JAGUAR SKEELS POUNCES ON MILDO WIN
Another Mildenhall meeting for the shale boys and another cracking set of races. In the in house whites and yellows final, Andy Gibbs (431) took the win. Andrew Palmer (606) reminded everyone in heat 2 that he is still one of the men on shale. Steve North (372) took the consolation - he is getting a bit of habit of winning those. However it was purple top Ollie "Jaguar" Skeels (124) who took top honours in the final, from veteran Carl Issit (103) and Ben Kerry (842). Martin Ford (19) continued his rich form in the GN.
SAM YER MAN AT KING'S LYNN
A restricted entry and a much shortened format, saw 3 races for the Brisca F2's at King's Lynn. Following on from the night before Palmer took the "heat", leaving old Granville himself Sam Wagner (823) open all hours to the victory. Daz Shaw (377) fresh from his Cowdie world ride free ride took the GN at 18:20pm. Almost in the gloaming darkness - 4 hours from heat to finish. Far too long!
GORDON BOSSES BUXTON
A rare visit for his Gordyness south of the border to the hills of Buxton was a welcome addition to the Rebels' Worldwide Rebellion meeting - or World Final as us non hoppy weirdos with delusions of grandeur call it. After a heat wins for Daniel Fallows (581) and Kelvyn Whalley (101), it was Moodie who took full advantage of an angry clash of regular final winners at Hi Edge, Whalley and Richard Bowyer (761) which included some ramming that even Mr M might have applauded. However, looks likely that they will be both be up before the beak at some point. Moodie took the win, and the GN was won by Daniel Fallows
BRADDERS MAXIMUM AT TEASY TAUNTON
So another good turnout at Taunton, and everyone was talking about the gold. For Steve Gilbert (542) it was in a spare borrowed engine after his went bang spectacularly. With the standard nearly 40 cars in the pits (other promotions take note- this will be the highest average for tarmac this season), and the conclusion with the whites and yellows championship run as heat 1. Courtney Finnikin (55) came down to play again and sped away into an early lead, however an early caution saw Tom Clark (575) take the lead and wasn't challenged much after that. With most of the Whites and Yellows in the first heat, the second heat was much more lively, with a field of Bradbury, Hooper and Rygor, it was always going to be lively. Sy Harraway (83) led the race until Hooper dispensed with Rygor in the pit bend after a good 3 way star tussle The 783 car was out of the racing line, however flames started to appear from the air filter, which brought out the yellows. Bradbury then swooped for the lead, taking Hooper with him. Rygor made a mends with victory in the Consolation - his first as a former world champion.
All eyes were on the final for the Dave Wilson Memorial Trophy and Steve Rich Memorial Trophy. After Julian Coombes (828) took an early lead, Jamie Beere (954) swooped in behind as an early yellow was brought out for Smokey Issacs (937) who was broadside down the back straight. After another yellow for Sy Harraway (83), the stars were beginning to swoop. Bradbury inheirited the lead from Beere, and Rygor hen moved into second. However, there was the mother of all scraps for 3rd, with up to 6 drivers getting in the mix, all in good jest. Nathan Maidment (935) produced a best finish at Taunton for some time, celebrating with some donuts. Some truly awesome stuff.
The GN was to raise the bar, and in some cases, cross the line, however, with an absolute packed grid, the GN was never going to be a quiet race. It became a shoot out for the St John's Ambulance Shield between Danny Withers (437) and Courtney Finnikin (55). Withers took the lead, but behind him, cars spun and clashed dramatically, with some feuds reignited
An angry clash between Nathan Maidment (935) and Matt Stoneman (127) saw Stoneman remonstrate with the TART, in the form of part angry hootenanny dance and imaginary fire fighter under the caution. This caution allowed Bradbury to be on the same lap - he was 4th on the road, such was the brutal nature of the race, however with many backmarkers and incidents to negotiate, it was little surprise that the 886 car took a maximum - a second of the season for him.
So a maximum for Bradbury and another on one of his favourite haunts
POINTS OF ORDER
Blowjobs. It's season game over for the aforementioned Clark, who's engine let go spectacularly, and is another driver waiting to see if the rules can be thrashed out ready to go...
The old chestnut of restricted entries reared its head again. King's Lynn not only restricted the entries to a third of the cars that would have raced there unrestricted. Not only that, the white and yellows championship that was scheduled for this meeting also has been shelved for the Christmas meeting!!! A promoter should know how many cars his track attracts - Kings Lynn is consistently one of the best for attendance and driver satisfaction, so over subscribing the support formula isn't going to stand them in good stead. Having only 3 races made it a bit of wasted journey for some. Again, perhaps next year, drop it?
Finally - another £400 quid or so in the kitty for the calendar, bringing the total up to around £2500! Awesomeness peeps - will also be on sale this Sunday at Bristol at the Ben Fund meeting which is looking like a cracker....
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