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Barrow, 29th December, Christmas Fun meeting, Unders + Overs Banger meeting
 38 cars turned out altogether for the Christmas Fun meeting at Roosecote sponsored by a joint effort from Northern Steam Mag, Northern Star Webzine, Crash Zone Webzine and the official Roosecote Raceway website. They were split into unders and overs for the first time with 28 turning out in the big cars and a lower 13 cars by comparison in the unders. Overall a lot of the material was returned, though the latter did have some top tin as 340 Jay Atkinson returned 239 Nelly's 16/60 from the Hednesford Pre 68 and 313 Mick Cotton debuted a fresh example. Car of the day though and a certain contender for car of the year came from 684 Alan Morphet with a superb Armstrong Siddeley Whitley. Onto the overs now and 6 Jags were on show including a Series 2 for 880 Neil Naismith and 325 Mark Dempsters XJ40 returned from the last Unlimited at Barrow. A couple of Volvos were on show including a 240 for 14 Will Walmsley who was returning from injury while 175 Gary Mallinson also brought back a Crown. 310 John Nicholson had his Mk1 limo from the Birmingham CoC with the Mob returning their Krash Kings Yanks in the shape of 155 Scott Hamilton and 152 James Dillon who both had Caddy Fleetwoods while 372 Martin Scully had top fresh car with his Mk1 Hearse.
 The day got underway with 11 Unders appearing from the gate for their first encounter. 231 Trev Whelan got the action underway by completing a sucessful removal of 303 Scott Dale before going onto do the same to Jay's Wolseley. 313 Mayhem then came under attack from the Polonez of 05 Carlos Perez while Dale did Jay who was sat on the centre at the time. 231 Grandad wiped out 878 Romeo Jalbert before 707 Lee Tomlinson took 189 Shaun Dawes in. The Sidderley was the next one to come under fire from Grandad as Jay steamed into 4 Jason Preston, the latter then being done by the lively Grandad who put himself in hard as Perez wasted Preston with a hard shot while elsewhere Tomlinson blasted Jay. The race was now down to only Jalbert and Tomlinson left running but we were down to just one soon after when Tomlinson picked up and followed in Jalbert well taking him into the strandard Grandad wrecking the 231 car. The Meastro wrapped up the victory with Jalbert doing well to recover as a finisher.
 It was now the turn of the big cars with 22 emerging for it, Dillon getting it underway by turning into Perez, who also had a Jag for the Overs, as he passed only for 155 Mr Nervous to bury the O5 car into Mr Grumpy the next corner which was the ingredients for a rated turn 2 pile up. Elsewhere though Perez wasted 252 John Wibberley with a hard roof bender with the Mobster also coming under attack from 14 Sausage Boy and 325 Demo as 810 Alex McBain picked up 88 Wayne Morphet coming the wrong way down the home straight and followed him hard into the plating, all this happening whilst on oppo. Back to the pile up now and Sausage Boy weighed into Mr Nervous who inturn was done by Demo who took from 62 Dave Kingston in return. 372 Scully then steamed into Kingston which resulted in a heavily snapped off hearse for the RDC star as 264 Ian Wallace weighed into Perez with a fierce t-bone. 810 Loverat steamed Scully as Perez who had done well to recover did the same to 305 James Kirkbride before pulling out to meet 270 Matt Rogerson in a tough head on. This ended an epic race with no one left running, quality!
 The Unders now took to the track for their second heat but only attracted 5 cars as 264 Waldo attacked Perez straight from the off before Jalbert had Dale out. Dawes then removed Perez only to cop the same treatment from Waldo who then had Perez do him on the nose. Dawes fired Perez into Jalbert but the Trackstar man recovered to take the honours.
 The unlimiteds returned for heat 2 with 13 showing up. 666 Graham Charnley spun 310 Enos limo onto the centre to get the race underway as 172 Aaron Schofield followed in 276 James Turners Vole 760 well. 774 Matt Sill took a double blow from Demo and Mr Nervous, the latter then getting steamed by the lively 172 Azz as a result. 122 Scott Durkin regained some Mob revenge by pounding Azz though was blasted hard by Demo in return while elsewhere 680 Stu Davies wasted 331 Jay Roberts with a hard portion but had his own boot flattened by Sausage Boy who backed off to give the Northern Star man some more. The latter though took some himself after being run in by 666 Instigator and then followed in by 300 Dan Kirkbride laps later. The latter took the victory from Eno.
 The last one for the unders was next and it was their final into DD. Only 5 cars turned out but still the action did not let up with 818 Craig Phillips on the case early by getting rid of Jay and Perez with the Team V man recovering to take the latter in. Perez also took a further battering from Phillips and Tomlinson who then went onto put Jay into the FSO. Tomlinson took his second win of the day whilst Perez regained some momentum to head on Phillips as Tomlinson steamed Jay and Mayhem waded in with a t-bone. Perez recovered fully to give Phillips length and run in Mayhem who also took a day-ending shot from Tomlinson though was done by Perez. It was left to the latter two to meet in a solid head on in which only the Meastro backed off to wrap up victory.
 8 Unlimiteds pulled onto the track for their 5 lap dash into demo including 601 Lee Usha who had broken down en-route(along with 70 Si Needle who didnt get to see any action)but didnt last long when Demo spun him to the armco with 16 Rob Howard(out in Loverats car)on hand to deliver a t-bone and Kirkbride arriving to dish out the killer blow. The latter continued onto the victory and celebrated by t-boning Sausage Boy as we moved into the DD who also took it from 87 Steven Spencer. The latter hit Kingston though was done by Sausage Boy as a result before the young gun avoided contact for as long as possible before finally coming in for a shot on the Vole over the front wheel and then a head on which killed his own motor handing Sausage Boy the victory.
 A cracking meeting, top hits galour and hats off to all the lads for putting up with the conditions.
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Kings Lynn, 1st December, Unlimited Banger Nutcracker
 A good showing of 41 cars appeared at a blustery Kings Lynn shaleway for Trackstars last major Unlimited meeting of the year. Visitors made up well over half of the field, main talking point being the major turn out of PRI drivers, numbering just under half of field with visitors also joining them from RDC and Spedeworth. Suprisingly, some impsressive machinery was on show as well, Jaguars numbered 13 which included a fresh Series 3 for the legendary 33 Simon Reed, used and fresh series 4's from 471 Terry Freakes and 490 Ian Knight while 102 Mark Deacon brought back a Series 1. Moving up a gear Yanks came from 322 Mark Rowland with his Rambler SST, 152 Rob Broughton brought back his Firecracker Chevy Celebrity and 73 Scott Carter debuted a 78 Mercury Monarch. 764 Steve Spall impressed with a Oztin 3 Litre while 77 Chris Murfin had a meaty DS420 Hearse.
 The field was split for the first two heats, the first one attracting 21 cars and 811 Pete Winter kicked the day off by removing 345 Craig Hewlitt as 33 Simon! was soon back to his old ways by steaming 439 Danny Sutton though took a hit from 322 Rolly as a result. 204 Andy Bailey took Hewlitt in, the Cowboy taking more punishment from 753 Billy Cunningham whilst Reed took Rolly's Yank in. The Wisbech Legend continued to dispose of 178 Carl Corsby and the luckless Hewlitt in quick succesion only to come under attack from Winter. 163 Jeremy Nicholls removed 359 Stephen Hale from the running with Bailey soon afterwards doing the same to Hewlitt as Nicholls fired 308 Mick Bradbury in only to take a wack over the back wheel from Reed as Cunningham then weighed into the unlucky Bradbury on turn 4. Winter then got rid of Reed and hit Rollys big Yank en-route to taking the flag.
 The other half appeared for the second showing, 321 Andy Newton easing out 208 Jimmy Randall early doors before 85 James Ellis showed 180 Justin Everitt to the wall, Newton was walled soon afterwards as well by 99 Richie Ahern as Murfin used the Hearse to good effect by taking 19 Joe Mullarkey in only to come under attack from 665 Stu Scarlett as a consequence. The latter though was steamed inturn by 110 Michael Howard as Murfin put Ahern away only to be clattered by 892 Mark Marchant. 879 Reggie Reed t-boned Everitt after the latter had been taken out by 331 Jason Jackson. Randall then hit Reggie over the back wheel as Newton followed in 728 Tom Hills well as 331 Boxer Jack put himself in before Murfin steamed Reggie and Ahern then picked up and followed in Murfin well into the stricken 728 motor, mullering the Mk1 well. Marchant came off the centre to t-bone 764 Spally as 159 Darren Scarrow motored onto the win.
 The main race was next up with qualifiers at the front and non qualifiers at back, Corsby was first to show by putting 65 Shaun Randall in as Marchant followed in 53 Justin Garman only to be blasted by Murfin. Corsby piled into Murfin inturn and Rolly then did Corsby, Ellis going in on Rolly as Ahern exacted revenge. Reed then piled into Rollys Yank seeing it snap right off only to feel the force of Everitt as Mushy put himself in and Reed took Ellis out. After a quieter period Nicholls put Reed to the infield tyres only to put himself in as Bailey took the win from Winter and 536 Annette Nicholls. Reed seeing the race out by taking out Mushy.
 15 cars returned for the Masters race, Hale being the first to show by following in 563 Mark Sewell as Spally steamed Corsby only to be jacked by that man Reed. Newton treated Reggie to a solid t-bone before Corsby met Scarrow in a big head on as Scarlett put Marchant into 178, Reggie then meeting Marchant head on which gave Reedy the chance to deliver a roof bender to the 892 motor. Reed continued not passing any car as he walled Everitt and then followed Hale into Spally though the Cowboy recovered and came on oppo to meet his attacker in a meaty head on. 33 backed off to put Everitt under fire though took a hit from Boxer who was in turn steamed by Sewell, Randall then spinning the 563 Vole estate as Boxer took the flag.
 6 made it back for the DD, Carter used his Yank to ramp straight through Murfin's DS only to be done by Sewell who was blasted inturn by Boxer. Spally then followed Broughtons Yank into Sewell t-bone style as Boxer steamed Spally hard before spotting the Hearse backing round and duly piled into it to finish both motors.
 This ended a lively day, heat 2 and the Masters being much the races of the day to end the season at the Lynn circuit.
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Ringwood, 30th November, 2002 Unlimited Banger UK Open
 A brilliant turnout of 133 motors for Ringwoods annual UK Open, the turnout being just what the doctor ordered. Some pretty impressive machinery was show as well including three Mk1's, the same number of Mk2 Minsters, while a good showing of 6 Mk2 limos came from 508 Simon Ashby, 389 Ray McGrath, 166 Dave Spooner, 211 Red Hot Barry, 100 Sat and 282 Uglee. Two Coupes were in the hands of 418 Ben Edwards and 05 Herman, the latter returned from the Wimbo world as the nights Mercs came from 69 Paul Garland which was a 300 Estate and 260 Mr Mag's 190 whose was also returned from the Wimbo world. 82 Mark Anderson provided a 929 Estate and 577 Dino brought along his 280c that failed to run at Wimbo. 670 Tricky was another who returned his Wimbo Crown Custom and 724 Gus Carter a a fresh example while the best of the 17 Jags on show were the two Series 2's, a series 1 for 188 Stephen Bessant, 381 Mark Davies his Mk10 from the Firecracker while 175 Stephen Thompson debuted a smart 420g. 794 Simon Foreman finished off the Jag entry with his Coupe and 289 Matthew Kemp campained a tidy Austin 3 Litre. This just leaves us car of the night and what a car it was, Irishman 175 Steve Reynolds' Crown Hearse, was one never to be seen before and gets my vote for car of the year!
 The 30 car first heat kicked off with 107 Andrew Hilton going in hard on the pit bend as 509 Joey Collins steamed Trickys Custom. 756 Brian Heath went in on 157 Martin Roberts while 216 Nigel Parker put himself in hard and was flattened by 64 Mark Dawson as a result. Parker was to be punished more curtesy of a follow in from Tricky as 147 Carl Bunyan introduced 739 Steve Guppy to the wall. Bunyan carried onto fire into 465 Peter Giles as 103 Lee Buglar motored onto the win.
 A much better second heat kicked off with Dino attacking 166 Spoons only to come under fire from the hearse. 469 Kenny Peters took 381 Mark Davies in only to be headed on by 311 Danny Smithson as 27 Dale Hughes fired RHB's limo in whilst 135 Terry Hatt and 297 Martin Tappenden went head to head and 900 Mark Bartlett steamed Smithson. Dino came on oppo at Tappeden with a meaty t-bone and 372 Rob Brokenshire steamed Bartlett as a pile up emerged on the pit bend. Reynolds steamed RHB as Dino met 190 Steve Bailey on the nose. 162 Brett Ellacott steamed 517 Scott Welodn before Guppy did the same to 219 John Scorse. 304 Mark Jewell blasted Mr Mag  and 5 Spike wacked 348 Mushy though the latter got the verdict as he was the last into the pile.
 A somewhat diluted 3rd heat had 724 Carter t-bone Sats Limo early doors, the latter also taking punsihment from 245 Anthony Crowshaw though was hit by 194 Dave Switzer as a result. 584 Sharkey t-boned 172 Bernies Mk1 before 136 Patrick Coneley did Carter on the nose. 794 Foreman walled 282 Uglee as 244 Baby Bunny did the same to 702 James Dodge. 222 Paul Brown did 368 Spudgun and 778 Simon Wilkinson took the victory.
 69 Garland got the fourth heat underway by meeting 418 Edwards on the nose, the latter then recovering to t-bone 338 Henry Loveridge as Foreman put the XJ Coupe up on the kirb. Herman walled Garland as 471 Oakey removed 860 Steve Nicholls as 551 Moley motored onto victory.
 The heats were now amalgamated with the cars that were in heats 1 & 2 all out for the penultimate heat. 332 Reedy was put out early on before 47 Android t-boned 469 Kenny Peters. The reds then appeared for a fire in Robo Hops motor, the race soon underway again as 289 Kemp put 271 Dean Goodall away and Tricky gave 714 Paul Smaldon a hard shot on the home straight run off area, 151 Tucker taking the win this time.
 The last heat proved very lively and saw 389 Ray McGrath follow in Edwards, 741 Dale Fairless then steaming  269 Rob Houghton only to be done inturn by 948 Mark Hughes as Switzer followed in Houghton. 701 was the next to pull off the third follow in in quick succsession as he gave Dodge the treatment, 201 Carl Noble was wasted by persons unseen as 185 Paul King steamed 7 Mark Wilson and 334 John Hemmings took 58 Martin Dalton out. 360 Fran Cassidy attacked 334 Hemmings with a hard shot before following in 247 Dan Hardings moments later into the car he had just buried. The Irishman continued his impressive display by heading on the spun Dalton, the Mendips man then being blasted by 860 Nicholls after 518 Mark Weldon had crossed the line first.
 The last chance qualifier raised just over twenty cars as 381 Mark Davies put himself in early doors before 731 Diabolical Dyer head on Brown and Uglee did 740 Matt Fry on oppo. 172 Bernie put 219 Scorse round who was then headed on by 331 Melons as 801 Rob Gregory steamed 107 Andy Hilton. 169 Jason Thompson then wasted Gregory but was promptly given a roof bender by 147 Bunyan as a result. Meanwhile on the far side Dyer blitzed Sharkey only to be done by 201 Noble as Barlett caught alight after being buried by 322 Reedy bringing an early end to proceedings, Reedy declared the winner.
 The Qualifiers only final saw a full quantity of 32 cars with 994 Lee Hughes seetting about 720 Shane Brown from the off as Moley weighed into 384 Goldie. Dodge then ran 348 Mushy into the strandard Goldie motor as Ellacott took his fifth major title of the year from 308 Mark Cooper and Tucker.
 The Demo drew 23 back to the grid including Ellacott and the Crown Hearse. 946 Mark Johns met it head on from the off as a big pile went into the pit bend in which Thompson blitzed Herman only to take an even bigger portion from the speedy Ellacott. Cassidy met the hearse head on before Reynolds backed out to meet 948 Mark Hughes in a massive head on, the Hearse the only one to back off and duly take a great win ending a lively night on the south coast, this meeting was just what the Matchams circuit wanted after the troubled year it has suffered.
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Barford Raceway, 24th November, Unlimited Bangers + Caravans
 A half decent showing of 19 cars for Barfords last meeting of the season, one visitor in the shape of 224 Gary Glenn from GMP. A big range of cars were on show today including a Sierra, Sirocco, 2 Saab 900s, a Bluebird, two Mk3 Vans, couple of Cav's, a late Mazda 323 saloon and a meaty Rover 827 from 26 David Scott. Must mention though 182 Garry Cooper in a Mk3 Escort against Grannies and the like, Crazy!!
 Only 12 appeared for the first race, most opting to keep theirs for the caravan race. On a very slippy track 53 Ian Armstrong started the day off by t-boning 6 Paul Musgroves van who then took more punishment from 182 Gazza before 371 Stephen Grundy weighed into 507 Guy Kirkpatricks Saab 900. Scott planted the latter into the fence soon afterwards with the Scotsman then copping a head on from 371 Spider. The latter kept on oppo to meet 34 Anthony Evans on the nose only to take a package over the front wheel from Armstrong as Gazza then drove up the back of 36 Mark Gaskall. Spider did Kirkpatrick over the front wheel as Gazza hit Evans with the recovered Kirkpatrick then running Gaskall in. 105 Darren Briggs hooked Gazza out though he soon recovered to give Kirkpatrick the same treatment while elsewhere Armstrong steamed into Evans dead motor. Briggs hit Kirkpatrick before Gazza had Gaskall out and Scott hit Armstrong over the front wheel. 35 Mark Cummings then steamed Kirkpatrick well as Gazza in the Escort took the win with Cummings following him home and no other finishes ended a lively first outing.
 Heat 2 was reduced to 6 cars and got underway with Kirkpatrick spinning out on the pit bend and being hit DSU by Scott while Briggs steamed the former and Gazza put himself in as a result, Briggs winning from Gazza and Cummings.
 One more for the final as Armstrong hit Musgrove and Scott fired Kirkpatrick up the banking, the latter taking more punishment courtesy of a hard shot from Gazza. Scott then followed in Musgrove with only two now left running, Briggs the eventual winner and Cummings the runner up.
 The Caravan race saw a decent turn out of 8 vans and a couple of Banger Rod lads thrown in as well, 8 Adrian Crann ramped through 49 Ron Fulbirg on the home straight as 77 David Patterson hit Spider, the latter then loosing his once pride and joy as 124 Steve Oldfield duly drove staright through it, 12 Stephen Potts then followed in 224 Glenn as Oldfield drove into 165 Rob Brownfields Tranny. 124 continued to hit Spider only to take one from Patterson who was done t-boned inturn by Brownfield. With no cars left running Patterson was awarded the win.
 12 returned for the DD and after a clutch start Glenn ran Musgrove in and 929 Kev Ellis did Gazza well before meeting Spider head on. Glenn fired Gazza into Spider as Ellis lunged at Brownfield DSU before Gazza pulled off with a fire. Glenn then did Potts only to be run in as a result by Briggs, 35 Cummings then heading on Brownfield as Glenn steamed Briggs, the latter then meeting 28 Stephen Hill in a solid head on, with Cummings then firing into the Banger Rod driver inturn. Only Briggs was left running after this and he was duly awarded victory ending a pretty decent and enjoyable day.
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Birmingham Wheels, 23rd November, Unlimited Banger Champion of Champions
 A cracking, though if a little less than expected, turnout of 117 motors for this years Champion of Champions event at Birmingham Wheels Raceway. As expected visitors flocked from promotions nationwide including Trackstar, Barford, GMP, Aotuspeed, Startrax, Barrow, PRI, Spedeworth, RDC, Bristol, Buxton and Warton plus Ireland and CAMSO. Granadas accounted for just under 100 of the cars present, though the entry did included four Mk1's for 556 Chris Vickers and 169 Mark Bass plus 310 John Nicholson and 300 Dan Kirkbride, the latter two in very tidy Limo and Coupes respectively. Moving up a few years to the Mk2's 218 Lee Clelland brought back his Wimbledon Minster while the two Toyota Crowns present were also used, 38 Alan Huckle and 150 Leon Pelc having the Japs, the Mobsters being a Super Saloon. On the Jag front we had 11 examples, 5 of them were Series 3's and one Series 1 in the hands of 80 Matty Allman. Used XJ40's came from 06 Craig Robertson and 198 Marcus Goldsmith while 2 Richard Ball paraded a smart fresh example. 78 Karl Williams also returned an XJS as 222 Andy Tidmarsh and 666 Dan Lucas returned Rovers, these being a P5B and P4 respectively. Cars of the night though came from 340 Jay Atkinson who debuted a nice P5B, a DS420 Hearse was in the hands of 272 Gaz Murrell and 303 Brian Cope campained a meaty 420G. The aforementioned Atkinson and Ball joined a list of 75 Jim O'Brien, 192 Andy Fleming, 550 Davy Sinclair and 83 Lloyd Isherwood who all deserve a mention for going that little bit further with the paint and prep while in my eyes 252 John Wibberley and 3 Gary Doyle were the smartest of the night.
 Three straight heats were run first and 24 cars emerged for a lively first encounter. 11 Steve Matthews wiped 372 Martin Scully out before a pile went into turn 4, 774 Matthew Sill wasting 152 James Dillon well only to take a roof bender himself after 53 Phil Stevens was fired hard into him by Williams. On the opposite bend 449 Mark Thomas followed in the luckless Stevens after he had recovered from his earlier mishap, leader 51 John Worstencroft then removing 169 Smelly before the rapid 58 Martin Dalton did like wise to Atkinson. The Bristol man was then however lunged in by Williams, 514 Paul Woods then taking 352 Nick Hird out only to take similar treatment soon afterwards from 51 Wusty. The latter though was to be followed into the strandard Stevens by the lively Williams which allowed Dalton to come through for his first win of the night from Williams and Atkinson, Wusty recovering for fourth.
 Heat 2 produced 29 cars and had a lively start when 189 John Poulton got some air time on the back straight banking as 410 Alex McBain went in hard on Murrells hearse, 150 Mr Lazy then steaming 170 Darren Teal though it was on the centre as 410 Loverat came under attack from 409 Carlos Pears. The Leveller was then dealt a further blow when turned round by 318 Wilf Speak as Poulton was shoved up the banking yet again by the pack. Wilf then fired up the back of the 420g before Kirkbride was walled on the top bend as 451 Willie Blackwell followed 316 Andy Cushion into the luckless Poulton. 512 Allan Woods removed 194 Des Marsh from the running as 559 Mike Jones was spun across the track leaving 18 Rob Speak no where to go but into his door leaving the Bristol man in some distress. Credit to Speak though who was straight out of his car to get the race stopped, 559 regretably having to be carted away in the ambulance, hopefully nothing serious and our best wishes go to Mike. Before flags came out though 294 Nigel Ashley had time to use his 740 Volvo by follow in 37 Phil Woskett as the race was declared the way of 318 Wilf in front of team mate Pears and 310 Eno following him over the line.
 The 23 car third heat kicked off with 383 Andy Chisolm spinning internet guru 307 Ed Fahey onto the centre as before 70 Simon Needle followed in 688 Wayne Morphet. The Barrow young gun then taking more punishment thanks to a head on from 774 Silly as 16 Rob Howard felt the sharpe end of 270 Matthew Rogerson. Atkinson did 38 Huckle and 141 Dan Steele blasted 234 Darryl Edwards while 213 Marc Watkins crashed 372 Scully. 16 Pob ran in 11 Yeti as Huckle hooked 787 Garry Perry out on opposite as 270 Rog put himself in. Huckles on opposite antics cost him when he was blasted by 213 Woka and headed on by Scully, Woka though then being wrecked by 502 John Wallace. Scully was done also, the PRI man copping it from Atkinson as a result as 431 Dean Steele introduced Rog to the armco and Scully turned it round looking for the big one, Atkinson only to happy to oblige with a mental head on, the P5 unbeliveably backing off while Scully jumped out with a thumbs up and straight over to shake his attackers hand, Quality stuff!! Meanwhile 383 Chis had taken the win with 383 Paul Adams and 502 Hoagy the only other finishes in that order.
 The main race was next, 34 starters make up the grid and 22 Dave Vincent lead the field away with 3 Doyle alongside him. At the drop of the flags 05 Carlos Perez fired straight up 617 Jack Overy, the latter pounded more when he had Doyle buried into him by 470 Pete Corbett. 74 Mark Shaw took out 151 Tom Terry while 120 Shane Brown delivered a hard blow to 295 Graham Heywood, Overy then renewing aquiantances with 158 Shane Davies by way of a t-bone before defending champ 41 Willie Skoyles was put up the banking and out of the race on the back straight. 243 Dougie Thompson took 147 Andy Davies in on the entrance bend as 384 John Golden t-boned Doyle who then backed out into the traffic to be greeted by Terry who obliterated him in fine style with a mammoth package. Unbelivebly though not one marshall came to check on the Scotsman who was left in his motor for at least 5 minutes before extracting himself from his wreckage. Meanwhile elsewhere 75 The Menace walled Dutchman 259 Geert Roubroeks as 231 Trev Whelan hit Corbett over the front wheel and 60 Wayne French t-boned 550 Stripit. It was left to 355 Mark Simmonds to romp away with his third big win of the year and for the second year running that the Wimbledon World Champ has won the Champion of Champions event. 348 Sonny Sherwood and Clelland followed him home, the triple champ celebrating by putting Corbett away.
 Two half car heats followed which were open to all available cars, 515 Stephen Woods got the 35 car first one underway by doing Fahey as Loverat crashed 666 Graham Charnley and 450 Glyn Platts steamed Wusty. Williams then stuck to 19 Joe Mullarkey and 515 Woods felt the wall thanks to 294 Ashley but was soon to bounce back by laying into 37 Fizz. 18 Speak removed Mullarkey and Platts gave 352 Nick Hird the same treatment, the latter then hitting the armco thanks to the lively Speak as Dalton took his second win of the night, Speak and Pears following him over the white line.
 The final heat saw 38 cars grid, 06 Zippy following in 57 Alan Odge before 175 Gary Mallinson buried 12 Paul Deane into 49 Billy King as 60 The Ferret weighed into Rog. The latter took more punishment when Atkinson was fired into him by 252 McWibbs before 175 Mallo continued his lively spell by running Perez into Hoagy. The Menace rolled on the back straight which brought out the yellows, 920 James Medley leading the restart away in which 149 Paul Gore buried Ball, 119 Davy Cox doing like wise to 751 Steve Thacker as Eno powered the limo up the back of Hoagy, The Scotsman taking more of the same soon afterwards from 312 Greig Cheeseman as Perry flattened 431 Deano on the home straight. We then had a batch of the yellows after 119 Cruncher had lost his wheel, soon underway again with Thompson dishing out a steam to Eno before Isherwood felt the force of 13 Malc Gilbert. 194 Marsh took 259 Limbo in while 70 The Needle went against the flow to give Clelland the bone only to be wasted by a hard shot from Overy. Medley had meanwhile kept out in the lead with Vincent and Overy his placemen, Clelland seeing the race out by treating Isherwood to a bone.
 The All in final into DD had 32 cars on track and those waiting for the DD on the centre, the action kicked off early as Limbo took Isherwood in, Loverat kept the fued going by leathering 141 Dan Steele as Stevens came under attack from 407 Jason Mitchell and Blackwell did Clelland. By now it was kicking off on the centre as 407 Wak set about Stevens, Fizz t-boned Chis with considerable force before Nigel Ashley sorted Marsh. Clelland was then on the recieving end of Fleming and Lightbown while Platts did Stevens on the nose and Isherwood piled into Clelland before meeting Platts on the nose. Smelly placed a hit on Lightbown and 57 Oggie steamed Fizz before Limbo was planted into the Northampton star sideways on. Smelly pounded Gilbert before the two met in a meaty head on, Gilbert firing back though sadly only to hit the Mk1 in the door. Simmonds meanwhile rounded off his night with his second win from Mushy and Speak before we now went into the death, Simmonds celebrating his win by disposing of Wilf as Fleming took succesive t-bones from Murrell and Cope's 420g. Speak jacked down Corbetts Estate well as Simmonds hooked out 11 Yeti, the latter also copping one over the front wheel from Speak. Simmonds now fired Medley head on into Speak only to be steamed by Fizz who was done in turn by Andy Davies. The latter gave the Wild Boy another large portion soon afterwards before Lightbown fired into the Hearse, Vincent then blasting 164 Chas Knowles with Wilf doing Fizz. Vincent hooked Yeti out and Wilf buired Gilbert up the banking as Fizz destroyed the DS.  Now only Vincent and Yeti left, The RDC man scored first with one over the front wheel, Vincent pounding him further before destroying him with a stunning length of the straight shot. The National Champion duly backed off to claim the win, ending a cracking night, maybe only a little down on last year but certainly not by much. Well done to 355 Mark Simmonds who rounded off a great year with victory in the feature race to add to his Figure of 8 and Spedeworth Worlds.

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Wimbledon, 10th November, 2002 Unlimited Banger World Final
A great turnout of 105 motors for personally my first World Final at the superbly appointed Wimbledon Stadium. Visitors as expected flocked from all over the UK but also Belguim and America. As is the case with this meeting usually, most cars were Mk2's but there were a few exceptions including a 240 Volvo and Mk3. Onto the better stuff though the best of the Mk2's on show were the three limos of 28 Ozzie, 811 Pete Winter and 72 Des Wood while 218 Lee Clelland had a Minster. 172 Bernie and 264 MarkWelland both had Mk1's with 51 Wusty and 05 Carlos Perez both campaining Coupe's but top draw was 88 Speedy who had another Mk3 Hearse. 7 Jags were present which included an XJ40 for 471 Anthony Oak, a Series 2 for 297 Martin Tappenden and a well used Series 1 for 349 Steve Copland. Two Merc's were also on show, 54 Winnie debuting a tidy Fintail 220 and 260 Mr Mag a 190, the latters the first of its kind to be raced in fact. 57 Dino showed up with a 280c while 294 Lee Hughes provided a Crown while two Crown Customs came from 670 Tricky and 201 The Rev, the latters a coupe. Last but not least is the sole Yank of 368 Spudgun with an Oldsmobile Delta while we've got to mention, 726 Retard Roy in a Bluebird Estate, respect!
 Also a worthy mention on the absolute top quality paint and preparation on the cars tonight, massive effort by all drivers and nigh on impossible to pick out a smartest car.
 Two last chance qualifying heats were first up with 29 coming out for the first one, 308 Mark Cooper was first to show by hitting The Rev's Coupe as 38 Alan Huckle got himself caught up on a tyre. 549 Billy King then drove himself up the back of 732 Nort with the latter also getting done by 536 Annette Nicholls moments later. 733 Carl Picton planted 148 Shorty into the wires as Cooper attacked 6 the Good Lord. Picton then had Huckle out before the luckless Northampton driver was hit by Nicholls while elsewhere 25 Tombo fenced 55 Freddie James only to put himself in as a result while 53 Garmo took a shot from 777 Luffy. The latter though put himself in a lap later as 143 Shaun Copland took 401 Ian Phillips in on his way to victory.
 The second last chancer drew 31 cars to the grid and got underway with Bernie going in on the scoreboard bend as 216 Buzzer gave 383 Chiz a shot and 128 Joe Warner caught a post on the back straight. 363 James Bulley then put 917 John Millen in as 194 Cecil introduced 401 Psycho to a post before Mr Mag pulled off a superb follow in on 10 Paul Whiteman, getting some serious airtime and wrecking the 10 estate well. Bernie then fired Buzzer in hard as 576 Stan Jackson went in unaided and 72 Wood powered his limo into 647 Mr V via the passenger doors. After doing two laps on against the flow Oak hit Millen by way of a t-bone only to be repaid with a head on. Millen then got double pay back by way of a t-bone which pushed the 471 Jag into the oncoming traffic. The mobster though didnt have it all his own way as 384 Goldie powered hard up the back of him only for the Motley Krew man to be done himself courtesy of  287 Gizmo. 27 Dale Hughes had meanwhile taken victory.
 Next up was the one, the big one, the 2002 Championship of the World. 41 Willie Skoyles was paraded before the main parade lap, a nice touch with him not getting his lap of honour at last years event. Once the drivers parade lap was over which included 206 Kingy appearing in the buff, 670 Tricky and 811 Winter had been drawn on the front row in a first 4 which included a Hearse and limo. 41 qualifiers gridded and as the race got on the pace 137 Andy Huelin was the first to be guided into a post by the pack as a pile up quickly formed on the scoreboard bend. 617 Jack Overy removed Tricky from the early running as Skoyles hit 282 Lee Treasurer and Overy removed another one, 294 Stuntman his victim this time. Skoyles had the luckless Treasurer out as 162 Brett Ellacott used his immaculate Jag to steam 18 Rob Speak. Treasurer though bounced back with a superb follow in of Wustys Coupe which snapped off well though caught fire as it went in, the Buxton driver thankfully escaping OK in what was a close one. Stuntman had also meanwhile been buried into the stricken coupe before the flames with the reds coming straight out soon afterwards. Leader at this point was 355 Mark Simmonds and he lead the 17 car restart away, King doing the stationary Vole of 63 Mike van den Berghe on the nose only to be steamed by Welland who was then done in turn by 45 Simon Tabinor. Simmonds then fired 119 Cruncher in before Skoyles had Overy out and Hughes powered into Berghe. 120 Shane Brown spun Treasurer round as Simmonds motored onto victory with considerble ease, Brown and Skoyles following him home, the latter doing really well considering he started from the back of the grid. King saw the action out by giving Welland a t-bone on oppo.
 After the fireworks display two half car heats were run, the first one bringing out 30 cars and kicked off fireworks on the pit bend as Psycho followed in Nort well, getting the 732 car so far through the wires and wrecking it well. Ian Phillips then t-boned 342 Potty as 46 Maverick wasted Psycho with a hard shot. Mav was himself blown up big time though by Bernie as Winnie took 179 Stu Nightingale into the ensuing pile up. Cecil followed Phillips into it, the latter then being done again by 211 Barry Franklin who was wasted inturn by 4 Wildy. 439 Danny Sutton then did the former who was given a shot by 55 James as 27 Hughes weighed in on Potty with a solid shot. It then quietened down after this with only 5 running and Overy took the win to end a superb race.
 It was one less of 40 for the second half heat, Mr V the first to show by t-boning 924 Matt Millens estate as Gizmo hit Spudguns Yank over the front wheel. Brown then attacked Goldie before it was Bluebird Estate on Oldsmobile Delta as Retard run Spudgun in. The reds then appeared for a driver on the scoreboard bend, Treasurer getting the restart underway by spinning Huckle onto the centre, 262 Buster then steamed the new World Champ well as 917 Millen hit Buzzer. A pile up formed on the scorebend yet again as Tricky steamed 245 Jack France, Brown then wiping 670 out as Simmonds t-boned Wood, warping the limo in style. Gizmo came under attack from John Millen as Simmonds hit Treasurer and the Good Lord steamed the unlucky Gizmo. Welland then picked up Brown and followed him in well, getting some airtime in the process and wrecking the 120 estate well which sparked up on impact but the west country star was able to exit all OK. Ellacott avenged that hit though with a hard shot on Welland as Trikcy stuck to 61 Karl Totham and Ellacott steamed Warner on oppo as Overy took his second wn of the night.
 With the fireworks dispaly in the middle of the meeting, the Saloon final still to come and the night drawing on the promotion decided to beat the 11pm curfew and cancell the DD, a poor decision in most peoples eyes but it had already been a top quality night, top atmosphere with most people agreeing to this being the best world final in recent years. Congratulations to 355 Simmonds on a great win.
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Arena Essex, 3rd November, Firecracker XI
Top scribe the Steamer makes his Crash Zone debut here with the Firecraker report. Cheers to Iain for doing us the report and also so that I could lay back and just enjoy the day! Ta Iain

Before the report we have also included the car list for you all to have a look at or should I say drool at!

