Meeting
Reports
SATURDAY 24th JULY -
STOCK CARS & BANGERS
STOCK CARS:-
18 cars raced, including Maikel Rutter the European
Champion from Holland, Ben Harding, world champion, and a
junior visitor from Rugby Joe Fletcher.
The highest laps in the 3
rounds were Ben Harding 72 laps (twice), and Anthony Wyper
72, then 71 laps by Paul Jenkinson (twice), and Anthony
Wyper, the 70 by Gary McMullen and Terry Crowley.
Final result:- 1st Ben Harding 71 laps, 2nd Paul Jenkinson
70. 3rd Gary McMullen 68, 4th Maikel Rutter 67, 5th Terry
Crowley 67, 6th Duncan Stott 64, 7th Carl Baker 63, and 8th
Anthony Wyper 21 laps. There was a four
car Grand Nationalm for any non-finalists, this was won by
Chris Darlaston from Craig Howard both on 61 laps, 3rd
Hannah Ayriss 56, and Joe Fletcher 52 laps.
BANGERS:- 13 cars
raced - highest laps in the 3 rounds being 60 by Ian Yarwood.
Final result:- 1st Gary Osborne 53 laps, 2nd Jason Batty 52,
3rd Ian Yarwood 51, 4th Duncan Stott 47, 5th Cody Mallett
43, 6th Craig Robinson 38, 7th Lewis Brierley 36, 8th
Brandon Eccles 32, 9th Jane Osborne 31, 10th Adam Sutherland
5 laps.
SATURDAY17th JULY -
MIXED FORMULA,
STOCK CARS:-
Eight cars races, in two heats of four.
Highest laps in the 3 rounds were 73 by Anthony Wyper, 70 by
Anthony, and 69 by Terry Crowley and Duncan Stott.
Final result:- 1st Anthony Wyper 69 laps, 2nd Pete Ayriss
68, 3rd Duncan Stott 64, 4th Carl Baker 61, 5th Hannah
Ayriss 49, 6th Terry Crowley 41, 7th Chris Darlaston 14, 8th
Loran Darlaston - did not start in final.
BANGERS:-
One heat of 6 cars, highest laps in the 3 rounds
being 53 and a 52 by Jason Batty, then 50 by Duncan Stott.
Final Result:- 1st Jason Batty 56 laps, 2nd Chris Darlaston
51, 3rd Duncan Stott 39, 4th Craig Robinson 38 laps.
There were no Saloonstocks racing.
SATURDAY 10th JULY -
STOCK CARS - Only 12 cars today. racing in 2 heats,
over the usual 3 rounds. Highest laps in the 3 rounds
being 74 - a new track record, by Anthony Wyper, then
72 by Paul Jenkinson, and 70 by Gary McMullen and Mark
Moorwood. In Round 1. Heat 2, an amazing thing
happened - both Mark Moorwood and Gary McMullen got 70 laps,
with the same split time, and the same fastest lap.
Final result:- 1st Anthony Wyper 70 laps, 2nd Mark Moorwood
69, 3rd Paul Jenkinson 68, 4th Gary McMullen 63, 5th Chris
Darlaston 63, 6th Adam Sutherland 58, 7th Carl Baker 58, and
8th Pete Ayriss 57 laps.
A heat of 6 Bangers also
raced - winner Adam Sutherland from Barrie Gregory.
SATURDAY 26th JUNE -
STOCK CARS & BANGERS.
STOCK CARS:-
19 cars races, 3 heats. Highest laps in
the 3 rounds was 71 by Anthony Wyper and Paul Jenkinson,
then 69 bt Carl Baker and Paul, then 68 by Mark Moorwood,
Gary McMullen, and Graham Eccles. With Paul
breaking down in the 1st heat and only getting 47 laps,
it looked as if he would not make the final. However
with 2 good races with a 71 and 69 laps, he just scraped
into the final with last place. Final Result:- 1st
Anthony Wyper 72 laps, 2nd Paul Jenkinson 72 3rd Carl
Baker 68, 4th Pete Ayriss 68, 5th Gary Mcmullen 68, 6th
Mark Moorwood 66, 7th Terry Crowley 62, 8th Graham
Eccles - did not start. There was a 9
car Grand National won by Matthew Russell from Duncan
Stott.
BANGERS:-
12 cars raced, six cars in each group. Final
Result:- 1st Gary Osborne 47 laps, 2nd Craig Robinson
46, 3rd Adam Sutherland 46, 4th Jane Osborne 45, 5th
Duncan Stott 44, 6th Jason Batty 39, 7th Max Howard 35,
8th Cody Mallett 28, 9th Lewis Brierley 12, 10th Brandon
Eccles 5 laps.
