prix has become an established “fun” event, and a date for 2010 has already been fixed, on 2/3 October.
GRAND PRIX RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st S88D Luke Smith 2nd B100H Brian Herridge 3rd S37D Alan Smith. CLASS 2: 1st C64 Lloyd Morgan 2nd A23 Jonny Barber 3rd R22 Paul Morgan. CLASS 3: 1st E56 Neil Corbett 2nd WS22 Adrian Joyce 3rd C12 Pat Smith. CLASS 4: 1st M60 Nicky Williams 2nd S22D Luke Smith 3rd WS4 Mark Hoppé. CLASS 5: 1st A27 Jonathan Griffiths 2nd G1D Dave Paskell 3rd P19EM Dave Bennett. CLASS 6: 1st PAC57 Nathan Rees 2nd TA222 Nigel Reed 3rd SS72 Tim Street. CLASS 7: 1st R139 Paul Waldron 2nd S20D Steve Smith 3rd E50 Matt Corbett. CLASS 8: 1st SS3 Russ Shepherd 2nd ARC4 Phil Cooper 3rd Y34 Mark Grice. CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd S14D Nigel Candy 3rd ARC6 Lynn Cooper. CLASS 10: 1st R7 Paul Fackrell 2nd BC22 Lance Bowen 3rd YS37 Andy Bishop. JUNIORS: 1st B100H Ash Bryan 2nd PAC2 Alice Bevans 3rd E15 Matt Stratton. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st C9 Cameron Mills 2nd R252 Mike Bluck 3rd S24D Reece Candy. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st NR15 Mel Porter 2nd E105 Anna Langridge 3rd S37D Amy Smith. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st B11H Amanda Cheshire 2nd R22 Natalie Morgan 3rd G14D Jemma King. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st C12 Penny Smith. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st DA33 Donna Jones. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st G1D Lisa Paskell 2nd S10D Maisy Phipps 3rd P19EM Teresa Williams. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st PAC53 Michaela Bevans. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st R1 Clare Horner 2nd C10 Sandra Jones 3rd SS8 Helen Richards. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st S222D Bev Candy 2nd PHD54 Kelly Wonnacott 3rd S14D Nancy Hughes. LADIES’ CLASS 10: 1st BC22 Carrie Mills.
GRAND PRIX TEAMS: 1st Border Counties Babes (Becky Shaw, Donna Jones, Michaela Bevans and Carrie Mills) 2nd Downright Dangerous (Russ Shepherd, Jenny Bartlett, Chris Ellis, Jane Baynton) 3rd (Chris Jones, Nigel Reed, Carolyn Thompson, Penny Smith) GRAND PRIX GRAND FINAL: 1st BC11 Becky Shaw 2nd SS3 Russ Shepherd 3rd PAC53 Michaela Bevans.
JUNIOR GRAND PRIX SALOONS SEMI-FINAL: 1st R212 Jordan Blore 2nd E51 Luke Oakley 3rd PAC2 Alice Bevans. JUNIOR GRAND PRIX SPECIALS SEMI-FINAL: 1st S24D Reece Candy 2nd C9 Cameron Mills 3rd R252 Mike Bluck. JUNIOR GRAND PRIX FINAL: R212 Jordan Blore 2nd E51 Luke Oakley 3rd C9 Cameron Mills.
DRIVER OF THE DAY AWARDS (SATURDAY): CLASS 1: S88D Luke Smith. CLASS 2: G40D Pete King. CLASS 3: PAC77 Chris Jones. CLASS 4: M60 Nicky Williams. CLASS 5: G1D Dave Paskell. CLASS 6: TA222 Nigel Reed. CLASS 7: S20D Steve Smith. CLASS 8: SS3 Russ Shepherd. CLASS 9: ARC5 Phil Cooper. CLASS 10: PHD10 Gary Ray. CLASS 11: NR15 Mel Porter. CLASS 11A: B11H Amanda Cheshire. CLASS 12: S60D Stephanie Deacon. CLASS 13: PAC53 Michaela Bevans. CLASS 14: PHD54 Kelly Wonnacott. JUNIORS: B100H Ash Bryan.
Among the other weekend meetings, YORKSHIRE DALES attracted another bumper entry to the Thornborough track and enjoyed sunny conditions for a spectacular day's racing. One of the highlights was the "Dads' Race" for Junior Specials, with Graham Green in son Steven's car winning against the likes of Peter Bowe, Dave Webster, Emmy Sherwood and Percy Shields.
SOUTH SOMERSET & YORKSHIRE DALES PHOTOS NOW ON LINE DEEGAN'S FASTEST MINI
This year's East Anglian Open Championship was highlighted by a celebration of the 50th birthday of the most popular Autograss car - the Mini. The final of the special one-off Fastest Mini on Grass race saw the fastest Modified car, Kraig Murley's Xtreme Class 7, carving through the Class 1 leaders, but Kraig ran out of time to catch the flying Class 1 of Lee Deegan. The Junior version of the Fastest Mini race was won by Tom Hall. Clashing fixtures led to a smaller than usual entry for one of the last surviving traditional regional Open meetings, with a total of 172 drivers signing on. This meant there was plenty of track time for everyone, with many drivers having up to twelve races over the warm, sunny weekend. Excellent work by the experienced track maintenance and watering team meant that, despite the hot weather, the track was saved from "polishing up" and the racing remained close and spectacular up to the very end of the weekend, when Paul Thomas snatched the title of "East Anglian Fastest Man of the Year" from his son Jason in the closing stages of the Champion of Champions race.
FASTEST MINI ON GRASS: 1st CA48 Lee Deegan 2nd WS45 Kraig Murley 3rd R121 Andy Kelsey 4th SN208 Andrew Empson. FASTEST JUNIOR MINI ON GRASS: 1st SN12 Tom Hall 2nd SN668 Ollie Sole 3rd SN230 Emily Empson. BEST TURNED OUT MINI: T44 Neil Caddick. CLASS 1: 1st SN43 Daniel Robins 2nd SN64 Mark Hill 3rd CA954 Matt Ellis. CLASS 2: 1st SN404 Paul Thomas 2nd SN405 Jason Thomas 3rd IK167 Gareth Matthews. CLASS 3: 1st Y51 Phil Thompson 2nd SN32 Steve Carpenter 3rd SN269 Dave George. CLASS 4: 1st T44 Neil Caddick 2nd SN333 Tony Reynolds 3rd SN6 Wez Johnson. CLASS 5: 1st SN540 Jon Anderson 2nd CA206 Peter Chapman 3rd IK26 Robert Duncan. CLASS 6: 1st C608E Glen Embling 2nd C82E Steve Hathaway 3rd C238E Lynton Turner. CLASS 7: 1st SN145 Kraig Murley 2nd YD17 Martin Smith 3rd SN24 Mark Smith. CLASS 8: 1st SN60 Ashley Hall 2nd SN82 Kerry Pope 3rd SN4 Rick Goodliffe-Smith. CLASS 9: 1st R309 Mike Liddiatt 2nd IK95 Scott Shell 3rd SN68 Mark Thomas. CLASS 10: 1st R7 Paul Fackrell 2nd LM170 Vinny Gibbons 3rd CA43 Darron Young. CLASS 11: 1st P37EM Lyndsey Allen 2nd SN18 Gabby Tillson 3rd CA102 Kirsty Noble. CLASS 11A: 1st IK252 Helen Bishop 2nd SN404 Denise Empson 3rd SP119 Lisa Bourn. CLASS 12: 1st Y15 Leigh Daniells 2nd SN588 Amy Turner. CLASS 13: 1st SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 2nd C266E Lianne Teather 3rd YD17 Jo Thompson. CLASS 14: 1st SP92 Alison Clayton. JUNIORS: 1st SP15 Shannon Ellis 2nd SN12 Tom Hall 3rd SN81 Nathan Saunders. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st LM17 Jack Gibbons 2nd LM18 Ben Gibbons 3rd SP31 Chamelle Clayton. EAST ANGLIAN OPEN: 1st SP92 Melvyn Clayton 2nd SN4 Rick Goodliffe-Smith 3rd IK167 Gareth Matthews. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st LM17 Jack Gibbons 2nd LM18 Ben Gibbons 3rd SP31 Chamelle Clayton. JUNIOR SPECIALS OPEN: 1st SN11 Ashley Howard 2nd LM17 Jack Gibbons 3rd SN19 Josh Hassell. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st SN404 Paul Thomas 2nd SN32 Steve Carpenter 3rd SN405 Jason Thomas. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 2nd P37EM Lyndsey Allen 3rd SP92 Alison Clayton. ARTHUR BISHOP MEMORIAL TROPHY: Jon Anderson.
Among the clashing events was the first round of the NOTTINGHAM "WINTER SERIES", which attracted an entry of over 180 and saw the long awaited debut of Mark "Tanga" Guy's John Wright-built spaceframe Citroen C2 Class 3.
EAST ANGLIAN AND NOTTINGHAM PHOTOS NOW ON LINE
FOREST FUN IN THE SUN + THE BAS FINALS
The reluctance of clubs to put on meetings clashing with BAS events has been a source of discussion all year – the July and August BAS meetings found themselves with no alternative events for club racers anywhere in Britain or Ireland. The theory that some clubs would be better off scheduling events on BAS weekends, rather than running on the busy non-BAS weekends and clashing with other events in their own region, was put to the test by the Forest of Dean club, who took over Gloucester and District’s date on the two clubs’ shared track just outside Westbury-on-Severn. In glorious weather on an excellent track the meeting attracted the biggest attendance to a club event in this area for a very long time, with visitors coming from everywhere from South Somerset to North Wales.
FOREST OF DEAN RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st 96F Chris Manners 2nd H15 Aaron Susans 3rd B124H Brian Clague. CLASS 2: 1st P13 Richard Jones 2nd SV19 Jon Regan 3rd H17 Kevin Jones. CLASS 3: 1st 123F Dave Westlake 2nd SV118 Gary Kennett 3rd R321 Gary Emms. CLASS 4: 1st G25D Wayne Kent 2nd B7H Arthur Barker 3rd G99D Ryan Taylor (DNF). CLASS 5: 1st S73D Graham Stedman 2nd S71D Jeff Grist 3rd S60D Stuart Deacon. CLASS 6: 1st G30D Phil Lancett 2nd PAC58 Paul Coventry 3rd S70D Dave Jeffries. CLASS 7: 1st S47D Pete Bott Jnr 2nd S100D Darren Byard 3rd S117D Phil Goodenough. CLASS 8: 1st C70 Josh Burton 2nd E111 Julian Heath 3rd B24H Eric Gardner. CLASS 9: 1st E8 Alan Smith 2nd H250 Phil Dyke 3rd B101H James Mason. CLASS 10: 1st SS6 Chris Ellis 2nd A20 Steve Bethell. CLASS 11: 1st B67H Katie Lee 2nd B208H Hannah Clague 3rd G69D Jennifer Smith. CLASS 11A: 1st B68H Kerry Baxter 2nd G14D Jemma King 3rd B70H Jo Clague. CLASS 12: 1st S73D Shauna Stedman 2nd 39F Janet Murray 3rd S60D Stephanie Deacon. CLASS 13: 1st S117D Diane Goodenough (DNF). CLASS 14: 1st S12D Maisy Phipps 2nd E111 Diane Heath 3rd A14 Tracey Victory. JUNIORS: 1st B13H Otis Williams 2nd B124H Brad Clague 3rd B115H James Reid. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st YS73 Matt Bishop 2nd E29 Guy Stallard 3rd BC18 Ellie Court. GLOUCESTER CLUB RACE: 1st G25D Wayne Kent 2nd G54D Craig Smith 3rd G40D Pete King. FOREST CLUB RACE: 1st 123F Dave Westlake 2nd 96F Chris Manners 3rd 88F Darren Mabey.
Meanwhile at York, the BAS finals meeting was contested by 520 drivers. Despite the unwanted aggravation caused by off-track incidents, York club completed the heats in record time before going on to a very fraught set of finals that stretched on for over four hours, including a Class 1 race rerun six times and a Class 10 final in which, at one stage, all but two drivers faced exclusion.
YORK BAS FINAL RESULTS: STOCK HATCH (11 cars): 1st Y118 Pete Clegg 2nd Y178 Tony Staples 3rd WR99 Mark Day 4th P610EM Simon Kennedy 5th Y117 Colin Wardman DNF Y37 Jimmy Gardner, Y47 Jamie Patterson, WR179 Chris Dunwell. CLASS 1 (52 cars): 1st Y75 Ollie Burley 2nd SP57 Carl Secker 3rd SP24 Ashley Robinson 4th NW134 Scott Sharp 5th IK122 Fred Carpenter 6th SC25 Peter Ullathorne DNF S80D Aaron Middleton, R121 Andy Kelsey. CLASS 2 (36 cars): 1st C20 Dan Evans 2nd C64 Lloyd Morgan 3rd WS15 Chris Tudgay 4th NS249 Cary Evans 5th P12EM John Gadsby 6th S118Y Jack Farrow 7th Y14 Ian Tomkinson BF SR54 Lee Evason. CLASS 3 (29 cars): 1st SN27 Barry Almond 2nd SN269 Dave George 3rd ARC27 Lee Almond 4th SN32 Steve Carpenter 5th NS293 Leon Dorsett 6th WS22 Adrian Joyce DNF Y51 Phil Thompson, Y96 Carl Allen. CLASS 4 (25 cars): 1st Y85 Ollie Howell 2nd BC69 Adam Jones 3rd CM7 Huw Jones 4th TA32 Alun Jenkins 5th Y1 Adam Henley 6th T21 Martin Hucknall 7th E152 Matthew Manning DNF PAC3 Rob Corbett. CLASS 5 (29 cars): 1st C41E Antony Jackson 2nd NS83 Gareth Williams 3rd SN265 Darren Lodge 4th C84E Richard Crowther 5th NS70 John Wilde 6th Y9 Mark Joslin 7th Y44 Les Grice DNF SN321 Wayne Mathurin. CLASS 6 (32 cars): 1st PAC57 Nathan Rees 2nd Y821 Chris Mullen 3rd R27 David Houghton 4th YD10 Martyn Janes 5th ST84 Dan Wade 6th E5 Micky Manning 7th Y16 Stuart Thompson DNF ARC8 Ryan Power. CLASS 7 (41 cars): 1st SN145 Kraig Murley 2nd SV2 Mark Griffiths 3rd SC950 Abi Mosley 4th A111 James Winter 5th P23EM Phil Barleyman 6th SR8 Pete Berry 7th BC8 Gareth Thomas DNF SC59 Martyn Dunmow. CLASS 8 (60 cars): BF WR20 Ian Stephenson 1st SC1 Antony Ross 2nd ST44 Dan Mackenzie 3rd SP8 Chris Pope 4th ST55 Barry Ashmore 5th ARC4 Phil Cooper 6th Y69 Simon Graeme DNF PHD2 Phil Rogers. CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd R309 Mike Liddiatt 3rd PHD9 Wayne Llewellyn 4th WS21 Stuart Taylor 5th NW126 Spencer Parsonage 6th S275Y Keith Featherstone 7th S2D James Candy 8th NS343 Sam Gould. CLASS 10 (21 cars): 1st CW121 Derek Leech 2nd LM170 Vinny Gibbons 3rd SC99 Andy Kershaw 4th BC22 Lance Bowen 5th PHD12 Carl Ray 6th R7 Paul Fackrell 7th NS9 Dave Holroyd DNF CA24 Stuart Ward. JUNIORS (44 cars): 1st CA48 Shayne Deegan 2nd SP15 Shannon Ellis 3rd SV100 Conner Griffiths 4th SN202 Luke Bartlett 5th PAC2 Alice Bevans 6th B100H Ash Bryan DNF S296Y Rob Drake BF R212 Jordan Blore. JUNIOR SPECIALS (28 cars): 1st ARC7 Sean Power 2nd LM18 Ben Gibbons 3rd NS151 Tom Chadwick 4th R127 Kyle McKinley 5th NS155 Matt Berrisford 6th C9 Cameron Mills DNF BC6 Tom Taylor, Y888 Jack Rawlinson. LADIES’ CLASS 1 (23 cars): 1st P37EM Lyndsey Allen 2nd ST447 Tina Hilton 3rd PHD66 Helen James 4th S84Y Nikki Shepherdson 5th YD85 Katie Sunley 6th Y58 Olivia Tinker DNF NR75 Mel Porter BF IK122 Michelle Phillips. LADIES’ CLASS 2 (8 cars): 1st YD31 Sarah Carden 2nd SR41 Claudette Chater 3rd C20 Becky Shaw 4th SR35 Charlotte Morris 5th LM79 Kathryn Stansfield 6th Y14 Diane Tomkinson 7th S78Y Kirsty Palfreyman DNF SP18 Emma Hall. LADIES’ CLASS 3 (7 cars) : 1st ARC27 Lisa Almond 2nd Y61 Jo Thompson 3rd SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 4th C266E Lianne Teather 5th NW160 Joanne Rowlands. LADIES’ CLASS 4 (8 cars): 1st Y15 Leigh Daniells 2nd BC69 Donna Jones 3rd S7Y Vicky Appleton 4th L15 Lisa Branston DNF R771 Gina Fackrell. LADIES’ CLASS 5 (7 cars): 1st Y44 Nicola Jesse 2nd CM25 Danielle Phillips 3rd CM40 Louise Jones 4th E22 Tina Grasby 5th SL15 Julie Graham. LADIES’ CLASS 6 (5 cars): 1st NS219 Angela Evans 2nd Y43 Tracey Burrell 3rd YD15 Yvonne Dockray 4th YD10 Sarah Haigh 5th YD131 Sarah Carden. LADIES’ CLASS 7 (8 cars): 1st YD17 Jo Thompson 2nd S22Y Clare Horner 3rd YD71 Pam Blackburn 4th TA8 Louise Jones 5th BC61 Claire Hockly 6th LM30 Charlotte Pugh BF PAC53 Michaela Bevans. LADIES’ CLASS 8 (16 cars): 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd C10 Sandra Jones 3rd LM9 Mel Gallagher 4th YD7 Sue Nicholls 5th SP50 Jenny Rutter 6th R900 Laura Morgan 7th BC5 Carrie Mills DNS NS55 Clare Cockerill. LADIES’ CLASS 9 (5 cars): 1st WS9 Jane Baynton 2nd Y26 Jane Longley 3rd S222D Bev Candy. LADIES’ CLASS 10 (4 cars): 1st WR72 Gemma Stephenson 2nd CA24 Mary Deegan 3rd NS9 Kelly Holroyd. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: Y75 Ollie Burley, R2 Clare Horner.
BAS SERIES RESULTS (subject to official confirmation) If you have any queries on these results, please wait until the official version is published! CLASS 1: 1st CA54 Lee Deegan (860 pts) 2nd Y75 Ollie Burley (818) 3rd SP24 Ashley Robinson (708) 4th SC25 Ian Ullathorne (694) 5th CA284 Sam French (624) 6th S80D Aaron Middleton (601) 7th R121 Andy Kelsey (549) 8th S60Y Matty Lawson (514) 9th H247 Dan Keddie (503) 10th NW134 Scott Sharp (496). CLASS 2: 1st SV5 Tim Harber (847) 2nd C20 Dan Evans (812) 3rd C64 Lloyd Morgan (795) 4th SR54 Lee Evason (655) 5th NS249 Cary Evans (601) 6th R206 Steve Cooper (591) 7th Y14 Ian Tomkinson (567) 8th Y24 Alex Hay (557) 9th WS15 Chris Tudgay (488) 10th WW132 Jamie Meehan (487). CLASS 3: 1st ARC27 Lee Almond (768) 2nd WS22 Adrian Joyce (702) 3rd SN27 Barry Almond (660) 4th SR22 John Shorter (587) 5th NS293 Leon Dorsett (586) 6th ST441 Aaron Mackenzie (584) 7th C266E Anthony Teather (574) 8th IK351 John Warren (545) 9th SR55 Bob Matthews (537) 10th NS334 Martin Gould (532). CLASS 4: 1st BC69 Adam Jones (845) 2nd PAC3 Rob Corbett (807) 3rd M60 Nicky Williams (740) 4th CM7 Huw Jones (640) 5th TA32 Alun Jenkins (590) 6th E220 Darren Grasby (561) 7th S22D Luke Smith (475) 8th WS4 Mark Hoppé (466) 9th TA12 Dorian Davies (427) 10th Y1 Adam Henley (411). CLASS 5: 1st SN265 Darren Lodge (862) 2nd C41E Antony Jackson (858) 3rd Y64 Mark Grice (731) 4th Y44 Les Grice (638) 5th SN321 Wayne Mathurin (616) 6th SL15 Steven Graham (505) 7th PHD93 Bryan Neale (497) 8th NS83 Gareth Williams (497) 9th ST6 Colin Chilvers (497) 10th CM40 Malcolm Herbert (486). CLASS 6: 1st PAC57 Nathan Rees (848) 2nd Y821 Chris Mullen (825) 3rd E6 Barry Holloway (676) 4th E5 Micky Manning (620) 5th YD10 Martyn Janes (572) 6th Y16 Stuart Thompson (530) 7th NS434 Ben Gould (503) 8th R27 David Houghton (475) 9th SL161 Aaron Cavagin (467) 10th YD15 Stewart Dockray (465). CLASS 7: 1st SV2 Mark Griffiths (726) 2nd SN145 Kraig Murley (703) 3rd SR8 Pete Berry (674) 4th BC8 Gareth Thomas (655) 5th YD71 Graham Blackburn (614) 6th P23EM Phil Barleyman (595) 7th NS205 Andy Pipe (592) 8th N700 Rich Lee (556) 9th A111 James Winter (518)) 10th SC82 Karl Mosley (511). CLASS 8: 1st ARC4 Phil Cooper (779) 2nd PHD2 Phil Rogers (766) 3rd SP8 Chris Pope (753) 4th SC1 Antony Ross (748) 5th SS3 Russ Shepherd (687) 6th BC55 Tom Lewis (678) 7th R1 Lee Waldron (556) 8th ST44 Dan Mackenzie (541) 9th WR20 Ian Stephenson (507) 10th NS55 Geoff Berrisford (492). CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper (894) 2nd S2D James Candy (800) 3rd PHD1 Steve Lindsay (736) 4th NW126 Spencer Parsonage (660) 5th PHD9 Wayne Llewellyn (564) 6th P5EM Jason Richardson (551) 7th WS21 Stuart Taylor (546) 8th R777 Dan Page (540) 9th N27 Matt Rigby (478) 10th S275Y Keith Featherstone (453). CLASS 10: 1st MA54 Patrick Sheehan (817) 2nd SC99 Andy Kershaw (678) 3rd R7 Paul Fackrell (673) 4th PHD12 Carl Ray (600) 5th NS9 Dave Holroyd (586) 6th LM170 Vinny Gibbons (540) 7th R200 Ben Hurdman (505) 8th CW121 Derek Leech (495) 9th BC22 Lance Bowen (446) 10th SS6 Chris Ellis (432). JUNIORS: 1st SN81 Nathan Saunders (848) 2nd SP15 Shannon Ellis (808) 3rd CA48 Shayne Deegan (804) 4th SN202 Luke Bartlett (710) 5th R212 Jordan Blore (702) 6th SV100 Conner Griffiths (698) 7th NR75 Ashley Porter (561) 8th E51 Luke Oakley (546) 9th YD183 James Bowe (523) 10th CA54 Alice Bell (495). JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st NS151 Tom Chadwick (891) 2nd ARC7 Sean Power (847) 3rd R127 Kyle McKinley (647) 4th LM18 Ben Gibbons (641) 5th Y888 Jack Rawlinson (629) 6th WR11 Sean Wright (618) 7th C9 Cameron Mills (575) 8th BC6 Tom Taylor (571) 9th MA33 Billy Davis (519) 10th C220 Shane Smith (479). LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st PHD66 Helen James (826) 2nd P37EM Lyndsey Allen (714) 3rd BC11 Becky Shaw (712) 4th S84Y Nikki Shepherdson (682) 5th YD85 Katie Sunley (590) 6th PHD73 Bobbie Neale (557) 7th IK122 Michelle Phillips (515) 8th ST447 Tina Hilton (514) 9th NS17 Katie Symonds (485) 10th NR15 Mel Porter (468). LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st SR41 Claudette Chater (938) 2nd Y14 Diane Tomkinson (706) 3rd YD31 Sarah Carden (585) 4th SR35 Charlotte Morris (658) 5th MA241 Ellen Sugrue (450) 6th A23 Sarah Trott (441) 7th SP18 Emma Hall (391) 8th LM79 Kathryn Stansfield (348) 9th WS24 Louise Tudgay (259) 10th C60 Donna Howells (225). LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st ARC27 Lisa Almond (859) 2nd SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant (871) 3rd Y51 Jo Thompson (674) 4th C266E Lianne Teather (527) 5th CM4 Donna Cole (464) 6th E11 Gemma Fullard (432) 7th NW160 Joanne Rowlands (401) 8th WS110 Dawn North (141) 9th C12 Penny Smith (105). LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st E220 Lisa Grasby (748) 2nd BC69 Donna Jones (728) 3rd Y145 Leigh Daniells (585) 4th S7Y Vicky Appleton (474) 5th R771 Gina Fackrell (429) 6th Y22 Natalie Longley (301) 7th IK229 Claire Blackman (207) 8th ST446 Kelly Hornby (6). LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st Y44 Nicola Jesse (781) 2nd C31 Sandra Jones (766) 3rd CM25 Danielle Phillips (688) 4th S40D Rhiannon Smith (557) 5th E22 Tina Grasby (539) 6th SL15 Julie Graham (464) 7th YD62 Diane Sunley (407) 8th CM40 Louise Jones (323) 9th R13 Jayne Barratt (226) 10th M45 Tracey Orton (167). LADIES’ CLASS 6: 1st SN212 Josie Cox (729) 2nd E13 Tracey Bax (590) 3rd YD15 Yvonne Dockray (586) 4th NS219 Angela Evans (392) 5th M4 Kate Featherstone (380) 6th S25 Gina Walters (311) 7th PHD40 Donna Forrest (28). LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st PAC53 Michaela Bevans (816) 2nd YD17 Jo Thompson (779) 3rd LM30 Charlotte Pugh (693) 4th IK64 Jade Russell (520) 5th YD71 Pam Blackburn (433) 6th C262E Cathy Harrison (384) 7th BC61 Claire Hockly (374) 8th WS161 Keryn Collins (305) 9th TA8 Louise Jones (287) 10th SN50 Jax Clamp (284). LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st LM9 Mel Gallagher (847) 2nd R900 Laura Morgan (703) 3rd R2 Clare Horner (641) 4th C10 Sandra Jones (587) 5th NS55 Claire Cockerill (572) 6th WR20 Lindsay Stephenson (569) 7th YD7 Sue Nicholls (485) 8th B56H Claire Winnall (413) 9th BC5 Carrie Mills (344) 10th IK65 Jade Russell (343). LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st WS9 Jane Baynton (804) 2nd Y26 Jane Longley (736) 3rd S222D Bev Candy (632) 4th S275Y Sally Stratton (484) 5th SC20 Jane Bonsall (280) 6th Y177 Lesley Gardner (146) 7th M1 Kate Featherstone (105) 8th NW36 Karen Munslow (70). LADIES’ CLASS 10: 1st WR72 Gemma Stephenson (723) 2nd BC22 Carrie Mills (695) 3rd CA24 Mary Deegan (488) 4th SS11 Helen Richards (397) 5th CW223 Danielle Barratt (393) 6th LUD81 Maria Roche (154). HIGHEST OVERALL POINTS: Men: C41E Antony Jackson (1048) Ladies: PHD66 Helen James & ARC27 Lisa Almond (997) Juniors: NS151 Tom Chadwick (1079). Total registered competitors 640.