2 Billy Lee Rover P5B Coupe
3 Terry Peacock Jaguar XJ Series 3
7 Stuart Wilson Volvo 740 Estate
19 Dave Edwards Rover P5 Coupe
20 Dave Palmer Jaguar XJ Series 3
23 Bernie French Humber Super Snipe
24 Paul Sammut Rover P5B
35 Keith Perren Daimler DS420 Limo
47 Andy Davies Ford Granada Mk2 Hearse
49 Billy King Ford Granada Mk2 Limo
66 Steve Lee Rover P5B
69 Terry Watkinson Vauxhall Cresta PC
93 Rob Chiddle Jaguar XJ Series 4
99 Richard Ahern Jaguar XJ Series 3
101 Garry Deacon Daimler DS420 Hearse
102 Mark Deacon Buick Apollo
106 Clyde Williams Plymouth Fury III
107 Mark Christmas Jaguar XJ Series 3*
117 Tony Green Lincoln Millennium Town Car Limo
128 Joe Warner Austin 3 Litre
129 Simon Warner Austin A110 Westminster
135 Clayton Meffen Rolls Royce Silver Spirit
146 Allan Trickett Pontiac Tempest
152 Rob Broughton (DNR) Chevy Celebrity
158 Shane Davies Ford Granada Mk2 Limo
175 Steve Thompson Jaguar XJ Series 3
181 Pete Smith (DNR) Volvo 740 Estate
193 Frank Skinner Rover P5B
203 Darren Nash Oldsmobile 98 Coupe
208 Jimmy Randall Jaguar XJ Series 3
214 Tony Abrehart Jaguar XJ Series 3
231 Tony Broughton Lincoln Continental MkVI Coupe
235 Jason Randall Mercury Monarch
277 Gary Staples Rover P5B Coupe*
287 Jason Mills Rover P5 Coupe*
290 Jason McMahon Rover P5B
297 Paul Chapman Oldsmobile Cutlass Cruiser Estate
AM300 Paul Stern Mercedes 180 Bubble
308 Mick Bradbury Volvo 740 Estate
311 Paul Harden Ford Granada Mk2 Limo
312 Greig Cheeseman Wolseley 6/90
317 Brad Theaker Chevy Camaro
322 Mark Rowland Chevy Caprice Classic
328 Paul Wilkes Daimler DS420 Limo
333 Danny Webb AMC Rambler SST*
338 Lee Claydon Austin FX4 Taxi
345 Craig Hewitt Rover P5B
348 Sonny Sherwood Jaguar XJ Series 3
356 Luke Radley Lincoln Town Car Limo
372 Martin Scully Jaguar XJ Series 2
398 Andy Chapman Jaguar XJ Series 3*
401 Mark Newman Daimler 250
411 Gareth Robertson Volvo 240 Estate
428 Phil Rumsey Ford Granada Mk2 Limo
442 Malcolm Fuller Jaguar XJ Series 4
449 Amanda Harris Mercedes 450
455 Mick Holmes Mk10 Jaguar
462 Kevin Elmore Jaguar XJ Series 3
471 Terry Freakes Jaguar XJ Series 4
490 Ian Knight (DNR) Jaguar XJ Series 4
496 Glenn Alexander Cadillac Fleetwood
497 Gary Haskell Jaguar XJ Series 3
500 Billy Wenham Mk10 Jaguar
511 Glen Buxton Daimler DS420 Limo
532 Paul Lawes Jaguar XJ Series 4
547 Tony McNeil Ford Granada Mk2 Limo
560 Steve Ward Jaguar XJ Series 2
577 Mick Thornhill Rover P4
588 Paul Jones (DNR) Rover P4
589 Simon Smith Jaguar XJ Series 3
600 Paul Bridgeman Jaguar XJ Series 3 RDC
601 Twan Balissen Jaguar XJ Series 3 CAMSO
604 Mark Mitchell Austin A135 Princess Ambulance SAA
611 Glenn Peetermans Jaguar XJ Series 3 CAMSO
614 Dave Harris Jaguar XJ Series 3 CMS
621 Brett Fry Humber Super Snipe Smallfield
623 Rob Joyce (DNR) Cadillac Coupe De Ville RDC
624 Brian Dunn Mercedes 250 CMS
630 Eric Raats Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme CAMSO
633 Chris Reed Jaguar XJ Series 3 Ringwood
639 Steve Moore Cadillac Seville RDC
644 Piers Turner Daimler DS420 Limo RDC
651 Justin Woolner Daimler DS420 Limo TSR
652 Ashley Riley Oldsmobile Cutlass Coupe Smallfield
660 John Byng Jaguar XJ Series 3 SAA
661 Pete Singleton Daimler DK400 Limo Warton
662 Ian Franklin Jaguar XJ Series 3 RDC
663 Stuart Scarlett Jaguar XJ Series 3 TSR
665 Didier Callewaert Jaguar XJ Series 1 CAMSO
669 Frankie Whitelock Mercury Grand Marquis CAMSO
674 Paul Coker Daimler DS420 Hearse RDC
677 Terry Wood Ford Granada Mk2 Limo RDC
688 Wayne Morphet Jaguar XJ Series 3 Barrow
692 Cliff Harvey Ford Granada Mk2 Limo RDC
701 Arne Evertson (DNR) Cadillac Seville Limo CAMSO
703 Garry King Austin FX4 Taxi CMS
710 Mike Howard Jaguar XJ Series 3 TSR
712 Rob Kokx Jaguar XJ Series 3 CAMSO
726 Jamie Marsh (DNR) Mercedes 450 Spedeworth
731 Andy Nicholls Austin 3 Litre Spedeworth
733 Kevin McClagish Chevy Caprice Estate Spedeworth
741 Dan Steele Rolls Royce Silver Shadow Barrow
744 Mickey Dent Rolls Royce Silver Shadow SAA
753 Billy Cunningham Lincoln Town Car Limo Spedeworth
754 Dave Nichols Rolls Royce Silver Shadow SAA
755 Paul Bowen Humber Super Snipe Hearse TSR
757 Johan van Rysselberghe Dodge Coronet CAMSO
761 James Perry Jaguar XJ Series 4 Bryn Bach
764 Steve Spall Rover P5B Spedeworth
766 Damian Todd Jaguar XJ Series 3 CMS
772 Simon Byrne Jaguar XJ Series 2 Spedeworth
779 Colin Coker Jaguar XJ Series 4 RDC
784 Mark Harding (DNR) Chrysler Newport Custom Coupe Smallfield
787 Elliott Finnie Daimler DS420 Limo Smallfield
795 Graham Heywood Jaguar XJ Series 3* Buxton
800 Dan Kirkbride Jaguar XJ Series 3 Barrow
803 Gareth Woolven Rover P4 Smallfield
808 Evert Dijk Oldsmobile Regency CAMSO
810 Alex McBain Jaguar XJ Series 3 Barrow
811 Barry Franklin Daimler DS420 Hearse RDC
812 Tom Reynolds Volvo 240 Estate RDC
822 Nick Allam Volvo 240 Estate Smallfield
824 Micky Dunn Jaguar XJ Series 3 CMS
828 Neill Osborne Volvo 240 Estate Spedeworth
837 Pete Glover Rover P4 CMS
841 Ricky Williams Jaguar XJ Series 4 RDC
847 Mark Burbridge Ford Granada Mk2 Limo RDC
850 Dan Hollingsworth Jaguar XJ Series 3 RDC
858 Mark Trowbridge Daimler DS420 Limo RDC
866 Dan Hesse Rover P5B CAMSO
880 Anthony Pemberthy Jaguar XJ Series 3 RDC
883 Emmerson Fairweather Rover P5 TSR
885 Morice Katier Cadillac Fleetwood Limo CAMSO
892 Mark Marchant Jaguar XJ Series 4 RDC
898 Ralph Carpenter Volvo 240 Estate Smallfield
905 Andreas Vettermann Mercedes 450* CAMSO
911 Graeme Shilling Mercedes 450 RDC
I914 Paul Woods Ford Granada Mk2 Limo Warton
921 Nigel Riley Cadillac Coupe De Ville Smallfield
922 Mark Saunders Oldsmobile Regency TSR
924 Matt Millen Bentley S1 RDC
946 Mark Johns Jaguar XJ Series 3 Incarace
947 Martin Butts Rover P5B RDC
959 Aaron Keoghan Ford Granada Mk2 Hearse SAA
964 Sean Winchester Jaguar XJ Series 3 RDC
970 Scott Lupton Chrysler New Yorker RDC
971 Dean Goodall Cadillac Fleetwood RDC
975 Jan Merkx Jaguar XJ Series 3 CAMSO
990 Jan Verhoeven Ford LTD CAMSO
991 Paul Pentecost Jaguar XJ Series 3 Smallfield
993 Kelvin Wyatt Daimler DS420 Hearse RDC
998 Sam Topley Jaguar XJ Series 2 RDC

152 cars turned out for this year’s Cracker with visitors in attendance from all over the UK & Europe as is the norm. We enclose a full material list for your delectation but breaking it down there were 48 XJs including a series one for Belgian 665 Brutus, 31 Yanks ranging from 152 Rob Broughton’s diminutive Chevy Celebrity to the huge Millennium edition Lincoln Town Car limo of 117 Ribbs & an amazing 13 P5 Rovers of which all but two were fresh. Additionally there were 11 DS420s of which just 4 were hearses, 9 Mk2 Granada limos & 6 Mercs including a rated bubble 180 from Mobster 300 Paul Stern. The Rover P4 raised 4 as did the Rolls Royce marque & this included a Silver Spirit from 135 Clayton Meffen which was the first one ever as far as we are aware. There were 3 Super Snipes including 755 Paranoid’s epic hearse with the Mk2 Granada hearse, FX4 taxi, Austin 3 Litre & Mk10 Jag each 2 strong. Other vintage included a PC Cresta, A110 Westy, Wolzy 6/90 & Daimler 250 with star cars from 924 Matt Millen with a Bentley S1, 661 Singy with a DK400 limo & 604 Mr Happy with an A135 Princess ambulance. Completing the line-up were 8 Voles which continue to be allowed despite the fact that you can race them at any national spec meeting at Arena while the big Japs (which you can’t use normally) remain on the ban list. Baffling. Mr Happy annexed the smart car award for the second year running from Singy & Brutus.
The opening event was a non-contact Cadillac v Rolls Royce race for the benefit of the press which included Ribbs’ Lincoln! Despite the ruling 496 Glenn Alexander (Fleetwood) & Meffen managed to put themselves up the blocks as 754 Furry Dave won in his Silver Shadow from the similarly mounted 741 Dan Steele & 639 Peanut’s Seville.

Result: Furry Dave, Steele, Peanut, 744 Mickey Dent, 921 Nutty Nige, Alexander,
885 Mr Cumshot, Ribbs

The opening race proper saw just 22 cars on the grid, the numbers down as a result of the 46 drivers who failed to honour their booking. 66 Steve Lee (P5) met 692 Cliff Harvey’s Mk2 limo on the nose early doors as 644 the Wheezel (DS420 limo) ran in the similarly mounted 35 Keith Perren before 757 Johan van Rysselberghe (Coronet) & 795 Havoc (XJ) piled into the ensuing melee. 975 Jan Merkx (XJ) went off the head driving against the flow on the back straight & meeting 338 Lee Claydon’s cab on the nose which decimated the latter despite only ripping a wheel off the Jaguar. The Wheezel gave Harvey a storming T-bone on oppo which earnt him the best hit award while 106 Clyde Williams (Fury) attacked van Rysselberghe & then fired up the back of 733 Mad Mouse’s Caprice Estate which surprisingly killed the Plymouth. 812 Mr Turbo in his favoured Vole 240 Estate put 2 Billy Lee’s P5 away & then steamed him for good measure as 442 Malc Fuller won in an immaculate XJ40 from welcome returnee 158 Shane Davies (Mk2 limo) & the Vole 740 Estate of 7 Bertie.

Result: Fuller, Davies, Bertie, Turbo, 398 Andy Chapman, Billy Lee N/O/F

21 for the second heat with 946 Mark Johns (XJ) putting 577 Mick Thornhill’s P4 & himself in as Brutus attacked 905 Randy Andy’s Merc with similar consequences. Ribbs did 69 Terry Watkinson’s Cresta & 841 Ricky Williams (XJ40) walled Brutus before 102 Mark Deacon in the Apollo buried the big Lincoln setting it up for the bone from a recovered Brutus & then 880 Chancey (XJ). However the latter was promptly wasted by 651 Justin Woolner’s DS420 limo as 287 Yo Yo (P5) went in on the stranded Ribbs who hit back with a big head-on which earnt him the award for this race, Steele the recipient. 348 Mushy (XJ) won from Williams & 20 Dave Palmer who was also XJ mounted.

Result: Mushy, Williams, Palmer, 847 Ginger, 500 Billy Wenham, Johns, 290 Tramp, Steele N/O/F

Up to 26 for heat 3 with Leveller 800 Dog End Dan (XJ) following 959 Aaron Keoghan’s Mk2 hearse in from the off which allowed 858 Mark Trowbridge (DS420 limo) to finish it only to take a package from 345 Chewy’s P5 in turn. This triggered a pile-up on the top bend as 322 Rolly (Caprice) attacked 560 Action Man (XJ) & the impressive Dog End Dan buried 991 Paul Pentecost (XJ) into 630 Mr Pino’s Cutlass. 850 Odd Job (XJ) hit the similarly mounted 208 Jimmy Randall & 455 Frankie (Mk10) blasted 312 Rattie in the 6/90 only to feel the force of 532 Paul Lawes’ immaculate XJ40. Undaunted he continued with a shot on 911 Graeme Shilling’s Merc as 652 Ace Ash in a Cutlass gave Trowbridge a fierce T-bone. 779 Gizmo (XJ40) thundered into the pile-up on the top bend which blocked it completely & Lawes latched onto Action Man taking them both in only for the former to feel the force of 883 Emmo’s P5. Action Man bounced back & tried to win it the hard way doing Randall & 669 Mad Frankie’s Mercury against the flow before stopping leader 761 James Perry (XJ40) with a head-on but the Welshman held on to win with 128 Joe Warner (Austin 3 Litre) second. Action Man was given third but more importantly he picked up the best hit award & a round of applause from the crowd after a truly superb performance.

Result: Perry, Warner, Action Man, Randall N/O/F

Heat 4 was 30 strong & began with a bang as 129 Simon Warner in the Westy ran 674 Giggler’s DS420 hearse straight in while Mr Cumshot (Fleetwood limo) enjoyed a head-on with 297 Paul Chapman’s Cutlass Estate. 828 Ozzie (Vole Estate) went in on 922 Mark Saunders (Regency) similarly as Nutty Nige (Coupe De Ville) attacked Mr Cumshot & Warner met 660 John Byng (XJ) on the nose. 203 Gnasher (98 Coupe) treated Warner to a head-on in turn as 808 Diekie (Regency) hit Nutty Nige & paid for it with a package from 964 Sean Winchester (XJ). 611 White Boy (XJ) rolled the Super Snipe of 23 Roughneck impressively on the pit bend as Nutty Nige finished Warner & Winchester T-boned 356 Luke Radley’s Lincoln limo. Nutty Nige now enjoyed a big head-on with White Boy on the top bend as 753 Billy Cunningham (Lincoln limo) went the wrong way to T-bone Radley, a hit which was avenged a couple of moments later as Winchester buried 19 Mr Plastengrave’s P5 heavily into Mr Cumshot after the local man had attacked Gnasher. 175 Tomo won in an XJ with 764 Spally’s P5 second & Gnasher third, Winchester burying Spally on the run-down lap to vindicate his claim for the best hit award.

Result: Tomo, Spally, Gnasher, Winchester N/O/F

Another 30 for the penultimate heat with 146 Al Trickett’s gorgeous Tempest running Mr Happy in straight away which tore the passenger side out of the frail ambulance. 710 Mad Dog (XJ) then ran Singy into the back of Trickett pushing him further into Mr Happy as 787 Elliott Finnie (DS420 limo) enjoyed a head-on with 277 Booty whose P5 did this meeting last year. 993 Kelvin Wyatt (DS420 hearse) attacked 471 Terry Freakes (XJ40) & Dent went on the offensive in his Roller T-boning 970 Scott Lupton’s New Yorker & then Mad Dog who was lucky to escape injury when he was knocked off the car while exiting, 892 Mark Marchant (XJ) planting Booty into the warped 710 Jag. Lupton now did 810 Rugrat (XJ) on oppo as Marchant continued with a T-bone on Booty before 328 Wilkie (DS420 limo) T-boned the Leveller only to take a head-on from Silent Hero 614 Dave Harris (XJ) as a result. Booty now hooked out the leading Furry Dave who took time out to repay his assailant before rejoining & going on to win, a class manoeuvre if ever I saw it. 633 Reedy (XJ) was second with 193 Frank Skinner’s P5 third, Rugrat doing Booty on the run-down lap which set the latter up for a further shot from Furry Dave. Trickett picked up the best hit award which was harsh on Dent.

Result: Furry Dave, Reedy, Skinner, Rugrat, Wyatt, Harris N/O/F

The heavens opened before the last heat of 23 cars which began with 231 Tony Broughton (Continental) hitting 308 Bradders (Vole Estate) as Alexander wasted the unlucky 731 Andas (Austin 3 Litre) on the back straight, the Spedeworth star very much a sitting duck having failed to start when the flag dropped. Alexander continued by taking 621 Wingnut (Super Snipe) & himself in as 914 Paul Woods (Mk2 limo) obliterated Paranoid’s Snipe hearse with a stunning shot on the pit bend. Wingnut hit back by meeting 24 Paul Sammut’s P5 on the nose as 837 the Fox (P4) T-boned 971 Dean Goodall’s Fleetwood while 712 Mr Knox (XJ) set about 547 the Baby Faced Assassin’s Mk2 limo. 772 Bernie (XJ) T-boned the luckless Paranoid as Peanut did Woods taking both men in while Sammut saw to Broughton setting the latter up for a T-bone from the Fox. 688 Wayne Morphet (XJ) was making the running but still used the front bumper to good effect burying Peanut who was subsequently done by Wingnut(!) as was Mr Knox. However Peanut bounced back with a shot on Broughton who also came under fire from Mr Knox before the Fox steamed the latter in turn. Wingnut felt the force of 898 Ralphie’s Vole Estate as Morphet continued to mix it, steaming Ralphie before taking a head-on from the Fox & a shot from the Bear. Peanut was still going & set about Ralphie as the Fox lit up, Morphet holding on for a superb full contact victory from Peanut & Wingnut. Mr Knox took the best hit award which was harsh on Woods (whose shot on Paranoid was much the hit of the race), Wingnut & the Fox, the latter duo both turning in top drawer wrecking displays.

Result: Morphet, Peanut, Wingnut N/O/F

Into the first of two consis with Watkinson & Randy Andy flying over the blocks early doors as Steve Lee followed 93 Rob Chiddle’s XJ40 in with assistance from Mad Mouse. 511 Glen Buxton (DS420 limo) steamed the latter in turn as 947 Butty (P5) set about 101 Garry Deacon’s DS420 hearse only to feel the force of 663 Stu Scarlett’s XJ as a result. Van Rysselberghe did Lee & paid for it with a shot from Roughneck before the reds came out for a driver in trouble though we know not who. It can’t have been too serious however as we were soon back in business with Perren attacking Radley & Stern burying Thornhill before 449 Loopy Lu (Merc) set about the Mobster only to take a storming shot from Buxton who was leading at the time. A big pile-up was forming on the top bend as a result of all this; Rolly thundering in as Mad Mouse met Reedy on the nose & Ozzie walled the bubble Merc. Bernie got stuck in to Frankie & Ozzie continued with a shot on 3 Terry Peacock (XJ) only to receive a payback hit from Stern as Buxton held on to win from Frankie & Mark Deacon.   Stern saw the race out by burying Ozzie into Butty’s dead Rover as Bernie took the best hit award this time, presumably for his shot on Frankie.

Result: Buxton, Frankie, Deacon, Ozzie, Stern N/O/F

Merkx leapt over the blocks early in the second consi as Havoc stuck it to Mr Pino & Pentecost blasted the Mk2 hearse of 47 Andy Davies. 235 Jay Randall (Monarch) put a storming shot in on Emmo’s P5 as Woods stuffed 600 Paul Bridgeman (XJ) into Mr Cumshot’s Caddy while Dog End Dan continued his good form by hitting Pentecost. Yo Yo lit up on the back straight as Sammut planted Mr Pino into Cunningham’s big Lincoln at which point 998 Sam Topley’s XJ burst into flames at which point the reds came out with the race declared in favour of Sammut. Marchant & 803 Stress were the placemen with Brutus handed the best hit award when none of us had seen him attack anything!!!

Result: Sammut, Marchant, Stress, Merkx N/O/F

The inclusion of the best hit winners in the final ensured it was anything but a rod-fest with Mr Knox stuffing Morphet into Gnasher’s Olds from the off as Bertie went for a ride over the blocks. Stern finished Mr Knox moments later as Frankie met Shane Davies on the nose before Wyatt finished Stern which allowed Bernie to park in the back of the hearse. Joe Warner met Morphet head-on & Peanut jacked Furry Dave well on the home straight before Trickett elevated Tramp’s P5 in similar fashion only to feel the force of Wingnut. Reedy set about Frankie & Turbo did Wingnut before Billy Lee weighed in on the latter as Steele steamed Reedy. Trickett continued to entertain meeting Turbo head-on & then blasting Lee as a recovered Reedy ran Marchant in. Harvey met Trickett on the nose which allowed Bridgeman to pile up the back of the Pontiac as Tomo met Johns head-on before pushing Harvey head-on into the leading Mushy. Trickett managed one final head-on, Palmer the recipient as Tomo gave Bridgeman the bone & then met Reedy on the nose. Frankie was still on the move despite the state of his Mk10 & gave Reedy a big head-on which handed the race to Mushy, Reedy recovering for second with the impressive Frankie declared third as the only other car moving.

Result: Mushy, Reedy, Frankie N/O/F

Singy blasted Bertie to get the derby under way as Rolly planted himself in the back of Andy Davies while 990 Hunter (LTD) attacked Alexander’s Caddy putting them both in the wall. Woolner hit Merkx & Ace Ash T-boned Pentecost as Stress gave Harvey a stiff T-bone which brought the reds out for the latter but not before the Bear had taken a package himself from 497 Gary Haskell (XJ). Sammut put a late shot in on Stern before Harvey sadly had to be cut out of his car & it was some time before he was stretchered off. Credit to PRI who re-started the event when they could easily have declared it null & void in the circumstances; Stress walling Action Man to get things rolling again while Sammut blasted Singy. Surprise entrant Mushy hit Hunter while 822 Nicko (Vole Estate) met fellow Bear Ace Ash on the nose in a move that certainly wasn’t in the script as Woolner went head to head with Singy. Mushy put 601 Thundergod (XJ) in the wall as Hunter followed Peacock in before meeting Woolner on the nose which allowed Mushy to fire up the back of the Belgian star. Thundergod looked set to deliver a telling blow on the pit bend but got it all wrong & piled into Alexander’s dead Caddy instead giving Mushy the victory as Woolner & Hunter were running but hadn’t moved for a while. Needless to say as soon as the reds came out the latter broke free to deliver a head-on to Mushy & a shot to the DS420 but the result stood.
So ended another Cracker. PRI answered their critics this year with smaller grids in the heats resulting in fewer pile-ups but the action still came thick & fast. A decade on from the original it remains the ultimate meeting if you’re a material freak like me. Long may it continue.

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Kings Lynn, 27th October, Unlimited Bangers War of Worlds

BR-Bears
HM-Hitmen
BZ-Blooz Boyz
RB-Rebels
DI-Damage Inc
ST-Steam Team
BA-Team Black A
BB-Team Black B
BC-Team Black C
TB-Team Blitz
 48 cars turned out in the gale force winds for this years running of the War of Worlds teams at Kings Lynn. Some top visitors in attendence namely being the Hitmen and Bears from Smallfield. Some top material was on show as well, 4 Volvos were on show including a used 740 Est from BR422 Nicko, best Granadas was the Mk1 of TB364 Sean Winchester and the Coupes of Hitmen 77 Darron Austin and 238 Lozza. Amongst the 8 Jags on show we had an XJ40 from Rebel 150 Mark Smith, a series 2 and series 1 from BZ200 Noon & BC321 Andy Newton respectively plus a rated XJ Coupe from BC998 Cotty Jnr. Onto the Japs then and we start with three Crowns from BA617 Jack Overy, ST811 Pete Winter and BR521 Ace Ash, the latters a well used example. Team Blitz man 136 Clyde Williams had a 280c Estate and a 300c for team mate 484 Darren Caple. BR169 Jason Thompson had a Mazda 929 Estate while two Yanks came from BZ220 Trotter and RB443 Dave Harvey with a used Mercury Marquis and fresh Caddy Sevielle respectively.
 Heat 1 saw 23 cars take to the track, Williams getting things underway by giving BA431 Shaun Abra one over the front wheel before Trotter scored on BR129 Des Marsh and BC17 Mick Sharrod followed in Nicko. The former paid for it though with a big blitz from Ash as Noon followed in Austin well on the power station bend which caught a post and snapped the Coupe well. HM274 Giggler then went on the offensive by spinning BC478 Bandit and taking Abra in on turns 3-4 as Ash removed Trotters Mercury. Noon picked up and followed Giggler into Sharrod on the road bend, wrecking the 17 car even further as 125 Hitler took the win for the Team Black A outfit, HM312 Turbo second and ST701 Kevin Cooper third.
 Down to 19 cars for a quieter heat 2, Lozza meeting BB19 Joe Mullarkey head on to get things underway as BR321 Wingnut went in hard on his own before HM584 Sharkey went in on BA920 James Medley. Thompson then attacked TB823 Mick Murrell as Cotty set about Thompson with a t-bone and then one up the chuff. HM728 Spike steamed Murrell as BB383Chis accidentally t-boned Cotty, the latter soon recovering to do Spike, setting the expected war alight. ST172 Andy Bonsar hooked out BC159 Darren Scarrow as Winter motored onto victory from running mate 151 Justin Woolner and Overy.
 The 25 car heat 3 started with Cooper following in Thompson as the reds came out for Giggler who didnt get going at the start. Abra followed in BR421 Nutty Nige from the restart, Lozza then taking out Hitler as Giggler fired BB88 Speedy head on into Abra. BB173 Ray Sharrod then took DI157 Pigglet in as Speedy set about the Bears by walling Nige and taking Ash in but took a t-bone from Giggler as a result. The recovered Nige then gave Pigglet a roof bender as Speedy steamed Ash but was taken out by Nige moments later. The as ever well involved Nige then took a t-bone from Cotty but landed an assualted on Abra soon afterwards who recovered to meet his assailant on the nose. TB364 Sean Winchester then arrived to steam Nige well as Ash came on oppo to avenge the hit given to his Dad by Abra. Winchester took another run up at Nige and duly watsed him as Ash took BZ551 Moley out on oppo, Winchester then came round against the flow to wack Ash over the front wheel. Winchester and BA431 Shaun Abra give each other a sporting thumbs up granting them to meet in a head on, BZ205 5-Eyes then come round to power head on into Winchester who also took a t-bone from Moley. Bonsar took the win for the Steam Team as Abra give Winchester the bone on the reds.
 Heat 4 was down to 16 cars but still no let up in the action as the Hitmen/Bears v Blooz Boyz/Team Black kicked off big time on turn 2. Spike hit Noon DSU, the Blooz Boy taking more punishment from Sharkey but fought back to do Spike. Woolner pounded Marsh as Chis hit Noon who recovered to do Spike. The latter was also done head on by Medley as Noon took punsihment from a combination of Sharkey and Marsh. Mullarkey t-boned the latter as Sharkey weighed in on Noon and Marsh also did the blue jag. Mullarkey copped one over the back wheel from Sharkey as Scarrow nailed Marsh and Sharkey piled into Mullarkey again. Wingnut followed in Chis which allowed Overy to steam the Bear with Scarrow also piling in on the 321 car. Overy himself took it from Woolner though as Newton steamed Wingnut and Scarrow piled into Sharkey while elsewhere Overy spun Woolner on the home straight en-route to victory from team mate 789 Rob Taylor and ST536 Annette Nicholls, ending a superb race.
 The final was upto 24 cars as Medley turned Wingnut round at the start, Winter then doing the same to Overy as Mullarkey headed on Marsh. Lozza took out BZ211 RHB only to be done by Taylor and steamed by 5-Eyes. Overy then followed in Winter well on the road bend as ST163 Jeremy Nicholls had Hitler out and Woolner buried Medley into the infield tyres. This allowed Winter to steam the 920 car only to be done by 5-Eyes and taken out by Moley who continued to bury Cooper into Marsh. Hitler, Winter and Taylor then went in hard before 125 recovered to follow in Woolner. Moley then blitzed Chis and Overy followed Winter into the pile, wrecking Moleys Mk2 well while the yellows had finally come out for Chis who was in trouble in his car. Thankfully he emerged OK with the result declared in the favour of Turbo from Jeremy Nicholls and Cooper.
 With only the DD to go the Steam Team had all but sealed the win with them leading by a massive distance of 112 points to second place Team Black A on 38, in third place were Damage Inc on 21.
 The DD saw 15 cars return and Noon wasted Giggler straight from the off but was done well himself by Wingnut while elsewhere Thompson had met Newton in a meaty head on. The yellows came out to check on Noon who was able to walk away as Sharkey put 5-Eyes round allowing Lozza to give the Blooz Boy a roof bender. Sharkey took punishment from Medley and Overy as Turbo met RHB head on, on the centre. Taylor met Overy head on, the latter backing off to steam Sharkey and then met RHB in a meaty head on. Overy was doing all the hitting now in his hard core Crown and silenced RHB with a big portion and then steamed Sharkey well before meeting Medley head on and back off to take a full contact victory.
 With the weather the way it was on the morning of the meeting no one expected the meeting to be this good but it was a cracking meeting on the whole with the fued between the teams providing most of the days action with the Steam Team taking the expected overall team victory.
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Birmingham Wheels, 26th October, 1800cc Bangers Magacrash
3L-3 Litre
HV-Havoc
NS-Northern Steam
TB T-Bone
TM-Throttled Magazine
TW-Trash! Webzine

