Race Reports

added - 5th May, 2008

HEDNESFORD HILLS
Sunday 5th May, 2008
Round 5 - Hednesford Championship

SHAKEY GETS A HAT-TRICK - #99 Steve 'Shakey' Dakin was unbeatable today at Hednesford! It was only #677 Adam Marshall that got a look in for the other heat win. The Hednesford Championship feature final was won by Steve in superb style, closely followed over the finish line by #1 Des Chandler and #52 Martin Lamb.

TRACK FACTS
   Car Count - 33 cars
      Fastest Lap - #6 IAN HALES in the Final, lap 15 - 15.168 (59.335 mph)
         Weather - Sunny and dry

RESULTS
Heat One : 99, 1, 161, 6, 677, 156, 60, 242, 19, 16, 20, 98, 11, 65, 45, 10, 2, 74, 77, 105. DNF 614, 169.    169 & 77 accident East Bend on lap 2, full restart
Heat Two : 99, 52, 1, 76, 182, 8, 6, 78, 285, 20, 98, 16, 75, 10, 266, 74, 169. DNS 33 engine 2 cylinders. DNF 242, 100, 7 accident on back straight.
Heat Three : 677, 52, 266, 100, 33, 78, 8, 285, 161, 11, 7, 45, 65, 2, 75, 156, 77. DNF 614, 105, 60, 182.   lap 2, 182 hit turn 1 infield bank   60 blown diff   105 & 614 accident on West Bend.
Final : 99, 1, 52, 6, 8, 285, 161, 20, 242, 156, 677, 11, 266, 16, 614, 7, 65, 75, 2, 77, 74, 169, 105. DNF 33, 10, 45, 19, 78, 98. DNS 76 brake problems.    78 hit West Bend infield, penalised over safety issue and lost all points on day.

added - 27th April, 2008

BOVINGDON
Sunday 27th April, 2008
Round 4 - Spedeworth Bowl I

It was no surprise that Richard Poulter (#98) took his first race win
from the front row in heat one, despite the pressure laid on by Pete
Amas (#33) through three restarts! Peter Blundell (#156) deserved
the win in heat two with a nifty move on Dave Baker (#5) in the
penultimate lap and Russ Bull (#100) bagged two excellent wins in
heat three from Blundell and dominated Ian Hales (#6) for a win in the
final.

TRACK FACTS
   Car Count - 29 cars
      Fastest Lap - 100 RUSS BULL in the Final, lap 21 - 15.171 (46.740mph)
         Weather Conditions - Heavy rain, slow to drying

RESULTS
Heat One : 98, 33, 5, 614, 100, 11, 20, 6, 22, 182, 266, 242, 16, 23, 74. DNF 76, 285, 64, 516, 19.    maiden win for 98    64 hit wall head on near pit gate   76 and 285 clashed out of turn 2, ripped front right off 285 car
Heat Two : 156, 11, 5, 16, 8, 45, 65, 182, 2, 7, 161, 266, 74, 169, 105. DNF 19, 516. DISQ 242 contact on 19.    forced retirement on 19, back bumper hanging off
Heat Three : 100, 156, 6, 45, 22, 7, 161, 8, 20, 2, 65, 23, 169. DNF 614, 33. DISQ 98 contact on 33.    forced retirement on 33, front bumper hanging off    614 lost wheel on back straight after collision, finished head on in wall near pit gate
Final : 100, 6, 156, 8, 5, 20, 45, 242, 7, 161, 16, 65, 182, 266, 19, 2, 105.
DNF 23, 11, 33, 169, 516, 98.    accident 105 and 2 on inside of turn 3 brought the red flag out