THE YORKSHIRE OPEN
While we were away in Ireland (see below), we left behind us a very busy weekend of racing all over the UK. The major event of the weekend was the PURE SILK YORKSHIRE OPEN at Thornborough, which incorporated round three of the Sportway Tyres Northern Challenge. The meeting drew one of the best non-BAS entries of the year, with 243 drivers taking part (photo by Lisa Humphreys - more of her axcellent shots can be seen on http://myshots.zenfolio.com)
YORKSHIRE OPEN RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st YD35 Rachael Davis 2nd S130Y Danny Hobson 3rd Y58 Jordan Tinker. CLASS 2: 1st Y24 Alex Hay 2nd YD74 Emmerson Sherwood 3rd S46Y Kev Frankland. CLASS 3: 1st S151Y Paul Bulmer 2nd WR71 Steve Woodruff 3rd Y30 Roger Kirby. CLASS 4: 1st Y1 Adam Henley 2nd Y42 Andy Kirby 3rd YD1 Duane Walker. CLASS 5: 1st S52Y Tony Spencer 2nd Y84 Nigel Bennett 3rd Y170 Jonathan Bennett. CLASS 6: 1st Y821 Chris Mullen 2nd YD120 Allan Weston 3rd Y40 Wes Tinker. CLASS 7: 1st YD17 Phil Thompson 2nd YD178 James Almack 3rd YD83 Mally Wing. CLASS 8: 1st YD21 Andy Jefferson 2nd YD54 Tim Corner 3rd Y45 Josh Tinker. CLASS 9: 1st YD177 Dennis Raffel 2nd Y177 Andy Swann 3rd S36Y James Lancaster. CLASS 10: 1st YD79 Martin Lofthouse 2nd CS888 Michael Nairns. STOCK HATCH: 1st Y118 Peter Clegg 2nd Y178 Tony Staples 3rd S17Y Joe Neal. F600: 1st SL1 Peter Cobb 2nd YD80 Ben Gill 3rd YD130 Malcolm Dowson. JUNIORS: 1st Y19 Ash Thompson 2nd YD183 James Bowe 3rd YD5 Liam Hilton. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st YD182 James Bowe 2nd S916Y Steven Green 3rd WR52 Ricky Beauchamp. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st YD85 Katie Sunley 2nd YD5 Angie Hilton 3rd Y166 Leigh Daniells. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st YD31 Sarah Carden 2nd Y99 Beth Gardner 3rd YD102 Susan Graham. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st Y30 Sheena Kirby 2nd WR71 Steph Bullock. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st YD1 Amy Walker 2nd Y15 Leigh Daniells 3rd YD19 Lyndsey Knott. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st Y84 Amy Bennett. LADIES’ CLASS 6: 1st Y43 Tracey Burrell. LADIES’ STOCK HATCH: 1st SL45 Fiona McIntyre 2nd YD145 Michelle Rimmer 3rd YD6 Angie Hilton?. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st YD17 Jo Thompson 2nd YD71 Pam Blackburn. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st YD7 Sue Nicholls 2nd YD42 Sandra Shields 3rd YD3 Zoe Crellin. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st Y177 Lesley Gardner 2nd YD171 Chris Raffel. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st YD7 Sue Nicholls 2nd Y84 Amy Bennett 3rd YD31 Sarah Carden. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st Y1 Adam Henley 2nd SL1 Peter Cobb 3rd YD21 Andy Jefferson.
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SCOTLAND WIN IN IRELAND
Central Scotland Autograss Club won its first major title as Class 2 driver Jonathan Witham triumphed in a three-abreast finish to the All Ireland Champion of Champions race, just beating last year’s champion James Brady’s Class 4 Micra and Class 1 winner Anthony Harrington. The West Waterford Club’s showpiece meeting was again two events in one, combining the final of the three round All Ireland Series with the Irish Fastest Person on Grass, which was won by another Class 2 driver Vincent McSweeney, the Cork teenager holding off a 13-car field in a fast and spectacular Champion of Champions race. After a year when Irish Autograss has been badly affected by the weather, West Waterford were rewarded with a hot sunny weekend and perfect conditions at the scenic Ballysaggart track, which welcomed vistors from North and South Wales, Scotland and England in addition to the best turnout of the year of Southern and Northern Irish racers. The meeting ended with the traditional prizegiving, an event quite unique in Autograss, held this year at the Clonea Strand Hotel on the south coast.
IRISH FASTEST PERSON ON GRASS 2009: CLASS 1: 1st MA22 Anthony Harrington (30 pts) 2nd PAC81 Will Elford (28) 3rd PHD226 Paul Pearce (18) 4th C37 Jeff Hope-Davies (16). CLASS 1A: 1st MA87 Paul Hogan (28) 2nd MA81 Mick Galvin (26) 3rd MA64 Martin Hogan (20) 4th MA2 Jeff Hope-Davies (15). CLASS 2: 1st CK89 Vincent McSweeney (30) 2nd CK5 Tomas Creedon (24) 3rd MA211 Seamus O’Riordan (19) 4th MA19 Callum Hallinen (15). CLASS 3: 1st MA6 Paul Cusack (27) 2nd PAC99 Clive Kennington (24) 3rd NW234 Barry Evans (20) 4th MA13 Ed Sheehan (9). CLASS 4: 1st DA4 Lee Wylie (29) 2nd CW12 James Brady (18) 3rd CW221 Brian Kearns (17) 4th NW55 Phil Roberts (15). CLASS 5: 1st PHD93 Bryan Neale (28) 2nd CK9 Pat O’Driscoll (25) 3rd NS70 John Wilde (19) 4th CW77 Dwayne McAssey (17). CLASS 6: 1st MA183 Declan Browne (30) 2nd WW399 John Fuller (26) 3rd NW41 Darren Owens (21) 4th WW363 Marie Rafferty (20). CLASS 7: 1st CW9 Kevin Roche (27) 2nd WW369 John Shanahan (24) 3rd PHD112 Derek John (22) 4th CW160 Barry Smyth (19). CLASS 8: 1st MA25 Trevor Cusack (28) 2nd MA7 Alan O’Keeffe (27) 3rd MA11 Dave Dwane (21) 4th MA69 Mick Hogan (15). CLASS 9: 1st WW252 Shane Houlihan (26) 2nd NW88 Darren Lane (22) 3rd MA3 Richard Davis (21) 4th CW21 Bob Lanigan (13). CLASS 10: 1st WW318 Martin Browne (26) 2nd NW117 Tony Jones (23) 3rd CW223 Eamonn O’Brien (18) 4th WW317 Louise Browne (11). LADIES’ CLASS 1-6: 1st MA241 Ellen Sugrue (29) 2nd N500 Nicola Ferguson (23) 3rd PAC45 Sharon Powell (13) 4th CK21 Jennifer Warren (11). LADIES’ CLASS 7-10: 1st MA369 Val Shanahan (30) 2nd PAC24 Caroline Jones (20) 3rd CW121 Danielle Barratt (16). F600: 1st WW78 Kenneth Cashel (29) 2nd WW123 Paudie O’Giorman (16) 3rd WW74 Jimmy Fuller (17) 4th WW11 Sean O’Sullivan (14). JUNIORS: 1st MA1 Nicole O’Brien (30) 2nd MA23 Danny Harrington (26) 3rd PAC73 Josh Powell (19) 4th PHD71 Geraint Jones (18). JUNIORS’ CLASS 1A: 1st MA238 Stephen Sugrue (28) 2nd MA24 Darren O’Connell (23) 3rd CK42 Cian Shorter (22) 4th MA155 Jack Creaven (17). JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st MA33 Billy Davis (29) 2nd WW65 John Fyfe (26) 3rd WW67 B J Doyle (20) 4th MA55 Aideen Sheehan (16). MECHANICS’ RACE: 1st MA55 Patrick Sheehan 2nd WW3 John Cashel 3rd SR6 Richie Williams 4th CK47 Keith Ballard. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st CK89 Vincent McSweeney 2nd PHD93 Bryan Neale 3rd MA6 Paul Cusack 4th MA183 Declan Browne.
ALL IRELAND AUTOGRASS SERIES 2009: CLASS 1: 1st MA22 Anthony Harrington (29 pts) 2nd WW50 Jim Hayde (21) 3rd C37 Jeff Hope-Davies (16) 4th PHD226 Paul Pearce (14). CLASS 1A: 1st MA81 Mick Galvin (29) 2nd MA64 Martin Hogan (23) 3rd MA87 Paul Hogan (20) 4th WW261 Paul Devine (17). CLASS 2: 1st CS88 Jonathan Witham (29) 2nd WW303 Francis Beecher (25) 3rd MA19 Callum Hallinen (15) 4th WW159 Mike Fuller (12). CLASS 3: 1st CW81 Jim Lee (29) 2nd CW181 Robert Lee (19) 3rd DA28 Barry Curran (28). CLASS 4: 1st CW12 James Brady (33) 2nd WW53 Paddy Nugent (27) 3rd CW75 Brendan Byrne (6). CLASS 5: 1st CW77 Dwayne McAssey (26) 2nd DA71 David Stockdale (21) 3rd CW31 Kevin Carron (16) 4th DA15 Peter Devlin (15). CLASS 6: 1st WW399 John Fuller (33) 2nd DA21 John Paul McCann (23) 3rd DA9 Peter McCann (19) 4th WW363 Marie Rafferty (14). CLASS 7: 1st CW9 Kevin Roche (27) 2nd CW160 Barry Smyth (23) 3rd WW998 Patrick Sheehy (19) 4th WW369 John Shanahan (16). CLASS 8: 1st MA7 Alan O’Keeffe (31) 2nd MA25 Trevor Cusack (29) 3rd MA69 Mick Hogan (19) 4th CW74 Ruari Cooke (9). CLASS 9: 1st CW21 Bob Lanigan (31) 2nd WW252 Shane Houlihan (29) 3rd MA3 Richard Davis (6). CLASS 10: 1st WW318 Martin Browne (29) 2nd CW223 Eamonn O’Brien (19) 3rd Louise Browne (9) 4th WW5 Richie Nugent (10). LADIES’ CLASS 1-6: 1st MA241 Ellen Sugrue (29) 2nd N500 Nicola Ferguson (23) 3rd CW188 Emma Hutton (21) 4th CW68 Bridget Hutton (8). LADIES’ CLASS 7-10: 1st 2nd MA369 Val Shanahan (30) PAC24 Carline Jones (20) 3rd CW121 Danielle Barratt. F600: 1st WW78 Kenneth Cashel (33) 2nd WW123 Paudie O’Giorman (25) 3rd WW11 Sean O’Sullivan (19) 4th WW74 Jimmy Fuller (19). JUNIORS: 1st MA23 Danny Harrington (25) 2nd DA38 Chrisy McCracken (25) 3rd DA37 Jonny McCracken (24) 4th WW16 John Kearns (19). JUNIORS’ CLASS 1A: 1st CW112 Chelsea Brady (22) 2nd CK24 Eamonn McCarthy (14) 3rd MA155 Jack Creaven (14) 4th MA24 Darren O’Connell (13). JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st WW65 John Fyfe (31) 2nd WW67 B J Doyle (25) 3rd WW319 Jessica Browne (19) 4th MA96 Diarmuid O’Brien (17). CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st CS88 Jonathan Witham 2nd CW12 James Brady 3rd MA22 Anthony Harrington 4th CW77 Dawyne McAssey.
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WIN, WIN, WIN FOR CLARE
The East Anglian League laid on what many considered the perfect venue for this year’s Ladies’ and Juniors’ Nationals with the track, facilities and site layout receiving universal praise. Even the weather was ideal, and some excellent racing was seen on the St Neots track. While the close, clean racing continued through most of the class finals, producing a list of very deserving champions, a series of incidents and disputes put NASA’s organisation under severe pressure in the finals and took a little of the shine off an otherwise first rate event.
CLASS 5 – a weekend-long battle between
Nicola Jesse and Clare Horner saw Clare turn the tables on Nicola to win the
final at the wheel of Steven Brown’s Mini.
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August Bank Holiday saw just four Autograss meetings running, all of them well established Bank Holiday events. The traditional choice between the FASTEST MAN ON GRASS at Lincoln and the BORDER COUNTIES FESTIVAL in Herefordshire was augmented by the BRITISH UNMODIFIED CHAMPIONSHIP, a popular new add-on to the Wessex club’s regular Bank Holiday fixture, while INVICTA KENT’s promise of lots of track time and fun and games attracted visitors from as far afield as West Wales for a well supported and well organised meeting
The thirty-eighth running of the oldest Autograss Championship, the FASTEST MAN ON GRASS, attracted 429 entries to the Caenby Corner track near Lincoln. The class heats on Sunday were followed by the usual “progressive” finals on Monday morning, with some drivers taking full advantage of the second chance to qualify through to the main events.
After the class finals, the rest of Monday was devoted to the series of elimination races to find the Fastest Man on Grass, with Ian Stephenson eventually emerging as champion for the second time. Clare Horner won the Fastest Lady on Grass title for the fifth year running and the Fastest Junior on grass was Nathan Saunders.
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FASTEST JUNIOR ON GRASS: 1st SN81 Nathan Saunders 2nd ST52 Alex Fretwell 3rd WR11 Sean Wright 4th S116Y Jimbob Johnson. FASTEST SALOON ON GRASS: 1st SN265 Andy Lodge 2nd C41E Antony Jckson 3rd SN27 Barry Almond 4th ST307 Tony Goodsir. FASTEST SPECIAL ON GRASS: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd SP8 Chris Pope 3rd WR20 Ian Stephenson 4th SC12 Andy Patrick. FASTEST LADIES’ SALOON ON GRASS: 1st ST6 Sarah Chilvers 2nd 3rd ARC27 Lisa Almond 4tth S22Y Clare Horner. FASTEST LADIES’ SPECIAL ON GRASS: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd WR20 Lindsay Stephenson 3rd WR75 Rosemary Glover 4th YD7 Sue Nicholls. FASTEST LADY ON GRASS: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd WR20 Lindsay Stephenson 3rd LM30 Charlotte Pugh 4th YD7 Sue Nicholls. FASTEST MAN ON GRASS: 1st WR20 Ian Stephenson 2nd SP8 Chris Pope 3rd SC12 Andy Patrick 4th C41E Antony Jackson. LINCOLNSHIRE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP: 1st SC49 Chris Juggins 2nd S130Y Danny Hobson 3rd SN28 Kerry Pope 4th SP999 Martyn Johnson. JUNIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP: 1st ST52 Alex Fretwell 2nd LM17 Jack Gibbons 3rd LM18 Ben Gibbons 4th WR52 Ricky Beauchamp. GLEN CARTER MEMORIAL: 1st ST441 Aaron Mackenzie 2nd ST44 Dan Mackenzie 3rd ST50 Dave Fretwell 4th SC14 Russ Thompson.
Meanwhile Chloe Standish completed a lap of the Caenby Corner track that raised over £250 for the Lincolnshire Air Ambulance!
The BORDER COUNTIES AUTOGRASS FESTIVAL, held on the “Quarry Track” at Monkland, near Leominster, followed its familiar format, with three full days of racing on a unique long track complete with left hand bend. New modifications made the track even more of a challenge, with a long uphill drag replacing the previous downhill start, while the track had been extended into the old pits area, replacing last year’s hairpin bend with a sweeping banked corner leading into the left-hander; the change of direction coinciding with a change of camber made life every interesting. The layout proved a great leveller, with a premium on handling, meaning that the lone F600 of Nobby Norbury could run with the front-running Class 8s, while the Class 4s of Rob Corbett and Adam Jones ran rings round the Class 7s in the “Super Saloon Shootout”. This additional event, intended primarily for Class 7s, attracted a disappointing 31 entries for the first round of eliminators on Saturday evening, despite being opened up to Class 3, 4, 5, 6and Stock Hatch cars, but come Monday’s final the Class 7 of Gareth Thomas came out on top. The “big money” Champion of Champions races on Monday were won by Craig Bagley’s Class 5, and by Paula Williams, making a successful return to racing in Nathan Rees’ Class 6.
The results below are unofficial final results recorded at the event - official results for some classes, decided on points and not finals, may have been different, but no record is available of these.
Border Counties Festival Saturday: CLASS 1: 1st BC4 Adam Jones 2nd R137 Steve Edwards 3rd C37 Jeff Hope-Davies 4th ARC45 David Kay. CLASS 2: 1st SR33 Peter Morgan 2nd NW30 Gwilym Roberts 3rd NW297 Andrew Owen 4th P13 Richard Jones. CLASS 3: 1st TA221 Neil Reed 2nd NW40 Warren Beatty 3rd C266E Ant Teather 4th P502EM Mark Guy. CLASS 4: 1st PAC3 Rob Corbett 2nd NW326 Chris Hardman 3rd SR327 Jody Hardman 4th NW55 Phil Roberts. CLASS 5: 1st NS83 Gareth Williams 2nd LUD8 Jabez Smith 3rd PAC451 Lewis Richards 4th S60D Stuart Deacon. CLASS 6: 1st C608E Glen Embling 2nd ARC8 Ryan Power 3rd R29 Aaron Murray 4th H99 Paul Bailey. CLASS 7: 1st BC8 Gareth Thomas 2nd NW99 Rupert Lomax 3rd BC62 Mike Hockly 4th TA20 Peter Thomas. CLASS 8: 1st NW61 Dave Alcock 2nd NW60 Ken Roberts 3rd SV90 John Schoenemann 4th NW45 Mark Borman. CLASS 9: 1st PHD9 Wayne Llewellyn 2nd NW88 Darren Lane 3rd PAC34 Steve Freeman 4th NW77 Darren Parry. CLASS 10: 1st PHD10 Gary Ray 2nd PHD15 Gareth Paines 3rd BC3 Karl Best 4th NW117 Tony Jones. CLASS 11: 1st PHD4 Daphne Mousley 2nd C89 Rosie Stephens 3rd NS66 Bev Jones 4th C88 Suzanne Stephens. CLASS 11A: 1st NW2978 Trudy Owen 2nd NW30 Sian Butler 3rd NW74 Rhian Roberts 4th P282 Elaine Phillips. CLASS 12: 1st PAC37 Jenny Brown 2nd 39F Janet Murray 3rd NS121 Carol Rowland 4th P500EM Vicky Burbridge. CLASS 13: 1st C266E Lianne Teather. CLASS 14: 1st BC160 Terri Mumford 2nd BC22 Carrie Mills 3rd LUD1 Shelley Tipton 4th LM26 Catheryn Day. JUNIORS: 1st TA36 Trystan Daniels 2nd SR10 Brad Jarvis 3rd R302 Lewis Waterhouse 4th E71 Alex Leide. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SR46 Matt Booth 2nd ARC7 Sean Power 3rd MA33 Billy Davis 4th YS73 Matt Bishop.
Border Counties Festival Sunday: CLASS 1: 1st NW43 Gareth Edwards 2nd R137 Steve Edwards 3rd C37 Jeff Hope-Davies 4th NS225 Ian Roberts. CLASS 2: 1st SV19 Jon Regan 2nd SR33 Peter Morgan 3rd C64 Lloyd Morgan 4th NW5 Rich Owen. CLASS 3: 1st PAC177 Keth Williams 2nd SR20 Neil Burnett 3rd SR55 Bob Matthews 4th NS41 Steve Goodwin. CLASS 4: 1st PAC3 Rob Corbett 2nd SV54 Colin Tippins 3rd BC32 Kiah Stevens 4th NW326 Chris Hardman. CLASS 5: 1st C2 Craig Bagley 2nd 39F Mark Ashmead 3rd TA200 Aled Dark 4th LUD8 Jabez Smith. CLASS 6: 1st TA222 Nigel Reed 2nd PHD57 Neil Morgan 3rd TA220 Barry Evans 4th M7 Nick Clarke. CLASS 7: 1st SC45 Carl Swift 2nd NS205 Andy Pipe 3rd BC49 Sam Gwilliam 4th C18E Trevor Martin. CLASS 8: 1st PHD2 Phil Rogers 2nd LUD5 Steve Duggan 3rd NS55 Geoff Berrisford 4th NW60 Ken Roberts. CLASS 9: 1st PHD54 Anthony Paines 2nd NW88 Darren Lane 3rd PHD9 Wayne Llewellyn 4th NW4 Alun Roberts. CLASS 10: 1st ARC1 Lee Seagreaves 2nd SS6 Chris Ellis 3rd PHD12 Carl Ray 4th PHD10 Gary Ray. CLASS 11: 1st PAC249 Bethan Vaughan 2nd C88 Rosie Stephens 3rd C89 Suzanne Stephens 4th PHD4 Daphne Mousley. CLASS 11A: 1st SR51 Katie Jones 2nd C120 Charlotte Lewis 3rd P282 Elaine Phillips 4th NW30 Sian Butler. CLASS 12: 1st PAC57 Paula Williams 2nd 39F Janet Murray 3rd PHD75 Nina Lewis 4th PAC37 Jenny Brown (DNF). CLASS 13: 1st NS49 Celia Cosby 2nd BC61 Claire Hockly 3rd C266E Lianne Teather (DNF). CLASS 14: 1st C10 Sandra Jones 2nd NS55 Clare Cockerill 3rd PHD54 Kelly Wonnacott 4th BC54 Rachel Jones. JUNIORS: 1st NW43 Rhys Edwards 2nd B13H Otis Williams 3rd LM225 Alan Stretton 4th R302 Lewis Waterhouse. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SR46 Matt Booth 2nd ARC7 Sean Power 3rd LM52 Jamie Dunne 4th PHD72 Jake Roberts. FATHER’S RACE: 1st BC6 Phil Rogers 2nd ARC33 Lee Seagreaves 3rd NS155 Geoff Berrisford 4th C9 Steve Mills
Border Counties Festival Monday: CLASS 1: 1st NW19 Chris Colegate 2nd 96F Chris Manners 3rd C37 Jeff Hope-Davies 4th NW24 Matty Jones. CLASS 2: 1st SR33 Peter Morgan 2nd NW297 Andrew Owen 3rd P13 Richard Jones 4th SR51 David Jones. CLASS 3: 1st P502EM Mark Guy 2nd NS20 Neville Mower 3rd NW98 Geoff Fell 4th NW40 Warren Beatty. CLASS 4: 1st PAC3 Rob Corbett 2nd SV54 Colin Tippins 3rd C171E Ted Sparrow 4th PHD75 Steve Lewis (DNF). CLASS 5: 1st NS70 John Wilde 2nd LUD8 Jabez Smith 3rd S60D Stuart Deacon 4th NS83 Gareth Williams. CLASS 6: 1st PAC57 Nathan Rees 2nd ARC8 Ryan Power 3rd TA222 Nigel Reed 4th NW251 Phil de Prez. CLASS 7: 1st NS205 Andy Pipe 2nd LM72 Mick Brogden 3rd TA6 Emyr Evans 4th BC49 Sam Gwilliam. CLASS 8: 1st PHD2 Phil Rogers 2nd LUD80 Jimmy Smith 3rd NS55 Geoff Berrisford 4th NW61 Dave Alcock. CLASS 9: 1st NW88 Darren Jane 2nd NS3 Rhys Williams 3rd PHD9 Wayne Llewellyn 4th NW4 Alun Roberts. CLASS 10: 1st PHD12 Carl Ray 2nd SS6 Chris Ellis 3rd LM106 Roy Blower 4th WR175 Richard Dunwell. CLASS 11: 1st ARC46 Laura Higgs 2nd PHD4 Daphne Mousley 3rd PAC249 Bethan Vaughan 4th C88 Rosie Stephens. CLASS 11A: 1st SR51 Katie Jones 2nd NW297 Trudy Owen 3rd C60 Donna Howells 4th NW30 Sian Butler. CLASS 12: 1st PAC57 Paula Williams 2nd NS122 Terri Rowland 3rd PHD57 4th NS121 Carol Rowland. CLASS 14: 1st C10 Sandra Jones 2nd NS55 Clare Cockerill 3rd LM26 Catheryn Day 4th LUD1 Shelley Tipton. JUNIORS: 1st B13H Otis Williams 2nd NS206 Joe Pipe 3rd SR10 Brad Jarvis 4th R302 Lewis Waterhouse. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SR46 Matt Booth 2nd ARC7 Sean Power 3rd NS155 Matt Berrisford 4th BC6 Tom Taylor. FATHER’S RACE: 1st BC6 Phil Rogers 2nd MA55 Patrick Sheahan 3rd MA33 Richard Davies 4th ARC33 Lee Seagreaves.
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CLUB RACING RULES
Squeezed in between all the major summer events, August 23 was a rare treat - a day for the club racers! While wet weather was forecast in South Wales (where the dreaded Pendine fog caused the cancellation of the meeting) and Solway, where the second round of the Sportway Tyres Northern Challenge was successfully completed. Everywhere else fine weather contributed to excellent events at Cambridge (celebrating the club's 40th season with a round of the Eastern Open Challenge), Trent (the biggest meeting of the weekend with 161 entries) and Melton. Having been spoilt for choice, we ended up covering meetings at North Shropshire and Leewood.
NORTH SHROPSHIRE hosted a good day's racing at the well established Hinton Hall track, with plenty of good club racing and car swapping (eg former Class 3 Champ Martin Gould in son Sam's Class 9 while Sam tried the 3) and no major incidents at all.
NORTH SHROPSHIRE RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st SR295 Carl Whitfield 2nd NS697 Josh Fowler 3rd NS38 Andy Oakley. CLASS 2: 1st SR33 Peter Morgan 2nd NS48 Stuart Belcher 3rd NS47 Vern Jackson. CLASS 3: 1st NS293 Leon Dorsett. CLASS 4: 1st NS71 Simon Lunt. CLASS 5: 1st NS76 Paul Darlington 2nd SR42 Russ Cashion 3rd NS257 Julian Galowicz. CLASS 6: 1st NS434 Ben Gould 2nd NS121 Ian Rogers 3rd NW50 Lee Hynes. CLASS 7: 1st SR2 Tommy Law 2nd NS277 Alan Miles. CLASS 8: 1st NS55 Geoff Berrisford 2nd SR88 Drew Butters. CLASS 9: 1st NS4 John Williams. CLASS 10: 1st NS29 Mike Holroyd. JUNIORS: 1st NS19 Will Henry 2nd NS206 Joe Pipe 3rd SR10 Bradley Jarvis. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st NS151 Tom Chadwick 2nd NS155 Matt Berrisford 3rd SR139 Jake Hotchkiss. CLASS 11: 1st SR227 Dawn Faulkner 2nd NS66 Bev Holland 3rd NS47 Fiona Jackson. CLASS 12: 1st NS121 Carol Rowland. CLASS 14: 1st NS11.
Just up the road LEEWOOD MOTOR CLUB had an entry of 93 for a trophy meeting, which included a club championship round for the visiting Whiterose club. Highlight of the day was the Tony Jones Memorial Trophy for the Formula 600 Specials, which gave Bryn Hawkins a narrow win over Basher Blomfield. This meeting was also 100% incident free, while visitors were most impressed with the completely re-worked and totally smooth Leewood track and other facilities, while the recent Belle Vue promotions resulted in a field packed with spectators to enjoy a full day of class and open racing, ending with a pair of crowded and spectacular "Devil takes the Hindmost" races.
LEEWOOD RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st LM112 Matt Astbury 2nd LM62 Grant Mitchell 3rd LM699 Jonathan Skarratt. CLASS 2: 1st SC168 Josh Woodhall 2nd LM64 David Mansfield 3rd WR68 Carl Cockhill. CLASS 3: 1st NW40 Warren Beatty 2nd LM188 Mark Fairhurst. CLASS 4: 1st SC135 Brian Smart. CLASS 5: 1st LM4 Terry Rigney 2nd LM21 Mark Rawston 3rd LM76 Johnny Haile. CLASS 6: 1st SC118 Brad Crowther STOCK HATCH: 1st WR999 Simon Aspinall. CLASS 7: 1st Y28 Daz Nutter 2nd WR118 David Crowther. CLASS 8: 1st LM41 Alex Hall 2nd LM117 Tony Fairhurst 3rd NS215 Matt Moore. CLASS 9: 1st LM8 Roger Haynes. CLASS 10: 1st LM5 Steve le Carpentier. CLASS 11: 1st LM66 Sharon Lockett 2nd LM224 Annette McGrady. CLASS 13: 1st Y28 Kelly-Jayne Johnson. CLASS 14: 1st LM20 Suzanne Gibbons 2nd WR75 Rosemary Glover 3rd LM5 Kelsie le Carpentier. F600: 1st WR32 Bryn Hawkins 2nd LM20 Andy Blomfield 3rd LM91 Lewis Kershaw. JUNIORS: 1st LM68 Dan King 2nd ARC102 Amy Carter 3rd LM120 Lee Bywater. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st LM18 Ben Gibbons 2nd LM17 Jack Gibbons 3rd LM93 Dean Barnes.