 A good showing of 68 cars for the annual Magacrash event, Birmingham having the honour of staging this years battle of the magazines meeting. With the limited cc material was naturally limited itself but to break the Bluebird/Capri/Cortina mold we had a Mazda 626 and Stellar from TW4 Lester Freestone and HV815 Ian Castle respectively while TM129 Shane Davies campained a BMW316. Moving up a gear now we had FSO's from 3L5 Mark Kelly, TW262 Buster Godden and HV46 Keith Painter while TM118 Jason Anslow, TW199 Phil Powell, 3L245 Jack France, HV283 Bryan Webb and HV153 Richard Martin all had the more rated Mk3 Tina.
 25 motors emerged from the gate for the first heat, TW401 Steve Hemmings getting the night underway by firing into TM771 Dean Perry whilst NS175 Gary Mallinson ran 153 Martin in but was punished by the pack as a consequence. 3L260 Keith Reynolds then steamed TB211 Barry Franklin before 4 Lester put Anslow in hard and NS179 Shaun Rushton went up the infield banking unaided. NS54 Richard Hayward ran 3L6 Mark Holdsworth in as TB119 Davy Cox performed the nights first follow in on Castle. TB22 Dave Vincent was the next to take an unintended trip up the banking before HV465 John Healey fired Lester in. The Trash man soon recovered though to take TB564 Mark Cooper into the hard shuff as 3L198 Marcus Goldsmith t-boned TB115 Gary Rose with some force. 175 Mallo put TM96 Wayne Davies in as fellow Barrowvian TM16 Rob Howard steamed HV471 Anthony Oak. 564 Coatie meanwhile took the nights first victory followed over the line by 54 Bandit and Holdsworth.
 A few less for heat 2 meant we were down to 21 cars but TW70 Simon Needle kept the action flowing by setting about 3L172 Simon Bryne before 46 Maverick spun TM263 Joe Greenway onto the centre and steamed NS36 Stephen Birkett. 172 Bernie then steamed Powell well as TM94 Richard Gover took NS295 Graham Heywood round only to put himself in hard as a result. HV425 Phil McPhilimey removed TW688 Wayne Morphet from the running as 119 Cruncher jacked 116 Richard Cooper hard on the back straight. Maverick assualted NS340 Jay Atkinson and Morphet was turned around again this time by Bernie as 3L670 Richard Flockton scooped his first win of the night, NS266 Alan Roskell and Maverick chasing him home.
 TB249 Matt Frost started Heat 3 off by delivering a head on to TW85 Shaun Barnes admist a pile up on the back straight. NS225 George Coates then attacked Vincent as Barnes was done by Rushton and HV155 Craig Boyle hit TB53 Dave Palmer by the door. France had the luckless Barnes out before 3L355 Mark Simmonds followed in TB112 Shaun Russell big time, wrecking the 112 car and snapping his own off as well. Simmonds also copping the load up treatment for his crimes. The yellows were out for 112 Sir Rusty while 10 cars lined up for the restart with TW104 Mick Siddalls leading them away. Rushton put 5 Spike in hard straight from the off as Siddalls kept out of touble to take the win and celebrated by putting 16 Pob up the banking only to be done by the recovered Spike.
 The 21 car fourth heat saw Mallo introduce 401 Psycho to the wall early on as 311 Danny Smithson steamed TB248 Mark Taylor, the latter soon bouncing back though follow in Atkinson who wasnt having the best of nights. Maverick walled TW372 Martin Scully who recovered to spin Atkinson before TB148 Ian Redden attacked Bernie. Psycho took Vincent in hard only to be fired into by Oak, Mallo then having Cruncher out as Webb did Taylor. 670 Tricky spun Mallo en-route to victory and was then punished more Taylor as Bandit followed in Smithson.
 It was 21 cars again for the fifth and final heat and 295 Havoc starting things off by getting rid of 148 Shorty as 70 the Needle followed in 3L35 Rob Joplin. Barnes then latched onto 771 Perry with TB67 Mark Wittaker also grabbing hold of the 85 car and all three going in hard, Barnes taking the brunt of the damage but the yellows appearing for Perry. 67 Sparky was disqualified from the rest of the race for taking the two in front in as Anslow got the 16 car re-run underway by putting Joplin into the armco before NS252 John Wibberley followed in TW05 Carlos Perez  and Coatie walled 266 Big Al. Havoc met Anslow on the nose as Spike t-boned Coates and was duly jacked by Healey. The latter took a shot himself from Pob though as Spike also took more punishment from Havoc. Elsewhere Joplin walled the Needle as Holdsworth won from Cruncher and Shane Davies.
 The all in final produced a good grid of 40 cars with France taking punishment right at the start courtesy of a fencing from Big Al and a t-bone from Bandit. Maverick wasted 260 Mr Mag with a firm shot as Lester followed in Joplin and Rushton hooked out Shorty. 372 Scully did Franklin as Maverick set about the Jaks R Us lads again by following 36 Turkey into Joplin. Turkey took more punishment after having Smithson buried into him by Franklin, it then turned into the 252 McWibbs show as he wasted Shorty with a big portion before dishing out a night ending shot to Rose. Cruncher took out Siddalls and ended McWibbs hitting show by taking the adopted Scotsman out on the back straight. The British Champion then hit team mate Rose's strandard motor as Holdsworth removed Havoc only to be done by the lively Cruncher. Smithson then followed in Franklin as Tricky cleaned up for the 3 Litre outfit by crossing the line first for his third win of the night from Siddalls and Holdsworth. Trickys three wins had given the formidable 3 Litre side their hatrick in this competition and they easily beat Havoc into first place by 80 points to 40. Arriving in third place were the Trash! Webzine team on 35 points.
 15 cars returned for the last crash of the night in the demo and Powell got proceedings underway by steaming Spike only to be given a head on by Turkey. Havoc then steamed Barnes as Powell did 129 Davies and was nailed by Havoc. The Buxton star though took a hit himself from Barnes before the Barford man carried onto steam Smithson but was silenced by Spike as a consequence. Webby weighed into Turkey before Scully did Havoc only to be t-boned by Webby. Spike ended Turkeys involvement in the DD as Anslow took out Havoc and the increasingly lively Webby nailed Smithsons hat on. Scully then planted one on Spike over the front wheel only to take a revenge hit from his prey moments later. Scully though was finished off after a boning from Webby, a head on from Spike and finally another shot from 283. Meanwhile Spike had t-boned Webby before the two met in a head on, the latter the only one to back off and duly take the win.
 Ending a cracking night, only the rain putting a downer on things, the drivers doing their best though with some fast racing and big shots.
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Barford Raceway, 20th October, National Bangers Ken Buckle Memorial Cup
 Unlike the Great Northern Championship dry weather greeted us for Barfords(usually)second biggest meeting of the year. A disappointing 12 cars turned out though with one visitor in the shape of 81 Andrew Benn from Millom and car of the day  going to 12 Stephen Potts who with a 200L.
 The memorial race was run as the first heat with 11 cars appearing for it. 12 Pottsy got the action underway by doing 81 Benno over the front wheel before 0 Eddy Musgrove did the same to 182 Garry Cooper(Sierra). The former then went in unaided before Benno ran Pottsy in. 507 Guy Kikpatrick(Saab 900) fenced 77 David Paterson before the latter recovered to land a massive t-bone on the 200L. 105 Darren Briggs had 49 Ron Fulbirg(Sierra Est) out before Kirkpatrick went up the back of 182 Gazza only to cop a hit from Briggs for his troubles. The latter continued to put Gazza in before meeting the spun Benno in a meaty head on. 6 Paul Musgrove then took the luckless Gazza in before getting hit over the front wheel from Briggs. Fulbirg fenced himself on the home straight and was duly steamed by the lively Briggs while 35 Mark Cummings took an untroubled ride to the flag from Briggs and Gazza with no other finishes.
 Down to 9 cars for heat 2 but Eddy Musgrove started it by taking out Kirkpatrick before Paterson t-boned Gazza. The latter bounced back to hit Eddy before Pottsy attacked Kirkpatrick. Eddy then took Gazza in only to put himself in as well as late arrival 85 Shaun Barnes ran Pottsy in only to be spun by Cummings moments later and headed on by Kirkpatrick. Briggs took out Paterson as Cummings took another win followed home by the recovered Paterson and Briggs.
 7 for the final which finally got going after Cummings had met Benno head on, Kirkpatrick then taking Pottsy out as Briggs also headed 12 on. Briggs then steamed Cummings well on the back straight only to be hit up the rear by Benno with the latter also taking a big head on from Paterson. The latter continued to steam Pottsy only to be followed in later by Kirkpatrick. Paterson though continued his lively ways and duly recovered to take Pottsy in as Kirkpatrick won from Cummings and Barnes.
 The Allcomers fielded 8 cars with Gazza in the wars at the start after being hit by Paterson and then assualted by Kirkpatrick while elsewhere Cummings and Paterson both went in on the top bend. 6 Paul then steamed Gazza only to come under attack from Cummings who fenced himself in turn. The latter recovered only to be taken out by 85 BBB as Pottsy hit Paul Musgrove and BBB then went against the flow the attack Benno with a large one over the front wheel, the Millom man also coming under attack from Cummings and then take a further two head on's from his attackers. BBB took out Gazza as he passed only to be silenced by Kirkpatrick who went onto win from Cummings as the only two finishes.
 Again it was a case, of how it has been at many domestics this year, that action on track overuled the car turnout with an enjoyable session and a good days racing.
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Millom, 13th October, Unlimited Bangers Millom Open

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15 Cars in total for the 3rd running of the Millom Open and there was plenty of variety , mostly used though. A fresh Wedge for 33 Lee Mackreth , Rover 800 for 51 Tony McClure and a pair of fresh Grannies for The Maginnis brothers 711 Graham and 712 Billy were the pick of the bunch with the returned XJ40 of 325 Mark "Demo" Dempster from the night before's Barrow Unlimited being the top mount.

Heat 1 drew 13 cars and began with 711 Graham hitting the inner banking before recovering only to have his passenger door ripped off by a T-Bone from 51 McClure's Rover. 3 Jason Preston (7 SeriesVole) wasted 265 Ian "Waldo" Wallace's Belmont after the youngster, in his first adult race , had waved him in .325 Demo had his Xj40 rolled by a combined effort from 376 Taffy Bromley (used Mk2) and 50 Jamie Latham (used Capri) with Taffy then taking a hit from the lively Preston. From the restart 478 Chris "Chucker" Spiers (used Capri) spun out 302 Esther Kirkbride (used Saab). Meanwhile , Mackreth was boiling up and  540 Tom Metcalfe (Rover SD1) planted him into 98 Michael Wilson (used Celica) who also boiled up at this point! 478 Chucker took the win.
Result : 478 Spiers , 302 Kirkbride , 51 McClure , 711 Maginnis , 540 Metcalfe , 33 Mackreth 712 Maginnis , 98 Wilson

Heat 2 also drew 13 cars , with some changes, 557 Drew Turner (used Mk1 Cav) and 139 Dave "Dinger" Bell (used P100 pick-up) making their first appearances. 540 Mini Moose and 711 Maginnis were early casualties , taking each other out and 51 McClure was also a spinner early on . 33 Mackreth chased 478 Chucker for a few laps finally catching and spinning him , only to cop a portion from 712 Maginnis which finished the Wedge's day. 3 Preston slapped 711 Maginnis and 325 Demo did his brother 712 as 557 Drew took an untroubled win.
 Result : 557 Turner , 478 Chucker , 51 McClure , 712 Maginnis , 325 Demo , 376 Taffy , 3 Preston , 33 Mackreth

The Final drew 10 cars and was the race of the meeting . 478 Chucker took 712 Maginnis out early doors , Chucker being removed straight after by 139 Dinger . Meanwhile 302 Esther was taken into the banking by 711 Maginnis who was then blasted hard by 376 Taffy who then took a rated roofbender from impressive youngster 540 MiniMoose in the SD1. 139 Dinger weighed into Metcalfe in a revenge shot while elsewhere , 51 McClure was removing 325 Demo to take the lead , which he held  till the end also spinning 712 Maginnis en-route.
 Result : 51 McClure , 557 Turner , 478 Chucker , 325 Demo , 712 Maginnis

This gave the championship overall results on accumulated points as : 1st 478 Chucker , 2nd 51 McClure and 3rd 557 Drew Turner
A mixed Mechanics race raised 12 cars and although 376 Taffy didnt quite make it back out , full credit to him and his Team for a good effort. 11 Platt (Capri) jacked and spun 557 Drew early on , but Drew chased hard and caught him , doing him in return only to cop a large package and follow-in from Antony Cole in the 3 Vole. Lucy Jones took a flag to flag win in her on-loan Pug 405.
Just 4 for the DD including a pug 205 for 222 Edgey. The 73 Orion did Cole's Vole setting him up for a good T-Bone from 302 Steve Woodend who then had a high speed 222 bounce off him before copping a large package from the Orion , Woodend still running however to take the win.
It's been a while since I've seen a session this good at Millom , with the hits in the Final being particularly memorable

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Barrow, 12th October, Unlimited Bangers + Chig memorial
A decent turnout of 26 Unlimiteds for the last in the 2002 series at Roosecote which also coinsided as the Chig Memorial. Visitors travelled from Warton, Millom, Buxton and Barford with some decent material being on show as well, 3 Jags came from 691 Paul Snape with a Series 3, 477 Rob Bell had a tidy series 2 and 325 Mark Dempsters a XJ40. 4 Volvos were in action including two 760's and a 740 while 76 Ste Waite, 878 Romeo Jalbert and 915 Lucy Jones braved it in useds Capri, Bluebird and Cartlon repectively. Top Granada mount was 310 John Nicholson's used Mk1 Hearse while 2 Crowns came from 10 Alex McBain and 175 Gary Mallinson. Undoubtedly top cars though were the Oldsmobile Royale of 59 Mark Blower and the superb Humber Super Snipe of one 27 Big Austin Tomlinson.
 The Chig memorial race was first up, open to the first 20 to book in, but only had 14 cars take to the track. All the drivers were told before hand that they wanted it running as a race and only to have limited contact. Some musnt have listened as from the start a pile went into the first bend in which 691 Snapper gave 431 Dean Steele a rated portion only to have his XJ wrecked after a large portion from 16 Rob Howard. The race did quieten down after this though with action seeing 51 John Worstencroft remove 42 Steve Owen, 019 Scott Owen then steam 4 Jason Preston and the recovered latter then fire 42 Donkey in moments later. 019 Owen fired Jones in hard only to be spun by 51 Wusty as Jones tried to recover from her earlier burial, only to take a hard shot over the front wheel from 266 Alan Roskell which was near the door. Wusty meanwhile motored to victory from 477 Skyliner and Owen.
 A full race program followed now with 18 returning for heat 1. Blower used the Yank to fire straight up the back of Wusty, spinning the latter before 76 Dodgy took 27 Big Aust round the armco. Blower then ran Dodgy hard into Skyliner before 270 Matthew Rogerson flattened Jalberts boot admist a pile up on the back straight. 310 Eno took Skyliner onto the centre before the rapid Yank did the same to 143 Sam Begley, 264 Ian Wallace then t-boned Wusty hard although it was on the centre with the Buxton man then taking an assualt from 318 Wilf Speak. 175 Mallo steamed 300 Dan Kirkbride before Eno took Begley out. The latter recovered only to be put in hard by Blower before Eno followed 231 Trev Whelan and Skyliner in together. Mallo had meanwhile taken the win from a recovered Skyliner with only the two finishing.
 The 15 car consolation started in spectacular fashion with a trademark pile up on the entrance bend. Begley took 10 Rugrat out before Snapper kept the fued going by doing the double on 431 Deano by wasting him with a rated shot. The Northern Star man had his Jag wasted though by Rugrat before Skyliner drove through Eno's hearse. Begley then went in and was promtly done by Blower and 159 Richard Gardener. Wilf then went in flat out with a massive shot to Skyliners XJ, the jag taking the hit rather well with the former copping a portion from Scott Owen. Mallo piled into the car park before Big Aust weighed into Owen to end a brilliant sequence. With the track blocked, no way through and no one running it was decided to re-run the race after the interval.
 The re-run was down to 9 cars and started with Blower walling 231 Grandad before Eno did the same to 264 Waldo Snr. The latter recovered only to be followed into the parked cars of Dempster and Grandad by Gardener only to be done himself by Skyliner. Begley then went in on Gardener only to be done by 266 Big Al before the latter coninued to put Skyliner in before Mallo attacked Eno, Big Al then steaming Gardener before Mallo took the flag with no other finishes.
 Only 6 cars for the final, Blower spinning 276 James Turner's Vole 760 before 270 Rog fenced himself on the top bend. Blower then weighed in on the former before Owen hooked out Turner. The luckless Turner was then steamed by Waldo Snr before Rog and Blower DD'ed on the pit bend. Gardener raced to victory before a break for the DD saw only 2 cars return. Big Aust stalled the Humber on starting allowing Rog to fire up the back of it and that was it. The latter pulling away to take the win and end another cracking night in the north west.

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Hednesford, 6th October, Pre68 Classic Bangers
The usual worries of weather the turn out of classics would be as big as previous years were soon squashed with a superb turnout of 138 motors for this years Pre 68 with visitors coming from all of the UK including PRI, GMP, Standlake, Warton, Barrow, SAA, Autospeed,  Westworld, Spedeworth, Trackstar, Buxton, RDC, Ringwood, Bristol, Smallfield and Startrax.
 111 of the aforementioned turnout were in the unders though with the best of the tin in this devision being the FC Victor Estate of  347 Dean Taylor and 520 Derek Caton's superb Mk3 Ford Zephyr Hearse. The Overs saw by comparison a lot lower turon out of 28 motors but as expected some superb material. Amongst the Hearses, Rovers and Jags the best cars were 737 Ian Crandons Vandan Plas Princess 4 Litre R, and 428 Richard Regans gorgeous Crown Deluxe coupe. Topping the bill though were the Mercedes 600 Pullman Limo of 728 Tim Dray and the Austin A125 Sheerline from 58 Martin Dalton.
 They kicked off with 4 straight heats for the unders with 20 appearing for the first one. 417 Ben Lawrence started off a good race for himself by turning round 40 Ian Kitching before 520 Derek Caton used his Zephyr Hearse to assualt 971 Barry Kitchen and 273 Kevin McClagish steamed 366 Duncan Gill's Wolseley 16/60, the luckless latter then copping a day finishing shot from 19 Joe Mullarkey. The latter though himself was then put under attack from 492 Aaron Cornish before 465 Peter Giles was the days first roller in his Hillman Super Minx Estate. 14 were soon back for the restart, 387 Marc Le Feaux getting rid of 512 Allan Woods straight off before Cayton did the same to 126 Reg Hartopp. 61 James Perry then pulled off the days first follow in by giving Lawrence the treatment. 70 Simon Needle carried on his recent good form by taking Clayton in, Hartopp then being steamed by a recovered Lawrence as 40 Kitch was the next to go roll about on the top bend. Le Feaux had Cornish out from the restart, 4 Mark Micthell then doing the same to Needle as Lawrence continued his lively ways by taking out 267 Joe Palmer, the luckless 267 then being steamed by the recovered Kitch. 4 Mr Happy turned round the luckless Hartopp, the latter then being taken in by Le Feaux with Palmer was hurt on the top bend with the yellows coming out and then the reds with race being declared in favour of Lawrence from Perry and Le Feaux.
 Heat 2 for the unders saw a better field of 31 cars on track, 11 David Thomas starting off proceedings by removing 753 Billy Cunningham's Oxford before 298 Andy Dodge did the same to 311 Danny Smithson. 234 Darryl Edwards went for a roll on the East bend bringing out the yellows with 21 Jason Colbert doing the same moments later in his Oxford. With the yellows out 654 Gavin Braggins got it all wrong down the back straight and nearly rolled in his Oxford before we had 24 soon back afterwards for the restart. 738 Paul Oliver was soon to take out 499 Phil Rainsford's Cambridge before 141 Carson Cooper took 145 Russel Bate in, the latter then copping more punishment from 731 Shaun Dyer. 342 James Stone put his 16/60 hard into the top bend wall hard unaided as Dodge rolled, followed soon after by Edwards who completed his second inversion in the same race. The latter was able to rejoin again, 05 Carlos Perez  attacked 310 Jon Nicholson from the drop of the green as 145 Bate, Perez and 514 Paul Woods all went in on the entrance bend. 310 Eno got a revenge assualt in on Perez taking both of them onto the centre as 537 Mark Mitchell gave 304 Andy Grice the turn around treatment. After a quiet period in the race Eno saw his last action in the meeting after being taking in by 300 Jon Ayles tidy Fintail Cambridge, headed on by Braggins and then being wasted superbly by a killer shot from Perez. 290 Jay Tomkins walled 304 Gricey elsewhere before taking it from Cunningham as 537 Mad Mitch took the honours followed home by 396 Scott Mowlam and Thomas.
 The third heat saw 27 cars on track and it started badly for 501 Ste Kaye as he pulled off with mechanical problems in his HC Viva while in the race 700 Mark Edwards did 400 Dave Butler and 114 Chris Skyes followed in 13 Colin Johnstone. Another batch of the yellows then appeared for a loose wheel on track, 752 James Dillon getting us back underway by removing 227 Glyn Gorton's Oxford as 46 Keith Painter steamed 270 Paul Joyce. 46 Maverick then took out 477 Rob Bell which saw the latter nearly roll in his Saab 95 Estate before 38 Alan Huckle delivered a t-bone to 152 Wayne Leathem. Ayles then put down Maverick before 369 Julian Annets followed in 201 Carl Noble on the pit bend. Ayles put Butler in as Maverick wasted 477 Skyliner with a rated steam. 22 Matt Harris then landed a hit on 5 Mark Kelly before Noble followed Skyes in well on the west bend. The reds came out for Sykes, the latter being all OK with the results declared for 804 Ben Small to win in his Oxford from 55 Graham Smith and Ayles.
 The last heat for the unders saw 27 take to the track again with 411 Martin Lake getting us underway by turing round 34 Mark Earnshaw before the immaculate Oxford of 384 John Golden t-boned Earnshaw and Lake spun 97 Tony Firth. 452 Adam Eyles then put 169 Mark Bass round before the yellows came out for Earnshaw, the latter exiting OK. 303 Brian Cope rolled his A55 Bubble Cambridge straight off the restart bringing out the yellows again but not before 617 Jack Overy attacked 518 Jon Andrew and 264 Mark Welland put 51 John Worstencroft out. The restart saw 169 Smelly follow in 32 Ian Taylor well as Eyles t-boned 57 John Broad's Oxford. 215 Steve Holmes then wiped Overy out as Welland did the same to 97 Firthy and 384 Goldie followed in Lake. 137 Paul Tagg then charged up Goldie, the latter then also copping one over the front wheel. 364 Colin Carpenter winning from 313 Mick Cotton and 470 Pete Corbett.
 As is the case now the Overs Championship, which was next up, was run to an all in format. It saw 25 cars appear for it and it started badly for the Sheerline as it pulled off before the greens showed. 3 Gary Doyle got it underway though by firing into 09 Andy Holmes only to take a harder shot from 939 Julian Camelleri. 77 Darron Austin then put 09 Psycho through the doors of 368 Mark Annets as the formers running mate 11 Darren Race t-bone the Hitman by way of revenge. 584 Mark Harding avenged that hit by doing Race as leader 428 Grumpy sent 111 Kev Major sideways who was then put up the banking by 753 Cunningham. 584 Sharkey fenced Camelleri only to be put into the inner wall by 6 Mark Holdsworth with Camelleri then hitting the stationary 368 Spudgun. 728 Spike used the limo to good effect by hitting Camelleri before the latter went against the flow and came inside out at Holdsworth, only to miss his target and take a hard t-bone from Shakeys hearse. A great win for Grumpy who was just back from injury followed home by Holdsworth and Crandon.
 The unders were back in the first of two consolations, 22 cars on the grid including 234 Edwards who had rolled twice in his previous race. 400 Butler put 14 Nigel Jones out early doors, Butler then taking a steam from Goldie as McClagish jacked 113 Mark Sutcliffe. Kitch steamed 9 Terry Smith as 342 Muscles walled 425 Patrick McPhilimy. 794 Simon Foreman then hit Kitch with McClagish then rolling, 369 Studgun also going over at the same time. Both exiting OK. Foreman walled 425 Sonic on the restart before Perez steamed old foe 9 Smith, the former though copping one himself from the lively Foreman. Sonic then delivered a good jacking to Muscles on the home straight only to be done himself by Kitch with 57 John Broad then piling up the former ending a good train. 54 Rich Hayward steamed Harris as Smith turned it round to go for Perez, duly missing and fincing himself as Invader 514 Woods took the win.
 The second consi had 33 starters and kicked off with Overy introducing 144 Paton to the fence, the latter then being wrecked by the traffic as 52 Ste Bowes inverted on the start/finsih straight, credit to 272 Gaz Murrel for shielding the upturned car. A pile up formed on the west bend before the yellows appeared with Firthy, 108 Ian Gordon, Oliver and Colbert all being involved. 24 were back for the restart with Overy spinning 239 Kevin Nelson and Lake doing the same to Cope. The latter then copped a t-bone before Firthy did Huckle and 600 Nash followed 269 Rob Houghton into the unlucky Huckle. 239 Nelly then shoved Colbert into this, putting the latter into his second roll of the day. Welland had Nash out on the reform, Lake then putting Gricey down as Welland continued his lively ways by steaming 512 Woods well. The Spedeworth star continued to follow Hartopp into the stricken Woods before putting Gricey round. The latter copped one over the front wheel from Lake with 517 Scott Weldon doing the winning with Giles and Welland his placemen.
  The Overs were back again their only heat with a reduced grid of only 10 on the track. Sharkey showed first by putting out 44 Dave Burrows and Dalton with the Sheerline also taking a shot from 153 Albert Keogh. The latter copped one himself though from 238 Laurence Squires, the Hitman also doing Cunningham as Grumpy put Sharkey in. The former Hitman then backed into 238 Lozza only to take a revenge head on from 728 Spike. Major then took hits from Cunningham and Dalton, the latter recovering quickly to take out Grumpy as Sharkey steamed Cunningham, though getting done by Grumpy only for him to take one from Spike as the Grumpy versus the Hitmen outfit continued. Spike though was on the receiving end of Burrows soon after, the latter copping a t-bone from Dalton for his troubles as Sharkey took the win followed home by Grumpy and Major.
 Next up was the Championship Final for the unders with a large grid of 37 cars lining up and 492 Cornish being the first to show by following in 4 Mr Happy only to take a package off 804 Ben Small. Welland keep his lively performance up by weighing into Mullarkeys tidy motor, Caton then doing 55 Smiggy only to take one himself from Eyles. Spanner then felt the sharpe end of 39 Steve Moore before the yellows appeared again for a wheel on the track. A good field of cars remained for the re-run, 499 Plod going straight up the back of Le Feaux only to have Mr Happy go up the back of the copper in turn. 200 Steve Farrel then took it from all angles as he copped a head on off Smiggy, a hit off 167 Adam Edwards, the same off 470 Corbett and a day ending shot from Welland to finish his day while elsewhere Small clattered into 514 Woods. The latter also took punishment from Mr Happy before Maverick hooked out Goldie before proceeding to hit Holmes. 39 Peanut did the same to 537 Mad Mitch as Maverick t-boned the empty 514 motor with Small then going in hard on material maestro 313 Mayhem. 517 Weldon also went in on Corbett only to take a head on from Maverick, the latter taking a t-bone from 5 Spike as Corbett took the flag followed by Smithson and Goldie.
 Last up for the Overs was an 8 lap dash into DD, 9 cars for the race with a further 3 sitting on the centre for the death. 8 Darren Owen charged straight up Keogh from the off as Austin took Crandon's 4R round only to cop one from 248 Jason Crosbie. The latter took a hit from Keogh as 383 Paul Adams walled himself and was subseqently steamed by Austin. Grumpy then used his Crown to follow in Dalton as 8 Deadly Daz did Keogh who was also steamed by Crosbie. Grumpy then went up the back of the Cresta as Holdsworth powered his DS hearse to victory with Grumpy following him home. Straight into the DD then and Race turned it straight round to meet Holdsworth in a meaty head on, the latter managing to back off to avade the attention of a revenge seeking Psycho before the yellows came out for Crosbie who was in distress on the centre. Psycho got revenge on Holdsworth straight after the restart as Crandon met the latter in a head on allowing Grumpy to drive through the back of the hearse. Psycho weighed in on Grumpy with a hard steam and managed to back off only for Crandon to do him head on. Psycho then replied the compliment before doing the same to Grumpy who had extracted himself from the rear of the Good Lords hearse as Psycho went head to head again with Crandon, the Stinkbridge captain expiring on impact which left the Real Steel man to back off and duly take the win. Credit though to Grumpy and Psycho for providing a brilliant crashing show.
 Last race of the day for the unders was a programmed dash into DD with 28 for the dash and around 20 waiting on the centre for the death. 368 Spudgun was wasted well at the start by a jacking from 61 Perry and a head on from Dyer. Scotsman 225 George Coates then head on 272 Murrel only to roll on impact. The reds were straight out while elsewhere 51 Wusty had taken an unseen t-bone. On the restart a spinning 826 Fred Casemore caught 239 Nelly DSU before 347 Dean Taylor steamed Keith Salmon, the former then taking a hard one from 218 Rowan Malt for his troubles as Overy had Firthy out. 54 Bandit jacked Salmon before Overy went head to head with Cornish, the World Shale Champ then going onto assault Nelly as Peanut fired Dyer into Firthy, the former also taking a t-bone from Bandit. The Mental Man took more punishment from Eyles who then went onto steam Smiggy. Overy then nailed the Gong Gang mans hat on with a hard steam as Perry did the same to Eyles. Spike took the win with the greens coming out to start the DD, Eyles having his day finished after being walled by Peanut and taking a shot from Hartopp. Edwards went up the back of Muscles on the east bend with Bate then doing the Viva. The latter then took a package from Lawrence with Perry then doing 417. Perry was in turn was nailed by Gorton, Peanut then t-boned the Hi-Jacker hard ending a rated jacking train. Peanut took a burial from Spike soon afterwards though with the 39 car firing into Houghtons Morris Oxford as a softer option. Pacman then blotted his copy book by coming off the centre at Spike only to miss as Edwards took out 75 Steve Thacker with a helping hand from the recovered Peanut. Edwards himself though was then put hard into Salmon by 364 Colin Carpenter before Plod eased out Small with Edwards then being fired into Salmon again, this time 465 Giles doing the crime. Peanut copped a hard one over the front wheel from Pacman as Edwards hit Spike in the same way. 270 Paul Joyce boned Thacker as 14 Nutty Nige steamed 90 Rob Baker and 11 Thomas then went against the flow in his MG Magnette to meet Edwards in a big head on, Carpenter then going up the back of the MG. The reds came out for Thomas with Giles and Joyce taking a joint win with them two only left running.
Ending a entertaining meeting, not as lively as years gone by but certainly having its moments. Maybe the promotion will have to seriously consider block swaps for the overs in next years event to boost the grid.

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Barrow, 29th September, 2 Litre Bangers
 14 cars for another Barrow 2 Litre domestic. A couple of visitors from Warton and Barford while car wise a couple of Mk1 Cav's, a Colt Sapporo, a Metro(!), BMW 316 and a Mk3 were thrown into the usual mix.
 All out for the first heat, 16 Rob Howard(Mk3) getting us underway by firing up 195 Franny Mullary(Sierra), 666 Graham Charnley in the BMW then spinning new recruit 172 Aaron Schofield(Mk1 Cav) as 16 Pob followed in the luckless Mullary. 878 Romeo Jalbert(Bluebird) followed in 36 Stephen Birkett on the pit bend, getting both cars in the air and finally wrecking 36 Turkeys Sapporo from the team meeting. 550 Davy Sinclair(Bluebird)then had 172 Azz out on the entrance bend before the race was prematurely brought to an end for a fire in Mullarys car with the race being declared in favour of Jalbert from 134 Doug Behagg(Sierra) and 143 Sam Begley(Bluebird Est).
 Down to 10 for heat 2, Jalbert starting us off by putting 50 Jamie Leatham(Capri)in before 175 Gary Mallinson(Mk3) followed in 550 Davy Sinclair(Bluebird)well on the pit bend, the latter coming to rest on the inner kirb. Charnley then hooked 68 Richard Chard(Sierra) out only to get steamed by 175 Mallo. 231 Trev Whelan then hit something(what happened Trev?!)by walling Chard as Mallo continued his lively ways by following in Leatham. The former took a steam from Chard, the latter then getting taken out by Charnley who then got a revenge steam in on Mallo. Charnley again piled up Mallo next time round while elsewhere 231 Grandad fenced Leatham and Jalbert won again this time from Begley and Grandad.
 The final had 11 cars on track and started well when Pob followed in Mullary and Grandad simultaneously before Jalbert took Chard in. Stripit then steamed Mullary and Begley hit Azz. Grandad then did a length of the straight steam(what have you been putting in his tea Pauline?!!)on Chard at the end of the home straight only to take an even bigger balls out length of the straight hit off Pob, wrecking the JRU mans Capri well. Stripit removed a recovered Chard as Jalbert cleaned up and took his third win of the day from Stripit and Begley, the Canadian celebrating by doing Chard on the run-down lap.
 A quieter meeting by Roosecotes standards by was still pretty lively all the same and certainly had its moments. Well done to 231 Grandad on taking this years 2002 points championship. Thats Trev on the grid for Birmingham!