added - 16th March, 2008

BIRMINGHAM WHEELS
Saturday 15th March, 2008
Round 1 - BIRMINGHAM CHAMPIONSHIP

A rain drenched track didn't attract too many smiles last night for the first championship round of 2008. Low visibility and low speed didn't make for the best racing and the drivers were only really able to follow the little red light in front. The neon lights on Dave Baker's wheels looked good though and would even be the envy of the cruisers on Landor Street! There were a lot of new liveries on old cars and a lot of new drivers - 7 in fact, including the lady racer Rachel Dawson and also former National Hot Rod driver J J O'Riordan from Dublin.
Martin Heath sped away for wins in heats one and three. He didn't mess about in the feature final either as he went straight into the lead but fell back through the placings when the half shaft broke. Amazingly, he finished 12th!
Heat two saw Dan Holden open his account in the points chase and increased his standing with a third place finish in the final.
It was Darron Lewis, in a Lechler Coatings car, that splashed through the atrocious conditions to win the Birmingham Championship feature final. Red grade and Legends star driver, Ian Hales drove well throughout the night for some good results from the back of the grid and featured as runner-up to Lewis in the final.
Richard Stagg earnt some good results in the heats and qualified well for the championship final but suffered disqualification on lap 20 through a loose exhaust.

TRACK FACTS
   Car Count - 31
     Fastest Lap Time - 242 MARTIN HEATH in the Final, lap 3 - 18.960 (38.935mph)
       Track Conditions - Wet throughout the night

RESULTS
Heat One : 242, 6, 20, 99, 78, 15, 76, 33, 2, 182, 266, 60, 23, 169. DNF's 516, 45, 100, 22, 114,161.    516 scratched through heavy damage    161 suffered a misfire    182 highest rookie finish in 10th.
Heat Two : 161, 285, 19, 6, 52, 98, 99, 15, 7, 76, 16, 64, 22, 5, 182, 210, 10, 60. DNF's 20, 156.    clean and tidy start, most drivers choosing to go high and wide    98 highest rookie finish in 6th    161 cured misfire
Heat Three : 242, 19, 5, 285, 7, 78, 52, 16, 64, 2, 33, 114, 266, 10, 23. DNF's 169, 98, 210.    169 throttle cable broke on the last bend in the final lap
Final : 285, 6, 161, 99, 19, 52, 7, 20, 16, 98, 5, 242, 64, 182, 10, 266, 60, 169, 23. DNF's 15, 78, 100, 210. DISQ 2.

added - 24th March, 2008

HEDNESFORD HILLS
Easter Monday 24th March, 2008
Round 2 - EASTER CHALLENGE

There were four different winners in Oval Track Legends today at Hednesford - Steve Dakin (99) in the first heat, Russ Bull (100) in the second, Damian Wright (114) took the third and the feature final was an exciting finish for a win by Ian Hales from Tim Hudson (64) coming out of the last corner. Ian now leads the National Points after two rounds.
Tim Hudson had the best results on the day with the highest points tally of 525 which puts him up from 10th to 5th place in the National Points Chart.

TRACK FACTS
   Car Count - 32 cars
      Fastest Lap Time - 6 IAN HALES in the Final, lap 3 - 15.360 (58.594mph)
         Weather Conditions - Snow, slow to drying

RESULTS
Heat One : 99, 64, 242, 45, 114, 161, 6, 100, 8, 52, 614, 2, 33, 677, 20, 16, 266, 7, 10, 75. DNF 516, 98.    75 and 33 both spun and rejoined    98 loose wheel on track, race called 3 laps early
Heat Two : 100, 64, 242, 78, 156, 8, 285, 45, 16, 7, 19, 808, 2, 266, 75, 77, 74, 169, 60. DNF 76, 99.    77 spun on Turn 4 from 3rd place    99 and 76 both retired after hitting wall on turn 3    76 scratched
Heat Three : 114, 161, 6, 78, 285, 614, 33, 20, 19, 52, 516, 677, 808, 60, 74, 77, 169. DNF 156, 10, 98.
Final : 6, 64, 114, 8, 285, 161, 242, 614, 19, 16, 7, 20, 516, 808, 677, 45, 2, 266, 74, 169. DNF 33, 52, 99, 156, 60, 75, 100, 77. DISQ 78 loose back bumper.    33 bonnet flew off    restart after 52, 8, 45 and 77 all spun off, only 52 retired