TRENT RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st T37 Mike Greaves 2nd SC40 Pete Collins 3rd SP57 Carl Secker. CLASS 2: 1st Y24 Alex Hay 2nd S26Y Fraser MacLeod 3rd ST81 Mark Bailey. CLASS 3: 1st S292Y Kev Shaw 2nd Y101 Matt Houldsworth 3rd T897 Kim Ashmore. CLASS 4: 1st Y42 Andy Kirby 2nd ST101 Dane Coupland. CLASS 5: 1st SP55 Jay Gibbs 2nd SC78 Martin Dixon 3rd S52Y Tony Spencer. CLASS 6: 1st SC79 Col Edley 2nd SP14 Richard Green 3rd SC130 Gary West. CLASS 7: 1st SP222 Brenden Guest 2nd P23EM Phil Barleyman 3rd SC101 Rich Moorhouse. CLASS 8: 1st S19Y Tom Bendell 2nd YD21 Andy Jefferson 3rd SC95 Chris Atkinson. CLASS 9: 1st Y177 Andy Swann 2nd E815 Mark Barker 3rd SC14 Russ Thompson. CLASS 10: 1st SC99 Andy Kershaw 2nd SP1 Bill Shaw 3rd SP2 Ken Beals. CLASS 11: 1st ST81 Katy Holmes 2nd SC171 Kirsty Malkin 3rd P999EM Liz Otter. CLASS 12: 1st Y15 Leigh Daniells 2nd YD19 Lyndsey Knott 3rd SC72 Kate Dixon. CLASS 13: 1st S292Y Julie Shaw 2nd T2 Tracey Hoyes 3rd SC2 Kirsty Dalzell. CLASS 14: 1st E111 2nd P99EM Liz Otter 3rd YD80. JUNIORS: 1st S39Y Jimbob Johnson 2nd S249Y Ash Farrow 3rd YD5 Liam Hilton. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st ST171 Jack Bailey 2nd YD182 James Bowe 3rd ST3 Oliver Hamp.
SEVERN HEAVEN
The legendary Withington track, just outside Hereford, scene of the 1990 National Championships, has been revived by Severn Valley Autograss Club this year, in preparation for being the Nationals venue again in 2010. This year the track’s hosted three progressively bigger meetings; a two-day club event, the West Midland Open and now round 4 of the British Autograss Series. The BAS event, the only Autograss meeting held anywhere this weekend, attracted 707 entries. The threatened rain on Saturday held off, the promised sunshine on Sunday materialised, the site layout seemed to suit everyone and the big banked circuit provided the nearest thing you’ll ever see to perfect track conditions. Severn Valley’s members, with help from a few friends from other clubs and a team of travelling marshals and officials, worked hard to keep the action flowing and the result was one of the smoothest running BAS rounds on record, with no major incidents or accidents, close and spectacular racing throughout, and even an early 5.30 pm finish.
SEVERN VALLEY BAS RESULTS Note: Ladies’ results are an unofficial version as they were missing from our copy of the results sheets. Class 1 results have been amended following scrutineers’ confirmation CLASS 1 (68 cars): 1st SC25 Ian Ullathorne 2nd SP24 Ashley Robinson 3rd CA284 Sam French 4th CA54 Lee Deegan 5th R121 Andy Kelsey 6th Y75 Ollie Burley DNF YD35 Rachael Davis Excluded: (1st) B9H Martyn Canning. CLASS 2 (52): 1st C20 Dan Evans 2nd SV5 Tim Harber 3rd SR35 Mathew Morris 4th C64 Lloyd Morgan 5th SR54 Lee Evason 6th Y14 Ian Tomkinson 7th R206 Steve Cooper 8th SR246 Nick Hanks. CLASS 3 (45): 1st ARC27 Lee Almond 2nd IK138 Derek Linch 3rd ST441 Aaron Mackenzie 4th NS293 Leon Dorsett 5th SR22 John Shorter 6th WS22 Adrian Joyce 7th E16 Pete Haines 8th CM4 Viv Cole. CLASS 4 (26): 1st M60 Nicky Williams 2nd PAC3 Rob Corbett 3rd BC69 Adam Jones 4th TA32 Alun Jenkins 5th CM7 Huw Jones 6th T21 Martin Hucknall 7th WS4 Mark Hoppé 8th TA12 Dorian Davies. CLASS 5 (41): 1st SL15 Steven Graham 2nd C41E Antony Jackson 3rd R37 Dan Lewis 4th Y44 Les Grice 5th Y64 Mark Grice 6th SN265 Darren Lodge 7th CM40 Malcolm Herbert 8th PHD93 Bryan Neale. CLASS 6 (42): 1st PAC57 Nathan Rees 2nd YD10 Martyn Janes 3rd SS23 Craig Tovey 4th E6 Barry Holloway 5th Y821 Chris Mullen 6th Y77 Carl Procter 7th SL122 Jason Ballantyne 8th E5 Micky Manning. CLASS 7 (59): 1st YD71 Graham Blackburn 2nd P23EM Phil Barleyman 3rd S20D Steve Smith 4th SC82 Karl Mosley 5th SR8 Pete Berry 6th N700 Rich Lee 7th MA369 John Shanahan 8th BC8 Gareth Thomas. CLASS 8 (71): 1st SP8 Chris Pope 2nd PHD2 Phil Rogers 3rd Y69 Simon Graeme 4th PAC18 Luke Jenkins 5th SC1 Antony Ross 6th SS3 Russ Shepherd DNF SP50 Adam Veall DNF R1 Lee Waldron. CLASS 9 (42): 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd PHD1 Steve Lindsay 3rd SN88 Geoff Gallagher 4th P5EM Jason Richardson 5th R777 Dan Page 6th NW126 Spencer Parsonage 7th WS9 Martin Gaylard 8th S14D Nigel Candy. CLASS 10 (29): 1st MA53 Patrick Sheahan 2nd R205 Ged Morris 3rd LM170 Vinny Gibbons 4th R7 Paul Fackrell 5th R200 Ben Hurdman 6th CW121 Derek Leech 7th NS9 Dave Holroyd 8th ARC1 Lee Seagreaves. JUNIORS (52): 1st SN81 Nathan Saunders 2nd CA48 Shayne Deegan 3rd S80D Jake Lee 4th SP15 Shannon Ellis 5th NR75 Ashley Porter 6th MA1 Nicole O’Brien 7th C17 Dan Duggan DNF SV100 Conner Griffiths. JUNIOR SPECIALS (41): 1st BC6 Tom Taylor 2nd ARC7 Sean Power 3rd NS151 Tom Chadwick 4th R127 Kyle McKinley 5th LM18 Ben Gibbons 6th MA33 Billy Davis 7th BC158 Cat Mumford 8th NS155 Matt Berrisford. LADIES’ CLASS 1 (29): 1st IK122 Michelle Phillips 2nd BC11 Becky Shaw 3rd PHD66 Helen James 4th P37EM Lyndsey Allen 5th NR15 Melanie Porter 6th SP27 Debra Robinson 7th ST474 Kelly Hornby 8th S84Y Nikki Shepherdson. LADIES’ CLASS 2 (14): 1st YD31 Sarah Carden 2nd Y14 Diane Tomkinson 3rd SR41 Claudette Chater 4th SR35 Charlotte Morris 5th R140 Sue Harris 6th R22 Natalie Morgan 7th SR51 Katie Jones DNS IK252 Helen Bishop. LADIES’ CLASS 3 (11): 1st ARC27 Lisa Almond 2nd SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 3rd CM4 Donna Cole 4th C266E Lianne Teather 5th E11 Gemma Fullard 6th E16 Chris Harris DNF NW160 Joanne Rowlands DNF Y51 Jo Thompson. LADIES’ CLASS 4 (9): 1st BC69 Donna Jones 2nd E220 Lisa Grasby 3rd R771 Gina Fackrell 4th R47 Claire Lancaster 5th Y22 Natalie Longley 6th CM47 Nicola Davies DNF Y15 Leigh Daniells DNF S7Y Vicky Appleton. LADIES’ CLASS 5 (16): 1st PAC145 Clare Horner 2nd C31 Sandra Jones 3rd CM25 Danielle Phillips 4th SM40 Louise Jones 5th S40D Rhiannon Smith 6th E22 Tina Grasby 7th SL15 Julie Graham DNF Y44 Nicola Jesse. LADIES’ CLASS 6 (7): 1st SN212 Josie Cox 2nd YD15 Yvonne Dockray 3rd E13 Tracey Bax 4th Y309 Pauline Medd 5th NS219 Angela Evans DNF S25 Gina Walters DNS PAC91 Katherine Lewis. LADIES’ CLASS 7 (18): 1st LM30 Charlotte Pugh 2nd YD17 Jo Thompson 3rd PAC53 Michaela Bevans 4th MA369 Val Shanahan 5th IK64 Jade Russell 6th ST10 Angie Chilvers 7th YD71 Pam Blackburn 8th BC62 Terri Mumford. LADIES’ CLASS 8 (20): 1st LM9 Mel Gallagher 2nd R900 Laura Morgan 3rd R23 Lynn Olsson 4th WR20 Lindsay Stephenson 5th R2 Clare Horner 6th NS55 Clare Cockerill 7th IK65 Jade Russell 8th C10 Sandra Jones. LADIES’ CLASS 9 (10): 1st Y5 Helen Brooks 2nd WS9 Jane Baynton 3rd H150 Jade Dyke 4th B6H Debbie Short DNF S275Y Sally Stratton DNF Y26 Jane Longley DNS S14D Nancy Hughes DNS SC20 Jane Bonsall. LADIES’ CLASS 10 (5): 1st BC22 Carrie Mills 2nd WR72 Gemma Stephenson 3rd CA24 Mary Deegan DNF CW223 Danielle Barratt DNF SS11 Helen Richards. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st PAC57 Nathan Rees 2nd SL15 Steven Graham 3rd ARC5 Phil Cooper 4th ARC27 Lee Almond 5th B9H Martyn Canning 6th MA53 Patrick Sheahan DND YD71 Graham Blackburn DNF SP8 Chris Pope. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st PAC145 Clare Horner 2nd YD31 Sarah Carden 3rd LM30 Charlotte Pugh 4th LM9 Mel Gallagher 5th BC22 Carrie Mills DNF Y5 Helen Brooks.
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JACK THE CASH
Scarborough's annual "Dash 4 Cash" meeting brought the sunshine back to the 2009 season, and brought over 170 drivers, including a strong contingent of Scottish tourists, to the Hunmanby Raceway to enjoy perfect track conditions at the oldest established Autograss venue. A full day of club racing on Saturday was followed by Sunday's meeting, the busiest at Scarborough for several years, with points in the Sportway Tyres Northern Challenge on offer as well as the cash prizes. The £100 prize for the Champion of Champions was taken by Class 2 driver Jack Farrow and the Ladies' prize was won by Nikki Shepherdson.
SATURDAY RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st ST71 Rob Bailey 2nd ARC45 David Kay 3rd CS813 Mike Nairns. CLASS 2: 1st S118Y Jack Farrow 2nd S70Y Rob Farrow 3rd S111Y Phil Wall. CLASS 3: 1st S45Y Brian Wall. CLASS 4: 1st YD166 Ewan Shepherd. CLASS 5: 1st T3 Mark Graham 2nd SR806 Steven Hare 3rd S52Y Tony Spencer. STOCK HATCH: 1st YD149 Ben Cree 2nd S18Y John Burton 3rd Y178 Tony Staples. CLASS 6: 1st S16Y Andy Johnson 2nd LM80 Mark Aspin 3rd Y110 Andy Todd. CLASS 7: 1st S209Y Paul Tateson 2nd S777Y Ady Gardner 3rd SR805 Louise Rothera. CLASS 8: 1st S4Y Dave Winn 2nd Y208 Nicky Wilson 3rd YD130 Malcolm Dawson. CLASS 9: 1st CS24 Ian Robertson. CLASS 10: 1st CS888 Mike Nairns. CLASS 11: 1st S349Y Lisa Tateson 2nd ARC46 Laura Higgs 3rd CS813 Rosie Nairns. CLASS 11A: 1st S87Y Kirsty Palfreyman 2nd SP18 Emma Hall 3rd SC126 Jessica Roberts. CLASS 12: 1st Y290 Caroline Wrigglesworth. CLASS 13: 1st S292Y Julie Shaw. CLASS 14: 1st S2Y Vicky Appleton 2nd S3Y Anne Marshall. JUNIORS: 1st S249Y Ash Farrow 2nd S229Y Joe Higgins 3rd S24Y Lewis Riley. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st ARC7 Sean Power 2nd S149Y JD Farrow 3rd S916Y Steven Green. OPEN: 1st ARC46 Katheryn Stansfield 2nd S109Y Paul Tateson 3rd LM80 Mark Aspin. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st LM52 Jamie Dunne 2nd CS231 Jack Robertson 3rd S776Y Nicky Gardner. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st S118Y Jack Farrow 2nd CS24 Ian Robertson 3rd S209Y Paul Tateson.
SUNDAY RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st S60Y Matty Lawson 2nd ARC45 David Kay 3rd S68Y Scott Kaufmann. CLASS 2: 1st S118Y Jack Farrow 2nd S70Y Tony Spencer 3rd S80Y Oli Wareham. CLASS 3: 1st S292Y Kev Shaw 2nd S151Y Paul Bulmer 3rd YD150 Tony Lillie. CLASS 4: 1st S600Y Matty Lawson 2nd Y42 Andy Kirby 3rd S109Y Paul Tateson. CLASS 5: 1st ST16 Colin Chilvers 2nd Y84 Nigel Bennett 3rd SR806 Steven Hare. STOCK HATCH: 1st YD149 Ben Cree 2nd Y118 Pete Clegg 3rd S246Y Jay Hammerton. CLASS 6: 1st S16Y SL60 Andrew Davidson 2nd S30Y Andy Cooper 3rd Andy Johnson. CLASS 7: 1st Y37 Jimmy Gardner 2nd S1Y Chris Hodgson 3rd Y666 Dave Anderson. CLASS 8: 1st SC1 Anthony Ross 2nd S4Y Dave Winn 3rd YD54 Tim Corner. CLASS 9: 1st Y180 Carl Allen 2nd YD117 Dennis Raffel 3rd CS24 Ian Robertson. CLASS 10: 1st SC62 Mark Hatfield 2nd Y217 Mike Barrett. CLASS 11: 1st S84Y Nikki Shepherdson 2nd SP18 Emma Hall 3rd S349Y Lisa Tateson. CLASS 12: 1st Y42 Sheena Kirby 2nd Y15 Leigh Daniells 3rd Y84 Amy Bennett. CLASS 13: 1st S292Y Julie Shaw 2nd ST10 Angie Chilvers. CLASS 14: 1st YD171 Chris Raffel 2nd S3Y Anne Marshall. JUNIORS: 1st S249Y Ash Farrow 2nd S49Y Jimbob Johnson 3rd S296Y Rob Drake. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st ARC7 Sean Power 2nd ST171 Jack Bailey 3rd S149Y JD Farrow. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st S118Y Jack Farrow 2nd ST16 Colin Chilvers 3rd S600Y Matty Lawson. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st S84Y Nikki Shepherdson 2nd SP18 Emma Hall 3rd Y15 Leigh Daniells.
Scarborough also saw the debuts of two new Junior drivers; Josh Watson and Mhairi Robertson - good luck to them for their racing careers!
Also on Sunday, Pennine Autograss hosted the latest round of the British F600 Championship as part of the first leg of their three round "Autumn Showdown". Although the F600s were the headline act with their usual close and exciting racing, the day's biggest drama came with this Class 8 clash between Drew Butters and Ian James.
F600 FINAL: 1st WR32 Bryn Hawkins 2nd LM20 Andy Blomfield 3rd S5D Tom Aldridge. LADIES' F600: 1st WR32 Rosemary Glover 2nd LM20 Suzanne Gibbons 3rd SC500 Ann Phillip. F600 B FINAL: 1st LM40 Andy Dingley 2nd LM44 Dave Wilding 3rd LM91 Alex Kershaw. (Note: all other classes raced in 3 heats and mixed "rolling start" finals so there are no overall class results)
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NATIONALS 2009
The 2009 National Autograss Championships were the first to be hosted by an individual club, rather than a regional League (although single-club leagues had successfully held the event before), and Radford club coped well with the task of transforming their regular club track into a Nationals-scale venue.
There were two main topics of conversation over the weekend. The first was the weather, and the second was the excellent set of finals that rounded off the weekend. Steady rain set in during Friday evening's scrutineering session and persisted until after the slightly delayed start of racing on Saturday. Just as the track was recovering towards the end of the first heats, a heavy shower led to the Class 8s and 10s slithering uncontrollably round the track. However, Radford, backed by the NASA officials opted to press on and recovered much of the lost time, with only the second heats of the 8s and 10s having to be held over to Sunday morning.
After a slight "blip" with the track watering on Sunday, conditions improved steadily throughout the day. It wasn't until 5.40 pm that the finals lined up and then the 2009 Nationals became a different event, that will be remembered for some superb racing on the way to crowning ten deserving National Champions - some expected, some surprises:
A well handicapped Champion of Champions race, with all ten winners in action, saw Chris Mullen's Class 6 snatch the lead in the closing stages, only to break a driveshaft in the last corner, letting Aaron Middleton's Class 1 retake the lead, holding off Adam Jones and Mark Grice to the finish. The weekend then ended with the very successful innovation of a podium presentation for all the winners
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The annual “King of the Hill” meeting at Bredon Hill’s Hilltop Raceway near Tirley, attracted a smaller entry than usual, with 148 drivers signed on, but produced an entertaining day’s racing in mostly dry conditions before the forecast rain, which had possibly kept some drivers away, arrived right at the end of the day. The highlight, as usual, was the King of the Hill Champion of Champions race, for which sixteen cars turned out, and a spectacular drive gave the title to Class 10 man Gary Ray. Other notable performances included “Stumpy” Anslow returning with his V8 Metro and winning the Class 7 final; Tom Aldridge in his F600 car keeping pace with the leading Class 8s; Class 8 newcomer Jonathan Burton taking good results in his final and Champion of Champions, and a successful last moment bid for the Junior title by Otis Williams. Oltis and Junior Specials winner Mike Bluck were crowned “Prince of the Hill” while the “Queen of the Hill” title went to Claire “Queenie” Winnall.
KING OF THE HILL RESULTS CLASS 1: 1st R121 Andy Kelsey 2nd B208H Scott Cheshire 3rd WS100 Stuart McKenzue 4th R6 Neil Taylor. CLASS 2: 1st R22 Paul Morgan 2nd B70H Robert Whitson 3rd E19 Mark Stallard 4th B222H Jason Sylvester. CLASS 3: 1st B69H Charlie Lee 2nd R280 Michael Hill 3rd R281 John Hill 4th C11 Brian Payne. CLASS 4: 1st G25D Wayne Kent 2nd SV71 Darren Creed 3rd G99D Ryan Taylor 4th SV99 Craig Creed. CLASS 5: 1st A27 Jonathan Griffiths 2nd S60D Stuart Deacon 3rd SV17 Nick Creed 4th WS76 Anthony King. CLASS 6: 1st S58D Jon Gardner 2nd C36 Michael Griffiths 3rd B47H David Bennett 4th SV92 James Lewis. CLASS 7: 1st R31 Stumpy Anslow 2nd R9 Andy Lee 3rd S23D Mark Wilson 4th H1 Geoff Gibbs. CLASS 8: 1st SR57 Alan Hotchkiss 2nd C70 Jonathan Burton 3rd C10 Steve Mills 4th S5D Tom Aldridge. CLASS 9: 1st SV93 Derek Warren 2nd LUD3 Marcus Mills. CLASS 10: 1st PHD10 Gary Ray 2nd LM170 Vinny Gibbons 3rd PHD12 Carl Ray 4th WS56 Ian Stott. JUNIORS: 1st B13H Otis Williams 2nd E51 Nick Storey 3rd WS19 Rhys Wyeth 4th B115H William Reid. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st R252 Mike Bluck 2nd E29 Guy Stallard 3rd S24D Reece Candy 4th YS73 Matthew Bishop. CLASS 11: 1st S34D Kelly Davies 2nd S41D Rhiannon Smith 3rd C88 Suzanne Stephens 4th B67H Katie Lee. CLASS 11A: 1st G14D Jemma King 2nd SV115 Karen York. CLASS 12: 1st B38H Linzi Weare. CLASS 13: 1st SV88 Sam Chapman 2nd WS110 Dawn North. CLASS 14: 1st B56H Claire Winnall 2nd B103H Debbie Short 3rd B101H Amanda Cheshire. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st PHD10 Gary Ray 2nd C70 Jonathan Burton 3rd A27 Jonathan Griffiths 4th SV93 Derek Warren. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st B6H Claire Weare 2nd S41D Rhiannon Smith 3rd S34D Kelly Davies 4th G14D Jemma King.
North Wales club ran their two day Open meeting at Broughton, near Chester, with a good turnout enjoying a huge amount of track time in perfect conditions during Saturday’s “fun day”. Heavy rain on Sunday morning put the main event in doubt, but the club went ahead and it soon dried out for most of the day and another excellent day’s racing followed, enjoyed by a strong contingent of Irish and South Wales visitors as well as the North Western and Shropshire regulars. The most spectacular incident was probably Lucy Seagreaves’ “reach for the sky” in her Junior Special!
NORTH WALES RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st NW134 Scott Sharp 2nd NS225 Ian Roberts 3rd DA11 Michael Abbott 4th NW24 Matty Jones. CLASS 2: 1st NW46 Mark Ratcliffe 2nd NW5 Rich Owen 3rd SR41 Dave Jones 4th NW48 Andy Cosby. CLASS 3: 1st NW40 Warren Beatty. CLASS 4: 1st NW96 Graham Moore 2nd NW14 Paul Tyrrell 3rd NW65 Rod Walker 4th NW13 Phil Goodwin. CLASS 5: 1st NW69 Steve Cargill 2nd NW145 Gav Kemp. CLASS 6: 1st NW441 John Dutton 2nd NW50 Lee Hynes 3rd WW399 John Fuller 4th NW41 Darren Owens. CLASS 7: 1st NW92 Mike Taylor 2nd NW3 Vince Futia 3rd NW37 Carl Kent 4th TA6 Oily Evans. CLASS 8: 1st NW60 Kenny Roberts 2nd NW135 Les Sharp 3rd NW45 Mark Borman 4th NW75 Robert Jones. CLASS 9: 1st NW4 Alun Roberts 2nd NW6 Barry Grey 3rd NW67 Carl Roberts 4th NW77 Darren Parry. CLASS 10: 1st NW117 Tony Jones 2nd WW318 Martin Browne. JUNIORS: 1st TA123 Jason Thomas 2nd NW35 Arron Sharp 3rd LM68 Dan King 4th TA127 Caerwen Jones. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st NS15 Dan Owen 2nd ARC33 Lucy Seagreaves 3rd NW106 Jamie Lee Jones 4th WW319 Jessica Browne. CLASS 11: 1st SR227 Dawn Faukner. CLASS 11A: 1st NW74 Rhian Roberts 2nd NW30 Sian Butler.
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THE WEST MIDLAND OPEN
Although the venue was used for a Severn Valley club meeting in May, for most racers the West Midland open was the first chance to try the famous Withington track near Hereford - for the younger ones it was the first chance ever, for the not-so young it was the first chance since the Nationals and West Midland Open of 1990. Nineteen years on the venue brought back a few memories with the fast banked track and scenic location, although the track itself is now much bigger, at least round the outside, than it ever was before. In dry and breezy conditions on Saturday, and a mix of sunshine and heavy showers on Sunday, it proved a virtually maintenance-free track and encouraged some spectacular racing from the strong turnout of drivers - 332 in total took part over the weekend.
WEST MIDLAND OPEN RESULTS – SATURDAY: CLASS 1: 1st R183 Mark Moseley 2nd C37 Jeff Hope-Davies 3rd R199 Darryl Smart 4th R4 Tom Morgan. CLASS 2: 1st C63 Ian Harvey 2nd SR246 Nick Hanks 3rd NW5 Rich Owen 4th TA225 Barry Evans. CLASS 3: 1st Y51 Phil Thompson 2nd NS49 Paul Cosby 3rd S32 Stuart Robinson 4th H77 Paul Neville. CLASS 4: No finishers. CLASS 5: 1st PAC145 Steven Brown. CLASS 6: 1st S61 Jonathan Davies 2nd S63 Andrew Campfield 3rd SV92 James Lewis 4th H25 Darren Paskell. CLASS 7: 1st R69 Alan Green 2nd Y2 Rik Wallbank 3rd PAC46 Darren Jones 4th SV88 Dave Chapman. CLASS 8: 1st ST44 Dan Mackenzie 2nd SV90 John Schoenemann 3rd LM9 Geoff Gallagher 4th NW38 Lee/Carl Kent. CLASS 9: 1st BC35 John Stead 2nd PHD1 Steve Lindsay 3rd R777 Dan Page 4th SV93 Derek Warren. CLASS 10: 1st PHD10 Gary Ray 2nd BC19 Colin Court 3rd WS777 Gary Wetherick 4th LM170 Vinny Gibbons. CLASS 11: 1st B100H Debbie Rhys-Jones 2nd A22 Aimee Conbeer 3rd R4 Natalie Morgan 4th C89 Suzanne Stephens. CLASS 11A: 1st NW74 Rhian Roberts 2nd Sian Butler. CLASS 12: 1st S25 Gina Walters 2nd C351 Natalie Hart. CLASS 13: 1st BC62 Terri Mumford 2nd BC612 Claire Hockly 3rd Y51 Jo Thompson 4th NS49 Celia Cosby. CLASS 14: 1st BC22 Carrie Mills 2nd LM9 Mel Gallagher 3rd A13 Laura Atyeo 4th ST44 Michaela Bevans. JUNIORS: 1st SC100 Conner Griffiths 2nd R302 Lewis Waterhouse 3rd B100H Aisling Bryan 4th R183 Melissa Moseley. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st PHD72 Jake Roberts 2nd LM18 Ben Gibbons 3rd LM17 Jack Gibbons 4th BC18 Ellie Court.
WEST MIDLAND OPEN RESULTS – SUNDAY: CLASS 1: 1st PAC685 George Bagley 2nd NS7 Kevin Hughes 3rd R121 Andy Kelsey 4th SV21 Mark Davies. CLASS 2: 1st SR246 Nick Hanks 2nd A23 Jonny Barber 3rd NW48 Andy Cosby 4th NS951 Mike Compton. CLASS 3: 1st LUD22 Paul Stevens 2nd TA221 Neil Reed 3rd NS49 Paul Cosby 4th NS41 Steve Goodwin. CLASS 4: 1st S55D Mark Maynard 2nd PAC3 Rob Corbett 3rd H31 Mike Jones 4th SV99 Craig Creed. CLASS 5: 1st R37 Dan Lewis 2nd PAC145 Steven Brown 3rd A200 Rupert Saunders 4th PAC451 Lewis Richards. CLASS 6: 1st NW50 Lee Hynes 2nd S70D Dave Jeffries 3rd S63 Andrew Campfield 4th S61 Jonathan Davies. CLASS 7: 1st E50 Matt Corbett 2nd A111 James Winter 3rd BC61 Daz Hockly 4th S47D Pete Bott. CLASS 8: 1st PHD2 Phil Rogers 2nd Y34 Mark Grice 3rd NS55 Geoff Berrisford 4th ST44 Dan Mackenzie. CLASS 9: 1st BC35 John Stead 2nd SR92 Maurice Powell 3rd LUD3 Marcus Mills 4th H250 Dave Paskell. CLASS 10: 1st BC19 Colin Court 2nd S74D Phil Young 3rd LM170 Vinny Gibbons 4th NW117 Tony Jones. CLASS 11: 1st BC11 Becky Shaw 2nd C71 Louise Duggan 3rd R4 Natalie Morgan 4th NS17 Katie Symonds. CLASS 11A: 1st NW74 Rhian Roberts 2nd Sian Butler 3rd A23 Sarah Trott . CLASS 12: 1st A200 Laura Saunders. CLASS 13: 1st TA8 Louise Jones 2nd NS49 Celia Cosby 3rd PAC24 Caroline Jones 4th Y51 Jo Thompson. CLASS 14: 1st C10 Sandra Jones 2nd NS55 Claire Cockerill 3rd ST44 Michaela Bevans 4th LM9 Mel Gallagher. JUNIORS: 1st SV100 Conner Griffiths 2nd NS35 Aaron Sharp 3rd NS19 Will Henry 4th SV101 Kieran Griffiths. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st C220 Shane Smith 2nd NS155 Matt Berrisford 3rd R252 Mike Bluck 4th C9 Cameron Mills..
