2011 news archive

The annual end of season meeting on the Rallycross track at Blyton always draws cars from a wide variety of motorsports and this year the 107 car turnout comprised 78 from Autograss, 11 regular Rallycross drivers, 8 cars from the ANECCC Autocross scene, 7 Hot Rods from the local Scunthorpe stadium and three of the NORA Superlite off-road racers. The NORA buggies have always looked incredibly quick against the NASA Specials but had not scored major honours until this year when former Autograsser Jonathan Bennett took his 900cc Drakart to the Superfinal win. In the open wheel class final however Jonathan had been runner up to Bryn Hawkins' Class 8, while the other Class 8 driver on top form, Rallycross veteran Barry Hathaway, won all his heats before getting upside down in the final. Top National Rallycross contender Ash Simpson narrowly beat Andy Holtby's Class 7 to win the Super Saloon final and former Autograss champion Ben Cree took the Stock Hatch win for the Rallycrossers. The grassers took the wins in the Production saloon groups, thanks to Mark Empson and Andrew Owen, and the Modified Saloons with Steve Hathaway. A misty and drizzly early morning start gave way to  sunshine for the finals, and all classes enjoyed four heats, finals and open races, plus a generous lunch break to accommodate a Remembrance Day dedication on the old wartime airfield, with the Superfinal still completed bang on schedule at 3.30. Once more all the action's available on DVD from our friends at Westcountry Videos.

BLYTON RESULTS:

PRODUCTION A (Class 1, Junior Specials): 1st NASA1 Mark Empson 2nd SC401 Andy Hemstock 3rd SC223 Ryan Bemrose. PRODUCTION B (Class 2, Hot Rods): 1st NW297 Andrew Owen 2nd T133 Conrad Noble 3rd SC126 Craig Conway. MODIFIED SALOONS (Class 3 & 6, Supermodified): 1st C82E Steve Hathaway 2nd C266E Anthony Teather 3rd #40 Brian Thornton. STOCK HATCH (Class 4, Stock Hatch, Minicross): 1st #614 Ben Cree 2nd #724 Shaun Lomax 3rd #76 Darren Swales. SUPER SALOONS (Class 5 & 7, Supernational): 1st #16 Ash Simpson 2nd SC61 Andy Holtby 3rd N70 Rich Lee. OPEN WHEEL (Class 8, 9, 10, F600, Superlite, Autocross): 1st WR1 Bryn Hawkins 2nd #799 Matthew Leitch 3rd #72 Jonathan Bennett. SUPERFINAL: 1st #72 Jonathan Bennett 2nd C82E Steve Hathaway 3rd #614 Ben Cree.

Scunthorpe's Speedway and Stock Car stadium, the Eddie Wright Raceway, welcomed a strong field of Autograss racers to the fastest shale oval in the country on Saturday night. 150 drivers booked in, the best entry for a stadium event for many years, with 126 turning up on the night to produce some sensational racing. 52 races were completed between 3.30 and 8.30 pm. Some of the best action was the Class 7 duel between Pete Bott Jnr and Andy Kershaw, with Andy snatching the final from shale expert PJ. The closest fought classes were the Class 3s and F600s, while Class 8 provided no-holds-barred battles between the likes of Phil cooper, Mark Grice and Tom Chadwick. Relative newcomer Trevor Burrows ran with the best in the 8s, but ended up being the only one to get upside down. Also bad luck for Jordan Hampson (Juniors), Rob Milbourn (Class 6) and Russ Thompson (Class 9) who all hit problems within sight of victory. Topping off the memorable evening was the madcap commentary featuring Micky B and Sos - it will be worth buying the DVD from Westcountry Videos for that alone.

SCUNTHORPE RESULTS

CLASS 1: 1st SN18 Mick Winkworth 2nd SC401 Daz Hemstock 3rd WR219 Paul Allen. CLASS 2: 1st SP15 Bob Ellis 2nd WR410 Graham Mallinson 3rd SC49 Chris Juggins. CLASS 3: 1st SC2 Martin Dalzell 2nd SR22 John Shorter 3rd ST31 Lewis Brown. CLASS 4: 1st ST135 Andrew Wood 2nd WR63 Dean Burrows 3rd ST136 David Wood. SCUNTHORPE HOT RODS: 1st #520 Kev Brocklesby 2nd #516 Shaun Lane 3rd #154 Jem Probert. CLASS 5: 1st NS257 Julian Galowicz 2nd N333 Joe Smith 3rd SC39 Dec Collins. STOCK HATCH: 1st Y140 Lee Hodgson. CLASS 6: 1st NS434 Ben Gould 2nd SC33 Rob Milbourn 3rd CA207 Tony Teather.  CLASS 7: 1st SC99 Andy Kershaw 2nd S47D Pete Bott Jnr 3rd Y4 Russ Tinker. CLASS 8: 1st ARC4 Phil Cooper 2nd Y34 Mark Grice 3rd SP44 Dan Mackenzie. CLASS 9: 1st P5EM Jason Richardson 2nd WR111 Paul Wright 3rd ARC5 Lynn Cooper. CLASS 10: 1st SC12 Andy Patrick 2nd WR12 John Wright 3rd LM170 Vinny Gibbons. F600: 1st ST42 Gav Waby 2nd WR400 Trevor Frost 3rd N40 Ross Sinclair.  JUNIORS: 1st Y35 Danny MacVarish 2nd N53 Lloyd Elliott 3rd NASA61 Ryan Sayer. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st S916Y Wes Green 2nd SC223 Ryan Bemrose 3rd Y90 Jack Dunn. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st NS434 Ben Gould 2nd S916Y Wes Green 3rd ST135 Andrew Wood.

The following day SCARBOROUGH ran the only grass meeting of the weekend, and after heavy overnight rain, attracted a small and select field of local cars, plus a couple of Scottish visitors, for a day of fun racing. The day saw the debut of a possible future Class 10 star as Aston Nairns handed in his Junior licence and jumped into the older of Team Tango's two Class 10s, proving very fast and spectacular indeed. One total newcomer, Lee Harrison, chose this meeting for his debut in the ex-Richard Coates Honda Civic; he won his first ever race and by the end of the day had completed nine races! Commentator Micky B returned to the track by courtesy of "Mr Silly" Phil Wall and despite going through two Micras took the chequered flag in the "Devil's Race".

As the season started to wind down and there were just two race meetings to choose from on October 23. ST NEOTS staged the final round of the Eastern Open Challenge, and the continuing fine October weather helped bring out a turnout of nearly 180 drivers from far and wide for a busy programme featuring the usual heats and finals plus plenty of end of season open racing. The on-track highlight was probably the Class 7 final duel between Trevor Martin and Tony Goodsir - Tony was awarded the win by inches. The Eastern Open Champion of Champions titles went to Barry Ashmore, Lianne Teather and Ash Howard, while the Champion of the Day was Tom Chadwick after a superb exhibition of car control on a watered track. SCARBOROUGH held another late season event at Hunmanby. With all the recent fine weather biased towards the south and east, unfortunately the Scottish and Irish seasons came to an earlier finish, as this weekend's planned  meetings were cancelled.

ST NEOTS RESULTS

CLASS 1: 1st SN43 Daniel Robins 2nd IK75 Kieran Cobb 3rd SN164 Alex Hill. CLASS 2: 1st SN391 Gary Clapham 2nd SP16 Simon Doades 3rd SN31 Chris Parsons. CLASS 3: 1st SN269 Dave George 2nd CA1 Adam Saint 3rd CA9 Sharon Cousins. CLASS 4: 1st IK34 Wez Johnson 2nd S115D Andy Packer 3rd CA87 Ashley Poulter. CLASS 5: 1st IK155 Neil Thomas 2nd C260E Nigel Richardson 3rd C20E Kieran Lonergan. CLASS 6: 1st C608E Glen Embling 2nd SP114 Stephen Pearsall 3rd CA121 Adam Golding.  CLASS 7: 1st ST307 Tony Goodsir 2nd C18E Trevor Martin 3rd SN145 Kraig Murley. CLASS 8: 1st SP44 Dan Mackenzie 2nd NS151 Tom Chadwick 3rd ST55 Barry Ashmore. CLASS 9: 1st SN394 Bill Edwards 2nd E26 Mark Barker 3rd SP12 Andrew Hill. CLASS 10: 1st CA5 Tom Parr. STOCK HATCH: 1st C16E John Sullivan 2nd SN14 Alex Hill 3rd CA954 Matt Ellis. CLASS 11: 1st CA181 Rachel Taylor 2nd SN668 Vicky Sole 3rd SN41 Alison Browning. CLASS 11A: 1st SN230 Emily Empson 2nd SN53 Gemma Crosby 3rd IK334 Toni Humphrey. CLASS 12: 1st SN14 Abiee Hill 2nd E10 Diane Heath 3rd SN29 Kelly Randall. CLASS 13: 1st ST307 Charlotte Goodsir 2nd N4 Cath Weston 3rd C266E Lianne Teather. CLASS 14: 1st WR20 Lindsay Stephenson 2nd M11 Barbara Harper 3rd E111 Diane Heath. JUNIORS: 1st SN201 Jake Bartlett 2nd SN81 Nathan Saunders 3rd NASA19 Charlie Fleckney. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SN90 Max Fleckney 2nd SN19 Josh Hassell 3rd SN11 Ash Howard. FWD OPEN: 1st CA203 Nathan Teather 2nd SN450 Ollie Sole 3rd SN396 Russ Tillson. RWD OPEN: 1st C266E Lianne Teather 2nd SP543 Vic Marjoram 3rd NS41 Steve Goodwin. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st SN11 Ash Howard 2nd SN90 Max Fleckney 3rd SN94 Rhys Puddiphatt. EAST ANGLIAN OPEN: 1st SN164 Alex Hill 2nd SN110 Jack white 3rd SN14 Mark Hill. ST NEOTS OPEN: 1st SN164 Alex Hill 2nd SN14 Mark Hill 3rd SN33 Dave Purchase. SN JUNIOR OPEN: 1st SN11 Ash Howard 2nd SN118 Hannah Spary 3rd SN2 Josh Howard. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st NS151 Tom Chadwick 2nd SN269 Dave George 3rd SN668 Vicky Sole.

EASTERN OPEN CHALLENGE RESULTS

CLASS 1: 1st CA203 Nathan Teather 2nd C210E Aaron Mason 3rd SN43 Daniel Robins. CLASS 2: 1st SN110 Jack White 2nd SN111 Paul Fleckney 3rd SP16 Simon Doades. CLASS 3: 1st CA288 Clint Platfoot 2nd SN269 Dave George 3rd SP401 Aaron Mackenzie. CLASS 4: 1st IK82 Rich Payne 2nd CA87 Ashley Poulter 3rd SP374 Kevin Cloxton. CLASS 5: 1st SN123 Ken Smith 2nd SC72 Martin Dixon 3rd CA101 Trev Moody. CLASS 6: 1st CA207 Tony Teather 2nd CA34 Darron Young 3rd SP114 Stephen Pearsall.  CLASS 7: 1st C18E Trevor Martin 2nd SP55 Jay Gibbs 3rd CA236 Steve Fisher. CLASS 8: 1st C83E Barry Hathaway 2nd ST55 Barry Ashmore 3rd IK115 Colin Dormedy. CLASS 9: 1st SN394 Ken & Bill Edwards 2nd IK257 Sean Collin 3rd IK87 Brian Steward. CLASS 10: 1st SN77 Paul Hassell 2nd CA5 Dave King & Tom Parr 3rd SN395 Bill Edwards. STOCK HATCH: 1st CA954 Matt Ellis 2nd C16E John Sullivan 3rd SN14 Mark & Alex Hill. CLASS 11: 1st SP41 Donna Rankin 2nd CA181 Rachel Taylor 3rd SP28 Emily Crosby. CLASS 11A: 1st IK334 Toni Humphrey 2nd CA7 Carole Drury 3rd SN53 Gemma Crosby. CLASS 12: 1st SN29 Kelly Randall 2nd C14E Carly Martin 3rd SN14 Abiee Hill. CLASS 13: 1st C266E Lianne Teather 2nd CA548 Emma Saint 3rd C118E Laura Dunnell. CLASS 14: 1st C90E Helen Ross 2nd WR20 Lindsay Stephenson 3rd NR220 Gemma Stephenson. JUNIORS: 1st SP69 Dan Barrow 2nd SN94 Rhys Puddiphatt 3rd SN617 Tom Baker. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SN90 Max Fleckney 2nd SN19 Josh Hassell 3rd SN11 Ash Howard.

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st ST55 Barry Ashmore 2nd C83E Barry Hathaway 3rd CA207 Tony Teather. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st C266E Lianne Teather. JUNIORS’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st SN11 Ash Howard 2nd SN90 Max Fleckney 3rd SN19 Josh Hassell.

The second round of the NASA-SEGTO CHALLENGE took place on the smooth chalk surface of Horndean Raceway, near Portsmouth, where a very warm sunny day welcomed a good turnout of racers from the two dirt based SEGTO clubs, while the NASA contingent disappointed in numbers (twelve cars and fourteen drivers) but all put up a good show against the SEGTO cars and provided plenty of spectacle for the large crowd. NASA's top performer was Neil Thomas, who took a convincing win in the Class 4/5/1450 Hot Rod group. Radford's Mark Barrett and Fearless Phil Fenton took their Class 7s to victory in the Super Saloon heats, but were beaten in the final by Laurence Connors' ex-Class 7 car. Will Barrett held off the quicker SEGTO cars to win the first Junior heat. The Specials had no challengers to the SEGTO cars but there was a creditable win for veteran Danny Stafford in his traditional Ford crossflow car. Champion of Champions honours went to former SEGTO racer Luke Stonehouse, returning to his old home track in his Spedeworth Stock Rod.  

The NORTHERN CHALLENGE had its final round at York's meeting that also featured the final round of the British F600 Championship, with Andy Dingley crowned as champion; NOTTINGHAM staged round two of the Winter Series and season closing meetings took place at EVESHAM, WESSEX, STAR, and CONCORD.

HORNDEAN RESULTS:

PRODUCTION A: 1st SAA225 Steve Diaper 2nd TMC493 Alan Goddard 3rd TMC92 Peter Tilley. PRODUCTION B: 1st SAA96 Chris Sharpe 2nd SAA26 Samantha Blackman 3rd IK157 Paul Cottrell. MODIFIED C: 1st TMC541 Craig Mills 2nd TMC16 Barney Hayhoe 3rd SMC208 Gary Clarke. 1450 HOT RODS: 1st IK155 Neil Thomas 2nd 280 Luke Stonehouse 3rd TMC274 Nicky D'Souza. SUPER SALOONS: 1st TMC74 Laurence Connors 2nd R95 Phil Fenton 3rd R13 Mark Barrett. SPECIALS: 1st SAA347 Danny Stafford 2nd SAA36 Dean Hartley 3rd SAA214 Ashley Lock. JUNIORS: 1st TMC182 Lee Jordan 2nd SAA312 Macaulay Johnsey 3rd SAA42 Nial Irwin. NOVICE JUNIORS: 1st SAA22 Harry Kerbey 2nd SAA41 Gemma Clark 3rd SAA171 Shannon Wilson. LADIES: 1st IK229 Claire Blackman 2nd SAA85 Natalie Wilson 3rd IK157 Lynn Mundy.

YORK RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st S94Y Shaun Benson 2nd Y911 Colin Morgan 3rd Y89 Gav Emery. CLASS 2: 1st Y150 Alan Suttle 2nd YD153 Colin Ramsey 3rd YD30 Dan Grufferty. CLASS 3: 1st Y80 Bryan Clarkson 2nd CS37 Davy Duff. CLASS 4: 1st Y113 Adam Haigh. CLASS 6: 1st Y2O5 Scott MacAuley 2nd S30Y Andy Cooper 3rd YD236 David Falvey.  CLASS 7: 1st Y33 James Hesleton 2nd YD71 Graham Blackburn 3rd Y4 Russ Tinker. CLASS 8: 1st Y208 Nicky Wilson. CLASS 9: 1st S3Y Jem Sowden 2nd YD182 James Bowe 3rd YD80 Roger Jefferson. CLASS 10: 1st CS1 Mick Nairns. STOCK HATCH: 1st Y81 Stevie Reynolds 2nd Y47 Jamie Patterson 3rd YD94 Wayne Barker. F600: 1st WR32 Bryn Hawkins 2nd LM1 Zoe Leyland 3rd ST42 Gav Waby. CLASS 11: 1st Y55 Alice Hughes 2nd S93Y Amanda Tunnicliffe 3rd CS813 Rosie Nairns. CLASS 14: 1st SC17 Clare Horner 2nd S3Y Anne Marshall 3rd YD171 Christine Raffel. JUNIORS: 1st S47Y Ben Wall 2nd CS813 Aston Nairns 3rd YD351. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st S916Y Wes Green 2nd Y90 Jack Dunn 3rd CS97 Muzza Pryde.

EVESHAM RESULTS (unofficial)

CLASS 1: 1st NASA3 Martyn Canning 2nd E51 Luke Oakley 3rd R302 Lewis Waterhouse. CLASS 2: 1st R246 Alex Broadway 2nd E109 Kevyn Littlewood 3rd BC82 Richard Walker. CLASS 3: 1st E34 Phil Holloway 2nd E16 Pete Haines 3rd E212 John English. CLASS 4: 1st E66 Sam Forsey 2nd S115D. CLASS 5: 1st M17 Dave Kings 2rd E10 Julian Heath 3rd S226D Terry Woodward. CLASS 6: 1st R61 David Gilder 2nd M247 Martin Hall. CLASS 7: 1st 80F Jon Manners 2nd A1 Derrick Carless 3rd S7D Phil Goodenough. CLASS 8: 1st S33D Tom Ellis 2nd E41 Brian Calder 3rd E111 Julian Heath. CLASS 9: 1st R309 Mike Liddiatt 2nd S14D Nigel Candy 3rd E26 Mark Barker. CLASS 10: 1st SS166 Paul Coles 2nd R100 Antony Lee. CLASS 11: 1st NASA3 Laura Canning 2nd E105 Anna Langridge 3rd CA181 Rachel Taylor (GF). CLASS 11A: 1st E61 Ali Gurney 2nd R900 Laura Morgan 3rd E126 Sharon Barker. CLASS 12: 1st E10 Diane Heath. CLASS 13: 1st R21 Katie Walker 2nd R321 Rosie Emms (DNF). CLASS 14: 1st E41 Teena Alltree 2nd S14D Nancy Hughes 3rd M11 Barbara Harper. JUNIOR SALOONS “A Final”: 1st E9 Charlie Holloway 2nd YS10 Kelly Bishop 3rd A294 Sam Leyfield. JUNIOR SALOONS “B Final”: 1st R48 Chris Ashwin 2nd E46 James Bubb. 3rd R515 Kieran Waterhouse. JUNIOR SALOONS “C Final”: 1st R389 Liam Wakefield 2nd LUD55 Ollie Stevens 3rd A84 Steve Leyfield. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st YS73 Matt Bishop 2nd S24D Reece Candy 3rd R64 Ryan Curnock.

Overnight and early morning rain brought back memories of the last time the SEGTO Challenge visited Kent, three years ago, but this time, as soon as racing began, the sun came out. Thanks to the meticulous preparation by Derek Linch's Invicta team, it took just two or three races for the track to dry out and we then enjoyed perfect conditions for the rest of the day; no mud, no dust, not too hot and not too cold. The racing and driving standards matched the organisation and there were just two red flags shown all day; one for a fluffed start and one after a spectacular engine-blow up for Jack Bromley's Class 6. 77 NASA drivers were joined by 41 SEGTO visitors. Some of the best racing came from the Class 5s and 1450 Hot Rods with lead battles featuring Neil Thomas, Kieran Lonergan and Nicky D'Souza, with Kieran (the only NASA driver to travel from outside Kent) winning the final and then snatching the Champion of Champions on the last corner from Steve Diaper's Production A Micra.

NASA-SEGTO CHALLENGE RESULTS

CLASS 1/PROD A: 1st SAA225 Steve Diaper 2nd SAA612 Rob Salter 3rd IK75 Kieran Cobb. CLASS 2/PROD B/MOD C: 1st IK64 Andy Russell 2nd TMC32 Rudge Stockham 3rd IK167 Gareth Matthews. CLASS 3/SUPER SALOONS: 1st IK316 Martin Beaney 2nd IK32 Steve Carpenter 3rd IK21 John Berry. CLASS 3B/THUNDER RODS: 1st IK156 Dean Maitland 2nd TMC366 Matt Wells 3rd TMC466 Ginny Baker. CLASS 4: 1st IK229 Dave Blackman 2nd IK555 Terry Parsons 3rd IK82 Rich Payne. CLASS 5/1450 HOT RODS: 1st C20E Kieran Lonergan 2nd TMC274 Nicky D’Souza 3rd IK26 Robert Duncan. CLASS 6/SUPER SALOONS: 1st IK171 Steve Whipps 2nd IK49 Paul Eggleton 3rd IK88 Mark Bates.  CLASS 7/SUPER SALOONS: 1st TMC74 Laurence Connors 2nd IK88 Mitch Hollingsbee. CLASS 8/SPECIALS: 1st IK66 Paul Prior 2nd IK116 Mark Weeks 3rd SAA87 Sam Hartley. CLASS 9/SPECIALS: 1st TMC18 Tom Tilley 2nd IK176 Tony Hewitt 3rd IK247 Sean Collin. CLASS 10: 1st IK77 Darren Cornwell. CLASS 11: 1st IK421 Zoe Atkins 2nd TMC134 Laura Chappell 3rd TMC132 Keri Stockham. CLASS 12: No finishers. CLASS 13: 1st IK316 Stacey Beaney 2nd IK888 Dru Hollingsbee. CLASS 14: 1st IK65 Jade Russell 2nd IK77 Libby Cornwell. JUNIORS: 1st TMC182 Lee Jordan 2nd SAA312 Macaulay Johnsey 3rd T438 Jason Greener. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st IK269 Luke Hardy 2nd IK187 Brian Steward 3rd IK99 Shani Driver. MECHANICS’ RACE: 1st IK60 James Hyland 2nd IK42 3rd SAA87. ALLCOMERS: 1st IK555 Terry Parsons 2nd IK261 Pat Duncan 3rd IK169 Lee Foster. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st C20E Kieran Lonergan 2nd SAA225 Steve Diaper 3rd IK229 Dave Blackman.

The other major events of the weekend were Radford's WORCESTERSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIP, and the final of Pennine's three round AUTUMN SHOWDOWN, both well attended and enjoying dry conditions. Scarborough hosted the penultimate round of the NORTHERN CHALLENGE at Hunmanby,  while the events at LEEWOOD and SCUNTHORPE were rained off, as was CARLOW.

AUTUMN SHOWDOWN FINAL RESULTS

CLASS 1: 1st NASA3 Eric Canning 2nd E51 Luke Oakley 3rd P21EM Adam Davis. CLASS 2: 1st N66 Kev Spriggs 2nd P7EM Ben Gadsby 3rd P25EM Phil Barleyman. CLASS 3: 1st NS41 Steve Goodwin 2nd WR161 Connor Aspinall 3rd LUD22 Bryan East. CLASS 4: 1st P33EM Jason Clews 2nd P3EM Louise Gutteridge 3rd WR19 Kevin Griffiths. CLASS 5: 1st N333 Joe Smith 2nd LM59 Andy Bridge 3rd N107 Andy Nelson. CLASS 6: 1st WR666 Jasper Aspinall 2nd NS78 Mark Reynolds 3rd M247 Martin Hall.  CLASS 7: 1st P26EM John Cottrill 2nd N4 Paul Dann 3rd SC61 Andy Holtby. CLASS 8: 1st M11 Ben Harper 2nd= NS151 Tom Chadwick & LM41 Alex Hall. CLASS 9: 1st M5 Julie Walford 2nd M99 Rick Finnerty 3rd SR98 Chuck Jones. CLASS 10: 1st ARC2 Graham Hankey 2nd P208EM Andy Hunter 3rd P8EM Ian Morson. STOCK HATCH: 1st P658EM Simon Kershaw 2nd P650EM Ben Tickle 3rd N363 Barry Wasley. F600: 1st WR400 Trevor Frost 2nd N26 Chris Weston. CLASS 11: 1st NASA3 Laura Canning 2nd P37EM Lyndsey Allen 3rd P278EM Kay Roberts. CLASS 12: 1st P59EM Pam French 2nd SR6 Jodie Faulkner 3rd L81 Rachel Hinton. CLASS 13: 1st N4 Cath Weston 2nd N106 Sue Thom. CLASS 14: 1st M11 Barbara Harper 2nd ARC2 Charlene Harrison 3rd SC20 Jane Bonsall. STOCK HATCH LADIES: 1st L681 Rachel Hinton. JUNIORS: 1st P70EM Jordan Hampson 2nd P65EM Steve Heath 3rd P56EM Dan Heath. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st NW711 Aaron Jones.

After Saturday night bonfire and fireworks, with "beer tent" provided by Horse Power Trading, Pennine catered for 92 entries with visitors from all over the country, including West Waterford (!) and St Neots, finishing the trophy presentation by half five before the rain in the distance reached the track. Congratulations to Jodie Faulkner and Ben Harper, the new Autumn Showdown Champions and Linzy Allen as well as Ben “John” Gadsby on their repeat wins in the Pennine Club Championship – a double celebration for Linzi having just received confirmation of the legality of her BAS winning engine.

EAST ANGLIAN OPEN

The last of the traditional League Opens for the year, the EAST ANGLIAN OPEN, took place on the St Neots track at Wyboston, with fine weather and excellent track conditions for a mainly local field of 134 on Saturday and 141 on Sunday. Each day featured a full meeting of two heats and finals, with perhaps the most spectacular action on each day being the Class 3 duel between Dave George and Phil Thompson. Saturday ended with the East Anglian Open titles, decided on points from a series of old-style open races, won by Jack White and Kirsty Empson. Sunday's programme was topped off by the Champion of Champions races for the titles of "East Anglian Fastest Man, Lady and Junior of the Year"; Nathan Saunders was top Junior, Linzi Allen won the Ladies' title and Russ Thompson's Class 9 snatched the Fastest Man race right on the line from new Junior graduate Shayne Deegan.