added - 14th April, 2008

HEDNESFORD HILLS
Sunday 13th April, 2008
Round 3 - MIDLAND CHAMPIONSHIP

HEDNESFORD HILLS on Sunday brought out five late starters to the season. Bob Clayfield (#66) and John Hudson (#65) both dusted the cobwebs off their cars. Des Chandler's brand new car, reminiscent of his F1 livery, made its first competetive appearance. Paul Smith took to the seat of the Chevy Coupe shared with Peter Oakley for his first meeting as Race No.110, (Peter races the same car using No.10) and Race Car Direct introduced Kev Hughes, from Burgess Hill, in the lease hire '34 Ford Sedan.
Russ Bull (#100) took the chequered flag in heat one but was disqualified following post race checks because the car was 1/16" (corrected 27.04.08) too long and Darren Smith (#76) was given the win.
Mark Dews (#78) got away from Martin Heath (#242) and Ian Hales (#6) in heat two for a victory.
The same three were locked in battle for the Midland Championship feature final, which saw Martin win through for the 2008 title.
The third heat was a smooth run out and trouble free win for Paul Fiore.

TRACK FACTS
   Car Count - 37 cars
      Fastest Lap - 6 IAN HALES in Heat Two, lap 16 - 15.132 (58.317mph)
         Weather Conditions - Dry

RESULTS
Heat One : 76, 65, 78, 242, 6, 99, 77, 266, 16, 161, 1, 7, 19, 66, 52, 677, 5, 614, 22, 75, 23, 110. DNF 169. DISQ 100 technical infringement. DNS 98 carb trouble.    169 spun on Turn 3, stranded on the 'rumbles'.    614 spun over the finish line
Heat Two : 78, 242, 6, 516, 65, 20, 22, 156, 19, 182, 285, 64, 7, 2, 60, 75, 74, 110. DNF 77, 66, 33, 105. DISQ 8 loose front bumper.    7 and 285 spun and locked together on West Bend taking 77, 33 and 66 in too    8 loaded up for not responding to the Black Flag, caused by intermittent problem with Raceceiver unit    debut meeting for Rookies 105 and 110
Heat Three : 516, 20, 100, 156, 5, 33, 76, 285, 1, 2, 161, 614, 16, 677, 182, 266, 98, 60, 74, 169. DNF 105, 64, 99, 52, 23.    52 blew engine    23 hit wall on back straight and collected 99    64 caught up in same accident and stopped at the end of the back straight    105 in the wall on Turn 2
Final : 242, 78, 6, 285, 156, 20, 516, 1, 65, 7, 182, 19, 677, 98, 33, 75, 266, 76, 74, 110, 105. DNF 16, 169, 161, 5, 100, 2, 614, 60, 64.    614 and 2 ended up in the wall on back straight    100 and 5 clashed, landing 5 on the ramp    161 glanced the wall on the West Bend and parked it on Turn 3    76 and 16 spun on Turn 1, all traffic cleared the incident

added - 26th May, 2008

NORTHAMPTON INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Monday 26th May, 2008
Round 6 - Northampton Championship + Triple Crown C'ship I

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
Heat One : 19, 285, 52, 78, 7, 20, 22, 74, 677, 65, 76, 105, 266, 23. DNF 808, 516, 60, 16, 5. DISQ 161 contact on 16.
Heat Two : 156, 6, 74, 65, 182, 19, 11, 78, 33, 2, 64, 5, 105, 23, 266, 169.
DNF 99. DISQ 242 contact on 99.
Heat Three : 16, 6, 285, 161, 182, 52, 677, 33, 11, 156, 20, 64, 2, 22. DNF 60.
Final : 6, 285, 161, 19, 78, 52, 16, 11, 65, 20, 242, 74, 182, 677, 33, 2, 64, 22, 105, 266, 23. DNF 156 engine problem, 5, 60.