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Warton, 22nd September, Unlimited Bangers North West Team Championship
SW-Steeles Wreckers
IV-Invaders
MM-Moss Ness Monsters
TV-Team V
OT-Oggie's Team
WA-Warton Online A
WB-Warton Online B
WC-Warton Online C
DB-Dahm Busters
TD-TDB

 A low and rather disappointing turnout of 37 cars spread over 10 teams, considering that this used to be a meeting the would easily attract over 100 cars and was a past meeting of the year. Visitors came from Barford and Barrow but materially we had two Series 3 Jags,  fresh and used XJ40's from WA149 Paul Gore and WC439 Jay Kellet respectively, WB449 Mark Thomas provided a 300c Estate, TD123 Alex Waddington a Volvo 740 and WA470 Paddy Murphy braved it was a Mk3. Cars of the day though undoubtedly came from WA362 Paul Eccles with a Dodge Charger and SW461 Pete Singleton with a superb Humber Hawk, the latter thaking material of the day.
 18 appeared on track for the first with Gore removing SW431 Dean Steele straight away before TD145 Mick Driver walled TV690 Pete Richardson. Eccles then powered the big Dodge head on into Waddington's Vole only to cop a t-bone from Gore. The lively Gore then piled fired up the back of SW550 Davy Sinclair but his hitting soon came to an end when TV340 Jay Atkinson spotted his back end and duly piled up the back of it. Gore did recover to land a blow to Waddington though as MM318 Wilf Speak had OT57 Alan Oggie out. The former though copped a shot from 431 Deano for his troubles with Eccles then doing Deano in turn. 550 Stripit then piled up the back the Yank only to cop it from MM319 Gary Shovleton. DB169 Steven Horsfield then punished the Scotsman more by firing hard into him before Atkinson nailed Eccles with a hard shot at the entrance to the pit bend though snapped his own car in the process. Deano then followed in 319 Shovy well wrecking the latters Estate as DB168 Ian Horsfield took the win from WB352 Nick Hird and 169 Little Hoss.
 One less for the last heat and OT118 Steve McCormick started it off by hitting TD143 Sam Begley as TV266 Alan Roskell steamed Murphy's Mk3. McCormick then copped it from 461 Singy's Humber before MM410 Alex McBain did SW510 Alan Lewis. Singy then avenged that hit by piling up 410 Rugrat only to cop it from Begley which started a pile up by the exit gate. 266 Big Al then give it to Begley hard as IV512 Alan Woods steamed 651 Dave Walker. Big Al then backed out and duly went in on WB351 Tut Knowles before IV518 Jon Woods hit MM312 Lee Hennedy over the front wheel. 512 Woods then steamed Murphy before TD728 Paul Robinson followed in 510 Ghost on the pit bend. 518 Woods took the win this time followed home by team mate Alan Woods and 651 Huggy.
 With the consolation scrapped we went straight into the non-qualifiers B final with 13 cars on track. Waddington followed in WC801 John Black straight from the off which left the latter sitting on his assassins bonnet. Stripit(who had done well to get his wrecked Estate back out) then also give 439 Kellet a taste of the plating before Begley then picked up WC802 Graeme Black and follow him in superbly into team mate(!)Waddington, wrecking the latter big style and also seeing Black roll off Waddingtons bonnet in a spectacular incident. The waved yellows were straight out with everyone emerging all OK. Down to 6 for the restart which saw Stripit pull off another follow in, this time on WA469 Richard Valentini with Big Al doing the same to Kellet. Gore steamed Strippit well, finishing him for the day though copping one over the front wheel from The Ghost for his troubles. The latter continued to run Kellet in as Deano took the win from Ghost and Big Al, only three finishing.
 The A final had 17 qualifiers on track and 312 Bullit got us underway by sending WB350 Lee Hird spinning before Huggy fenced Jon Woods. McCormick then piled into the luckless Woods before Knowles went Dahm hunting by giving 168 Big Hoss a hard t-bone at the end of the home straight and following in Little Hoss. IV501 Ste Kaye then jacked Rugrat and steamed Little Hoss only finally succumbing to Bullit. Speak then had Nick Hird out before the latter went against the flow and hit Oggie DSU. Speak continued to put IV514 Paul Woods in before Hird steamed DB2 Richard Ball on the start/finish straight. Alan Woods fired Speak into the inner kirb and Huggy put Oggie en-route to victory from 514 Woods and the recovered Oggie.
 As there were points on the DD, this saw the highest grid of the day as 23 cars returned to grid one last time. Paul Woods got it off to a cracking start by delivering a big follow in to Bullit and Alan Woods did the same to Tut Knowles. Singy planted the Hawk up the back of Huggy only to take a 'just behind the door' hit from Oggie. Nick Hird went into the pile on the car park bend and was duly blitzed by Lewis which put the back wheel off the ground and behind the roll cage. Lewis himself though was wasted by a large portion from Rugrat and 449 Thomas jacked down 728 Robbos Estate. Kellet hit Singy before Deano steamed Jon Woods which only left Deano and Singy, the latter expiring on the back straight to leave Deano the victor.
 Once all the points had been totted up the Dahm Busters had taken overall victory on 63 points from the Invaders in second on 59 and Steeles Wreckers in third on 55 with 651 Huggy declared best wrecker.
 This ended an enjoyable meeting, actually pretty good considering the number of cars present and some good wrecks to go home happy about.
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Warton, 8th September, Unlimited Bangers Championship Day
Cheers to Northern Steam Editor Stu Kearsley for providing this report from Wartons annual Championship meeting. For a further issue see the next issue of Northern Steam.

 Despite only having 27 cars, Wartons annual Championship Meeting on sept 8th drew its fair share of material. Team V duo 266 Big Al & 340 Trev had a MK2 Limo & MK2 Hearse respectively whilst the Motley Krew went a bit better with  a 300c Estate from 449 Mark Thomas, Oldsmobile Cutlass from 149 Paul Gore and from 666 Andy Pennington, arguably Wartons best ever car, a Lincoln Town car Limo.

Heat 1 was for non-qualifiers and drew just 9 cars, 97 Baz Kitchen crusing to the win after team-mate 291 Filthy Boy shed a wheel and put himself into the plating.
Result-97 Baz Kitchen,186, 169 Steve Horsefield, 196, 178 Bones

The remaining 18 gridded for the Championship with 666 Pennington using the Limo to run 41 Dan Steele & 224 Micheal Ross wide. Steele planted Trev into 394 Andy Thompson who was parked up later by 297 Tim Nickson. Trev then pulled off a rated follow-in on Gore's Yank which snapped alarmingly but he was soon out alright. Thomas then drove through the empty Atkinson car who got the load up anyway with Steele giving 491 John Mason a stiff shot after he had spun 157 Bazza out but undeterred Mason took the win.
Result- 491 John Mason, 514 Paul Woods, 350 Lee Hird, 157 Barry Greenhalgh, 224 Micheal Ross, 297 Tim Nickson, 41 Dan Steele.

Next up was two allcomers, the first drawing 11 cars and it was a blinder. Steele walled 169 Little Hoss well and Filthy Boy set about 501 Basher. Steele then did 186 Fish well and put him in, 169 Little Hoss also running Basher in. Steele a lap later put Hoss Jnr into the 501 car with the 169 pilot recovering to dod Filthy Boy head-on. 98 Billy Doolan hten blew the 169 MK2 up with Steele firing Kitchen in on the last bend to take the win.
Result- 41 Dan Steele, 514 Paul Woods. NOF

Allcomers 2 by comparison was very poor, the only real action of note saw Pennington having the tempremental Limo spun by 512 Allan Woods, in a rad-up Lada Riva!. 157 Bazza won.

Barrow, 31st August, Metro Bangers
Cheers to Trev 'Grandad' Whelan for supplying us with this cracking Metro report from the annual bash last Saturday. Dont forget to check Trevs site out, click here to visit his Roosecote Raceway website.

A healthy and respectable 37 Metros appeared for Barrows annual small car bash. Most notable being 651 Huggy's home brew pick up. Format was 2 heats, Consolation and Final with an allcomers thrown in for good measure. Visitors coming from Warton, RDC, Millom, Blackpool and Workington.

Heat 1 saw 17 cars on track and kicked off with 145 spinning 246 Flan snr who took a head on from 376 Taffy. 14 Butch was spun by 151 Scurr Jnr only to be backed in. Butch then took a shot from TNTs 256 who took a stiffer shot from 36 Turkey. 336 took a shot from 145 who was than hit hard by both 310 Eno and 125. Leader 415 John Mason, in an effort to find a clear path, launched himself over the inner bund wall but survived to continue. Flan put 123 into the centre as 185 Michelle Creighton was deposited onto the inner armco by 125. 36 Turkey bundled into a dead car ripping the strut out and ending his race. Flan snr steamed 125 flipping him onto his roof, this brought out the yellows, chequered and red flags in quick succession. 415 John mason held on for the win from 123 and 16 Pob.

Results: 415.. 123.. 16.. 246.. 125..

Heat 2 had the remaining 20 cars on track and 158 Dave Knight spun 306 from the green flag as the pack arrived causing quite a road block. 477 Skyliner fenced 666 Instigator only to take a hard shot from 742 Budgie, the latter also taking a shot from 478 Chucker. 188 Barlow put 665 Bert onto the grass as total blockage developed on turn 4. As a cloud of smoke covered the scene it was pleasing to see that no one backed off on the way in and that although vision was difficult, suffice to say that everyone hit whatever was in front of them. Budgie put Instigator into the fence and 878 romeo arrived to put the 666 car up the fence. 146 Flan Jnr steamed Budgie then got the same from Bert. 52 Boozie steamed 306 John Kirkbride before a path was cleared. 102 put 666 in on turn 1 with a 651 Huggy assist, while Boozie disposed of Romeo into the centre. 158 blitzed Skyliner while elsewhere Huggy spun 134 Doug Behagg who was then steamed by the lively Flan Snr. 146 fenced 572 before Huggy arrived to put Flan Jnr up the plating on turn 4. 52 Boozie went on to take a good full contact win.
 

Results: 52.. 331.. 665.. NOF

The consolation brought 20 cars back for another go at qualifying for the Final. 666 spun 185 and was done by 259 Liam Johnson. 14 Butch, 42 Donkey and 306 Kirkbride all piled into turn 2 together. 500 Curley met Skyliner on the nose with a 259 assist, this started a good pile up on the back straight. Most of the field got stuck into it. 146 put 102 onto the inner armco as Butch arived to blitz the stranded 102 car. Flan Snr then went on to bury himself into the back of 259. 666 spun 185 again as Butch took the flag. The win was later given to 134 Little Shafter after a lap sheet check.

Results: 134.. 14.. 666.. 185.. NOF

The Final was not the epic we expected. 12 qualifiers on track and first blood went to Flan Snr with a good shot on 123 getting the back end well airborne. the leading 415 was getting a lot of attention from Instigator and Butch and did well to hold the lead for as long as he did. 246 performed a good follow in on 125 on turn 2 as Butch spun the Instigator, who recovered to fence and turn 185. Butch spun Bert while Flan Snr steamed 331 Jay Roberts who in turn took out the Instigator, the latter then taking a head on from 123 Waddy coming out of the centre. 415 Mason then hit the 123 car bringing which lost him the lead. Butch inherited the lead only to be enticed into contact rather than go for the money. On the last lap he came across a limping Mason and duly followed him in on turn 2. This allowed 16 Pob to catch Butch on the last lap and take the win and the Metro Champion Title. Jay steamed Waddy on the rundown.

Results: 16.. 14.. 246.. 134.. 123.. 665..

An Allcomers race was put on for those cars that wanted to race and raised a healthy 16 cars. 16 buried 331 from flagfall while 742 tustled with 246 who took a shot from 14. An out of shape 742 was caught by 16 and promptly Turtled. Yellows out to recover the flipped budgie who was fine. 42 was spun by 145 on the restart and 123 received the same from 310. On the next lap the 310 car came upon 123 again which resulted in Waddy getting the flip over treatment. Credit to the 16 driver for immediately blocking for the upturned Waddy. With only a couple of laps remaining, the race was called and 145 given the nod.

Results: 145..

The DD was short but sweet. 666 put a big shot in on 123 while 36 Turkey Shoved 310 Eno around to a waiting 52 Boozie to apply a solid head on. Instigator came off the centre to steam Boozie and was in turn done by the following Waddy. Instigator gave Turkey the bone and then went on to meet Boozie in a solid head on. Turkey was on his own so decided to check each car in turn. He gave Boozies car a length of the straight shot, then Eno was steamed, he gave Boozie another shot for good measure and finished off with a shot to the 123 car.

Results: 36..

Not the wreckfest we have become accustomed to at Barrow Metros but very enjoyable. Good Format with plenty of cars on track for each race.


Belle Vue, 26th August, 2 Litre Bangers Stan Woods Testimonial
 A cracking entry of 57 cars for this Stan Woods Testimonial bash at Manchesters Belle Vue stadium. Visitors came from Barford, Barrow, GMP, Buxton, Incarace and Warton. A trio of top cars were on show, these being the Laurel for 162 Brett Fiddler, the Morris Marina in the hands of 501 Ste Kaye and a superb Austin A35 for 319 Shovy.
 31 cars were on track for the first race, this being the Stan Woods testimonial race. They were all clearly after 513 Stan at the start of the race as 162 Fiddler took him out with 262 Chris Parr also steaming into the Invader. Fiddler continued to send 818 Craig Phillips(who had also done Buxton earlier in the same day)spinning who took more punishment from 292 by way of a t-bone. Fiddlers luck was out this time as he piled into a post unaided as 243 Dougie Thompson piled into 513 Woods. 651 Dave Walker fired Parr in as 514 Paul Woods handed out the first follow in of the evening, 99 Scott Hill being his unlucky victim. The latter was soon to bounce back though as he put 10 in before doing the same to 519 John Woods. Stan Woods finally got it together by taking Thompson out before 514 Woods took team mate 518 Jay Woods in(!). 514 though took it himself from 585 Dave Ramsey while 99 Hill had motored to the victory from 140 and 651 Huggy.
 23 cars came out for heat 2 with 303 starting proceedings off by spinning Buster 169 Stevie Horsefield before 83 Dave Thornley followed in 620 Joe Burke only to cop a blasting from 318 Wilf Speak for his troubles. 555 Steven Potter also powered into Thornley hard only to cop one himself from 9 Terry Smith. 303 removed 426 Phil Dykes as 145 Mick Driver did the same to 535 Mally Oldham Jnr and Speak thewn took 501 Basher in. 165 Mark Henstock hit 192 Andy Crostons tidy Capri only to feel the force of 169 Little Hoss as the war continued. Basher took a package from Smith who then recovered only to be given a portion of the bone from 168 Ian Horsefield. 42 Steve Owen then gave 504 Carl Jones a heafty hit on turn 2 as Horsefield took out 169 Little Hoss with the latter also taking a head on from Driver as 168 Big Hoss took the victory from 352 Nick Hird and 303.
 The 25 car last heat started with 132 Chris Cullum jacking down 500 Bluey's Tina Estate as Driver hit 503 Ste Dowling head on with 619 Paul Taylor then getting blitzed by the traffic as he was reversing out on turns 1-2 which him in difficulty. Unfortunatly the meaty wagon had to come on track and take Taylor away, who is hopefully all OK now. 507 James Joyce spun 171 Scholes when the greens came back out as 535 Oldham Jnr hit 42 Donkey over the front wheel. Thompson powered his Capri into Driver before a batch of the yellows appeared again with 8 back once the lights had changed to green with 140 taking 258 Harty out well on the back straight and then Thompson attacking 316. The Scotsman continued to take Phillips out of the running on the entrance to the home straight as 319 Shovy t-boned Donkey. The latter also took punishment from 515 Ste Woods with Phillips then spinning 140 as 860 Stu Simpson took the victory but had no time to celebrate as he was taken in on the back straight by Shovy.
 Upto 39 cars for the final with Oldham Snr getting us underway by firing into 99 Hill before 97 Baz Kitchen followed in 426 Dykes. 507 Joyce, Ste Woods and Little Hoss all went in on the top bend as Harty followed in 55 Smiggy. Harty took the win from 55 Smiggy and Huggy.
We then went straight into the DD with 262 Chris Parr putting Phillips into the wires as Harty followed in 515 Woods and Huggy in one go. The former also took a steam from Huggy on the back straight with Harty then doing Smith and Huggy then having another go at 515. The lively Huggy met Harty head on only to take a shot from 507 Joyce. The Dahm Buster soon avenged that hit though by steaming the Invader well on the home straight to take the win and end a lively night in Manchester.
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Barford Raceway, 25th August, National Bangers + Caravan Racing
 18 cars for Barfords annual August Bank Holiday meeting. Car wise we had a used Merc 250 from 26 David Scott, three Saab 900's from 8 Adrian Crann, 2 Danny Snowdon and 507 Guy Kirkpatrick while 165 Rob Browfield had a transit that only did the Caravan race.
 Only 12 for a lively first heat which started with Kirkpatrick putting round 85 Shaun Barnes who was also then run into by 105 Darren Briggs as Kirkpatrick continued to fire into 371 Stephen Grundy. Briggs piled into 53 Ian Armstrong as Kirkpatrick hit 182 Garry Cooper. The unlucky Cooper was also taken out by Crann's Saab only to be removed himself by Kirkpatrick. The former soon bounced back though to have the Krazy Krew man out as Scott powered the Merc up hard up the back of 182 Gazza's Mk2 on the back straight. Crann also went in on the Merc before a couple of laps later Scott regained revenge by steaming Crann hard on the pit bend. 028 Mark Thompson took the win from Briggs, 25 Les Manning and returnee 35 Mark Cummings.
 The second heat was down to 6 cars and as a result featured hardly no hitting at all, only action seeing Briggs put Moan in as Kirkpatrick won from Manning, 29 Wesley Moan and Cummings.
 A better final saw 8 cars on track as Kirkpatrick put Moan round before going onto attack Crann as Manning came the wrong way round the t-bone Moan. Manning continued to steam Armstrong albeit on the centre as Cummings fenced Crann. Briggs then ran Moan in before Crann launched himself at Cummings only to miss and fence himself hard. The fromer recovered only to be fenced again, this time by Kirkpatrick as Cummings won with Kirkpatrick second and Briggs third while on the run down lap Crann met Kirkpatrick in a large head on with the former also taking more punishment from Briggs and another hit from Kirkpatrick this time over the back wheel.
 A good turnout a 9 caravans lined up for the main race with a couple also on the centre for the DD afterwards. A pre arranged stunt kicked the event as Crann lined his van up on the home straight for 85 Barnes to ramp jump through it, the latter doing so flat out. As the event got underway 6 Paul Musgrove was the first to loose his van with the latter then getting spun by brother 6 Eddie(!) as Crann ran into Briggs chassis. The latter lost his van on the bottom bend as Crann ran into 2 Snowdon. Briggs then ran hard up the back of Crann before recovering to destroy Snowdons van. 124 Stevie Oldfield then tipped while whilst exiting the pit bend as Briggs piled into the stationary Moans van. The lively Briggs had Snowdon out before driving through Oldfields one time pride and joy. This resurected Oldfield however and he duly piled into 165 Robert Brownfield on the centre with Briggs arriving to do the same. Crann then ramped through Moans van only turn 3 as Snowdon destroyed Brownfields van with a number of hits before pulling out to take the win.
 9 cars recovered for the DD which started in style as Barnes(who had brought 2 cars)lined his car up to be finished. This he duly did with a solid shot as the race got underway before Brownfield powered the Tranny up the back of Crann on the start/finsih straight. Snowdon then t-boned the van before Crann turned it round to meat Brownfield in a meaty head on with Snowdon also piling into the van. Brownfield and Crann were declared the winners with Snowdon being disqualifield for least aggresion.
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Barrow, 18th August, 2 Litre Bangers
BAfter the euphoria surounding Barrows team meeting two weeks ago, its following domestic drew just 15 cars, 7 of which were Bluebirds. Also in Support were the Vans with 415 John Mason being well entertaining in his MK2 Twinwheeler and 134 Little Shafter getting his CF wasted while 139 Dinger (P100) won all 3 races and Mason the DD.
 Heat 1 drew 14 cars to the track with 41 Dan Steele  putting 666 the Instigator in well but spun himself out were he copped a head-on from 10 Rugrat. Rugrat piled into 680 Stu Davies a couple of laps later while Steele took head-ons from 300 Dan Kirkbride & 59 Blower. 14 Sausage Boy then steamed Steele across the centre with luckless 41 also copping a fair whack on the rear quater from Kirkbride. 143 Sam Begley walled 580 Shaun Byram with the Reliant World Champ getting fired on by 266 Big Al but Begley still took the win.
Result-143 Sam Begley, 14 Will Walmsley, 266 Al Roskell. NOF
Heat 2 was mainly spin-outs with Begley taking another win
Result-143 Begley and didnt hear the rest being given out.
12 came back out for the final which saw Begley put 87 Bodge away on the first bend and pile into a lap later. 707 The Maestro steamed Sausage well who turned it round and gave The Maestro a stiff head-on. This caught 818 Mr Bump out who took a stiff shot from Big Al. The Instigator in turn gave Big Al a roof bender as Steele gave Sausage a couple of stiff shots and with Steele coming on opposite to give Begley a head-on it snapped his capri off impressively as Big Al took his first ever final win.
Result- Big Al, Begley NOF
 A 6 car allcommers to close proceddings then and Blower started things off by blasting The Maestro well who backed into the resurected Sausage both snapping & shortening the 707 Bluebird, 88 Wayne Morphet winning in a slightly tender MK5.
Result- 88 Wayne Morphet, 818 Craig Phillips NOF
 Another tidy session at the small track with the massive reputation.

Cheers to Stu Kearsley for this report. Grab a copy of the next Northern Steam mag for a further report.

Kings Lynn, 18th August, Unlimited Banger World Wide TV Final
 A much better 55 cars for day two of the Kings Lynn weekend and the World Wide TV Open. Visitors travelled from Barford, RDC, Smallfield and Autospeed. Some good machinery saw 7 Jags all of which were Series 3's while Mk1's came from 321 Andy Newton, 450 Glyn Platts and 307 John Joe Cunningham, the latter two both having tidy Estates. 41 Dibble meanwhile returned a 4R with 557 Paranoid Paul debuting a Laurel while two Mk2 Limos were on show from 877 Andy Perrin and 401 Psycho.
 The last chance qualifier was first up with 21 cars appearing on a virtual mud bath after heavy rain just before the meeting. 211 Red Hot Barry kicked the day off by t-boning 412 Spike as 110 Maddog hit a marker tyre unaided with 360 Steve Nicholls having 380 Shaky out. The latter bounced back to follow in RHB before Psycho spun 326 Jay Ruddock with 40 Lester then giving 54 Chopper the same treatment. 753 Billy Joe Cunningham t-boned 205 5-Eyes with Chopper hitting Paranoid. Spike then did the former before Dibble followed in Ruddock who then took it from Shaky. 5 Dave Eccles had meanwhile motored to the victory.
 The main race was next up with a full compliment of 36 qualifiers on track with 811 Pete Winter and 617 Jack Overy on pole. 307 John Joe hit 450 Platts from the off as 200 Noon piled up the back of Shaky. Billy Joe followed in Dibble with Perrin then firing his Limo hard up the back of 312 Turbo's Vole Estate. The limo then copped a steam from 151 Justin Woolner as the willing Perrin took a further shot from Nicholls with then 431 Shaun Abra weighing into John Joe hard on the pit bend. Nicholls then came under fire from Woolner with the Red Team man also taking a head on from Dibbles 4R. Nicholls exacted revenge on Woolner by doing him over the front wheel as Winter was never headed to take his third major championship of the season.
 21 cars back for the revenge with Overy walling 29 Chrissy's XJ as Spike wound the former out. 86 Charlie Haller gave Abra a large head on as Lester fired 551 Moley in before 148 Swall also powered head on into Abra. 998 Cotty Jnr then put the 4R into the armco as Swall met Billy Joe head on. The latter then went against the flow to steam Abra as Noon t-boned Spike on the home straight while 88 Speedy had meanwhile taken the victory in his XJ.
 536 Annette Nicholls and Winter were drawn on pole for the 23 car Masters race. 455 Rick Pinney kept the Commom Crushers v Blooz Boyz war alive by piling into 551 Moley before 06 Shaky Stevenson followed in Swall on the power station bend. Stevenson then turned it round to meet Lester in a meaty head on with Noon also coming round the wrong way to blow up the Common Crusher. Overy came onto the centre to give Billy Joe a head on only to cop it from Maddog. 502 Hoagy came Overy's rescue to steam Maddog before turning it round to do him again. Eccles hooked Annette out en-route to victory.
 8 motors came out for their last crash of the weekend in the DD with Platts getting the first telling blow in by doing Moley with the latter then copping a big shot from 29 Chrissy which shook the Blooz Boy up who thankfully amerged OK after a batch of the reds. Before the reds had come out RHB had got a revenge blasting in on Chrissy while after them he continued to heave 619 Tommo out. RHB then met Platts in a head on, on the centre as 220 Trotter attacked Eccles with 563 Mark Sewell then burying 220 into the marker tyres. Trotter took more punishment from Tommo with the latter then copping a head on off Sewell. Tommo hit Trotter DSU with the Blooz Boy also copping a blasting from Eccles. Platts gave Trotter the same treatment with Eccles then doing Sewell. The latter then went head to head with Tommo only to cop one from Eccles as Sewell went the length of the straight to deliver a meaty head on to Eccles to finally finish him and take a deserved victory against the odds with 3 Commom Crushers against him.
 This ended a much better session than the night before, just a shame the heavens had to open before the meeting or it could have been even better.
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Kings Lynn, 17th August, Unlimited Banger UK Open
 A low turnout of 24 cars for the first meeting of the weekend where they were racing for the UK Open. Visitors came from Barford, RDC and GMP. The latter had crazy traveller 880 Naisy on hand to entertain again who was on his way to Manchester to pick a car up and just thought he would pop into Kings Lynn, Respect! There was 1 Vole on show while 6 Jags were hands of 20 Paul Burch, 811 Pete Winter, 753 Billy Joe Cunningham, 88 Speedy, 536 Annette Nicholls, and 145 Sonic, the latters a tidy XJ40.
 The main race was first up with 22 starters on track. The race was pretty actionless to say the least though it did kick off with 563 Mark Sewell, 901 Yobbo, Winter and 617 Jack Overy all going in on the back straight. 789 Rob Taylor then took out Overy as 86 Charlie Haller steamed 431 Shaun Abra's Estate at the end of the home straight. Winter landed a hit on 85 Shaun Barnes with the reds then coming out for debris on the track. No action followed the restart with 159 Darren Scarrow taking the victory.
 19 cars returned for the revenge race where 998 Cotty Jnr took 753 Cunningham in as Barnes spun Overy into the fence with the latter getting stuck on the wires. 317 Billy Cunningham planted 717 Lee Pepper as Overy steamed Haller. Yobbo then took out Barnes with Billy Joe doing the same to Cotty. A recovered Barnes then took Haller in well on the back straight before going onto follow in 204 Andy Bailey on the power station bend while Winter had meanwhile motored to victory.
 15 on track for the UK Masters with Overy having Yobbo out as Cotty steamed 753 Cunningham who then took it from Winter. Taylor then arrived to wast the formers Jag well to complete a good train while elsewhere 307 John Joe Cunningham ran Abra in who copped more punishment from Billy Joe by way of a heafty t-bone. John Joe continued to wall Yobbo only to put himself in hard as a result. Overy hooked Pepper out with the latter then getting a taste of the fence courtesy of 312 Turbo. Overy took the flag only to be taken out by Billy Joe on the run down lap.
 The Allcomers only had 8 cars on track with Turbo taking out Yobbo early doors with the latter soon recovering to attack Pepper. The latter then took a good t-bone from 321 Andy Newton as Turbo took the victory.
 As is the case with most weekenders the Saturday night is usually the quieter of the two meetings as this one proved.
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Barford, 11th August, National Bangers, BBA Great Northern Championship
 A good turnout of 36 cars for Barfords annual BBA Great Northern Championship.  The only BBA promotions represented were GMP and Buxton with Barrow and Blyton also having drivers present. GMP though, also providing a great turnout of 6 Stinkbridge drivers. 105 Darren Briggs and 51 John Worstencroft had Mk1's, the latters returned from Buxton King of Peak. A trio of top cars on show were 250 Ronnie Thompson Mk2 Minster, 13 Colin Johnstones FX4 Taxi and 169 Stevie Horsfields Mk2 Hearse. The format was main race, two heats then final into DD.
 The main race was first up with an all in format. 33 cars made it out with 880 Neil Naismith on pole and 6 Paul Musgrove alongside. It got off to a bad start as a pile formed on the top bend before the greens had even come out. It started with the Krazy Krew and Mob war kicking off early as 455 Alex Ramsey piled 250 Stanes Minster in as a few more piled in with 502 John Wallace and Barrows 376 Taffy Bromley & 651 Dave Walker all being involved. The greens came out anyway with the unfortunate drivers being sidelined before the start. 294 Nigel Ashley steamed 224 Gary Glenn before 85 Shaun Barnes did the same to 502 Hoagy. The latter recovered to take defending champ 121 Anthony Watt in with the latter also taking more punishment from 880 Naisy. 294 Ashley continued the war with the Dahm Busters as he t-boned 169 Little Hoss' Hearse. 168 Big Hoss delivered a big t-bone to 09 Andy Holmes on the home straight but copped a blasting from 409 Carlos Pears as a result. 507 Guy Kirkpatrick t-boned the Hearse as 258 Chris Hart steamed 108 Ian Gordon. 651 Huggy fired 85 Barnes head on into 167 David Holmes as Hoagy did Pears on the nose. 293 Paul Ashley steamed Little Hoss before Pears applied a large t-bone to the stricken Hearse, bringing the roof down. 258 Harty did 09 Psycho head on as Little Hoss took more stick from Paul Ashley. Harty powered it into 108 Tangoman over the back wheel only to cop a head on off Nigel Ashley. The latter recovered to steam Kirkpatricks Saab 900 on the start/finish line with 8 Adrian Crann taking 51 Wusty out. The former then carried onto power up the back of 12 Stephen Potts as Wusty fired Cranns Saab in. 550 Davy Sinclair took the victory from Crann and 294 Ashley with Wusty down in fourth, a little strange considering the latter had taken out Crann just before the end.....
 19 reappeared for the first of the two heats with Barnes firing Naisy in at the start before Huggy powered 182 Garry Cooper into 6 Paul Musgrove as the Barrowvian carried onto fence Crann. 606 Nigel Denby then did Huggy DSU only to cop a t-bone from 550 Strpit for his troubles. 376 Taffy took Musgrove out before a recovered Stripit gave Crann the same treatment. 105 Briggs then took Wusty in as Hoagy steamed Crann but the latter soon avenged the hit by doing the top Scotsman. It then kicked off on the bottom corner as Harty then went against the flow to fire into Huggys Vole, with the former then waving Huggy in for a revenge shot. Hoagy then arrived to silenced Huggy with a big head on, the former then copping a shot from 26 David Scott only to be steamed himself by Stripit. Taffy then gave Harty a large portion of the bone as Briggs motored onto victory.
 The second heat had 16 cars out with Nigel Ashley going off on one at the start as he had 182 Gazza out before putting in Wusty and then picking 6 Paul Musgrove up and giving him a big follow in on the pit bend. The yellows appeared with Musgrove being all fine and well. Down to 10 for the restart as Psycho walled 12 Potts with Briggs then removing Wusty. Psycho then picked up 182 Gazza and followed him in well on the top bend. The yellows came out again but not before 8 Crann had put 409 Pears in. 5 were back for the restart as Psycho met Stripit on the nose, the Scotsman then t-boning the pink man DSU before Briggs arrived to blast 09. Psycho gave Stripit a hard t-bone before Briggs came round again to deliver an even bigger one to the Stinkbridge loon. Psycho replied by steaming Briggs' Mk1 with the latter then earning himself a black mark as he steamed Psycho's empty motor next time round. Wusty made up for the main race by taking the win in this one from Crann and Briggs.
 The final into DD had 14 cars back out with 223 Alex Rogan piling up the back straight fence from the off as Wusty put 53 Ian Armstrongs Mk3 Cavalier in. Hoagy t-boned Paul Ashley before turning it round to meet 409 Pears in a meaty head on, the latter also feeling the sharp end of Stripit. Briggs took another win this time from Mr Consistant Wusty and Stane. A superb sequence of hits started the DD off Barnes did Psycho with a big head only to be wasted by a big shot from 167 Bushwacker. The latter was then steamed well by Briggs before Stripit also did the Stinkbridge man over the front wheel. Stripit then came round to wast Bushwacker with a large portion, getting both cars airbourne as he did. It all went quiet after this with just 105 Briggs and 51 Wusty left running. Briggs turned it round to meet the Buxton man head on as 250 Stane fired the Minster back into life to fire head on into Wusty. The latter replied by way of a head on to Briggs before steaming the latter. The two met in another head on in a battle of the Mk1's. After another few hits it was declared to give them both a joint win.
 This ended a cracking meeting, could have even better had it not been for the persistant rain all day. All drivers giving as good as they got with Stinkbrigde as ever well involved. This could be a good base for a meeting that could grow and become a must do meeting over the next few years.....
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Barrow, 4th August, 2 Litre Banger, West Coast Team Championship