OVERALL HIGHEST POINTS: Men: BC35 John Stead. Ladies: NW74 Rhian Roberts Juniors: SV100 Conner Griffiths. Junior Specials: PHD72 Jake Roberts.
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THE BOB ROBINS MEMORIAL
The St Neots club's third annual two-day charity meeting, in memory of the club's late President, was well supported despite the torrential storms that hit the area the day before the meeting; the track dried out quickly and Saturday's "reversed grid" races were well received before the real fun and games started on Saturday night.
Sunday saw a full programme of racing leading up to the main Bob Robins Memorial race, won by Dave George, who received the trophy from Peggy Robins.
BOB ROBINS MEMORIAL RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st SN264 Steven Lodge 2nd CA48 Lee Deegan 3rd CA54 Tom Bell 4th CA53 Sam Metson. CLASS 2: 1st SN405 Jason Thomas 2nd SN404 Paul Thomas 3rd E19 Mark Stallard 4th WS24 Lee Rowley. CLASS 3: 1st SN269 Dave George 2nd SN32 Steve Carpenter 3rd CA11 Pete Lemmon 4th CA546 Adam Saint. CLASS 4: 1st SN6 Wez Johnson 2nd IK8 Steve Turley 3rd SN333 Tony Reynolds 4th SN46 John Turley. CLASS 5: 1st SN960 Chris Collier 2nd SC72 Martin Dixon 3rd SP100 Derek Clarke 4th CA40 Robert Ashley. CLASS 6: 1st C300E Tony Teather 2nd YD120 Allan Weston 3rd SP242 4th CA32 Scott Young. CLASS 7: 1st SN145 Kraig Murley 2nd SN282 Russ Wallbank 3rd IK64 Chris Allanson 4th SN24 Mark Smith. CLASS 8: 1st SN395 Bill Edwards 2nd M11 Ben Harper 3rd SP92 Melvyn Clayton 4th IK65 Tim Russell. CLASS 9: 1st SN88 Ian Littler 2nd L3 Derek Tinson 3rd SN3 Ian Robins 4th ST337 Alan Ostridge. CLASS 10: 1st CA24 Stuart Ward 2nd IK44 Ken Ward. CLASS 11: 1st CA284 Gabby Tillson 2nd SN668 Vicky Sole 3rd SN34 4th SN181 Rachel Taylor. CLASS 11A: 1st SN404 Denise Empson 2nd SP22 Julia Courtney 3rd CA149 Vivienne Wright 4th WS24 Louise Tudgay (DNF). CLASS 12: 1st ST888 Wendy Standish 2nd SN960 Rachel Keep 3rd SC72 Kate Dixon 4th SN588 Amy Turner (DNF). CLASS 13: 1st C266E Lianne Teather 2nd IK64 Jade Russell 3rd CA546 Emma Saint 4th SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant. CLASS 14: 1st WR20 Lindsay Stephenson 2nd M11 Barbara Harper 3rd SP92 Alison Clayton 4th CA14 Louise Rogers. JUNIOR A: 1st SP15 Shannon Ellis 2nd SN81 Nathan Saunders 3rd CA48 Shayne Deegan 4th CA54 Alice Bell. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SN11 Ash Howard 2nd SN57 Gavin Savage 3rd SP31 Chamelle Clayton 4th CA50 Kevin Rogers. CLASS 1 B-FINAL: 1st SN69 Aaron Rix 2nd SN164 Alex Hill 3rd CA954 Matt Ellis 4th SN64 Mark Hill. JUNIOR B-FINAL: 1st SN668 Ollie Sole 2nd SN164 Alex Hill 3rd CA954 Matt Ellis 4th SN64 Mark Hill. BOB ROBINS MEMORIAL (Champion of Champions): 1st SN269 Dave George 2nd SP92 Melvyn Clayton 3rd SC72 Martin Dixon 4th SN668 Vicky Sole.
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COOPER TAKES THE BACON
The Wiltshire League's staging of Round 3 of the British Autograss Series was bound to be massive; apart from the central location and the popularily of the Javelin Park track among the drivers, it was also the only Autograss meeting taking place anywhere in the UK and Ireland. With 769 drivers signed on the meeting became the biggest ever BAS round, beating this year's Evesham opener by 6 drivers, and it was also the second biggest Autograss meeting ever, after the 2006 MAP Open (with 803).
On the Saturday it appeared that the event had hit overload levels; with regular track maintenance needed and several big accidents it was relatively slow going despite the short three and a half lap races. Racing continued until 8 pm to get all the men's heats in, with the last hour of racing in wet and miserable conditions. After heavy overnight rain and an early start on Sunday, the going was initially even slower, but the pace really picked up as the sun came out for the third heats and, with the entry trimmed by 100, the action matched the sunny and breezy weather. The finals and Champion of Champions races were completed exactly on the venue's 6.30 pm curfew. So all credit to the Wiltshire League for bringing another big meeting to a successful conclusion. Particularly successful for Phil Cooper who topped another Class 8/9 double win by taking the Champion of Champions win - but only just beating Lyndsey Allen's Class 1 in the combined men's and ladies' race.
WILTSHIRE LEAGUE BAS RESULTS: CLASS 1 (76 entries): 1st CA54 Lee Deegan 2nd S80D Aaron Middleton 3rd H247 Daniel Keddie 4th PAC685 George Bagley 5th SP24 Ashley Robinson BF SN43 Daniel Robins BF R20 Paul Houghton DNF PHD21 Barry Lewis. CLASS 2 (67 entries): 1st SV5 Tim Harber 2nd C20 Dan Evans 3rd WW132 Jamie Meehan 4th YD65 Martin Lofthouse 5th SC971 Shaun Thompson BF Y24 Alex Hay BF NS120 Liam Evans BF SR54 Lee Evason. CLASS 3 (44 entries): 1st ARC27 Lee Almond 2nd WS22 Adrian Joyce 3rd C266E Anthony Teather 4th E16 Pete Haines 5th E34 Phil Holloway 6th Y51 Phil Thompson 7th SR55 Bob Matthews DNF MA6 Paul Cusack. CLASS 4 (33 entries): 1st E220 Darren Grasby 2nd BC69 Adam Jones 3rd M60 Nicky Williams 4th PAC3 Rob Corbett 5th CM53 Lyndon George 6th WS4 Mark Hoppé 7th S600Y Matty Lawson 8th CM7 Huw Jones. CLASS 5 (49 entries): 1st SN265 Darren Lodge 2nd C41E Antony Jackson 3rd P24EM Brian Wright 4th SN321 Wayne Mathurin 5th Y44 Les Grice 6th Y64 Mark Grice 7th NS83 Gareth Williams 8th PHD93 Bryan Neale. CLASS 6 (48 entries): 1st PAC57 Nathan Rees 2nd Y821 Chris Mullen 3rd Y16 Stuart Thompson 4th E6 Barry Holloway 5th R27 David Houghton 6th E13 Paddington Sims 7th NS434 Ben Gould 8th MA183 Declan Browne. CLASS 7 (63 entries): 1st SN145 Kraig Murley 2nd NS205 Andy Pipe 3rd P23EM Phil Barleyman 4th Y10 Martyn Tinker 5th R421 Richard Merrick 6th CK3 Colin Byrne DNF BC8 Gareth Thomas BF S1 Craig Kampschulte. CLASS 8 (70 entries): 1st ARC4 Phil Cooper 2nd SS3 Russ Shepherd 3rd R1 Lee Waldron 4th BC55 Tom Lewis 5th SC1 Antony Ross 6th PHD2 Phil Rogers 7th MA7 Alan O’Keeffe 8th SP8 Chris Pope. CLASS 9 (34 entries): 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd S2D James Candy 3rd WS21 Stuart Taylor 4th NW126 Spencer Parsonage 5th Y180 Carl Allen 6th N27 Matt Rigby 7th PHD1 Steve Lindsay DNF R777 Dan Page . CLASS 10 (30 entries): 1st MA53 Patrick Shehan 2nd SS6 Chris Ellis 3rd BC22 Lance Bowen 4th SC99 Andy Kershaw 5th S74D Phil Young BF C28 Gary Morris DNF R205 Ged Morris DNF LM170 Vinny Gibbons. JUNIORS (62 entries): 1st SN81 Nathan Saunders 2nd SV100 Conner Griffiths 3rd SP15 Shannon Ellis 4th CA48 Shayne Deegan 5th SN12 Tom Hall 6th SN202 Luke Bartlett 7th CA54 Alice Bell DNF PAC157 Tom Roberts. JUNIOR SPECIALS (45 entries): 1st NS151 Tom Chadwick 2nd WR11 Sean Wright 3rd ARC7 Sean Power 4th Y888 Jack Rawlinson 5th PHD72 Jake Roberts 6th ST171 Jack Bailey 7th MA33 Billy Davis 8th NS15 Dan Owen. LADIES’ CLASS 1 (35 entries): 1st PHD66 Helen James 2nd P37EM Lyndsey Allen 3rd PHD73 Bobbie 4th ST447 Tina Hilton 5th NS17 Katie Symonds 6th S84Y Nikki Shepherdson 7th YD85 Katie Sunley 8th M9 Nicola Bettoney. LADIES’ CLASS 2 (17 entries): 1st SR41 Claudette Chater 2nd Y14 Diane Tomkinson 3rd IK252 Helen Bishop 4th A23 Sarah Trott 5th SR35 Charlotte Morris 6th MA241 Ellen Sugrue BF YD31 Sarah Carden BF SP18 Emma Hall . LADIES’ CLASS 3 (9 entries): 1st ARC27 Lisa Almond 2nd Y51 Jo Thompson 3rd E11 Gemma Fullard 4th NW160 Joanne Rowlands 5th C266E Lianne Teather 6th SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 7th CM4 Donna Cole 8th WS5 Lisa Hills. LADIES’ CLASS 4 (9 entries): 1st E220 Lisa Grasby 2nd BC69 Donna Jones 3rd BC1 Katie McNeil 4th R771 Gina Fackrell 5th Y15 Leigh Daniells 6th Y22 Natalie Longley 7th YD1 Amy Gill 8th S7Y Vicky Appleton. LADIES’ CLASS 5 (16 entries): 1st C31 Sandra Jones 2nd Y44 Nicola Jesse 3rd PAC145 Clare Horner 4th YD62 Diane Sunley 5th E22 Tina Grasby 6th S40D Rhiannon Smith 7th SL15 Julie Graham DNF Y84 Amy Bennett. LADIES’ CLASS 6 (8 entries): 1st SN212 Josie Cox 2nd NS219 Angela Evans 3rd S25 Gina Walters DNF E13 Tracey Bax DNF YD131 Sarah Carden DNS YD15 Yvonne Dockray DNS SR229 Jodie Faulkner DNS SR29 Sally Davies. LADIES’ CLASS 7 (19 entries): 1st MA369 Val Shanahan 2nd PAC53 Michaela Bevans 3rd IK64 Jade Russell 4th BC62 Terri Mumford 5th LM30 Charlotte Pugh 6th YD17 Jo Thompson 7th BC61 Claire Hockly DNS YD71 Pam Blackburn. LADIES’ CLASS 8 (19 entries): 1st WR20 Lindsay Stephenson 2nd R900 Laura Morgan 3rd Y191 Amanda Lockwood 4th B56H Claire Winnall 5th TA58 Clair Davies DNF R23 Lyn Olsson BF A13 Laura Atyeo DNF C10 Sandra Jones. LADIES’ CLASS 9 (11 entries): 1st Y5 Helen Brooks 2nd Y26 Jane Longley 3rd H150 Jade Dyke 4th S275Y Saly Stratton 5th Y177 Lesley Gardner 6th PHD54 Kelly Wonnacott 7th SC20 Jane Bonsall 8th ST131 Claire West. LADIES’ CLASS 10 (6 entries): 1st WR72 Gemma Stephenson 2nd BC22 Carrie Mills 3rd TA49 Louise Francis 4th CA24 Mary Deegan 5th NS9 Kelly Holroyd 6th A14 Tracey Victory. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st ARC4 Phil Cooper 2nd P37EM Lyndsey Allen 3rd PAC57 Nathan Rees 4th MA369 Val Shanahan 5th Y191 Amanda Lockwood 6th Y5 Helen Brooks DNF MA53 Patrick Sheahan.
WILTSHIRE BAS PHOTO GALLERIES NOW ON LINE
ALL IRELAND AT CARLOW
The All Ireland Series, for its second round of 2009, came to the most central venue in Ireland, Carlow Autograss Club’s track at Knocknatubbrid near Tullow. For much of Saturday the healthy entry of Northern and Southern drivers, plus visitors from Wales and Scotland, had to wonder if they’d see any racing action at all as incessant torrential rain flooded the track and brought back memories of last year’s Down BAS round. Carlow’s Chairperson Jen Dimond set a deadline of 2.30 pm to make the decision to abandon the event; at 2 pm the rain had stopped, at 2.45 the first heat was lined up in bright sunshine and by 3.15 the Class 7s were kicking up dust from the superbly prepared loose-surface track! Three full heats were squeezed in on Saturday afternoon and evening, leaving the fourth heat and finals to be run in more relaxed fashion on Sunday’s showery conditions. There was no shortage of close and spectacular racing, highlights including the Class 7 final battle in which John Shanahan snatched the win from Kevin Roche, Trevor Cusack’s hasty repairs followed by a winning drive in the Class 8 final and John Haffey taking over father Cecil’s Class 5 for the day and repeating Cecil’s Champion of Champions win from the first round. The major achievement of the weekend, though, was that of the Carlow club in beating the elements to stage another extremely successful All Ireland event.
ALL IRELAND CARLOW RESULTS: (Trophy positions based on points from all heats and finals) CLASS 1: 1st C37 Jeff Hope-Davies (27) 2nd WW50 Jim Hayde (24) 3rd MA22 Anthony Harrington (22) 4th DA77 Matt Jess (20). CLASS 1A: 1st MA81 Mick Galvin (26) 2nd MA64 Paul Hogan (25) 3rd WW261 Paul Devine (21) 4th CW88 Vincent Hutton (20). CLASS 2: 1st MA19 Callum Hallinen (27) 2nd WW303 Francis Beecher (24) 3rd CS88 Jonathan Witham (19) 4th WW159 Mike Fuller (14). CLASS 3: 1st DA28 Barry Curran (25) 2nd CW43 Benny Hogan (24) 3rd MA13 Ed Sheehan (23). CLASS 4: 1st CW12 James Brady (29) 2nd WW53 Paddy Nugent (23) 3rd CW75 Brendan Byrne (20). CLASS 5: 1st DA20 John Haffey (30) 2nd CW77 Dwayne McAssey (16) 3rd CW13 Ken Ansell (14) 4th CW31 Kevin Carron (12). CLASS 6: 1st WW399 John Fuller (30) 2nd DA21 John Paul McCann (21) 3rd WW363 Marie Rafferty (19) 4th CK28 Steven O’Donovan (11). CLASS 7: 1st CW9 Kevin Roche (24) 2nd MA369 John Shanahan (25) 3rd WW998 Patrick Sheehy (15) 4th CW160 Barry Smyth (11). CLASS 8: 1st MA7 Alan O’Keeffe (26) 2nd MA25 Trevor Cusack (25) 3rd MA69 Mick Hogan (24) 4th DA66 Paul Moore (18). CLASS 9: 1st CW21 Bob Lanigan (26) 2nd WW252 Shane Houlihan (24). CLASS 10: 1st WW318 Martin Browne (25). F600: 1st WW78 Kenneth Cashel (29) 2nd WW123 Paudie O’Giorman (18) 3rd WW11 Sean O’Sullivan (17) 4th CW99 Chris Dimond (15). JUNIORS: 1st DA37 Jonny McCracken (26) 2nd DA38 Chrisy McCracken (23) 3rd WW16 John Kearns (21) 4th MA23 Danny Harrington (18). JUNIOR CLASS 1A: 1st CK24 Eamonn McCarthy (28) 2nd WW3 Kieran Cashel (26) 3rd MA155 Jack Creaven (18) 4th CW108 Sara-Ann Hutton (17). JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st WW319 Jessica Browne (24) 2nd WW65 John Fyfe (23) 3rd WW67 BJ Doyle (18) 4th MA96 Diarmuid O’Brien (17). LADIES’ CLASS 1-6: 1st MA241 Ellen Sugrue (29) 2nd N500 Nicola Ferguson (21) 3rd CW188 Emma Hutton (19) 4th CW108 Mary Hutton (11). LADIES’ CLASS 7-10: 1st MA369 Val Shanahan (30). HELPERS’ RACE: 1st CW99 Eddie Mannix 2nd CS88 David Witham 3rd CW68 Jamie Thorpe 4th CW13 Diarmuid Cronin. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st CA20 John Haffey 2nd MA7 Alan O’Keeffe 3rd CW12 James Brady 4th MA241 Ellen Sugrue.
PLUS PHOTOS FROM PENNINE 5.7.2009
PENNINE RESULTS (EAST MIDLAND POINTS MEETING): CLASS 1: 1st P28EM Phil Barleyman 2nd P77EM Ben Gadsby 3rd P17EM Ashley Cooper. CLASS 2: 1st P7EM Ben Gadsby 2nd P9EM Tom W0olley 3rd NS99 Steve Atkins. CLASS 3: 1st N22 Kev Thorpe. CLASS 4: 1st SP36 Joe Baxter 2nd P180EM Dan Crosby 3rd L36 Nick Aldridge. CLASS 5: 1st P24EM Brian Wright 2nd P19EM Dave Bennett 3rd NS259 Karl Evans. CLASS 6: 1st P1EM Jeff Gutteridge 2nd P2EM Dave Gutteridge 3rd M55 Steve Walford. CLASS 7: 1st P23EM Phil Barleyman 2nd P26EM John Cottrill. CLASS 8: 1st N8 Simon Reeve 2nd M11 Ben Harper 3rd SR88 Drew Butters. CLASS 9: 1st L3 Derek Tinson. CLASS 10: 1st P8EM Ian Morson 2nd WR175 Dave Stokes. STOCK HATCH: 1st P656EM Martin Heath 2nd P650EM Michael Tickle 3rd P658EM Simon Kershaw. CLASS 11: 1st P3EM Elaine Gutteridge 2nd P80EM Emily Crosby 3rd SR227 Dawn Faulkner. CLASS 12: 1st P1EM Elaine Gutteridge 2nd SR229 Jodie Faulkner 3rd P59EM Pam French. JUNIORS: 1st P3EM Louis Gutteridge 2nd P65EM Stephen Heath 3rd M816 James Tuck. B-final 1st P71EM Edward Savage 2nd L141 James McDonnel 3rd P11EM Bobby Harker. JUNIOR OPEN: 1st L141 James McDonnell 2nd SR227 Dan Faulkner 3rd P66EMDanny Locker.
NIALL CUTTS MEMORIAL
After all the excitement of the West Wales Open, the last weekend in June was an opportunity to catch up with club racing around the country. Although STAR’s planned meeting was cancelled after thunderstorms flooded their field, meetings went ahead at Yorkshire Dales, York, Nottingham, Trent, Spalding, Concord Essex, Norton Radstock, South Wales, Down and West Waterford.
CONCORD’s meeting, run under a baking hot sun, featured two memorial trophy races for club members tragically lost in the last two years. The second running of the Nick Shorter Memorial for Class 3 cars was won by Invicta visitor Martin Beaney. The biggest race of the day, though, was the 20-car Niall Cutts Memorial. The packed field quickly raised a massive dust cloud over the Cold Norton track, but emerging from the dust to take a popular win was Ipswich driver Ted Sparrow in his always immaculate Class 4 Mini. The rest of the meeting saw some spectacular duels, notably Barry Hathaway v Bill Edwards in Class 8, Nigel Richardson v Richard Crowther in Class 5 and Trevor Martin v Richard Turnidge and former North Shropshire driver Paul Rankin in Class 7. Class 1 was hotly contested all day but final honours, snatched on the very last corner, went to Norfolk teenager Aaron Rix, who was competing in only his sixth ever race meeting.
YORKSHIRE DALES had another successful meeting at Thornborough, with several new cars and drivers making their debuts, while TRENT welcomed a number of high profile visitors taking advantage of the big fast Newark track to set-up cars for the next round of big meetings.
CONCORD RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st SN69 Aaron Rix 2nd CA203 Nathan Teather 3rd C51E Phil Firman. CLASS 2: 1st C2E Dave Martin 2nd SN37 Ian Parsons. CLASS 3 (NICK SHORTER MEMORIAL): 1st IK316 Martin Beaney 2nd C279E Neil Bacon. CLASS 4: 1st C7E Mitchell Ward 2nd C171E Ted Sparrow. CLASS 5: 1st C260E Nigel Richardson 2nd C84E Richard Crowther 3rd C50E Mark Fisher. CLASS 6: 1st C608E Glen Embling 2nd SN711 Anthony Phillips. CLASS 7: 1st C207E Martin Clay 2nd C30E Richard Turnidge 3rd C18E Trevor Martin. CLASS 8: 1st C83E Barry Hathaway 2nd SN395 Bill Edwards 3rd C43E Dave Moule. CLASS 9: 1st SN394 Ken Edwards. STOCK HATCH: 1st C632E John Sullivan 2nd C611E Luke Dale 3rd C64E Scott Barrick. JUNIORS: 1st C9E Katie Rochard 2nd SN63 Aaron Mason 3rd C52E Mark Sullivan. LADIES: 1st SN63 Lynn Thomas 2nd C72E Louise Milton. ALLCOMERS: 1st C608E Glen Embling 2nd C279E Neil Bacon 3rd C610E Scott Varney. NIALL CUTTS MEMORIAL: 1st C171E Ted Sparrow 2nd C50E Mark Fisher 3rd C99E Glen Doddington.
YORKSHIRE DALES RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st YD35 Rachael Davis 2nd YD86 Lewis Wing 3rd YD202 Gary Hutchinson. CLASS 2: 1st YD65 Martin Lofthouse 2nd YD64 Terry Alderson 3rd YD74 Emmerson Sherwood. CLASS 3: 1st YD200 Phil Sherwood 2nd YD118 Steve Bowes 3rd SL66 Mark Little. CLASS 4: 1st YD1 Duane Walker 2nd YD20 Emily Jefferson. CLASS 5: 1st Y170 Jonathan Bennett 2nd YD92 Chris Cockburn 3rd Y84 Nigel Bennett. CLASS 6: 1st YD10 Martyn Janes 2nd SL122 Jason Ballentyne 3rd YD610 Richard Coates. CLASS 7: 1st YD83 Mally Wing 2nd YD178 James Almack 3rd YD71 Graham Blackburn. CLASS 8: 1st T5 Stu Whitehouse 2nd Y69 Simon Graeme 3rd SL10 Trevor Millican. CLASS 9: 1st YD117 Dennis Raffel 2nd ARC83 Craig Carter. CLASS 10: 1st SL26 Mike Edgar. STOCK HATCH: 1st YD93 Darren Bryan 2nd WR99 Mark Day 3rd YD145 Andy Craggs. F600: 1st Y600 Chris Mackenzie 2nd WR32 Bryn Hawkins 3rd SC500 John Aldred. JUNIORS: 1st S249Y Ash Farrow 2nd YD183 James Bowe 3rd LM68 Dan King. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st Y888 Jack Rawlinson 2nd YD182 James Bowe 3rd S916Y Steven Green. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st YD85 Katie Sunley. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st YD31 Sarah Carden 2nd YD2 Angie Hilton 3rd SL70. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st YD200 Diane Sunley 2nd YD118 Jo Bowes 3rd YD269 Sue Lee. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st YD1 Amy Gill 2nd YD166 Sarah MacDonald. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st YD62 Diane Sunley 2nd Y84 Amy Bennett 3rd YD60 Gill Graham. LADIES’ CLASS 6: 1st YD131 Sarah Carden 2nd YD10 Sarah Haigh 3rd YD55 Steph Corner. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st YD700 Clare Horner 2nd YD71 Pam Blackburn. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd YD7 Sue Nicholls 3rd WR75. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st YD171 Chris Raffel. LADIES’ STOCK HATCH: 1st YD145 Michelle Rimmer. LADIES’ F600: 1st YD80 Michelle Arnett.
TRENT RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st T37 Mike Greaves 2nd R121 Andy Kelsey 3rd ST42 Gav Waby. CLASS 2: 1st T55 Ben Green 2nd ST27 Jason Mills 3rd T133 Roy Noble. CLASS 3: 1st T897 Kim Ashmore 2nd SC2 Martin Dalzell 3rd SP302 Simon Roose. CLASS 4: 1st ST446 Simon Hornby. CLASS 5: 1st S52Y Tony Spencer 2nd T54 Nick Booth 3rd SC69 Charlie Edley. CLASS 6: 1st ST33 Rob Milbourn 2nd ST130 Pete West 3rd SC130 Gary West. CLASS 7: 1st LM30 Dennis Pugh 2nd LM15 Lewis Pugh 3rd ST7 Dave Onyon. CLASS 8: 1st SC1 Antony Ross 2nd SP12 Andrew Hill 3rd SN82 Kerry Pope. CLASS 9: 1st SC150 Anthony Read 2nd Y180 Carl Allen 3rd S275Y Keith Featherstone. CLASS 10: 1st SP1 Bill Shaw 2nd SP2 Ken Beals. CLASS 11: 1st SC171 Kirsty Malkin 2nd ST133 Caz Taylor 3rd WR91 Kirsty Ackroyd. CLASS 12: 1st ST6 Sarah Chilvers. CLASS 13: 1st T2 Tracey Hoyes. CLASS 14: 1st SC20 Jane Bonsall. JUNIORS: 1st SC116 Marcus Fletcher 2nd L20 Chris Goode 3rd SC65 Tom Bryant. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st ST3 Oliver Hamp 2nd ST171 Jack Bailey 3rd SN57 Gavin Savage.
CONCORD AND YORKSHIRE DALES PHOTOS NOW ON LINE
WEST WALES WHOPPER
The 2009 West Wales League Open included the second round of the British Autograss Series, which brought the expected huge entry to the big and fast Lamphey raceway (642 drivers signed on) and a packed weekend’s racing in mainly fine weather conditions. Highlights were too numerous to list, but included a spectacular Class 7 win by Mark Griffiths; a last corner dive for the lead by Jonesey Bach in Class 4; a controversial finish in Class 2 with Lloydy Boy Morgan excluded from what would have been his second straight BAS win, and Tim Harber actually winning despite a blown-up engine, a Class 8 final with an amazing line-up of the biggest names in open-wheel racing, and a polished performance by one of the younger Juniors, Nathan Saunders, to take his first win at this level.