added - 13th May, 2008

MALLORY PARK
Sunday 11th May, 2008
BRITISH LONG TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP

TRACK FACTS
   Car Count - 24 cars
      Fastest Lap - 1 DES CHANDLER in Heat 2, lap 6 - 39.166 (91.916mph)
         Weather - Hot and sunny

RESULTS
Heat One : 6, 1, 161, 156, 8, 78, 16, 10, 242, 22, 20, 5, 808, 60, 7, 15, 66, 75, 266, 45, 105, 23, 2. DNF 52 engine.
Heat Two : 78, 1, 6, 161, 8, 22, 242, 66, 16, 10, 266, 7, 5, 808, 15, 45, 60, 75, 105, 2, 23. DNF 156 blown engine.
Final : 161, 6, 1, 22, 8, 16, 10, 242, 5, 808, 66, 60, 75, 15, 266, 45, 105, 23, 2. DNF 78 puncture.

No one would have ever dreamt that such a fantastic days racing at the
Mallory Mile would end in the nightmare that occured when Des Chandler
(#1) had the accident in the final race of the day. Not surprisingly,
messages of good will for Des have come in from all corners of our sport
wishing him a full and speedy recovery. A thought that should be echoed
again now.
The racing saw Legends really stretch their legs through the heats and final
and all three of their races produced close finishes and, at most times, they
finished three abreast!
Dan Holden (#161) came through for the British Long Track Championship
win from pole sitter and early leader Ian Hales (#6). Des took the lead from
Ian on lap four and Mark Dews (#78) soon came in for the lead too, along
with Dan, then all four drivers diced for top spot. At the end of lap 10, the
chequers went to Dan but by only 0.070 of a second from Ian. Des took
third and Robie Jukes (#22) raced his posh boots off for fourth!
Ian set the best lap time of the final with 39.483 seconds. Mark
unfortunately retired two laps from the end with a broken valve on a tyre.

added 8th June, 2008

ALDERSHOT RACEWAY
Sunday 8th June, 2008
Round 7 - Spedeworth Bowl II

OFFICIAL RESULTS
Heat One : 516, 808, 105, 100, 33, 64, 7, 76, 20, 242, 52, 285, 19, 60, 677, 22, 77, 169, 95, 8. DNF 156 misfire.
Heat Two : 98, 516, 6, 182, 64, 8, 19, 242, 16, 161, 2, 65, 266, 5, 105, 23. DNF 33 accident, 76 accident, 156 misfire. DNS 4, 74, 614. Result under investigation, 98 contact on 33.
Heat Three : 7, 6, 22, 182, 677, 2, 16, 52, 285, 98, 161, 20, 65, 266, 808, 5, 23, 100, 95, 60, 169. DISQ 77 contact on 60.
Final : 6, 7, 100, 516, 182, 285, 22, 19, 20, 161, 52, 808, 2, 16, 266, 65, 98, 242, 8, 64, 105, 5, 677, 33. Result under investigation 242 missed transponder reading.

added 22nd June, 2008

ARENA ESSEX
Sunday 22nd June, 2008
Round 8 - Arena Championship

OFFICIAL RESULTS
Heat One : 266, 98. 100, 2, 65, 64, 114, 7, 20, 52, 6, 161, 8, 33, 242, 182, 35, 74, 23, 95. DNF 156, 60.
Heat Two : 74, 64, 98, 242, 614, 161, 285, 114, 78, 19, 20, 11, 5, 16, 182, 35, 105. DNF 77, 156.
Heat Three : 614, 2, 266, 677, 16, 33, 100, 52, 7, 78, 5, 8, 285, 19, 11, 105, 23, 55. DNF 95, 65. DISQ 6 car unsafe due to accident damage.
Final : 98, 614, 64, 114, 52, 20, 161, 100, 266, 285, 16, 8, 2, 677, 78, 33, 11, 35, 182, 65, 19, 7, 74. DNF 242, 5, 6.