Mildenhall Stadium April 1 2006
National Bangers BBA Supreme Championship and Saloon Stockcars English Championship

The 2006 National Banger BBA Supreme Championship saw the incredible run of turnouts continue at Mildenhall with around 140 cars filling the pits including visitors from every major promotion featuring a sizeable Common Crusher and Stinkbridge entry. Car wise Jap interest was provided by Bristol's 396 Scott Mowlam and 384 John Golden with a used Laurel and smart Cressida respectively while 159 Mitchell Mills had the lone Cortina, a smart estate. 785 James Ellis returned his Mk2 Granada Minster for its third meeting while there were no less than 16 fresh Mk2 Granadas plus a very smart Mk1 for 188 Matt Fuller which was the top car. 

A selection of smart motors for the big race from 131 Wadey, 159 Rubble, 188 Smoker and 384 Goldie (Bishop)

33 for the first heat with the train in superb condition despite the rain that morning and the previous day. 137 Lee Turner hit fellow PRI man 39 Jack King on the nose early doors while 425 Martin Stopher met 085 Dave Bonnett in similar fashion in an all Cavalier encounter while 48 Brian Redden (Granada) fired into 244 Colin Burnham (Cavalier). Turner continued to hit the luckless Bonnett as 99 Scott Gough fired the first shot form the Crusher nailing 400 Kevin Shinn as 147 Chris Detton (Primera) stuffed 156 Micky Maskall. 391 Wayne Shinn (Primera) then gave 51 Simon Heilds a big hit but was decimated in turn by a cracking shot from 98 Matt Harrison who was blown up seconds later by 400 Shinny. 99 Goffy turned round to attack 788 Dan Burton as 853 John Barnard (Primera) stuffed the Cavalier of 530 Steve Mayes allowing 455 Rick Finney (Granada) to nail the Spedeworth man. Shinny continued his rampage on the Crushers by blasting 100 Richard Elly while 147 Grumpy attacked 485 Justin Nicholls and Stopher fenced Burnham. Shinny then put Finney away but the latter shrugged it off to blow up 183 Bobby Wilmer leaving him wide open for another massive hit from Shinny with Grumpy attacking the Aftermath man in turn. 247 Lee Clarke ended the action by running in 853 the Verger as 60 Steve Laybourn (Cavalier) won from King and 460 Lewis Barber in a PRI clear sweep. 

400 Shinny was on form with these big hits to 455 Finney and 98 Harrison in heat one (Bishop)

32 for the second heat with 780 Darren Barnes in the wars at the start as 96 Michael Hibbert and 8 Dale Woolnough (Cavalier) pounded him, 96 Hibbo continuing to help 128 Andy Lack in pummelling 388 Emmerson Fairweather (Cavalier) while 249 Matt Frost attacked 313 John Cullingford (Granada) as the luckless Barnes was T-boned by 366 Clive Revell. 564 Mark Cooper (Granada estate) followed Woolnough in before 399 Darron Atkins (Volvo 240 estate) collected the vacated Revell Bluebird trashing it. 753 Billy Cunningham (Granada) fenced 564 Coatie but was nailed in turn by 401 Steve Hemmings (Volvo 240 estate) while the spinning 58 Simon Warren (Volvo 240 estate) took a solid T-bone from 431 Shaun Abra and Coatie stuffed 363 Brian Jarvis' Cavalier while 217 Neil Smyth (Cavalier) did the same to 337 Ashley Garrod (Primera). A recovered Warren nailed the smart Bluebird of 103 Paul Foreman but copped a T-bone from 323 Paul Wilkes (Granada estate) for his efforts as 587 Alex Humphrey took the spoils ahead of 249 Frosty and Smyth. 