RESULTS: CLASS 1 (59 cars): 1st Y75 Ollie Burley 2nd CA54 Lee Deegan 3rd CA284 Sam French 4th IK122 Fred Carpenter 5th H247 Dan Keddie 6th SN264 Steven Lodge 7th S60Y Matty Lawson 8th SC25 Ian Ullathorne. CLASS 2 (51): 1st SV5 Tim Harber 2nd SR54 Lee Evason 3rd S2 Tony Hart-Jones 4th PAC48 Dalton Thomas 5th C20 Dan Evans 6th Y24 Alex Hay BF C64 Lloyd Morgan BF NS249 Cary Evans. CLASS 3 (36): 1st SN27 Barry Almond 2nd IK351 John Warren 3rd P502EM Mark Guy 4th ST441 Aaron Mackenzie 5th SR55 Bob Matthews 6th Y51 Phil Thompson DNF ARC27 Lee Almond BF WS22 Adrian Joyce. CLASS 4 (27): 1st BC69 Adam Jones 2nd PAC3 Rob Corbett 3rd M60 Nicky Williams 4th E220 Darren Grasby 5th CM7 Huw Jones 6th TA32 Alun Jenkins 7th E152 Matthew Manning DNF TA84 Rhydian Evans. CLASS 5 (38): 1st SN265 Darren Lodge 2nd C41E Antony Jackson 3rd Y64 Mark Grice 4th SN321 Wayne Mathurin 5th Y44 Les Grice 6th C2 Craig Bagley 7th C31 Ian Jones DNS ST6 Colin Chilvers. CLASS 6 (45): 1st E6 Barry Holloway 2nd Y821 Chris Mullen 3rd NS434 Ben Gould 4th H99 Paul Bailey 5th SL161 Aaron Cavagin 6th E5 Micky Manning 7th DA46 Robert Townley DNF PAC91 Ken Thomas. CLASS 7 (55): 1st SV2 Mark Griffiths 2nd SR8 Pete Berry 3rd BC8 Gareth Thomas 4th SC82 Karl Mosley 5th SN145 Kraig Murley 6th S47D Pete Bott 7th SC950 Abi Mosley DNF SC45 Carl Swift. CLASS 8 (63): 1st SS3 Russ Shepherd 2nd PHD2 Phil Rogers 3rd ARC4 Phil Cooper 4th SP8 Chris Pope 5th Y34 Mark Grice 6th BC55 Tom Lewis 7th NS55 Geoff Berrisford DNF SC1 Antony Ross. CLASS 9 (33): 1st S2D James Candy 2nd PHD1 Steve Lindsay 3rd R777 Dan Page 4th NW126 Spencer Parsonage 5th S275Y Keith Featherstone 6th N27 Matt Rigby 7th WS9 Martin Gaylard Excluded SC150 Anthony Read. CLASS 10 (32): 1st R7 Paul Fackrell 2nd Y88 Neil Rawlinson 3rd MA53 Patrick Sheahan 4th SC99 Andy Kershaw DNF SP1 Bill Shaw DNF NS9 Dave Holroyd DNF NS29 Mike Holroyd BF R200 Ben Hurdman. JUNIORS (50): 1st SN81 Nathan Saunders 2nd R212 Jordan Blore 3rd SP15 Shannon Ellis 4th SN202 Luke Bartlett 5th NR75 Ashley Porter 6th PAC157 Tom Roberts 7th CA48 Shayne Deegan 8th E51 Luke Oakley. JUNIOR SPECIALS (35): 1st NS151 Tom Chadwick 2nd Y888 Jack Rawlinson 3rd C220 Shane Smith 4th C9 Cameron Mills 5th WW65 John Fyfe 6th WR11 Sean Wright 7th PHD72 Jake Roberts 8th ARC7 Sean Power. LADIES’ CLASS 1 (23): 1st BC11 Becky Shaw 2nd PHD66 Helen James 3rd CM35 Michelle Phillips 4th P37EM Lyndsey Allen 5th PHD73 Bobbie Neale 6th NS17 Katie Symonds 7th R4 Natalie Morgan 8th NR15 Melanie Porter. LADIES’ CLASS 2 (14): 1st A23 Sarah Trott 2nd SR41 Claudette Chater 3rd YD31 Sarah Carden 4th Y14 Diane Tomkinson 5th MA241 Ellen Sugrue 6th LM79 Kathryn Stansfield 7th R140 Sue Harris 8th C60 Donna Howells. LADIES’ CLASS 3 (6): 1st Y51 Jo Thompson 2nd SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 3rd CM4 Donna Cole 4th C266E Lianne Teather 5th NW160 Joanne Rowlands DNS ARC27 Lisa Almond. LADIES’ CLASS 4 (6): 1st BC69 Donna Jones 2nd E220 Lisa Grasby 3rd IK229 Claire Blackman 4th Y15 Leigh Daniells DNF R771 Gina Fackrell DNS S7Y Vicky Appleton. LADIES’ CLASS 5 (14): 1st Y44 Nicola Jesse 2nd C31 Sandra Jones 3rd PAC145 Clare Horner 4th CM25 Danielle Phillips 5th SL15 Julie Graham 6th S40D Rhiannon Smith 7th E22 Tona Grasby 8th S10D Maisie Phipps. LADIES’ CLASS 6 (7): 1st M4 Kate Featherstone 2nd E13 Tracey Bax 3rd SN212 Josie Cox 4th PAC9 Laura Donohue 5th NS219 Angela Evans 6th S25 Gina Walters DNS Y15 Yvonne Dockray. LADIES’ CLASS 7 (17): 1st PAC53 Michaela Bevans 2nd LM30 Charlotte Pugh 3rd IK64 Jade Russell 4th MA369 Val Shanahan 5th B111H Laura Dunn 6th TA8 Louise Jones DNF S2Y Vicky Appleton DNF PAC24 Caroline Jones. LADIES’ CLASS 8 (18): 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd LM9 Mel Gallagher 3rd WR20 Lindsay Stephenson 4th R900 Laura Morgan 5th B56H Claire Winnall 6th NS55 Clare Cockerill 7th C10 Sandra Jones 8th BC5 Carrie Mills. LADIES’ CLASS 9 (6): 1st S222D Bev Candy 2nd WS9 Jane Baynton 3rd S275Y Sally Stratton 4th PHD54 Kelly Wonnacott 5th S14D Nancy Hughes DNS M1 Kate Featherstone. LADIES’ CLASS 10 (8): 1st WR72 Gemma Stephenson 2nd BC22 Carrie Mills 3rd TA49 Louise Francis 4th CA24 Mary Deegan 5th CW223 Danielle Barratt 6th SS11 Helen Richards DNS NS9 Kelly Holroyd DNS PAC41 Heather Evans. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st R7 Paul Fackrell DNF Y75 Ollie Burley. LADIES: 1st Y44 Nicola Jesse DNF PAC53 Michaela Bevans.
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EASTERN OPEN CHALLENGE
The Eastern Open Challenge found itself for the first round at the St Neots Wyboston venue on a warm sunny day. Track marshalling was shared by the three host clubs for the Challenge - St Neots, Cambridge and Concord Essex. The meeting had a good general atmosphere and saw a good quality of racing, only the Class One final needing a re-run to get it to the chequered flag. The meeting also saw Hayley Empson SN288 experimentally trialling the first of the alternative tyres to be tested by NASA for possible future use. The day was roll over free but sadly saw CA11 Pete Lemmon's new Class 3 and SP288 George Tillson-Smith's Class 2 both stopping racing after visiting the new St Neots Armco. SN911 Vinny Parker saw the hot side of racing when his Class 9, 33/67 Special caught fire in his second heat. The fire was quickly extinguished by the immediate response of the marshals. Visiting drivers were plentiful, be it for the Eastern Open Challenge or track testing for the Ladies' and Juniors' Nationals in September. The Eastern Open Challenge continues at Cambridge on August 23 and Concord on October 4.
ST NEOTS EASTERN OPEN CHALLENGE RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st SN208 Andrew Empson 2nd CA72 Jay Neville 3rd CA954 Matt Ellis. CLASS 2: 1st SN405 Jason Thomas 2nd SN391 Gary Clapham 3rd C2E Dave Martin. CLASS 3: 1st SN269 Dave George 2nd NS41 Steve Goodwin 3rd CA69 Tom Parr. CLASS 4: 1st SN6 Wez Johnson 2nd C171E Ted Sparrow 3rd IK38 Alan Lock. CLASS 5: 1st C41E Antony Jackson 2nd C20E Kieran Lonergan 3rd C50E Mark Fisher. CLASS 6: 1st C608E Glen Embling 2nd C300E Tony Teather 3rd SN396 Russ Tillson. CLASS 7: 1st SN145 Kraig Murley 2nd SN24 Mark Smith 3rd SN282 Russ Wallbank. CLASS 8: 1st SN82 Kerry Pope 2nd SP12 Andrew Hill 3rd ST55 Barry Ashmore. CLASS 9: 1st SN911 Vinny Parker 2nd SN55 Colin Sumner 3rd SN394 Ken Edwards. CLASS 10: No finishers. CLASS 11: 1st SN668 Vicky Sole 2nd SN181 Rachel Taylor 3rd SN40 Julia Hobson. CLASS 11A: 1st CA149 Viv Wright. CLASS 12: 1st SN212 Josie Cox 2nd SP137 Abi Mead 3rd SN588 Amy Turner. CLASS 13: 1st SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 2nd CA546 Emma Saint 3rd C266E Lianne Teather. CLASS 14: 1st A13 Laura Atyeo. JUNIORS: 1st SN181 Nathan Saunders 2nd SN12 Tom Hall 3rd SN668 Ollie Sole. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st NS151 Tom Chadwick 2nd SN57 Gavin Savage 3rd SN11 Ash Howard. ST NEOTS OPEN: 1st SN164 Alex Hill 2nd CA102 Ian Noble 3rd SN64 Mark Hill. EAST ANGLIAN OPEN: 1st SN43 Daniel Robins 2nd CA55 Shawn Winters 3rd SN164 Alex Hill. JUNIOR OPEN 1: 1st SN57 Gavin Savage 2nd NS151 Tom Chadwick 3rd SN230 Emily Empson. JUNIOR OPEN 2: 1st= SN11 Ash Howard & SN668 Ollie Sole 3rd SN19 Josh Hassell. ST NEOTS JUNIOR OPEN: 1st SN57 Gavin Savage 2nd SN11 Ash Howard 3rd SN64 Abiee Hill. TONY'S TITLE - RACHEL'S REPEAT
The sixth annual running of the Stock Hatch Nationals saw the event return for a fourth time to the Pennine club’s unique Darley Moor track, and for the second time the Stock Hatches were the headline act at the two-day Keith Kent Memorial meeting, in honour of the Pennine club’s late landlord. The meeting enjoyed perfect weather and track conditions and a good turnout of drivers were treated to a beautifully presented venue, with most of the credit for the track conditions and camping facilities going to the current landowner, Keith Kent’s daughter Rachael Salt. The festive aspect to the weekend was enhanced no end by a massed invasion of Scottish racers, representing both Central Scotland and Solway clubs – the Scots made their presence felt with some extremely competitive on track performances (although for most of them their luck ran out in the finals) and some off track antics that meant that the “proper” Nationals will have its work cut out to beat this one for atmosphere!
The Stock Hatch Nationals was contested by four full grids of cars, travelling from as far afield as Essex and Dundee, with four qualifying rounds over the two days leading into A and B finals, with a separate competition for the Ladies. After two restarts in the A-final, the honours finally went to York’s Tony Staples, narrowly beating the Luckspeed duo of Heath Luck and Steve Binks. The Ladies’ title was successfully defended by Leicester’s Rachel Hinton, again driving the 1400 Citroen AX that was once her road car!
STOCK HATCH NATIONAL A- FINAL: 1st Y178 Tony Staples 2nd YD81 Heath Luck 3rd YD811 Steve Binks 4th P602EM Mark Guy 5th P658EM Simon Kershaw 6th P650EM Michael Tickle 7th WR179 Chris Dunwell BF S228Y Steve Bingham. B-FINAL: 1st YD149 Ben Cree 2nd C632E John Sullivan 3rd C633E Mike Sullivan 4th WR99 Mark Day 5th Y118 Pete Clegg 6th Y164 Chris Walker 7th Y83 Mark Draper 8th P630EM Ady Morris.
STOCK HATCH NATIONALS LADIES’ FINAL: 1st L681 Rachel Hinton 2nd YD51 Nicola Tynemouth 3rd P602EM Vicky Burbridge 4th SL29 Mandy Clarke 5th Y83 Michelle Richardson 6th SL45 Fiona McIntyre 7th P630EM Julie Suttill DNS C633E Carly Martin.
KEITH KENT MEMORIAL RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st P999EM Dave Otter 2nd P307EM Terry Allen 3rd NS697 Josh Fowler. CLASS 2: 1st P7EM Ben Gadsby 2nd L25 Laura Large 3rd P6EM Nick Gregory. CLASS 3: 1st P502EM Mark Guy 2nd SL54 Bruce Bartram 3rd Y63 Steve Waddington. CLASS 4: 1st P33EM Jason Clews 2nd P59EM Barry Kirton. CLASS 5: 1st N34 Matt Tasker 2nd P36EM Dennis Parlett 3rd LM59 Andy Bridge. CLASS 6: 1st P112EM John Gadsby 2nd P2EM Nick Weir 3rd P500EM Rik Burbridge. CLASS 7: 1st P23EM Phil Barleyman 2nd P26EM John Cottrill 3rd NS23 Tony Salmon. CLASS 8: 1st T65 Jack Dickinson 2nd SR88 Drew Butters 3rd T95 Roger Dickinson. CLASS 9: 1st N55 Andy Clarke 2nd CS47 Allan Kerr 3rd CS24 Ian Robertson. CLASS 10: 1st M128 Dick Rose 2nd M65 Len Finnerty 3rd P8EM Ian Morson. CLASS 11: 1st P37EM Lyndsey Allen 2nd P999EM Liz Otter 3rd P3EM Elaine Gutteridge. CLASS 12: 1st SR229 Jodie Faulkner 2nd P59EM Pam French. CLASS 14: 1st M11 Barbara Harper 2nd M128 Rachael Minnikin. JUNIORS: 1st P3EM Louis Gutteridge 2nd NS999 Raife MacDonald 3rd NS19 Will Henry. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st LM52 Jamie Dunne 2nd CS231 Jack Robertson.
Good news for everyone present is that it was agreed during the weekend that the Stock Hatch Nationals should now have a permanent home at Pennine and that the mid-June date for the Keith Kent Memorial will also be fixed. That will make sure that other clubs running the Stock Hatch class have the chance to avoid clashing fixtures and will enable everyone to make a date for what’s becoming known as one of the highlights of the club racing season.
WET IN THE WEST ... SOGGY IN THE SOUTH
A "severe weather warning" for the west of England and Wales was the prelude to the second wet weekend of the 2009 season, and sure enough all the meetings in the west were forced to cancel - South Wales, Ludlow, Forest of Dean and North Shropshire. But despite a "showery" forecast, the South East also suffered - torrential morning rain caused Concord's event to be cancelled, and that rain arrived at Cambridge before the start of racing. However, the quite outstanding efforts by Phil Neville and his team in preparing the Stretham track paid off and Cambridge were able to race through two sets of heats in persistent rain, before taking advantage of drier (but not much) conditions for the finals and completing a full day's programme non-stop by 2.45 pm. The evidence suggests most drivers enjoyed themselves despite the conditions - not many loaded up before the end! Nottingham and Spalding also ran extremely wet meetings, while York and Scunthorpe somehow escaped the weather.
Ireland was not immune to the bad weather - West Waterford at last got their season under way after a series of cancellations with an extra Saturday evening meeting, but cold and wet conditions forced them to abandon after two sets of heats.
CAMBRIDGE RESULTS (unofficial, from our soggy notes): CLASS 1: 1st CA48 Lee Deegan 2nd SN43 Daniel Robins 3rd CA102 Ian Noble. CLASS 2: 1st SN404 Paul Thomas 2nd SN37 Ian Parsons 3rd SN405 Jason Thomas. CLASS 3: 1st SN269 Dave George 2nd CA548 Tom Saint 3rd CA93 Ian Wilson. CLASS 4: 1st SN348 Dave Digby 2nd CA99 Dean Missen 3rd SN588 Ashley Poulter. CLASS 5: 1st CA40 Robert Ashley 2nd CA206 Peter Chapman. CLASS 6: 1st CA120 Richard Golding 2nd SN222 Lloyd Vivier 3rd CA37 Sean Young. CLASS 7: 1st SN145 Kraig Murley. CLASS 8: 1st CA23 Malcolm Lane 2nd CA55 Shawn Winters 3rd SN816 Mark Keily. CLASS 9: 1st SN88 Ian Littler 2nd SN55 Colin Sumner 3rd CA14 Colin Rogers. CLASS 11: 1st CA102 Kirsty Noble 2nd SN668 Vicky Sole. CLASS 11A: 1st SN404 Denise Empson. JUNIORS: 1st E75 Jack Gilder 2nd SN668 Ollie Sole 3rd SN12 Tom Hall. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SN19 Josh Hassell 2nd SN57 Gavin Savage 3rd CA50 Kevin Rogers.
ALL ACTION ALL IRELAND
While English and Welsh racers were turning out in massive numbers for the MAP Open (SEE BELOW FOR RESULTS), and a strong turnout of Northern English drivers descended on Hunmanby for Scarborough's revived Yorkshire Finals meeting, those from Northern and Southern Ireland, plus several Scottish visitors and one from Wales, converged on Down Autograss' track at Maghaberry for the first round of the All Ireland Autograss Series. Perfect sunny weather and the usual relaxed and sociable Irish atmosphere made this one of the most enjoyable meetings of the year so far, although there was also no shortage of competitive and spectacular action, with plenty of racing for everyone. The very wet start to the season in Northern Ireland meant that constant attention to track preparation was the key to the success of the meeting, so it was appropriate that top honours at the end of the weekend went to the man who's done so much to make the Maghaberry track the super facility it now is - Cecil Haffey, who won a very well supported Champion of Champions race.
OFFICIAL RESULTS (total points) CLASS 1: 1st MA22 Anthony Harrington (30) 2nd DA75 James Jess (23) 3rd WW50 Jim Hayde (23) 4th DA77 Matthew Jess (19). CLASS 1A: 1st MA87 Paul Hogan (29) 2nd MA64 Martin Hogan (20) 3rd MA81 Mick Galvin (20) 4th WW261 Paul Devine (11). CLASS 2: 1st CS88 Jonathan Witham (29) 2nd MA19 Callum Hallinen (18) 3rd WW303 Francis Beecher (17) 4th DA42 Johnston Black (13). CLASS 3: 1st DA28 Barry Curran (23) 2nd CW181 James Lee (23) 3rd CA81 Robert Lee (20) 4th CY8 Ivor McKee (16). CLASS 4: 1st DA333 Brian Beattie (28) 2nd DA33 Alan Beattie (18) 3rd CW12 James Brady (17) 4th WW53 Paddy Nugent (12). CLASS 5: 1st DA20 Cecil Haffey (29) 2nd CW6 Johnny Keating (25) 3rd DA71 David Stockdale (15) 4th DA999 Richard Maguire (6). CLASS 6: 1st DA46 Robert Townley (23) 2nd DA22 Malcolm Graham (19) 3rd WW399 John Fuller (19) 4th DA9 Peter McCann (18). CLASS 7: 1st CW160 Barry Smyth (30) 2nd WW998 Patrick Sheehy (16) 3rd DA26 Howard Thomas (12) 4th CW9 Kevin Roche (11). CLASS 8: 1st MA7 Alan O’Keeffe (30) 2nd MA25 Trevor Cusack (19) 3rd MA69 Mick Hogan (17) 4th DA66 Paul Moore (17). CLASS 9: 1st CW21 Bob Lanigan (25) 2nd WW252 Shane Houlihan (24) 3rd DA10 Daryl Dickson (19) 4th MA3 Richard Davis (5). CLASS 10: 1st WW5 Richie Nugent (22) 2nd CW223 Eamonn O’Brien Jr (20) 3rd WW318 Martin Browne (18) 4th DA7 Wesley Stockdale (13). FORMULA 600: 1st WW78 Kenneth Cashel (24) 2nd WW123 Paudie O’Giorman (21) 3rd WW11 Sean O’Sullivan (18) 4th WW74 Jim Fuller (13). JUNIORS : 1st DA38 Chris McCracken (30) 2nd MA23 Danny Harrington (28) 3rd MA238 Stephen Sugrue (19) 4th WW16 John Kearns (18). JUNIOR CLASS 1A: 1st CW112 Chelsea Brady (30). JUNIOR SPECIALS : 1st WW65 John Fyfe (29) 2nd WW67 BJ Doyle (25) 3rd MA96 Diarmuid O’Brien (17) 4th MA333 Amy Davis (10). LADIES: 1st MA241 Ellen Sugrue (29) 2nd N500 Nicola Ferguson (20) 3rd CW223 Danielle Barratt (14) 4th CW188 Emma Hutton (13). CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: DA20 Cecil Haffey. LADIES’ CHAMPION: MA241 Ellen Sugrue.
Note: as usual at All Ireland rounds, trophies were awarded on points over the four heats and finals; ties were split using final results.
Round 2 of the All Ireland Series is hosted by the Carlow club on July 5/6 and the third and final round is the Irish Fastest Person on Grass meeting on West Waterford's Lismore track on September 12/13.
DOWN & SCARBOROUGH PHOTOS NOW ON LINE MIDDLETON ON THE MAP
The MAP Open entry this year totalled 703 - exactly 100 less than the 2006 all time record, and 60 less than the BAS round at the same venue four weeks earlier. After braving hot, dry and dusty conditions all weekend the Champion of Champions race , featuring the top two in each class, saw a Class 1 victory for Aaron Middleton, ably backed up by brother Matt, while a Stroud club double was completed by Rhiannon Smith in the Ladies' race. Full final results were as follows:
CLASS 1 (73): 1st S88D Matt Middleton 2nd S80D Aaron Middleton 3rd S37D Luke Smith 4th CA48 Lee Deegan 5th CA54 Tom Bell 6th CA284 Sam French DND SN264 Steven Lodge BF R121 Andy Kelsey. CLASS 2 (68): 1st SV5 Tim Harber 2nd NS249 Cary Evans 3rd N66 Kev Spriggs 4th WS15 Chris Tudgay 5th C64 Lloyd Morgan 6th SR33 Peter Morgan 7th SC971 Shaun Thompson DNS P12EM John Gadsby. CLASS 3 (35): 1st NS334 Martin Gould 2nd S292Y Kev Shaw 3rd S151Y Paul Bulmer 4th IK351 John Warren 5th SN269 Dave George 6th R169 Mick Sumners 7th IK316 Martin Beaney 8th ARC27 Lee Almond. CLASS 4 (25): 1st E152 Matthew Manning 2nd T21 Martin Hucknall 3rd E220 Darren Grasby 4th YD20 Emily Jefferson 5th YS3 Ollie Howell 6th YD1 Duane Walker DNF BC69 Adam Jones DNF S22D Luke Smith. CLASS 5 (47): 1st SN265 Andy Lodge 2nd P24EM Brian Wright 3rd PAC145 Steven Brown 4th R37 Dan Lewis 5th S40D Mark Smith 6th R420 Alan Green 7th LM4 Terry Rigney DNF LUD8 Jabez Smith. CLASS 6 (47): 1st PAC57 Nathan Rees 2nd SS23 Craig Tovey 3rd Y821 Chris Mullen 4th N25 Andrew Smith 5th YD120 Allan Weston 6th SC169 Carl Rawnsley 7th SL161 Aaron Cavagin DNS M4 Mark Moore. CLASS 7 (51): 1st N700 Rich Lee 2nd ST4 Mike Mackenzie 3rd A111 James Winter 4th MA18 Donal O’Brien 5th E15 Rob Holloway DNF LUD10 Alfie Smith DNS SS7 John Gay DNS SP222 Brendon Guest. CLASS 8 (65): 1st SC1 Antony Ross 2nd Y34 Mark Grice 3rd ARC4 Phil Cooper 4th SP8 Chris Pope 5th PHD2 Phil Rogers 6th WR20 Ian Stephenson 7th ST77 Norman Ross 8th ST44 Dan Mackenzie. CLASS 9 (44): 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd SS18 Alan Tovey 3rd PHD9 Wayne Llewellyn 4th NS343 Sam Gould 5th ARC6 Lynn Cooper 6th SN88 Geoff Gallagher 7th N27 Matt Rigby 8th NW4 Alun Roberts. CLASS 10 (33): 1st SP404 Dave Veall 2nd S74D Phil Young 3rd SC12 Andy Patrick 4th BC22 Martin Bowen 5th LM170 Vinny Gibbons DNF R9 Andy Lee DNS R205 Ged Morris DNS R200 Ben Hurdman. JUNIORS (61): 1st SV100 Conner Griffiths 2nd CA48 Shayne Deegan 3rd R212 Jordan Blore 4th N212 Jake Lee 5th E51 Luke Oakley 6th B9H Bradley Grainger 7th MA1 Nicole O’Brien 8th NR75 Ashley Porter. JUNIOR SPECIALS (30): 1st NS151 Tom Chadwick 2nd WR11 Sean Wright 3rd SN57 Gavin Savage 4th ARC7 Sean Power 5th ST3 Oliver Hamp 6th R252 Mike Bluck 7th R127 Kyle McKinley 8th SP7 Hope Godfrey. LADIES’ CLASS 1 (28): 1st PHD66 Helen James 2nd M9 Nicola Bettoney 3rd IK122 Michelle Phillips 4th SP27 Debra Robinson 5th Y58 Olivia Tinker 6th A22 Aimee Conbeer 7th R4 Natalie Morgan BF SR295 Michaela Bevans. LADIES’ CLASS 2 (15): 1st NS47 Fiona Jackson 2nd B11H Jo Clague 3rd LM79 Kathryn Stansfield 4th IK93 Sue Whipps 5th R22 Natalie Morgan 6th NS942 Sam Hand BF IK355 Paula Wells DNS S122D Amy Smith. LADIES’ CLASS 3 (8): 1st ARC27 Lisa Almond 2nd Y51 Jo Thompson 3rd E11 Gemma Fullard 4th C266E Lianne Teather 5th Y30 Sheena Kirby 6th E16 Chris Harris 7th WS110 Dawn North DNS SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant. LADIES’ CLASS 4 (7): 1st E220 Lisa Grasby 2nd YD1 Amy Gill 3rd Y15 Leigh Daniells 4th YD19 Lyndsey Knott BF L15 Lisa Branston DNF BC69 Donna Jones DNF R771 Gina Fackrell. LADIES’ CLASS 5 (15): 1st PAC145 Clare Horner 2nd S0D Rhiannon Smith 3rd CM25 Danielle Phillips 4th G1D Lisa Paskell 5th PAC451 Michaela Bevans 6th E22 Tina Grasby DNF S10D Maisie Phipps DNF S45D Sarah Bateman. LADIES’ CLASS 6 (9): 1st E13 Tracey Bax 2nd YD15 Yvonne Dockray 3rd M4 Kate Featherstone 4th SR29 Sally Davies 5th S25 Gina Walters 6th Y309 Pauline Medd DNS NW50 Sarah Owen DNS SN212 Josie Cox. LADIES’ CLASS 7 (9): 1st IK64 Jade Russell 2nd ST10 Angie Chilvers 3rd E56 Sally Corbett 4th B111H Laura Dunn 5th LM30 Charlotte Pugh DNF IK39 Kate Lovett DNF E14 Dawn Holloway DNS E54 Katie Williams. LADIES’ CLASS 8 (19): 1st WR20 Lindsay Stephenson 2nd R2 Clare Horner 3rd Y191 Amanda Lockwood 4th NS55 Clare Cockerill 5th YD7 Sue Nicholls 6th C10 Sandra Jones 7th R900 Laura Morgan 8th BC5 Carrie Mills. LADIES’ CLASS 9 (8): 1st S275Y Sally Stratton 2nd S222D Bev Candy 3rd H150 Jade Dyke 4th PHD54 Kelly Wonnacott 5th NW36 Karen Munslow 6th S14D Nancy Hughes DNF SN68 Lynn Thomas DNS M1 Kate Featherstone. LADIES’ CLASS 10 (6): 1st BC22 Carrie Mills 2nd TA49 Louise Francis 3rd TA99 Heidi Deeley 4th SP504 Michelle Beech 5th PAC81 Tracey Victory DNS WS777 Kelly Wetherick. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: S80D Aaron Middleton LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: S40D Rhiannon Smith.