The meeting also featured the second (and last?) "Nationals" for the experimental Class 1 cars. In an all-Micra field, Mark Empson took the senior honours and Jack Whitmore won the Junior division.

EAST ANGLIAN OPEN SATURDAY RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st CA46 Shayne Deegan 2nd NASA1 Mark Empson 3rd SN668 Ollie Sole. CLASS 2: 1st SN450 Tony McKenna 2nd SN21 Lee Rowley 3rd CA18 Chris Barrett. CLASS 3: 1st SN269 Dave George 2nd CA288 Clint Platfoot 3rd IK32 Steve Carpenter. CLASS 4: 1st CA87 Ash Poulter 2nd CA588 Brad Turner 3rd CA242 Gary Pemberton. CLASS 5: 1st M121 Marc Grasby 2nd SP105 Ryan Clarke 3rd SC39 Dec Collins. CLASS 6: 1st CA207 Tony Teather 2nd SP114 Stephen Pearsall 3rd SN73 Matt Tibbitts.  CLASS 7: 1st SN145 Kraig Murley 2nd CA236 Steve Fisher 3rd SS38 Jon Howard. CLASS 8: 1st ST55 Barry Ashmore 2nd ST514 Aly Ostridge 3rd SN60 Andy Hall. CLASS 9: 1st SC14 Russ Thompson 2nd IK257 Sean Collin 3rd CA21 Chum Ansell. CLASS 10: 1st R7 Paul Fackrell 2nd CA5 Tom Parr 3rd SN77 Paul Hassell. STOCK HATCH: 1st SN14 Mark Hill 2nd CA954 Matt Ellis. JUNIORS: 1st SN81 Nathan Saunders 2nd SN201 Jake Bartlett 3rd SN232 Kirsty Empson. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SN11 Ash Howard 2nd SN90 Max Fleckney 3rd SN19 Josh Hassell. CLASS 11: 1st P37EM Linzi Allen 2nd SN18 Lottie Tillson 3rd SN668 Vicky Sole. CLASS 11A: 1st CA47 Sharron Barrett 2nd SN230 Emily Empson 3rd SN53 Gemma Crosby. CLASS 12: 1st R771 Gina Fackrell 2nd SN29 Kelly Randall 3rd SN14 Abiee Hill. CLASS 13: 1st Y51 Jo Thompson 2nd C266E Lianne Teather 3rd SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant. CLASS 14: 1st CA5 Katie Schlette 2nd SC14 Becx Green. EAST ANGLIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP: 1st SN110 Jack White 2nd SN111 Paul Fleckney 3rd SN75 Stuart Hurrell. EAST ANGLIAN JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st SN232 Kirsty Empson 2nd SP69 Dan Barrow 3rd SN11 Ash Howard.

EXPERIMENTAL CLASS 1 NATIONALS: 1st NASA1 Mark Empson 2nd NASA144 Carl Secker 3rd NASA37 Jeff Hope-Davies. EXPERIMENTAL CLASS 1 JUNIOR NATIONALS: 1st NASA144 Jack Whitmore 2nd NASA61 Ryan Sayer 3rd NASA19 Charlie Fleckney.

EAST ANGLIAN OPEN SUNDAY RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st CM12 Fred Carpenter 2nd CA46 Shayne Deegan 3rd SN12 Sam French. CLASS 2: 1st CA18 Chris Barrett 2nd SN21 Lee Rowley 3rd SN405 Paul Thomas. CLASS 3: 1st SN269 Dave George 2nd Y51 Phil Thompson 3rd IK32 Steve Carpenter. CLASS 4: 1st CA87 Ash Poulter 2nd CA242 Gary Pemberton 3rd SN98 Shaun Howard. CLASS 5: 1st CA40 Rob Ashley 2nd SN36 Sean Moreno. CLASS 6: 1st CA121 Adam Golding 2nd CA120 Richard Golding 3rd SP114 Stephen Pearsall.  CLASS 7: 1st SN145 Kraig Murley 2nd CA236 Steve Fisher 3rd SS38 Jon Howard. CLASS 8: 1st SP44 Dan Mackenzie 2nd SN57 Gavin Savage 3rd ST514 Aly Ostridge. CLASS 9: 1st SC14 Russ Thompson 2nd CA12 Nathan Lewey 3rd CA21 Chum Ansell. CLASS 10: 1st R7 Paul Fackrell 2nd CA5 Dave King 3rd SN77 Paul Hassell. STOCK HATCH: 1st SN14 Mark Hill 2nd CA954 Matt Ellis. JUNIORS: 1st SN201 Jake Bartlett 2nd SN81 Nathan Saunders 3rd SN12 Tom Hall. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SN19 Josh Hassell 2nd SN11 Ash Howard 3rd SN90 Max Fleckney. CLASS 11: 1st SN208 Hayley Empson 2nd SN668 Vicky Sole 3rd P37EM Linzi Allen. CLASS 11A: 1st CA47 Sharron Barrett 2nd SN230 Emily Empson 3rd SN53 Gemma Crosby. CLASS 12: 1st SN29 Kelly Randall 2nd SN14 Abiee Hill. CLASS 13: 1st Y51 Jo Thompson 2nd SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 3rd CA548 Emma Saint. CLASS 14: 1st M11 Barbara Harper 2nd CA5 Katie Schlette 3rd SC14 Becx Green. EAST ANGLIAN FASTEST JUNIOR OF THE YEAR: 1st SN81 Nathan Saunders 2nd SN11 Ash Howard 3rd SN12 Tom Hall. EAST ANGLIAN FASTEST LADY OF THE YEAR: 1st P37EM Linzi Allen 2nd SN668 Vicky Sole 3rd SC14 Becx Green. EAST ANGLIAN FASTEST MAN OF THE YEAR: 1st SC14 Russ Thompson 2nd CA46 Shayne Deegan 3rd SN269 Dave George.

It was a crowded weekend with STROUD & DISTRICT running their "Dash for Cash" at Javelin Park with a good entry braving wet conditions. The sun shone in the north west as SOLWAY staged two separate meetings on Saturday and Sunday to complete their season at Hay Close. NOTTINGHAM began their Winter Series on Sunday; other Sunday events were held at NORTH SHROPSHIRE. LEEWOOD, YORK, CONCORD and INVICTA. In Ireland DOWN's two day meeting was cancelled meaning that a good turnout of Irish grassers converged on CARLOW's "Irish Autograss Grand Prix"; a successful event despite wet conditions. The inter-club team competition was won by the "Mad Dogs of Mallow" while Declan Browne took the top individual honours.

STURTON'S BAS SUCCESS

The British Autograss Series ended on September 18/19 at Sturton & Stow Motor Sports Club's Caenby Corner Raceway, just three weeks after the Fastest Man on Grass at the same venue. Sturton hadn't held a BAS round since 2001, when they still had the use of the legendary Lincolnshire Showground track, but they used their experience of major events to good effect to produce a very smooth running  event which, despite a handful of major incidents, was all done soon after 3.30 on Sunday. Threatening weather at the start of the weekend have way to mainly fine, sunny conditions, with just one heavy shower to help keep the track in the best possible condition. Although it's a track known to be prone to polishing up, excellent track management meant that conditions didn't become really slick and dusty until the finals were under way. Those behind the scenes had a fair amount of stress to cope with as a few drivers applied pressure to overturn results, but to their credit these problems were contained and for the majority of competitors and spectators, this was one of the most enjoyable BAS meetings, on a par with the Kent finals of previous years.

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Unlike previous BAS events there were several alternatives on offer. SEVERN VALLEY attracted a healthy turnout for the two days of their "Autumn Showdown" at Withington. There were smaller turnouts but enjoyable meetings for all cornerned at MELTON's two day event and GLOUCESTER's one day meeting. CENTRAL SCOTLAND contended with rather wet conditions and CORK had their annual Jer O' Donovan Memorial Cup day.

WILD WET WATERFORD

The All Ireland Autograss Series final was held concurrently with the Irish Fastest Person on Grass meeting at the WEST WATERFORD club's Ballysaggart track near Lismore. The meeting started in dense fog for scrutiny on Friday evening and finished at the Lismore House Hotel at 4 o'clock on Monday morning! After a few years of fine sunny weather for this event, this year was the complete opposite, with Saturday's conditions being the wildest and wettest the locals could remember. But after cutting Saturday's heats short (the track was still fast and grippy but the surface mud and water was too much to tolerate) an early start on Sunday meant the full programme was completed. The torrential rain finally cleared the Knockmealdown mountains on Sunday and in dry and windy conditions the track soon needed the water cart.

At the end of two very full days we were treated to two incident packed Champion of Champions races, both of which needed red flags and restarts. The Irish Fastest Person on Grass title went to local F600 driver Kenneth Cashel, while the All Ireland Champion of Champions went to Naas-based Class 8 racer Davy Curran.

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The major UK event this weekend was the Yorkshire Open, staged by the YORKSHIRE DALES club at Thornborough. After three weeks with very little club racing, there were one-day meetings on Sunday at HEREFORD, RADFORD, PENNINE (Round two of the "Autumn Showdown"), SCUNTHORPE, NORTH WALES, SPALDING, CONCORD, INVICTA (round four of the Eastern Open Challenge) and SOUTH SOMERSET.

CLOSE ONE FOR CLARE

An excellent Ladies' and Juniors' National Championship, hosted by the West Midland League at Withington, and sponsored by Autosport International 2012, ended with the closest possible finish to the Champion of Champions race, with Clare Horner's Class 8 judged to have crossed the line fractionally ahead of Sarah Levics' Class 4 Mini. Meanwhile, in a unique double for the North Wales club, Arron Sharp followed up his "Fastest Junior on Grass" title by taking the Nationals a week later, while Kieran Sheffield won the Junior Specials title.

There'll be a full report in Autograss Review issue 187, but here's a quick run down of the classes:

JUNIOR CLASS 1 - 90 entries were reduced to 32 quarter finalists, 16 semi-finalists and then 8 finalists with pre-meeting favourite Arron Sharp unbeaten at every stage. There were to be no surprises in a very clean final, with Arron chased home by Conner Griffiths, Shayne Deegan and 2009 Champion Nathan Saunders, who made a great recovery from problems on the first day.

JUNIOR SPECIALS: An ultra-close final was headed by Tom Taylor until the very last corner, when Kieran Sheffield finally made his outside line work. Also racing on the outside, Matty Cobb came from the back of the pack to beat Cameron Mills for third.

CLASS 1: Defending champ Becky Shaw was top qualifier, but Alice Bell took a big lead early in the final. As Alice's car started bogging down on the watered track she was engulfed by the pack and Alice Bevans emerged to take the win from Debra Robinson, Sarah Trott and Alice.

CLASS 2: Qualifying dramas included the very last heat of the weekend which only had one finisher. That race eliminated the previously unbeaten Sarah Carden. Di Tomkinson rolled dramatically out of the final and the rerun then gave Sarah Trott a third title from Paula Rees-Williams, Leanne Huschka and Jade Morgan.

CLASS 3: Penny Smith looked unbeatable in the heats, but a poor start in the final left her struggling as Lisa Almond fought off a strong challenge from Donna Cole and Lianne Teather to take her second title, with Sally Shorter completing the trophy winners.

CLASS 4: Alice Bevans looked set for a double win as she led impressively in Rob Corbett's Micra, but Sarah Levics clawed back Alice's advantage and a brilliant last corner move put Sarah's Mini ahead at the flag, with Lisa Grasby's Stiletto and Claire Blackman's Pickup completing the top four.

CLASS 5: A collision in her second heat meant Nicola Jesse missed out on the final, but the other multiple past champion, Sandra Jones, remained unbeaten and won an all-Mini final, chased by Michelle Phillips, Linzi Weare and Sarah Bateman.

CLASS 6: Some fraught qualifying races were followed by a restarted final; despite being excluded from one of her heats, Sarah Carden qualified comfortably and then dominated the final in her ex-Chris Mullen 106, with Becky Smith, Jodie Faulkner and Yvonne Dockray claiming the other trophies.

CLASS 7: A full 24-car field completed their heats with very little incident, but a re-run of a two car run-off was definitely a first! Young Nicola Mackenzie was top qualifier, but the final saw Michaela Bevans regain her title, with Charlie Wright taking her best result in second from past champ Di Jones and Nicola, while defending champ Clare Horner borrowed Donal O'Brien's car, onlt for a fluffed start in the final to keep her out of the top four.

CLASS 8: It was a title swap for Michaela Bevans and Clare Horner; Michaela's chances vanished with a startline failure in her third heat. Sandra Jones was unbeaten in qualifying but a first corner spin left the door open for Clare Horner to take her tenth National title from Gemma Stephenson, Sally Stratton and Claire Winnall.

CLASS 9: Sue Herdman headed the qualifiers, while past champ Jane Baynton was launched on the first corner of the final. Kelly Paines led most of the way to take the win; Chris Raffel was briefly ahead before settling for second and Jane Baynton and Bev Candy filled the top four.

CLASS 10: This year the Tens had to qualify for their final. Carrie Mills won all her heats and went on to her third title after a spirited challenge by Jade Russell ended in a spin. The inexperienced Lauren Evans drove superbly for second ahead of Lynn Johnston and Angie Chilvers.

It's been another short week and we've had to give priority to getting the magazine out - we're still working on sorting and uploading our photos from the Ladies' and Juniors', Fastest Man on Grass and Border Counties Festival. Please keep checking the photo gallery page - they'll appear soon! Andrea's photos from the Ladies' and Juniors' may be seen now at www.absnapshots.co.uk

COOPS AND CLARE DO IT AGAIN

The 41^st annual Fastest Man on Grass, sponsored by Autosport International 2012, attracted a total of 395 entries and provided all the action that this meeting’s known for, with the final stages of the meeting providing the opportunity to see some of the quickest drivers in the sport go head-to-head, regardless of class.  Two of the best races featured Phil Cooper; in his mum’s Class 9 he battled with Antony Ross’ Class 8, before switching to his own 8 and waging a similar duel with John Whitehouse’s 9. Meanwhile, in the “Fastest Saloon” run-offs we saw Mike Sullivan’s winning Stock Hatch challenge, and eventually beat, the quickest Class 7s! The main title races resulted in Phil Cooper and Clare Horner retaining their titles as Fastest Man and Fastest Lady on Grass, while Arron Sharp became Fastest Junior on Grass.

Otherwise, it was a fraught and hectic weekend, starting with a very wet and muddy track on Sunday morning, which was quickly dried and levelled during the day. As the track improved, the incidents increased and some wild driving by the 8s and 10s in particular meant that Sunday’s programme wasn’t quite completed, throwing Monday’s race order into confusion. By Monday the track was perfectly groomed, quickly becoming slick and dusty until an overdue watering produced a fast and grippy surface for the feature race. There was an exceptional amount of damage done, with thirteen rollovers filmed by West Country Videos, including one that Westcountry’s Jeff Guyett reckoned was the biggest he’d ever filmed, as Tom Page destroyed his Class 7 Riley Elf.

GLEN CARTER MEMORIAL: 1st SC14 Russ Thompson 2nd ST52 Alex Fretwell 3rd SC80 Kris Collins. FASTEST LADY SALOON ON GRASS: 1st LM30 Charlotte Pugh 2nd Y44 Nicola Jesse 3rd N325 Kerrilee Wilson. FASTEST LADY SPECIAL ON GRASS: 1st SC17 Clare Horner 2nd T50 Jenny Rutter 3rd YD7 Sue Nicholls. FASTEST SALOON ON GRASS: 1st C41E Antony Jackson 2nd Y24 Alex Hay 3rd NS434 Ben Gould. FASTEST SPECIAL ON GRASS: 1st T5 Stu Whitehouse 2nd T7 John Whitehouse 3rd SC1 Antony Ross.  FASTEST JUNIOR ON GRASS: 1st NW35 Arron Sharp 2nd LM18 Ben Gibbons 3rd Y90 Jack Dunn. FASTEST LADY ON GRASS: 1st SC17 Clare Horner 2nd YD7 Sue Nicholls 3rd T50 Jenny Rutter. FASTEST MAN ON GRASS: 1st ARC4 Phil Cooper 2nd T5 Stu Whitehouse 3rd SC1 Antony Ross. LINCOLNSHIRE OPEN: 1st Y190 Carl Verity 2nd N1 Joe Martin 3rd SC707 Stephen Jackson. LINCOLNSHIRE JUNIOR OPEN: 1st ST70 Will Hunt 2nd SC541 Katie Hemstock 3rd YD5 Liam Hilton.

All the traditional August Bank Holiday events took place, so there was a choice of four race meetings in England, plus one in Ireland. The BORDER COUNTIES AUTOGRASS FESTIVAL featured three separate, and very full, days of racing on Saturday, Sunday and Monday; the new track at Monkland, near Leominster wasn't as unusual in layout as we'd been led to expect, but was extremely long, wide and fast. INVICTA KENT ran their annual two-day meeting at Ivychurch, with much planned in the way of off-track fun and games as well as the racing action. WESSEX merged the "British Unmodified Championship" with their well established Bank Holiday trophy meeting, running on Sunday and Monday at Bearley.

BORDER COUNTIES SATURDAY RESULTS (FINALS):

CLASS 1: 1st R49 Max Haynes 2nd NS17 Dave Symonds 3rd PHD21 Barry Lewis 4th NS202 Michael Abbott. CLASS 2: 1st C63 Ian Harvey 2nd LM46 Simon Mills 3rd NW297 Andrew Owen 4th NW103 Sian Owen. CLASS 3: 1st NW49 Paul Cosby 2nd R11 Lewis Harris 3rd NW234 Barry Evans 4th R388 Lee Wakefield. CLASS 4: 1st BC25 Jumbo Williams. CLASS 5: 1st R203 Bryan Waterhouse 2nd S97D Dave Jeffries 3rd C5 Barry Williams 4th R10 Ian Craske. CLASS 6: 1st C608E Glen Embling 2nd BC13 Simon Roberts 3rd H55 Martin Jones 4th BC25 Darren Paskell.  CLASS 7: 1st PHD2 Phil Rogers 2nd ARC59 Simon Bentley 3rd Y2 Rik Wallbank 4th NW37 Carl Kent. CLASS 8: 1st NS808 Ian Spencer 2nd BC2 Will Corfield 3rd NW212 Carl Sheffield 4th LM6 Phil Taplin. CLASS 9: 1st NS819 Ian Spencer 2nd PHD9 Wayne Llewellyn 3rd LM8 Roger Raynes 4th PHD54 Anthony Paines. CLASS 10: 1st C8 Nathan Powell 2nd PAC43 Derrick Brown 3rd NW117 Tony Jones. JUNIORS: 1st R302 Lewis Waterhouse 2nd R313 Will Barrett 3rd R389 Liam Wakefield 4th PHD21 Chloe Parry. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SR139 Elliott Hotchkiss 2nd NW80 Trystan Roberts 3rd PHD14 Dan Ray 4th NS107 Ben Caine. CLASS 11: 1st NASA59 Jodie Bentley 2nd PHD4 Daphne Mousley 3rd LM36 Sue Gillard. CLASS 11A: 1st LM49 Annette McGrady 2nd LM64 Sue Mansfield 3rd ARC39 Evelyn Lingard. CLASS 13: 1st NS1 Di Jones 2nd Y26 Jane Longley 3rd Y111 Claire Hutchinson 4th Y51 Jo Thompson. CLASS 14: 1st PHD54 Kelly Paines 2nd E1 Katie Peace 3rd BC5 Carrie Mills 4th BC14 Carol Stead.

There were 393 entries, just two short of Lincoln's total, for Border Counties' busiest day on Sunday:

BORDER COUNTIES SUNDAY RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st R137 Steve Edwards 2nd NS38 Andy Oakley 3rd DA75 James Jess. CLASS 2: 1st LM46 Simon Mills 2nd NS48 Stuart Belcher 3rd LM64 Dave Mansfield. CLASS 3: 1st NW234 Barry Evans 2nd NS111 Nick Shaw 3rd TA2 Tarw Bach. CLASS 4: 1st PAC3 Rob Corbett 2nd BC25 Jumbo Williams 3rd H31 Mike Jones. CLASS 5: 1st LUD8 Jabez Smith 2nd NS70 John Wilde 3rd C5 Barry Williams. CLASS 6: 1st PAC666 Aaron Murray 2nd PHD44 Damian Longotano 3rd B15H Craig Bennett. CLASS 7: 1st PHD72 Jake Roberts 2nd ARC59 Simon Bentley 3rd C18E Trevor Martin. CLASS 8: 1st LUD80 Jimmy Smith 2nd Y8 Jake Herdman 3rd LM9 Geoff Gallagher. CLASS 9: 1st NS819 Ian Spencer 2nd NW4 Alun Roberts 3rd NW67 Carl Roberts. CLASS 10: 1st SS6 Chris Ellis 2nd C8 Nathan Powell 3rd YD97 Alun Adams. JUNIORS: 1st R302 Lewis Waterhouse 2nd C17 Dan Duggan 3rd SL55 Kirby Johnston. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st C9 Cameron Mills 2nd NS155 Matt Berrisford 3rd PHD17 Ben Williams. CLASS 11: 1st LUD7 Angela Eggerton 2nd TA212 Sarah Johnston 3rd PHD4 Daphne Mousley. CLASS 11A: 1st B12H Hannah Clague 2nd B5H Linzi Weare 3rd C40 Rachel Jones. CLASS 12: 1st C31 Sandra Jones 2nd NS83 Kate McGrogan. CLASS 13: 1st ARC59 Lisa Almond 2nd BC65 Claire Hockly 3rd Y26 Jane Longley. CLASS 14: 1st LUD1 Shelley Tipton 2nd R211 Julie Fernihough 3rd 100F Lucy Bentley.

It wasn't a holiday in Ireland, so there was just a single day's racing, the second in two weeks at CARLOW.

CARLOW RESULTS:

CLASS 1A: 1st CW22 Shane Farrell 2nd CW88 Vincent Hutton 3rd CW997 Jen Kelly. CLASS 2: 1st MA30 Aidan O'Neill 2nd MA81 Michael Galvin 3rd CW346 Aidan Murphy. CLASS 3: 1st CW25 Ed Sheehan 2nd DA777 James Lee 3rd DA199 Robert Lee. CLASS 6: 1st MA183 Declan Browne 2nd CW46 Martin Cunningham.  CLASS 9: 1st CW300 Mick Boland. JUNIORS: 1st NASA22 Courtney Brady 2nd CW15 Samantha Byrne. JUNIOR CLASS 1A: 1st WW97 Cillian Doherty 2nd MA290 Dylan Browne 3rd CW6 Joe Hutton. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st WW97 Jack Byrne 2nd DA27 Sarah Larkin 3rd WW93 Aaron Falvey. LADIES: 1st CW68 Bridget Hutton 2nd CW112 Chelsea Brady 3rd CW22 Laura Farrell. HELPERS’ RACE: 1st NASA 22 James Brady 2nd CW997 Ken Kelly 3rd CW12 Chelsea Brady. WINNERS’ RACE: 1st MA30 Aidan O'Neill 2nd CW22 Shane Farrell 3rd CW68 Bridget Hutton.

BAS AND ALTERNATIVES

There were four Autograss events held on 20/21 August - one each in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. After the oversubscribed Javelin Park event, round four of the British Autograss Series, hosted by the WASA League at Magor, returned to a more “normal” level of attendance with 504 cars and 608 total entries. WASA, once one of the biggest leagues, but now one of the smallest, excelled themselves to produce an event acclaimed by many as the best BAS round of the year so far, with the track, racing, facilities and atmosphere all highly praised.

All the results (except, once again, for the Junior Specials) are online at www.basautograss.co.uk and full photographic coverage can be found at www.absnapshots.co.uk. The missing Junior Special BAS results are: 1st NS155 Matt Berrisford, 2nd SR46 Matt Booth, 3rd NW200 Kieran Sheffield, 4th C9 Cameron Mills, 5th R240 Sophie Morgan, 6th YS73 Matt Bishop, 7th NS15 Dan Owen, DNF S916Y Wes Green

There were three “BAS alternative” events laid on, including rounds of the two regional championships, the Northern Challenge, which paid its annual visit to CENTRAL SCOTLAND to form the second part of a double header weekend at Avonbridge, and the Eastern Open Challenge, which had its third round at CONCORD’s Cold Norton track.

Eastern Open Challenge points to date may be viewed here; Northern Challenge points aren’t yet available (but we’ll be pleased to publish them when they are!) 

In Ireland, there was a well attended meeting at CARLOW where Carlow’s own “Fastest Person on Grass” trophy went to Danielle Barratt and another prestigious trophy, the Jim Dimond Cup, was won by Kevin Roche.

NORTHERN CHALLENGE CENTRAL SCOTLAND

CLASS 1: 1st CS835 Blair Robertson 2nd CS68 Brian Allan 3rd CS168 Gary Bissett. CLASS 2: 1st SB93 David Ford 2nd SB63 John Rankin 3rd CS8 Bill Mauchland. CLASS 3: 1st ST31 Lew Brown 2nd CS627 Andy Duff 3rd CS54 Kev Nicol. STOCK HATCH: 1st CS205 Matt Collins 2nd CS405 Rab Elliott 3rd CS69 Colin Dennis. CLASS 5: 1st CS945 Gary Reid. CLASS 6: 1st CS27 Kenny Downie.  CLASS 7: 1st YD49 Nick Constantine. F600: 1st SB20 Andy Watson 2nd SB5 Tony Nicholson. CLASS 8: 1st CS73 Jimmy Mulraney. CLASS 9: 1st SB47 Allan Kerr. CLASS 10: 1st CS1 Mick Nairns 2nd SB10 Shuggy Brown. JUNIORS: 1st CS172 Korrie Couper 2nd CS813 Aston Nairns 3rd CS77 Cameron Doak. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st CS97 Muzza Pryde. LADIES: 1st CS813 Rosie Nairns 2nd CS168 Jackie Cramb 3rd SB93 Laura Charters. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st SB20 Andy Watson 2nd CS945 Gary Reid 3rd CS73 Jimmy Mulraney.