Up to 37 for heat three with 207 Michael Woodward (Cavalier) hitting 76 Terry Mansfield (Volvo 240 estate) from the off as 409 Carl Pears (Volvo 240 estate) reversed hard into 411 Matthew Franklin (Mk3 Garanada) and 133 Ben Wyatt (Granada) put away 160 Perry Willings' Cavalier with 308 Del Bowen doing the same to 469 Martin Baxter (Accord). 215 Michael Crocon then hit Willings on the nose, the latter taking further abuse from 840 Dan Waddingham as 33 Warren Burnham (Primera) buried both 115 Gary Rose (Granada) and 42 Steve Prince (Mk3 Granada) in one nose. 384 Liam Conway threw his lead away to follow-in Blyton's 225 Nick Bull before 553 Justin Garman inflicted similar punishment on 207 Compo. 712 Andy Westgate nailed Prince as Burnham stuffed 405 Neil Cornish with Waddingham doing the same to the leading 761 Nat Cohn (Volvo 240). 807 Chris Murfin hammered 228 Dan Chaplin (Mk3 Granada) and continued with a T-bone on Waddingham as the lively Conway put away both Mansfield and 115 Rosy with Waddingham firing back to hammer Chaplin. 133 Werzal connected with a T-bone on 752 Sam Cunningham as Conway blasted the luckless Chaplin only to take one in turn from Waddingham. Up front 17 Mark Anderson spun the leading Werzal and went on for the win ahead of 801 Jack Foster and 478 Mark Logan (Primera).

36 drivers assembled for the Supreme Final which saw as expected a fast and furious affair with early spins for 188 Smoker and Ellis at the hands of 159 Rubble and 331 Jason Jackson (Cavalier) respectively while 312 Tom Reynolds (Volvo 240) zeroed in on the spun 688 Wayne Morphett (Granada) for a head-on while Smoker got going and dished out a stonking head-on to the spun 199 Jamie Wyatt, no doubt in revenge for Werzal's hit on the Runner at the English last July. 741 Luke Parfitt blew up Stinkbridge's 450 Glyn Platts on the home straight as 310 John Nicholson walloped 384 Goldie sending him into a complete roll. 312 Turbo weighed in hard on Smoker as 364 Sean Winchester ran in 202 Mike Kilford (Granada) and Ellis smashed into the home straight blocks hard. 557 Paul Bowen turned his smart Cavalier around to attack Goldie as 148 Ian Redden (Cavalier) followed 83 Andy Beaven's smart Granada into the pit bend heap. 190 Steve Bailey then dangerously came inside out, seemingly at 5 Anthony Crowshaw but instead hitting 191 Shaun McMillan who was mercifully ok, 45 Lips then T-boning 190 Pikey a lap later but by this point the car was empty. Having been handed pole from the Incarace draw 348 Sonny Sherwood (Cavalier) completed a flag to flag win ahead of 158 Shane Davies and 730 Dean Mayes.

The top four in the Supreme Championship (Fraser)

35 cars for the first Allcomers with a large pile-up quickly forming on the top bend as 180 Mark Foster attacked 712 Bulldog while King stuffed both 445 Mark Dorrill (Granada) and Latham before Murfin stuck it to Compo allowing 877 Adam Perrin (Granada) to run 93 Ady Chilvers' Civic Shuttle into the latter. 715 Mick Prince (Granada) then clipped Perrin which got him airbourne as Conway continued his fine showing by following in Atkins a treat. Seconds later 180 Sparky did likewise to 712 Bulldog with a big hit as King met Cohn on the nose and 112 Tracey Goodall (Primera) hit Perrin with Conway meeting the latter on the nose. Frosty put away 307 Jon-Joe Cunningham (Granada) with the latter joining his Gypsy Crew team mates in a top bend war against 431 Shaun Abra, Murfin and Sparky while Goodall buried Jarvis en route to the flag ahead of Frosty and 22 Dave Vincent (Granada).

Impressive Granada wreck for 753 Young Gun (Bishop)

