StandlakeHMC

Another amazing entry of 233 motors for this years Heavy Metal classic bash at the Standlake Arena with the split being 116/117 in favour of the Overs. Some fine material in both classes, we'll start with the Unders where Cambridges came from 260 Mr Mag and 328 Stuart Morse plus an Oxford from 269 Rob the Roof and a 16/60 from marque specialist 313 Mayhem. 622 Ifor Evans was at the wheel of an MG Magnette while 298 Tin Tin debuted a Singer Vogue and 322 Pacman brought a Humber Sceptre. 333 Tony Cotton brought over a Sunbeam Rapier over with 409 Fat Boy Slim in a rapid A40, 727 Simon Young paraded a Marina with a Dolomite coming from 199 Phil Cullen. 102 Mr Fudge was at the wheel of a Viva though never saw any action while 89 John Barber returned an FE Victor and 171 Mike Rowell drove a Corona. 899 Barry Collins and 746 Jason Smith both had Mk3 Tinas, 17 Lance Webb had a hardcore Maxi and 292 Keith Saunders returned his Dinosaur Mazda 818 coupe with 156 Paul Chearman in a Victor estate and 186 Mick Gedney produced an immaculate Nissan Praire(cheers mate) which just leaves 35 Bug with a tidy MGB. Moving onto the overs and some top beef present once again, loads of Jags with the best ones being the XJ40 of 445 Mark Dorrill, 879 Wrecked Reg returning a Jag coupe, used XJS for 65 Shaun Randell and the Series 1 for 303 Dangerous Bri. 584 Sharky returned his 420g while 97 Rabbit did likewise with a Mk10, Islander 222 Tom Oatley fetching over a fresh example. Best of the Granadas were a used Mk1 from 530 Mr Ass, fresh one for 774 Meatball, limo for 106 Lee Gumm and used hearse for 225 Nellie. 213 Tinhead debuted a Mk3 Minster and 654 Gavage had a Mk1 coupe with full body kit from a previous life. Fresh and used FE Victors from 275 Ozzie and 89 John Harber, two used Trummys came from 25 Tombo(Mk2)159 Mr Havoc(Mk1)while a late Laurel was in the hands of 503 Carl Wells, 104 Paul Gumm also providing an earlier 240L model. Mercs came from 377 Adam Brett(280) and 118 Arry(250) with Crowns coming from 312 Turbo, 421 Nige and 587 Pete Kerry, Turbos proving to be the only fresh one. 778 Bod brought back a 280c estate and 852 Jamie Howell had a used Nissan Patrol that shouldn't really have raced. 368 Spudgun brought back a used P4 as did 439 Danny Sutton with his Westy, 541 Nick Cross also at the wheel of a 6/110 while 8 Martin Haycock and 202 Kelly Wetherick turned out 4 Litre Rs. 32 Podge brought along a DS420 hearse while 273 Stuart Emery had a very rapid limo version which just leaves the two Yanks of 202 Kilf in a Ford Fairmont and 130 Jason Harrison a very impressive Caddy Fleetwood.

Right, on with the action and the Unders first heat was for the classics, 622 Ifor Evans made the first contact of the day by burying Fat Boy Slims backwards into the fence, the baby A40 soon recovering to give his spun attacker a head on on the next bend. 313 Mayhem duly fired up the back of Slim before 260 Mr Mag in his Fintail Cambridge t-boned Pacman. 199 Cullen also used his Dolly to wack the Real Steel man which was just behind the door as 727 Young steamed Rob the Roof on the pit bend. 171 Rowell went in on Mr Mag on the back stretch before the lively Young run Rob the Roof in, Rowell again doing Mr Mag before 156 Chearman walled Young. Cullen took the win from Fat Boy Slim and RtR.

Next up was the Unders RWD cars, 283 Webby firing his Lada estate into 134 Toady over the wheel at the start before 5 Terry Eltham put himself in after a failed attack on 969 Jamie Pickup. Toady recovered well to follow in 21 Luke Dawson as 211 RHB t-boned 243 David Powell, 117 Dan Lewis inturn firing up RHB as 168 Gavin Barnett did 89 John Harber over the front wheel. Webby guided his Riva estate to win with 23 Swampy in an early Bluebird and 58 Martin Dalton following him over the line.

All Bluebirds next with 10 Sean Martindale burying 86 Naily well from the off before 8 Wrecker Day followed 148 Graham Kiddle in well, 426 Slap then running in 292 Saunders before burying 6 Anthony Orgee into a growing pile on the top bend. 2 Jon Brincknell also went on one adding 137 Mick Tooke to the pile before following in 728 Sam Smith well on the entrance bend. Day took the win from 7 Kier Spiers and 229 Richie Holmes' smart Donald.