BY-Barmy Army             LA-Levellers A
TA-Team V A                 LB-Levellers B
TB-Team V B                 YT-Yeti's
RA-RedHills Raceway     KZ-Krazy Krew
NA-Northern Steam A    BW-Borrowers
NB-Northern Steam B     BG-Bong Gang
JR-Jaks R Us                   MA-Mob A
NR-Northern Star A        MB-Mob B
NO-Northern Star B        NR-Northern Team
TW-Trash Webzine          WA-Wanderers

 A brilliant turnout of bang on 100 motors for the anuual West Coast Team Championship at the highly rated Roosecote Raceway. Material was limited due to the 2 litre limit but what was on offer were 4 Mk3 Cortinas from BA878 Romeo Jalbert, JR52 Ste Bowes, MA880 Neil Naismith and NR143 Sam Begley. Distance traveller TW465 John Healey had a tidy 2 door Mk4 with the best of the bilge being a Sunny Coupe from TA14 Will Walmsley, WA881 Scott Naismith with a Stellar, BG27 Kieron Potter an Opel Manta, Saab 900 for MB430 Bob Moffat, the sole Mk3 Granada was in the hands of BG332 Danny Shaw, an Opel Ascona for MA911 Chris Harkness while JR36 Stephen Birkett had a rare Sopporo Coupe. Motor of the day though was the Mk1 Capri of LB246 Steve Flannery.
The cars were split into 5 groups with groups A, B and C out for heat 1(2 cars from each team)which had 22 cars on track. BG331 Jay Roberts got the day underway by taking out MB108 Ian Gordon as LB146 Phil Flannery had the honour of first follow in of the day, NR4 Jason Preston being the unlucky victim. The former then continued by blasting 878 Jalbert as KZ502 John Wallace met MA252 John Wibberley on the nose. The yellows then appeared for reasons unknown but with not many people taking much notice. MB150 Leon Pelc attacked KZ258 Chris Hart with the mobster taking a revenge steam from KZ502 Hoagy. NA4 Preston rolled on the back straight which eventually brought out the reds but still Harty did MB150 Mr Lazy head on with the latter taking another hit from Hoagy. Harty then went about chasing Lazy around the track in a potentially dangerous move with officials and tractors on track before order was finally restored with both Harty and Lazy copping  load ups. 14 came back for the restart with MB108 Tangoman putting himself in before RA253 Tim Carter removed Begley from the running. The latter also took punishment from Tangoman with NB54 Rich Haywood attacking BA156 Daz Fine. Hoagy fired into RA478 Chris Spiers before the latter exacted revenge soon after by spinning the Scotsman. NB54 Bandit took RA253 Carter out as NB75 Jim O'Brien removed LB146 Flan. Hoagy was then on the recieving end of NO728 Paul Robinson as Bandit took RA478 Chucker in. NR917 Derek Jones then wiped BG650 Phil Barker out as the lively Bandit ran Flan in well. Barker soon recovered to keep first place and duly take the win with Jones and Bandit his placemen.
 Groups C,D and E were out for the 23 car second heat with NR42 Steve Owen getting us underway by following in BG649 Mike Close as JR477 Rob Bell weighed into Moffat. 246 Flannery then treated the unlucky Moffat the a bone as TW05 Carlos Perez followed JR477 Skyliner in. JR231 Trev Whelan was soon to gain revenge as he powered his Capri up the back of the O5 car with TW57 Stu Cummings steaming BG332 Danny Shaw with the former then copping a blitzing from TA340 Jay Atkinson. NA59 Brian Heywood followed in Krazy Krew man 243 Dougie Thompson as TA341 Sean Lowther powering up the back of Perez. The latter then took a big head on off NO53 Michael Wood with Perez then taking more punishment, this time from TR42 Donkey. The latter took it himself from KZ55Roger Pirie before he also copped a hit from NO53 Kong. The latter took the same treatment from Perez with Pirie then taking NA6 Mark Holdsworth round as the ever lively Perez steamed into Heywood but to no effect as the latter carried onto taste victory.
 It was the turn of groups E, A and B for a 25 car third heat as LA16 Rob Howard took TW401 Steve Hemmings in early doors before JR52 Boozie introduced BW189 Shaun Dawes to the plating. The former then copped it from LA59 Marc Blower and NR87 Steven Spencer in quick succesion as MA152 James Dillon steamed RA441 Ian Burns. The former then copped the same treatment from KZ666 Graham Charnley before BG331 Roberts went in hard on RA77 Dave Tyson as one of the trademark pileups began. TW465 Havoc steamed WA4 Glen Mackie with WA3 Dave Beach soon avenging the hit. Boozie hammered NR88 Wayne Morphet as Blower buired himself up the back of Beach. The somehow recovered Morphet carried onto do Blower before a batch of yellows coming out to clear the track. 15 made it back for the restart with the lively Blower following in NB164 Chas Knowles well on the pit bend. The leveller then copped some of his own medicine from Roberts as Morphet walled Boozie. The yellows reappeared for Knowles who thankfully emerged all OK with 6 back for the restart. MA155 Scott Hamilton went for Charnley on oppo but missed only to take a shot from Boozie for his troubles. Charnley earned himself a black mark by doing the empty 155 car before Boozie stopped and waved them in on the exit to the pit bend, Roberts the only one to oblige. LA16 Pob did Morphet en-route to victory from the the latter and Roberts.
Heat 4 had 22 cars and saw groups B, C and D on track. It got off to an explosive start as BG650 Barker took a massive follow in from NR151 Steve Scurr Jnr, totally carrier bagging the 650 car and producing just about the biggest Cortina wreck ever. The yellows were straight out but not before NB39 Steve McEvoy had gone in on clipboard corner and WA13 Colin Johnstone did MA325 Mark Dempster on oppo. Barker thankfully emerged OK with the field down to 14 cars by the restart. NA8 Daz Own had NO69 Mark Bass out with NA6 God then taking TB540 Paul Perry in. Begley gave TA310 John Nicholson a bone as MB73 Alan Potts went in with NR151 Young Scurr. Potts then copped a steam from LA325 Demo before Begley jacked NA8 Deadly Daz. The latter then copped it over the front wheel from MA6 Craig Robertson as Demo buried Begley into Barker to make the strandard Tina wreck even worse! NA295 Graham Heywood took victory for the seemingly undefeatable Northern Steam from TA310 Eno and TB540 Pez.
 The final heat had groups D, E and A on track which brought out 20 cars. NA41 Dan Steele got proceedings underway by putting BA376 Kevin Bromley in before NB39 Smosha put NR86 Jim Simpson round as TA14 Sausage Boy flipped it on the centre. Perez then did Steele before the former carried onto jack MA911 Chris Harkness. JR175 Gary Mallinson had Sausage Boy out as Perez, BW360 John Gutkowski and Smosha all piled into the infield marker tyres. NA213 Marc Watkins followed in BA376 Taffy as Steele fired JR235 Paul Webb into Harkness. 465 Havoc followed in Simpson only to cop succesive hits from 4 Preston and NR97 Baz Kitchen. Steele then attacked Sausage Boy with the latter recovering to fire into Woka. Steele took victory from the aforementioned Woka and Sausage Boy.
 After the heats Northern Steam A were leading on 36 points from Bong Gang on 17 and Levellers A on 13.
 The semi finals were open to 3 cars from each team with the first one having 25 cars on track and traveller MA880 Neil Naismith started things off by assualting BA139 Dave Bell as TA341 Beaver followed in BG332 Shaws Mk3 Granny in big style, into the exact post as his team mate did earlier snapping the Mk3 impressive and no doubt being a candidate for one of the biggest Mk3 wrecks ever. Smosha weighed into Jalbert but rolled as a consequence with the yellows straight out. Both Smosha and Shaw emerging none the worse for wear. 17 cars were back for the restart with 106 Thompson going up the wall as LB264 Ian Wallace Snr jacked down Naisys Mk3. Pez then felt the force of BA139 Dinger with MA252 McWibbs taking 264 Waldo Snr out. NR97 Bodge ran RA441 Burny into Pez only to cop it from Waldo. Bodge took more punishment from Beaver who fired him into 75 Steve Thacker. Beaver carried onto give Burny a taste of the plating with Bodge firing Waldo in as Beaver took a full contact win from Bodge and 478 Chucker.
 340 Atkinson started the 25 car second semi off by steaming TW401 Psycho with the latter quick to bouce back to follow in JR175 Mallo. A pile up was soon to form at the start of the home straight as Begley fired 6 God into Perez with NO69 Smelly nailing 16 Pob. WA731 Scott Douglas gave BW3 Lee Armstrong the same treatment only to be silenced by NR297 Tim Nickson. Douglas also took a head on from JR231 Grandad with the latter getting done by God. TW57 Dino steamed Demo only to cop some of his own treatment from Shaun Dawes. Dino was also done by Eno with the latter taking the same treatment from Pob. Only Pob and Eno emerged from the pile up with Eno then feeling the force of Pob on the back straight. Kong then fired up to meet Pob head on, Psycho also going in on the Leveller as the latter recovered to nail Eno en-route to victory from the Team V star ending a cracking race.
 After the semis the points situation was as follows: Northern Steam A still  ahead on 36 points, Team V A second on 26 and Levellers still third on 23.
 Only 16 of a possible 36 qualifiers appeared for the A final with Woka burrying Pob into Morphet early doors as Bandit took out Chucker with the latter recovering only to be followed in by Steele. The latter continued to do NR917 NSD as Steele then got some of his own medicine from Beaver. NO728 Robbo wasted 295 Havoc with Steele landing a hard blow to Bodge just behind the door before going onto do Dawes. Bodge retaliated by doing Steele as Beaver steamed Demo. The latter soon recovered to pile up the back of Woka with Brian Heywood avenging the hit en-route to victory with the latter being the only one to finish.
The A final was open to all others who never qualified and had 20 cars on track. 42 Donkey ran BW276 James Turner up a post from the off as 881 Naismith met RA252 Paul Carter in a big head on coming off the centre. 86 Simpson then blitzed Naisy well on turn 1 with reds out straight away. BA651 Dave Walker took out Donkey before landing a t-bone on Borrower 259 Liam Johnson. A recovered Donkey gave BG27 Potter a large roof bender as BA651 Huggy gave 253 Carter a big head on. 73 Alan Potts took the victory from Skyliner with only two finishing.
 By now Northern Steam had run up a convincing victory on 51 points from Team V A in second on 26 and Levellers A in third.
 Jaks R Us took smartest team award, 54 Bandit took best wrecker and 16 Pob took best entertainer.
 An all in DD with no points to finish with 21 returning for one last crash. Hoagy jacked WA455 Alex Ramsey before Woka spun Begley whereabouts the latter was done head on by Charnley. Begley was pounded further by Roberts who took a shot himself from NR707 Lee Tomlinson. Eno steamed Hoagy as Tomlinson did LB114 Steve Waddington. The lively Beaver then did Flan head on with Tomlinson also doing the former. The latter then went in on Eno with NB75 The Menace doing Beaver over the front wheel. Menace also took a t-bone from Sausage Boy with Waldo also doing the same only for the Menace to keep it going and was duly awarded victory.
 This ended a quite superb meeting, no one backing out for anyone. 2 of the biggest wrecks of all time, just in one meeting and some brilliant wrecking all day long. Held in beautiful weather, Barrows biggest ever meeting give them their just rewards a 100 car turnout!
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Hednesford Hills Raceway, 28th July, Unlimited Bangers Krash Kings 2
CC-Crash Company
MI-Men In Black
MB-The Mob
WP-Wasps
WB-Wild Boys
SS-Seasiders

 56 drivers appeared at the newly re-surfaced Hednesford Hills Raceway for the second in the SKY TV series of Krask Kings. A good bit of tackle was on show with the best of the 10 Jags on show being the XJ Coupe of WP90 Rob Baker and the XJ40 of CC54 Richard Hayward. Lots of Mk1's came from SR4David Wilde, SR670 Richard Flockton, MB152 James Dillon, WP443 Dave Harvey, MN83 Llyod Isherwood and MB108 Ian Gordon, the latters a smart Coupe. Crowns were in the hands of WB316 Andy Cushion, MB155 Scott Hamilton and MB150 Leon Pelc. This just left car of the meeting which was WB591 Simon Ballards DS420 Limo.
 The Crash Company and Mob were paired together for Heat 1 with the full compliment of 20 cars appearing. From the off CC85 Shaun Barnes was quick to spin MB880 Neil Naismith before 152 Dillon accidentally gave running mate MB129 Ken Smith a t-bone. A revenge seeking 880 Naisy then took out Barnes as CC251 Ade Phillips ran MB430 Bob Moffat round the armco. MB252 John Wibberley attacked Barnes with the latter then backing the attacking Mobster in before replying with a head on. A limping Barnes was then well blitzed by a ''could'nt resist it'' MB122 Steve Durkin, the latter getting his front wheels off the ground in the process. A recovered 252 McWibbs then t-boned CC70 Si Needle before 155 Hammy took CC666 Dan Lucas out of contention. MB06 Craig Robertson took the victory from CC214 Will Walmsley and 108 Tangoman. 5 Mob cars finished to Crash Co's 2 with the Mob taking 27 points to Crash Co's 9.
 Heat 2 had Wild Boys facing the much fancied Seasiders with the latter a driver short. SR46 Keith Painter got proceedings underway by sending WB384 John Golden spinning as SR647 Danny Verrall introduced WB262 Buster Godden to the armco. SR670 Tricky gave WB269 Dean French a shot with the former continuing to assault WB11 Steve Matthews. WB384 Goldie hit SR265 Ken Angel before Verrall wiped WB74 Mark Shaw out. SR82 Paul Tomkins removed Ballards Limo before WB80 Matty Allman steamed Angel with Verrall then arriving to do Allman. WB37 Phil Woskett, WB74 Mouse and Verrall then had it away on the back straight with Barmy Ballard arriving to power the DS hard up the back of Verrall, trashing the latter well. A good train was then formed on the West bend when SR82 Winkle weighed into WB37 Fizz before copping the same treatment from Allman. Wilde then steamed into Allman with Tricky appearing on the scene to do the same to Fizz. Tricky drove well to win from Mouse and Winkle. Both sides had drew level on points, 18 each.
 The last eliminator saw Wasps and Men In Black on track with the latter fielding a full side but Wasps only able to field 6. From the off MN82 Edward Fothergill took out Wasp 161 Pete West as WP90 Grippa piled the XJ Coupe up the back of MN245 Tyrone Taylor. WP774 Pete Sill then had Dave Harey out as MN83 Lloyd Isherwood hit WP5 Matt Sheard hard over the back wheel. The latter took more punishment from MN284 Andy Edwards as he delivered a large portion of t-bone before WP774 Silly walled MN333 Martin Hinson. The latter soon recovered to heave Harvey out before doing the same to Taylor. MN285 Darren Lewis took victory from Hemmin and MN282 Simon Turner with the Men In Black taking 22 points and Wasps 11.
 Crash Co and Wasps were paired together for the consi with WP1 Mark Thomas spinning CC688 Wayne Morphet out early on with 251 Phillips putting WP161 Westy in soon after as CC40 Ian Kitchen arrived to dish out a big head on to Westy. The two Barrow guests then impressed as CC214 Sausage Boy trashed Thomas and Morphet gave WP69 Copey a big t-bone on the back straight. CC601 Lee Usher then set about Harvey on the centre with 333 Hemmin winning for the Wasps with Dan Lucas and CC54 Bandit his placemen.
 The first semi, run to DD rules over 6 mintues had Men In Black against Seasiders with the latter team two men down with 7 and the Men in Black 9. SR320 Grahame Duell kicked the race into life by following in MB43 Dave Rose with the latter then taking a hard shot to the back wheel from 670 Tricky. The Reds appeared soon after for a fire in the 43 car with 13 back for the restart. Duell t-boned 282 Turner as Tricky gave 333 Hinson a head on. The former was then taken out well by 245 Taylor who was in reverse at the time as 774 Silly felt the force of SR348 Sonny Sherwood. This only left Isherwood to fend for himself and after a lot of cat and mouse he managed to spin both Winkle and 348 Mushy before t-boning the latter which left him open for a nailing from Tricky. The Seasiders took the win with 5 still left running at the end.
 The second semi saw The Mob paired with Wild Boys with the Scotsmen returning all ten cars from their first encounter, the Wild Boys down to 8. As expected McWibbs went for it on oppo straight from the off only to miss his intended target and put a wheel back whilst hitting the kirb. Wibbs then had more bad luck, taking a bone from 37 Fizz with the latter then meeting Dillon in a head on. Fizz then took some of his own as he was assaulted by 880 Naisy with the latter to pay for it as well as he copped a good steaming from WB316 Cush. WB13 Marc Gilbert then finished Naisy with a hit to the back wheel before Cush's Crowns was comprehensively destroyed by 108 Tangoman. The latter tried in vain to get his Coupe trashed, waving the Wild Boys in and even at one point giving the passing drivers the middle finger but to no evail! 80 Allman then ran 430 Moffat into Naisy as MB122 Turk put his second big hit of the day in as he went in to trash Fizz's Estate well. WB11 Yeti avenged the hit by going in on Turk with the latter then replying with a head on. 129 Smith steamed Mouse as MB06 Zippy t-boned Goldie. Smith then walled Mouse hard before Allman met Zippy on the the nose. Smith meanwhile had steamed Yeti with WB269 Popeye t-boning Zippy after the latter had done Popeye over the front wheel. Smith did Yeti before coming over the centre to silence him with a good steam with the former the only one left running to take a good win for the Mob.
 We came away before the final/DD as there was still about 4 Rod races to go and it hadnt helped with too many formulas on plus we were also facing long journey back. What we had seen though had been good, some good racing on the re-surfaced track with a few top hits along the way made for an entertaining day.

The Mob were up against it going into the final as they could only field 5 cars compared to the Seasiders 7. 348 Mushy took 122 Turk out early on, 129 Kruncher had 320 Graham Duell out well with the Seasider getting his Estate wasted by a hit from 155 Mr Nervous. Maverick crashed 108 TangoMans smart Coupe before giving Nervous a monster t-bone, and whilst the Scotsman got out okay, the race was brought under caution as he was in some trouble but he was  later okay. Maverick kicked the restart off by blasting 152 Mr Grumpys immaculate MK1 and then wasting it a lap later, 821 Winkle spun Kruncher out who was obliterated seconds later by Maverick who was supply some top entertainment in his Jag. With the Mob challenge finished the Seasiders took the win and we went into a serperate DD.
774 Meatball destroyed 443 Dave Harvey, 83 Lloyd Isherwood buried Maverick into 40 Kitch with 285 Darren Lewis going in on Maverick head-on. 670 Tricky then went in on Lewis to waste him, 245 Tyrone Taylor steamed Maverick with Taylor getting a head-on from Wildy. Isherwood then gave Wildy a couple of choice shots with Kitch being declared the winner as he was still moving after all this.

Cheers to Stu Kearsley for the final and DD report. Check out the next issue of Northern Steam for a further report.

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Barrow, 21st July, 2 Litre Bangers
 Only 14 cars for another domestic at the Roosecote Raceway. Visitors came from Barford, Warton and Trackstar with material coming in the shape of a used Nissan Sunny Coupe from 36 Stephen Birkett and a Honda Accord for 240 Lee Turner. 05 Carlos Perez meanwhile had car of the meeting with his used MG Magnette.
 12 appeared for the first heat with action from the off as 878 Romeo Jalbert sent 240 Turner spinning before a revenge seeking 05 Perez steamed into 36 Turkey. Perez then continued to remove 59 Marc Blower only to cop a run-in from 501 Ste Kaye. Blower then did the former Blooz Boy hard over the front wheel before 41 Dan Steele ran Jalbert into Perez. 550 Davy Sinclair then gave 501 Basher a roof bender on the home straight before going onto run in 36 Turkey. Meanwhile Perez hit Jalbert and 231 Trev Whelan put 258 Chris Hart in before 14 Will Walmsley ran in and spun 550 Stripit in one go. 14 Sausage Boy tasted victory from 666 Graham Charnley and 231 Grandad.
 One less for heat 2 with 41 Steele spinning 501 Basher before going onto give 231 Grandad a large follow in on turns 3-4. Grandad copped more punishment as 258 Harty steamed him only for the latter to take a good jacking from 59 Blower. Basher then steamed the former to complete a good train while on the back straight Perez buried 666 Charnley into the tyres with Stripit then arriving to blitz Charnley well. The former then carried onto take the victory from 41 Steele and Perez.
 Down to 7 cars for the final but again, another rated race was in store. Perez jacked 14 Sausage Boy early doors with the latter also copping a steam off Steele for his troubles. Stripit took out Jalbert as Sausage Boy then ran in and spun Perez in one go. The former then went against the flow to steam Perez who happily backed up for it. Turkey then weighed into Stripit only to cop a steam off Steele with the latter continuing to hit Perez before the latter took more punishment as Turkey steamed him but soon avenged the hit as he recovered to give the JRU man the same treatment. 41 Steele took the chequered from Stripit and Perez with Steele then giving Turkey a length of the straight hit, albeit under the reds.
 This ended another top rate session around the Roosecote Oval. Proving that once again Barrow is the place to provide a rated meeting no matter what the car turn out is. I cant wait for their next meeting!
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Buxton Raceway, 14th July, Unlimited Banger King of the Peak
 Over 60 motors were on show for Buxtons Annual King of the Peak Championship. Visitors trekked from Barford, GMP, Trackstar, Barrow, Incarace and Warton including a sprinkling from Ireland. Some top tackle was on show with the best of the Jags being 414 Cleggys XJ40 and 67 Keith Salmons Series 1 V12. 201 Wol had a Merc 230 with some top Granada material also on show. 51 Wusty had a Mk1  with 688 Wayne Morphet providing a Mk1 Hearse and 691 Snapper also providing a Mk2 example. Mk2 Limos came from 61 Rick Kenyon and 169 Smelly. 05 Carlos Perez had a Crown while 56 Mark Horsfall had a superb A125 Sherline. Some trouser tenting Yanks were also on show with the Blooz Boyz providing the meat of them. The exceptions were 134 Tony Williams and 97 Firthy who both provided Caddy Seville's with the latters the  slopey boot type while 220 Trotter supplied a Mercury Grand Marquis. Two rated motors though came from 551 Moley with a 1966 Chevy Impala and 200 Noons rated Suburban Silverado.
 A three way split was decided with 23 appearing for the first heat. From the off 326 steamed Williams' Caddy before the latter was taken out by the traffic on the home straight. 129 Pod did 238 Evo on the nose as 414 Cleggy powered up the back of the Caddy. A pile up emerged on the exit to turn 2 in which 173 Stephen Reynolds jacked down 470 Pete Corbetts Estate only to cop a hit over the front wheel from Evo. 707 Lee Tomlinson ran 917 Derek Jones in with 161 Westy also piling in for good measure. A rejuvenated Corbett then had 207 Joe Shannon as 59 Brian Heywood motored onto the victory.
 Same number again for heat 2 with 297 Tim Nickson kicking the action into life as he took Firthys Caddy out with the latter copping the big one through the doors from Noon's Wagon. 61 Kenyon went in, in the Limo before 36 Joe Baxtor put 169 Smelly into the plating. Baxtor recovered to put 42 Donkey in on the back straight with the latter taking more punishment from 606 Red Mist. Smelly followed in 325 Keith McMahon large style on turns 1-2 before the lively Baxtor did 880 Naisy over the front wheel. 54 Chris Walton also went in on the Scotsman with 295 Havoc going onto take the victory.
 A better Heat 3 had 18 starters and 818 Mr Bump kicked us off by putting Moleys machine in as 220 Trotter attacked former team mate 05 Carslos Perez. 360 Fran Cassidy ran 201 Wol in hard as Snapper ran the Hearse up the back of 211 Red Hot Barry on the back straight before Perez duly drove through the Hearse, obliterating it on his way. 110 Kev Lightfoot put Mr Bump away with 360 Cassidy then removing 811. 85 Shaun Barnes then had 390 Unsy out with Snapper then going for Perez against the flow only to miss with the latter then taking an almighty follow in from 690 Winkie, wrecking and snapping the Crown off a treat. Meanwhile 75 Steve Thacker had tasted victory by a long way.
 26 reappeared for the consi with Donkey landing a hit on Trotter as it got underway before a pile up soon blocked the way on the pit bend. Noon gave 196 a roof bender as Moley weighed in on Cleggy only to take a shot from Donkey. Pod then nailed Noon as Donkey ran Trotter round. Pob spun out Lightfoot before a recovered Trotter did 291 Filthy Boy. Pob spun the former only to be jacked by Lightfoot as Trotter fired the  Yank into the former. 221 Gary Allsop had meanwhile rodded onto the victory.
 The final had 28 on track and from the draw 74 Mouse and 707 Tomlinson were on pole. Unsy was on the case early as he  put 470 Corbett up an infield tyre only to take a portion off Baxtor as 102 Lanky Tim went roll about on the centre. 617 Jack Overy took Cassidy in on the home straight before going onto follow Tomlinson as 85 Barnes arrived to deliver a massive t-bone to the 707 motor. 173 Reynolds jacked 161 Westy before 666 Dan Lucas put Moley in hard with the former taking punishment from 211 RHB as revenge. Overy spun Reynolds, Moley nailed Lucas with 51 Wusty then removing an unlucky Reynolds. 74 Mouse ran Wusty and 207 Joe Shannon in, all in one go en-route to victory from Overy and 75 Thacker.
 17 cars returned fro the 4 lap dash into DD with others waiting on the centre to DD it. 201 Wol fired 415 Big Ben in only fence himself hard as a result with Westy then giving 525 Johnny Downes the same treatment before going onto put 69 Spike's doors in. Downes recovered to jack 56 Horsfalls Sherline as Overy steamed Cleggy on the top bend. Pob followed in 134 Williams at the end of the home straight as Shannon took the 4 lap dash.
 Straight into the DD and 196 attacked Mr Bump only to cause a fire in the 196 motor and duly bring out the yellows. 525 Downes steamed 585 Dave Ramsey albeit under the yellows with Horsfall doing Shannon when the greens reapeared. A pile up had meanwhile emerged on the top bend but with machinery blocking the view it was hard to see the action. Shannon went in on Ramsey en-route to taking the victory.
 This ended a cracking meeting. After two quiet heats it kicked off in the third with some quality hits to remember thereafter.
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Barrow, 7th July, 2 Litre Bangers
Many Thanks to Trev Whelan for this report from Barrow normal domestic session last Sunday. Check out Grandads superb Roosecote website at http://www.roosecote-raceway.co.uk/

Another poor showing of just 12 cars for this Domestic meeting. Once again other big meetings are taking local drivers attention with cars being built for the King of the Peaks at Buxton and the upcoming Barrow Teams.

Only visitor coming from Warton  and nothing of note on the car front.

Heat one had all 12 out and kicked off with a couple of laps of catchy catchy. First contact came from 143 Sam Begley (Cortina) putting 234 Smiler (Santana) to the plating. The latter recovered to take a full bore follow in from 41 Dan Steele (Capri) on the next lap, finishing the VW for the day. 231 Grandad (Sierra) pushed 259 Liam Johnson to the wall as Team mate 175 Les (Sunny Coupe) came in with a shot to the rear quarter of the 259 Sierra. 41 Gave 143 the turn around on the back straight and the proceeded to follow 259 into the wall on turn 2. Grandad went on to take the win from Les and Dan

Result 231, 175, 41, 137, 264.

Heat 2 had 10 return. Once again it was sam Begeley that made the first move with a follow in on 259, finishing the Liams car for the day. 143 then went on to spin 137 Pinty (Sierra) and walled himself in the process. 41 spun 143 on the back straight as elsewhere 264 Waldo (Sierra) gave the dead 259 car the Bone. A 4 car train went into turn 4 with Les spinning 666 Instigator (Capri) and Pinty giving dan a mother of a Follow in, Dan getting all four wheels off the deck and landing on the 666 car. 41 tried all manner of ways to block Grandad only to receive a large package from Les. After another two attempts to stop Grandad taking the win, Dan consoled himself with a shot to the empty 175 car.

Result  231, 264, 41, 143.

Only 6 cars made the final but it was worth the effort. Dan, Les and Grandad went into Turn 3 in a train but Grandad was the only one to come out. Dan spun 175 and les Backed him in only to take a big head on from Instigator. 41 and 175 were locked together on the home straight when Grandad returned to do Dan in a big head on killing the 231 Sierra. Dan Backed out to meet Les on his next lap, also head on and dan then went on to do Waldo head on. Sam Begley was the only car left running at this point but it didn’t stop him paying Dan a visit through the passenger door. With no one left running and only 4 laps in the record books, the race was declared null and void.

A watchable session with everyone trying to please but also keep an eye on the points race between Grandad and dan. The Final once again proved that Barrow can produce a wreckfest with only 6 cars.

Kings Lynn, 7th July, Unlimited Banger Earthshaker
 A dissapointing turnout of 26 cars for this once rated affair. Visitors travelled from RDC and Barford while car wise we had two used Series 3 XJ's from 88 Alan Reed and 141 Mark Freeman with 920 James Medley returning his Skegness Soveriegn. Cars of the day though came from 151 Justin Woolner with a fresh XJS and 811 Pete Winter who had a smart Mk1 Limo.
 Awards were first up with 312 Tom Reynolds, 877 Adam Perrin and 200 Steve Farrell all taking smart car awards with Winter taking car of the day and 85 Shaun Barnes took furthest travelled award.
 A minutes silence was held today in respect of 249 Mark 'Polo' Boulden who had unfortunatly passed away on the 6th July after suffering fatal injuries in a work related incident. May you rest in peace.
 The main race was first up and from the draw 347 Mark Burbridge and 877 Perrin were both drawn on pole. From the off 88 Speedy spun 200 Noon and Barnes hit 163 Jeremy Nicholls. 701 Kevin Cooper t-boned Perrin before 347 Ginger removed Barnes and 920 Medley gave Crusher 455 Rick Finney a fine roof bender. 450 Glyn Platts was quick to avenge the hit and duly ploughed hard up the back of Medley while elsewhere  141 Mad Mark did Perrin head on and Ginger put himself in. The latter rejoined but in front of Jeremy Nicholls who duly follwed him into the pit gate. 312 Turbo Tom went in as well as Nicholls recovered well to have Barnes out. 19 Joe Mullarky steamed 307 John Joe Cunningham as the former carried onto put 102 Darren Marshall round. 321 Andy Newton spun Barnes as 204 Andy Bailey took the win from 88 Speedy and 536 Annette Nicholls.
 The Revenge race was next up and with 18 starters it kicked off with 811 Pete Winter putting the Limo into 110 Michael Howard t-bone style before 998 Wayne Cotterill hooked out Mullarky. Speedy then fired Perrin in with Noon then removing 398 Julian Watson. 151 Woolner blasted 110 Maddog as Watson landed a blow to Barnes before the latter recovered to put Perrin in. Perrin then copped more punishment, this time from 998 Cotty. The latter then followed Woolners XJS in with Jeremy Nicholls motoring onto the victory.
 88 Speedy headed the 15 car Masters race off which began with Perrin following Winters Limo in well as Barnes steamed 455 Finney only to cop the same treatment from 312 Turbo. Watson then spun a recovered Barnes before it all went very quiet with Medley winning from 536 Annette and 163 Jeremy.
 8 cars returned for the DD with Medley wasting Finney well from the start before 563 Mark Sewell spun Noon who then copped it from Platts. Medley then weighed into Platts on the centre before Winter hooked out Turbo. Winter hit Medley to release him from Platts after his earlier hit as Woolner piled into the centre tyres unaided before Winter spun Medley with the latter then meeting Woolner head on. Sewell also did the XJS head on as Turbo piled into Winter. Sewell then t-boned Turbo which rolled the Hitman on impact. Woolner backed into the Limo before Turbo, with help from the marshalls, got the Vole back onto all fours and he duly climbed back in to start it and carry on. Woolner went in on Winter again before Turbo steamed Woolner. Turbo went in on the XJS once again with Woolner being handed the victory from Turbo, ending a quieter meeting but one which had its moments and a lively DD to finish off.