COOPS IS COCK O'THE NORTH
The first of the year’s major open meetings, the North of England Championships, took place over the hot and sunny Spring Bank holiday weekend, attracting 389 entries to the York track. Heavy rain in the days prior to the event produced the potentially dangerous combination of a track that was grippy, if power-sapping, on top, but soft and spongy underneath. The York club officials, and a strong contingent of visiting marshals, worked the track hard all weekend, and the regular grading, rolling, watering and moving of cones, together with most drivers treating the conditions with respect, meant that there were only a few major incidents – none more so than the frightening roll and fire that befell North Wales Class 6 driver Lee Powell, who quickly scrambled out of his wrecked Nova leaving the marshals to deal capably with the blaze. There was still lots of fast and furious racing, with top honours going to Phil Cooper. Phil won both Class 8 and 9 finals before taking the North of England title in his class 8 car. Defending Champion Nicola Jesse returned to racing after the birth of her daughter and claimed yet another Ladies’ title, while Jordan Blore narrowly missed out on what would have been an unprecedented fourth Junior title – instead the win went to Shannon Ellis, with Tom Chadwick taking the Junior specials honours.
Meanwhile, several alternative events were held around the country, the best promoted of these being the STAR club’s “Middle of England championships” at Crudgington in Shropshire. This drew roughly half the number of entries of the York event, and gave them nearly twice as much racing, with four heats, A and B finals, open racing and extra races for those contesting the club’s Donny Littlehales and Ken Morris memorial trophies, while extensive overnight fun and games added to the atmosphere of the meeting. Class 2 driver Lee Evason became the first “Middle of England” champion.
Severn Valley club also hosted a two-day event to celebrate the return of racing to the famous Withington venue, near Hereford, with the ultra-fast banked circuit, on classic West Midlands red soil, attracted rave reviews from those who contested a league qualifier on Sunday and a trophy meeting on Monday.
Other club events on this busy weekend were held at Concord, Invicta, Penhow and PAC.
NORTH OF ENGLAND RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st Y75 Ollie Burley 2nd S88D Matt Middleton 3rd S80D Aaron Middleton 4th YD35 Rachael Davis. CLASS 2: 1st Y150 Alan Suttle 2nd Y14 Ian Tomkinson 3rd NW5 Rich Owen 4th S70Y Rob Farrow. CLASS 3: 1st Y51 Phil Thompson 2nd S38Y Maurice Powell 3rd Y23 Keith Tillett 4th ARC27 Lee Almond. CLASS 4: 1st Y146 Danny Pinkney 2nd S22D Luke Smith 3rd SP70 Tom Godfrey 4th Y42 Andy Kirby. CLASS 5: 1st R37 Dan Lewis 2nd C41E Antony Jackson 3rd Y64 Mark Grice 4th S52Y Tony Spencer. CLASS 6: 1st PAC57 nathan Rees 2nd Y821 Chris Mullen 3rd YD10 Martyn Janes 4th C300E Tony Teather. CLASS 7: 1st SC82 Karl Mosley 2nd YD83 Mally Wing 3rd N700 Rich Lee 4th SC950 Abi Mosley. CLASS 8: 1st ARC4 Phil Cooper 2nd PHD2 Phil Rogers 3rd SP8 Chris Pope 4th T5 Stu Whitehouse. CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd PHD9 Wayne Llewellyn 3rd ARC6 Lynn Cooper 4th Y5 Mark Brooks. CLASS 10: 1st SC12 Andy Patrick 2nd ARC3 Terry Seagreaves 3rd LM170 Vinny Gibbons 4th SP504 Dave Veall. STOCK HATCH: 1st YD811 Steve Binks 2nd Y178 Tony Staples 3rd WR179 Chris Dunwell 4th Y47 Jamie Patterson. F600: 1st WR32 Bryn Hawkins 2nd LM20 Chris Taylor 3rd Y89 Roy Clark 4th S5D Tom Aldridge. JUNIORS: 1st SP15 Shannon Ellis 2nd S49Y Jimbob Johnson 3rd R212 Jordan Blore 4th SN81 Nathan Saunders. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st NS151 Tom Chadwick 2nd ARC7 Sean Power 3rd LM17 Jack Gibbons 4th Y888 Jack Rawlinson. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st S84Y Nikki Shepherdson 2nd WR133 Helen Brooks 3rd Y58 Olivia Tinker 4th R122 Rachel Kelsey. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st Y14 Diane Tomkinson 2nd SP18 Emma Hall 3rd Y99 Beth Gardner 4th SC126 Jessica Roberts. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st Y51 Jo Thompson 2nd C266E Lianne Teather 3rd Y96 Becki Mallinson 4th ARC27 Lisa Almond. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st Y15 Leigh Daniells 2nd S109Y Jo Tateson 3rd YD19 Lyndsey Gardner 4th YD14 Beth Robinson. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st Y84 Amy Bennett 2nd SL15 Julie Graham 3rd Y44 Nicola Jesse. LADIES’ CLASS 6: 1st SN212 Josie Cox 2nd Y43 Tracey Burrell 3rd YD811 Sharon Binks 4th Y309 Pauline Medd. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st LM30 Charlotte Pugh 2nd YD71 Pam Blackburn 3rd S209Y Sarah Tateson 4th ST10 Angie Chilvers. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st LM9 Mel Gallagher 2nd R2 Clare Horner 3rd NS55 Clare Cockerill 4th YD7 Sue Nicholls. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st Y26 Jane Longley 2nd Y177 Lesley Gardner 3rd Y5 Helen Brooks 4th ST131 Claire West. LADIES’ CLASS 10: 1st Y88 Dawn Rawlinson 2nd ST504 Michelle Beech. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st ARC4 Phil Cooper 2nd Y75 Ollie Burley 3rd SC82 Karl Mosley 4th PAC57 Nathan Rees. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st Y44 Nicola Jesse 2nd LM30 Charlotte Pugh 3rd LM9 Mel Gallagher 4th S84Y Nikki Shepherdson.
MIDDLE OF ENGLAND RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st P999EM David Otter 2nd NS17 Dave Symonds 3rd LM112 Matt Astbury 4th YD850 Dave Roberts. CLASS 2: 1st SR54 Lee Evason 2nd P12EM John Gadsby 3rd SR35 Matt Morris 4th SC971 Sean Thompson. CLASS 3: 1st P502EM Mark Guy 2nd SR55 Bob Matthews 3rd NS334 Martin Gould 4th SC2 Martin Dalzell. CLASS 4: 1st M60 Nicky Williams 2nd YD20 Emily Jefferson 3rd NW55 Phil Roberts 4th P33EM Jason Clews. CLASS 5: 1st NS70 John Wilde 2nd P19EM David Bennett 3rd SR42 Russell Cashion 4th NS36 Mark Downing. CLASS 6: 1st M55 Steve Walford 2nd NS434 Sam Gould 3rd NW251 Phil Deprez 4th M7 Nick Clarke. STOCK HATCH: 1st P656EM Andy Heath 2nd P650EM Michael Tickle 3rd P658EM Simon Kershaw 4th P602EM Mark Guy. CLASS 7: 1st SR2 Tommy Law 2nd N118 Matt Duffell 3rd NS277 Alan Miles 4th SR10 Paddy Edwards. CLASS 8: 1st YD21 Andy Jefferson 2nd A13 Laurence Blaber 3rd R72 Joe Kacarevic 4th NW60 Kenny Roberts. CLASS 9: 1st NS343 Sam Gould 2nd SR92 Maurice Powell 3rd SC14 Russ Thompson 4th YD117 Dennis Raffel. CLASS 10: 1st S3Y Jem Snowden 2nd NW117 Tony Jones. CLASS 11: 1st P999EM Elizabeth Otter 2nd YD850 Katie Sunley 3rd P37EM Lyndsey Allen 4th NS17 Katie Symonds. CLASS 11A: 1st SR35 Charlotte Morris 2nd SR41 Claudette Chater 3rd YD2 Angie Hilton 4th NW30 Sian Butler. CLASS 12: 1st YD62 Diane Sunley 2nd P602EM Vicky Burbridge 3rd P19EM Teresa Williams 4th SR6 Sarah Williams. CLASS 14: 1st A13 Laura Atyeo 2nd R900 Laura Morgan 3rd SC20 Jane Bonsall 4th S3Y Anne Marshall. JUNIOR A: 1st P3EM Louis Gutteridge 2nd YD5 Liam Hilton 3rd NS19 Will Henry 4th SR121 Dan Mountford. JUNIOR B: 1st NS46 Jake Williamson 2nd ARC12 Ben Astbiry 3rd SR13 Gareth Jarvis. MEN’S CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: SR54 Lee Evason. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: SR35 Charlotte Morris. DONSPEED TROPHY: 1st SR12 Wayne Price.
LUDLOW DO IT ON GRASS
Clubs throughout the country suffered to a greater or lesser extent from the first really wet race day of the 2009 season on May 17. The Ludlow club, having their first meeting on a new venue at Pencombe, near Bromyard, had to tow most competitors onto the field during a morning downpour. However, the skies cleared for the start of racing and the scenic hilltop track proved ideal for the conditions, drivers enjoying the now rare experience of racing on a genuine green grass track. Even when the rains returned in the second heats the track raced well, but eventually, with no more breaks in the weather, safety and comfort prevailed and results were declared on points from the two completed sets of heats. Young Aiden Mills was one of the stars of the day as he held off much more experienced opposition to win Class 8.
LUDLOW RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st SV69 James Mayo 2nd LUD23 Alfie Smith 3rd C27 Jamie Duggan 4th H28 Peter Sparrow. CLASS 2: 1st C120 Highgo Davies 2nd H22 Paul Price 3rd H83 Robert Edgeworth 4th H4 Chris Price. CLASS 3: 1st LUD69 Paul Stevens 2nd LUD22 Bryan East 3rd LUD9 Richard Moore. CLASS 4: 1st BC1 Martin Bowen 2nd= C31 Mike Jones & LUD26 Darren Tennant 4th BC69 Adam Jones. CLASS 5: 1st LUD8 Jabez Smith 2nd C31 Ian Jones 3rd C2 Craig Bagley 4th LUD65 Simon Roche. CLASS 6: 1st H99 Paul Bailey 2nd= SV92 James Lewis & SV4 Paul Regan 4th= H69 Ian Marsh & C69 Simon Caldicott. CLASS 7: 1st= LUD10 Alfie Smith & H1 Geoff Gibbs 3rd BC8 Gareth Thomas 4th SV2 Mark Griffiths. CLASS 8: 1st LUD6 Aiden Mills 2nd= SV90 John Schoenemann & C10 Steve Mills 4th BC160 Mike Mumford. CLASS 9: 1st= BC35 John Stead & SV67 Tony Holland 3rd H150 Phil Dyke. CLASS 10: 1st BC3 Karl Best 2nd BC52 Trev Stead 3rd BC91 Gareth Thomas 4th LUD81 Neil Roche. CLASS 11: 1st BC11 Becky Shaw 2nd LUD23 Gail Davies 3rd SV69 Lisa Rickson 4th C71 Louise Duggan. CLASS 12: 1st LUD65 Maria Roche. CLASS 14: 1st LUD1 Shelley Tipton 2nd SV67 Claire Holland 3rd LUD81 Maria Roche. JUNIORS: 1st SV100 Conner Griffiths 2nd C17 Dan Duggan 3rd SV101 Kieran Griffiths 4th= H15 Callum Susans & C50 William Bright. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st BC6 Tom Taylor 2nd= BC158 Cat Mumford & C220 Shane Smith 4th SR46 Matthew Booth.
Elsewhere the most successful of the weekend's meetings was probably the Leicester club's event at the M&L Raceway in Shepshed which avoided the worst of the weather and featured ultra close racing from a full field of Formula 600 specials, contesting round two of their British Championship.
LEICESTER UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: FORMULA 600 A-Final: 1st ST1 Terry Cox 2nd WR32 Bryn Hawkins 3rd S5D Tom Aldridge 4th LM44 Dave Wilding. FORMULA 600 B-Final: 1st LM47 Zoe Leyland 2nd SC500 John Aldred 3rd WR80 Gav Ward.
CLASS 1: 1st P28EM Phil Barleyman 2nd P17EM Ashley Cooper 3rd P77EM Ben Gadsby 4th N270 Matt Rigby. CLASS 2: 1st N68 Andy Griffiths 2nd L25 Laura Large 3rd P12EM John Gadsby 4th N103 Dean Buxton. CLASS 3: 1st P502EM Mark Guy 2nd N6 Gary Cave 3rd N22 Kev Thorpe. CLASS 4: 1st M60 Nicky Williams 2nd L36 Nick Aldridge 3rd P180EM Ben Cosby 4th SC135 Brian Smart. CLASS 5: 1st P24EM Brian Wright 2nd M45 Wayne Orton 3rd N34 Matt Tasker 4th N76 Lyndon Moakes. CLASS 6: 1st N25 Andrew Smith 2nd M4 Mark Moore 3rd P145EM Paul Mottram 4th N168 Dan Wilson. CLASS 7: 1st P23EM Phil Barleyman 2nd N99 Dick Wightman 3rd N700 Rich Lee 4th N17 Gary Cheetham. CLASS 8: 1st M11 Ben Harper 2nd N8 Simon Reeve. CLASS 9: 1st P5EM Jason Richardson 2nd L3 Derek Tinson 3rd N27 Matt Rigby 4th M1 Paul Exon. JUNIORS: 1st N53 Lloyd Elliott 2nd N170 Jordan Hampson 3rd L20 Chris Goode 4th M816 James Tuck. LADIES: 1st P80EM Emily Cosby 2nd SC500 Ann Philip 3rd M45 Tracey Orton
LUDLOW & LEICESTER PHOTOS NOW ON LINE
SUNNY SUNDAY
Yet another warm sunny weekend through most of the country saw 13 NASA Autograss clubs in action on May 10, with some good quality and well supported club racing, and for many leagues another opportunity to gather National qualifying points. ST NEOTS coped well with a track that quickly accumulated rubber from the 123-strong entry, becoming hard and slick but still allowing close and hard-fought racing - especially in Class 1 and Juniors, where the East Anglian League is now among the strongest in the country.
ST NEOTS RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st CA54 Tom Bell 2nd CA48 Lee Deegan 3rd CA284 Sam French. CLASS 2: 1st SN405 Jason Thomas 2nd SP89 Bob Ellis 3rd SN37 Ian Parsons. CLASS 3: 1st SN27 Barry Almond 2nd CA546 Adam Saint 3rd SN269 Dave George. CLASS 4: 1st SN6 Wez Johnson 2nd SN180 Dave George 3rd SN348 Dave Digby. CLASS 5: 1st SN265 Darren Lodge 2nd SN321 Wayne Mathurin 3rd SP100 Derek Clarke. CLASS 6: 1st CA59 Tom Bell 2nd CA120 Richard Golding 3rd CA32 Scott Young. CLASS 7: 1st SN145 Kraig Murley 2nd SN282 Russ Wallbank 3rd SN24 Mark Smith. CLASS 8: 1st SP8 Chris Pope 2nd SN82 Kerry Pope 3rd CA55 Shawn Winters. CLASS 9: 1st SN88 Ian Littler 2nd SP51 John Kemp 3rd SN911 Vinny Parker. CLASS 11: 1st SN668 Vicky Sole 2nd SN40 Julia Hobson 3rd ST133 Caroline Taylor. CLASS 11A: 1st SN404 Denise Empson 2nd SP119 Lisa Gabriel 3rd SN108 Donna Jackson. CLASS 12: 1st SP137 Abi Mead 2nd CA31 Amanda Ewings. CLASS 13: 1st SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 2nd CA546 Emma Saint. CLASS 14: 1st CA14 Louise Rogers. JUNIORS: 1st CA48 Shayne Deegan 2nd SN81 Nathan Saunders 3rd SN668 Ollie Sole. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SN57 Gavin Savage 2nd SP31 Chamelle Clayton 3rd ST171 Jack Bailey. ST NEOTS OPEN: 1st SN118 Richy Rich 2nd SN164 Alex Hill 3rd SN89 Ian Whitmarsh. EAST ANGLIAN OPEN: 1st CA53 Sam Metson 2nd SN181 Gary Taylor 3rd SN118 Richy Rich. ST NEOTS JUNIOR OPEN: 1st SN57 Gavin Savage 2nd SN11 Ash Howard 3rd SN230 Emily Empson. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st SN668 Ollie Sole 2nd SN11 Ash Howard 3rd SN63 Aaron Mason. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st SN405 Jason Thomas 2nd CA546 Adam Saint 3rd SP119 Lisa Gabriel.
Also running were INVICTA KENT, CONCORD, PENNINE, SCUNTHORPE, YORK, BREDON HILL, CWMDU, NORTH SHROPSHIRE, PAC, SOLWAY and CORK. At Solway the day's highlight was the Class 8 final, in which the F600 car of Peter Cobb defeated all the full Class 8s. There were a few unfortunate incidents throughout the day, and Jason Wood was particularly unlucky to get his photo posted here two weeks running!
ST NEOTS & SOLWAY PHOTO GALLERIES NOW ON LINE
HAPPY HOLIDAY
Although the BAS round dominated the May Day holiday weekend, there were three other events offering an alternative for the club racer - plus many of the Evesham survivors who moved on for more racing on Monday. LEEWOOD club ran a successful two day event with plenty of track time for a healthy number of local and visiting drivers.
TRENT's two day meeting gave drivers five heats and finals, but the headline event, taking place on Sunday only, was the first round of the British Formula 600 Series. The 600s, originally north-western dominated, now have support throughout England and Ireland - here the most southern English driver, Stroud's Tom Aldridge, battles with the most northern, Northumbrian Peter Cobb.
TRENT F600 HEAT WINNERS: LM40 Andy Dingley, LM47 Zoe Leyland, LM20 Andy Blomfield, Y600 Chris Mackenzie, Y89 Roy Clark, SC500 John Aldred. F600 A-FINAL: 1st WR32 Bryn Hawkins 2nd Y600 Chris Mackenzie 3rd LM40 Andy Dingley 4th S5D Tom Aldridge. F600 LADIES: 1st SC500 Anne Phillip 2nd WR34 Gina Georgiades.
Monday saw the twelfth running of the annual Stu Nicholls Memorial meeting by YORKSHIRE DALES club. A turnout of predominantly local club racers enjoyed a well organised day's racing on the Thornborough track, culminating in the major trophy race, which matched the winners of all the men's and ladies' classes. Clare Horner swept through the field to take her first major win of 2009. Several of the class finals were very close fought, none more than Class 8 where Dave Newby re-passed Phil Cooper and Mark Grice for a memorable win.
STU NICHOLLS MEMORIAL RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st YD35 Rachael Davis 2nd Y60 Jake Fletcher 3rd YD850 Dave Roberts. CLASS 2: 1st Y150 Alan Suttle 2nd YD153 Colin Ramsay 3rd SL4 Arthur Cunningham. CLASS 3: 1st YD118 Steve Bowes 2nd YD205 Kevin Bowes 3rd ARC27 Lee Almond. CLASS 4: 1st Y146 Danny Pinkney 2nd YD20 Emily Jefferson 3rd Y42 Andy Kirby. CLASS 5: 1st ARC54 Kirk Dean 2nd Y170 Jonathan Bennett 3rd Y115 Matthew Kitching. CLASS 6: 1st SL161 Aaron Cavagin 2nd YD10 Martyn Janes 3rd Y29 Rob Cooper. STOCK HATCH: 1st Y178 Tony Staples 2nd YD145 Andy Craggs 3rd YD51 Nevil Tynemouth. CLASS 7: 1st YD700 Craig Dykes 2nd ST10 Colin Chilvers 3rd YD71 Graham Blackburn. CLASS 8: 1st Y811 Dave Newby 2nd ARC4 Phil Cooper 3rd Y34 Mark Grice. FORMULA 600: 1st YD80 Ben Gill. CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd ARC6 Lynn Cooper 3rd Y6 Russ Addyman. CLASS 10: 1st S3Y Jem Snowden 2nd NW117 Tony Jones. JUNIORS: 1st YD13 Andy Dockray 2nd YD5 Liam Hilton 3rd S249Y Ash Farrow. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st Y888 Jack Rawlinson 2nd YD182 James Bowe 3rd S916Y Steven Green. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st YD85 Katie Sunley 2nd S49Y Lisa Tateson 3rd YD26 Beth Robinson. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st YD500 Sarah Carden 2nd SL4 Lin Cunningham 3rd YD2 Angie Hilton. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st ARC27 Lisa Almond 2nd YD118 Jo Bowes. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st Y15 Leigh Daniells 2nd YD19 Clare Horner. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st ST6 Sarah Chilvers 2nd Y84 Amy Bennett. LADIES’ STOCK HATCH: 1st YD51 Nicola Tynemouth 2nd YD145 Michelle Rimmer. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd YD7 Sue Nicholls 3rd YD3 Zoe Crellin. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st YD171 Chris Raffel. LADIES’ CLASS 10: 1st S3Y Anne Marshall. STU NICHOLLS MEMORIAL: 1st R2 Clare Horner Y146 Danny Pinkney 2nd Y811 Dave Newby.
Unlucky for some, though - Scottish-based Junior Jason Wood made this graceful exit from his second heat. Aiden Ingles (Y106) was airlifted to hospital after a heavy shunt in the Junior final, but fortunately had no serious injury.
BAS BLOCKBUSTER
The sun shone on Evesham club as they celebrated their 40th birthday by hosting the first round of the 2009 British Autograss Series. With 763 drivers signed on this was the biggest ever BAS round, exceeding the total of 760 at the Javelin Park 2007 opener, and the third biggest Autograss meeting of all time, beaten only by the 2006 and 2005 MAP Opens (803 and 764 respectively, also of course at Dodwell). The new site layout met with universal approval, and a no-nonsense approach to the race organisation saw the meeting run as efficiently as possible, although the sheer weight of numbers dictated an 11½ hour session on Saturday. Sunday's programme was mercifully two hours shorter, despite quite a few dramatic incidents. Throughout the weekend the racing was fast and furious on the dry, slick and dusty track. The heats (at 4 laps, reduced to 3 for the second round) were over too quickly for many real battles to develop, but the finals produced several memorable performances, none more so than that of Katie Phipps, who came out on top in a tense Class 8 final, while Andy Pipe drove the race of his life to win Class 7 at the fourth attempt.
EVESHAM BAS RESULTS: CLASS 1 (77): 1st CA54 Lee Deegan 2nd S37D Luke Smith 3rd SC25 Ian Ullathorne 4th Y75 Ollie Burley 5th A88D Matt Middleton 6th R20 Paul Houghton 7th R76 Simon Fowler 8th R121 Andy Kelsey. CLASS 2 (59): 1st C64 Lloyd Morgan 2nd SV5 Tim Harber 3rd R40 Damien Harris 4th R206 Steve Cooper 5th Y14 Ian Tomkinson 6th SR54 Lee Evason 7th Y150 Alan Suttle DNF NS249 Cary Evans. CLASS 3 (39): 1st NS334 Martin Gould 2nd IK351 John Warren 3rd SR22 John Shorter 4th NS293 Leon Dorsett 5th C266E Anthony Teather 6th WS5 Ian Fay DNF PAC77 Chris Jones R169 Mick Sumners. CLASS 4 (33): 1st BC69 Adam Jones 2nd PAC3 Rob Corbett 3rd YD20 Emily Jefferson 4th S7Y Sam Appleton 5th CM7 Huw Jones 6th S22D Luke Smith 7th TA32 Alun Jenkins DNF TA12 Dorian Davies. CLASS 5 (47): 1st SN265 Darren Lodge 2nd C41E Antony Jackson 3rd Y64 Mark Grice 4th ARC54 Kirk Dean 5th C260E Nigel Richardson 6th ST6 Colin Chilvers 7th SL15 Steven Graham DNF S73D Graham Steadman. CLASS 6 (48): 1st YD10 Martyn Janes 2nd CA59 Tom Bell 3rd Y821 Chris Mullen 4th M4 Mark Moore 5th YD15 Stuart Dockray DNF SS23 Craig Tovey MA183 Declan Browne PAC57 Nathan Rees. CLASS 7 (62): 1st NS205 Andy Pipe 2nd SC950 Abi Mosley 3rd YD71 Graham Blackburn 4th SV2 Mark Griffiths 5th N700 Rich Lee 6th MA18 Donal O’Brien DNF SN260 Lee Holt BC8 Gareth Thomas. CLASS 8 (75): 1st S12D Katie Phipps 2nd ARC4 Phil Cooper 3rd BC55 Tom Lewis 4th NS55 Geoff Berrisford 5th YD21 Andy Jefferson 6th LM9 Geoff Gallagher 7th SC1 Antony Ross 8th ST514 Aly Ostridge. CLASS 9 (41): 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd S2D James Candy 3rd NW126 Spencer Parsonage 4th P5EM Jason Richardson 5th WSD9 Martin Gaylard 6th PHD9 Wayne Llewellyn 7th PHD1 Steve Lindsay 8th MA3 Richard Davis. CLASS 10 (29): 1st MA53 Patrick Sheahan 2nd PHD12 Carl Ray 3rd NS9 Dave Holroyd 4th NW26 Karl Bennett 5th R200 Ben Hurdman 6th SC99 Andy Kershaw 7th NS29 Mike Holroyd DNF R7 Paul Fackrell. JUNIORS (64): 1st SP15 Shannon Ellis 2nd R212 Jordan Blore 3rd YD183 James Bowe 4th SN202 Luke Bartlett 5th E51 Luke Oakley DNF SN81 Nathan Saunders CA48 Shayne Deegan PAC157 Tom Roberts. JUNIOR SPECIALS (40): 1st NS151 Tom Chadwick 2nd LM18 Ben Gibbons 3rd WR11 Sean Wright 4th ARC7 Sean Power 5th C9 Cameron Mills 6th Y888 Jack Rawlinson 7th R129 Kyle McKinley DNF WW65 JWW65 John Fyfe. LADIES’ CLASS 1 (32): 1st S84Y Nikki Shepherdson 2nd BC11 Becky Shaw 3rd PHD66 Helen James 4th YD85 Katie Sunley 5th P37EM Lyndsey Allen 6th C71 Louise Duggan 7th PHD73 Bobbie Neale DNF B9H Helen Grainger. LADIES’ CLASS 2 (20): 1st SR41 Claudette Chater 2nd SR35 Charlotte Morris 3rd Y14 Diane Tomkinson 4th SP18 Emma Hall 5th MA241 Ellen Sugrue DNF R140 Sue Harris YD31 Sarah Carden S122D Amy Smith. LADIES’ CLASS 3 (10): 1st ARC27 Lisa Almond 2nd SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 3rd Y30 Sheena Kirby 4th C266E Lianne Teather 5th E11 Gemma Fullard 6th E214 Robyn King 7th CM4 Donna Cole DNS Y51 Jo Thompson. LADIES’ CLASS 4 (8): 1st E220 Lisa Grasby 2nd Y15 Leigh Daniells 3rd L15 Lisa Branston 4th IK229 Claire Blackman 5th S7Y Vicky Appleton 6th Y22 Natalie Longley 7th BC69 Donna Jones DNF R771 Gina Fackrell. LADIES’ CLASS 5 (15): 1st CM25 Danielle Phillips 2nd S40D Rhiannon Smith 3rd PAC145 Clare Horner 4th YD62 Diane Sunley 5th E22 Tina Grasby 6th PHD93 Shelley Neale 7th CM40 Louise Jones DNF C31 Sandra Jones. LADIES’ CLASS 6 (8): 1st M4 Kate Featherstone 2nd SN212 Josie Cox 3rd E13 Tracey Bax 4th YD15 Yvonne Dockray 5th Y309 Pauline Medd 6th S25 Gina Walters DNF NS219 Angela Evans DNS PHD40 Donna Forrest. LADIES’ CLASS 7 (20): 1st LM30 Charlotte Pugh 2nd YD17 Jo Thompson 3rd PAC53 Michaela Bevans 4th B111H Laura Dunn 5th YD721 Pam Blackburn 6th C262E Cathy Harrison DNF ST10 Angie Chilvers DNS SV2 Claire Griffiths. LADIES’ CLASS 8 (21): 1st R900 Laura Morgan 2nd LM9 Mel Gallagher 3rd YD7 Sue Nicholls 4th IK65 Jade Russell 5th R2 Clare Horner 6th BC54 Rachel Jones 7th C10 Sandra Jones DNF NS55 Clare Cockerill. LADIES’ CLASS 9 (10): 1st S222D Bev Candy 2nd Y26 Jane Longley 3rd H150 Jade Dyke 4th S275Y Sally Stratton 5th SC20 Jane Bonsall 6th PHD54 Kelly Wonnacott DNF NW36 Karen Munslow WS9 Jane Baynton. LADIES’ CLASS 10 (5): 1st CW223 Danelle Barratt 2nd SS11 Helen Richards 3rd LUD81 Maria Roche DNS CA24 Mary Deegan Y88 Dawn Rawlinson. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st BC69 Adam Jones 2nd C41E Antony Jackson 3rd CA54 Lee Deegan 4th NS205 Andy Pipe 5th PHD12 Carl Ray DNF C64 Lloyd Morgan. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st S40D Rhiannon Smith 2nd S84Y Nikki Shepherdson 3rd R900 Laura Morgan 4th LUD81 Maria Roche DNF CM25 Danielle Phillips LM30 Charlotte Pugh.