The last Unders heat was for anything that was left and started with 142 Tom Smith steaming 573 Chris Brooks before 186 Gedney followed in 595 Vimbo well meaning an early bath for the latter. 961 Kev Lording then weighed into 169 Clive Povey before 155 Demoliton introduced 13 Alan Roberts' Acclaim to the wall on the back straight as Gedney again pulled off another top notch follow in, this time 807 Chris Green on the wrong end. 973 Simon Chase then took 1 David Thomas into 65 Mark Bennett with 33 Karly seeing the race out by putting himself in as 54 Winnie took the honours from 537 Mitch and 18 Malc Burgess.

The first Overs heat for classics got off to a bang when Cross used his 6/110 to jack 8 Martin Haycock superbly, albeit with an assist from Harrisons big Yank leaving the 4R a big mess. 584 Sharky buried Wetherick into Podge before 879 Wrecked Reg followed in Harrison well spelling the end of the day for the large Yank. Turbo now followed in Wetherick superbly before firing up the back of Bretts Merc, the latter also coming under fire from Suttons Westy. Sharky turned it round to dish out a meaty head on to Mr Havocs battered Trummy as Mr Ass took the win from Tombo and Kilf.

It was all Grandas now for the second heat with 348 Mushy quickly into the back of 225 Nellies hearse as 443 Dave Harvey weighed into 528 Dave Norris, 248 Daisy then going head to head with 14 Colin Lacey as 169 Lenny Boy t-boned Tinheads Minster on oppo. 83 Llyod Isherwood followed in 58 Dalton superbly before Nellie went against the flow to hit 274 Jon Adams, 614 Chris Hyde then taking 617 Jack Overy in before collecting the empty Norris motor. 103 Lee Bugler had his day finished when taking a head on from Adams and a shot from the still on oppo Nellie. 348 Mushy took the honours in this one while after the race Dalton took exception to his follow in(perfectly legal hit) and lossed out big time by punching Isherwood. Now there was no justification in this and he was deserverdly loaded and surely a ban awaits. We've said it many times before 'If you cant take your hits, stay in the pits' or better still get out the sport. Why people cant have a laugh, get out and shake hands and promise to do them next time they meet on track I dont know, its Bangers for Gods sake, your meant to hit things.

The next Overs heat saw 105 Chris Snell head on 505 Stuart Taylors Saab 900 before Nige dished out similar treatment to 85 Richard Ashtons Capri. 903 Rob Hayes arrived to steam Nige with 852 Powell in the Patrol inturn doing Hayes. 731 Shaun Dyer then followed 521 Ace Ash into 169 Jason Harrison killing two Bears with one stone! 53 Garmo followed Snell hard into Dyer with 422 Alvin Lewis inturn doing Garmo, the latter though gaining swift revenge by following his attacker into the pile on the bottom bend and obliterating Dyers Jag in the process. Powell completed the sequence with a hit on Garmo as 244 Bunny won from Winnie and 499 Lee Charles.

The last heat of the first set saw 44 Wildy land a big t-bone on 229 Razz with 28 Ozzie also firing up Razz, 587 Kerry then hitting 721 The Thug which was close to the door. Wildy inturn did Kerry with 177 Matt Whitehead also registering a hit on the Crown, 424 the Wizard blowing up 589 Dean Plowman and took a shot off Bricknell for his troubles, Mitch also firing hard up the back of the Bear 740 estate with Ozzie quickly on the scene to blast Mitch. 899 Lee Madden took the win with Wildy burying Ozzie on the run down.

Back to the Unders now after the first interval for their second run of heats, 80 Matt Nuttley blasting 168 Barnett over the back wheel with 607 Jamie Guest and 1 Thomas also taking leatherings as 35 Bug taking the MGB to the win from 292 Spencer Wakefield and Fat Boy Slim.

The next heat saw Saunders fire up 21Dawson as Chearman walled 17 Webb with the latter also having 196 Beach fired into him by Pacman. 7 Kier Spiers gave the Real Steel man a head on who was inturn done by 128 Simon Wood. A recovered Beach took 28 Alan Grant in as 575 Paul Tritton took the flag, Saunders weighing into 198 Pete Cullen on the run down.
The last heat saw Tooke steam 219 Wayne Halls as Gedney followed in 245 Greg Hazletine and 400 Shinny did likewise to 807 Green on the top bend signalling the reds for the latter, all seemed OK though and we were soon back underway with Shinny carrying on from where he left off by following in 246 Jay Pearce before the superb Gedney pulled off another follow in with 13 Roberts the victim this time with Shinny again hot on the Wisbech mans toes by following in Webb and Pickup in one move. 801 Haribo took the win this time with the impressive Shinny finishing off on a high by burying 576 Simon Hadland which also claimed the Mk4 Tina of Pearce.

Back to Overs again with Thompson on the case straight away by running in 14 Colin Lacey before going in on Bods Cedric and finally steaming Arrys smart Merc. Gavage swifty arrived to trash the back end of the Bear as 656 Liam Findley t-boned 10 Michael O'Dare before Adams followed in Taylor. 112 Rusty was first to the flag from 215 Sherlock and 481 Bernie Spiers. Meatball seeing the race out sadly by coming off the infield to do Lenny Boy.