EASTERN OPEN CHALLENGE CONCORD

CLASS 1: 1st CA203 Nathan Teather 2nd C33E Dave Maskell 3rd C51E Phil Firman. CLASS 2: 1st SN111 Paul Fleckney 2nd SN110 Jack White 3rd IK334 Justin Pay. CLASS 3: 1st C118E John Brinson 2nd CA288 Clint Platfoot 3rd C279E Neil Bacon. CLASS 4: 1st C48E Don Witherall. CLASS 5: 1st C50E Mark Fisher 2nd C328E Ian Moss 3rd C73E Todd Horwood. CLASS 6: 1st CA207 Tony Teather 2nd CA34 Darron Young 3rd SN73 Matt Tibbitts.  CLASS 7: 1st C22E Keith Rapley 2nd C17E Stuart King 3rd C18E Trevor Martin. CLASS 8: 1st C83E Barry Hathaway 2nd C21E Lynn Thomas 3rd C12E Dave Saunders. CLASS 9: 1st IK257 Sean Collin 2nd SN394 Ken Edwards 3rd IK118 Tom Long. CLASS 10: 1st SN395 Bill Edwards 2nd SN77 Paul Hassell. STOCK HATCH: 1st CA954 Matt Ellis 2nd C15E Klaine Andrews 3rd C66E Luke Dale. CLASS 11A: 1st IK86 Jane Bates 2nd IK334 Toni Humphrey. CLASS 12: 1st C14E Carly Martin. CLASS 13: 1st C118E Laura Dunnell. JUNIORS: 1st SN94 Rhys Puddiphatt 2nd SN617 Tom Baker 3rd C29E Aidan Nippress. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SN90 Max Fleckney 2nd SN19 Josh Hassell.

CARLOW RESULTS:

CLASS 1A: 1st CW22 Shane Farrell 2nd CW28 John Halloran 3rd CW997 Jen Kelly. CLASS 2: 1st MA10 Paul Cusack. CLASS 3: 1st CW25 Ed Sheehan 2nd DA777 James Lee. CLASS 5: 1st DA49 James Kent 2nd CW12 James Brady 3rd CW31 Kevin Carron. CLASS 6: 1st DA51 Martin Wallace 2nd CW46 Martin Cunningham. CLASS 7: 1st CW160 Kevin Roche 2nd CW44 Keith Ansell. CLASS 8: 1st CW74 Ruairi Cooke 2nd DA48 Ciaran Creane 3rd MA99 Eamonn O’Brien. CLASS 9: 1st CW300 Michael Boland. CLASS 10: 1st MA23 Danielle Barrett. F600: 1st DA321 David King 2nd CW99 Chris Dimond. JUNIORS CLASS 1: 1st NASA22 Courtney Brady 2nd DA322 Davon Henry 3rd CW15 Samantha Ansell. JUNIORS CLASS 1A: 1st WW108 Cillian Doherty 2nd CW6 Joe Hutton. JUNIOR SPECIAL - GRID 1: 1st MA155 Jack Creaven 2nd MA96 Diarmuid O’Brien 3rd DA32 Matty Bassett. JUNIOR SPECIAL - GRID 2: 1st MA61 Dylan Cuasck 2nd DA27 Sarah Larkin 3rd= MA969 Niall O’Brien & WW93 Aaron Falvey. LADIES: 1st CW112 Chelsea Brady 2nd CW68 Bridget Hutton 3rd CW22 Laura Farrell. HELPERS: 1st MA155 Francis Creaven. FASTEST PERSON ON GRASS: 1st MA23 Danielle Barrett 2nd DA49 James Kent 3rd MA10 Paul Cusack. JIM DIMOND CUP: 1st CW160 Kevin Roche 2nd CW12 James Brady 3rd CW22 Shane Farrell.

More BAS highlights from Andrea ...

SPENCER STOKES UP

On Tuesday night, August 16, Autograss cars returned to Chesterton Stadium, Stoke on Trent, for the first time since the Foot & Mouth outbreak of 2001. Although there'd been countless verbal promises of attendance, just 16 cars appeared on the night, split into FWD and RWD classes. Fresh from a debut win in Wales in his ex-Phil Cooper Class 9, the Autograss shale king Ian Spencer brought his familiar Class 8 and dominated the RWD/Specials final, while Andrew Owen's Class 2 Nova won the FWD final. With a power failure knocking out the stadium lighting, the finals were rushed through in the fading daylight before the F2 Stock Cars raced their final in almost pitch darkness! There should be a return visit to the much improved Loomer Road track later in the year.

STOKE RESULTS:
FWD HEAT 1: 1st R313 Mark Barrett 2nd NW297 Andrew Owen 3rd WR143 Sam Begley. FWD HEAT 2: 1st NW297 Andrew Owen 2nd WR666 Jasper Aspinall 3rd WR143 Sam Begley. FWD FINAL: 1st NW297 Andrew Owen 2nd  WR143 Sam Begley 3rd LM36 Glen Jackson. RWD HEAT 1: 1st R31 Darren Anslow 2nd R321 Garry Emms 3rd LM292 Colin Patten. RWD HEAT 2: 1st NS818 Ian Spencer 2nd LM50 Ian Davidson 3rd SC97 Paul Lockwood. RWD FINAL: 1st NS818 Ian Spencer 2nd SC97 Paul Lockwood 3rd R95 Phil Fenton.

WINN WINS THE MONEY

The weekend after the Nationals featured a good choice of meetings, including the SOUTH WALES OPEN ("The Fastest Person on Welsh Grass") at the Nationals venue where Huw Jones followed up his Nationals runner-up position by taking the top honours (photo by Gary Jones www.garyphotos.zenfolio.com)

SCARBOROUGH's annual  "Dash for Cash" at Hunmanby comprised a "fun day" on Saturday, with the main event on Sunday. A good attendance gave healthy grids in all the saloon classes, despite a shortage of Specials, but in the end it was the open-wheelers that took all three of the "big money" races; Dave Winn and Gemma Stephenson in their Class 8s and Wes Green in his Junior Special.

DASH FOR CASH RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st S9Y Craig Truelove 2nd Y109 Cliff Baxter 3rd S93Y Mike Tunnicliff. CLASS 2: 1st S118Y Jack Farrow 2nd WR179 Chris Dunwell 3rd SC37 Paul Richardson. CLASS 3: 1st S151Y Paul Bulmer 2nd SC131 Mark Houlton 3rd S38Y Steve Parkin. CLASS 4: 1st S249Y Ash Farrow 2nd S83Y Callum Wing 3rd Y60 Mick Norgate. CLASS 5: 1st S97Y Josh Simpson 2nd S806Y Steve Hare 3rd Y3 Malc Bowes. CLASS 6: 1st S252Y James Armstrong 2nd SC33 Rob Milbourn 3rd S134Y Pete Bogg.  STOCK HATCH: 1st S70Y Rob Farrow 2nd S43Y Graham Horner 3rd S113Y Rob Chuck. CLASS 7: 1st S55Y Lewis Wing 2nd S209Y Paul Tateson 3rd ST66 Stu Clark. CLASS 8: 1st S4Y Dave Winn 2nd SC235 Paul Johnson 3rd Y208 Nicky Wilson. CLASS 10: 1st WR175 Dave Stokes. JUNIORS: 1st S47Y Ben Wall 2nd S49Y Jimbob Johnson 3rd ST70 Will Hunt. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st S916Y Wes Green. CLASS 11: 1st S92Y Katie Benson 2nd SL222 Leanne Huschke 3rd S78Y Kirsty Palfreyman. CLASS 12: 1st S134Y Andrea Dixon 2nd S5Y Rebecca Simpson 3rd Y3 Lorridana Bowes. CLASS 13: 1st YD150 Caroline Bowes 2nd S209Y Sarah Tateson 3rd Y61 Kelly Johnson. CLASS 14: 1st WE20 Gemma Stephenson 2nd S3Y Anne Marshall 3rd S2Y Vicky Appleton. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st S4Y Dave Winn 2nd S118Y Jack Farrow 3rd S151Y Paul Bulmer. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st WR20 Gemma Stephenson 2nd S209Y Sarah Tateson 3rd SL222 Leanne Huschka. JUNIOR CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st S916Y Wes Green 2nd ST70 Will Hunt 3rd S116Y Hannah Johnson.

PENNINE staged the first round of the "Autumn Showdown" which attracted an excellent 123 entries - full results will be on show soon at www.pennineautograss.co.uk

At WEST WATERFORD there was the annual Nicky Hannigan and Shiela Oakham memorial meeting, while DOWN AUTOGRASS ran their latest two day meeting. Other events were at CAMBRIDGE, CONCORD, INVICTA and FOREST OF DEAN.

NATIONALS 2011 - ROB'S REPEAT

With the National Championships being held on Welsh soil for the first time since 2002, Welshman Rob Corbett was the only 2010 Champion successfully to defend his title. Rob's side-by-side duel with Huw Jones in the Class 4 final was one of the closest fought races of a generally spectacular weekend, and Rob then went on to win the Champion of Champions race for the second year running. The changeable weather dominated the meeting, with several heavy showers damping the track, but the dire weather that many were expecting blew past the picturesque venue and, despite a couple of "problem" races, the event reached a record early finish.

There'll be the usual comprehensive report in our next issue, but here's a brief run-down of the classes:

CLASS 1 ... top qualifier Daniel Robins was squeezed out at both attempts at starting the final; when it went the distance Tom Roberts led all the way, only to be excluded after post race scrutineering. 2010 Champ David Kay closed right up in second but suddenly slowed at the finish, which meant the title eventually went to Tom Bell, whose TBR engines ended up filling the first three places.

CLASS 2 ... Tim Harber's five year winning streak finally ended as Lee Evason dominated the final. Behind Lee, a battle between Alan Suttle, Tim Harber and Lloyd Morgan saw Lloyd pass the other two in one move entering the last lap. Tim then spun out, Alan was black flagged and an unwanted re-run was called. The drivers planned to run in formation and maintain their finishing positions, but in the end there was just a two-car run off for third between two drivers who were unaffected by the original incident! Damian Harris' car went sick, but Ben Gadsby sportingly contrived to give Damian his place back! More controversy came when Lee Evason was excluded, giving Lloydy Boy the title.

CLASS 3 ... Martin Gould and Adrian Joyce were unbeaten in their heats and unbeatable in the final, with Martin taking his fourth title and Adrian closely chasing him home. The battle behind ended with a last lap collision that took out both the Almond brothers, while Neil Corbett came through to third.

CLASS 4 ... Darren Grasby's Stiletto and Rob Corbett's Micra won all their heats, but Darren spun away his chances in the final, leaving Rob to fight a neck-and-neck duel all the way with the similar car of Huw Jones - the Micra master just held off his young Welsh rival, while Mark Hoppé's Peugeot fended off a gaggle of Minis for third.

CLASS 5 ... red flags flew as Charlie Edley spun out after a super qualifying performance. Colin Chilvers had crept forward a fraction at the start, before getting away last, but carried a two place penalty into the rerun, which he "won" very convincingly. The second place battle between Billy Davis and Les Grice was therefore for the win, and the young Irishman finally succumbed to give the York veteran his first National title at last.

CLASS 6 ... Jason Ballantyne's form this year had made him a hot favourite and he didn't disappoint, qualifying at the top of the list before holding off Ben Gould all the way, giving the Solway club its first National Champion. Defending champ Andrew Smith chased his club-mate Martyn Janes in fourth while local man Paul Meli was well in contention until his car slowed.

CLASS 7 ... qualifying form confirmed Phil Rogers' position as hot favourite, while John Deegan and Neil Rawlinson both looked capable of upsetting the local hero. But in the end nobody was upset as we saw the most popular imaginable result - new grandad Gareth Thomas celebrated his 30 years' loyal service to Class 7 racing with a faultless drive to hold off "Billy", while Richard Dunwell bounced back from an accident the week before to drive the race of his life for third.

CLASS 8 ... with champ Geoff Berrisford having to settle for midfield positions and Russ Shepherd eliminated by a spectacular roll, the men on blistering form in the heats were Phil Cooper, Mark Grice and Antony Ross. But it was 2009 champ Steve Mills who headed a dusty cone-scattering final until the last lap, when Rossi dived past to take the win, while the wheel-banging manoeuvre dropped Steve to third behind Phil Cooper.

CLASS 9 ... Phil Cooper started favourite after three dominant heat wins, but a watered track left the final wide open. Three times Class 8 Champion Andy Hornshaw led all the way while Phil Cooper carved through from mid-pack to finish the race on Andy's tail. Sam Gould was an impressive third to complete his family's set of Nationals trophies.

CLASS 10 ... the action was fraught all weekend - in Saturday's second heats there were eight consecutive red flagged races, the incidents including a roll that eliminated strong contender Vinny Gibbons. It was therefore no surprise when it took five efforts to complete the final. Along the way another favourite, Derek Leech, was eliminated in a first corner roll, while one stoppage came when local man Marc Jones was pulling away towards a possible shock win. The last attempt came in a rainstorm, with Lee Seagreaves taking the win after his car had gone on fire twice during the weekend.

CHAMP OF CHAMPS ... On a very wet track after the rain cleared, Tom Roberts' Mini led well for six laps, before Rob Corbett came past. In the closing stages Rob was struggling to pass Andy Hornshaw while Antony Ross rapidly closed in, but Rob crossed the line a fraction ahead.

UNCROWNED KING OF THE HILL

Bredon Hill's annual King of the Hill meeting, traditionally run the week before the Nationals,  proved as popular as ever, with 166 drivers signed on for a full day's racing in warm, dry conditions at the Hilltop Raceway. Unfortunately, though, the main titles of King of the Hill and Queen of the Hill were not decided after an incident at the start of the King of the Hill race - Class 1 winner Darryl Smart was launched over the wheel of a Class 10 car and, with Darryl requiring medical attention, time ran out for a restart. The Junior title was won by James Reid, whose Mini held off Alex Taylor's Special.

KING OF THE HILL RESULTS

CLASS 1: 1st 77F Darryl Smart 2nd TA13 Otis Williams 3rd SV1 James Mayo. CLASS 2: 1st A23 Jonny Barber 2nd S10 Nathan Nicholls 3rd S85D Danny Watts. CLASS 3: 1st WS82 Leigh Napier 2nd R11 Lewis Harris 3rd IK106 Dave Reed. CLASS 4: 1st G99D Ryan Taylor . CLASS 5: 1st TA451 Lewis Richards 2nd 38F Mark Ashmead 3rd C5 Barry Williams. CLASS 6: 1st B110H Roger Gurney.  CLASS 7: 1st CM52 Lyndon George 2nd R119 Phil Travers 3rd BC66 Ian Lewis. CLASS 8: 1st B108H Matt Cleeveley 2nd BC5 Martin Bowen 3rd B24H Eric Gardner. CLASS 9: 1st ST39 Alan Hotchkiss 2nd R252 Mike Bluck 3rd S149D Darran Taylor. CLASS 10: 1st 100F Andy Lee 2nd PHD12 Carl Ray. JUNIORS: 1st B115H James Reid 2nd 18F Kieran Murray 3rd YS10 Kelly Bishop. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st BC6 Tom Taylor 2nd BC24 Alex Taylor 3rd C118 Leigh Hughes. CLASS 11: 1st G89D Jo Lane 2nd G18D Julie Mason 3rd S13D Ellie Phipps. CLASS 11A: 1st G14D Jemma King. CLASS 12: 1st B32H Linzi Weare 2nd 38F Janet Murray. CLASS 13: 1st S3D Yvette Jackson 2nd B27H Lyn Olsson 3rd BC66 Becky Shaw. CLASS 14: No finishers. JUNIOR KING OF THE HILL: 1st B115H James Reid 2nd BC24 Alex Taylor 3rd 18F Kieran Murray. KING OF THE HILL: Not completed QUEEN OF THE HILL: Not run

NORTH WALES' meeting featured the latest outing for the F600s among a large entry, with the meeting marred only by a big roll for Paul Tyrrell's Class 4 Micra. MELTON & LEICESTER ran their second annual Junior Challenge, which was won by Ella Markham. SPALDING's meeting was the second round of the Eastern Open Challenge and the other club running on Sunday was YORKSHIRE DALES.

NORTH WALES RESULTS (UNOFFICIAL)

CLASS 1: 1st ARC16 Michael Abbott 2nd NW255 Mat Williams 3rd NW125 Lee Powell 4th NASA63 Ross Evans. CLASS 2: 1st NW46 Mark Ratcliffe 2nd NW50 Lee Hynes 3rd  NW94 Owain Charles 4th NS47 Vernon Jackson. CLASS 3: 1st NW234 Barry Evans 2nd NW49 Paul Cosby. CLASS 4: 1st NW66 Richie Steele 2nd NW96 Graham Moore 3rd NW65 Rod Walker 4th NW90 Steve Rogers. CLASS 5: 1st NW19 Chris Colegate 2nd LM76 Johnny Haile 3rd NW145 Gav Kemp 4th NS108 Karen Blandford. CLASS 6: 1st NW747 Karl Andrews 2nd WS165 Neil Williams 3rd NW156 Mike Northmore 4th LM85 Wendy Barlow.  CLASS 7: 1st NS50 Paul Evans 2nd NW10 Steve Johnson 3rd NW3 Vince Futia 4th NS277 Alan Miles. CLASS 8: 1st NW62 Luke Bennett 2nd NW86 Chris Bell 3rd NW212 Carl Sheffield. CLASS 9: 1st NW4 Fred Roberts 2nd NS4 John Williams 3rd NW141 Jason Sheffield. CLASS 10: No finishers. F600 A-FINAL: 1st ST1 Terry Cox 2nd LM44 Dave Wilding 3rd WR32 Bryn Hawkins 4th SL101 Max Dawson. F600 B-FINAL: 1st WR400 Trevor Frost 2nd ST42 Gav Waby 3rd SL102 Jonny Dawson 4th LM69 Chris Kearney. JUNIORS: 1st NW35 Arran Sharp 2nd NS123 Rian Rowland 3rd TA18 Dafydd Jones 4th NW95 Billy Butt. JUNIORS B FINAL: JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st NW80 Trystan Roberts 2nd NW33 Max Peters 3rd SL800 Daniel Talbot 4th NW711 Aaron Jones. CLASS 11: 1st ARC20 Gemma Harris 2nd LM36 Sue Gillard 3rd LM87 Louise Clancy 4th NS118 Jodie Evans. CLASS 11A: 1st SR121 Katie Vickers 2nd ARC39. CLASS 12: 1st NS219 Angela Evans 2nd LM66 Sharon Lockett.

CORK'S FASTEST JUNIOR

Cork club's two day Junior Championship meeting attracted a small entry, mainly comprising local drivers in Class 1A cars, but proved that a lack of numbers doesn't necessarily mean a lack of action as the fast and challenging Castletownkenneigh track provided close and hard fought racing all weekend. Cork's main strength is in its Junior ranks so for the third year running the Juniors were given pride of place. While other classes raced over seven heats and finals, the Juniors had nine heats and class finals to qualify them for the Irish Fastest Junior on Grass trophy race. Steven White won the Junior Class 1 final; Stephen O'Driscoll took Junior Special honours and Stephen O'Neill won the very hard fought Class 1A category. The final handicap race provided controversy and two reruns, but Steven White ended up taking the major trophy.

CORK RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st CK21 Pat Warren 2nd CK601 Darren Swanton 3rd CK17 Cian Shorten. CLASS 1A: 1st CK35 Eoin Crowley 2nd CK664 Martin Lordan 3rd CK38 Liam Eyre. CLASS 2: 1st CK6 Jimmy White 2nd CK20 Kevin Warren 3rd CK54 Darren Swanton. CLASS 6: 1st CK180 Kenneth Fuller 2nd CK180 Ben Purssord.  CLASS 7: No finishers. CLASS 8: 1st MA69 Mick Hogan. CLASS 10: 1st WW318 Martin Browne. JUNIORS: 1st CK7 Steven White 2nd  WW58 Jack Houlihan 3rd CK60 Jamie White. JUNIOR CLASS 1A: 1st CK96 Stephen O’Neill 2nd CK164 Gary Lordan 3rd CK52 Cathal Clarke. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st MA92 Stephen O'Driscoll. LADIES: 1st CK180 Jessica Purssord 2nd CK21 Jenny Warren. FASTEST JUNIOR ON GRASS: 1st CK7 Steven White 2nd CK164 Gary Lordan 3rd WW58 Jack Houlihan.

A first for SCUNTHORPE & DISTRICT club was floodlit Autograss racing at Blyton Raceway on Saturday evening, which was very well attended and well received, followed by a full day's racing on Sunday. LEEWOOD ran the Tony Jones Memorial meeting, the major event of the year for the F600s, with Andy Dingley taking the trophy. Other Sunday events took place at FOREST OF DEAN, Wessex, Solway, Concord, Cambridge, and York.

FOREST RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st B129H Ben Reade 2nd 96F Chris Manners 3rd 77F Darrell Smart. CLASS 2: 1st B25H Dean Rynesford 2nd B898H Jamie Stevens 3rd 24F Chris Harris. CLASS 3: No finishers. CLASS 4: 1st BC25 Jumbo Williams 2nd S76D Darren Creed 3rd 89F Darren Mabey. CLASS 5: 1st G1D Dave Paskell 2nd C5 Barry Williams 3rd B130H Lee Bamford. CLASS 6: 1st G30D Phil Lancett 2nd P91 Ken Thomas 3rd B15H Craig Bennett.  CLASS 7: 1st C110 Bill Bradford 2nd CM52 Lyndon George 3rd A1 Derrick Carless. CLASS 8: 1st BC55 Tom Lewis 2nd BC5 Martin Bowen 3rd BC123 Chris Prior. CLASS 9: 1st TA55 Deri Davies 2nd G4D Glyn Neville. CLASS 10: 1st PHD12 Gary Ray. JUNIORS: 1st R313 William Barratt 2nd G6D Danielle Neville 3rd B28H Rory Clague. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st B1H Mitch Hathaway 2nd P25 Aaron Jones 3rd PHD14 Dan Ray. CLASS 11: 1st S441D Shona Thornhill 2nd 96F Aimee Holden 3rd G89D Jo Lane. CLASS 11A: 1st G100D Nicole King. CLASS 12: 1st G1D Lisa Paskell.

JAVELIN PARK HIGHLIGHTS

All the results (except for Junior Specials) from the most over-subscribed Autograss meeting ever can now be downloaded from www.basautograss.co.uk. Here's a sample of the action shots to be found at www.absnapshots.co.uk

AIDAN AGAIN

Aidan Murphy took his second big win in two weeks when he drove his Class 2 Micra to victory in a hectic finale to the Araglin Carnival meeting. Aidan thus got his hands on one of Ireland's most prestigious trophies, the Tim Barry Shield, presented by West Waterford Club President J P Houlihan. The unique Araglin event, part of one of Ireland's longest established local carnivals, was held for the first time over two days, with three rounds of racing on Saturday evening followed by two more heats, finals, handicap races and the winners' race on Sunday. Despite changeable weather conditions there was some excellent racing in front of a large crowd on the very long, fast track that runs round the outside of Araglin's community sports field.

ARAGLIN RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st WW216 James Daly 2nd WW215 Kayne Cunningham 3rd MA327 Jimmy Browne. CLASS 1A: 1st WW91 Jamie Condon 2nd MA238 Stephen Sugrue 3rd CW22 Shane Farrell. CLASS 2: 1st WW159 Mike Fuller 2nd WW303 Francis Beecher 3rd WW53 Paddy Nugent. CLASS 3: 1st WW158 Barry O’Sullivan 2nd CW25 Ed Sheehan. CLASS 4: 1st MA10 Stephen Sugrue 2nd WW921 Brian Kearns 3rd WW9 Bobby Nugent. CLASS 5: No finishers. CLASS 6: 1st WW17 Kevin Dempsey 2nd WW261 Paul Devine.  CLASS 7: 1st WW998 Patrick Sheehy 2nd MA369 John Shanahan. CLASS 8: 1st WW178 Tom Buckley 2nd WW10 Martin Feeney 3rd WW156 Mike Whelan. CLASS 9: 1st WW252 Shane Houlihan 2nd WW399 John Fuller. F600: 1st WW11 Sean O’Sullivan 2nd WW77 Kevin Keating 3rd WW78 Kenneth Cashel. JUNIORS: 1st WW58 Jack Houlihan 2nd CK7 Steven White 3rd WW106 Brian Meagher. JUNIOR CLASS 1A: 1st CK96 Stephen O’Neill 2nd MA290 Dylan Browne 3rd WW108 Cillian Doherty. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st WW93 Aaron Falvey 2nd WW97 Jack Byrne. LADIES: 1st WW158 Jenny Houlihan 2nd MA369 Val Shanahan 3rd WW921 Yvonne Kearns. WINNERS’ RACE – TIM BARRY PERPETUAL SHIELD: 1st CW346 Aiden Murphy 2nd WW11 Sean O’Sullivan 3rd WW156 Mike Whelan.

On a rather larger scale, in terms of competitor numbers at least, round three of the British Autograss Series was hosted by the Wiltshire League at Javelin Park, Gloucester, attracting a series record of 839 entries. The sheer numbers, combined with the weather, meant that the meeting had to be cut short before the finals; results for the heats should be available in due course at www.basautograss.co.uk. and full photographic coverage will be at www.absnapshots.co.uk

The only other meeting run this weekend was at NOTTINGHAM.

ALL IRELAND ROUND 2

Top honours at the second round of the All Ireland Autograss Series went to Carlow driver Aidan Murphy, who had the most successful weekend of his career so far, being unbeaten in all of his five Class two races before taking a clear win in the Champion of Champions race, chased home by Class 1A final winner John Fyfe, impressive youngster James Kent's Class 5 Fiat 126 and Class 8 winner Paul Moore. Lone visitors from England and Scotland joined a representative turnout of Northern and Southern Irish racers at Down Autograss' Maghaberry track, where a couple of heavy showers on Saturday did the track no harm at all before dry conditions took over on Sunday. A few spectacular incidents punctuated the weekend, notably a massive roll that destroyed Martin Wallace's wild Ford V6-powered Seat Arosa in Class 6. The experimental K11 Micras made up nearly half the field in Class 1, with Mark Empson's NASA 1 car joining the locals, while Johnny Arthurs took the NASA 99 car to victory in the Junior final. As always in Ireland though, trophy positions were based on accumulated points over the four heats and finals.