SATURDAY 19th JUNE -
MIXED FORMULA
STOCK CARS:- Two
heats of cars, the highest laps being 69 by Anthony
Wyper, then 68 by Pete Ayriss and Carl Baker, then
67 by Peter, Anthony, Matthew Russell and Gary
Osborne. FINAL RESULT:- 1st Anthony Wyper 68
laps, 2nd Gary Osborne 64, 3rd Matthew Russell 62,
4th Terry Crowley 61, 5th Carl Baker 56, 6th 51 Pete
Ayriss. "B" Final result:- 1st Adam Sutherland
62, 2nd Craig Howard 62, 3rd Hannah Ayriss 54 laps.
BANGERS:- 7 cars - Final Result:-
1st Gary Osborne 58 laps, 2nd Jason Batty 43, 3rd
Craig Robinson 41, 4th Adam Sutherland 39, 5th Cody
Mallett 38, 6th Lewis Brierley 36, and 7th Max
Howard 35 laps.
SATURDAY 12th JUNE -
STOCK CARS & SALOONSTOCKS
STOCK CARS:-
16 cars for this meeting,
highest laps in the 3 rounds being 71 by Anthony Wyper and
Paul Jenkinson, then 70 by Anthony, and 69 Terry Crowley and
Carl Baker. FINAL RESULT:- 1st Anthony Wyper 72 laps,
2nd Gary McMullen 69, 3rd Mark Moorwood 69, 4th Carl Baker
68, 5th Paul Jenkinson 68, 6th Terry Crowley 68, 7th Pete
Ayriss 64, and 8th Chris Darlaston - failed to start.
There was a 5 car Grand National won by Ian Warman (59
laps) from Adam Sutherland (58 laps).
SALOONSTOCKS:-
As there were only 3 cars, it could not count
as a points meeting. Vince Brickell broke the track
record in the final with 70 laps, 2nd Adam Sutherland 66,
and 3rd Ian Warman 58 laps.
A small heat of 5 Bangers
also raced. Final winner being Barrie Gregory.
MONDAY 31st MAY 2010
- NATIONAL MEETING (STOCK CARS)
This was Round 4 of the 2010
National Series, and all 30 drivers who had booked in
arrived in good time. The drivers divided into 5 heats
of 6 cars. In Round 1, the highest laps were 87 by
Anthony Wyper, 85 by Ben Harding and Carl Baker, then 84 by
Paul Jenkinson. In Round 2 it was 90 laps by Ben, 89
by Anthony and Paul, then 83 by Carl. Round 3 saw Ben
brake the track 5min record with 93 laps, then Anthony with
91, then Gary McMullen Carl, and Mark Moorwood on 88 laps.
Round 4 saw Ben do 92 laps, Anthony and Richard Harding on
87, then Paul on 86. The drivers drop their worst heat
- the top 7 go straight to the final, and these were:- 1)
Ben Harding 275 laps, 2) Anthony 267, 3) Paul 261, 4) Carl
257, 5) Richard Harding 254, 6) Gary Mc 250, 7) Mark
Moorwood 249 laps.
The next eight drivers went
into the Consolation - Gary James(245 laps), Chris
Darlaston(241), Chris Flynn(240), Jim Wilson(240), Peter
Riddell(240), Jim Burkett(240), Gary Osborne(239) and Duncan
Stott(235 laps). Consolation Result:- 1st Duncan Stott
81 laps (Goes through to final), 2nd Peter Riddell 79, 3rd
Chris Flynn 79, 4th Jim Wilson 78, 6th Jim Burkett 76, 7th
Gary Osborne 53, 8th Gary James 31 laps.
Between the Consolation and
Final there was a Grand National Race for non-qualifiers,
with 10 cars racing. Race result:- 1st Jane Osborne 71 laps
(won a free motor), 2nd Pete Ayriss 69, 3rd Miklos Szabados
69, 4th Jonathan Hartley 67, 5th Allan Inness 64, 6th Barrie
Gregory 64, 7th Mark Craig 63, 8th Gary Riddell 56, 9th
Jason Reed 49, 10th Shane Geary 1 lap.
GRAND FINAL RESULT:_
1st Ben Harding 91 laps, 2nd= Anthony Wyper & Paul Jenkinson
88, 4th Gary McMullen 87, 5th Carl Baker 86, 6th Mark
Moorwood 80 , 7th Duncan Stott 80, 8th Richard Harding 80
laps.
TROPHY WINNERS:-
All 8 finalists. plus Concourse - Gary James. best white
Hannah Moorwood, best yellow Shane Geary, best blue Chis
Flynn,and best junior Jonathan Hartley.
Thanks go to Anthony
Wyper for arranging the heats, Paul Jenkinson and Carl Baker
for trophies, Gary McMullen for scrutineering, Steve
McMullen for manning the spares shop, Alan Crossland and
Geoff Needham on race control, and of course not forgetting
the two hard working ladies in the canteen - Jean and Carol
who were each presented with a bunch of flowers.