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Mildenhall, 6th July, Unlimited Bangers
 Around 60 big cars for Mildenhalls annual session for the Unlimiteds. Visitors came from Barford, Smallfield and Trackstar. Some pretty decent tin was on offer with the best of the 9 XJ's present being the XJS's of 19 Joe Mullarky and 39 Peanut while 537 Bruno and 159 Darren Scarrow both debuted XJ40's. 88 Speedy had the best Granada with his used Mk3 Hearse, 89 Mick South had a fresh Merc 250, 200 Ady Green brought along  a Mk2 Mustang and 503 Tin Tin had a Fairmont Estate. 619 Rhino had a Caddy Seville with 924 Matt Millen, 22 Dave Vincent and 85 James Ellis all being P5 powered. 173 Nick Gant returned a P4 while two FX4 Taxis came from 788 Darren Gathercole and 211 Barry Franklin, the latter one having a very smart paint job to boot. Cars of the night though came from 814 Mark Millen with a fresh A110 Westy and 56 Phil Coe who debuted a Humber Hawk.
 One minutes silence was recorded in respect of 249 Mark 'Polo' Boldon who had earlier passed away in the day after a serious accident left him with fatal injuries. May you rest in peace.
 On with the action and 28 cars appeared for the first heat with 665 Stuart Scarlett sending Gladiator 411 Gareth Robertson spinning. 39 Peanut did the same to Millens Rover before 297 Martin Tappenden met 298 Dave Bessant on the nose. Millen then attacked 247 Butty before the latter  exacted revenged with a hit of his own with Millen then recovering to do Tin Tin's Fairmont over the front wheel. The lively Millen then piled up the back of 388 Emmo's Vole on the centre before Peanut fired Butty in hard. The latter then copped more punishment from 328 Wilkie as 21 Jason Colbert attacked 119 Cruncher. Colbert was then taken out by Bessant before Rhino put the Caddy to good use with a jacking of the unlucky Colbert. Bessant then felt the force of Cruncher before 265 Troy Thiele put Rhino round with 249 Matt Frost going onto take the win, rather fitting that a driver with the same number as the late Polo should take the first win of the night.
 Same number again for heat 2 with 537 Bruno powering the XJ40 into 642 Guy Baker early doors before 920 James Medley removed 185 Shaun Barnes. The latter recovered to meet Greens Mustang on the nose as 617 Jack Overy followed in 742 Ross Stebbing. 364 Sean Winchester then fired Gathercole in with 173 Gant steaming Mullarkeys XJS before 35 Peter Lewis destroyed Gathercoles Taxi. Winchester then followed in 644 Piers Turner before Ellis fired his P5 hard up the back of 35 Lewis. Franklin did Bruno on the nose as Scarrow did the luckless Bruno over the front wheel, finishing the latters night. Gant then hit Barnes on the centre as 148 Shorty had Speedy out. Medley then hit the hearse as he rejoined with Shorty going onto take the win.
 29 odd cars appeared for the consi with 917 John Millen starting things off as he removed Ellis with the latter then copping a head on from Wilkies XJ for his troubles. 324 Mark Latham steamed 725 Jeremy Roberts on the back straight while elsewhere Mullarky took Latham in and 924 Millen weighed into 215 Michael Croxen only to cop the same treatment from Wilkie. 404 Stephen Sarrl and 725 Roberts then went in hard entering turn 1 with Mullarky then going in hard on Sarrl. Mullarky then took a blow off Scarlett with the 19 XJS quickly exacting revenge. 917 Millen hooked Overy out with it having no effect as Overy soon recovered to stay in the lead and taste victory.
 24 for the Qualifiers only final and 53 Dave Palmer started proceedings off by attacking Shorty before Peanut did Ellis head on. Tin Tin then did the P5 just behind the door as the former then attacked Mullarky against the flow. 312 Turbo did 619 Karl Turnball over the front wheel with the Reds then appearing with 13 lining up for the restart. Turbo spun Cruncher out with the latter then copping a head on from Thiele. Cruncher took it from all angles as he took another portion off Scarrow before copping a meaty head on from Turbo. Winchester then fired up the back of Speedy while Cruncher fired back with a hit on Turbo before Winchester removed Mullarky. The fueding Cruncher and Turbo then engaged head to head again before the former got turned around by Mullarky. Winchester then planted a hit on Mullarky and spun him in one sweep with the latter soon recovering to run Peanuts XJS  round and hard into Turbo's stationary Vole. The lively Winchester pounded Mullarky further before 214 Marcus Ballard put 249 Frosty in with the latter copping more punishment from Medley. Shorty landed a hit on Scarrow which had no effect as the latter took victory with Winchester piling Colbert in on the run down lap.
 23 cars returned for the DD with Millen t-boning Franklins Taxi from the off as 118 Nigel Overton attacked Mullarky only to cop a hit off 'that man' Winchester. The lively Mullarky did Scarlett hard over the front wheel as 924 Millen steamed into Tin Tin. A pile up emerged on turn 2 with Wilkie meeting Bessant head on. Overy followed in Emmo with Bessant then meeting Sharrod head on. Winchester gave Mullarky a t-bone before Sharrod did Coe's Humber head on. Scarrow powered into the Humber only to cop a portion from Overy but was silenced by Winchester. Matt Millen weighed into Sharrod before going onto give the Humber a big hit over the front wheel. Millen then did the Humber over the grill with it now just coming down to Millen and Winchester.The latter could'nt get it started and Millen did him head on just to make sure. Millen duly took the win to end a lively meeting, certainly had its moments and a great DD to round the eveing off.

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Barrow, 29th June, Unlimited Bangers
 Considering previous Unlimited meetings around Barrow it was a lower turnout of 18 cars that greated us for Round 2 of Roosecotes 2002 Unlimited Series. Visitors travelled from Barford, Buxton, Warton and GMP. Material was mainly returned tonight as 917 Derek Jones and 666 Graham Charnley returned Series 3 XJ's while 175 Gary Mallinson returned his Crown and running mate 477 Rob Bell also returned his XJ40.
 All cars out for heat 1 and 41 Dan Steele kicked the night into life by steaming 332 Danny Sharpe only to cop the same treatment himself from 264 Ian Wallace. 175 Mallo then steamed into the former as visitor 243 Dougie Thompson gave Mallo's Crown a good steam before Invader 514 Paul Woods ran the 175 motor up the wall, snapping the Crown off well. 502 Hoagy sent 300 Dan Kirkbride spinning only for the Scotsman to cop the same treatment from 14 Will Walmsley. 41 Dan Steele then ran Derek Jones in as the lively Thompson followed 146 Phil Flannery in. 14 Sausage Boy then copped the run in treatment from Steele before being spun out by 550 Davy Sinclair. Steele took Kirkbride in before the Leveller took a jacking from Thompson as 666 Instigator steamed the empty Jones XJ only to be spun out by Hoagy. Steele weighed in on Kirkbride on oppo only to cop some of his own treatment from Sausage Boy. The action then took to the centre as 666 Instigator backed into Steele before t-boning 325 Mark Demspter. 514 Woods had meanwhile motored onto the victory from 550 Stripit and 243 Thompson.
 Down to 12 cars for heat 2 as Insigator gave out a steam to Woods before taking the same treatment himself from Hoagy. With a pile up now forming on turns 3-4, Buxton's 774 Pete Sill steamed into 332 Danny Sharpe only to cop to same treatment from Steele, finishing his Estate off. Steele then felt the force of 264 Ian Wallace as Hoagy weighed into the former with 325 Demo piling in to steam Hoagy. Thompson went in before Demo was on the recieving end of Stripit as Sausage Boy buried Woods into the pile up with a rated follow in. Thompson then gave Sausage Boy a rated shot only to be hit by running mate(!) Hoagy. Stripit then landed a head on to Sausage Boy to finish himself and with no one else running  it was decided to re-run the race later in the program.
 The Re-run of heat 2 only had 7 starters but still the action still came hard and fast. It started with 300 Kirkbride taking in Steele before Hoagy followed in Sausage Boy well. 36 Stephen Birkett then met Steele in a big head on, ripping out 36 Turkey front wheel. Sausage Boy then t-boned Steele against the flow as Hoagy followed Kirkbride hard into Steele on turns 3-4. Steele then took more punishment from Sausage Boy as Kirkbride met Hoagy on the nose. Walmsley then arrived to do Hoagy on oppo before the Scotsman waved both Sausage Boy and Kirkbride in who both obliged with hits over the back wheel to finish the 502 car off. Stripit meanwhile rodded onto take the victory with Sausage Boy the only other one running.
 The Qualifiers only final raised only 6 cars and straight from the off Sausage Boy braked up on Thompson before 666 Instigator came round to do Thompson on the nose as the Scotsman took more punishment, this time from 917 Jones as Sausage Boy steamed hard into Thompson before the yellows came out as Thompson was belived to be unbelted.  Only 3 for the restart with the only action seeing Stripit take Sausage Boy in hard, getting the 14 car airbourne as Stripit motored onto the victory before piling hard up the back off Instigator on the run down lap.
 Points wise, 550 Sinclair had finished as top points scorer with 514 Woods in second and 243 Thompson third.
 Another top meeting around the Roosecote oval. Although low on numbers it was more than made up for with some top action with the locals fueding against the visiting Scotsmen which produced some top hits throughout the night.
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Skegness, 23rd June, Unlimited Banger BBA Grand Prix
 A better turnout of 36 cars for the Sundays BBA Grand Prix meeting. Extra visiting drivers came from namely RDC, Incarace and Smallfield. Material this time came from  920 James Medley in a Jaguar Sovereign and 80 Jack Foster in an XJ6 while 88 Speedy kept his XJS from the night before.
 33 cars appeared for the Grand Prix which was first up and again to an all in format. From  the draw 811 Pete Winter was drawn on pole with 421 Nige Riley alongside him. 521 Ash Riley, who was out for the first time this weekend, kicked proceedings off as he removed 662 Darren Taylor early doors. 85 Shaun Barnes then landed a hit on 563 Mark Sewell as a recovered Taylor did Rebel 443 Dave Harvey.163 Jeremy Nicholls had 274 Paul Coker out as 617 Jack Overy removed the unfortunate 274 Giggler just as he was rejoining.  Ash Riley then fired 727 Sam Cosgrove in hard as 920 James Medley spun Speedys XJS. Jeremy Nicholls landed a blow to 007 Ian Laws only to put himself in as a result. Meanwhile, Bear guest 803 Gareth Woolven did Jeremy head on as 811 Winter took Speedy out with the latter then copping a t-bone from from 007 Dangerous Dill before the XJS was soundly trashed by that man Nutty Nige. Nige though copped some of his own medicine from 158 Shane Davies as he homed in for the blitz on the Bear with Davies then copping it from 200 Steve Farrell in turn. 431 Shaun Abra fired Barnes into Dill as Ash came round to blitz Barnes well and finish his day. Ash then duly backed out and steamed Jeremy Nicholls on the seaside turn. Winter wasnt headed throughout the race at all and duly recorded his second big win of the weekend with 218 Lee Clelland and 617 Jack Overy his placemen.
 20 returned for the Revenge Race which was a little quieter this time. As they got away Nige was first to show with a removal of 220 Dave Bale with the latter then recovering to do 563 Mark Sewell and send him up the infield tyres as a result. Nige then attacked Speedy only to taste the fence himsef as Overy had 431 Abra out. 321 Andy Newton did the same to 811 Pete Winter as Overy followed in 321 Brett Fry well, finishing his day. 200 Noon hit Overy as he backed out while Abra recorded his first victory of the weekend.
 The Masters had 20 cars on track and from the draw Winter was on pole with Overy on the the outside. From the off  Giggler did Sewell as Nutty Nige sent Abra fencewards and 80 Foster ran Giggler in. The latter was then pounded further more by 19 Joe Mullarky as 502 Hoagy attacked 803 Woolven and 253 Steve Askham went in with 563 Sewell. 150 Mark Smith was sent spinning by 321 Newton while Overy sent Woolven flying hard, head on into running mate Nige. Overy continued to spin Mullarky with Askham then putting Cunningham round. 811 Winter took yet another victory.
 13 made it back out for one last crash in the DD. Hoagy started it off by treating 727 Cosgrove to a removal as 220 Bale attacked 521 Ash and 80 Foster homed in with a big head on to the 521 motor. Bale then went on oppo to waste Ash impressively while Steve Askham set about Hoagy. Foster jacked 803 Woolven well with the latter then copping the t-bone treatment from 252 Darren Askham. Noon then arrived on the scene to grant a solid hit over the front wheel of Woolven but paid for it with a steam from 252 Askham after the latter had done Hoagy. Foster gave Noon a killer shot to finish the Blooz Boy before copping the treatment from Harvey. It then came down to 80 Foster and 443 Harvey with the latter getting the first hit in as he landed a blow to the XJ before doing him head on a succesion of times. Foster replied with a large head on of his own to finish the Jag. Harvey then dished out one last steam to Foster just to make sure as Nutty Nige fired back into life on the back straight. Harvey circled round to meet the Bear head on, killing both motors out right with Harvey given the win as Nige had been stationary for a long period of time.
 This ended two lively meetings, a touch roddy at times but more than made up for with some top wrecking on track to end and a great weekend both on and off track.
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Skegness, 22nd June, Unlimited Banger Euro 2002
 A slightly low turnout of 29 cars for the Euro 2002 which this year took place at the Skegness Shaleway. Lots of visitors though with tracks sending representatives Incarace, Barford, RDC, Smallfield and GMP. Car wise it was Mk2 dominated but to break the mold there was one Volvo 240, an XJ6 for 173 Ray Sharrod, a Cedric Estate from 901 Barrie Simpson while 88 Alan Reed had car of the night as he debuted a fresh XJS.
 23 appeared for the main race, which was an all in format. From the draw Scotsman 84 Alan Conroy was drawn on pole with 163 Jeremy Nicholls alongside him. From the off  77 Chirs Murfin sent Speedy spinning, only to cop the same treatment himself from 321 Andy Newton. 536 Annette Nicholls put herself in as Newton removed 158 Shane Davies from the running. 321 Brett Fry put himself up the inner tyres unaided as 307 John Joe Cunningham fenced 789 Rob Taylor on the back straight with the latter taking more punishment from Jeremy Nicholls. Murfin then charged Davies entering the trackshop bend as 431 Shaun Abra spun 920 James Medley. 811 Pete Winter took the victory with Abra and 617 Jack Overy coming home in 2nd and 3rd respectively.
 Next up was the Euro Revenge race which had 22 starters. Abra started off proceedings with a removal of 901 Yobbo as 85 Shaun Barnes went in with Medley on the seaside turn. 502 Hoagy jacked 77 Murfin before 421 Nige Riley fired Sharrod in. Barnes then blitzed Newton on the start/finish line as Abra ran 421 Nutty Nige in with the latter recovering to waste the the stationary Barnes with a large portion. 321 Wignut then picked up Davies and followed him superbly into 77 Murfin, leaving the latter with an impressive wreck. Both Wignut and Davies soon recovered with 321 Wignut then applying more damage to Davies as he fired Abra into him. Davies took even more punishment, this time from 220 Dave Bale as he steamed into him before Nige met the Condom in a big head on. 901 Yobbo had meanwhile taken the chequered.
 The Bangers Maters had 21 cars on track and from the draw Abra and Yobbo were both drawn on the front row.  421 Nige kicked the race into life as he attacked 536 Annette only to take a fencing by the hands of Hoagy. Davies went in with 727 Sam Cosgrove as Annette felt the force of 218 Lee Clelland. The lively Nige then followed in 901 Yobbo hard as Annette took a further steaming from an 'on form' Nige. Cosgrove did Cunningham as Overy followed in Wignut hard on turns 1-2. Overy backed out to hook out 172 Andrew Bonser before the latter recovered to deliver a t-bone to 431 Abra. Winter jacked Newton en-route to the victory.
 11 motors returned for the last race of the night, the Allcomers. Newton got us underway with a hard walling of Cosgrove before Hoagy followed in Davies well on the turnstile bend. Cunningham attacked Bonser as Winter weighed into Newton and Cunningham t-boned the unfortunate Bonser. Overy removed Annette as Winter took his third victory of the night.
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Hednesford, 16th June, 1650cc National Banger Team Championship
Many Thanks to Neil Fox of the superb Well Bent! website for this report from the annual Hednesford National Team Championship. Visit his website at www.wellbent.cjb.net

Twenty nine teams arrived to do battle for the annual team championship, with a black mark going to the Red Rebels who failed to honour their booking when several teams were on a waiting list and keen to attend. As expected the popular car choices were the usual Cortinas, Capris and Bleubirds with just one apiece for the Stellar and FSO, top Cortinas being the Mk3's of 54 Bandit (an Estate), 76 Steve Waite, 272 Gary Murrell, 285 Darren Lewis, 601 Usha, 821 Stuart Burns and 920 James Medley, while Panic Attack's 575 Chris Cross had a Chrysler Avenger which was as immaculately turned out as the rest of that team and they deservedly picked up the prize for the smartest team. A special mention to for Real Steel's 723 Marie Smith who was making her banger debut as a last minute replacement for Dave Westlake...in at the deep end or what! The teams were split into five groups with each team entering up to two cars in three of the five heats, then two semi finals where three cars could be fielded and lastly two B-Finals for those outside the top 36 points scorers who went into the A-Final (got that?!) The teams were as follows:

BA - Barmy Army, BB - Barton Boys, BZ - Blooz Boyz, BF - Brafield Badgers, BX -Buxton, C - Coventry Avengers, CC - Crashco, DA - Demons A, DB - Demons B, FS - Flying Squad, HJ - Hijackers, JD - Jammie Dodgers, M - The Mob, MIB - Men in Black, FT - Mildenhall Fen Tigers, NS - Northern Star, OC - Outcasts, PA - Panic Attack, RS - Real Steel, RO - Roosecote Raceway, RR - Ram Raiders, SA - Stinkbridge A, SB - Stinkbridge B, TB - T-Bone, TV - Team V, TW - Telford Wreckers, W - Warriors, WA - Wasps, WB - Wild Boys

Heat one brought 32 cars out and the grid draw left the Capris of OC46 Maverick and FT22 Dave Vincent on the front row. WA174 Andy Harris gave NS169 Smelly a T-bone with TB158 Shane Davies (Bluebird) giving the Northern Star man a head on, while TB18 Rob Burbridge (Estate) spun DB62 Dave Kingston but left himself open to shots from the Capri of M155 Mr Nervous and WB37 Fizz in a trademark Bluebird. PA575 Chris Cross had his Avenger destroyed on the back straight and then OC342 Potty was launched into a big roll off the back straight victory ramp, with NS169 Smelly weighing in on WA135 Steve Gough's Capri. In the race, FT22 Vincent pushed OC46 Maverick wide to take the lead, although Maverick got back on terms and pulled a similar move on Vincent on the last bend to retake the lead and win, while DB62 Kingston launched BZ201 Wol into a roll to conclude the action.

Result: OC46 Keith Painter, FT22 Dave Vincent, BA139 Dave Ball, FT131 Barry Wade, BZ205 Dave Walsh, DB62 Dave Kingston, RR411 Dan Steele, SB84, CC40 Ian Kitching, TB158 Shane Davies

Around 35 cars for heat two with BX470 Pete Corbett spinning TV410 Rugrat's Estate which was then blasted by M150 Leon Pelc's Capri as TW15 Robert Jones gave SA94 Nigel Ashley a solid shot and M252 McWibbs was removed by the leading DA162 Brett Fiddler's Mk3 Cavalier. TV340 Jon Atkinson (Capri) then buried JD224 Mike Webber into the side of MIB333 Martin Hinson before DA162 Fiddler was removed from the lead by PA376 Damon Moon with BX51 Wusty moving through to take up the running. M150 Mr Lazy then attacked DA162 Fiddler with JD224 Mike Webber (Estate) then burying the Mob man into HJ165 Curbo's machine. SA94 Nigel Ashley jacked FS339 Adrian Lightbound's Capri and RO76 Dodgy (Mk3) removed TV410 Rugrat as BX51 Wusty won ahead of C75 The Menace, with OC425 Sonic giving the spun C164 Chas Knowles (Bluebird) a head on to end the action this time.

Result: BX51 John Worstencroft, C75 Jim O'Brien, MIB285 Darren Lewis, JD141 Carson Cooper, RS383 Paul Adams, RO156 Daz Fine, OC425 Pat McPhilimey, SA94 Nigel Ashley, TV340 Jon Atkinson

34 cars out for heat three with BZ211 Red Hot Barry firing into FS303 Brian Cope from the off with Cope then taking a head on from DA99 Scott Hill, then FS265 Ian McGregor rolled his Capri off the victory ramp to bring the race to a halt, well done to JD100 Sat who shielded the rolled motor until the race was stopped. On the restart, RR401 Psycho (Capri) fired into SA318 Wilf Speak's similar machine, taking WB74 Mouse (Accord) in too, while SA409 Carlos buried NS691 Snapper into TB48 Mark Taylor's Capri with BX175 Steve Thacker then piled into this by NS291 Neil Hodson and JD282 Uglee following in HJ98 Alan Beamon with RR401 Psycho going hard into Uglee before being removed by WB74 Mouse and walled by old rival FT119 Cruncher, Cruncher then putting W44 Dave Burrows away. BF777 Trevor Luff neatly moved SA409 Carlos wide to move through for the win with WB920 James Medley third.

Result: BF777 Trevor Luff, SA409 Carl Pears, WB920 James Medley, BZ211 Barry Sim, WB74 Mark Shaw, FT119 Davey Cox, W44 Dave Burrows

Around 33 cars for heat four which began with DB62 Dave Kingston turning out TV310 Eno's Capri before RO751 Mallo (Capri) buried FS186 Simon Carlton hard into the side of BZ200 Noon's Bluebird and the lively Kingston planted BA831 Stu Burns' Mk3 backwards into the wall. MIB82 Edward Fothergill (Riva Estate) then did a complete roll on the home straight as TW96 Wayne Davies buried DB62 Kingston into RO751 Mallo's Capri before spinning BZ551 Moley. TV310 Eno removed TB622 Andy Thacker as RR67 Sparky did the same to M880 Naisy (Sapphire) with PA234 Darryl Edwards seeing the race out by burying SB450 Glyn Platts into the dead car of DB62 Kingston, while OC465 Havoc got on with the winning this time.

Result: OC465 John Healey, TB148 Ian Redden, BA811 Carl Burns, C461 Nathan Knowles, RR67 Mark Whittaker, C65 Richard Giddens, TB622 Andy Thacker, FT91 Dave Barwick, FT564 Mark Cooper, PA757 Mark Roberts

32 cars out for the fifth and final heat with Buxton's 295 Graham Heywood joined at the front by RO372 Martin Scully. The race didn't last long before C60 Wayne French and MIB285 Darren Lewis performed a spectacular roll on the home straight with help from CC601 Usha and TW118 Jason Anslow, bringing the reds out as there was some concern for French, but he was fine. DA167 Paul Motherwell removed W251 Ade Phillips (Capri) as we got away again, with CC601 Usha taking out TV266 Big Al and RO30 Dougie Roberts taking BF744 Muppet in before RS737 Ian Crandon's Capri shed a wheel to bring out the reds although not before CC54 Bandit buried JD103 Lee Bugler into the SA293 Paul Ashley car and took a shot from CC601 Usha as a result. BX295 Graham Heywood took the win on the road with the main action being WB384 Goldie's walling of RS377 Mark Brennan, but Heywood failed post race scrutineering and that gave WB17 Nick Sweet the win from RO372 Scully.

Result: WB17 Nick Sweet, RO372 Martin Scully, W44 Dave Burrows, BB104 Mick Siddalls, BB142 John Kavanagh, TW118 Jason Anslow, CC54 Richard Hayward, C6 Mark Holdsworth, BF71 Jenny Holliday, DA167 Paul Motherwell

The first semi final had a grid of just over 40 cars, with DB500 Chris Key rolling his Bluebird off the banking before FS303 Brian Cope took a T-bone from the SB84 Bluebird. BZ211 Red Hot Barry gave W218 Lee Clelland a head on before taking one over the front wheel from SB84, then W77 Phil Rogers buried BA139 Dave Ball's Estate. BZ551 Moley took the chance to wall the leading SA409 Carlos who was then turned round by JD141 Carwash to hand the lead to BX51 Wusty who went on to win from TW118 Jason Anslow.

Result: BX51 John Worstencroft, TW118 Jason Anslow, DA236 Andy Robinson, JD141 Carson Cooper

The second semi had around 46 machines on track and it began badly for OC342 Potty as he was walled by BB179 Cool's Bluebird, while C6 Mark Holdsworth removed FT499 Matt Frost and M122 Turk fired hard up the back ofJD282 Uglee's Estate with CC40 Kitch blasting RO30 Dougie Roberts after the Roosecote man had done WA443 Dave Harvey. FT91 Bart then buried RS32 Ian Taylor's Estate into the pile with team mate FT564 Mark Cooper firing CC54 Bandit and RS377 Mark Brennan in at speed too, then WA90 Grippa blasted CC7 Mark Lester before the reds came out for WA443 Harvey who'd copped one in the driver's door but was fortunately able to limp to the safety of the infield. On the restart, TB47 Andy Davies (Capri) led BB179 Cool and C164 Chas Knowles away, PA757 Mark Roberts putting himself in trying to remove C164 Knowles while RO156 Anorak did JD121 Pete Salter hard with NS169 Smelly clashing with Knowles and looking to be in a bit of trouble, so we had a red flag and a declared race in favour of 47 Davies.

Result: TB47 Andy Davies, RS383 Paul Adams, SA318 Wilf Speak, FT564 Mark Cooper, JD103 Lee Bugler, TB158 Shane Davies, NS688 Wayne Morphet, C6 Mark Holdsworth, OC58 Martin Dalton, TB622 Andy Thacker

Next up was the B-Final which was split into two races as so many cars wanted to take part, around 36 contesting part one which started with SB350 Dan Peel (Riva Estate) putting W77 Phil Rogers in as HJ165 Curbo went in by the startline and took a massive T-bone from TV310 Eno, while TB18 Rob Burbridge was taken out by M880 Naisy. SB451 Will Blackwell gave BZ201 Wol a head on and OC425 Sonic attacked FT91 Bart but went round himself as a result, then TW96 Wayne Davies put TV410 Rugrat backwards into the wall on his way to second place behind FT119 Davey Cox with FT91 Bart in third. We went into the DD with BB183 Scott Banton blasting SB350 Dan Peel and TV214 Butch coming under fire from BX470 Pete Corbett and OC425 Sonic, while FT91 Bart whacked TV310 Eno before the reds came out for SB350 Peel who looked to be in trouble after taking several hits. Once that was sorted, C60 Wayne French jacked down TV410 Rugrat and FT91 Bart whacked M152 Grumpy over the rear wheel before taking one from HJ98 Alan Beamon, with TV214 Butch T-boning Beamon and TW96 Wayne Davies hammering M152 Grumpy, before FT91 Bart shared a big head on with MIB83 Lloyd Isherwood and TW96 Davies fired up the back of Isherwood as did C60 Ferret. Davies and Isherwood then met head on with Ferret finishing Davies to take the honours although the 83 car then fired up again for a last head on.

Result: FT119 Davey Cox, TW96 Wayne Davies, FT91 Dave Barwick, BX470 Pete Corbett, OC425 Pat McPhilimey, C60 Wayne French, TV310 John Nicholson, TV214 Will Walmesley, DD C60 Wayne French

The second B-Final also had around 36 cars, TW14 Nigel Jones went round and took a head on from WB37 Fizz with BZ220 Trotter blasting the Wild Boy as DA99 Scott Hill walled HJ2 Andrew Wren. RS723 Marie Smith came under fire from FT564 Mark Cooper and DA52 Baden Powell buried FT499 Frosty into DA132 Chris Cullum who also took a shot from RO76 Dodgy, while BZ211 Red Hot Barry whacked W251 Ade Phillips who replied with a head on. DA52 Powell was removed from the lead with WB262 Buster taking over and he took the flag ahead of team mate WB384 Goldie as RO751 Mallo did DA162 Brett Fiddler before taking a shot from RS737 Ian Crandon. The DD saw NS688 Wayne Morphet fire into RS32 Pacman and OC342 Potty did FS272 Gazza with TB622 Mr T giving RS737 Crandon a head on, then WB384 Goldie buried RO76 Dodgy and met PA376 Damon Moon head on before TV214 Butch used the FSO to jack RS723 Marie Smith and then hammered SA11 Darren Race after the TSB man had met M155 Mr Nervous head on. W251 Phillips fired into RO751 Mallo before taking a big T-bone from FS272 Gazza's Mk3, the Warrior hit back with a similar shot but then took a couple of hits from WB262 Buster, with proceedings then coming to an abrupt end as Gazza's motor sparked up to bring out the reds with W251 Phillips given the verdict.

Result: WB262 Buster Godden, WB384 John Golden, BF744 Mark Curtis, DA99 Scott Hill, RO76 Steve Waite, BB222 Matt Logan, RS32 Ian Taylor, NS688 Wayne Morphet, BA800 Rob Burns, OC342 Stuart Phillips, DD W251 Ade Phillips

The A-Final would be decisive with the Wild Boys (33 points) just one point ahead of the Fen Tigers with T-Bone third on 24 and the Outcasts next on 23. 33 qualifiers returned and WB920 James Medley took up the running ahead of team mate WB17 Nick Sweet until TB158 Shane Davies leant Sweet into the wall. We had a stoppage but the race restarted with Davies chasing WB920 Medley, he couldn't quite get close enough to take him out despite a determined effort so Medley took the flag and celebrated with a fierce shot on OC46 Maverick to tear the back out of the Capri as we went into the DD, but it somehow kept going only to take more stick from W90 Grippa and BB104 Mick Siddalls while TB148 Shorty blasted Grippa and then jacked C65 Richard Giddens. WB17 Sweet walled OC465 Havoc and took a hit from BB104 Siddalls while DB18 Webby hit Havoc with Siddalls planting WB17 Sweet into the Demon's Cavalier, then WA90 Grippa gave BB179 Cool a big hit which was avenged by Siddalls who then turned his attention back to Sweet as RR411 Steele fired up and met OC465 Havoc head on before taking punishment from Siddalls, Havoc and Sweet, leaving the Barton Boy to pound WB17 Sweet into submission and take the win.

Result: WB920 James Medley, TB158 Shane Davies, FT22 Dave Vincent, BB104 Mick Siddalls, BF777 Trevor Luff, TB148 Ian Redden, DB18 Ian Webb, DB62 David Kingston

Once the points had been counted up, Medley's win was enough to give the Wild Boys the title for the second year in a row.

1st Wild Boys, 49 points
2nd T-Bone, 44 points
3rd Fen Tigers, 44 points
(T-Bone take second place due to having the higher placing in the A Final)

Another excellent Team Championship from a meeting which always delivers the goods, although it did lack the epic pile ups of recent years.

See Neils pictures from the meeting here

Barford Raceway, 9th June, National Bangers

Only 10 Bangers for a domestic session at the Barford Raceway. One visitor came from GMP while the best of the cars were two BMW 5 series from 0 Eddie Musgrove and 42 Neil Kitchen, 507 Guy Patrick had a Saab 900 and 26 David Scott returned 105 Darren Briggs' Merc 250 from the 21st April meeting.
9 for the first heat and Patrick kicked the action off by putting 666 David Armstrong in as Scott hit Musgrove and 028 Mark Thompson blasted 31 Ian Armstrong into a marker tyre. Scott continued to put the luckless Armstrong in before 250 Ronnie Thompson removed 42 Kitchen only to put himself in. The recovered Kitchen then hit Scott before the latter retaliated by taking Kitchen in on turn 2. 12 Stephen Potts ran David Armstrong in as Potts steamed Armstrong again next time round en-route to victory from Patrick and Scott.
Down to 7 cars for heat 2. Patrick again kicked the action off by removing David Armstrong before Scott took Ian Armstrong in. Potts then put both Ian Armstrong and David Armstrong in, in one move as Scott then went off the head, taking Kitchen in hard on turn 3 before turning it round to do the latter as I.Armstrong attacked D.Armstrong and Kitchen then took a succesion of hits off 6 Paul Musgrove and again Scott. Paul Musgrove motored onto the victory from David Armstrong and Ian Armstrong.
7 again returned for a rather quiet final with Kitchen taking Ian Armstrong out from the start, Paul Musgrove then hammered Kicthen as Guy Patrick ran Armstrong in before the latter recovered to do Mark Thompson over the front wheel. Patrick took the victory from Potts and Armstrong.
This ended a poor meeting, not helped by the persistant rain all day. Lets hope the months break for the National Bangers gives the lads time to build and get ready some new cars after the season started to be picking up from the 20+ car turnout of the last meeting. 