The only other two day meeting this weekend was one of the highlights of the club racing calendar; the fifth running of the Bob Robins Memorial Trophy at ST NEOTS, with the popular "Retro Race Day" on Saturday, followed by a fun and games evening and the main charity race meeting on Sunday. At the end of the full and smooth running weekend of racing, Lincolnshire Class 8 driver Barry Ashmore was the latest recipient of the Bob Robins trophy.  

All the photos from St Neots can be viewed at www.absnapshots.co.uk. Sorry, results are not yet available.

NORTH SHROPSHIRE ran their Sunday meeting as a tribute to Cary Evans, and other clubs running on Sunday were SOLWAY, SCARBOROUGH and RADFORD.

SOLWAY RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st SL23 Richard Jackson, 2nd YD710 Jonathan Cleary, 3rd SL107 Dave Horner. CLASS 2:  1st WR143 Sam Begley, 2nd SL70 Andrew Davidson. CLASS 3:  1st SL2 Richard Lewthwaite, 2nd SL66 Mark Little, 3rd SL68 Neil Barnes. CLASS 7:  1st SL46 Jamie Little. CLASS 9:  1st YD117 Dennis Raffel, 2nd SL75 Greg Brookes. CLASS 6: 1st SL22 Jason Ballantyne, 2nd SL1: Joe Threlkeld. 3rd SL17: Andrew Harkness. CLASS 8: 1st SL16 Mark Dagliesh 2nd YD20 Ben Gill CLASS 10: 1st SL5 Mark Johnston STOCK HATCH:  1st SL224 Kevin Elliot, 2nd SL626: Kevin Brough, 3rd SL38: Andrew Shaw FORMULA 600: 1st SL101: Johnny Dawson, 2nd SL80 Phil Talbot.  JUNIORS:  1st SL55: Kirby Johnston, 2nd YD5: Liam Hilton, 3rd SL118: Curtis McBride. JUNIOR SPECIALS:  1st SL177: Matty Cobb.  LADIES’ CLASS 1:  1st SL118 Michele McBride Ladies 2:  1st SL70: Sandra Davidson, 2nd SL222: Leanne Huschka. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st YD20: Emily Gill. LADIES’ CLASS 10:  1st SL5: Lynn Johnston. LADIES’ STOCK HATCH:  1st SL45: Fiona McIntyre.

JULY ALREADY!

A varied programme of events was on offer on the first weekend of July. It was a busy weekend in the South East as CONCORD staged their first South of England Open at Cold Norton, with two separate days' racing and £1,000 prize fund on offer. INVICTA KENT were also racing on Sunday.

SEGTO racers were  treated to the first "Pavement Challenge" meeting at Arena Essex Raceway, with action on Saturday evening and all day Sunday. Unfortunately the response from the SEGTO clubs was very poor, but the programme was filled with all the regular Arena Essex/Rolling Thunder Show favourites, producing a busy weekend's racing, highlighted by an appearance for the Grand Prix Midgets, contesting their European Championship. EVESHAM staged the prestigious Alf Cope Memorial meeting at Dodwell on Sunday, where the historic trophy was taken away by Stroud's Luke Smith in his Class 4 Mini. Other Sunday meetings took place at CENTRAL SCOTLAND, YORKSHIRE DALES, YORK, SPALDING, PENNINE, LUDLOW, NORTH WALES, WESSEX and CARLOW. At Pennine the 75 entries included Class 4 Imp legend Graham Smith, sharing a Class 1 Mini with his granddaughter Courtney Salmon.

SEGTO PAVEMENT CHALLENGE RESULTS:

PRODUCTION A: 1st X87 Jack West 2nd S112 Terry Mellish 3rd X247 Jake Perry. MODIFIED C: 1st S665 Mark Page 2nd S165 Leanne Page. 1450 HOT RODS: 1st T47 Mark Jones. SUPER SALOONS: 1st T74 Laurence Connors. SPECIALS: 1st S214 Ashley Lock 2nd S273 Adrian Treagus. JUNIORS: 1st X101 Sam Smith 2nd S212 Billy Mellish.

PENNINE RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st L5 Matt Duffell 2nd P22EM James Walker 3rd P71EM Matt Savage. CLASS 2: 1st P7EM Ben Gadsby 2nd P9EM Tom Woolley 3rd M254 Neil Cashmore. CLASS 3: 1st NS41 Stephen Goodwin 2nd N22 Kev Thorpe 3rd NS242 Raife MacDonald. CLASS 4: 1st P2EM Dave Gutteridge. CLASS 5: 1st N333 Joe Smith 2rd N48 Paul Dann 3rd N107 Andy Nelson. CLASS 6: 1st P112EM John Gadsby DNF P500EM Rik Burbridge/Paul Burbridge. Stock Hatch: 1st P677EM Phil Barleyman/Ben Gadsby 2nd P602EM John Leighton 3rd Mick Wood/Mick Frost. CLASS 7: 1st P501EM Mark Guy 2nd P26EM John Cottrill 3rd M87 Bob Rouse. CLASS 8: 1st NS151 Tom Chadwick 2nd N8 Simon Reeve. F600: 1st N28 Andy Reeve 2nd N26 Chris Weston. CLASS 9: 1st L3 Derek Tinson. CLASS 10: 1st P208EM Andy Hunter 2nd M15 Rick Hall. CLASS 11: 1st 1st L5 Lisa Branston 2nd P278EM Kay Roberts. CLASS 12: 1st L81 Rachel Hinton 2nd N48 Cath Weston. JUNIOR A: 1st P65EM Ste Heath 2nd P56EM Dan Heath 3rd N47 Aiden Derry. JUNIOR B: 1st P376EM Sam Diesbergen 2nd N444 Scott Holmes 3rd P21EM Luke Davis.

WAR OF THE ROSES

The second annual "War of the Roses" meeting attracted the biggest recent turnout of 180 entries to Leewood's Castle Hill Farm track in heatwave conditions. At the end of it all last year's Champions, the White Rose of Yorkshire, were toppled by the Red Rose of Lancashire, with Leewood Chairman Tim Clancy taking the trophy on behalf of his team. Individual Champion of Champions winners were Class 8 racers Dean Barnes and Rosemary Glover, while the losers included Sharon Lockett, who survived an attempt to burst her balloons although her Citroen wasn't as lucky!

Thanks to Simon Tickle for the photos - www.anyhowracing.co.uk

WAR OF THE ROSES RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st LM696  Ian Kelly 2nd NW125 Lee Powell 3rd NW164 Mark Stephenson. CLASS 2: 1st LM10 Chris Harrison 2nd LM110 Lee Buckley 3rd WR410 Jake Calvert. CLASS 3: 1st NS41 Steve Goodwin 2nd WR26 Martin Sharp 3rd Y101 Matt Houldsworth.  CLASS 4: 1st WR19 Kevin Griffiths 2nd WR63 Dean Burrows 3rd NW96 Graham Moore. CLASS 5: 1st LM4 Terry Rigney 2nd LM59 Andy Bridge 3rd NW145 Gav Kemp. CLASS 6: 1st WR900 Graham Mallinson. STOCK HATCH: 1st Y178 Tony Staples 2nd WR68 Carl Cockhill. CLASS 7: 1st LM137 Anthony Herbert 2nd Y11 Darren Hutchinson 3rd Y111 Gareth Yeomans. FORMULA 600: 1st LM40 Andy Dingley 2nd LM69 Chris Kearney 3rd WR400 Trevor Frost. CLASS 8: 1st LM93 Dean Barnes 2nd WR1 Bryn Hawkins 3rd SP4 Graham Bennett. CLASS 9: 1st WR52 Ricky Beauchamp. CLASS 10: 1st 100F Andy Lee  2nd LM106 Roy Blower. JUNIORS: 1st WR409 Tom Baker 2nd LM999 Harry Chadwick 3rd WR55 Jemma Griffiths. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st LM96 Taylor Yates 2nd LM18 Ben Gibbons 3rd NS15 Dan Owen. CLASS 11: 1st LM36 Sue Gillard 2nd NW83 Vikki Lamb 3rd LM222 Lyndsey Barnes. CLASS 11A: 1st LM49 Annette McGrady. CLASS 12: 1st WR900 Becki Mallinson 2nd P610EM Mandy Kennedy CLASS 13: 1st LM137 Maz Herbert. CLASS 14: 1st WR23 Rosemary Glover. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: LM93 Dean Barnes. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: WR23 Rosemary Glover.

CUMBERLAND CHAMPIONS

The Cumberland Open is one of the younger regional open title meetings, but it's established its place as one of the most enjoyable weekends on the calendar. After the baking hot 2010 event this year's was run in mixed conditions - overnight rain gave way to an overcast and showery day on Saturday, before warm sunny weather moved in on Sunday. A healthy mixture of English, Scottish and Irish racers made for a great atmosphere as five sets of heats and class finals built up to the Cumberland Open races, won by Matt Astbury, Matty Cobb and Michelle Arnett. The other big winner was Solway club after investing a great deal of effort and money in a new packed clay track surface for this season. Solway were already known to have one of the nicest venues in the UK - now the drivers present would all agree they also have one of the best prepared tracks.

The weekend also saw a few "different" incidents. Roger Jefferson spun his Class 9, and while rejoining pulled such a wheelie that he eventually toppled onto his roof. Thanks to Steve Sewell for catching this one - more of Steve's shots may be found at www.stevesewellphotography.co.uk

Jane Little's flat-out approach saw her completely clear the armco and plough into the neighbouring woods ... in a Class 1 Mini.

And there were no finishers in the Ladies' Specials final after leader Lynn Johnston lost a wheel entering the last corner.

Other noteworthy events included no fewer than three NASA experimental Micras qualifying for the Class 1 A-final, with two of them also featuring in the Junior A-final.

CUMBERLAND OPEN RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st LM112 Matt Astbury 2nd CS835 Blair Robertson 3rd NASA35 Maeve Devlin. CLASS 2: 1st SL70 Andrew Davison 2nd SL222 Jason Ballantyne 3rd SL74 Andrew Sharp. CLASS 3: 1st SL2 Richard Lewthwaite 2nd YD150 Tony Lillie 3rd SL54 Bruce Bertram. CLASS 5: 1st SL15 Steven Graham 2nd S806Y Steve Hare 3rd DA38 Chrisy McCracken. CLASS 6: 1st SL22 Jason Ballantyne 2nd SL60 Andrew Davison 3rd SL200 Dennis Charlton.  CLASS 7: 1st DA36 Nigel McCracken 2nd S805Y Louise Rothera 3rd WR803 Gus Blundell. CLASS 8: 1st NS818 Ian Spencer 2nd SL16 Mark Dalgleish 3rd ARC15 Colin Abbott. CLASS 9: 1st YD117 Dennis Raffel 2nd SB47 Allan Kerr. CLASS 10: 1st SL5 Mark Johnston 2nd WR175 Dave Stokes 3rd SB10 Shuggy Broon. STOCK HATCH: 1st SL626 Kevin Brough 2nd SL38 Andrew Shaw 3rd SL224 Kevin Elliott. F600: 1st SB20 Andrew Watson 2nd SB5 Tony Nicholson 3rd SL101 Jonny Dawson. JUNIORS: 1st SL55 Kirby Johnston 2nd CS813 Aston Nairns 3rd NASA35 Peadar Devlin. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SL177 Matty Cobb 2nd DA37 Jonny McCracken 3rd DA32 Matty Bassett. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st CS813 Rosie Nairns 2nd SL118 Michelle McBride. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st YD209 Michelle Arnett 2nd SL70 Sandra Davison 3rd SL222 Leanne Huschka. LADIES’ STOCK HATCH: 1st SL45 Fiona McIntyre. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st SL15 Julie Graham 2nd SL85 Gill Graham. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st SL19 Lisa Waters. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st YD171 Chris Raffel . LADIES’ CLASS 10: 1st SL5 Lynn Johnston CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st LM112 Matt Astbury 2nd SL22 Jason Ballantyne 3rd SL70 Andrew Davison. JUNIOR CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st SL177 Matty Cobb 2nd SL912 Jack Shaw 3rd DA37 Jonny McCracken. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st YD209 Michelle Arnett 2nd SL15 Jullie Graham 3rd YD171 Chris Raffel.

After there were just two NASA meetings the previous weekend there was a full schedule planned for June 26. The traditional WEST WALES OPEN was reduced to a single day event this year, but remained a prestigious title with quality trophies to match, at the usual PAC venue. The second annual "War of the Roses" at LEEWOOD promised to be very well supported, having captured the imagination of many Northern racers who had to declare on which side of the Pennines their loyalties lay! CAMBRIDGE hosted the first of five rounds in the Eastern Open Challenge. Other Sunday meetings took place at NOTTINGHAM run as a memorial meeting for Mick Wyld, SCUNTHORPE, CONCORD, WESSEX and CORK. GLOUCESTER's planned meeting was cancelled some time ago due to venue restrictions; STAR also called their meeting off while the weekend heatwave came too late for CONCORD with one bend of their track under water. 

Here are a few imaged from the sunny West Wales Open, courtesy of Gary Jones www.garyphotos.zenfolio.com, including a good Class 7 win by young Tomas Rees, the return of former Class 10 star Paul Harris in a 9, Teifi's Gareth Jones and Aled Dark in action, and a return to Class 8 by Phil Rogers.

YORK BAS HIGHLIGHTS

Among all the wheelies, Karl Mosley was the champion, holding his poise for the length of the straight.

Flying Specials were the rule rather than the exception.

Brotherly love demonstrated by the Taylor boys in Junior Specials

Tim Harber came uncharacteristically unstuck; Gary Ford had his second major roll of the year, while Becky Shaw's tumble closed the 6-hour long first heats

In Paul Watson's absence, Brian Beattie had the classic of the week

Tommo and Nicola took Champion of Champions honours, but Tommo was seen looking for a more competitive mode of transport

Full sequences of all the action and much more can be found at www.absnapshots.co.uk

AUTOGRASS REVIEW SEND OUR BEST WISHES TO TONY McKENNA FOR A FULL RECOVERY FROM HIS INJURIES SUFFERED IN AN OFF TRACK INCIDENT AT YORK.

AN ALTERNATIVE WEEKEND

BAS round 2 at York dominated the weekend Autograss schedule to the extent that the only other club to put on a meeting was West Waterford - where a highlight was Alan O'Keeffe battling through a 15-car field in the Champion of Champions race.

At York the 600 plus entrants faced a soggy scene on Saturday morning after torrential overnight rain, but as usual the York team, particularly Dave Henley's track preparation team, proved equal to the occasion and it wasn't long before dust was rising. In response to the conditions the classes were run in a straight reverse order, providing an interesting change to the usual routine.

Most of the results as ever are available for download at www.basautograss.co.uk - plenty of pics also available on the net including www.absnapshots.co.uk

But there was still plenty of interesting action for anyone who wanted to go looking for alternatives. At Coventry Stadium on Saturday night the grassers made their second appearance of the year by courtesy of Startrax, with more to come later in the year. Back in February there was a rather muddy start but this time track conditions were perfect from the outset, with 14 Super Saloons and 9 Specials providing some spectacular action. West Wales traveller Dean Tipping took the Specials final and local man Fearless Phil Fenton conquered the shale in the Super Saloon final - and no sooner was that over than race co-ordinator Darren "Stumpy" Anslow decided everyone was going out again for an extra Allcomers' race, meaning that most drivers raced more laps than in a month of grassing.

COVENTRY RESULTS:

SUPER SALOONS Heat 1: 1st R31 Darren Anslow 2nd G1D Dave Paskell 3rd LUD22 Bryan East. Heat 2: 1st S60D Stuart Deacon 2nd R95 Phil Fenton 3rd R13 Mark Barratt. Final: 1st R95 Phil Fenton 2nd LUD22 Bryan East 3rd S60D Stuart Deacon. Allcomers: 1st R95 Phil Fenton 2nd LUD22 Bryan East 3rd R31 Darren Anslow.

SPECIALS Heat 1: 1st PAC410 Dean Tipping 2nd H250 Marc Paskell 3rd S41D Kenny Smith. Heat 2: 1st H150 Phil Dyke 2nd S41D Kenny Smith 3rd PAC410 Dean Tipping. Final: 1st PAC410 Dean Tipping 2nd S41D Kenny Smith 3rd H150 Phil Dyke. Allcomers: 1st LM292 Colin Patten 2nd S41D Kenny Smith 3rd H150 Phil Dyke.

Full grids and plenty of laps were also to be seen at our chosen Sunday venue, Southern Autosport's Horndean Raceway. The super smooth chalk oval near Portsmouth was in great shape, and with neighbouring club Tongham cancelling their clashing meeting, there was an excellent turnout of SEGTO racers for a well run and entertaining meeting. NASA drivers will have their own chance to sample Horndean later this year as it's the venue for round two of the NASA-SEGTO Challenge on October 16.

SAA RESULTS:

PRODUCTION A: 1st S222 Paul Simmonds 2nd S107 Gordon Smith 3rd S492 Graham Goddard. PRODUCTION B: 1st S190 Stephanie Carpenter 2nd S112 Terry Mellish 3rd S128 Simon Stevenson. MODSALOON C: 1st S1 Dan Blackman 2nd S165 Leanne Page 3rd T541 Craig Mills. 1450 HOT RODS: 1st S27 Anthony Burt 2nd S181 Tim Cook 3rd T83 Chris Bullock. SUPER SALOONS: 1st S272 Gav Treagus 2nd S85 Stephen Baker 3rd S189 Martin Breakspear. SPECIALS: 1st S87 Sam Hartley 2nd S347 Danny Stafford 3rd S214 Ashley Lock. JUNIORS: 1st S50 Kirstie Hawkins 2nd S312 Macauley Johnsey 3rd S238 Harry Eason. NOVICE JUNIORS: 1st S265 Maison Waugh 2nd S150 Jody Hawkins 3rd T94 Jade Creese. CAROL HARDING MEMORIAL: 1st S126 Stuart Goddard 2nd S1 Dan Blackman 3rd S26 Samantha Blackman. EDDIE KENDALL MEMORIAL: 1st S87 Sam Hartley 2nd S95 Alan Haynes 3rd S214 Ashley Lock.

ROB AND MANDY'S REPEAT SPLASH

For the second year running, the NGK Stock Hatch Nationals was run in perfect racing conditions on Saturday and in persistent rain on Sunday. And for the second year running, Scarborough's Rob Farrow splashed home on the flooded Darleymoor track for a convincing win, chased by former champion Tony Staples, Pennine's Ben Gadsby, and Essex's John Sullivan. The other Essex contender, Mike Sullivan, was unbeaten in his first two heats before his gearbox exploded, but the Sullivans jointly won the best turned out car trophy.

The defending Champion also won through in the Ladies' Championship - despite a change of car, club and surname Mandy Kennedy took her Fiat Punto to victory.

Rob Farrow's victory means that there'll be a defending champion racing on home ground next year as the usual drivers' vote determined that the 2012 Stock Hatch Nationals will be held on a sunny weekend at Scarborough.

The Stock Hatch event ran alongside Pennine's annual Keith Kent Memorial meeting which despite the dreadful weather on Sunday produced some spirited competition between the English drivers and the usual strong contingent of Scottish visitors.

KEITH KENT MEMORIAL RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st CS835 Blair Robertson 2nd N444 Robert Holmes 3rd P22EM James Walker. CLASS 2: 1st S118Y Jack Farrow 2nd M254 Neil Cashmore 3rd SC600 Anthony Conway. CLASS 3: 1st S151Y Paul Bulmer 2nd SL54 Bruce Bertram. CLASS 4: 1st L36 Nick Aldridge 2nd P3EM Louis Gutteridge 3rd P2EM Dave Gutteridge. CLASS 5: 1st N107 Andy Nelson 2nd N333 Joe Smith 3rd N48 Paul Dann. CLASS 6: 1st M7 Nick Clarke 2nd N363 Barry Wasley 3rd P375EM David Diesbergen.  CLASS 7: 1st M87 Bob Rouse. CLASS 8: 1st M11 Ben Harper 2nd SR88 Drew Butters. CLASS 9: 1st M5 Julie Walford 2nd L16 Dex Unwin 3rd SB47 Allan Kerr. CLASS 10: 1st P208EM Andrew Hunter 2nd CS1 Mick Nairns. F600: 1st N26 Chris Weston. JUNIORS: 1st P65EM Steve Heath 2nd CS813 Aston Nairns 3rd M98 Conah Finnerty. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st CS97 Muzza Pryde . CLASS 11: 1st P101 Jade Hemstock 2nd CS813 Rosie Nairns 3rd M122 Sam Turner. CLASS 11A: 1st SC126 Jess Roberts 2nd P305EM Kirsty Frost 3rd N870 Rebecca Blakely. CLASS 12: 1st M45 Tracey Orton 2nd N48 Catherine Weston.

Pennine  photo galleries now on line

One of the busiest weekends of the season saw other events take place on Sunday at Yorkshire Dales, Scarborough, Sturton & Stow, Spalding, St Neots, Concord, Invicta, North Wales, Ludlow, Bredon Hill and Carlow. The South Somerset meeting scheduled for Sunday was cancelled.

RESULTS ROUND-UP

We now have confirmed results from the MAP Open (adjusted after various technical exclusions) and the other major weekend meetings.

SOLWAY NORTHERN CHALLENGE RESULTS:

CLASS 1; 1st SL23 Richard Jackson, 2nd CS835 Blair Robertson 3rd SL107 Dave Horner. CLASS 2: 1st SL70 Andrew Davidson 2nd SL74 Andrew Sharp 3rd SL4 Arthur Cunningham CLASS 3: 1st SL2 Richard Lewthwaite 2nd SL66: Mark Little 3rd SL44 Terry Kitching. CLASS 5: 1st LM34 Rob Simmonds. CLASS 6: 1st SL1 Joe Threlkeld 2nd SL200 Dennis Charlton 3rd SL17 Andrew Harkness. CLASS 8: 1st SL16 Mark Dalgleish 2nd CS73 James Mulraney. CLASS 9: SB47 Allan Kerr. CLASS 10: 1st SB10 Shuggy Brown 2nd CS1 Michael Nairns. STOCK HATCH: 1st WR84 2nd SL626 Kevin Brough, 3rd YD290 Paul Harrington. F600: 1st LM40 Andy Dingley 2nd LM44 Dave Wilding 3rd SB20 Andy Watson. JUNIORS: 1st SL912: Jack Shaw 2nd SL13 David Jackson, 3rd CS49 Sean Devine. JUNIOR SPECIALS 1st YD64 Jason Alderson 2nd SL177 Matty Cobb, 3rd CS97 Muzza Pryde. LADIES 1: 1st SL118 Michelle McBride 2nd CS813 Rosie Nairns. LADIES 2: 1st SL4 Lin Cunningham 2nd SL70 Sandra Davidson 3rd SL222 Leanne Huschka.

WEST MIDLAND OPEN SATURDAY RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st PAC115 Brandon Hall 2nd SV201 Neil Griffiths 3rd SV80 Kelvin Jeffries 4th NASA20 Dan Evans. CLASS 2: 1st S10 Michael Hart-Jones 2nd S2 Tony Hart-Jones 3rd C62 Ben Howells 4th S235 Jason Rees. CLASS 3: 1st ARC37 Barry Almond 2nd NW234 Barry Evans 3rd LUD9 Stewart Moore 4th LUD78 Matt Tennant. CLASS 4: 1st BC25 Jumbo Williams 2nd PAC4 Rob Corbett. CLASS 5: 1st LUD8 Jabez Smith 2nd TA7 Gwyndaf Jenkins 3rd LUD65 Martin Roche 4th TA451 Lewis Richards. CLASS 6: 1st PAC32 Gary Phillips 2nd P91 Ken Thomas 3rd C66 4th BC13 Simon Roberts. CLASS 7: 1st LUD23 Alfie Smith 2nd BC62 Mike Hockly 3rd S47D PJ Bott 4th BC9 Guy Thomas. CLASS 8: 1st BC98 Dek Traylor 2nd BC160 Mike Mumford 3rd BC14 Matthew Stead 4th NW8 Jamie Dodd. CLASS 9: 1st PHD54 Anthony Paines 2nd NW126 Spencer Parsonage 3rd NW67 Carl Roberts 4th NW141 Jason Sheffield. CLASS 10: 1st PHD15 Gareth Paines 2nd C8 Nathan Powell 3rd LUD81 Neil Roche 4th NW117 Tony Jones.  JUNIORS: 1st LUD90 Dylan Evans 2nd SV201 Conner Griffiths 3rd TA18 Dafydd Jones 4th LUD24 Jordan Powell. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st C118 Leigh Hughes 2nd NW200 Kieran Sheffield 3rd BC18 Ellie Court 4th C55 James Ashcroft. CLASS 11: 1st PAC115 Claire Hall 2nd SV666 Michelle Williams 3rd C60 Donna Howells. CLASS 11A: 1st H14 Melissa Perkins . CLASS 12: 1st TA7 Rhian Jenkins 2nd NS219 Angela Evans 3rd TA221 Sarah Johnston. CLASS 14: 1st BC158 Cat Mumford 2nd PHD54 Kelly Paines 3rd LUD1 Shelley Tipton 4th C10 Sandra Jones.