SCOTLAND THE BRAVE
CENTRAL SCOTLAND Autograss club ran a very entertaining and enjoyable double-header weekend on 25/26 April to complete their three meeting "mini season" before taking an enforced break while the Scottish Executive decides the future of the club's current track at Balado. The Scottish scene continues to attract a steady stream of new members, with a fascinating variety of cars, which added to the legendary Scottish hospitality made this club racing at its best.
CENTRAL SCOTLAND RESULTS 12 APRIL 2009: CLASS 1: 1st CS62 Scott Reid 2nd CS835 Blair Robertson 3rd CS813 Michael Nairns. CLASS 2: 1st CS88 Jonathan Witham 2nd CS31 Scott Gracie 3rd CS310 David Cook. CLASS 3: 1st CS333 Derek Binnie 2nd CS264 Mike Rankin. CLASS 5: 1st CS22 Ben McKenzie 2nd CS945 Gary Reid 3rd CS35 Davie Beveridge. CLASS 6: 1st CS27 Kenny Downie. STOCK HATCH: 1st CS194 John Pollock 2nd CS3 Craig Christie 3rd CS32 Kay Price. CLASS 8: 1st CS1 Shuggy Brown . CLASS 9: 1st CS24 Ian Robertson 2nd CS40 Jimmy Plain 3rd CS47 Allan Kerr. CLASS 10: 1st CS888 Michael Nairns 2nd CS15 Jock Beveridge. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st CS86 Jaki Scott 2nd CS813 Rosie Nairns. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st CS83 Joanna Seaton 2nd CS95 Amanda Nicol. LADIES’ STOCK HATCH: 1st CS194 Charline White. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st CS20 Fiona Parker. JUNIORS: 1st CS68 Brian Allan 2nd CS23 Jack Robertson 3rd CS167 Michael Bonfield. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st CS231 Jack Robertson. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st CA88 Jonathan Witham 2nd CS1 Shuggy Brown 3rd CS24 Ian Robertson. LADIES’ FINAL: 1st CS95 Amanda Nicol 2nd CS86 Jaki Scott.
CENTRAL SCOTLAND RESULTS 25 APRIL 2009: CLASS 1: 1st CS50 Kenneth McRae 2nd CS416 Stewart Paterson 3rd CS62 Scott Reid. CLASS 2: 1st CS31 Scott Gracie 2nd CS88 Jonathan Witham 3rd CS311 David Gracie. CLASS 3: 1st CS333 Derek Binnie. CLASS 5: 1st CS35 Davie Beveridge 2nd CS13 Norrie Henderson 3rd CS22 Ben McKenzie. CLASS 6: 1st CS27 Kenny Downie. STOCK HATCH: 1st P610EM Simon Kennedy 2nd CS32 Kay Price 3rd CS194 John Pollock. CLASS 8: 1st CS1 Shuggy Brown . CLASS 9: 1st CS9 Murray Ford 2nd CS40 Jimmy Plain 3rd CS24 Ian Robertson. CLASS 10: 1st CS15 Jock Beveridge 2nd CS888 Michael Nairns. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st CS86 Jaki Scott 2nd CS813 Rosie Nairns 3rd CS64 Angie Rankin. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st CS95 Amanda Nicol. JUNIORS: 1st CS23 Jack Robertson 2nd CS68 Brian Allan 3rd CS813 Aston Nairns. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st CS231 Jack Robertson. OPEN: 1st CS835 Blair Robertson 2nd CS32 Simon Kennedy 3rd CS2 Drew Dunn. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st CS231 Jack Robertson 2nd CS484 Sean Bennie. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st CS31 Scott Gracie 2nd CS1 Shuggy Brown 3rd P610EM Simon Kennedy. LADIES’ FINAL: 1st CS86 Jaki Scott 2nd CS813 Rosie Nairns 3rd CS95 Amanda Nicol.
CENTRAL SCOTLAND RESULTS 26 APRIL 2009: CLASS 1: 1st CS835 Blair Robertson 2nd CS64 Mike Rankin 3rd SL39 Peter Wood. CLASS 2: 1st CS31 Scott Gracie 2nd CS88 Jonathan Witham 3rd CS80 Mark Chesney. CLASS 3: 1st CS333 Derek Binnie 2nd CS627 Andy Duff 3rd CS54 Kev Nicol. CLASS 5: 1st CS945 Gary Reid 2nd CS22 Ben McKenzie 3rd CS35 Davie Beveridge. CLASS 6: 1st CS27 Kenny Downie. STOCK HATCH: 1st P610EM Simon Kennedy 2nd CS43 David Jankowski 3rd CS32 Kay Price. CLASS 8: 1st CS1 Shuggy Brown. CLASS 9: 1st CS40 Jimmy Plain 2nd CS9 Murray Ford 3rd CS24 Ian Robertson. CLASS 10: 1st CS888 Michael Nairns 2nd CS15 Jock Beveridge. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st CS86 Jaki Scott 2nd CS50 Janet McRae 3rd CS813 Rosie Nairns. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st CS95 Amanda Nicol. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st CS85 Nicola Ferguson. LADIES’ CLASS 10: 1st CS15 Kay Price. JUNIORS: 1st CS813 Aston Nairns 2nd SL39 Jason Wood 3rd CS68 Brian Allan. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st CS231 Jack Robertson. OPEN: 1st CS88 Jonathan Witham 2nd CS310 David Cook 3rd CS80 Alex Thomson. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st CS23 Robbie Daly 2nd CS231 Jack Robertson. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st CS945 Gary Reid 2nd CS835 Blair Robertson 3rd CS27 Kenny Downie. LADIES’ FINAL: 1st CS68 Jaki Scott 2nd CS95 Amanda Nicol.
Meanwhile YORKSHIRE DALES' national qualifying meeting saw the usual Thornborough thrills and spills; Steph Corner got launched in brother Tim's Class 8, while Jamie Little got his Class 7 a bit squashed!
YORKSHIRE DALES RESULTS 26 APRIL 2009: CLASS 1: 1st 1st YD35 Rachael Davis 2nd YD86 Lewis Wing 3rd YD850 Dave Roberts. CLASS 2: 1st YD74 Emerson Sherwood 2nd YD65 Martin Lofthouse YD175 Stephen Ward. CLASS 3: 1st YD118 Steve Bowes 2nd YD205 Kev Bowes 3rd YD28 Paul Langstaff. CLASS 4: 1st YD1 Duane Walker. CLASS 6: 1st SL161 Aaron Cavagin 2nd YD610 Richard Coates 3rd YD122 Jason Ballantyne. STOCK HATCH: 1st YD811 Steven Binks 2nd YD145 Andrew Craggs 3rd YD51 Nevil Tynemouth. CLASS 7: 1st YD83 Mally Wing 2nd YD700 Craig Dykes 3rd YD71 Graham Blackburn. CLASS 8: 1st SC1 Antony Ross 2nd YD3 Marty Crellin 3rd SL32 Mark Steggles. F600: 1st YD80 Roger Jefferson. CLASS 9: 1st YD63 Adam Cockburn. CLASS 10: 1st SL26 Mike Edgar 2nd YD79 Phil Sherwood . LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st YD85 Katie Sunley 2nd YD152 Sarah Haigh 3rd SL64 Helen Stephenson. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st YD31 Sarah Carden 2nd YD82 Emily Sargent. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st YD205 Caroline Bowes 2nd YD118 Jo Bowes 3rd YD269 Sue Lee. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st YD19 Lyndsey Knott 2nd YD14 Beth Robinson 3rd YD1 Amy Gill. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st YD62 Di Sunley. LADIES’ STOCK HATCH: 1st YD51 Nicola Tynemouth 2nd YD6 Sarah Bailey 3rd YD145 Michelle Rimmer. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st YD71 Pam Blackburn. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd YD3 Zoe Crellin. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st YD171 Chris Raffel. JUNIORS: 1st YD183 James Bowe 2nd YD5 Liam Hilton 3rd YD13 Andy Dockray. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st YD84 Callum Wing 2nd ST171 Jack Bailey 3rd YD182 James Bowe.
CENTRAL SCOTLAND AND YORKSHIRE DALES PHOTO GALLERIES
INSPIRED INVICTA
The INVICTA KENT club, after struggling for a few years with low membership and a lack of visiting racers, has been making a steady recovery over the past few years, but this year, with a new organising team headed by multiple Class 3 Champion Derek Linch, the club has seen a dramatic improvement in its fortunes, with entries around the 100 mark for the first two 2009 meetings. The second event, slickly organised on the always fast, flat and immaculately prepared Ivychurch track, featured some fast and spectacular racing, with the only serious mishap befalling Chris Apps in the first Class 2 heat. Racing highlights included a Class 2 final with all eight qualifiers battling cleanly for the lead; a thrilling finish to the Class 3 final that saw Derek Linch come from third to first; ultra-close racing from an evenly matched pack of Class 4 Minis, and a spectacular Class 9 win from Jamie Hollingsbee, who perfected the art of spinning through 360 degrees without losing any ground! The entry included a healthy number of racing newcomers, but also several old favourites making comebacks, including Class 6 legend Terry Moore at the wheel of his Rallycross Ford Ka, which is now destined for a full time return to the grass
INVICTA KENT RESULTS CLASS 1: 1st IK22 Fred Carpenter 2nd IK32 Aaron Selmes 3rd IK215 Jason Carden. CLASS 2: 1st IK93 Matthew Whipps 2nd IK167 Gareth Matthews 3rd C2E Dave Martin. CLASS 3: 1st IK138 Derek Linch 2nd IK351 John Warren 3rd IK316 Martin Beaney. CLASS 3B: 1st IK388 Jason Anderson 2nd IK321 Jim Anderson 3rd IK141 Trevor Sharp. CLASS 4: 1st SN333 Tony Reynolds 2nd IK51 Micky Badman 3rd IK555 Terry Parsons. CLASS 5: 1st IK26 Robert Duncan 2nd IK91 Steven Whipps 3rd IK155 Neil Thomas. CLASS 6: 1st IK74 Terry Moore 2nd IK49 Paul Eggleton 3rd IK41 Billy-Jo Driver. CLASS 7: 1st IK39 Sam Lovett. CLASS 8: 1st IK33 Al Ratcliffe 2nd IK66 Paul Prior. CLASS 9: 1st IK11 Jamie Hollingsbee 2nd IK87 Brian Steward 3rd IK59 Ben Shell. CLASS 10: 1st IK44 Ken Ward. LADIES: 1st IK93 Sue Whipps 2nd IK91 Sam Whipps 3rd IK167 Caroline Matthews. JUNIORS: 1st IK4 Jason Ward 2nd IK130 Jack Bromley 3rd IK43 Luke Saunters. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st IK42 Karl Foster 2nd IK269 Luke Hardy. MECHANICS: 1st IK41 Frank Driver 2nd IK59 Martin Claydon 3rd IK806 Colin Meheux.
A rather fraught National Qualifying meeting at NORTH WALES was interrupted by three major incidents, including this very heavy shunt for Class 2 driver Sian Jones.
Other events were held at Cambridge, Nottingham, Radford, Solway, South Somerset and Cork, while TRENT attracted another big attendance with 183 signed on for their meeting at Newark.
TRENT RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st T37 Mike Greaves 2nd SC401 3rd T99 Steve Olive. CLASS 2: 1st SC4 Russ Thompson 2nd T133 Roy Noble 3rd Y27 Andy Foster. CLASS 3: 1st WR64 Martin Walker 2nd ST441 Aaron Mackenzie 3rd SP302 Simon Roose. CLASS 4: 1st Y42 Andy Kirby 2nd T21 Martin Hucknall 3rd T199 Steve Olive. CLASS 5: 1st SC78 Martin Dixon 2nd T54 Nick Booth 3rd SC69 Charlie Edley. CLASS 6: 1st SC169 Carl Rawnsley 2nd ST84 Dan Wade 3rd P2EM David Gutteridge. CLASS 7: 1st ST4 Mike Mackenzie 2nd ST65 Simon Pallett 3rd ST10 Colin Chilvers. CLASS 8: 1st T5 Stu Whitehouse 2nd T6 John Whitehouse 3rd ST44 Dan Mackenzie. CLASS 9: 1st Y26 Wayne Longley 2nd ST131 Dave West 3rd Y6 Russ Addyman. CLASS 10: 1st WR4 Graham Mallinson 2nd SC12 Andy Patrick 3rd S62Y Mark Hatfield. CLASS 11: 1st SC171 Kirsty Malkin 2nd ST474 Kelly Hornby 3rd SP108 Tanya Reid. CLASS 12: 1st ST6 Sarah Chilvers 2nd SC78 Kate Dixon 3rd ST888 Wendy Standish. CLASS 14: 1st ST121 Charlie Wright 2nd ST131 Claire West 3rd SP50 Jenny Rutter. JUNIORS: 1st SP226 Connor Green 2nd SP15 Shannon Ellis 3rd P374EM. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st WR11 Sean Wright 2nd ST3 Oliver Hamp 3rd SC16 Tom Clayton.
INVICTA AND NORTH WALES PHOTO GALLERIES NOW ON LINE
BUSY EASTER
A busy Autograss fixture list featured meetings, headed by the traditional three day event at Hereford. The Easter Monday fixture at York was, as expected, the biggest meeting of the year so far, with 266 entries, but slick organisation and near perfect track conditions meant that there was even time to insert a few Open races before completing the programme 5 pm. The other Easter Monday fixture was run by the South Wales League.
Easter Sunday was the busiest day of the weekend, with National qualifying meetings at Hereford, Concord, Leewood, North Shropshire, PAC and Scarborough, plus meetings at Bredon Hill and Scunthorpe and the first Scottish event of the season.
Both planned Irish Easter meetings, at West Waterford and Mallow, had to be cancelled, due to weather or planning issues, but a strong contingent from both Southern and Northern Ireland descended on Hereford, with the Southern racers travelling home via South Wales' Monday meeting. All of them were winners; on Saturday Donal O'Brien, Allan O'Keefe, Patrick Sheahan and Nicole O'Brien all won their class finals, while on Monday it was the Northerners' turn with wins for Davy Stockdale, Daniel Gilmore, Wesley Stockdale and Hayley Robinson.
HEREFORD RESULTS – EASTER SATURDAY CLASS 1: 1st R137 Steve Edwards 2nd H26 Geoff Davies 3rd BC163 Karl Frankland 4th C38 James Foulger. CLASS 2: 1st WS15 Chris Tudgay 2nd C63 Ian Harvey 3rd C120 Highgo Davies 4th C13 Adrian Saunders . CLASS 3: 1st H77 Paul Neville. CLASS 4: 1st LUD26 Darren Tennant. CLASS 5: 1st LUD8 Jabez Smith 2nd DA71 Davy Stockdale 3rd LUD65 Simon Roche 4th S60D Stuart Deacon. CLASS 6: 1st NW50 Lee Hynes 2nd PAC132 Leigh Scotford 3rd LM80 Mark Aspin 4th WS86 Ryan Napier. CLASS 7: 1st MA18 Donal O’Brien 2nd DA24 Daniel Gilmore 3rd BC61 Daz Hockly 4th BC62 Mike Hockly. CLASS 8: 1st MA7 Allan O’Keeffe 2nd BC160 Mike Mumford 3rd SR57 Alan Hotchkiss 4th LUD6 Aiden Mills. CLASS 9: 1st BC35 John Stead 2nd H88 Paul Neville 3rd H250 Marc Paskell 4th R777 Dan Page. CLASS 10: 1st BC19 Colin Court 2nd= BC91 Gareth Thomas 2nd= BC3 Karl Best 4th BC22 Lance Bowen. CLASS 11: 1st C88 Rosie Stephens 2nd C89 Sue Stephens 3rd SV69 Lisa Rickson. CLASS 11A: 1st LM79 Katheryn Stansfield 2nd WS15 Sarah Napier. CLASS 13: 1st DA24 Hayley Robinson 2nd E54 Katie Williams 3rd BC61 Terri Mumford 4th WS45 Emily Murley. CLASS 14: 1st= LUD1 Shelley Tipton 1st= BC160 Terri Mumford 3rd BC22 Carrie Mills 4th A13 Laura Atyeo. JUNIORS: 1st MA1 Nicole O’Brien 2nd TA35 Steffan Daniels 3rd TA36 Trystan Daniels 4th P86 Dylan Mason. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st BC158 Cat Mumford 2nd LM52 Jamie Dunne 3rd SP7 Hope Godfrey 4th SR139 Elliott Hotchkiss.
HEREFORD RESULTS – EASTER SUNDAY CLASS 1: 1st C27 Jamie Duggan 2nd R137 Steve Edwards 3rd C221 Shaun Smith 4th SV69 James Mayo. CLASS 2: 1st C20 Dan Evans 2nd C64 Lloyd Morgan 3rd C63 Ian Harvey 4th SV19 John Regan. CLASS 3: 1st LUD22 Bryan East 2nd C11 Brian Payne 3rd H77 Paul Neville 4th LUD9 Richard Moore. CLASS 4: 1st H31 Mike Jones 2nd= SV71 Darren Creed 2nd= BC69 Adam Jones 4th BC1 Martin Bowen. CLASS 5: 1st LUD8 Jabez Smith 2nd R37 Dan Lewis 3rd C31 Ian Jones 4th C2 Craig Bagley. CLASS 6: 1st H99 Paul Bailey 2nd SV4 Paul Regan 3rd SV92 James Lewis 4th P228 . CLASS 7: 1st SV2 Mark Griffiths 2nd BC8 Guy Thomas 3rd BC2 Will Corfield 4th BC61 Daz Hockly. CLASS 8: 1st BC55 Tom Lewis 2nd C10 Steve Mills 3rd LUD5 Steve Duggan 4th LUD6 Aiden Mills. CLASS 9: 1st BC35 John Stead 2nd E8 Alan Smith 3rd SV67 Tony Holland 4th H150 Phil Dyke. CLASS 10: 1st BC19 Colin Court 2nd DA7 Wesley Stockdale 3rd C28 Gary Morris 4th BC91 Gareth Thomas. CLASS 11: 1st BC11 Becky Shaw 2nd C88 Rosie Stephens 3rd LUD23 Gail Davies 4th C89 Sue Stephens. CLASS 11A: 1st= C60 Donna Howell 1st= LM79 Katheryn Stansfield 3rd R140 Sue Harris 4th ARC20. CLASS 12: 1st LUD65 Maria Roche 2nd SV7 Nikki Parr 3rd C31 Sandra Jones. CLASS 13: 1st WS45 Emily Murley 2nd E54 Katie Williams 3rd DA24 Hayley Williams 4th C12 Penny Smith. CLASS 14: 1st LUD1 Shelley Tipton 2nd BC96 Sheila Adams 3rd H150 Jade Dyke 4th SV67 Claire Holland. JUNIORS: 1st C3 Ryan Jones 2nd P38 Sam Etheridge 3rd SV100 Conner Griffiths 4th C17 Dan Duggan. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st BC6 Tom Taylor 2nd C220 Shane Smith 3rd BC158 Cat Mumford 4th C9 Cameron Mills.
HEREFORD RESULTS – EASTER MONDAY CLASS 1: 1st SV69 James Mayo 2nd R137 Steve Edwards 3rd SV53 Michael Tippins 4th H28 Peter Sparrow. CLASS 2: 1st H17 2nd NS68 Keith Belcher 3rd BC31 4th H22 Paul Price. CLASS 3: 1st H77 Paul Neville. CLASS 4: 1st H31 Mike Jones. CLASS 5: 1st DA71 Davy Stockdale 2nd LUD65 Simon Roche 3rd NS70 John Wilde. CLASS 6: 1st LM80 Mark Aspin 2nd H595 Geoff Gibbs 3rd NW50 Lee Hynes 4th H50 Nathan Harwood . CLASS 7: 1st DA24 Daniel Gilmore 2nd NW92 Mike Taylor 3rd C19 Martyn Gore 4th E54 Alec Peace. CLASS 8: 1st BC160 Mike Mumford 2nd SR17 Jack Powell 3rd SV90 John Schoenemann 4th NW2 Alb Hughes. CLASS 9: 1st BC35 John Stead 2nd E8 Alan Smith 3rd H250 Marc Paskell 4th SV93 Derek Warren. CLASS 10: 1st DA7 Wesley Stockdale 2nd BC96 Derek Adams. CLASS 12: 1st LUD65 Maria Roche . CLASS 13: 1st DA24 Hayley Robinson 2nd BC61 Claire Hockly 3rd E54 Katie Williams. CLASS 14: 1st BC160 Terri Mumford 2nd E8. JUNIORS: 1st E71 Alex Leide 2nd C3 Ryan Jones 3rd B100H Aisling Bryan 4th BC163 Gemma Frankland. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st BC158 Cat Mumford 2nd SP7 Hope Godfrey 3rd SR46 Matt Booth 4th LM52 Jamie Dunne.
SCUNTHORPE RESULTS – EASTER SUNDAY CLASS 1: 1st ST51 Ayrton Fretwell 2nd ST42 Gav Waby 3rd SC40 Pete Collins. CLASS 2: 1st SC37 Paul Richardson 2nd SC83 John Holmes 3rd WR410 Jake Calvert. CLASS 3: 1st SC34 Paul Mason 2nd T897 Kim Ashmore 3rd SC291 Tina Leary. CLASS 4: 1st Y22 Luke Cooper 2nd ST18 Chris Wood 3rd ST101 Craig Coupland. CLASS 5: 1st T53 Nigel Speed 2nd SP71 Dan Godfrey 3rd SC69 Charlie Edley. CLASS 6: 1st ST33 Rob Milbourn 2nd YD10 Martyn Janes 3rd SL161 Aaron Cavagin. CLASS 7: 1st SC45 Carl Swift 2nd SS7 John Gay 3rd SC950 Abi Mosley. CLASS 8: 1st SC1 Antony Ross 2nd T6 John Whitehouse 3rd SN82 Chris Pope. CLASS 9: 1st Y6 Russ Addyman 2nd Y26 Wayne Longley 3rd SC14 Russ Thompson. CLASS 10: 1st SC99 Andy Kershaw 2nd SP2 Ken Beals 3rd T121 Pat Emmerson. CLASS 11: 1st SC171 Kirsty Malkin 2nd WR91 Kirsty Ackroyd 3rd SC126 Jessica Roberts. CLASS 12: 1st SC78 Kate Dixon 2nd ST888 Wendy Standish. CLASS 14: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd WR20 Lindsay Stephenson 3rd SP50 Jenny Rutter. JUNIORS: 1st YD5 Liam Hilton 2nd SC116 Marcus Fletcher 3rd SC66 Alex Foote. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st ST3 Oliver Hamp 2nd R127 Kyle McKinley 3rd SP31 Chamelle Clayton.
SCARBOROUGH RESULTS – EASTER SUNDAY CLASS 1: 1st S60Y Matty Lawson 2nd S130Y Danny Hobson 3rd YD127 Liam Spooner. CLASS 2: 1st S70Y Rob Farrow 2nd S46Y Kev Frankland 3rd S162Y Tony Mort. CLASS 3: 1st S292Y Kev Shaw 2nd S138Y Maurice Parkin 3rd S145Y Brian Wall. CLASS 4: 1st YD19 Andrew Dye 2nd S112Y Jack Wall. CLASS 5: 1st S52Y Tony Spencer 2nd S39Y Chris Campling. CLASS 6: 1st S250Y Big Rab Farrow 2nd S16Y Andy Johnson 3rd S176Y Paul McLeod. STOCK HATCH: 1st S119Y Si Ellis 2nd S228Y Steve Bingham 3rd Y290 Paul Hussey. CLASS 7: 1st YD700 Craig Dyke. CLASS 8: 1st S4Y Dave Winn 2nd S73Y Lee Gallagher 3rd S248Y Geoff Ashworth. CLASS 11: 1st S84Y Nikki Shepherdson 2nd S92Y Katie Benson 3rd S78Y Kirsty Palfreyman. CLASS 12: 1st S109Y Jo Tateson 2nd YD19 Lyndsay Knott. CLASS 13: 1st S2Y Vicky Appleton. JUNIORS: 1st S296Y Rob Drake 2nd S249Y Ash Farrow 3rd S97Y Josh Simpson. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st S149Y JD Farrow 2nd S916Y Steven Green. GRAND FINAL: 1st S52Y Tony Spencer 2nd S109Y Jo Tateson 3rd S2Y Sam Appleton.
CENTRAL SCOTLAND RESULTS – EASTER SUNDAY CLASS 1: 1st CS62 Scott Reid 2nd CS835 Blair Robertson 3rd CS813 Michael Nairns. CLASS 2: 1st CS88 Jonathan Witham 2nd CS31 Scott Gracie 3rd CS310 David Cook. CLASS 3: 1st CS333 Derek Binnie 2nd CS264 Mike Rankin. CLASS 5: 1st CS22 Ben Mackenzie 2nd CS945 Gary Reid 3rd CS35 Dave Beveridge. CLASS 6: 1st CS27 Kenneth Downie. STOCK HATCH: 1st CS194 John Pollock 2nd CS3 Craig Christie 3rd CS32 Kay Price. CLASS 8: 1st CS1 Shuggy Brown. CLASS 9: 1st CS24 Iain Robertson 2nd CS40 Jimmy Plain 3rd CS47 Allan Kerr. CLASS 10: 1st CS888 Michael Nairns 2nd CS15 Jock Beveridge. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st CS86 Jaki Scott 2nd CS813 Rosemary Nairns. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st CS83 Joanna Seaton 2nd SC95 Amanda Nicol. LADIES’ STOCK HATCH: 1st CS194 Charline White. JUNIORS: 1st CS68 Brian Allan 2nd CS23 Jack Robertson 3rd CS167 Michael Bonfield. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st CS231 Jack Robertson.
YORK RESULTS – EASTER MONDAY CLASS 1: 1st Y75 Ollie Burley 2nd S60Y Matty Lawson 3rd S130Y Danny Hobson. CLASS 2: 1st Y24 Alex Hay 2nd Y150 Alan Suttle 3rd S46Y Kev Frankland. CLASS 3: 1st SN27 Barry Almond 2nd ARC27 Lee Almond 3rd Y23 Keith Tillett. CLASS 4: 1st T21 Martin Hucknall 2nd YD20 Emily Jefferson 3rd S7Y Sam Appleton. CLASS 5: 1st Y64 Mark Grice 2nd Y44 Les Grice 3rd Y170 Jonathan Bennett. CLASS 6: 1st Y72 Derek Dwyer 2nd Y40 Wes Tinker 3rd YD10 Martyn Janes. STOCK HATCH: 1st YD81 Heath Luck 2nd Y118 Pete Clegg 3rd S228Y Steve Bingham. CLASS 7: 1st Y4 Russ Tinker 2nd YD17 Martin Smith 3rd SL46 Jamie Little. CLASS 8: 1st SS3 Russ Shepherd 2nd ARC4 Phil Cooper 3rd WR20 Ian Stephenson. CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd ARC6 Lynn Cooper 3rd Y6 Russ Addyman. CLASS 10: 1st Y92 Carl Verity 2nd SC99 Andy Kershaw 3rd NW117 Tony Jones. CLASS 11: 1st Y58 Olivia Tinker 2nd YD31 Sarah Carden 3rd S84Y Nikki Shepherdson. CLASS 12: 1st YD19 Lyndsey Knott 2nd SL15 Julie Graham 3rd ST6 Sarah Chilvers. CLASS 13: 1st ARC27 Lisa Almond 2nd Y30 Sheena Kirby 3rd S2Y Vicky Appleton. CLASS 14: 1st LM9 Mel Gallagher 2nd R2 Clare Horner 3rd YD7 Sue Nicholls. JUNIORS: 1st YD13 Andy Dockray 2nd YD5 Liam Hilton 3rd S296Y Rob Drake. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st S149Y JD Farrow 2nd WR11 Sean Wright 3rd S916Y Steven Green. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st Y64 Mark Grice 2nd LM9 Mel Gallagher 3rd Y92 Carl Verity.