Sheffield, 2nd June, Unlimited Banger BBA Shale World Final

A disappointing turnout of just 29 motors for this World Championship event at Sheffield. Some top visiting entries though with promotions being presented from Barford, GMP, Autospeed, PRI, RDC and Incarace. Car wise we had mostly Granadas and Jags with the pick being the XJ40 of 165 Mark Henstock.
With the low turn out it was decided to put everyone straight through into the World Championship race. Everyone appeared for it with 165 Hentock and 428 Grumpy being drawn on pole. 85 Shaun Barnes kicked it off with a good follow in to 09 Psycho on turns 3-4 with the latter then recieving further punishment from 502 Hoagy. 880 Naisy hit 88 Speedy as 162 Brett Ellacott took 110 Maddog in. 252 Darren Askham then steamed Barnes as Psycho met Naisy on the nose. The stationary Barnes then took a succesion of hits off the traffic before being finished off by Henstock who delivered a good blitz to the 85 motor. 120 Shane Brown then took Hentock in on the back straight with a superb jacking train following. 409 Carlos Pears blitzed Brown who was then given an almighty blitz by 200 Noon. Ellacott hit 173 Ray Sharrod as 536 Anette Nicholls took her rear wheel out after clipping Barnes with 920 James Medley, Sharrod, 05 Carlos Perez and Ellacott then all going in on the back straight with Medley and Sharrod catching posts hard. 977 Paul Scothern then steamed Ellacott as Psycho hit Perez on oppo. Perez replied with a succesion of hits to the Stinkbridge pilot only to be taking out by 158 Shane Davies. 617 Jack Overy won after being drawn at the back of the grid followed home by 428 Grumpy in what was a superb championship race.
Down to 18 starters for the World Revenge as Overy attacked Hoagy before Brown planted Henstock into the Scotsman. 47 Andy Davies attacked Brown as Scothern buried Maddog into the centre tyres. Andy Davies spun Noon with the latter then taking a hit over the front wheel from 450 Glyn Platts before taking a night finising roof bender from Grumpy. Noon emerged a little winded but thankfully recovering minutes latter. Meanwhile on the home straight Ellacott, Sharodd and Shane Davies all went in hard with 253 Steve Askham then firing up the back of Grumpy after the latter had waved him in. Andy Davies spun Askham en-route to victory.
11 cars returned for the World Masters which started with Hoagy putting Darren Askham in who then took further punishment from Ellacott. Andy Davies fired into 811 Pete Winter before Grumpy did the same to 724 Digger. 158 Shane Davies then came under fire from Darren Askham with Davies also copping a hit off Grumpy. Winter then caught a post hard on the back straight, with the aid of Hoagy, snapping his estate well. Ellacott took the victory as Grumpy blitzed Hoagy on the back straight and Shane Brown homed in with the big hit to Hoagy, missed and subsequently met Shane Davies in a big head on, wrecking their motors impressively.
This ended an exceptionally lively meeting for the number of cars that were on offer. It was really a case of quality not quantity with most coming away pretty happy with a good nights racing and wrecking which you are always guaranteed around Sheffield. 

Barrow, 26th May, Unlimited Bangers

A good turnout of 35 cars for the first in the 2002 Unlimited Series at Barrow. Visitors came from Barford, Buxton, RDC, GMP and Warton. On the material front the best of the Granadas were 310 Enos Mk1 Hearse and 300 Dan Kirkbrides Cowdenbeath returned Mk1. 666 Instigator returned his Hednesford Krash Kings XJ6, 266 Big Al returned his Sheffield Battle of Britain Cedric and 477 Skyliner also returned his Barrow February Unlimited XJ40 as did 175 Mallo who returned 52 Boozies Crown. 430 Bob Moffat had a used Saab 900 with 56 Mark Boston having a fresh Nissan Laurel which just left car of the meeting for 707 Lee Tomlinson with an Oldsmobile Cutlass.
The field was split so we had 17 out for the first heat and Instigator started proceedings off by landing a blow on 416 Big Ben as 69 Smelly followed in 147 Chris Detton and Kirkbride met 246 Flan Jnr head on. 41 Dan Steele then attacked 305 General as Kirkbride was blitzed by the lively Smelly. The yellows then appeared for a stray wheel with 9 motors back for the restart. Big Ben spun 325 Demo from the off as the former was then fired in by Moffat and 410 Rugrat met 468 Big Paul on the nose. Steele then steamed Rugrat only to be spun out by Moffat as Boston piled into the latter pair with Big Ben doing Boston only to be wasted well by Skyliner. With the track now blocked a stop was called for with the race being later re-run.
Heat 2 had 19 starters and kicked off with 59 Blower removing Tomlinsons Yank early doors before 85 Shaun Barnes t-boned 129 Pod with the recovered Tomlinson then steaming 36 Turkey. 14 Sausage Boy then took Mallo in as Big Al steamed 143 Sam Begley with Tomlinson also steaming into Begley. Sausage Boy then followed in 53 Kong before going onto fire Tomlinson into 30 Dougie Roberts at the end of the home straight. 818 Craig Phillips then fired in Barnes as 651 Huggy also hit the former who was then done by Sausage Boy. Huggy then piled up the back of Tomlinson as Sausage Boy ran Barnes round and into Kong with Eno also also steaming Barnes en-route to victory in the flying hearse.
The re-run of heat 1 was next but only had 8 cars on track and started off with 860 Stu Simpson hitting and spinning Rugrat in one go as Demo fired Steele in hard before hitting and spinning Steele again when he later rejoined. Steele also copped a steam off Skyliner as Demo took a full contact victory.
The consolation had 9 cars and kicked off with Kirkbride hitting Turkey as Flan Jnr did Kirkbride and Moffat spun Blower. Steele then hit Moffat before going onto put him in hard. Moffat recovered to steam Kirkbride as the former then copped a touch of his own medicine from Turkey. Sausage Boy steamed the former with Turkey then turning it round to do Sausage Boy on oppo. Steele also weighed in on Sausage Boy as Scully motored to the victory.
The Qualifiers only final brought out 11 cars as 155 Mr Nervous started things off by landing a hit on Kirkbride with the latter then being followed in by Mallo with Phillips also piling in for good measure. The recovered Kirkbride took out Steele as Skyliner put Demo in and Mr Nervous removed Instigator. Kirkbride was then blitzed by Steele on turns 1-2 with Demo then arriving to steam Steele by way of revenge. Mr Nervous then steamed into Demo albeit on the centre as Skyliner buried 146 Flan Snr into Phillips. Mallo took out Mr Nervous who was then done over the front wheel by Eno with Instigator then following Scully into the stationary Steele. Skyliner got the bone in on Scully en-route to victory.
10 cars appeared for the Allcomers race and 239 Nelly hooked out Boston early doors with Big Al also doing Boston with Nelly then copping a hit off Simspon. Eno had Barnes out as Nelly got a pay back shot on Simpson only to be steamed by Roberts. Boston also fired into Nelly as Roberts then blizted Demo at the end of the home straight. Eno removed Mallo who recovered to follow Nelly in well. Eno then got a steam in on Mallo in revenge as Barnes hit Mallo only to put a wheel back. Barnes then waved Sausage Boy in for the hit in which he duly obliged as Eno also hit Barnes en-route to victory.
5 returned for the DD and it kicked off with Sausage Boy meeting 414 Cleggy head on as Turkey steamed Sausage Boy who was then done by Flan Snr as the latter then hit Scully before doing Sausage Boy well. This just left Scully as the last one running and he celebrated by piling into Flan hard a succesion of times.
This ended a lively meting with the only downer being the weather. We had some top hits on this now renowned action track. 

Arena Essex, 19th May, Unlimited Banger ShootOut

A lower than expected turnout of around 70 cars for the first running of the Unlimited Banger ShootOut at Arena Essex. Tracks had representatives from Spedeworth and RDC. Some impressive machinery was on show with the best of the 12 XJ's on show being the XJ40's of 33 Wadey and 308 Mick Bradbury while 82 Nigel Carroll and 148 Dave Willmott both returned Mk10's. Best Granadas were the Mk1's of 207 Eyebrow and 130 Basher Bateman, the latter being an immaculate Coupe. 193 Frankie Skinner provided a Mk2 Minster than unfortunatly never raced while Crowns came from 203 Darren Nash and 788 Dean Page as 128 Joe Warner and brother 129 Simon both had a Cedric and Mercedes respectivley. Five P5's came from 287 YoYo, 6 Lee West, 345 Craig Hewlett, 511 Glen Buxton. 405 Mark Blackwell brought along a used 4R, 19 Dave Edwards provided a used DS420 Hearse, 138 Elliott Dobson returned his Roller as 924 Matt Millen also returned a 3 Litre Oztin as did 322 Rolly. 235 Jason Randall brought along an excellent Volvo Amazon Estate while 592 Mark Marchant had a Humber Hawk. On with the Yanks and 462 Kevin Elmore had a Trans Am, 500 Bill Wenham a Oldsmobile Station Wagon, two Lincoln Continentals came from 61 Reidy and 117 Ribbs while 333 Webby returned his Rambler from Wimbledon. 2 Billy Lee returned his Plymouth with 588 Bonesie also returning his LTD.
On with the action and 511 Buxton got the 24 car first heat underway when he blitzed 42 Jamie Wilders before 106 Clyde Williams followed in 415 Paul Hawkes. 49 Billy King hit Williams as on form man 82 Carroll wasted 787 Steve Brookmans estate on turns 1-2 before taking out King and also t-boning Williams, ripping out the latters front wheel. Webby then met 547 Mark O'Neil head on as 732 steamed 341 Bradley Hampton. 592 Marchant then steamed the empty Williams motor. Millen jacked Wilders as Carroll did 251 Spiderman head on. Carroll recovered to do the same to 188 Matt Fuller. 147 Andy Davies took the win.
Heat 2 had 24 starters and 499 Plod was on the case early as he hit 345 Hewitt and spun 312 Greig Cheeseman. Rolly took 462 Elmores Trans Am in as 152 Bones put himself in. 19 Edwards in the DS Hearse then slaughtered Rollys P5 as Buxton also piled into Rolly. Hewitt then wasted 93 Rob Chiddle with a big shot to the latter estate which knocked him out cold. Eventually he came round and was thankfully lead to safety.Bateman then put 164 Paul Dolman in as Eyebrow took the victory.
Down to 18 cars for heat 3 and 405 Blackwell got us underway by taking out Dobson as Ribbs took 407 Richard Gunther in. 184 Bleach followed in 61 Reidy's Yank as the unlucky latter also copped a head on off Dobsons Roller. 471 steamed 297 Paul Chapman as YoYo hit Blackwell. The recovered Chapman spun 317 Brad Theaker as Wadey spun 420 Wellsy en-route to victory.
The 17 car consolation kicked off with Kirk crashing Cheeseman as 707 Steve Harrison spun Randalls Amazon fast which rolled the latter as Bonesie arrived on the scene to give Harrison a big one through the doors. The yellows came out to rescue Randall before the 11 car restart was soon underway again with 371 Anthony Kirk taking in 326 Mark Woolner as Wenham followed in Ribbs. Woolner then attacked Wenham as a recovered Wenham then went in on Ribbs. 128 Joe Warner took the win.
The Qualifiers only final had 29 on track and kicked off with Andy Davies hitting Bleach as Blackwell steamed Wenham only to be blitzed by Chapman. 348 Mushy then spun Bleach as Marchant did Bleach on oppo. 158 Shane Davies also went in on Bleach before Andy Davies thundered in with the mother of all t-bones, knocking Bleach out cold who thankfully emerged unscathed moments later. The reds had come out but not before 10 Paul Whiteman had time to follow in 172 Bernie. 19 for the restart which got underway with 208 Jimmy Randall doing Spally on oppo as Mushy did Woolner only to be put up the inside kerbing by 415 Paul Hawkes. Billy King weighed into Mushy only to be taken in by Plod as a recovered King did Spally on oppo. Bateman then spun Millen as Simon Warner steamed into Woolner. 331 Boxer Jack then put Spally in as 28 Wivo fired King in. 29 spun Plod only for the latter to cop a t-bone off King as Hawkes crashed Fuller. Spally did the same to Hawkes before the latter did Fuller on oppo. Plod then arrived to steam Hawkes well as Wivo then fired Plod onto the centre. Simon Warner then weighed into Fuller only for the latter to slow dowm, let Warner past and then spin him hard going into turn 3 only to put himself in hard. Boxer Jack got on with the winning.
20 cars returned for the DD with Jimmy Randall hitting 371 Kirk from the off as a train of cars piled into turn 1 which included Plod, King and Andy Davies amongst others. Reidy then wasted Kirk on the pit bend as King steamed Gunther and Reidy did S.Warner. The latter also copped a steam off 203 Nash as S.Davies went in on Reidy who also had J.Randall pile up the back of him. 216 Tony Abrehart then fired into S.Davies only to cop one from Batemam as Williams t-boned Jimmy Randall. Boxer Jack took the race victory which now meant it was down to the last one running. Wadey met Boxer Jack on the nose before the latter went onto steam Williams. Shane Davies did Bateman head on only to cop an attack off Boxer as the latter copped a t-bone himself off Wadey. Boxer then went in on 471 Terry Freakes before it came down to just Wadey and Bateman which left them to engage in a head on before a dead heat was given as a winner couldnt be found although Wadey was running the stronnger of the two.
This ended a lively meeting. Pretty average really but one which certainly had its moments and produced some good wrecks, all backed up by the brilliant Saloon Stocks to make it a good day and well worth the travel. 

Mildenhall 18th May, National Bangers

A decent turn out of just under 60 Bangers for this Saturday night domestic meeting at Midenhall. Visitors came from Dover and Smallfield while car wise we had a few Volvos including a 760 from 7 Dave Armstrong, a BMW 316 from 118 Nigel Overton, a Mazda 929 Estate from 19 Joe Mullarky and two Mk1's from 438 Paul Dobson and 007 Dangerous Dill, the formers a used one while Dill had a very smart, fresh example.
The cars were split so we had 28 cars on track for the first heat and 153 Andrew Donavan got us going by burying 215 Michael Croxon hard, into the post where the armco starts on turn 1. 122 Dave Barber then attacked 118 Overton before 364 Sean Winchester followed in 531. 2 Martin Brinkworth then put Dobson in as 746 put Overton away. 564 Martin Cooper then fired 109 Anders Blowers in as 56 Phil Coe picked up 714 Tim Spink who was inturn picked up by Winchester with all three going in hard. 265 Troy Thiele then had 746 out as 514 Matt Cheeseman fired into 746. The lively Winchester then took 367 John Davies in before weighing into the same pesron later in that lap. Thiele hit Spink before the latter went up the wall unaided.214 Marcus Ballard did 153 as 160 Perry Willings took the flag.
Heat 2 had 26 starters and started with Mullarky pilling into 231 Luke Stafford as Dill weighed into 396 Graham Hyla. 268 Steve Sealers took persons unseen in on the back straight before Dill spun 23 Dave Stafford. 576 Colin Aldred steamed 788 Darren Gathercole as 619 Rhino spun Hyla. 466 Big Job hit 446 Lee Greer on the home straight as 417 Dan Davey dished out a big t-bone to Dill's Mk1. 661 Little Job followed in Luke Stafford as 211 Barry Franklin then attacked 23 Dave Stafford. Big Job then hit D.Stafford as 27 Steve McMillan steamed Big Job and 401 Ian Phillips homed in with a big blitz to Little Job. 119 Cruncher Cox took the win while on the run down 268 Steve Sealers took out Hyla on oppo before delivering a succesion of t-bones and head ons to the 396 Cortina.
20 cars appeared for the consolation and 125 Lee Overy kicked things off by hitting Mullarky as the latter then gave 122 Barber a hard shot, finishing him for the rest of the night. 466 Big Job then went over the inner wall as 746 spun 354 Dabs and 446 Greer did the same to 354 Darren Bowers only for the latter to cop one on the nose from Gathercole. 367 Davies then had the luckless Bowers out as 746 put Greer in. 136 Simmo put himself in before Dobson removed Greer. 778 then went in with 7 Armstrong on turn 2 as 14 The Crock won.
Final time next and with 28 motors on track it kicked off with Bowers hitting Davies as Simmo was fired in by Dill and 576 Aldred put 153 in. 224 followed in Porkey as Dill steamed Franklin before 22 Dave Vincent spun Willings. Winchester put Aldred in as Dill fired Cooper into Winchester. 746 then steamed 154 Stephen Heyward as 312 Turbo Tom lost it on turns 3-4. 746 then followed in Dill as Willings took Overy in only to cop a steam from Winchester. Dill did Willings in oppo as Thiele put 746 into Dill t-bone style. 972 took out Davies as 265 Thiele got on with the winning.
19 cars returned for the Accumulator into DD and 67 Sparkey started proceedings off by hitting Turbo before Mullarky gave McMillan the same treatment. 274 Giggler rolled it on the back straight before Winchester did Sparkey and McMillan followed in Armstrong as the latter copped a steam off Heyward aswell. Sparkey then buried Spink into Heyward, wasting the latter well. Mullarky took 999 Shane in as Vincent took the win which started the DD off. Mullarky played with The Crock on the centre as Turbo hit 835 and Sparky attacked 854. Mullarky also did the former as 972 put 835 in. Mullarky then did the former head on only to cop a hit off Vincent. 972 and a recovered Mullarky then fueded on the centre as Sparkey steamed the former well and Turbo went in hard on persons unseen. Vincent then t-boned a reversing 972 as Sparkey came round to wast 972. Vincent then weighed into Sparkey as the former met Mullarky on the nose twice. A recovered Sparkey was steamed by Vincent twice before copping a head on off the 22 motor. A sporting Sparkey then waved Vincent in for the head on in which he duly obliged to kill the 67 motor and take the win.
This ended a good nights entertainment with some top hits and excellent racing. 

Barrow, 11th May, 2 Litre Bangers

A reasonable turn out of 24 cars for this Saturday night domestic at the Roosecote Raceway. Visitors came from Manchester and Blackpool while car wise we had 282 Dangerous Bri in a Stellar, which only did the Ramp jump, a Mk3 Granada from 16 Pob, 175 Mallo a Reno 21 Estate, 14 Sausage Boy brought along a Saab 900 but had trouble with it all night, 666 Instigator had a horny sounding Audi 80, 139 Dinger an early VW Passat Estate while 200 Gareth Turner had car of the meeting with an Austin 1800 to break up the usual Capri/Cortina/Bluebird and other bilge mode.
21 came out for the first heat and Dinger started us off by landing a hit on Mallo before 151 Steven Scurr Jnr fired Turner into the centre tyres. 134 Doug Behagg put Sausage Boy into the wall as 41 Dan Steele steamed 511 Steve Scurr Snr as a pile up formed on turn 4 in which 651 Huggy did hit of the meeting when he blitzed 234 Mark Webb. Dinger buried 52 Boozie up the back of 231 Grandad as Huggy stayed attached to Webb after his hit. He picked him up before taking him onto the centre and up the back of Behagg hard to snap the 234 Sierra and finish his day. Dinger then buried Grandad before Sausage Boy followed Turners Austin in on turn 3. 385 Toddy then hit Huggy only to cop one himself off 382 Paul Faulkner as Steele hit Huggy with Instigator then removing Pob only for 325 Demo to pile into the 666 Audi. Sausage Boy then steamed Grandad before carrying onto wall Demo, keep with him and follow him in on turn 2. Steele took the win with Sausage Boy second but later being disqualified for illegal armouring.
Down to 12 cars for a quieter heat 2 as 151 Young Scurr spun 276 Jimmy Turner and 59 Blower walled 385 Toddy hard. 137 Pinty removed 27 Kieron Potter as Faulkner put Pob in. Jimmy Turner then got on the case as he removed 81 Carl Burns before steaming Potter and finally meeting the stationary Blower on the nose. Burns put himself into the infield tyres going into turn 3 as Potter steamed J.Turner. Steele took the win again from Behagg and Pinty.
14 cars returned for the final with Young Scurr getting a hit in on Blower early doors before Burns buried himself up the infield banking. Instigator then spun Mallo only to put himself in hard as the recovered Mallo then attacked Behagg. Young Scurr then rearranged Demo's rear end as Steele removed Burns and Mallo did the same to Potter before running Pob in. The reds then came out for Grandad who was on fire with the race being declared and Steele being given off as the winner for his third win of the night from Mallo and Potter.
This ended a good meeting with the first race being a cracker. 

Millom, 12th May, 2 Litre Banger Team meeting

NS-Northern Star
RR-Red Rebels
OS-Orange Squash
HH-Team Hewden Hire
MC-Members Crew

20 cars, spread across 5 teams for Milloms annual 2 Litre Banger team meeting at the Redhills Raceway. Visitors came from Warton and Barrow while car wise we had two Vole 240 Estates in the hands of RR441 Burnsy and HH60 Rob Walker, a Mazda 626 from HH33 Lee Mackerth, a Mazda 929 Estate from OS14 Sausage Boy which just left the Members Crew trio of 541 Stephen Metcalfe, 540 Thomas Metcalfe and 98 Michael Wilson who were in a Nissan Sylvia, Renault 25 and a Celica respectively, the latter thought to be one of the first to be raced. Also must mention, good to see 917 Derek Jones back out after his nasty incident at Millom ealier in the season that has kept him out of action up till now.
All cars out for heat 1 and Thomas Metcalfe was on the case early as he landed hits on OS368 Ian Moulton and RR478 Chucker as the luckless Chucker was also crashed by NS680 Stu Davies. NS87 Steven Spencer then went into the infield marker tyres unaided before HH3 Colin Johnstone fired Jones into the infield tyres. OS557 Drew Turner then took out Stephen Metcalfe as MC90 Craig Lomas also hit Jones and Moulton did the same to Spencer. Burnsey removed Sausage Boy as Mackerth spun Chucker. Burnsey then spun Spencer and Mackerth only to himself up the banking after spinning the latter. Sausage Boy the weighed into Lomas as the former then continued to steam Lomas before copping the turn around treatment himself from a recovered Lomas by way of revenge. NS88 Wayne Morphet then hooked out Lomas as Mackerth put Wilson up the banking before carrying onto spin Sausage Boy. RR81 Benno took the win.
2 less for heat 2 with OS146 Flan getting us underway early by getting rid of Stephen Metcalfe before Burnsy followed Thomas Metclafe in on turns 3-4. Sausage Boy then piled into Burnsey which just left Spencer to blitz Burnsey with a great length of the straight shot. The reds appeared to check on Burnsey and it wasnt long before the 10 car restart was underway. S.Metcalfe spun Davies before the recovered Metcalfe removed Flan from the running. Chucker hit Sausage Boy as Davies then removed the 929 Estate. RR11 Jeff Platt then turned around the unlucky Sausage Boy as Turner spun Benno only to put himself up the banking. Morphet took a rare victory.
Turner kicked off the 14 car final by turning Burnsey round as Benno spun Turner into the banking by way of revenge as Benno then copped one over the back wheel from Sausage Boy before Lomas spun Chucker and Flan followed in Stephen Metcalfe. Turner then removed Burnsey before going onto put Benno up the banking going into turn 1. Sausage Boy then turned it round to take out Platt on oppo, ripping out his rear wheel. Sausage Boy then also got a hit in on Burnsey whilst still on oppo as Wilson was given the win.
There was points on the DD so 12 cars returned for it with action from the off as Flan buried Burnsey into the infield marker tyres with the latter then copping a head on from Jones. Stephen Metcalfe then buried Sausage Boy into the banking under the starters rostrum with Benno then steaming Metcalfe as Turner went in on Benno. It then came down to 557 Turner, 88 Morphet and 87 Spencer with Turner spinning Morphet which left him wide open for a big hit over the back wheel from Spencer. Morphet then came round the wrong way to finish Spencer with a big head on before reversing back out and into Metcalfle to take the win.
The winners were then given off as:-
1st Red Rebels - 63 points
2nd Member Crew - 54 points
3rd Northern Star - 48 points
4th Orange Squash - 46 points
5th Team Hewden Hire 9 points
On the whole an OK meeting with the odd big hit but one which would have benefitted from even just a
Thanks to Paul Linford for my transport and also to Trev Whelan for putting us up over the weekend, much appreciated, thanks mate. 

Sheffield  6th May  Unlimited Banger Battle of Britain Team meeting

BA-Blooz Boyz A
BB-Blooz Boyz B
CA-Commom Crushers A
CB-Common Crushers B
ST-Steam Team
TV-Team V

A little disappointing turn out of around 30 cars for Sheffields annual Battle of Britain 6-aside team meeting. Visitors came from the North West(Team V) and South West which included long travellers BA551 Moley and BB211 Red Hot Barry. Material came in the shape of 6 Jags from BA54 Willis, ST163 Jeremy Nicholls, ST172 Andy Bonser, ST811 Pete Winter, TV684 Alan Morphet and TV688 Wayne Morphet. CA5 Dave Eccles provided a Laurel, TV266 Big Al supplied a Cedric and running mate TV239 Nelly brought along a Mk1. Car of the meeting though was CA450 Glyn Platts smart Mk1 Coupe.
Heat 1 had 17 starters and the Commom Crushers versus Blooz Boyz war kicked off early with CA451 Willie Blackwell weighing into BB205 5 Eyes. CA407 Wack then blitzed the former well, finishing his day before Willis steamed Wack by way of revenge. Willis then copped a blasting off Platts before CB06 Shakey was wasted on turn 1 by persons unseen. CA619 Tommo steamed TV690 Winkie as CB455 Rick Finney hit Moley only to cop one himself from ST151 Justin Woolner. Al Morphet took a good win for Team V.
Down to 13 cars for heat 2 with CB361 Rob Milner putting BB220 Dave Bale in early doors only to cop a steam from Red Hot Barry. Nelly put himself in before Eccles steamed Bale. Red Hot Barry got revenge on Eccles by way of a steam before Bale was well blitzed by Al Morphet. Big Al removed RHB before putting himself in a couple of laps later. Winter took the win for the Steam Team.
Platts spun BA173 Ray Sharrod as heat 3 got underway with Wack then hitting ST536 Annette Nicholls only to cop a hit off Willis. Annette was then black flagged for attacking Wack on the centre but not before she managed to get a hit in on BB201 Wol. The latter was then steamed by Wayne Morphet as brother Alan did Wol head on. W.Morphet steamed Wol next time round as Platts went in unaided. BA97 Dave Allen then attacked Platts before Sharrod landed a hit on Platts as Moley arrived on the scene to steam Platts. Winter again took the chequered.
17 cars returned for the all in final which started off with Wack hitting Sharrod before the latter retaliated by hitting Wack. Allen then gave Blackwell the turn around treatment before W.Morphet met Willis in a meaty head on which snapped the formers Jag.  Allen removed Nelly before carrying on give Bonser the same treatment. BA200 Noon then fired up the back of Bonser before fencing him, all in one move as Moley got rid of Nelly. Woolner steamed Willis and BA617 Jack Overy sent Bonser spinning en-route to victory as on the run down lap Winter followed Noon in well on turns 1-2 as Red Hot Barry arrived to steam Winter before the former copped a blitzing from Woolner.
The winners were announced after this with Team V in third place, Blooz Boyz A in second but this years winners being the Steam Team.
Only the DD left now and 10 cars made it back out on track with Bale on the case early by hitting Tommo only to cop a roof bender from Nelly with the latter then copping one up the chuff from Winter. Moley steamed Milner before going onto give Wack the same treatment as Finney then came round to meet Moley in a big head on. Eccles got a hit in on Moley also as Winter hit Eccles. This just left Winter and Finney to meet in a big head on, on the back straight in which no one backed off. Platts was the last one running but had been stationary too long, Finney had recieved outside assistance so the win was given to Winter.
This ended a good meeting with the poor turn out being more than made up for with some brilliant wrecking on track.

Cowdenbeath  27th April  Unlimited Banger World Cup 2002

A good entry of around 90 motors for this years World Cup at the Cowdenbeath 'Racewall'. Visitors came from all over the UK including PRI, RDC, Trackstar, Autospeed, Buxton, Spedeworth, Incarace, Warton and Barford. Some top machinery was on show including 6 Mk1s from defending champ 158 Shane Davies, 277 Gary Staples, 300 Dan Kirkbride, 207 John Randall, 420 Neal Wells and 007 Dangerous Dill. 31 Stevie Carson provided a Mk2 Limo while 47 Andy Davies had a Mk1 Coupe. 96 William Mitchell had a Mazda 929 Estate. 3 Jags were present in the hands of 911 Chris Harkness, 537 Bruno who had an XJS and 211 Red Hot Barry with an XJ Coupe. 243 Doug had the only Crown of the meeting while long distance traveller 924 Matt Millen provided a Rover P5. The Mob were present with the material again as 880 Naisy had a Humber Hawk, 252 McWibbs had a 4R, 108 Tangoman a DS420 Limo plus material man 152 James Dillon in a Caddy Fleetwood Limo. This just left another Yank specialist 461 Singy in a superb 1964 Galaxy.
25 cars for the first last chance qualifier heat which started with a large pile up on turn 4 which involved 274 Giggler, 72 Steve Macklin, 350 Dan Peel, 150 Leon Pelc and 239 Nelly to name but a few! Naisy did 11 Darren Race on the nose as 122 Turk steamed the luckless Race before Dangerous Dill delivered a large t-bone to Naisys Hawk. Dill copped a steam off 135 for his troubles before the yellows came out to clear the track. Down to 11 crs for the re-start and 510 The Ghost got us underway by spinning 715 Mick Prince before 53 Phil Stevens buried 148 Mr Honest in an infield marker tyre as the latter then copped one on the nose from 431 Deano. 06 Zippy spun Brunos XJS going into the pit bend only to climb the wall and roll bringing out the yellows once more. 10 for the restart with Stevens leading them off. Ghost hit 149 Beany over the front wheel as Bruno steamed Mitchell well as Stevens stayed out front for the win as on the run down lap Mitchell took another two big packages from Bruno and Beany to finish his estate.
Down to 19 cars for the second and last, last chance qualifier. Singy powerded his Yank hard head on style into 157 Tam Sim at the end of the home straight as Neal Wells turned 220 Dave Bale round before Red Hot Barry hit 3 Gary Doyle and Staples followed in 87. 410 Rugrat hit Staples only to put himself in as a result as Wells removed 170 Kenny McGeechan. Staples then carried onto hit 325 Demo as McGeechan rolled it on the home straight to bring out the reds and an end to the race. Dan Kirkbride being the one in the lead at the time.
The big race was up next and after a grid was drawn 155 Mr Nervous had taken pole 162 Brett Ellacott alongside him. A full grid of 42 cars lined up and there was action from the off with a large pile up on the back straight in which defending champ Shane Davies was taken out. Dillon turned his big Yank round to steam 49 Billy King as 47 Davies hit 502 Hoagy over the back wheel. Hoagy got revenge on Davies as he steamed him on oppo with Deano, Shane Davies, 310 Eno, 428 Grumpy, 331 Boxer Jack, 51 Wusty, 294 Nigel Ashley all caught up in the pile up. Wusty and 430 Robert Moffat had both been given large roof benders by persons unseen as the reds then came out to clear the track and a complete re-start was ordered. Down to 20 for the restart and Hoagy got us underway by weighing into 293 Paul Ashley as 726 Retard Roy did 70 Si Needle. The track was again blocked at the entrance to turn 3 and Ellacott went in on Eno hard as 90 Rob Baker blitzed 450 Glyn Platts, Mr Nervous piled in and Dillon blitzed 200 Noon well. Retard then turned it round to meet King head on, reversing out and having another go before 550 Strpit steamed King but paid for it as he copped the same treatment off Boxer Jack. Stripit and Boxer Jack then met in head on mode as Retard had another couple of goes at King as the yellows came out again to clear the track. Only 7 made the restart which started with Boxer Jack removing Hoagy as the leading 287 Gizmo took Matt Millen in, only to put himeslf in as a result and put himself out of the lead. Millen then did Hoagy on oppo as a great battle for the lead began with the leading 40 Lester Freestone back tyres smoking and slowing him down. Second placed man Gizmo was catching and had caught enough for a last bend lunge. Gizmo made contact and managed to spin Freestone only to spin himself as well. Gizmo was the first to react and got it into reverse to reverse up the home staright and across the line to take the win in a great battle.
The next race was supposed to be a 5 lap dash into DD but the drivers were told on the grid it was just a DD. 56 cars appeared with another large pile up on turn 3 in which Johnstone rolled at the front of it, Bale jacked Tangoman and Stevens did 201 Wol while elsewhere 551 Moley blitzed Rugrat well and 85 Shaun Barnes buried himeslf into the pile up. Turk and Retard were also involved as Moley then arrived to deliver a good blitz to Barnes . 428 Grumpy was another to go in as 67 Sparky steamed Doug and Boxer Jack, Eno, Mr Nervous and 731 Scott Douglas all battled together. It then came down to Shane Davies and Douglas who both met in a big head on, on the home straight with only Shane backing off to take the win.
This ended a good meeting, with some top hits and good racing but some drivers were left thinking that they could have had another race. Our congratulations go to 287 Paul Totham on taking a great win in the main race.
Many Thanks to Shaun Barnes for my transport upto Cowdenbeath. 