WEST MIDLAND OPEN SUNDAY RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st NS38 Andy Oakley 2nd NW54 Rhys Edwards 3rd PAC115 Brandon Hall 4th NASA20 Dan Evans. CLASS 2: 1st S2 Tony Hart-Jones 2nd S10 Michael Hart-Jones 3rd WS44 Dougie Atkins 4th S135 Matthew Rees. CLASS 3: 1st C12 Pat Smith 2nd LUD69 Paul Stevens 3rd NS111 Nick Shaw 4th ARC37 Barry Almond. CLASS 4: 1st TA9 Huw Davies 2nd BC25 Jumbo Williams 3rd H31 Mike Jones 4th TA48 Stephen Jones. CLASS 5: 1st C5 2nd TA7 Gwyndaf Jenkins 3rd SR84 4th C31 Ian Jones. CLASS 6: 1st PHD44 Damian Longotano 2nd BC13 Simon Roberts 3rd BC99 John Whitticase 4th C77 Malcolm Crump. CLASS 7: 1st BC62 Mike Hockly 2nd C28 Gary Morris 3rd TA6 Emyr Evans. CLASS 8: 1st LUD80 Jimmy Smith 2nd BC98 Dek Traylor 3rd NW8 Jamie Dodd 4th PAC18 Luke Jenkins. CLASS 9: 1st NW141 Jason Sheffield 2nd BC34 Ian Stead 3rd NW67 Carl Roberts 4th NW77 Darren Parry. CLASS 10: 1st PHD15 Gareth Paines 2nd NW117 Tony Jones 3rd 3rd BC96 Derek Adams 4th LUD81 Neil Roche.  JUNIORS: 1st C17 Dan Duggan 2nd LUD90 Dylan Evans 3rd TA18 Dafydd Jones 4th LUD24 Jordan Powell. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st NW200 Kieran Sheffield 2nd SR139 Elliot Hotchkiss 3rd C118 Leigh Hughes 4th BC18 Ellie Court. CLASS 11: 1st PAC81 Bobbie Neale 2nd LUD7 Angela Eggerton 3rd C60 Donna Howells 4th SV201 Clair Griffiths. CLASS 11A: 1st H14 Melissa Perkins . CLASS 12: 1st NS219 Angela Evans 2nd TA221 3rd BC99 Sophie Whitticase  4th TA7 Rhian Jenkins. CLASS 13: 1st C12 Penny Smith 2nd BC65 Claire Hockly 3rd NS111 Becky Shaw. CLASS 14: 1st BC158 Cat Mumford 2nd LUD1 Shelley Tipton 3rd BC14 Carol Stead 4th BC160 Terri Mumford. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st S2 Tony Hart Jones. LADIES: H14 Melissa Perkins.

ALL IRELAND ROUND 1

The 2011 All Ireland Autograss Series kicked off at Down Autograss on 4/5 May with a slightly disappointing entry of 102 drivers; with two of this year's three rounds due to be held at Down the entry was dominated by the Northern drivers, with 28 drivers representing Southern Irish clubs (although the Down club now draws a fair number of members from the south) one from Wales and the multi-national John Wilde representing North Shropshire! Dry and bright conditions on Saturday produced some spectacular racing on Cecil Haffey's perfectly prepared Maghaberry track before persistent rain moved in on Sunday; track conditions remained as good as they could possibly be, and nearly all the entrants opted to carry on racing in the wet. Four six lap heats and eight lap finals made the event good value for all, and despite the wet there were some close run finals - notably Davy Curran's win in the fourth attempt at the Class 8 showdown. Not at all close, however, was James Jess' Champion of Champions win in his Class 1 Mini - it took Class 9 winner John Fuller until the last lap just to unlap himself!

CANNING'S MAP OPEN

Martyn Canning took his Class 2 Micra to victory in the Champion of Champions race to claim the coveted Eric Carlin Memorial Trophy at the end of a busy, dry, dusty and highly successful MAP Open. The contrived and much discussed clash with the West Midland Open meeting appeared to affect MAP not at all, with a total signed on entry of 660 drivers - just two less than last year (to be confirmed when we get the official results). Despite this the full programme, including the new for 2011 semi-final stage, and the usual masses of race stoppages and reruns, was all completed in good time.

Full MAP results coming soon; in the meantime here are a few action highlights - and no, we can't work out how Clint Fowles saved his Class 2!

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THE WEST MIDLAND OPEN

Although it was a shame to devalue the historic West Midland Open title by clashing with MAP, the meeting itself, held at the Cwmdu club track at Lyonshall, was a great success - well supported but more relaxed than MAP, giving drivers a lot more track time (three heats and finals on Saturday, two heats and finals on Sunday). We hope to have the full results soon.

THE NORTHERN CHALLENGE

The under-promoted Northern Challenge had the first of its five sounds at Solway, together with round four of the British F600 Championship - more details to come. The Northern Challenge continues at Yorkshire Dales on July 31 before visiting Scotland on August 21.

BANK HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

Severn Valley's meeting attracted 316 entries, just one short of York's total, with 86 of them braving the weather to race on the second day. Highlights included a spectacular Class 7 final battle between Phil Rogers and Gareth Thomas, while Daniel Robins managed to win both versions of the Class 1 final! All the photos can be found on www.absnapshots.co.uk, or follow the link from our gallery page.

STAR's Middle of England Championship although, in common with all the other holiday meetings, somewhat wet on day two, was acclaimed a great success both on and off track by those who took part. Full photographic coverage of this meeting can be found at www.bangersandsmash.co.uk

NORTH OF ENGLAND

The first of this year's "classic" Open meetings, the North of England Championships at York, took place in varied weather conditions. After a wet start on Sunday, the track quickly dried out, producing perfect conditions for much of the day until the track eventually became slick and polished. However, the rain returned overnight and persisted for much of Monday, making the third heats and finals somewhat slippery and messy. 317 drivers signed on and 313 actually took part, including welcome visitors from Scotland and Northern Ireland, although numbers were much reduced for Monday's heats. Although some features, such as the traditional hospitality, were missing, the York team under new chairman Blobby Grice concentrated on the on-track action and the meeting ran virtually without a hitch. There was only one significant incident when Vinny Gibbons rolled in his second heat; by the time the ambulance had entered the track to look for him, Vinny was parked back in the rerun lane! The weekend ended with the Champion of Champions race, won by Phil Cooper in his Class 8, with Clare Horner, entered as defending champion, taking the ladies' award.

NORTH OF ENGLAND RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st 1st S296Y Rob Drake 2nd Y75 Ollie Burley 3rd SC25 Ian Ullathorne 4th ARC45 David Kay 5th ARC44 Andy Chester 6th ARC12 Pete Astbury 7th N212 Jake Lee 8th ARC38 Dan Hobson. CLASS 2: 1st Y38 Dave Laughton 2nd SC49 Chris Juggins 3rd WR179 Chris Dunwell 4th S118Y Jack Farrow 5th S71Y Rob Farrow DNF Y14 Ian Tomkinsin BF Y150 Alan Suttle BF S111Y Phil Wall. CLASS 3: 1st Y51 Phil Thompson 2nd WR71 Steve Woodruff 3rd S151Y Paul Bulmer DNF Y80 Bryan Marshall  DNS Y21 Paul Watson. CLASS 4: 1st Y1 Adam Henley 2nd Y42 Andy Kirby 3rd S55Y Lewis Wing 4th ST135 Andrew Wood DNF ST18 Chris Wood DNF Y351 Craig Liddle DNF S83Y Callum Wing. CLASS 5: 1st LUD65 Simon Roche 2nd C84E Richard Crowther 3rd Y44 Les Grice 4th S97Y Josh Simpson 5th SC69 Charlie Edley. CLASS 6: 1st Y40 Wez Tinker 2nd Y309 Eddy Church 3rd SL60 Andrew Davidson 4th ST130 Pete West DNF LM215 Graham Clare DNF Y24 Alex Hay.  CLASS 7: 1st SC45 Carl Swift 2nd SB7 Neil Rawlinson 3rd Y4 Russ Tinker 4th Y115 Matthew Kitching DNF SC61 Andy Holtby  DNF Y33 James Heselton  DNF SC82 Karl Mosley DNF Y207 Phil Wilson. CLASS 8: 1st ARC4 Phil Cooper 2nd Y7 Andy Hornshaw 3rd SL811 Nicky Cowperthwaite 4th T5 Stu Whitehouse 5th Y811 Dave Newby 6th Y34 Mark Grice DNF SN8 Chris Pope. CLASS 9: 1st T7 John Whitehouse 2nd ARC5 Phil Cooper 3rd Y78 Andy Hornshaw 4th Y5 Mark Brooks 5th SC14 Russ Thompson 6th S3Y Jem Snowden 7th S1Y James Lancaster DNF Y64 Mark Grice. CLASS 10: 1st NS9 Dave Holroyd 2nd SP1 Bill Shaw 3rd LUD81 Neil Roche 4th NS29 Mike Holroyd 5th ARC2 Sam Hankey 6th SL5 Mark Johnston DNF SC12 Andy Patrick. STOCK HATCH: 1st Y118 Pete Clegg 2nd Y47 Jamie Patterson 3rd CS205 Matthew Collins 4th CS405 Rab Elliott 5th YD194 Jason Bryan 6th Y178 Tony Staples 7th Y140 Lee Hodgson DNF YD93 Darren Bryan. F600: 1st WR35 Neil Richardson 2nd Y600 chris Mackenzie 3rd N40 Ross Sinclair 4th N115 Pete Sinclair 5th ST42 Gav Waby 6th SB20 Andy Watson DND SC500 Jamie Smart. JUNIORS: 1st SC16 Zack Booth 2nd Y12 Beth Tomkinson 3rd S49Y Jimbob Johnson 4th Y56 Danny MacVarish 5th SL55 Kirby Johnston 6th NW35 Arron Sharp DNF S48Y Josh Stonehouse DNF Y132 Sam Green. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st LM18 Ben Gibbons 2nd SL177 Matty Cobb 3rd SC460 Luke Tongue 4th S916Y Wes Green 5th ST60 Matt Barnbrook 6th NS88 Aiden Arrowsmith 7th Y90 Jack Dunn. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st ARC46 Laura Higgs 2nd ARC83 Amy Carter 3rd Y55 Alice Hughes 4th SV18 Vicky Appleton 5th YD26 Beth Robinson 6th YD152 Sarah Haigh DNF S92Y Katie Benson. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st YD2 Angie Hilton 2nd SC122 Jess Roberts 3rd S78Y Kirsty Palfreyman 4th LM64 Sue Mansfield DND LM49 Annette McGrady. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st Y51 Jo Thompson 2nd ARC8 Jacquie Power. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st YD14 Beth Robinson 2nd Y15 Leigh Daniells. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st Y44 Nicola Jesse 2nd ST6 Sarah Chilvers. LADIES’ CLASS 6: 1st YD52 Sarah Haigh 2nd CS205 Diane Paterson. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st YD17 Jo Thompson (1st= SC121 Charlie Wright ???) 3rd YD71 Pam Blackburn. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st Y7 Sue Herdman 2nd S2Y Vicky Appleton 3rd SC17 Clare Horner 4th YD7 Sue Nicholls. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st Y393 Katie Lockwood 2nd S3Y Anne Marshall 3rd YD171 Chris Raffel. LADIES’ CLASS 10: 1st NS29 Lauren Evans 2nd ST10 Angie Chilvers 3rd SL5 Lynn Johnston. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st ARC4 Phil Cooper 2nd Y44 Mark Grice 3rd Y1 Adam Henley 4th S296Y Rob Drake 5th LUD65 Simon Roche 6th SC17 Clare Horner 7th T7 John Whitehouse 8th YD2 Angie Hilton DNF Y38 Dave Laughton. LADIES’ CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st Clare Horner 2nd Angie Hilton.

Please note – some of the ladies’ class results are unconfirmed. Names in red were awarded class trophies although they did not complete finals; names in blue didn’t apparently receive trophies but we haven’t yet worked out why!

Results are to follow, we hope, of the two other major Bank Holiday events, the MIDDLE OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP at STAR and the SEVERN VALLEY "Spring Showdown", both of which were successfully completed despite also suffering from the weather on Monday

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DOUBLE HEADER IN IRELAND

May 20/21 .... the first of several trips to Ireland this season, this time for a double header of National qualifying rounds in the North (at Down Autograss) and South (at Carlow).

Despite a wet and windy Saturday afternoon at DOWN, the track confirmed why many rate it as the best in the UK by remaining in perfect condition and producing some good racing for the entry of 52 drivers, with the best action probably coming from a full grid of Class 6s; the 7s were also out in good numbers while the classes with smaller entries also provided their fair share of interest.

After heavy overnight rain, CARLOW enjoyed a sunny and breezy day on Sunday, with just one brief shower. After the hard work of obtaining permanent planning permission, the club’s made a brilliant job of reconstructing their track after a year’s absence and their only problem was a modest amount of dust. Classes 7 and 8 provided the biggest fields, and spectacular action, although the closest race of the day was the three-way battle in the Class 2 final. Class 2 winner Mike Fuller went on to take the Champion of Champions race by inches from young James Kent, the Junior Special graduate being one of the most impressive drivers at both Down and Carlow with his J&J Keating prepared Class 5 Fiat 126.

DOWN RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st DA77 Matt Jess 2nd DA75 James Jess 3rd NASA115 Maeve Devlin. CLASS 2: 1st DA999 Richard Maguire 2nd DA60 Neil McCory. CLASS 3: 1st DA28 Barry Curran 2nd DA707 Eddie Stewart 3rd DA19 Neil Priestley. CLASS 4: 1st DA111 Alex McCormick. CLASS 5: 1st DA20 Cecil Haffey 2nd DA49 James Kent 3rd DA88 Aaron Wilde. CLASS 6: 1st DA22 Malcolm Graham 2nd DA51 Martin Wallace 3rd DA46 Robert Townley.  CLASS 7: 1st DA40 John Haffey 2nd DA26 Howard Thomas 3rd DA4 Evan Wylie. CLASS 8: 1st DA48 Ciaran Creane 2nd DA821 Joe McGrath. CLASS 9: 1st SL99 Liam Harvey. F600: 1st DA11 Jamie McDonald 2nd DA66 Paul Moore 3rd DA321 David King. JUNIORS: 1st DA30 Michelle Cochrane 2nd DA67 Jonny Mills 3rd NASA115 Peadar Devlin. JUNIOR CLASS 1A: 1st DA64 Mark Burke. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st DA8 Clive Stockdale 2nd DA32 Matty Bassett 3rd DA27 Sarah Larkin. LADIES: 1st DA26 Kate Thomas 2nd DA111 Pauline McCormick.

CARLOW RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st WW58 Ricky Houlihan 2nd NASA22 James Brady. CLASS 1A: 1st CW22 Shane Farrell 2nd CW28 John Halloren 3rd CW106 Ian Roche. CLASS 2: 1st WW159 Mike Fuller 2nd MA211 Seamus O’Riordan 3rd CW346 Aidan Murphy. CLASS 3: 1st CW5 Mick Byrne 2nd CW41 Ross Ansell. CLASS 4: 1st WW921 Brian Kearns. CLASS 5: 1st DA49 James Kent 2nd CW77 Dwayne McAssey 3rd CW31 Kevin Carron. CLASS 6: 1st MA183 Declan Browne.  CLASS 7: 1st WW998 Patrick Sheehy 2nd WW40 Dermot Kelly 3rd=DA47 Johnny Keating & CK8 Guy Wynn . CLASS 8: 1st MA7 Alan O’Keeffe 2nd MA69 Mick Hogan 3rd DA48 Ciaran Creane. CLASS 9: 1st WW399 John Fuller 2nd= MA36 Jamie Cusack & WW252 Shane Houlihan. F660: 1st CW99 Chris Dimond. JUNIORS: 1st WW58 Jack Houlihan 2nd DA119 Dylan Roche 3rd CK7 Steven White. JUNIOR CLASS 1A: 1st CW60 Fionn Killian 2nd WW108 Cillian Doherty 3rd CW6 Joe Hutton. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st MA155 Jack Creaven 2nd WW97 Jack Byrne 3rd WW93 Aaron Falvey. LADIES: 1st CW112 Chelsea Brady 2nd WW921 Yvonne Kearns 3rd CW22 Laura Farrell. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st WW159 Mike Fuller 2nd DA49 James Kent 3rd CW22 Shane Farrell.

Back in the UK NOTTINGHAM hosted the latest East Midlands qualifying round, but the day will be remembered not so much for the racing as for the impressive and moving tribute to the late Mick Wyld, that saw virtually every car present joining in a slow parade lap round the track.

SCOTTISH OPEN

Keith Matthews became the first repeat winner of the SCOTTISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP title after a typically close Champion of Champions race that completed a very enjoyable weekend’s racing on the promising new Central Scotland track at Avonbridge, near Falkirk. Although only one driver travelled from south of the border (Northumberland based Junior Special pilot Matty Cobb), the Scottish regulars, including an encouraging number of newcomers to Autograss, laid on entertaining action throughout the efficiently run five heats and finals. At the end of the Champion of Champions race Keith Matthews, who’d held off the ever improving Allan Kerr all weekend in Class 9, finished about nine inches behind the Class 5 of Gary Reid, but Gary was dropped two places for moving some cones at the start of the race, accepting the verdict with good humour. Junior honours went to Sean Devine and Muzza Pryde, while Rosie Nairns took her Tango Mini to the main ladies’ trophy.

SCOTTISH OPEN RESULTS

CLASS 1: 1st CS835 Blair Robertson 2nd P238EM Chris Grant 3rd CS64 Mike Rankin. CLASS 3: 1st CS3 Mick Nairns 2nd CS37 Davy Duff 3rd CS54 Kev Nicol. CLASS 5: 1st CS945 Gary Reid. CLASS 6: 1st CS27 Kenny Downie.  CLASS 7: 1st CS11 David Cook. CLASS 8: 1st SB2 Shuggy Brown 2nd CS73 James Mulraney 3rd CS48 Nick Holt. CLASS 9: 1st CS5 Keith Matthews 2nd SB47 Allan Kerr 3rd P241EM Jack Robertson. CLASS 10: 1st CS1 Mick Nairns. STOCK HATCH: 1st CS405 Robert Elliott 2nd CS309 Richard Erskine 3rd CS205 Matthew Collins. F600: 1st SB20 Andy Watson 2nd SB5 Tony Nicholson 3rd SB4 Jimmy Plain. JUNIORS: 1st CS49 Sean Devine 2nd CS813 Aston Nairns 3rd CS172 Korrie Couper. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st CS97 Muzza Pryde 2nd SL177 Matty Cobb 3rd P231EM Mhari Scallywallydoodle Robertson. LADIES: 1st CS813 Rosie Nairns 2nd CS168 Jaki Scott 3rd CS205 Diane Patterson. OPEN: 1st CS47 Allan Kerr 2nd CS93 Ray Bennie 3rd CS11 David Cook. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st SL177 Matty Cobb 2nd CS49 Sean Devine 3rd CS97 Muzza Pryde. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st CS5 Keith Matthews 2nd SB20 Andy Watson 3rd CS945 Gary Reid.

STURTON & STOW opened their season at Caenby Corner with the second (and last) CGTRO league qualifier, where an added attraction was Round 3 of the British F600 Championship.

BF600C ROUND 3 STURTON: 1st ST1 Terry Cox 2nd WR32 Bryn Hawkins 3rd LM1 Zoe Leyland 4th SC60 John Aldred 5th SL101 Jonny Dawson 6th WR400 Trevor Frost 7th ST96 Adam Greaves DNF LM44 Dave Wilding. B-FINAL: SC91 Gary Pugh. C-FINAL: SL102 Malcolm Dawson.

STURTON RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st ST40 Pete Collins 2nd ST447 Jamie Hornby 3rd SC65 Tom Bryant. CLASS 2: 1st SC600 Anthony Conway 2nd SC122 Craig Conway 3rd SP333 Dayle Guest. CLASS 3: 1st SC291 Tina Leary 2nd SC131 Mark Houldsworth. CLASS 4: 1st T199 Steve Olive 2nd ST18 Chris Wood 3rd ST135 Andrew Wood. CLASS 5: 1st ST6 Colin Chilvers 2nd SC69 Charlie Edley 3rd ST204 Stu Bull. CLASS 6: 1st SC33 Rob Milbourn 2nd SC490 Chris Juggins 3rd ST26 Mike Howell.  CLASS 7: 1st SC61 Andy Holtby 2nd ST7 Dave Onyon 3rd ST50 Ayrton Fretwell. CLASS 8: 1st S19Y Tom Bendell 2nd SC67 Marc Clayton 3rd T50 Adam Veall. CLASS 9: 1st SC150 Anthony Read 2nd ARC7 Sean Power 3rd SC14 Russ Thompson. CLASS 10: 1st 2nd 3rd .STOCK HATCH: 1st 2nd 3rd . F600: 1st 2nd 3rd . CLASS 11: 1st SC600 Jess Roberts 2nd ST102 Zoe Coupland 3rd ST213 Jodi Rudkin. CLASS 12: 1st ST6 Sarah Chilvers 2nd 3rd . CLASS 13: No finisers. CLASS 14: 1st ST121 Charlie Wright 2nd Y191 Katie Lockwood 3rd T50 Jenny Rutter. JUNIORS: 1st SN12 Tom Hall 2nd ST19 Jake Farrar 3rd SC140 Josh Green. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SC223 Ryan Bemrose 2nd ST305 Georgia Holloway 3rd SC460 Luke Tongue.

At RADFORD there was unfortunately another major accident when Gordon Wright (E55) suffered a bad roll in his Class 8. Best wishes to Gordon, who we understand is recovering well. Another major roll wrecked Rich Lee’s Class 7 at MELTON.

May 8 .... SOLWAY AUTOGRASS enjoyed another well attended meeting at Hay Close, with the resurfaced track continuing to improve in the run up to the eagerly awaited Cumberland Open Championships that take place on 25/26 June.

SOLWAY RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st NASA12 Richard Lewthwaite 2nd YD243 Ben Wilson 3rd SL107 Dave Horner. CLASS 2: 1st SL4 Arthur Cunningham 2nd SL505 Stephen Brown. CLASS 3: 1st SL68 Neil Barnes 2nd SL79 David Emmerson 3rd SL63 Keith Bowery. CLASS 6: 1st SL1 Joe Threlkeld 2nd SL17 Andrew Harkness 3rd SL22 Jason Ballantyne.  CLASS 8: 1st SL16 Mark Dalgleish. CLASS 9: No finishers. CLASS 10: 1st SL5 Mark Johnston. STOCK HATCH: 1st SL626  Kevin Brough 2nd YD93 Darren Bryan 3rd SL224. F600: 1st SL101 Johnny Dawson 2nd SB20 Andy Watson 3rd SL102 Max Dawson. JUNIORS: 1st SL118 Curtis McBride 2nd SL666 Charlotte Turnbull 3rd SL808 Max Rothery. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st CS97 Muzza Pryde 2nd SL800 Daniel Talbot 3rd SL177 Matty Cobb. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st SL118  Michelle McBride 2nd SL56  Jane Little. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st SL4  Lin Cunningham 2nd SL222  Leanne Huschka  LADIES’ CLASS 6: 1st SL200  Holly Charlton.

May 8 .... 95 cars with 101 drivers signed on was the smallest attendance for some time at ST NEOTS but the meeting proved a great success with the new track surface now in excellent shape producing close and largely incident free racing. The day was marred only by a heavy shunt for Class 6 Metro driver Tony Jackson (CA77) who hit the armco and rebounded across the track into the path of the following cars. We’ll look forward to seeing Tony back in action soon.

ST NEOTS RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st SN43 Daniel Robins 2nd SN164 Alex Hill 3rd SN668 Ollie Sole. CLASS 2: 1st SN21 Lee Rowley 2nd SN450 Tony McKenna 3rd SN391 Gary Clapham. CLASS 3: 1st SN269 Dave George 2nd CA1 Adam Saint 3rd CA69 Tom Parr. CLASS 4: 1st CA588 Brad Turner 2nd CA242 Gary Pemberton 3rd CA87 Ashley Poulter. CLASS 5: 1st CA101 Trev Moody 2nd SN123 Ken Smith 3rd IK59 Ben Shell. CLASS 6: 1st CA207 Tony Teather 2nd CA121 Adam Golding 3rd SN73 Matt Tibbitts.  CLASS 7: 1st CA48 John Deegan 2nd SN145 Kraig Murley 3rd SN82 Kerry Pope. CLASS 8: 1st SN8 Chris Pope 2nd SN60 Ashley Hall 3rd CA543 Vic Marjoram. CLASS 9: 1st SN3 Ian Robins 2nd SN80 Trevor Smith 3rd SN10 Mark Empson. STOCK HATCH: 1st CA954 Matt Ellis 2nd SN14 Mark Hill. CLASS 11: 1st SN668 Vicky Sole 2nd CA181 Rachel Taylor 3rd SN18 Lottie Tillson. CLASS 11A: 1st CA47 Sharron Barrett 2nd IK334 Toni Humphrey. CLASS 12: 1st SN29 Kelly Randall. CLASS 13: 1st SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 2nd C266E Lianne Teather 3rd SN231 Emily Empson. CLASS 14: 1st IK35 Caroline Matthews. JUNIORS: 1st SN81 Nathan Saunders 2nd SN12 Tom Hall 3rd SN201 Jake Bartlett. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SN11 Ash Howard 2nd SN19 Josh Hassell 3rd SN90 Max Fleckney. ST NEOTS OPEN: 1st SN816 Mark Kiely 2nd SN668 Ollie Sole 3rd SN164 Alex Hill. EAST ANGLIAN OPEN: 1st SN111 Paul Fleckney 2nd SN196 Harry Tillson 3rd SN31 Chris Parsons. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st SN11 Ash Howard 2nd SN19 Josh Hassell 3rd SN232 Kirsty Empson. ST NEOTS JUNIORS: 1st SN64 Abiee Hill 2nd SN11 Ash Howard 3rd SN617 Tom Baker. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st SN450 Tony McKenna 2nd CA954 Matt Ellis 3rd SN668 Vicky Sole.

May 8....  The preceding double bank holiday was taking its toll on car counts all over the country, even the usually very popular SCUNTHORPE meeting at Blyton attracting a smaller than usual 86 entries.

SCUNTHORPE RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st SC40 Pete Collins 2nd SC65 Tom Bryant 3rd SC141 Sam Hughes. CLASS 2: 1st SC37 Paul Richardson 2nd SC64 Graham Bryant 3rd SC600 Anthony Conway. CLASS 3: 1st SC291 Tina Leary 2nd SC131 Mark Houldsworth 3rd S37Y Dave Simpson. CLASS 4: 1st ST18 Chris Wood 2nd ST135 Andrew Wood 3rd ST136 David Wood. CLASS 5: 1st SC69 Charlie Edley 2nd N1 Joe Martin 3rd N17 Gary Cheetham. CLASS 6: 1st SC540 Daz Hemstock 2nd SC460 Ryan Button 3rd SC808 Jonathan Jobson.  CLASS 7: 1st SC61 Andy Holtby 2nd SC22 Jim Nightingale 3rd SC121 Pat Emmerson. CLASS 8: 1st SC67 Marc Clayton 2nd ST171 Jack Bailey 3rd ST47 Jamie Hornby. CLASS 9: 1st SC14 Russ Thompson. CLASS 10: 1st N7 Ian James. CLASS 11: 1st ST102 Zoe Coupland 2nd SC122 Jess Roberts 3rd SC409 Abi Juggins. CLASS 12: 1st N48 Catherine Weston. CLASS 13: 1st SC22 Clare Horner 2nd N106 Sue Thom. CLASS 14: 1st SC17 Clare Horner 2nd SY74 Laura Makar. JUNIORS: 1st WR192 Joe Jopling 2nd SC140 Josh Green 3rd ST70 Will Hunt. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SC223 Ryan Bemrose 2nd SC460 Luke Longue 3rd ST60 Matt Barnbrook. DEVIL’S RACE: 1st SC540 Daz Hemstock 2nd SC65 Tom Bryant.