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SMOOTH DAY AT ST NEOTS
For the fourth weekend running, the sun shone on the 2009 Autograss season. The season opened at St Neots, Spalding, Invicta Kent, Penhow, Leicester, North Wales and Yorkshire Dales; Evesham and Scunthorpe both ran their second meetings of the year. In Ireland the first Northern meeting was a success at Down, while Cork raced again in the south.
St Neots hosted a well-run meeting with no serious problems - the only rollover of the day involved startline marshal Sam Campbell! On track, Andrew Empson's "show car" won a hard fought Class 1 final. Ashley Hall won in his first full meeting in Class 8, but in the Champion of Champions just failed to catch Gabby Tillson's Class 1 car.
ST NEOTS RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st SN208 Andrew Empson 2nd CA284 Sam French 3rd SN43 Daniel Robins. CLASS 2: 1st SN405 Jason Thomas 2nd SN391 Gary Clapham 3rd SN37 Ian Parsons. CLASS 3: 1st SN27 Barry Almond 2nd SN269 Dave George 3rd CA546 Adam Saint. CLASS 4: 1st SN6 Wez Johnson 2nd SN180 Dave George 3rd SN46 John Turley. CLASS 5: 1st C41E Antony Jackson 2nd SN321 Wayne Mathurin 3rd C20E Kieran Lonergan. CLASS 6: 1st C300E Tony Teather 2nd SN999 Dan Balster 3rd SN212 Spencer Bartlett. CLASS 7: 1st SN145 Kraig Murley 2nd SN282 Russ Wallbank 3rd SN24 Mark Smith. CLASS 8: 1st SN60 Ashley Hall 2nd SN395 Bill Edwards 3rd SP23 Brian Barrs. CLASS 9: 1st SN3 Ian Robins 2nd SN911 Vinny Parker 3rd SN55 Colin Sumner. CLASS 10: 1st SN302 Terry Meakins. CLASS 11: 1st SN18 Gabby Tillson 2nd SN96 Vicky Tillson 3rd CA102 Kirsty Moody. CLASS 11A: 1st SN404 Denise Empson 2nd SN108 Donna Jackson. CLASS 12: 1st CA31 Amanda Ewings. CLASS 13: 1st SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 2nd CA546 Emma Saint 3rd WS45 Emily Murley. CLASS 14: 1st 2nd 3rd . JUNIORS: 1st SN81 Nathan Saunders 2nd CA48 Shayne Deegan 3rd CA54 Alice Bell. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SN57 Gavin Savage 2nd SN19 Josh Hassell 3rd SN11 Ash Howard. ST NEOTS OPEN: 1st SN911 Vinny Parker 2nd SN55 Paul Hassell 3rd SN164 Alex Hill. ST NEOTS JUNIOR OPEN: 1st SN230 Emily Empson 2nd SN57 Gavin Savage 3rd SN19 Josh Hassell. EAST ANGLIAN OPEN: 1st SN45 Tony McKenna 2nd SN31 Chris Parsons 3rd SN55 Paul Hassell. ALLCOMERS OPEN: 1st CA546 Adam Saint 2nd C328E Ian Moss 3rd CA37 Sean Young. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st SN230 Emily Empson 2nd SN19 Josh Hassell 3rd SN11 Ash Howard. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st SN18 Gabby Tillson 2nd SN60 Ashley Hall 3rd CA31 Amanda Ewings
SCUNTHORPE RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st Y75 Ollie Burley 2nd SC25 Ian Ullathorne 3rd T37 Mike Greaves . CLASS 2: 1st SC4 Russ Thompson 2nd SC168 Josh Woodhall 3rd N131 . CLASS 3: 1st ST441 Aaron Mackenzie 2nd SC291 Tina Leary. CLASS 4: 1st ST360 Nick Henshaw 2nd ST446 Simon Hornby. CLASS 5: 1st WR92 Melvyn Cleland 2nd SC69 Charlie Edley 3rd T54 Nick Booth. CLASS 6: 1st ST33 Rob Milbourn 2nd N166 Kev Spriggs 3rd N11 Gary Cheetham. CLASS 7: 1st S22Y Jim Nightingale 2nd ST307 Tony Goodsir 3rd ST65 Simon Pallett. CLASS 8: 1st ST77 Norman Ross 2nd SC1 Antony Ross 3rd ST44 Dan Mackenzie. CLASS 9: 1st SC150 Anthony Read 2nd SC14 Russ Thompson 3rd S275Y Keith Featherstone. CLASS 10: 1st ST122 Luke Bailey 2nd T121 Pat Emmerson CLASS 11: 1st ST447 Tina Hilton 2nd SC171 Kirsty Malkin 3rd ST474 Kelly Hornby. CLASS 12: 1st ST6 Sarah Neil Ford-Johnson 2nd ST888 Wendy Standish. CLASS 14: 1st S3Y Anne Marshall. JUNIORS: 1st ST52 Alex Fretwell 2nd N212 Jake Lee 3rd S249Y Ash Farrow. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st ST3 Oliver Hamp 2nd Y292 Katie Lockwood 3rd ST171 Jack Bailey.
Yorkshire Dales, as expected, attracted a massive entry and completed their day's racing despite a couple of major incidents. A highlight on track was the father-son battle in Class 5 between Les Grice, making a welcome return, and young Blobby.
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TOP MARKS TO TRENT
With the sun shining virtually everywhere, week three of the season featured nine events, seven in England, one in Wales and one in Ireland. Trent, Scarborough, Solway, South Somerset, STAR, South Wales League and Carlow all opened their seasons, while Nottingham were already on their second meeting of the year. Concord's meeting was only the second of the year to be cancelled due to a flooded track.
Trent’s newly extended track, now one of the widest and fastest in the country, attracted 161 entries and featured some extremely spectacular action, with a massive turnout of Class 8s heading the bill. First over the line, maintaining his virtually unbeaten record in the class was Phil Cooper, but as Phil was testing the new Maxsport Alaska 5 tyre for possible inclusion in the 2010 NASA tyre list he wasn’t eligible for the trophy and the official win, for the second week running, went to his RaDe team-mate Blobby Grice.
Phil Holloway debuted the first of the new generation spaceframe Class 3s (a home-built Startet-Duratec), but he was only first by a few minutes as simultaneously in South Wales Manfred Kampschulte brought out his Wayne Llewellyn-built Mitsubishi Colt (photo by Gary Jones Motorsport Photography).
Results have come in so far from Trent and STAR – we’ll add other results as the clubs make them available.
TRENT RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st T37 Mike Greaves 2nd SP24 Ashley Robinson 3rd SP57 Carl Secker. CLASS 2: 1st SN405 Jason Thomas 2nd SP108 Robert Rolls 3rd T55 Ben Green. CLASS 3: 1st ST441 Aaron Mackenzie 2nd E34 Phil Holloway 3rd WR64 Martin Walker. CLASS 4: 1st T21 Martin Hucknall 2nd SP36 Joe Baxter 3rd ST446 Simon Hornby. CLASS 5: 1st ST6 Colin Chilvers 2nd C20E Kieran Lonergan 3rd T53 Nigel Speed. CLASS 6: 1st ST36 Rob Milbourn 2nd SP14 Richard Green 3rd SC130 Gary West. CLASS 7: 1st SP222 Brenden Guest 2nd ST4 Mike Mackenzie 3rd ST65 Simon Pallett. CLASS 8: 1st Y34 Mark Grice 2nd SC1 Antony Ross 3rd T5 Stu Whitehouse. CLASS 9: 1st ARC6 Lynn Cooper 2nd Y26 Wayne Longley 3rd ST337 Alan Ostridge. CLASS 10: 1st SP1 Bill Shaw. CLASS 11: 1st ST17 Cheryl Eurich 2nd T17 Katy Farrar 3rd SC171 Kirsty Malkin. CLASS 11A: 1st SP108 Tanya Reid 2nd SP19 Emma Hall 3rd ST213 Jodi Rudkin. CLASS 12: 1st Y15 Leigh Daniells 2nd ST6 Sarah Chilvers 3rd ST446 Kelly Hornby. CLASS 13: 1st ST10 Angie Chilvers 2nd T2 Tracey Hoyes. CLASS 14: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd WR20 Lindsay Stephenson 3rd ST121 Charlie Wright. JUNIORS: 1st SP15 Shannon Ellis 2nd ST141 Nicola Mackenzie 3rd T27 Kye Mills. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st ST3 Oliver Hamp 2nd SP7 Hope Godfrey 3rd SP31 Chamelle Clayton. CGTRO OPEN 1: 1st SC1 Antony Ross 2nd T55 Ben Green 3rd SC200 John Lawlor. CGTRO OPEN 2: 1st T95 Roger Dickinson 2nd SP222 Brenden Guest 3rd SC91 Gary Pugh. JUNIORS’ CGTRO OPEN: 1st ST52 Alex Fretwell 2nd ST141 Nicola Mackenzie 3rd ST3 Oliver Hamp.
STAR RESULTS (points over three heats): CLASS 1: 1st SR295 Carl Whitfield & SR12 Mark Shuker 3rd SR24 Jake Law 4th R121 Andy Kelsey. CLASS 2: 1st NS249 Cary Evans 2nd SR54 Lee Evason 3rd SR35 Mathew Morris. CLASS 3: 1st NS20 Neville Mawer 2nd SR22 John Shorter 3rd SR55 Bob Matthews. CLASS 4: 1st SR327 Jody Hardman 2nd NS67 Kevin Thomas 3rd IK221 Pete Berry. CLASS 5: 1st NS83 Gareth Williams 2nd SR42 Russell Cashion 3rd SR806 Steven Hare. CLASS 6: 1st NS434 Ben Gould 2nd NW25 Lee Powell 3rd SR6 Kev Williams. CLASS 7: 1st SR8 Pete Berry 2nd NS1 John Gaffney 3rd SR2 Tommy Law. CLASS 8: 1st SR1 Gareth Price 2nd NS55 Geoff Berrisford 3rd SR17 Jack Powell. CLASS 9: 1st NS4 John Williams 2nd SR5 Paul Owen 3rd SR98 Chuck Jones. CLASS 10: 1st NW117 Tony Jones 2nd PAC541 Alan Squance. CLASS 11: 1st NS66 Beverley Holland 2nd R122 Rachel Kelsey 3rd NS25. CLASS 12: 1st R13 Jayne Barratt 2nd SR229 Jody Faulkner. JUNIORS: 1st LM68 Dan King & NS19 Will Henry 3rd NS206 Joe Pipe & SR151 Andrew Jones 5th ARC12 Ben Astbury. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st NS151 Tom Chadwick 2nd SR46 Matt Booth 3rd NW252 Tom or Henry de Prez.
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EXCELLENT EVESHAM
The season stepped up a gear as the fine weather continued into a second weekend, with very well supported meetings at Evesham and Scunthorpe, healthy turnouts at Hereford and PAC and slightly smaller events at Pennine and Norton Radstock. The Irish season also got under way at Cork. Altogether, between these meetings, there were nearly 900 drivers in action over the weekend!
At EVESHAM 218 drivers raced, with a wide selection of visiting clubs represented although for the MAP League drivers it was an early start to their National qualifying. The Class 7s grabbed the limelight with some memorable battles between Rob Holloway and Matt Corbett and great results for the V8 powered cars of PJ Bott and Ian Craske. Come the final, though, the Dickster beat them all!
The SCUNTHORPE meeting, more than any other so far this year, was awash with exciting new cars, although HEREFORD saw the debut of one of the most interesting new 2009 contenders, Mark Griffiths’ Class 7 Mini Pickup. The first Peugeot 106s broke cover in Class 1, with Dave and Liz Otter being among the 77 racers at PENNINE and Darren Holland debuting a well turned out 106 at Scunny.
EVESHAM RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st R120 Brian Kelsey 2nd CA48 Lee Deegan 3rd SN43 Daniel Robins. CLASS 2: 1st SR54 Lee Evason 2nd E19 Mark Stallard 3rd R110 Paul Collier. CLASS 3: 1st IK351 John Warren 2nd R169 Mick Sumners 3rd IK316 Martin Beaney. CLASS 4: 1st E220 Darren Grasby 2nd R47 Rob Lancaster 3rd E44 Eric Allchurch. CLASS 5: 1st E10 Lee Cox 2nd R37 Dan Lewis 3rd R40 Rob Curnock. CLASS 6: 1st G55D Craig Smith 2nd R27 Dave Houghton 3rd G58D Jon Gardner. CLASS 7: 1st R421 Richard Merrick 2nd R139 Lee Waldron 3rd SR8 Pete Berry. CLASS 8: 1st E7 Lee Carlin 2nd E122 Darren Grasby 3rd SN395 Bill Edwards. CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd E8 Alan Smith 3rd E815 Mark Barker. CLASS 10: 1st R7 Paul Fackrell 2nd R205 Ged Morris 3rd R38 Daz Mullen. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st B100H Debbie Rhys-Jones 2nd NS17 Katie Symonds 3rd R122 Rachel Kelsey. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st R140 Sue Harris 2nd G14D Jemma King. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st E214 Robyn King. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st E220 Lisa Grasby 2nd R771 Gina Fackrell 3rd R47 Claire Lancaster. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st S40D Rhiannon Smith 2nd R13 Jayne Barratt 3rd S10D Maisie Phipps. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st M40 Kate Featherstone 2nd E14 Dawn Holloway 3rd E156 Sally Corbett. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd E213 Robyn King 3rd B129H Linzi Weare. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st E815 Stacey Barker. JUNIORS: 1st CA48 Shayne Deegan 2nd E51 Luke Oakley 3rd B100H Aisling Bryan. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st R252 Mike Bluck 2nd SN57 Gavin Savage 3rd R127 Kyle McKinley.
PENNINE RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st P28EM Phil Barleyman 2nd P77EM Ben Gadsby 3rd P17EM Ashley Cooper. CLASS 2: 1st P7EM Ben Gadsby 2nd P12EM John Gadsby 3rd NS47 Vernon Jackson. CLASS 3: 1st NS293 Leon Dorsett 2nd P502EM Mark Guy 3rd NS41 Steve Goodwin. CLASS 4: 1st P180EM Ben Crosby 2nd ARC299 Graham Smith. CLASS 6: 1st P2EM David Gutteridge. CLASS 7: 1st P23EM Phil Barleyman 2nd N118 Matt Duffell. CLASS 8: 1st N8 Simon Reeve 2nd NW2 Alb Hughes 3rd LM69 Nigel Kearney. CLASS 9: 1st P15EM Rick Hall. CLASS 11: 1st P3EM Elaine Gutteridge 2nd P37EM Linzi Allen 3rd P80EM Emily Crosby. CLASS 14: 1st Y31 Debbie Kettlewell. JUNIORS: 1st P3EM Louis Gutteridge 2nd NS206 Joe Pipe 3rd P65EM Stephen Heath. JUNIOR ‘B’ FINAL: 1st LM68 Dan King 2nd LM107 Dave Kearney 3rd N53 Lloyd Elliott.
SCUNTHORPE RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st S88D Aaron Middleton 2nd SC40 Pete Collins 3rd YD201 James Hutchinson. CLASS 2: 1st SC971 Shaun Thompson 2nd S70Y Rob Farrow 3rd SC168 Josh Woodhall. CLASS 3: 1st WR64 Martin Walker 2nd SC34 Paul Mason 3rd SC291 Tina Leary. CLASS 4: 1st Y1 Adam Henley 2nd S7Y Sam Appleton 3rd ST136 David Wood. CLASS 5: 1st NS83 Gareth Williams 2nd P24EM Brian Wright 3rd S39Y Chris Campling. CLASS 6: 1st N11 Gary Cheetham 2nd ST36 Rob Milbourn 3rd SC71 Steve Patterson. CLASS 7: 1st SC45 Carl Swift 2nd S22Y James Nightingale 3rd ST4 Mike Mackenzie. CLASS 8: 1st Y34 Mark Grice 2nd ST44 Dan Mackenzie 3rd T5 Stuart Whitehouse. CLASS 9: 1st Y26 Wayne Longley 2nd Y177 Andy Swann 3rd SC14 Russ Thompson. CLASS 10: 1st SP1 Bill Shaw 2nd S3Y Jem Snowden 3rd ST122 Luke Bailey. CLASS 11: 1st S84Y Nikki Shepherdson 2nd ST81 Katy Holmes 3rd ST474 Kelly Hornby. CLASS 12: 1st ST6 Sarah Chilvers 2nd S7Y Vicky Appleton 3rd SC900 Lindsay Knipe. CLASS 13: 1st S209Y Sarah Tateson 2nd ST10 Angie Chilvers. CLASS 14: 1st S3Y Anne Marshall 2nd SP50 Jenny Rutter 3rd WR20 Lindsay Stephenson. JUNIORS: 1st T27 Kye Mills 2nd N212 Jake Lee 3rd ST141 Nicola Mackenzie. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st Y292 Katy Lockwood 2nd WR52 Ricky Beauchamp 3rd ST3 Oliver Hamp.
HEREFORD RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st LUD23 Alfie Smith 2nd SV69 James Mayo 3rd C98 Chris Milner 4th C221 Shane Smith. CLASS 2: 1st C64 Lloyd Morgan 2nd NS249 Cary Evans 3rd C63 Ian Harvey 4th C20 Dan Evans. CLASS 3: 1st SR55 Bob Matthews 2nd LUD22 Bryan East 3rd C91 Roger Matthews 4th SV34 Andy Perry. CLASS 4: 1st BC69 Adam Jones 2nd G25D Phil Kent 3rd H31 Mike Jones 4th SV71 Darren Creed. CLASS 5: 1st C2 Craig Bagley 2nd C31 Ian Jones 3rd SV17 Nick Creed 4th LUD65 Neil Roche. CLASS 6: 1st H99 Paul Bailey 2nd H50 Nathan Harwood 3rd SV117 John Kennett 4th SV4 Paul Regan. CLASS 7: 1st BC8 Guy Thomas 2nd SV2 Mark Griffiths 3rd LUD10 Alfie Smith 4th H1 Geoff Gibbs. CLASS 8: 1st C10 Steve Mills 2nd C15 Glyn Evans 3rd BC55 Tom Lewis 4th BC160 Mike Mumford. CLASS 9: 1st BC35 John Stead 2nd SV93 Derek Warren 3rd H150 Phil Dyke 4th LUD3 Marcus Mills. CLASS 10: 1st BC19 Colin Court 2nd SV81 Mark Webber 3rd BC3 Karl Best 4th BC22 Lance Bowen. JUNIORS: 1st C3 Ryan Jones 2nd SV101 Kieran Griffiths 3rd B114H William Reid 4th P38 Sam Etheridge. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st C220 Shane Smith 2nd SR139 Jake Hotchkiss 3rd BC158 Cat Mumford 4th C9 Cameron Mills. CLASS 11: 1st BC11 Becky Shaw 2nd BC88 Julia Albert 3rd LUD23 Gail Davies 4th NS66 Beverly Holland. CLASS 11A: 1st C60 Donna Howells. CLASS 12: 1st LUD65 Maria Roche. CLASS 14: 1st BC160 Terri Mumford 2nd LUD81 Maria Roche 3rd C10 Sandra Jones 4th SV67 Claire Holland & BC22 Carrie Mills.
PAC RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st PAC333 Gary Phillips 2nd PHD21 Barry Lewis 3rd PAC222 Neil Lewis. CLASS 2: 1st S2 Tony Hart Jones 2nd PAC48 Dalton Thomas 3rd PAC51 Matt Sawyer. CLASS 3: 1st CM4 Viv Cole 2nd PAC77 Chris Jones. CLASS 4: 1st PAC3 Rob Corbett 2nd PAC154 Adam Lloyd 3rd PAC75 Tim Kromrei. CLASS 5: 1st PAC145 Steven Brown 2nd PAC451 Lewis Richards 3rd PAC31 Danny Thomas. CLASS 6: 1st PHD40 Mark Uka 2nd PAC91 Ken Thomas 3rd S25 Karl Edwards. CLASS 7: 1st PAC357 Martin Roberts 2nd PAC82 Robert Davies 3rd PAC38 Marc Jones. CLASS 8: 1st PHD2 Phil Rogers 2nd PAC29 Damian Jenkins 3rd TA58 Stephen Jones. CLASS 9: 1st PHD1 Steve Lindsay 2nd PHD54 Anthony Paines 3rd PAC34 Steve Freeman. CLASS 10: 1st PAC43 Derrick Brown 2nd PAC14 Graham Davies 3rd Mark Richards. CLASS 11: 1st PAC222 Emma Lewis 2nd PHD11 3rd PHD21. CLASS 12: 1st CM25 Danielle Phillips 2nd S25 Pat Meli. CLASS 13: 1st PAC53 Michaela Bevans 2nd CM4 Donna Cole 3rd PAC77. CLASS 14: 1st PHD54 Kelly Wonnacott. JUNIORS: 1st PAC40 Ryan Smith 2nd PAC257 Rhys Roberts 3rd PAC157 Tom Roberts. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st PAC39 Tomos Rees 2nd PHD42 Jordan Carter. UNMODIFIED OPEN: 1st PAC51 Matt Sawyer 2nd PAC88 Neil Jones. MODIFIED OPEN: 1st PAC38 Marc Jones 2nd PAC77 Chris Jones. SPECIALS OPEN: 1st PAC34 Steve Freeman 2nd PAC410 Dean Tipping 3rd PAC14 Graham Davies. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st PAC2 Alice Bevans 2nd PAC39 Tomos Rees 3rd PHD42 Jordan Carter.
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OXTON OPENER
Nottingham’s Oxton Raceway usually turns out to be the home of the first, as well as the last, Autograss racing each year and the 2009 season opener, proved to be the best for many years, starting in pleasant spring sunshine and remaining dry all day. The unfortunate cancellation of the only other scheduled meeting, at Penhow, meant that Nottingham attracted drivers from far and wide – everywhere from Sussex to Scotland and Cambridge to Cork! There was an encouraging number of newcomers among the 200 plus entries. Some of last year’s top Juniors made impressive senior debuts, notably Sam Gould in Class 9, Ben Gadsby in Class 2 and Brian Kelsey, who won the very first race of the season in Class 1. Many of the expected front runners for this year’s big meetings chose Nottingham to shake down their new cars, particularly in Class 8 where despite the presence of such names as Ian Stephenson, Alan O’Keeffe, Phil Rogers and Mark Grice, it was Phil Cooper who took the new RADE chassis to a convincing debut win.
FINAL RESULTS: CLASS 1: 1st S80D Aaron Middleton 2nd SP24 Ashley Robinson 3rd SP27 Mick Robinson. CLASS 2: 1st C64 Lloyd Morgan 2nd P12EM John Gadsby 3rd N103 Dean Buxton. CLASS 3: 1st SR22 John Shorter 2nd P502EM Mark Guy 3rd N13 Al Macfarlane. CLASS 4: 1st SP36 Joe Baxter. CLASS 5: 1st A27 Jonathan Griffiths 2nd SC78 Martin Dixon 3rd S52Y Tony Spencer. CLASS 6: 1st NS434 Ben Gould 2nd N168 Dan Wilson 3rd WR666 Jasper Aspinall. CLASS 7: 1st NS205 Andy Pipe 2nd NS1 John Gaffney 3rd N75 Dan Barnett. CLASS 8: 1st ARC4 Phil Cooper 2nd IK65 Tim Russell 3rd N8 Simon Reeve. CLASS 9: 1st PHD1 Steve Lindsay 2nd ARC6 Phil Cooper 3rd N27 Matt Rigby. CLASS 10: 1st MA53 Patrick Sheahan 2nd S74D Phil Young 3rd LUD81 Neil Roche. CLASS 11: 1st N500 Nicola Ferguson 2nd N225 Sherilee Wilson 3rd SP27 Debra Robinson. CLASS 12: 1st SC78 Kate Dixon 2nd ST888 Wendy Standish. CLASS 13: 1st ST307 Charlotte Goodsir 2nd N32 Jeannette Scott. CLASS 14: 1st R2 Clare Horner 2nd IK65 Jade Russell 3rd WR20 Lindsay Stephenson. STOCK HATCH: 1st P610EM Simon Kennedy 2nd P658EM Simon Kershaw 3rd P616EM Andy Whitmore. F600: 1st ST1 Terry Cox 2nd LM47 Zoe Leyland 3rd LM69 Nigel Kearney. JUNIORS: 1st SP15 Shannon Ellis 2nd SN81 Nathan Saunders 3rd N212 Jake Lee. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st ST3 Oliver Hamp 2nd Y292 Katie Lockwood 3rd ST46 Matt Booth. JUNIORS’ DEVIL’S RACE: 1st N53 Lloyd Elliott 2nd N170 Jordan Hampson 3rd LM71 Calvin Pearson.DEVIL’S RACE: 1st Y34 Mark Grice 2nd P650EM Michael Tickle 3rd N40 Ross Sinclair.
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RACE RETRO
The last of the winter shows once again coincided with the first weekend of the racing season, but the Race Retro show at Stoneleigh Park, under new management but following its previous successful formula, proved very well attended. NASA's stand, featuring Andrew Empson's Class 1 Mini, Mike Mackenzie's Class 7 Twin Blackbird Mini and Dan Mackenzie's new WL Powertec Class 8, attracted plenty of interest, and a few celebrity visitors!
Below: Rallying legend Paddy Hopkirk admires the Empson Mini; Dan Mackenzie deep in conversation with ex-Formula 1 racer Slim Borgudd, and former bike and truck racing star Steve Parrish tries the Class 7 for size.
CLICK HERE FOR OUR FULL GALLERY OF RACE RETRO PHOTOS, and you'll be able to read about all the winter shows in the start of season issue of Autograss Review.
ACTION PACKED EXPO
For the fourth year running the Oval Racing Expo at Arena Essex Raceway was lucky with the weather - dire conditions were forecast for both Saturday night and Sunday, but the rain only arrived in time for the finals on Saturday, and cleared to give a beautifully sunny day on Sunday.
Saturday's floodlit race meeting proved extremely hectic, with 35 of the planned 36 races being completed, fifteen of which catered for mixed NASA and SEGTO cars, of which over 100 took part.
Honours were divided between NASA and SEGTO. Incicta Kent enjoyed a great night with Geoff Bishop winning the Production Saloon final (his third win in three events on tarmac) and Neil Thomas winning a hard fought Modified RWD division. Unbeaten all night in the Specials was Border Counties' Will Corfield with a brilliant performance in his 30 year old Millington chassis, now powered by a 4-litre Lexus V8. For SEGTO, Sean Collin came through to take the Modified FWD class in his 1450 Hot Rod Nova. Luke Webb, from the Standlake Arena track, was the Junior winner while Josh Hassell was the best placed Junior Special.
Results of Saturday's races can be found HERE.
Many of the NASA and SEGTO cars reappeared on Sunday to take part in a series of "demonstration" open races, as part of a day-long programme featuring a multitude of other oval racing classes.
The day ended with a bang (photo by courtesy of Smiffyman Oval Racing Photos)
More of Smiffyman's photos from the weekend, plus all of our own, can be seen HERE.
SHOW TIME!
Thanks to everyone who made the annual Autosport International show such a great success for NASA - the Class 7 drivers and behind-the-scenes crew in the Live Arena; everyone who helped on the NASA stand and prepared the superb array of cars on show; the brave drivers who consented to being interviewed on stage, and all the many hundreds of NASA members from the UK and Ireland who turned up to support the show.
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This weekend (17/18 January) sees the first outdoor action of the year with the Oval Racing Expo at Arena Essex Raceway. Over 100 NASA and SEGTO grassers are booked in to race, among many other oval classes - CLICK HERE for full details of the weekend's events
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