Barford Raceway 21st April National Bangers

Another poor showing of just 12 cars for Barfords season meeting of the season. No real visitors but car wise 49 Ron Fulbirg returned 8 Adrian Cranns Mk3 Cortina from the previous meeting while 105 Darren Briggs had a Merc 250.
All cars out for heat 1 and 111 Martin James got us underway by taking 6 Paul Musgrove in as 250 Stane fired Fulbirg in before the recovered Musgrove also did the luckless Fulbirg. 0 Eddie Musgrove put James in while 85 Shaun Barnes fired 29 Wesley Moan over the centre only to cop a hit off Stane. Barnes avenge the hit by putting the former in before 25 Les Manning hit Moan. Stane also weighed in on Moan as P.Musgrove motored to the win.
Down to 10 cars for heat 2 which started with Eddie Musgrove running brother Paul Musgrove in before 26 David Scott steamed James well as E.Musgrove took Moan in hard only to put hmself in as a result. Stane then spun Moan before 12 Stephen Potts fired the unlucky Moan in. Manning lost it on the last lap to hand the win to Briggs.
6 cars for the final and Stane kicked it off well by following in Fulbirg as Scott removed P.Musgrove and Stane steamed Potts on the back straight. Briggs kept out of trouble to take the win.
Only 7 cars for the Grand National but it was one of the best races of the day! Stane started us off by running Potts in before the latter copped as steam from Scott. Stane then turned it round to do P.Musgrove DSU, brother E.Musgrove got some revenge on Stane by way of a t-bone only to cop a steam himself from Manning. P.Musgrove somehow got it going again and as the only car left running he was awarded the win.
This ended another good entertaining meeting for the number of cars present. If only a few more cars could show up it would promise good meetings each week.

Barford Raceway, 7th April, National Bangers,
 Well it was good to be back but unfortunatly only a poor turn out of 11 Bangers for Barfords first meeting since the dreaded foot and mouth outbreak. Only visitor was 250 Stane while car wise we had 8 Granadas, a Cavalier, 1 Volvo Estate but cars of the meeting were 8 Adrian Cranns Mk3 Cortina and 371 Spiders Jag.
 All cars in for heat 1 which started with Stane spinning Crann before 111 ran 112 in on the pit bend. Stane then removed Spider as the recovered Crann ran 81 Andrew Benn in. 12 Stephen Potts spun Crann only to cop the same treatment from 105 Darren Briggs. Stane hooked out Potts before running Crann in as 029 took the win.
 Down to 8 cars for heat 2 and it started with 111 giving 31 Boris a removal. 85 Shaun Barnes then ran 028 in hard on turn 3 before a couple of laps later giving the 028 car a good jacking after bursting his tyre coming out of turn 2. Crann took the win from Stane.
 Stane started the 9 car final off by hitting Barnes before the 250 car jacked Barnes and sent him across the centre. 112 was sent hard into the fence on the home straight only to cop a steam off a limping Briggs. Stane then fired Boris in before sending 666 Bulldog rolling on the home straight bringing out the reds and for some reason signalling the end of the race with it being later re-run.
 Subsequently only 4 returned for the re-run of the final, only action being Stane spin Crann and Boris taking 111 in as Stane took the win.

 This ended an only OK meeting but one which could have been a lot better had there been a good turn out of cars as this track promises some good action.


Warton, 17th March, Metal Mania Open
 A very poor turn out of just 29 cars for Wartons first meeting of the season billed as the Metal Mania! Visitors came from Trackstar, Barford, Millom and Barrow. Some top material on offer though including 340 Jay Atkinsons Mk2 Hearse, 211 Craig Farrells Mk2 Limo, 133 Alan Briscoes Jag, 266 Big Als XJS plus the superb Silverstone motors of 310 Eno with a Mk2 6-door Limo and 461 Singys Yank Thunderbird Coupe.
 Heat 1 got us underway which had 13 cars and started with a pile up on turns 3-4 in which 151 Paul Casey went in hard at the front of and 502 Hoagy ran 645 into it. 205 5-Eyes then fired 169 Little Hoss up the kerb before the reds came out for Casey who was in trouble. Hope your OK now. 9 for the restart which started with 105 Darren Briggs taking Briscoe in hard on the pit bend. Hoagy then followed in 728 Paul Robinson before the unlucky Robinson also copped a hit off Briggs. 243 Dougie spun 54 Willis as Briggs then hit the former before 514 Paul Woods went onto to take the win from 5 Eyes and 05 Carlos Perez.
 One more for heat 2 which started with 201 Wol following 41 Dan Steele in well. Farrell then spun Eno's limo before 550 Stripit put 318 Wilf Speak in. Singy also hit Speak before Wol then fired into the Yank. A recovered Singy spun Speak before the latter turned it round to meet Wol head on. Farrell then got a revenge t-bone in on Speak before Eno weighed in on Wol as Singy piled in, hitting Wol and Eno on his way. TV personality 3 Steve Berry stayed out of trouble to take the win from Eno and Singy.
 The 11 car consolation started with another large pile up on turns 3-4. Big Al went in but was well steamed by Willis as a result. Atkinson spun Robinson before going on into the pile up. Little Hoss jacked Willis only to cop a revenge steam off 200 Noon as a result. Atkinson hit Noon before a couple of laps later going onto give the Blooz Boy captain a large follow in. The hearse then carried onto give 501 Basher a good steam which stopped them both. Atkinson was given the result as last man running.
 The best race of the day was the final which had 16 cars and started with a train of cars heading down the home straight in which Singy jacked Dougie well before Noon(who had done well to get his car back out) fired Woods in before copping a removal from Singy. Perez then took Eno in hard as 5 Eyes put 266 Big Al into running mate Farrell. Singy then blitzed Dougie as Briggs hit Atkinson putting a wheel back. Basher hit Atkinsons hearse on the centre before meeting Singy in a large head on. Hoagy fired into the Yank hard as Briggs came on oppo to steam Basher. Hoagy turned it round to meet Perez head on before Stripit steamed Perez. Hoagy then piled up the back of Eno as Stript took the win from Hoagy.
 This ended a poor meeting. Poor turn out, long day with no other formula on and the final being the only good race of the day.

Barrow, 10th March, 2 Litre Bangers

A disapointing turn out of just 13 Bangers for Barrows first meeting of the season.
No real visitors but car wise we had a BMW, 3 Sierras, a Saab 900, 2
Cortinas, 1 Capri, 2 Volvos, a Mk3 Granada, a first for Barrow in the shape
of an Alfa Romeo 33 Estate from 235 Bulldog and car of the meeting from 42
Donkey with a Carina Deluxe Estate.
All cars in for heat 1 and 666 Graham Charnley started proceedings off by
firing 291 F.Boy esq' in. 10 Rugrat then removed 200 Gareth Turner in the
BMW before 175 Mallo did the same to Charnley. A recovered Turner then
hooked out Donkey only to put himself into 36 Turkey as a result. 41 Dan
Steele then spun Bulldog and Turner in quick succesion before 477 Rob Bell
in the Saab fired 143 Sam Begley in. 231 Grandad then gave Donkey the turn
around treatment before picking up a limping Bulldog as Steele then latched
onto Grandad and all three went in with Bulldog getting fired into the
stationary Begley as a result. 52 Boozie and Mallo then combined to spin
Steele who was then pounded further by Grandad. The recovered Steele then
weighed in on Bell but it was not enough to deny the latter victory from
Boozie and Steele.
Down to 9 cars for heat 2 which started with Charnley hitting and spinning
Mallo in one move before the former copped a hit off Donkey for his
troubles. Steele then spun the 666 Sierra as Mallo fired Donkey in. Steele
then jacked and followed in Turkey in one move before the latter continued
round the fence and into F.Boy esq' over the front wheel. Grandad took the
victory from Steele and Charnley.
10 for the final and as it started Turkey applied the brakes in front of
Steele who jacked him only for Donkey to pile up the former. Grandad put
Turner in before the latter copped one on the nose from Donkey. Steele
steamed Grandad on the centre before copping the same treatment from Mallo
in revenge. Turkey then did Donkey head on while Bell took his second win of
the day with Steele in second as the latter steamed Mallo well on the
run-down lap.
Only 3 for the DD and after a few laps racing Rugrat came off the centre in
front of Charnley who obliged with one up the chuff. Steele then did a
massive length of the straight t-bone on Rugrat before meeting Charnley in a
big head on, with only Steele backing off to take the win.
This ended a good meeting showing that even with a low turn out this track
can still produce good action.
Thanks to Paul Linford and Des Penny for my Transport

Barrow, 10th February, Unlimited Open Championship

 A good although rather disappointing 50 car entry for Barrows Open Unlimited considering there were 70+ booked in, maybe the terrible weather conditions something to do with the turn out....? Visitors came from Barford, GMP, Trackstar, RDC, Incarace, Warton, Startrax and Millom. On with the material and best of the jags were 684 Alan Morphets returned Firecracker Mk7, 477 Skyliners XJ40, 666 Graham Charnleys XJS and 134 Doug Behagg's 420g. There were Crowns for 14 Sausage Boy, 52 Boozie and 150 Leon Pelc. Two Mk2 limos came from 59 Mark Blower and team mate 300 Dan Kirkbride. Two P4's came from 331 Jay Roberts and 325 Demo. 41 Dan Steele provided a smart Mk2 Coupe while the sole Yank came from 707 Lee Tomlinson who had a Chevy Caprice Classic. 152 James Dillon had a smart DS420 limo but car of the meeting had to be 05 Carlos Perez's Roller.
 On with the racing and only 15 cars appeared for heat 1. Startrax visitor 132 Chris Callum kicked off proceedings by following in Kirkbrides limo. A pile up then formed on turn 4 in which a recovered Kirkbride jacked Dillon's DS.139 Dinger t-boned 252 McWibbs before 651 Huggy jacked 156 Anorak. Skyliner then went in on Callums estate, wasting it impressively in the process. Dinger then weighed in on Skyliner only to cop a hit of 878 Remeo Jalbert for his troubles. Jalbert himself then copped a steam off 10 Rugrat. McWibbs then went off the head as he pulled out of the pile up to go on oppo and meet 16 Pob in a massive head on turn 3. As the track was totally blocked with the pile up the reds came out and the race declared. No winner was given.
 3 more for heat 2 and it started with 249 Wardy pushing 917 Never Say Die over the infield tyres and onto the infield. 06 Craig Robertson then did Dan Steele only to cop a hit off Charnley as Sausage Boy hit 3. Steele got a revenge steam on Robertson as Never Say Die removed 143 Sam Begley. Sausage Boy then fired Morphet into 82 as the former then turned it and went on oppo to meet the winning Steele head on. Sausage Boy steamed Steele as the former copped a hit off Robertson. No other cars were running now so it was decided to take the winner from the last completed lap which was Steele.
 Perez was clearly a maked man in his Roller in the 16 car heat 3 as from the off 30 Dougie Roberts followed him in and 307 Butch also ran him in, both incidents happening on turns 3-4. Demo then took 270 Rog in as Carlos was hit again, this time by 36 Turkey before 372 Scully picked the Roller up and buried him into Pelc's stranded motor t-bone style. This just left Turkey to jack Perez impressively as the yellows then came out to check on Pelc who was thankfully OK after taking a large one through the doors. This just left 3 for the re-start, only action being Invader 514 Paul Woods running Blowers limo in as 431 Dean Steele took the win.
 17 starters for the 1st Consi which was begun by Begley hitting Boozie over the front wheel. Butch then inverted by the pit gate, bringing out the yellows. 513 Dave Cuthbet got the re-start underway by following in 108 Tangoman. 147 Chris Detton then put 0 Paul Musgrove in as the latter then copped a head on off Begley. 82 then received a package from Never Say Die as the latter then went onto steam the luckless Musgrove. Detton got on with the winning.
 Skyliner got the poorly supported 9 car 2nd Consi underway by attacking 550 Stripit as 264 Waldo blasted 999 Scott Hill and Huggy then wound out Waldo who was then steamed by 155 Mr Nervous which left the former strandard over the middle of the track which left him to receive two big hits from Hill and Huggy. Mr Nervous then steamed Hill before Tomlinson followed Charnley in well on turn 2 as the latter then copped a portion of t-bone from Nervous. Nervous then went for the leading Stripit on the last lap but missed which left Stripit to take the win.
 11 made the A final which was started by Woods attacking 3. Tomlinson then pulled off a massive follow in on Dan Steele on turn 3, getting the latter airbourne on impact. Sausage Boy then felt the force of Deano as Dinger hit Woods only to cop the same treatment off Charnley. Stripit then blasted Charnley as Deano fired Blower in. No further action followed with Scully taking the win.
 There only seemed to be 5 ready for the B final so as we were drenched through we decided to call it a day and left for home. Well done to all the drivers in braving the dreadful conditions on a day which could have been even better had the other 20+ drivers turned up. Some good wrecking and racing went in but I think the conditions just got the better of everyone in the end.

 Man of the meeting: I've gone for 707 Lee Tomlinson in this as his Yank was really on song and he pulled off two good follow in's, the latter being just about hit of the day on 41 Dan Steele.

Thanks to Trev Whelan for the following DD report and final stagings. Visit his site at http://www.roosecote-raceway.co.uk/
 

DD saw eight cars return. Including the much worked on roller of 05. 14 and 431 renewed their battle from the A final while 707 went on oppo finding his way into a 3 car pile up on turn 4. 431 having missed his chance with 14 came in for a steam on the 707 yank.14 was quick to follow in with a good shot to the back of 431. 14 backed out and down the straight not seeing the roller homing in on him. Carlos gave 14 a teeth chatterer which finished off the crown. 05 did half a lap on oppo before Tango gestured him in through the Passenger side. Carlos duly obliged with a solid Bone.
05 DD winner
Overall Stagings
1st 372 Scully £300
2nd 41 Dan Steele, 431  Dean Steele, 139  Dinger all joint second and receive £80

Kings Lynn, 3rd February, Unlimited Bangers Icebreaker IX"

AH-Abbeywood Hit Squad            AM-Ant Hill Mob
BA-Blitz Continental A                   BY-Bad Boys
BB-Blooz Boyz                              BC-Bad Company
CB-Condoms B                             BL-Blitz Continental B
DI-Damage Inc                              BF-Blue Forces
GL-Gladiators                                CA-Condoms A
HA-Hitmen A                                CC-Condoms C
JS-Jock Straps                              DN-Dunno
MR-Midnight Runners                  HH-Headhunters
MT-Monolothics                           HB-Hitmen B
SA-Sabre                                      NM-No Mates
ST-Steam Team                            RB-Rebels
TA-Team Black A                         TS-The Bears
TP-Team Pincushion                      TL-Team Black B
TB-Team Blitz                                TC-Team Black C
BMS-BMS                                    TNT-TNT
TT-Team Trash                               YS-Yellow Steam

A great turn out of around 170 motors for this years Icebreaker on the Kings Lynn shale after the change from the usual event at Swaffham. Visitors came from all over Europe including Scotland and Belguim.
 Top of the 21 Jags that were present was GL336 Smiffy's returned XJS. 4 Crowns were present in the hands of TA617 Jack Overy, TB120 Shane Brown, AM726 Retard Roy, TL30 Wayne Rowland. Mk1's for MT569 Lenny Brinckley, TA97 Alge, TL322 Rolly and MR418 Hitman Harris while TP731 Steve Wilkinson had the sole Mk3 Granny. CC23 Werner Walters had a LHD Mk2. Mk2 Minsters for JS77 Chris Murfin and DN128 Joe Warner while continental BA60 Terminator brought a 6 door Mk2 Granada limo. DI557 Paranoid had a Laurel, TB33 Magic supplied a Nissan 300c and  BY342 Muscles brought a Datsun 260c. Top of the Voles was CA412 Danny Sharmans 164. Team mate BYRubble had a smart Mk1 Coupe and BC299 Steve Lee had a DS420 Hearse. TS521 Ash Riley had a Merc 450. 116 Mark Want had a used Westy and 822 Nicko returned his Zil Limo. TL738 Elliott Dobson returned his Nutcracker Roller while NM41 Dibble had a 4 Litre R and Irishman DN357 Carl McClure had a fresh P5 who also had a Pontiac Firebird which was unfortunatly a Non-runner. More Yanks came from TS421 Nutty Nige with a Ford Fairline, TC6 Mark Holdsworth had a Lincoln Continental, YS80 Jack Foster supplied a Caddy Fleetwood while BF180 Evert Dijk and HA274 Giggler both had Chevy Monte Carlo's. This just leaves BL111 Glen Peetermanns with a superb Caddy Fleetwood Hearse.
 On with the racing and the 39 car first heat began with 61 hitting JS141 Mark Freeman. A large pile up formed at the end of the home straight in which, BA69 Frankie Whitelock and ST811 Pete Winter went into, the latter getting his estate jacked down by Giggler. HA312 Turbo Tom then went in and was steamed before ST172 Andrew Bonsor was blitzed superbly and BB551 Moley blitzed TP112 Steve Hoppe. The track was completely blocked so the reds came out for a complete re-start. 15 made the restart and Whitelock started things off by hitting TB416 Mark Smith before TB332 Reedy spun MR49 Billy King. King recovered only to be spun again, this time by Smith before Reedy removed Moley. Brown hit BA190 Hunter then carried onto jack AH610 Robert Firmager. Hunter got revenge on Brown by way of jacking before 789 motored to the win.
 A better grid of 44 cars appeared for heat 2 and Peetermanns in the Caddy hearse started things off by steaming 822. BY428 Grumpy piled into the hearse before Holdsworth went in which started another large pile up at the end of the home straight. NM102 Darren Marshall was blitzed by persons unseen. Want piled in and was jacked by HH117 Tony Green who was in turn blitzed by CA715 Joe Murkin. 830 jacked jacked the former who then had his estate wasted impressively by Foster's Yank. Sharman then landed a hit on Murkin. 530 went in and was steamed by DN164 Paul Dolman who was in turn given a massive shot by Mucsles leaving his back wheels well up in the air. Again the reds came out, leaving only 12 for the restart. Elliott started proceedings off by hitting RB650 Mark Smith before TS169 Jason Thompson did likewise to Holdsworths Yank. AH917 John Millen went in on HH113 Neil Franklyn. Continental 171 Ruud van de Bruggen took the win.
A grid of 43 cars for heat 3 and 147(not that one)started us off by spinning Terminator. TT776 Ady Groome hit Whitelock while Murfin t-boned MR53 Phil Stevens before the latters running mate 193 Skinner jacked down GL411 Gareth Robinson. GL467 Dean Kingsnorth was steamed by persons unseen as TT401 Psycho hit DI157 Michael Piggott. Another pile up then formed but this time on turn 4 with Whitelock involved. BA63 Mr Pino jacked Paranoid before TT67 Sparkey buried Whitelock. The former continued to removed ST701 Kevin Cooper before BB205 Five Eyes hit Sparkey over the back wheel. Overy landed a hit on AH880 Naisy before 872 Scully retired to the infield as there was a fire in the engine. Sparkey weighed in on Terminator as TA920 James Medley took the flag.
 The 30 car heat 4 was started by TA384 Goldie hitting Lee. BL175 Jan Merkx t-boned CC352 Stu Brookes. Goldie spun Nige before the latter recovered to steam BY234 Bob the Builder. Nige copped a hit off TL173 Ray Sharrod for his troubles before Lee hit team mate Bob the Builder!!Bruugen attacked the former before Sharrod weighed in on Nige. Nige recovered to spin NM262 Peter Robinson as BY162 Brett Ellacott hooked out Goldie. TL14 Brian McGuiness steamed CA347 Ginger before Nige jacked CA35 Peter Lewis but paid for it with a hit off TC242 Kav. Dibble also hit Nige as Lee met Lewis on the nose and Bruggen also steamed the DS. TS321 Brett Fry got on with the winning.
 Heat 5 had 24 starters and Winter started things off by blasting Murfin before team mate 536 Annette Nicholls hit BB201 Wol. BB252 Bad Luck Barry did the same to Giggler. BA12 Mr Knox steamed TA502 Hoagy as Turbo wound out Wol and TA431 Shaun Abra jacked Giggler who then also got the same treatment from Brown. A pile up formed on turn 4 as Moley jacked Turbo and Hoagy steamed Mr Pino who was then given a revenge blitzing by the latters team mate Mr Knox. Abra spun MR207 John Randall before Hunter met TT007 Dill head on. Annette hit Randall as abra went on oppo to do Brown head on who then recovered and duly spun Randall. The former continued to remove Mr Knox as Moley took the chequered.
 The 27 car 6th heat started with a large pile up on turns 3-4. Brookes met Reedy on the nose as Retard t-boned RB443 Dave Harvey who was then given hits by a succession of Thompson and Warner. Nige wasted the former with a superb blitz. Nige then continued his impressive display by turtling Kav at the end of the back straight. Fry then fired BY452 Adam Eyles into the infield tyres before carrying onto steam Merkx. Thompson hit Holdsworth before the latter replied in the same way. Brookes then hit the Yank as BC2 Billy Lee took the win.
 Overy started the 23 car heat 7 off by attacking Wilkinson. Another pile up formed on turn 4 with BB05 Carlso Perez, Paranoid, Brown, Overy and Smith all involved. Perez came out to do a length of the straight blitz on HA150 Ady Barnes as Five Eyes steamed ST151 Justin Woolner. Smith hooked Five Eyes out before Overy blitzed TT802 Egg at the entrance to turn 1 which unfortunatly left the latter injured. Hope your better now Paul. The Reds came out for this and the race was declared. Scully was awarded the win.
 The 8th heat had 22 motors and started with BY159 Mitchell Mills meeting McGuiness head on. Ellacott hooked out a Condom as TC183 Scott Banton spun TNT297 Tim Nickson. McGuiness turned it round to head on CA372 Scully. Banton hit Ellacott on oppo as well before AH384 Mushy jacked Ginger. Ellacott strode to victory.
 The first semi final had 37 starters was was begun by Five Eyes spinning out JS276 Stephen Walden. The latter recovered to give Mr Pino a portion of t-bone as Brown spun the luckless continental 2 laps later. TB537 Bruno then caught Mr Pino as Brown hit Perez who recovered to edge out Annette, TA88 Speedy did Mr Knox as Paranoid buried himself into the pile up that had formed on turn 4. Brown eased out Speedy as Medley took his econd win of the day.
 22 cars for the 2nd semi and Goldie started things off by t-boning Bruggen. Eyles took Fry out as Holdsworth hit Fry on the nose and Ellacott did Marsh. The latter recovered to steam Bruggen who was also done by Franklyn. 272 also got a hit in on Bruggen before Bruggen met NM110 Maddog in a big head on, on turns 3-4. Mushy took the win.
 Final time next and 18 came out for it. Five Eyes again started things off by t-boning Firmager as Giggler hit Overland and Marsh steamed TB382 Danny Hunt. Murfin weighed in on Firmager before Maddog hooked out Marsh and Retard steamed the luckless Firmager. BB200 Noon steamed Marsh on turn 3 as Maddog did the 77 Minster before Scully felt the force of Retard. Annette got one in on Noon as the latter recovered to give Scully one through the doors. Scully met Smith on the nose as Mushy took another win.

Winning Teams were:  1st Team Blitz   62 points
                                   2nd Steam Team 35 points
                                   3rd Ant Hill Mob 31 points
 Into the DD now and 15 made it and it started with 471 taking Fosters Continental into the fence on turns 3-4. Banton did Harvey as Perez hit SA881 Peter Smith and YS5 Dave Eccles steamed Wol. P.Smith t-boned Wol as Eccles also got one in on Wol. Noon met MT181 Steve Hodgson on the nose as Perez t-boned Eccles. Perez then delivered a steam to Yellow Steam man before meeting Banton head on. Bruno then came off then centre to have a solid head on with Perez with only the former backing off thus giving Bruno the win.

 This ended a cracking meeting with some top hits all day through. The move to Kings Lynn was maybe a good one and as long as its dry will provide a good track for future meetings here.


Hednesford Raceway, 13th January, Civil War 3

                                                     N-North    S-South

 Just about a full turn out of both sides for this years Civil War at Hednesford Raceway. No major no-shows as the south tried to redeem themselves from the two previous years defeats. Most would have banked on the south to do it this year with the quality team that they had esembled.
 On with the material. No one dared to be different in the metros but in the Infantry division there were Mk3 Tinas for N51 Wusty, N252 McWibbs S702 James Dodge and 40 Kitch. N318 Wilf Speak had car of the division with his Toyota Corena. Onto the Tanks and there were loads of Jags but pick of the bunch was S169 Jason Thompsons 420G, N591 Simon Ballard and XJS. Crowns for S60 Kev Camden, S283 Bryan Webb, N384 Goldie and S764 Steve Spall. Pick of the Granadas were the Mk1s of N401 Psycho and N796 Dave Steeds while N22 Dave Vincent provided a Mk2 Limo. There were 7 Yanks including S548 Kev Uttings Lincoln Continental and 142 Kavs rated Caddy Fleetwood Limo. This left just N251 Ade Phillips rated Jenson Interceptor.
 On with the racing and N590 got the 31 car Metro Heat 1 underway by hitting S312 Greig Cheeseman. N36 Turkey then hit S114 Glen Beevis before N684 Alan Morphet spun Webb and S57 Basher Broad followed in N59 Brian Heywood. Broad copped a hit off N74 Mark Shaw for his troubles while S959 Aaron Keoghan sent N70 Si Needle spinning. Beevis steamed N36 Turkey with the latter also copping a head on off S551 Moley. A recovered Turkey then had S363 James Bulley on his case before the latter removed N666 Dan Lucas. S404 Rob Mills gave 14 Sausage Boy a rated steaming as 236 Andy Robinson took the first win for the north.
 The first heat of the Infantry division had 36 cars and got underway with Kitch spinning S201 John Dodge before S264 Mark Welland blitzed S28 John Collier on the East Bend. A recovered Dodge spun Wusty, only to cop a hit off N48. S30 Steve Mayes fired N007 Dill onto the centre before N272 Gary Murrell got revenge by also taking Mayes into the centre. The former then copped a hit off S185 Paul King. N213 Woka took out the former before Dill followed in S380 Trevor Wright. Dill then copped a steam off S702 James Dodge before S252 Bad Luck Barry came under attack from a succession of Woka and N36 Joe Baxtor. N340 Jon Atkinson followed S348 Mushy in well before the latter copped a removal from S300 Jon Ayles. Kitch hit Mayes as S342 Mucles did the same to Murrell. The latter then copped a blitzing off N269 Popeye as S207 John Randall took victory for the south.
 The first instalment off the Tanks had 36 cars on grid and N83 Lloyd Isherwood got things underway by weighing in on S91 Bart. A large pile up formed on turns 3-4 in which N141 Dan Steele followed in persons unseen and S274 Reuben Symonds steamed Goldie. Follow in off the day then came from S36 Pip Williams as he buried N431 Dean Steele into the pile up. There was now a complete restart as elsewhere S617 Dave Ball had taken massive t-bone. 20 cars made the restart and from the off S77 Darron Austin removed Goldie before S355 Mark Simmonds did the same to N690 Winkie and N6 Mark Holdsworth steamed S428 Grumpy. Camden then blitzed Goldie on the home straight bringing out the yellows as the latter was in trouble. Hope your better now John. Down to 15 for the restart which started with N60 Ferret hitting S541 Luke Parfitt. Winkie then steamed S149 Martin Ford before the the former then went head to head with Austin. S670 Tricky put Holdsworth in as N45 Simon Tabinor spun Grumpy and the latter also copped a hit off 401 Psycho. Ferret also put a hit in on Grumpy before Symonds lunged at the Psycho but totally missed and went flying into his own team mate, the already parked up Ford, head on. The rapid S162 Brett Ellacott took the victory.
 At this stage after the first heats were completed, the South held a good advantage over the North with them on 360 and the North on 250.
 Heat 2 for the Metros had 30 starters and Webb was put in early doors by persons unseen before another unknown driver rolled by the pit gate bringing out the yellows. Credit to Bulley for shielding him. Broad got the restart underway by hitting N101 Davy Evans before Ferrett put S46 Maverick in and Al Morphet spun S247 Butty. The latter then copped one on the nose from N221 Gary Allsopp as Sausage Boy blitzed Webb. N688 Wayne Morphet weighed in on S79 Adrian Clifton before the latter copped one in the passenger side doors from N54 Bandit. Mills jacked N407 Wak before Bulley hit Sausage Boy spectacularly, going airborne as he hit him. Lucas took the win for the North.
 Infantry heat 2 had 30 cars and started with a big pile up on the West Bend. Loads were flying in including N390 Unsy, Wusty and S53 Phil Stevens. S5 Mark Kelly jacked Woka as Maverick steamed N38 Alan Huckle before the former was wasted well by persons unseen.  Stevens then gave N75 The Menace the bone as N110 Nogger got revenge on Stevens by way of a jacking. McWibbs then felt the force of Symonds as N118 and Nogger both tried to stop S372 Scully getting to the flag. That they did but the South still managed to take victory thanks to S823 Mick Murrell.
 Tanks heat 2 had 34 starters and kicked off with a big pile up, again on the West Bend. Drivers piling in included S277 Mr Perv and N09 Psycho as N209 Animal was steamed by persons unseen. S151 Justin Woolner gave N451 Willie Blackwell a rated blitzing on the entrance to turn 3. 09 Psycho buried himself up the back of 584 Mark Harding with a rated shot. N409 Carlos Pears steamed Austin before N601 Usha turned it round to have a big head on with S548 Kevin Utting. The yellows then came out and 11 made the restart. N294 Nigel Ashley steamed S345 Nick Souter before Souter also copped a hit off Ballards Mk2. Pip Williams then did Ashley before the latter also copped the same treatment from S282 Lee Treasurer. Pip then gave Dan Steele a large hit overe the back wheel. Vincent was the leader now but Ballards Mk2 was blocking the way at the entrance to the West Bend. The former had no choice but to pile into his team mate to get him out the way. Vincent still made it out in the lead but next time around Treasurer was blocking the way so obviously Vicent piled into the former, wasting him in the process. S764 Steve Spall then arrived to give Vincent an equally bigger hit. The former then backed out to take the win with no northerners finishing this time.
 Now the South had a big advantage over the north with them on 290 amd the north only 90.
 25 motors for the Metro final and Lucas started proceedings off by removing S265 Ken Angel. Al Morphet took a southerner in on turn 4 as Brian Heywood wound out Bulley and Morphet met S418 Grant Simpson on the nose. The Yellows then came out for Lucas who was hurt. Broad got the restart underway by spinning Wayne Morphet as S492 Aaron Cornish steamed Brian Heywood and N143 Sam Begley hit Simspon. Mills then fired into Begley as Robinson hooked out Broad, with the latter then copping a head on from team mate S311 Danny Smithson! Simpson put a rated hit in on Shaw and Sausage Boy got revenge by jacking Simpson. Robinson took another good victory for the North.
 The 37 car Infantry final was got underway by N295 Havoc removing Scully as Kelly hit N22 George Coats and Stevens put N104 Mick Siddals up the banking. N80 Jack Foster put S206 Kingy in before N67 Sparkey blitzed Stevens. Foster spun S199 Phil Powell before Havoc also weighed in on the former. Foster won in what was a great race for the north as all remaining 6 cars over the line were white.
 The Tank Final had 25 cars and was started by 09 Psycho burying Bart. A pile up formed on turn 4 as Isherwood steamed Ellacott, Camden hit N69 Copey and 401 Psycho did the same to Camden. Bart spun it on the home straight and Ellacott was taken out by the XJS. N167 Bushwacker blitzed Utting as 251 Phillips felt the force of Spall. Bushwacker continued his wrecking mission by destroying Camden. The yellows then came out for the latter as he seemed to be in trouble. Hope everythings OK now Kev. With only 4 to run a decision was called and Simmonds was awarded the win for the South.
 As we went into the DD's it was now the North who had the big advantage with them being on 780 points and the South on 480.
 Only 10 made it for the Metro DD. 2 Southern drivers were taken out which just left Bulley. The north tried to catch him and Wayne Morphet came round the wrong way to do him head on but Bulley tried to move out of it and as he turned left, Morphet went the same way and unfortunatly caught him in the door. The race was stopped for Bulley and the decision was taken to call that race null and void, meaning the South still had a chance of winning from the last two DDs.
 A better 16 cars made the Infantry DD. Hits went in all over the track but it was left to N37 Fizz, Havoc and N293 Paul Ashley to chase the last southerner, S225 Richie Edmonds. Fizz managed a hit on him and both the latter and Hovoc both put t-bones in before Fizz gave Edmonds a big head on which finished him. It was left to Fizz and Havoc to have a big head on in which only Fizz backed out of to take the win.
 This overall gave the North Victory so the South would only be fighting for pride in the last DD.
 8 made it for the Tanks DD with Parfitt getting things underway with a hit on Usha. Ferret then spun Parfitt before carrying onto steam Woolner. Parfitt and Holdsworth then shared a head on and Grumpy also landed a hit on the former. Another head on went in between Holdsworth and Parfitt followed by a couple more hits from Parfitt on the number 6 Jag which eventually finished it off for Parfitt to take victory.
Overall Result:-
North-1030
South-730
 This ended an absolute brilliant meeting. Massive hits, good racing and wrecking all day long made it what must surely be one of the meetings of the year. Well done to Stu K and the rest of the Northern army in defeating a strong southern side to it a hatrick of victories.