STU NICHOLLS MEMORIAL

Traditionally the first major trophy meeting of the year is the STU NICHOLLS MEMORIAL at Yorkshire Dales. 168 drivers signed on, including many who’d made the overnight trek from West Wales. A sunny but very breezy day meant that the heats were dominated by severe dust problems, although there were no major incidents. A thorough watering during the lunch break transformed the track and led to an excellent set of finals. The trophy race, with all men’s and ladies’ class winners invited, but no reserves, saw 13 cars on track. Andy Kirby in his Class 4 Peugeot broke away in the lead and in the six lap distance nobody could catch him, making Andy the youngest winner of this coveted trophy. 

STU NICHOLLS MEMORIAL RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st NS38 Andrew Oakley 2nd Y131 Joe Sharp 3rd YD35 Rachael Davis. CLASS 2: 1st SL4 Arthur Cunningham 2nd WR179 Chris Dunwell 3rd N125 Chris Rook. CLASS 3: 1st YD200 Phil Sherwood 2nd SL2 Richard Lewthwaite 3rd SL68 Neil Barnes. CLASS 4: 1st Y42 Andy Kirby 2nd YD1 Duane Walker 3rd SC74 Glynn Bailey. CLASS 5: 1st T39 Chris Campling 2nd N333 Joe Smith 3rd WR92 Melvin Cleland. CLASS 6: 1st Y77 Carl Procter 2nd Y40 Wez Tinker 3rd N10 Martyn Janes.  CLASS 7: 1st YD178 James Almack 2nd YD71 Graham Blackburn 3rd ST307 Tony Goodsir. CLASS 8: 1st SL811 Nicky Cowperthwaite 2nd T5 Stu Whitehouse 3rd S19Y Tom Bendell. CLASS 9: 1st YD182 James Bowe 2nd YD80 Roger Jefferson 3rd S3Y Jem Snowden. STOCK HATCH: 1st Y47 Jamie Patterson 2nd YD93 Darren Bryan 3rd Y93 Brendan Bell. F600: 1st Y17 Roy Clark.  JUNIORS: 1st Y132 Sam Green 2nd S49Y Jimbob Johnson 3rd N53 Lloyd Elliott. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st S916Y Wes Green 2nd SL177 Matty Cobb 3rd YD64 Jason Alderson. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st YD152 Sarah Haigh 2nd Y35 Olivia Tinker 3rd Y131 Sami Kirby. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st YD209 Michelle Arnett 2nd SC126 Jess Roberts 3rd SL4 Lin Cunningham. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st Y15 Leigh Daniells 2nd YD14 Beth Robinson. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st YD62 Diane Sunley. LADIES’ STOCK HATCH: 1st YD235 Suzy Alldritt. LADIES’ CLASS 6: 1st YD131 Sarah Carden 2nd Y77 Amy Walker 3rd N225 Kerrilee Wilson. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st YD71 Pam Blackburn 2nd SC22 Clare Horner 3rd ST306 Charlotte Goodsir. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st SC17 Clare Horner 2nd WR20 Gemma Stephenson 3rd YD7 Sue Nicholls. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st YD171 Chris raffle 2nd S3Y Anne Marshall. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st Y42 Andy Kirby 2nd Y77 Carl Procter 3rd SL811 Nicky Cowperthwaite.

Those not travelling to the BAS were well catered for in the North of England at least, with LEEWOOD running two full days’ racing, each of them highlighted by a separate round of the British F600 Championship. An encouraging turnout saw 23 of the little screamers in action, with their usual unpredictable and evenly matched racing. 

BF600C ROUND 1 LEEWOOD: 1st WR32 Bryn Hawkins 2nd LM44 Dave Wilding 3rd LM40 Andy Dingley 4th ST1 Terry Cox 5th SC60 John Aldred 6th WR400 Trevor Frost 7th LM1 Zoe Leyland 8th SL102 Malcolm Dawson. B-FINAL: SL101 Jonny Dawson. C-FINAL: N41 Gary Shaw.

BF600C ROUND 2 LEEWOOD: 1st LM44 Dave Wilding 2nd WR32 Bryn Hawkins 3rd LM40 Andy Dingley 4th LM1 Zoe Leyland 5th WR400 Trevor Frost 6th N28 Andy Reeve 7th CB5 Tony Nicholson 8th ST1 Terry Cox. B-FINAL: SL101 Jonny Dawson .C-FINAL: LM69 Chris Kearney.

LEEWOOD RESULTS 1 MAY:

CLASS 1: 1st LM696 Ian Kelly 2nd NW164 Mark Stephenson 3rd ARC23 Joe Talbot. CLASS 2: 1st WR410 Jake Calvert 2nd NW46 Mark Ratcliffe 3rd LM64 Dave Mansfield. CLASS 3: 1st WR71 Steve Woodruff. CLASS 4: 1st NW66 Richie Steele 2nd WR63 Dean Burrows 3rd LM171 Jon Paul Pearson. CLASS 5: 1st LM34 Rob Simmonds 2nd LM59 Andy Bridge 3rd WR62 Pete French. CLASS 6: 1st WR900 Graham Mallinson 2nd ST130 Pete West.  CLASS 7: 1st SP222 Brenden Guest 2nd LM37 Mick Bratby. CLASS 8: 1st N8 Simon Reeve 2nd NW181 Jay Thompson 3rd LM26 Gary Norbury. CLASS 10: 1st WR175 Dave Stokes 2nd LM5 Steve le Carpentier 3rd NW117 Tony Jones. CLASS 11: 1st LM36 Sue Gillard 2nd LM66 Sharon Lockett 3rd LM87 Louise Clancy. CLASS 11A: 1st LM64 Sue Mansfield 2nd LM49 Annette McGrady 3rd LM61 Amy Johnson. CLASS 12: 1st P610EM Mandy Kennedy 2nd LM34 Lucy Lockett. CLASS 13: 1st LM37 Maz Herbert. CLASS 14: 1st NW181 Sheena Thompson 2nd WR400 Hilary Bird 3rd LM5 Kelsie le Carpentier. JUNIORS: 1st LM391 Shane Sprowell 2nd NW95 Billy Butt 3rd ST28 Poppie Roe. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SL800 Daniel Talbot 2nd NW82 Shaun Rogers 3rd LM11 Chantelle le Carpentier.

BAS AT WEST WALES

BAS ROUND 1 RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st SC25 Ian Ullathorne 2nd Y75 Ollie Burley 3rd PAC81 Will Elford 4th R137 Steve Edwards 5th ARC45 David Kay 6th S296Y Rob Drake 7th SP24 Ash Robinson 8th R212 Jordan Blore. CLASS 2: 1st SV5 Tim Harber 2nd C40 Dan Evans 3rd SC85 Phil Clark 4th P7EM Ben Gadsby 5th C63 Ian Harvey 6th SR246 Nick Hanks 7th LM10 Chris Harrison BF SR54 Lee Evason. CLASS 3: 1st NW72 Pete Robinson 2nd NS334 Martin Gould 3rd SR55 Bob Matthews 4th LUD22 Bryan East 5th R169 Mick Sumners 6th MA6 Paul Cusack 7th ARC27 Lee Almond 8th C12 Pat Smith. CLASS 4: 1st PAC3 Rob Corbett 2nd CM7 Huw Jones 3rd E220 Darren Grasby 4th TA9 Huw Davies 5th DA33 Alan Beattie 6th TA12 Dorian Davies 7th R79 Dan Morris 8th SS4 Mark Hoppé. CLASS 5: 1st MA33 Billy Davis 2nd LUD8 Jabez Smith 3rd P24EM Brian Wright 4th C41E Antony Jackson 5th 6th C31 Ian Jones 7th NS83 Gareth Williams  DNF E152 Matthew Manning. CLASS 6: 1st Y16 Stuart Thompson 2nd WS86 Ryan Napier 3rd SL22 Jason Ballantyne 4th E6 Barry Holloway 5th DA46 Robert Townley 6th DA22 Malcolm Graham 7th S16Y Andy Johnson DNF SC169 Carl Rawnsley.  CLASS 7: 1st PHD2 Phil Rogers 2nd TA5 Endaf Owens 3rd N70 Rich Lee 4th SC99 Andy Kershaw 5th SC82 Karl Mosley 6th P501EM Mark Guy 7th SC59 Martyn Dunmow 8th PAC39 Tomos Rees. CLASS 8: 1st SC1 Antony Ross 2nd ARC4 Phil Cooper 3rd Y811 Dave Newby 4th SN8 Chris Pope 5th C15 Richard Herdman 6th TA43 Adam Jones 7th WR20 Ian Stephenson DNF SC67 Marc Clayton. CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd NS343 Sam Gould 3rd Y64 Mark Grice 4th SDC150 Antony Read 5th PHD9 Wayne Llewellyn 6th CS5 Keith Matthews 7th WS21 Stuart Taylor 8th ARC7 Sean Power. CLASS 10: 1st NS120 Liam Evans 2nd ARC1 Lee Seagreaves 3rd R7 Paul Fackrell 4th LM170 Vinny Gibbons 5th BC96 Derek Adams 6th C8 Nathan Powell 7th NS29 Mike Holroyd 8th PHD12 Carl Ray. JUNIORS: 1st SV100 Conner Griffiths 2nd E15 Matt Stratton 3rd SC16 Zack Booth 4th SN81 Nathan Saunders 5th CA28 shayne Deegan 6th SN12 Tom Hall 7th S49Y Jimbob Johnson 8th SN202 Luke Bartlett. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st NS155 Matt Berrisford 2nd S916Y Wes Green 3rd YS73 Matt Bishop 4th LM18 Ben Gibbons 5th ST46 Matt Booth 6th SN11 Ash Howard DNF C9 cameron Mills SV101 Kieran Griffiths. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st P37EM Lyndsey Allen 2nd BC11 Becky Shaw 3rd PAC81 Bobbie Neale 4th PAC2 Alice Bevans 5th A3 Sarah Trott 6th ARC46 Laura Higgs 7th SP27 Debra Robinson 8th MA48 Nicole O’Brien. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st PAC51 Paula Rees-Williams 2nd A31 Laura Blaber 3rd ST477 Tina Hilton 4th SV51 Katie Jones 5th YD209 Michelle Arnett 6th YD31 Sarah Carden 7th A23 Sarah Trott 8th SR285 Bella Vermeulen-Hall. LADIES’ CLASS 3: 1st C12 Penny Smith 2nd Y51 Jo Thompson 3rd C266E Lianne Teather 4th WS5 Lisa Hills 5th E56 Sally Corbett 6th R169 Michelle Sumners 7th SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 8th SR22 Sally Shorter. LADIES’ CLASS 4: 1st E220 Lisa Grasby 2nd CM47 Nicola Olsson 3rd NR9 Sarah Levics 4th L15 Lisa Branston 5th R47 Claire Lancaster 6th R24 Amy Morris. LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st C31 Sandra Jones 2nd Y44 Nicola Jesse 3rd ST6 Sarah Chilvers 4th SL15 Julie Graham 5th B32H Linzi Weare 6th SV20 Vicky Appleton 7th CM5 Michelle Phillips 8th S45D Sarah Bateman. LADIES’ CLASS 6: 1st YD131 Sarah Carden 2nd SR6 Jodie Faulkner 3rd R771 Gina Fackrell 4th SN212 Josie Cox 5th YD15 Yvonne Dockray DNF P91 Emma Lewis BF NS219 Angela Evans. LADIES’ CLASS 7: 1st PAC53 Michaela Bevans 2nd B27H Lyn Olsson 3rd SP141 Nicola Mackenzie 4th LM30 Charlotte Pugh 5th SC22 Clare Horner 6th ARC59 Lisa Almond 7th YD17 Jo Thompson 8th DA26 Kate Thomas. LADIES’ CLASS 8: 1st WR21 Linday Stephenson 2nd WR20 Gemma Stephenson 3rd SC17 Clare Horner 4th NS55 Claire Cockerill 5th E17 Sally Stratton 6th IK65 Jade Russell 7th C10 Sandra Jones 8th WR23 Rosemary Glover. LADIES’ CLASS 9: 1st PHD54 Kelly Paines 2nd Y78 Sue Herdman DNF Y393 Katie Lockwood. LADIES’ CLASS 10: 1st BC22 Carrie Mills 2nd ST10 Angie Chilvers 3rd IK77 Libby Cornwell 4th WS50 Jax Clamp 5th TA99 Heidi Deeley 6th NS29 Lauren Evans 7th DNF SL5 Lynn Johnston BF CA24 Mary Deegan.

KING OF DOWN

The other big Easter meeting took place in Northern Ireland. Last year the three day “King of Down” event had to be postponed, but this time it enjoyed perfect conditions and attracted a big turnout, including visitors from Southern Ireland, England and Scotland, to the beautifully prepared Maghaberry track. By the end of the very full weekend the track was so hard and polished that none of the bigger cars could find the grip to challenge Matt Jess in his Class 1 Mini, and Matt came home the winner of the King of Down title.

King of Down photos by courtesy of James Jess

KING OF DOWN – SATURDAY

CLASS 1: 1st DA77 Matt Jess 2nd DA75 James Jess 3rd NASA99 John Arthurs 4th DA56 Chris Greenaway. CLASS 2: 1st DA696 Peter Campbell 2nd DA60 Neil McCory 3rd DA999 Richard Maguire 4th DA25 David Doherty. CLASS 3: 1st DA777 James Lee 2nd DA421 Johnson Black 3rd DA707 Eddie Stewart 4th DA199 Robert Lee. CLASS 4: 1st DA33 Alan Beattie 2nd DA112 Darryl Leitch 3rd DA113 Alec McCormack. CLASS 5: 1st DA20 John Haffey 2nd DA88 Aaron Wilde 3rd NS70 John Wilde 4th DA49 James Kent. CLASS 6: 1st DA51 Martin Wallace 2nd DA888 Jonathan Gamble 3rd DA9 Peter McCann 4th DA21 John Paul McCann.  CLASS 7: 1st DA40 John Haffey 2nd DA26 Howard Thomas 3rd DA47 Johnny Keating 4th DA120 Barry Leech. CLASS 8: 1st DA66 Paul Moore 2nd DA48 Ciaran Crane 3rd DA69 Philip Hall. CLASS 9: 1st SL99 Liam Harvey 2nd DA101 Daryl Dickson. CLASS 10: 1st DA121 Derek Leech. F600: 1st DA11 Jamie McDonald 2nd DA321 David King 3rd DA66 Paul Moore. JUNIORS: 1st DA67 Jonny Mills 2nd DA30 Michelle Cochrane 3rd DA29 Conan Webb 4th SL55 Kirby Johnston. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st DA32 Matty Bassett 2nd DA37 Jonny McCracken 3rd DA42 Ciara Kent 4th DA8 Clive Stockdale. LADIES: 1st CW68 Bridget Hutton 2nd DA112 Pauline McCormick 3rd DA26 Kate Thomas 4th NS70 Rachel Wilde.

KING OF DOWN – SUNDAY

CLASS 1: 1st DA77 Matt Jess 2nd NASA99 John Arthurs 3rd DA56 Chris Greenaway 4th DA741 Tim Hudson.  CLASS 2: 1st DA25 David Doherty 2nd DA98 Andrew Emerson 3rd DA60 Neil McCory 4th DA999 Richard Maguire. CLASS 3: 1st DA777 James Lee 2nd DA421 Johnson Black 3rd DA707 Eddie Stewart 4th DA199 Robert Lee. CLASS 4: 1st DA33 Alan Beattie 2nd DA112 Darryl Leitch. CLASS 5: 1st DA20 John Haffey 2nd MA33 Billy Davis 3rd DA71 David Stockdale 4th DA88 Aaron Wilde. CLASS 6: 1st DA17 Rick Purdy 2nd DA51 Martin Wallace 3rd DA9 Peter McCann 4th DA23 Stephen Purdy.  CLASS 7: 1st DA4 Evan Wylie 2nd DA40 John Haffey 3rd DA47 Johnny Keating 4th DA26 Howard Thomas. CLASS 8: 1st DA48 Ciaran Crane 2nd DA69 Philip Hall 3rd DA66 Paul Moore. CLASS 9: 1st CW119 Noel Cunningham 2^nd SL99 Liam Harvey 3rd DA101 Daryl Dickson. CLASS 10: 1st DA121 Derek Leech. F600: 1st DA321 David King 2nd DA11 Jamie McDonald. JUNIORS: 1st DA29 Conan Webb 2nd DA30 Michelle Cochrane 3rd NASA99 Jonny Arthurs 4th SL55 Kirby Johnston. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st DA8 Clive Stockdale 2nd DA37 Jonny McCracken 3rd DA32 Matty Bassett 4th DA42 Ciara Kent. LADIES: 1st DA112 Pauline McCormick 2nd DA26 Kate Thomas 3rd DA118.

KING OF DOWN – MONDAY

CLASS 1: 1st DA77 Matt Jess 2nd DA75 James Jess 3rd NASA99 John Arthurs 4th DA56 Chris Greenaway. CLASS 2: 1st DA25 David Doherty 2nd DA696 Peter Campbell 3rd DA60 Neil McCory 4th DA98 Andrew Emerson. CLASS 3: 1st DA421 Johnson Black 2nd DA777 James Lee 3rd DA707 Eddie Stewart. CLASS 4: 1st DA112 Darryl Leitch. CLASS 5: 1st  DA88 Aaron Wilde 2nd DA71 David Stockdale 3rd DA49 James Kent 4th DA132 Martin Bassett. CLASS 6: 1st DA17 Rick Purdy 2nd DA22 Malcolm Graham 3rd DA9 Peter McCann 4th DA21 John Paul McCann.  CLASS 7: 1st DA7 Wesley Stockdale 2nd DA36 Nigel McCracken 3rd DA47 Johnny Keating 4th DA5 Keith McCammon. CLASS 8: 1st MA7 Alan O'Keefe 2nd MA69 Mick Hogan 3rd DA48 Ciaran Crane  4th DA821 Joe McGrath. CLASS 9: 1st CW119 Joe Cunningham. CLASS 10: 1st DA121 Derek Leech. F600: 1st DA321 David King 2nd DA11 Jamie McDonald. JUNIORS: 1st DA30 Michelle Cochrane 2nd DA124 Caolan O'Connor 3rd DA67 Jonny Mills 4th DA64 Mark Burke. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st DA37 Jonny McCracken 2nd DA8 Clive Stockdale 3rd DA42 Ciara Kent 4th DA32 Matty Bassett. LADIES: 1st DA112 Pauline McCormick 2nd DA88 Rachel Wilde.

KING OF DOWN – OVERALL RESULTS

CLASS 1: 1st DA77 Matt Jess 2nd NASA99 John Arthurs 3rd DA75 James Jess 4th DA56 Chris Greenaway. CLASS 2: 1st DA25 David Doherty 2nd DA60 Neil McCory 3rd DA696 Peter Campbell 4th DA98 Andrew Emerson. CLASS 3: 1st DA777 James Lee 2nd DA421 Johnson Black 3rd DA707 Eddie Stewart 4th DA199 Robert Lee. CLASS 4: 1st DA33 Alan Beattie 2nd DA112 Darryl Leitch 3rd DA113 Alec McCormack. CLASS 5: 1st DA20 John Haffey 2nd DA88 Aaron Wilde 3rd MA33 Billy Davis 4th DA71 David Stockdale. CLASS 6: 1st DA17 Rick Purdy 2nd DA51 Martin Wallace 3rd DA9 Peter McCann 4th DA21 John Paul McCann.  CLASS 7: 1st DA40 John Haffey 2nd DA47 Johnny Keating 3rd DA36 Nigel McCracken 4th DA26 Howard Thomas. CLASS 8: 1st DA48 Ciaran Crane 2nd DA69 Philip Hall 3rd DA66 Paul Moore 4th MA7 Alan O'Keefe. CLASS 9: 1st SL99 Liam Harvey 2nd CW119 Noel Cunningham 3^rd DA101 Daryl Dickson. CLASS 10: 1st DA121 Derek Leech. F600: 1st DA11 Jamie McDonald 2nd DA321 David King 3rd DA66 Paul Moore. JUNIORS: 1st DA30 Michelle Cochrane 2nd DA67 Jonny Mills 3rd NASA99 Jonny Arthurs 4th DA29 Conan Webb. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st DA37 Jonny McCracken 2nd DA8 Clive Stockdale 3rd DA32 Matty Bassett 4th DA42 Ciara Kent. LADIES: 1st DA26 Kate Thomas CW68 Bridget Hutton 2nd DA112 Pauline McCormick 3rd DA118 4th CW68 Bridget Hutton. KING OF DOWN: 1st DA77 Matt Jess.

EASTER ACTION

It was an exceptional Easter weekend - exceptionally late in the year; exceptionally busy, with sixteen days of Autograss racing, and exceptional for the hot, sunny weather that prevailed for most of those events - a contrast to last year, when all but two meetings were rained off, or a couple of years earlier when we were running away from the snow!

Unusually we'd already had six full weekends of racing before arriving at Easter, but the holiday schedule included the usual treats, headed by the three day Hereford event, held this year at a brand new venue on the banks of the River Lugg between Hereford and Leominster. The new track proved a great success, with very few teething problems. Some good racing with 96 entries on Saturday scrubbed off the grass in preparation for Sunday's hectic event, with another full day on Monday.

Another three day meeting, the "King of Down" kicked off the Northern Ireland season. The Scottish season began on Sunday at the new Avonbridge track, near Falkirk.  There were more Sunday meetings at Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Leewood, Nottingham, STAR, Gloucester, Invicta and West Waterford. PAC's scheduled Easter meeting was not run due to the proximity to the BAS round there a few days later.

On Easter Monday, it’s traditional for everyone who’s not at Hereford to converge on YORK for what was always one of the busiest single day meetings of the year. This year’s entry was a little smaller, with 154 signed on, so York responded by giving everyone for heats and a final – good value for those who survived the day.

YORK EASTER MONDAY:

CLASS 1: 1st Y55 Lewis Brown 2nd Y911 Colin Morgan 3rd SV18 Lee Cox. CLASS 2: 1st Y150 Alan Suttle 2nd WR179 Chris Dunwell 3rd SC126 Craig Conway. CLASS 3: 1st Y180 Carl Allen 2nd S37Y Dave Simpson 3rd WR71 John Whitehouse. CLASS 4: 1st Y248 Willie Patterson 2nd Y42 Andy Kirby 3rd S249Y Ash Farrow. CLASS 5: 1st Y44 Les Grice 2nd Y9 Mark Joslin 3rd S97Y Josh Simpson. CLASS 6: 1st SC34 Dan Wade 2nd YD58 Andrea Bradley 3rd Y205 Scott Macaulay.  CLASS 7: 1st SC61 Andy Holtby 2nd Y115 Matthew Kitching 3rd Y11 Daz Hutchinson. CLASS 8: 1st 2nd 3rd . CLASS 9: 1st WR111 Paul Wright 2nd YD80 Roger Jefferson 3rd S28Y Dave Lancaster. CLASS 10: 1st ARC2 Graham Hankey. STOCK HATCH: 1st Y178 Tony Staples 2nd Y118 Pete Clegg 3rd Y47 Jamie Patterson. F600: 1st WR35 Neil Richardson. CLASS 11: 1st Y55 Alice Green 2nd YD152 Sarah Haigh 3rd ST447 Emmie Hornby. CLASS 11A: 1st 2nd 3rd . CLASS 12: 1st Y44 Nicola Jesse. CLASS 13: 1st N106 Sue Thom 2nd Y111 Claire Hutchinson. CLASS 14 (8): 1st YD7 Sue Nicholls 2nd Y191 Katie Lockwood 3rd S2Y Vicky Appleton. CLASS 14 (9): 1st YD171 Chris Raffel 2nd S3Y anne Marshall 3rd Y613 Anita Britton. JUNIORS: 1st N53 Lloyd Elliott 2nd S47Y Ben Wall 3rd Y132 Sam Green. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st S916Y Wes Green 2nd Y90 Jack Dunn 3rd YD64 Jason Alderson. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st Y150 Alan Suttle 2nd Y248 Willie Patterson.

Despite clashing with Hereford, GLOUCESTER & DISTRICT club had a very successful Easter Sunday meeting on their newly extended track at Elton corner. 135 drivers signed on and the meeting made history as, after a trial run at Hereford on Sunday, it was the first Autograss meeting broadcast live on the internet by Grass FM.

However the biggest Easter event was Hereford’s well established three dayer, held this year on a band new and unusual riverside track, the Lugg View Raceway, with the pits strung out along the river bank. The new track settled down well, with just a couple of natural trouble spots that were largely smoothed out by the end of the weekend, with the Hereford members working well to keep the show going through a very full three days. Saturday saw 96 drivers in action, with the entry peaking at 184 on Sunday. Some cars left after Sunday’s West Midland League qualifier, but were replaced on Monday by others who’d been qualifying at Gloucester.