99 Richie Ahern gave a head on out to Ash at the start of the penultimate heat before Wetherick did Tombo over the back wheel, Wrecked Reg then weighing into 578 Bryan Tritton as Sharky followed in Ahern well. Hyde then met Kilf head on but took a shot from Garmo as a consequence before Isherwood t-boned 750 the Rock, the lively Sharky then blowing up Whitehead before blasting Hyde. Garmo then pulled off a cracking follow in on 40 Darren Ankerson as Isherwood took the win from 6 the Good Lord and 62 Liam Bunce, the Thug clouting Aherns dead motor on the run down

The last heat started with Lewis steaming 70 Steven Hart allowing Ozzie to waste the the former, Ash arriving to destroy the Vole estate as 153 Richard Martin weighed into the Wizard before 528 Jethro turned it round to do the Wizard and 248 Daisy head on. Dorrill took the honours as Martin landed a solid t-bone on Jethro.

The unders final was the quietest race of the day, only action seeing 575 Tritton wall the leading Shinny and Dan Lewis jack 18 Burgess as the leading Gedney fired Young across the infield tyres en-route to his second big win in as many weeks. Winnie followed him over the line with 8 Day in third.

The start of the Overs final saw Mr Ass t-bone Sir Rusty early doors with Dorrill then walling 112 a lap later as Turbo did Charles head on on oppo. Turbo also weighed into 756 Bart albeit on the centre as 231 Stuart Dunn had Overy out with Mushy given the initial win but a lap sheet check confirmed Isherwood the winner from Overy and Mushy in third.
Onto the Allcomers races and the Unders were first up, they had to split them into two races with 28 Alan Grant t-boning Rob the Roof at the start of the first one before Beach jacked 899 Collins in the Mk3 while 328 Morse steamed 851 Mark Howell. Tritton celebrated another win this time 936 Malc Sharp and 801Steve Holland his placemen.

Gedney celebrated his final win by running 722 Bob Ewins in at the start of the second Allcomers before Webby dished out a head on to 98 Brian Deeprose as Chearman put Gedney in with the reds appearing for Deeprose. Soon back under way again with Gedney latching onto 610 Marcus Chant and superbly following him into 106 Clive Bowker, 12 Kenny Gabriel then jacking 582 Stephen Tustain well, the latter also copping a t-bone from Holmes as 361 Chris Codgell walled Pete Cullen. Winnie took the chequered in this one with Slap and Spiers his placemen.

The Rock steamed O'Dare at the start of the Overs Allcomers before Harrison followed in Taylor well, the reds then coming out for 02 Dave O'Sullivan who had been knocked off his car whilst exiting and lucky to escape injury. Powell in the Patrol run 147 Kane German in on the restart before Winnie buried Thompson into the growing pile on the pit bend with Bunny doing likewise to Oatleys Ten. Charles then blew up Jethro with 199 Jamie Wyatt arriving to steam Charles, Sherlock inturn wasting Wyatt as 231 Dunn took the win.

Onto the Unders DD where the devastating Gedney run Cullens Dolly round before Collins boned Thomas, Gedney then firing Collins into Martindale as Lewis walled 610 Chant. Gedneys day came to a close when Nuttley piled him head on into Chearman with Chant also doing the latter on the nose, Lewis then doing Chant just behind the door as the reds appeared for a fire in Youngs motor. All OK and we were soon back underway with Cullun firing up 961 Lording with Webby doing Cullen, the former then hooking out 18 Burgess on oppo as Nuttley weighed into 74 Anthony Ribeiros Rover 216. Webby now steamed Burgess and met Lording in a stiff head on, Codgell arriving on the scene to jack Lording before Webby and the latter again went head to head, Codgell handed victory after Webby went up in smoke.

Last race of the day was the Overs DD after a mammoth 20 race shedule, including Thompson and Ozzie who had both made a monumental effort to get their cars back on track. Sharky and 622 Ifor Evans enjoyed a head on at the start before 70 Steven Hart run Kilf in, Sharky now doing Nige head on with the Thug quickly gaining Bear revenge before dishing out a big roof bender to 12 Gabriel, Ozzie giving the Thug a head on with 124 Orris inturn doing 28, 6 the Good Lord getting stuck into Bunny before Norris buried Evans into Sharky and the Thug steamed 138 Steve Goldup. Danny Sutton now fired back into life and promptly met the Thug head on which killed both, the Thug deserverdly given the win with Sutton runner up.

This brought the curtain down on a really excellent meeting, where else would you get 20 top Banger races for a tenner!? A meeting partly made by some of the one man performances by 186 Gedney, 400 Shinny and 53 Garmo, just a shame about the bit of trouble early in the day but a well run meeting left most saying it was one of the best Heavy Metal Classics yet.