HEREFORD EASTER SATURDAY

CLASS 1: 1st SV103 Ben Williams 2nd ARC16 Michael Abbott 3rd BC15 Simon Layne. CLASS 2: 1st P226 Dai Preece 2nd NR11 Ross Nicholls 3rd H555 Martin Jones. CLASS 3: 1st S69 Nathan Newton 2nd NW234 Barry Evans 3rd LUD78 Matt Tennant. CLASS 4: 1st BC1 Alan Lea 2nd H86 Ben Taysom 3rd TA58 Stephen Jones. CLASS 5: 1st C11 Rob Jackson 2nd LUD65 Martin Roche 3rd PAC37 Adrian Jones. CLASS 6: 1st H25 Darren Paskell 2nd S23 Paul Meli 3rd PAC74 Neil Jones.  CLASS 7: 1st TA32 Alun Jenkins 2nd G19D Alan Henschker 3rd BC9 Gareth Thomas. CLASS 8: 1st BC55 Tom Lewis 2nd ARC15 Colin Abbott 3rd NS34 John McBride. CLASS 9: 1st PAC104 Richard Tipping 2nd PAC410 Dean Tipping 3rd H150 Phil Dyke. CLASS 10: 1st PHD12 Carl Ray 2nd C8 Nathan Powell 3rd LUD81 Neil Roche. CLASS 11: 1st BC163 Gemma Frankland 2nd NW153 Katie James. CLASS 14: 1st BC160 Terri Mumford 2nd H150 Jade Dyke 3rd NS34 Pam McBride. JUNIORS: 1st TA66 Fiona Thomas 2nd ARC16 Dani Abbott 3rd H247 Zak Neville. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st PHD17 Ben Williams 2nd H30 Jai Jones 3rd LUD21 David Lloyd.

HEREFORD EASTER SUNDAY:

CLASS 1: 1st SV1 James Mayo 2nd SV18 Lee Cox 3rd C3 Ryan Jones 4th C17 Steve Duggan. CLASS 2: 1st C63 Ian Harvey 2nd SV51 David Jones 3rd P226 Dai Preece 4th H4 Chris Price. CLASS 3: 1st C12 Pat Smith 2nd NW234 Barry Evans 3rd LUD22 Bryan East 4th C91 Roger Matthews. CLASS 4: 1st H31 Mike Jones 2nd BC25 Jumbo Williams 3rd BC1 Alan Lea 4th H86 Ben Taysom. CLASS 5: 1st LUD8 Jabez Smith 2nd C31 Ian Jones 3rd LUD65 Simon Roche 4th SS37 Dan Lewis. CLASS 6: 1st H55 Martin Jones 2nd H99 Paul Bailey 3rd SV4 Paul Regan 4th C666 Jamie Newman.  CLASS 7: 1st BC9 Gareth Thomas 2nd C28 Gary Morris 3rd BC49 Sam Gwilliam 4th PAC57 Nathan Rees. CLASS 8: 1st BC55 Tom Lewis 2nd LUD80 Jimmy Smith 3rd C21 Steve Duggan 4th C10 Steve Mills. CLASS 9: 1st BC34 Ian Stead 2nd H250 Marc Paskell 3rd PAC104 Richard Tipping 4th SV93 Derek Warren. CLASS 10: 1st C8 Nathan Powell 2nd BC96 Derek Adams 3rd BC3 Karl Best 4th BC19 Colin Court. CLASS 11: 1st BC11 Becky Shaw 2nd PAC115 Claire Hall 3rd PAC222 Emma Lewis 4th C60 Donna Howells. CLASS 11A: 1st H14 Melissa Perkins 2nd R140 Sue Harris. CLASS 12: 1st BC99 Sophie Whitticase. CLASS 13: 1st= LUD22 Sue stevens & C28 Penny Smith. CLASS 14: 1st= BC160 Terri Mumford & LUD1 Shelley Tipton 3rd SV67 Claire Holland 4th NS34 Pam McBride. JUNIORS: 1st SV100 Conner Griffiths 2nd LUD90 Dylan Evans 3rd C33 Ryan Page 4th TA36 Trystan Daniels. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st LUD21 David Lloyd 2nd H30 Jai Jones 3rd PHD17 Ben Williams 4th BC18 Ellie Court.

HEREFORD EASTER MONDAY:

CLASS 1: 1st TA13 Otis Williams 2nd TA66 Darren Thomas 3rd TA127 Ceirwyn Jones 4th NASA63 Dave Evans. CLASS 2: 1st NW46 Mark Ratcliffe 2nd G49D Highgo Davies 3rd G13D Richard Jones 4th P226 Dai Preece. CLASS 3: 1st NW49 Paul Cosby 2nd NW234 Barry Evans. CLASS 4: 1st H31 Mike Jones 2nd BC25 Jumbo Williams 3rd H86 Ben Taysom. CLASS 5: 1st R42 John Wright 2nd LUD65 Simon Roche. CLASS 6: 1st P91 Ken Thomas 2nd H55 Martin Jones 3rd PAC58 Paul Coventry 4th G7D Nick Hyndman.  CLASS 7: 1st R119 Phil Travers 2nd R41 Martin Wright 3rd PAC57 Nathan Rees 4th R13 Mark Barrett. CLASS 8: 1st BC55 Tom Lewis 2nd NS818 Ian Spencer 3rd C100 Craig Bagley 4th ARC15 Colin Abbott. CLASS 9: 1st R309 Mike Liddiat 2nd H250 Marc Paskell 3rd PAC104 Richard Tipping 4th C25 Matt Page. CLASS 10: 1st C8 Nathan Powell 2nd PAC43 Derrick Brown 3rd TA31 Michael Bailey 4th LUD81 Neil Roche. CLASS 11: 1st LUD7 Angela Eggerton 2nd PAC115 Claire Hall 3rd C3 Ella Hughes. CLASS 11A: 1st H14 Melissa Perkins. CLASS 12: 1st BC65 Maria Roche 2nd SS37 Michaela Smith. CLASS 14: 1st C10 Sandra Jones 2nd H250 Jodie Paskell 3rd E1 Katie Peace. JUNIORS: 1st TA66 Fiona Thomas 2nd TA36 Trystan Daniels 3rd R313 Will Barrett 4th BC163 Becky Frankland. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st LUD21 David Lloyd 2nd H30 Jai Jones 3rd H70 Gemma Holland 4th C118 Leigh Hughes.

CAR OF THE WEEK

.. or maybe car of the year? Adam Saint, who attracted so much comment with his giant-killing performances at last year's Nationals, debuted his exciting new Class 3 challenger at Cambridge. The 1958 Austin A35, powered by the Pinto engine from Adam's old Fiesta was built painstakingly to the "spirit of the rules", retaining the original bodyshell intact apart from the door skins. The first time the car turned a wheel, it ran a close second, splitting two of the quickest men in the class, Dave George and Aaron Mackenzie. All credit to "Scad" for demonstrating how an ingenious club racer on a mechanic's wages can take the sport forward and break the myth of an "unaffordable" class.

MORE FROM SOUTH WALES

SOUTH WALES RESULTS - 17 APRIL 2011:

CLASS 1: 1st PHD21 Barry Lewis 2nd PAC81 Will Elford 3rd PHD226 Paul Pearce 4th TA66 Darren Thomas. CLASS 2: 1st PAC51 Matt Sawyer 2nd PAC16 Bryan Neale 3rd S2 Tony Hart Jones. CLASS 3: 1st S9 Manfred Kampschulte 2nd CM4 Viv Cole 3rd TA2 Kevin Phillips. CLASS 4: 1st CM7 Huw Jones 2nd PAC3 Rob Corbett 3rd CM47 Phil Olsson. CLASS 5: 1st TA451 Lewis Richards 2nd TA7 Gwyndaf Jenkins 3rd PAC15 Gwyn James. CLASS 6: 1st TA221 Neil Reed 2nd TA222 Nigel Reed 3rd S61 Jonathan Davies. CLASS 7:1st PHD2 Phil Rogers 2nd S1 Craig Kampschulte 3rd CM52 Lyndon George. CLASS 8: 1st TA22 Dylan Hughes 2nd PHD47 Daniel Thomas. CLASS 9: 1st TA3 Kevin Jones 2nd PHD54 Anthony Paines 3rd TA57 Evan Jones. CLASS 10: 1st PHD15 Gareth Paines 2nd TA747 Marc Jones 3rd TA49 Godfrey Thomas. CLASS 11: 1st PAC51 Paula Rees Williams  2nd PAC115 Claire Hall 3rd PHD21 Caroline Thompson. CLASS 12: 1st PAC3 Alice Bevans. CLASS 13: 1st PAC53 Michaela Bevans 2nd CM4 Donna Cole. CLASS 14: 1st PHD54 Kelly Paines. JUNIORS: 1st TA66 Fiona Thomas 2nd TA36 Trystan Daniels 3rd TA18 Dafydd Jones. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st PHD17 Ben Williams 2nd P25 Aaron Jones 3rd TA122 Ceri Angharad Hughes.

There have been several strong contenders for "car of the week" from South Wales so far, including several new Class 7s already pictured on this page, but one that stands out is Carl Ray's "new look" Class 10, built by Gary and Carl Ray, looking unlike any other current Class 10 and promising to be a very strong contender. Thanks to Gareth Jones for the pic and results.

QUALIFYING CONTRASTS

A busy weekend - the last "normal weekend" before the back-to-back Bank Holidays saw meetings on Sunday April 17 at Wessex, Concord, Cambridge, Evesham, Leicester, York, Solway, South Wales and North Wales, while Cork ran the year's first two day meeting. The day showcased the different approaches to National qualifying, as North Wales ran a closed to league qualifying meeting; York ran their usual segregated qualifying races, and Cambridge stayed with the open meeting format for the East Anglian League's second qualifier.

Cambridge's meeting took place on a perfectly prepared track, with a good turnout of East Anglian drivers, although the centre of attention, apart from the impressive debut of the A35, was the visiting Class 7 squad of Karl and Abi Mosley and Carl Swift, who provided plenty of sideways action in the heats. They pulled out of the final to avoid affecting the qualifying points, but it was still a spectacular race as Kraig Murley got the better of Vernon Mackenzie and John Deegan.

CAMBRIDGE RESULTS:

 CLASS 1: 1st CA284 Sam French 2nd SN43 Daniel Robins 3rd CA203 Nathan Teather. CLASS 2: 1st SN391 Gary Clapham 2nd SN21 Lee Rowley 3rd SN405 Jason Thomas. CLASS 3: 1st SP401 Aaron Mackenzie 2nd SN269 Dave George 3rd SP302 Simon Roose. CLASS 4: 1st CA488 Brad Turner 2nd CA87 Ashley Poulter 3rd CA242 Gary Pemberton. CLASS 5: 1st CA101 Trev the Rev 2nd SN123 Ken Smith. CLASS 6: 1st CA25 Andrew Shipp 2nd SN73 Matt Tibbitts 3rd CA121 Adam Golding.  CLASS 7: 1st SN145 Kraig Murley 2nd SP141 Vernon Mackenzie 3rd CA48 John Deegan. CLASS 8: 1st SN8 Chris Pope 2nd ST55 Barry Ashmore 3rd ST514 Aly Ashmore TB. CLASS 9: 1st SN3 Ian Robins 2nd SN80 Trevor Smith 3rd SN10 Mark Empson. CLASS 10: 1st CA24 Stuart Ward. STOCK HATCH: 1st CA954 Matt Ellis 2nd SN14 Mark Hill 3rd CA8 Ravin’ Ray. CLASS 11: 1st CA181 Rachel Taylor 2nd SN668 Vicky Sole 3rd CA102 Kirsty Moody. CLASS 11A: 1st CA47 Sharron Barrett 2nd CA7 Carole Drury. CLASS 12: 1st SN212 Josie Cox. CLASS 13: 1st SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 2nd SP141 Nicola Mackenzie 3rd C266E Lianne Teather. JUNIORS: 1st CA28 Shayne Deegan 2nd SN81 Nathan Saunders 3rd SN12 Tom Hall. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SN11 Ash Howard 2nd SP6 Lewis Clayton 3rd SN90 Max Fleckney. CAMBRIDGE OPEN: 1st CA69 Tom Parr 2nd CA203 Nathan Teather 3rd CA7 Jay Neville. EAST ANGLIAN OPEN: 1st SN164 Alex Hill 2nd SN31 Chris Parsons 3rd SN111 Paul Fleckney. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st SN232 Kirsty Empson 2nd SN11 Ash Howard 3rd SN94 Rhys Puddiphatt.

YORK RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st Y75 Oli Burley 2nd Y55 Lew Brown 3rd Y131 Joe Sharpe. CLASS 2: 1st Y150 Alan Suttle 2nd SC49 Chris Juggins 3rd S71Y Rob Farrow. CLASS 3: 1st WR64 Martin Walker 2nd Y180 Carl Allen. CLASS 4: 1st Y42 Andy Kirby 2nd Y1 Adam Henley 3rd Y60 Luke/Jake Fletcher. CLASS 5: 1st Y44 Les Grice 2nd NS83 Gareth Williams 3rd Y9 Mark Joslin. CLASS 6: 1st Y24 Alex Hay 2nd Y205 Scott Macauley. CLASS 7: 1st YD178 James Almack 2nd Y11 Darren Hutchinson 3rd YD17 Martin Smith. CLASS 8: 1st SC1 Antony Ross 2nd SC67 Marc Clayton 3rd T5 Stuart Whitehouse. CLASS 9: 1st Y5 Mark Brooks 2nd S1Y James Lancaster 3rd Y613 Cliff Britton. STOCK HATCH: 1st Y178 Tony Staples 2nd Y47 Jamie Patterson 3rd Y118 Pete Clegg. F600: 1st ST42 Gav Waby 2nd WR35 Neil Richardson 3rd WR34 Jamie Ellison. CLASS 11: 1st Y55 Alice Hughes 2nd YD152 Sarah Haigh 3rd YD31 Sarah Carden. CLASS 12/13: 1st YD17 Jo Thompson 2nd Y44 Nicola Jesse 3rd WR176 Emma Stokes. CLASS 14: 1st YD7 Sue Nicholls 2nd SC17 Clare Horner 3rd Y69 Louise Bradley. JUNIORS: 1st Y153 Oliver Ramsay 2nd Y132 Sam Green 3rd S47Y Ben Wall. JUNIOR SPECIALS: S916Y Wes Green 2nd Y90 Jack Dunn 3rd YD24 Abi Shields. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st Y75 Oli Burley 2nd Y150 Alan Suttle 3rd Y42 Andy Kirby.

SOLWAY RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st. NASA12 Richard Lewthwaite 2nd. CS68 Brian Allan 3rd WR90 Michael McIntosh.  CLASS 2: 1st SL4 Arthur Cunningham 2nd SL505 Stewart McCarton 3rd YD116 Trevor Christian. CLASS 3: 1st SL2 Richard Lewthwaite 2nd SL68 Neil Barnes 3rd SL8 Paul Sharpe. CLASS 5: No finishers. CLASS 6: 1st SL22 Jason Ballantyne 2nd SL60 Andrew Davidson 3rd SL17 Andrew Harkness. CLASS 7:  1st YD145 Andrew Craggs 2nd SB7 Neil Rawlinson. CLASS 8: 1st SL811 Nicky Cowperthwaite 2nd SL16 Mark Dalgleish 3rd SL19 Mark Cowperthwaite. CLASS 9: 1st CS5 Keith Matthews 2nd YD117 Dennis Raffel 3rd YD22 Steve Sheehan.   STOCK HATCH: 1st YD290 Paul Harrington. F600: 1st SL101 Jonny Dawson 2nd SL33 Mark Little. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st SL274 Ashlea Cowperthwaite 2nd SL118 Michelle McBride.  LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st SL4 Lynn Cunningham 2nd SL222 Leanne Huschka.  LADIES’ CLASS 5: 1st SL15 Julie Graham 2nd SL85 Gill Graham.  LADIES’ STOCK HATCH: 1st YD 235. JUNIORS: 1st YD5 Liam Hilton 2nd YD144 Ryan Hall 3rd SL55 Kirby Johnston. JUNIOR SPECIALS:
1st SL 177 Matthew Cobb 2nd SL 800 Daniel Talbot.

CAMBRIDGE PHOTOS NOW ON LINE - INCLUDING MORE OF THE A35

Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Terry Rigney, who suffered a heart attack during the North Wales meeting and to Gary Ford, who had a major rollover at Wessex.

NORTH WALES PHOTOS NOW ONLINE AT ABSNAPSHOTS

SOUTH WALES PHOTOS NOW ONLINE FROM GARY JONES

.. including an impressive debut in Ladies' racing by Alice Bevans, using Rob Corbett's Class 4 Micra to battle with sister Michaela's Class 7!

SUNSHINE EVERYWHERE

With what will virtually be a two week long Bank Holiday weekend looming, maybe we shouldn't comment on the Spring weather, but on 10 April virtually the whole country bathed in warm sunshine, meaning that most of Sunday's meetings benefited from a  relaxed atmosphere and perfect track conditions. Nowhere was this more true than Invicta Kent, the fastest growing club in NASA and maybe already the largest single club. An entry of 115 enjoyed a superb and slickly run day's racing. There was just one non-Invicta driver present, Cambridge's Sam French, who won two Class 1 heats before his luck dramatically ran out in the final.

The Invicta meeting saw quite a few new drivers, and the return of some past favourites, including Class 5 National Champion Mark Weeks, having his first race for 14 years, now in Class 8 (and very competitive indeed!), while Andy Russell returned to Class 2 action with two heat wins.

INVICTA RESULTS

CLASS 1: 1st IK75 Kieran Cobb 2nd IK69 Daniel Meheux 3rd IK4 Jason Ward. CLASS 2: 1st IK252 Geoff Bishop 2nd IK167 Gareth Matthews 3rd IK157 Paul Cottrell. CLASS 3: 1st IK21 John Berry 2nd IK6 Trevor Mills. CLASS 4: 1st IK34 Wez Johnson 2nd IK38 Alan Lock. CLASS 5: 1st IK155 Neil Thomas 2nd IK26 Robert Duncan 3rd IK248 Stephen Parks. CLASS 6: 1st IK133 Tony Reynolds 2nd IK49 Paul Eggleton 3rd IK274 David Todd.  CLASS 7: 1st IK282 Russ Wallbank 2nd IK27 Martin West 3rd IK25 Chris Apps. CLASS 8: 1st IK65 Tim Russell 2nd IK9 Dave Bird 3rd IK116 Mark Weeks. CLASS 9: 1st IK96 Paul Prior 2nd IK76 Dave Hewitt 3rd IK3 Mark Wanstall. CLASS 10: 1st IK77 Darren Cornwell 2nd IK427 Sam Matthews 3rd IK54 Damian Richards. CLASS 3B: 1st IK175 Terry Gillie 2nd IK128 Adrian Fryer 3rd IK321 Jim Anderson. CLASS 11: 1st Ik252 Helen Bishop 2nd IK421 Zoe Atkins 3rd IK37 Sarah Lovett. CLASS 12: 1st IK229 Claire Blackman 2nd IK92 Sue Whipps 3rd IK330 Ella Hill. CLASS 13: 1st IK262 Cathy Harrison. CLASS 14: 1st IK65 Jade Russell 2nd IK77 Libby Cornwell 3rd IK437 Kelly Yeoman. JUNIORS: 1st IK356 Mitch Wells 2nd IK73 Spencer Wanstall 3rd IK444 Dee Ward. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st IK269 Luke Hardy 2nd IK187 Brian Steward Jnr. MECHANICS: 1st IK42 George Driver Snr 2nd IK60 James Hyland 3rd IK168 Lee Foster. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st IK167 Gareth Matthews 2nd IK38 Alan Lock 3rd IK75 Kieran Cobb.

In West Wales, PAC had modified their new track to eliminate a potential trouble spot, widening the first corner exit, and they were rewarded by a good day's racing in the sunshine. Thanks to Gareth Jones for the results and Gary Jones for the pics - more as ever on www.garyphotos.zenfolio.com

PAC RESULTS

CLASS 1: 1st PAC157 Tom Roberts 2nd PHD21 Barry Lewis 3rd PHD26 Lee Pearce. CLASS 2: 1st PAC51 Matt Sawyer 2nd PAC16 Will Elford 3rd TA225 Barry Evans. CLASS 3: 1st CM4 Viv Cole 2nd PAC177 Keith Williams. CLASS 5: 1st PAC15 Gwyn James. CLASS 6: 1st P91 Ken Thomas 2nd PAC86 Gerry James 3rd PAC12 Jason Bennett.  CLASS 7: 1st PAC39 Tomos Rees 2nd PAC24 Garry Rees 3rd PAC57 Nathan Rees. CLASS 8: 1st PAC18 Luke Jenkins 2nd PHD47 Dan Thomas. CLASS 9: 1st PHD9 Phil Rogers 2nd PAC34 Steve Freeman 3rd PAC6 Raymond Rees. CLASS 11: 1st PAC16 Shelley Neale 2nd NASA40 Andrea Forrest 3rd PAC11 Claire Hall.  CLASS 12: 1st CM5 Michelle Phillips. CLASS 13: 1st CM4 Donna Cole. CLASS 14: 1st PHD54 Kelly Paines. JUNIORS: 1st TA66 Fiona Thomas 2nd TA18 Dafydd Jones 3rd PAC47 Jayran Lewis. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st PHD17 Ben Williams. UNMODIFIED OPEN: 1st PAC51 Paula Rees Williams 2nd PAC27 Rob Corbett 3rd PAC96 Carl Rees. MODIFIED OPEN: 1st CM15 Darrell Cole. SPECIALS OPEN: 1st PAC104 Richard Tipping 2nd PAC410 Dean Tipping. LADIES’ OPEN: 1st PAC222 Emma Jayne Lewis 2nd PAC51 Paula Rees Williams.

After cancellations at Cork and West Waterford, it was third time lucky we hope in Ireland as Carlow's reopening meeting on 10 April finally got the Irish season under way, on the improved and extended Knocknatubbrid track.  Other events took place at North Shropshire, Yorkshire Dales, Radford, Pennine, Cwmdu and Spalding.

MORE WEEKEND ACTION:

The dry conditions favoured a flat out, sideways approach from the drivers contesting the East Midland League's qualifier hosted by Pennine club at Darleymoor. Here's a taste of the action from www.absnapshots.co.uk plus this splendid shot of a leaping Tanga from Simon Tickle at www.anyhowracing.co.uk. Photos are also online from Spalding at www.mwa-motorsports.co.uk, Radford at www.grassin.zenfolio.com and from North Shropshire at www.bangersandsmash.co.uk

Our best wishes go to Dave (Norm) Westlake, who was injured in a big rollover at Radford. We're pleased to hear that Rachel Hinton and Andy Preece, whose marshals' post came under attack at Pennine, were soon back on their feet.

This week's star car - a Class 7 Riley Elf from Lincoln's Tom Page

HAILSTORM AT SCUNNY

DESERT STORM AT ST NEOTS

This week’s featured meetings received varied fortunes at the hands of the weather. At Scunthorpe, with a 174-strong entry list, the fun was terminated halfway through the finals, when the Juniors disappeared under an onslaught of hailstones.

At St Neots, drivers faced a different sort of challenge as the new track surface needed time to settle in; the warm, sunny, breezy conditions saw the Riverside Farm venue resembling the Sahara Desert at times, despite regular attention with roller and water cart. There were only three major incidents, though, as the smaller than usual entry of 106 laid on some close fought racing. All were agreed that the complete renewal of the track surface (after 24 years’ racing at the venue) will pay dividends as the season progresses.

Ian Robins and Stuart Hurrell both got upside down in their Class 9s, while Kirsty Noble had a spectacular roll in her Class 1. Busiest driver of the day was Mark Empson, who took the Class 9 win minutes after proving that his experimental NASA 1 Micra could run with the quickest Minis in Class 1. Dave George and Kraig Murley were winners in their new cars, while a momentary hiccup in the final cost Chris Pope’s new Randall Class 8 a debut win.

ST NEOTS RESULTS

CLASS 1: 1st CA46 Lee Deegan 2nd CA284 Sam French 3rd SN668 Ollie Sole. CLASS 2: 1st SN450 Tony McKenna 2nd SP15 Shannon Ellis 3rd CA18 Chris Barrett. CLASS 3: 1st SN269 Dave George 2nd SP401 Aaron Mackenzie 3rd CA548 Tom Saint. CLASS 4: 1st IK8 Steve Turley 2nd CA588 Brad Turner 3rd IK221 Pete Berry. CLASS 5: 1st SP105 Ryan Clarke 2nd SP95 Mark Shirley. CLASS 6: 1st CA207 Tony Teather 2nd CA25 Andrew Shipp 3rd SN73 Matt Tibbitts.  CLASS 7: 1st SN145 Kraig Murley 2nd SP141 Vernon Mackenzie 3rd CA236 Steve Fisher. CLASS 8: 1st SN60 Ashley Hall 2nd SN57 Gavin Savage 3rd SN395 Bill Edwards. CLASS 9: 1st SN10 Mark Empson 2nd SN80 Trevor Smith 3rd CA14 Colin Rogers. STOCK HATCH: 1st SN14 Mark Hill. CLASS 11: 1st SN668 Vicky Sole 2nd CA181 Rachel Taylor 3rd IK421 Zoe Atkins. CLASS 11A: 1st CA47 Sharron Barrett. CLASS 13: 1st SN269 Trish Simmonds-Grant 2nd SP141 Nicola Mackenzie 3rd C266E Lianne Teather. JUNIORS: 1st CA28 Shayne Deegan 2nd SN202 Luke Bartlett 3rd SN201 Jake Bartlett. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st SN11 Ash Howard 2nd SN15 Faye Smith 3rd SN90 Max Fleckney. ST NEOTS OPEN: 1st SN816 Mark Keily 2nd NASA1 Mark Empson 3rd SN164 Alex Hill. ST NEOTS JUNIORS: 1st SN232 Kirsty Empson 2nd SN11 Ash Howard 3rd SN19 Josh Hassell. EAST ANGLIAN OPEN: 1st SN450 Tony McKenna 2nd SN31 Chris Parsons 3rd SN110 Jack White. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st SN11 Ash Howard 2nd SN232 Kirsty Empson 3rd SN90 Max Fleckney. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st SP95 Mark Shirley 2nd SN105 Ryan Clarke.

ST NEOTS PHOTOS NOW ON LINE

SCUNTHORPE RESULTS

CLASS 1: 1st ARC45 David Kay 2nd ST72 Kye Mills 3rd SC80 Pete Collins. CLASS 3: 1st WR71 Steve Woodruff 2nd N106 Paul Bacon 3rd SC131. CLASS 5: 1st Y44 Les Grice 2nd NS83 Gareth Williams 3rd WR92 Melvyn Cleland. CLASS 7: 1st SC45 Carl Swift 2nd SC950 Abi Mosley 3rd SC82 Karl Mosley. CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd ARC6 Lynn Cooper 3rd WR52 Ricky Beauchamp. F600: 1st SC91 Gary Pugh 2nd ST1 Terry Cox 3rd WR35 Neil Richardson. Hail stopped play.

SCUNNY PHOTOS NOW ON LINE

At South Wales, Gary Jones captured the best of the action on the 2011 Nationals track. More on www.garyphotos.zenfolio.com

SOUTH WALES RESULTS

CLASS 1: 1st PAC81 Will Elford 2nd PHD21 Barry Lewis 3rd PHD226 Paul Pearce 4th TA66 Darren Thomas . CLASS 2: 1st S2 Tony Hart Jones 2nd TA225 Barry Evans 3rd TA54 Michael Jenkins 4th CM56 Barry Jenkins . CLASS 3: 1st TA2 Kevin Phillips 2nd CM66 Gareth Jones 3rd CM4 Viv Cole. CLASS 4: 1st CM7 Huw Jones 2nd TA12 Dorian Davies 3rd CM53 Lyndon George 4th CM47 Phil Olsson . CLASS 5: 1st TA7 Gwyndaf Jenkins 2nd TA451 Lewis Richards 3rd TA249 Glen Langridge. CLASS 6: 1st TA222 Nigel Reed 2nd S23 Paul Meli 3rd S61 Johnny Davies.  CLASS 7: 1st PHD72 Jake Roberts 2nd TA8 Horace Jones 3rd PHD2 Phil Rogers 4th TA5 Endaf Owens . CLASS 8: 1st TA43 Adam Jones 2nd PHD47 Daniel Thomas 3rd TA88 Jordan Jones 4th TA22 Dylan Hughes . CLASS 9: 1st TA3 Kevin Jones 2nd PHD9 Wayne Llewelyn 3rd PHD54 Anthony Paines 4th PAC104 Richard Tipping . CLASS 10: 1st PHD15 Gareth Paines 2nd TA49 Godfrey Thomas 3rd TA99 Mike Deeley 4th TA747 Marc Jones.  JUNIORS: 1st TA36 Trystan Daniels 2nd TA66 Fiona Thomas 3rd TA18 Dafydd Jones 4th TA4 Lara Jones . JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st PHD17 Ben Williams 2nd TA122 Ceri Angharad Hughes 3rd TA144 Dave Packer 4th TA10 Dean Thomas . CLASS 11: 1st PAC115 Claire Hall 2nd PHD21 Caroline Thompson 3rd TA114 Mari Rees 4th PHD76 Carla Roberts . CLASS 12: 1st CM47 Nicola Olsson. CLASS 13: 1st CM4 Donna Cole. CLASS 14: 1st TA59 Claire Davies 2nd PHD54 Kelly Paines.

GET WELL SOON JEFFO!

Week three of the season saw the first action of the year  at Yorkshire Dales, Radford and PAC, while Nottingham and STAR both had their second meeting of the year. Unfortunately the Yorkshire Dales meeting resulted in a serious accident in the second Class 8 heat, and Andy Jefferson was hospitalised with a suspected broken neck. Our best wishes to Andy and the Jefferson family.

Nottingham's meeting, while a lot more relaxed than the hectic season opener there, attracted 150 entries and saw some excellent close racing on the usual immaculately prepared Oxton track.

PAC staged the first meeting on their new track, which is due to be the venue for the first BAS round.

Thanks to Gary Jones www.garyphotos.zenfolio.com for the PAC photos and thanks to Gareth Jones for the results.

NOTTINGHAM RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st N212 Jake Lee 2nd S296Y Rob Drake 3rd ARC38 Danny Hobson. CLASS 2: 1st ST27 Jason Mills 2nd SC85 Phil Clark 3rd CA18 Chris Barrett. CLASS 3: 1st SP302 Simon Roose 2nd SC291 Tina Leary 3rd SP68 Malc Lefevre. CLASS 4: 1st L15 Matt Duffell 2nd SP36 Joe Baxter 3rd T199 Steve Olive. CLASS 5: 1st N17 Gary Cheetham 2nd N333 Joe Smith 3rd N1 Joe Martin. CLASS 6: 1st N10 Martyn Janes 2nd N225 Terry Kenmoir.  CLASS 7: 1st N99 Dick Wightman 2nd N16 Martyn Burke 3rd N70 Rich Lee. CLASS 8: 1st WR20 Ian Stephenson 2nd N8 Simon Reeve 3rd N88 Kev Thompson. CLASS 9: 1st M99 Rick Finnerty 2nd N55 Andy Clarke 3rd N168 Dan Wilson. CLASS 10: 1st N80 Chris Wright .STOCK HATCH: 1st N65 Brian Watson 2nd L618 Lewis Beasley. F600: 1st ST1 Terry Cox 2nd ST42 Gav Waby 3rd N40 Ross Sinclair. CLASS 11: 1st ARC83 Amy Carter 2nd SP27 Debra Robinson 3rd P37EM Lindsey Allen. CLASS 12: 1st L15 Lisa Branston 2nd N10 Becky Smith 3rd N225 Kerrilee Wilson. CLASS 13: 1st N16 Karen Trevelyan. CLASS 14: 1st WR20 Gemma Stephenson 2nd SC20 Jane Bonsall. JUNIORS: 1st P65EM Ste Heath 2nd N53 Lloyd Elliott 3rd L10 Ella Markham. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st ST305 Georgia Goodsir 2nd SC490 Luke Tongue 3rd T25 Dean Percival. DEVIL’S RACE: 1st N1 Joe Martin 2nd N34 Matt Tasker 3rd N2 Barry Hoyes. JUNIORS’ DEVIL’S RACE: 1st P70EM Jordan Hampson 2nd P14EM TJ Le Mercier 3rd P71EM Eddie Savage.

NOTTINGHAM PHOTOS NOW ONLINE

PAC RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st PAC157 Tom Roberts 2nd PAC81 Will Elford 3rd PAC115 Brandon Hall. CLASS 2: 1st S2 Tony Hart Jones 2nd PAC51 Matt Sawyer 3rd PAC16 Bryan Neale. CLASS 3: 1st PAC177 Keith Williams 2nd PAC99 Clive Kennington. CLASS 4: No finishers. CLASS 5: 1st TA7 Gwyndaf Jenkins 2nd PAC15 Gwyn James. CLASS 6: 1st PAC666 Aaron Murray 2nd PAC86 Gerry James 3rd PAC7 Adrian Lewis.  CLASS 7: 1st PHD72 Jake Roberts 2nd TA5 Endaf Owens 3rd PAC39 Tomos Rees. CLASS 8: 1st TA43 Adam Jones. CLASS 9: 1st L2 Matty Jones 2nd PHD9 Wayne Llewelyn 3rd PHD54 Anthony Paines. CLASS 10: 1st PAC14 Graham Davies. CLASS 11: 1st PAC81 Bobbie Neale 2nd NASA40 Andrea Forrest 3rd PAC16 Shelley Neale. CLASS 13: 1st PAC53 Michaela Bevans. CLASS 14: 1st PHD54 Kelly Paines 2nd TA43 Donna Jones. JUNIORS: 1st TA36 Trystan Daniels 2nd PAC47 Jayran Lewis 3rd PAC84 Adam Taylor. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st PHD17 Ben Williams

MORE RESULTS
We're always happy to receive and publish results from events that we haven't been able to cover ourselves. It helps us (especially at this time of year, with drivers changing clubs and numbers) if results could include drivers' names where possible. If you only have the car numbers we're still interested, but there might be a short delay in publication while we look up (or guess!) the names to go with any unfamiliar numbers.

YORK RESULTS 20 MARCH 2011:

CLASS 1: 1st LM112 Matt Astbury 2nd Y55 Lew Brown 3rd ARC12 Pete Astbury. CLASS 2: 1st S71Y Rob Farrow 2nd LM46 Simon Mills 3rd S118Y Jack Farrow. CLASS 3: 1st Y51 Phil Thompson 2nd WR64 Martin Walker 3rd Y240 Pete Ellis. CLASS 4: 1st Y1 Adam Henley 2nd Y36. CLASS 5: 1st Y44 Les Grice 2nd Y3 Malc Bowes. CLASS 6: 1st Y24 Alex Hay 2nd Y205 Scott Macaulay 3rd Y241 Vince Barnaby.  CLASS 7: 1st Y11 Daz Hutchinson 2nd S12Y Chris Hodgson 3rd Y666 Dave Anderson. CLASS 8: 1st NS818 Ian Spencer 2nd Y34 Mark Grice 3rd LM41 Alex Hall. CLASS 9: 1st ARC7 Sean Power 2nd S275Y Keith Featherstone 3rd LM80 Mark Aspin. CLASS 10: 1st YD74 Martin Lofthouse 2nd ST169 Dave Yeardley 3rd ARC2 Graham Hankey. STOCK HATCH: 1st Y118 Pete Clegg 2nd Y47 Jamie Patterson 3rd Y93 Brendan Bell. CLASS 11: 1st LM79 Kathryn Stansfield 2nd YD152 Sarah Haigh 3rd Y55 Alice Hughes. CLASS 12: 1st Y44 Nicola Jesse 2nd Y15 Leigh Daniells. CLASS 13: 1st SC121 Charlie Wright. CLASS 14: 1st WR21 Lindsay Stephenson 2nd SC20 Jane Bonsall 3rd SC83 Katy Holmes. JUNIORS: 1st Y132 Sam Green 2nd Y153 Oliver Ramsay 3rd Y501 Rob Hattersley. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st S916Y Wes Green 2nd Y90 Jack Dunn 3rd YD64 Jason Alderson. CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 1st Y1 Adam Henley 2nd S71Y Rob Farrow 3rd Y118 Pete Clegg.

SEVERN VALLEY RESULTS 20 MARCH 2011:

CLASS 1: 1st SV1 James Mayo 2nd PAC157 Tom Roberts 3rd 4th C35 Ian Weaver 4th PHD226 Paul Pearce. CLASS 2: 1st PAC51 Matt Sawyer 2nd IK24 Gary Wickham 3rd C62 Ben Howells. CLASS 3: 1st SR55 Bob Matthews 2nd ARC27 Lee Almond 3rd SR22 John Shorter 4th 123F Dave Westlake. CLASS 4: 1st BC25 Jumbo Williams 2nd TA58 Stephen Jones 3rd= CM47 Steven Davies & CM53 Lyndon George. CLASS 5: 1st C31 Ian Jones 2nd NS70 John Wilde 3rd SV20 Lee Cox 4th C4 Brian Preece. CLASS 6: 1st NS434 Ben Gould 2nd H99 Paul Bailey 3rd NW50 Lee Hynes 4th NW41 Darren Owens.  CLASS 7: 1st NW70 Jamie Lea 2nd BC62 Mike Hockly. CLASS 8: 1st LUD80 Jimmy Smith 2nd TA43 Adam Jones 3rd BC2 Will Corfield 4th C21 Steve Duggan. CLASS 9: 1st ARC5 Phil Cooper 2nd L2 Matty Jones 3rd PHD1 Steve Lindsay 4th NS343 Sam Gould. CLASS 10: 1st NW117 Tony Jones 2nd= LUD81 Neil Roche & BC52 Trev Stead 4th TA31 Michael Bailey. CLASS 11: 1st C60 Donna Howells 2nd C89 Rosie Stephens 3rd LUD7 4th C88 Suzanne Stephens. CLASS 11A: 1st H14 Melissa Perkins 2nd 22F Sheralyn Thomas. CLASS 12: 1st S45D Sarah Bateman 2nd C31 Sanda Jones 3rd CM47 Nicola Olsson 4th SV20 Vicky Appleton. CLASS 13: 1st ARC27 Lisa Almond 2nd B27H Lyn Olsson 3rd SR22 Sally Shorter 4th C12 Penny Smith. CLASS 14: 1st H250 Jodie Paskell. JUNIORS: 1st SV100 Conner Griffiths 2nd N53 Lloyd Elliott 3rd LUD90 Dylan Evans 4th C33 Ryan Page. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st C9 Cameron Mills 2nd NS15 Dan Owen 3rd SR50 Ed Owen 4th SR47 Megan Booth.

CLASSICS & ROLLS AT EVESHAM

The second weekend of the Autograss season saw well supported meetings in the spring sunshine at Evesham, Severn Valley, Pennine, York and South Somerset.

Evesham's meeting brought out 164 entries on a very slightly extended version of the familiar Dodwell track, with more track alterations due before the next meeting. The day was punctuated by several relatively minor rollovers, topped by a much more spectacular one for Bredon Hill Class 2 driver Jamie Stevens, whose father Tony had also rolled earlier in the day!

Pennine's meeting also featured a spectacular roll by Paul Dann in Class 5.

The Classic Class 3 movement gained strength at Evesham with the debut of a very competitive Zetec powered Morris Minor, built and raced by young Mike Hill, while his father John updated to a Mk2 Capri. John English's Mk2 Escort enjoyed a moment of glory, driven by Robyn King, who won the Ladies' Modified Saloon final.

EVESHAM RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st S296Y Rob Drake 2nd N212 Jake Lee 3rd R54 Tom Bell. CLASS 2: 1st E291 Martyn Canning 2nd B5H Jon Regan 3rd R140 Damian Harris. CLASS 3: 1st R169 Mick Sumners 2nd E56 Neil Corbett 3rd E16 Pete Haines. CLASS 4: 1st E220 Darren Grasby 2nd R79 Dan Morris 3rd IK221 Pete Berry. CLASS 5: 1st NR200 Tim Gore 2nd S73D Graham Stedman 3rd S60D Stuart Deacon. CLASS 6: 1st E5 Micky Manning 2nd R27 Dave Houghton 3rd IK133 Tony Reynolds.  CLASS 7: 1st 29F Neil Robins 2nd SC45 Carl Swift 3rd R1 Lee Waldron. CLASS 8: 1st E111 Julian Heath 2nd R23 Steve Moss 3rd E20 James Grasby. CLASS 9: 1st E21 Norman Grasby. CLASS 10: 1st R7 Paul Fackrell 2nd R209 Ollie Fernihough 3rd E444 Steve Hopkin. LADIES’ CLASS 1: 1st R54 Alice Bell 2nd E67 Ellie Allen 3rd IK421 Zoe Atkins. LADIES’ CLASS 2: 1st R140 Sue Harris 2nd B12H Hannah Clague 3rd E126 Sharon Barker. LADIES MODIFIED: 1st E212 Robyn King 2nd E220 Lisa Grasby 3rd E56 Sally Corbett. LADIES’ SPECIALS: 1st E17 Sally Stratton 2nd E111 Diane Heath 3rd E1 Katie Peace. JUNIORS: 1st SN81 Nathan Saunders 2nd E15 Matt Stratton 3rd SN201 Jake Bartlett. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st R240 Sophie Morgan 2nd R64 Ryan Curnock 3rd R190 Ted Preedy. UNMODIFIED OPEN: 1st E126 Sean Herbert 2nd E19 Mark Stallard. MODIFIED OPEN: 1st S60D Stuart Deacon 2nd R15 Andy Kelsey 3rd R280 Mike Hill. JUNIORS’ OPEN: 1st R401 Edd Fitzpatrick 2nd R389 Liam Wakefield 3rd R36 Ryan Meacham.  

EVESHAM PHOTOS NOW ON LINE

Flying Five at Pennine captured by Simon Tickle - more photos at www.anyhowracing.co.uk

PENNINE RESULTS:

CLASS 1: 1st P71EM Matt Savage 2nd P27EM Andy Coxon 3rd P21EM Adam Davis. CLASS 2: 1st P7EM Ben Gadsby 2nd SC126 Craig Conway 3rd M254 Neil Cashmore. CLASS 3: 1st N106 Paul Bacon. CLASS 4: 1st P3EM Louis Gutteridge 2nd P33EM Jason Clews 3rd L36 Nick Aldridge. CLASS 5: 1st N1 Joe Martin 2rd N34 Matt Tasker 3rd N333 Joe Smith. STOCK HATCH: 1st P677EM Phil Barleyman/Ben Gadsby 2nd P602EM John Leighton. CLASS 7: 1st P23EM Phil Barleyman 2nd P501EM Mark Guy. CLASS 8: 1st N8 Simon Reeve 2nd M11 Ben Harper 3rd SR88 Drew Butters. CLASS 9: 1st L16 Dex Unwin 2nd N54 John Boaden 3rd M5 Julie Walford. CLASS 11: 1st 1st SC122 Jessica Roberts 2nd N840 Rachel Sims 3rd N870 Rebecca Blakeley. CLASS 12: 1st L36 Melanie Walton. CLASS 13: 1st P307EM Lyndsey Allen 2nd N106 Sue Thom. CLASS 14: 1st M11 Barbara Harper. JUNIOR A: 1st P65EM Ste Heath 2nd P14EM TJ Le Mercier 3rd L10 Ella Markham. JUNIOR B: 1st P56EM Dan Heath 2nd P53EM Shaun Nelson 3rd M98 Conan Finnerty.

MORE PENNINE PHOTOS AT www.absnapshots.co.uk

Severn Valley featured the eagerly awaited Class 7 debut of Phil Rogers, with other Class 7 newcomers including Alun Jenkins. All the action was captured by Gary Jones www.garyphotos.zenfolio.com

FIRST ONE OF THE YEAR .....

We thought we'd missed it, but just found we did have some photos after all of Gemma getting on her head at Nottingham. More on our gallery pages ...

STRONG START TO 2011 SEASON

After all the controversies of the winter, Autograss has never looked as healthy on the opening day of the season as it did at Nottingham on March 13. Opening day also featured meetings at Scarborough and STAR (the fourth planned meeting, at Forest of Dean, was cancelled due to ongoing track improvements), but Nottingham’s was by far the biggest, attracting 245 entries from as far afield as Scotland and Southern Ireland, the total entry being higher by a third compared to the corresponding fixture last year.

A dull and damp start gave way to a fine sunny afternoon, with perfect track conditions, allowing a full programme of two heats and “alphabet finals” to be run. Every class was hotly contested, but highlights included two leading lady racers having their first outings in the men’s classes, Lisa Branston taking a good win in Class 4 and Danielle Barrett giving Bill Shaw a good run for his money in Class 10. Gary Cheetham won Class 5 on his debut with the ex John Deegan/Tony Spencer Xtreme Mini, while Ian Spencer took a convincing Class 8 win over the strongest imaginable field. Despite the big field and close racing, there was only one major incident when Gemma Stephenson became the first this season to get on her roof.

NOTTINGHAM RESULTS

CLASS 1: 1st Y75 Ollie Burley  2nd N212 Jake Lee 3rd SP24 Ash Robinson. CLASS 2: 1st P7EM Ben Gadsby 2nd WR179 Chris Dunwell 3rd P12EM John Gadsby. CLASS 3: 1st P502EM Mark Guy 2nd IK316 Martin Beaney 3rd N106 Paul Bacon. CLASS 4: 1st L15 Lisa Branston 2nd L7 David Hampson 3rd T199 Steve Olive. CLASS 5: 1st N17 Gary Cheetham 2nd WR92 Melvyn Cleland 3rd N1 Joe Martin. CLASS 6: 1st NW41 Darren Owens 2nd SC169 Carl Rawnsley 3rd N25 Andrew Smith.  CLASS 7: 1st SC59 Martyn Dunmow 2nd SC45 Carl Swift 3rd N5 Mick Wyld. CLASS 8: 1st NS818 Ian Spencer 2nd ARC4 Phil Cooper 3rd SC1 Antony Ross. CLASS 9: 1st P5EM Jason Richardson 2nd CS5 Keith Matthews 3rd M99 Rick Finnerty. CLASS 10: 1st SP1 Bill Shaw 2nd MA23 Danielle Barratt 3rd ST169 Dave Yeardley. STOCK HATCH: 1st P610EM Simon Kennedy 2nd P602EM Jack Leighton 3rd N137 Carl Turner. F600: 1st SC60 John Aldred 2nd N40 Ross Sinclair 3rd WR80 Gav Ward. CLASS 11: 1st ARC83 Amy Carter 2nd LM79 Kathryn Stansfield 3rd SP28 Emily Crosby. CLASS 11A: 1st SC122 Jess Roberts 2nd CA47 Sharron Barrett 3rd N861 Rachel Sims. CLASS 12: 1st N225 Kerrilee Wilson 2nd N18 Becky Smith. CLASS 13: 1st P307EM Lindsey Allen 2nd N106 Sue Thom 3rd N16 Karen Trevelyan. CLASS 14: 1st SC17 Clare Horner 2nd SC20 Jane Bonsall 3rd WR23 Rosemary Glover. JUNIORS: 1st SN202 Luke Bartlett 2nd N53 Lloyd Elliott 3rd P65EM Ste Heath. JUNIOR SPECIALS: 1st MA96 Diarmuid O’Brien 2nd YD64 Jason Alderson 3rd SP6 Lewis Clayton.

GRASSERS AT COVENTRY

Autograss cars made their first appearance on the shale track at one of the UK's most prestigious Stock Car racing venues, Coventry Stadium on Saturday 26 February. The invited field of fourteen local racers took part in three "demonstration races". The two heats were won by Paul Fackrell's Class 10 and Mick Sumner's Class 3 and these two featured in a thrilling final; Mick fended off the faster Special until the very last corner, when Paul dived down the outside before quickly switching line to the inside and pipping Mick to the line. Others taking part were Pete Haines' Class 3, the Class 5s of Brian Waterhouse and Al Green, the 7s of  Mark Barrett, Darren Anslow, Ian Craske, PJ Bott and Pete Bott Snr; the 8s of James Grasby and Steve Moss and the 9s of Julie Walford and Norman Grasby. This great publicity opportunity for Autograss was set up by Class 7 racer Darren "Stumpy" Anslow and the grassers will be back at Coventry in the summer, with a bigger Saturday night show planned, subject to NASA approval, on a weekend when there are no club meetings scheduled anywhere in the country.

 RACE RETRO

Coventry was the place to be at the end of February; as well as the stadium racing, NASA were strongly represented at the Race Retro show just down the road at Stoneleigh. On display were Mark Empson's budget 2012 Class 1 Micra, Matthew Scourfield's immaculate "traditional" Class 1 Mini and Darren Grasby's radical Fiat 126 Class 7, the sister car to father Graham's class 5 that was seen at the NEC. As usual the stand attracted plenty of interest while the rest of the show featured the usual fascinating array of historic race and rally cars and bikes.

Photos from Race Retro and Coventry Stadium, together with Sunday's meeting at Standlake Arena, can be found on our new photo site.

NEW PHOTO SITE ONLINE

We've now set up our new photo site which we'll use for all our 2011 photo galleries - please follow the link below.

Photos from our first three events of 2011 are currently being uploaded. All our 2010 photos are still on line, while the popular "candid" off track galleries will all appear first on Andrea's own site www.absnapshots.co.uk - where you'll also find a special offer on the "National Champions" calendar that many of you saw at the NEC.

EXPO EXPLOITS

A revised format for the seventh annual Oval Racing Expo, at Arena Essex Raceway, resulted in two very full days of racing action on the tarmac oval, in addition to the static displays and trade and private sales areas in the pits and marquee. The on track action featured eighteen different short oval racing classes in addition to the full range of NASA and SEGTO Autograss/Grasstrack classes.

On Saturday the NASA and SEGTO cars raced together; the afternoon was devoted to practice and heat races for the very full entry of Grassers, then after a short interval the 30 race evening programme commenced, with the grassers’ finals slotted in between the heats for the various Hot Rod and Stock Car categories. The highlight of the weekend for a lot of people was the battle in the RWD Super Saloons final; Garfy Lines’ Class 5 and Gary Dore’s SEGTO Super Saloon swapped the lead as Antony Jackson carved through from the back of the grid in his Class 5. Martin Beaney’s Class 3 Starlet was also in the thick of it and after a spectacular outside pass that reminded spectators of the halcyon days of Hot Rod racing, it was Martin who took the win after fifteen frantic laps. The FWD Super Saloons category went to South Londoner Nicky D’Souza, who jumped between his RWD and FWD Minis all night. A spectacular end to the Specials final saw Sussex Class 8 racer Mark Hall snatch a last corner win from veteran Barry Hathaway, who was only supposed to be shaking down Lynn Thomas’ Aprilia-powered 8. The Production A category saw Fred Carpenter, racing his Mini for the first time since the 2010 Nationals, fend off the Standlake Arena-based Vauxhalls of Daniel Lake and Jack West. Production B honours went to St Neots’ George Tillson-Smith, who similarly held off two rapid SEGTO challengers, Trevor Smith and Bernie Chambers. SEGTO’s Oliver Tilley narrowly beat NASA’s Jake Bartlett in the Juniors, while Luke Hardy was the first Junior special to finish.

On Sunday the NASA and SEGTO drivers, part from the Juniors, raced in their own groups. Fred Carpenter featured in the weekend’s most spectacular moment, flipping his Mini onto the armco barrier – look here to see how he did it! Martin Beaney ended the weekend with another spectacular win in the NASA final. Tom Tilley beat the bigger Prod B cars to win the SEGTO Production category and Laurence Connors took the SEGTO Modified division. Oliver Tilley was again the Junior winner.

SEGTO drivers will now get another opportunity to race on the Arena tarmac, with a full two days of racing planned on July 2/3, while the Expo will take place once again on January 21/22 2012.

NEC ROUND-UP

It proved a very full and busy weekend for the NASA members helping on the show stand, or performing and organising in the Live Arena. The Class 3 and 7 drivers raced again on Friday, and then five times each day on Saturday and Sunday, building up to the Oval Racing Spectacular events on Saturday and Sunday evening which featured three rounds of racing. Most of the twelve drivers enjoyed a turn in front before the final win of the weekend was claimed by Michaela Bevans.

The Juniors had another race on Friday, won by Beth Tomkinson, and then returned for the Saturday evening show. Ash Bryan and Alice Bevans took the two heats, but the girls were headed in the final as Spencer Wanstall took the honours.

Back in the exhibition halls, there were sixteen brand new, and one previously raced, Autograss cars on show and despite the superb presentation of all the new cars, the biggest crowd was drawn by the “as raced” Micra of Mark Empson, the centre of attention as NASA announced a return to the sub-£1,000 race car (Mark’s example actually having been put on track for under £500).