A whopping field of 45 for the second Allcomers which was put dynamite, The action began with 215 Chris Bull blasted Goffy only to be destroyed by an absolutely titanic shot from Finney as Revell buried 171 Darren Stanion and Platts hit 587 Humps on the nose allowing Shinny to nail the Stinkbridge man as 120 Luke Burley stuffed 231 Stuart Dunn (Mk3 Granada estate) and 156 Micky Boy hammered Mansfield with the reds then out for 128 Lacky who was in trouble on the back straight. The race resumed with 553 Garmo hitting 339 Ade Lightbown (Granada) on the nose as 331 Boxer spun Werzal into Coatie and Winchester stuffed 247 Bro. Boxer now turned round and hammered Werzal with a series of hits as 771 Rikki Roberts blasted Coatie. 97 Glen Woodward put away 551 Stuart Franklin and Winchester again put paid to Bro. Franklin then ran the Verger into Garmo allowing Bro and Dunn to hammer the latter as 148 Shorty attacked 72 Rob Joyce. Boxer now met Chaplin on the nose allowing Waddington to do the latter triggering a wrecking train with Turner, Winchester, Dunn and Joyce all piling in, the latter rolling on impact but his was able to exit and the action continued. Micky Boy singled out Dunn for a T-bone as Bro hammered Stanion with Winchester blasting the latter which fired him up to turn round and deliver a revenge hit on Bro. However Stanion again fell foul of Winchester who delivered a wicked T-bone but was nailed by Waddingham in turn. Wincheser shrugged it off to pick up Bro and get him sideways with Stanion dishing out a large T-bone, Winchester ending the action with another hit on Bro. Shorty took the win with 83 Bubbs and Winchester the only other finishers. 

215 Young Bully's Granada was an early contender for wreck of the year at RDC (Bishop)

With precious few cars still running the proposed third Allcomers was dropped and the next race was the Accumulator which would go into a DD with just 25 making it back for it. Hields got the ball rolling with a stiff shot to the struggling 333 Alex Roberts (Sunny) but the former was walled shortly after by Morphett as Bro blew up 391 Ol Matey (both drivers having done well to repair) on the home straight with the Spedeworth man dumped into his victim a lap later by Laybourn. Vincent hammered the luckless Roberts allowing 133 Karl Day (Granada) to hand out a big hit to the latter as Ellis buried Chilvers, the former then getting a taste of his own medicine from Laybourn which also claimed Bubbs. Frosty meanwhile stuck it to Foster with 133 Karly T-boning the latter in turn as Ellis hammered Chilvers and Laybourn nailed Stu Franklin. Vincent held of Winchester to win with Frosty third. The flag fell for the DD with Karly and 273 Kevin McClagish (Volvo 240 estate) sticking it to Laybourn as Ellis hammered Rosy before the reds came out for a shaken Chilvers after a big hit from Winchester. We were soon underway again with 273 Mad Mouse and Matt Franklin meeting on the nose as Karly stuffed Winchester. Hields then met Karly in a big head-on on the top bend which sent the former into a full roll with Winchester then dishing out a T-bone as soon as he landed on his wheels! Wllis hammered Roberts and Winchester put away Rosy with Ellis the piling the latter head-on in Winchester. Latham attacked Ellis with two then meeting head-on finishing the both and gifting Rosy the win. At that points Bubbs fired back into life and so the action continued with the Autospeed young gun and Rosy ending the night with a solid back straight head-on. 

Heat one: 60 Steve Laybourn, 39, 460, 112, 247, 244, 96, 97, 120, 485
Heat two: 587 Alex Humphrey, 249, 217, 72, 445, 431, 465, 93, 323, 753
Heat three: 17 Mark Anderson, 801, 478, 133, 712, 844, 36, 307, 285, 432
Supreme Championship: 348 Sonny Sherwood, 158, 730, 131, 22, 148, 53, 271, 364, 161
Allcomers One: 112 Tracey Goodall, 249, 22, 39, 478, 93, 541
Allcomers Two: 148 Ian Redden, 83, 364
Accumulator: 22 Dave Vincent, 364, 249, 785
Into DD: 115 Gary Rose from 785

An excellent field of 49 Saloon Stockcars gathered for the English Championship with the entry boosted by a fine 12 car entry from the west country. 

28 cars for an explosive opening heat with a false start when 219 Luke Grief wasn't ready to go. 317 Dwayne Powell was the first spinner when the racing began with 912 Andi Newman setting the pace as 368 Steve Santry turfed aside 528 Ian Govier and 438 Tony Lay had 224 Mark Calvert around before 512 Darren Barnett completed the west country misery by spinning 87 Barry Richards. 441 Phil Martin then removed 2 Paul Tuppen which claimed 382 Danny Hunt, 27 Roy Fuller and 677 Eddie Darby triggering a pit bend pile-up. 403 Ashley Foulsham grabbed the lead on lap six as Newman spun the luckless Govier. There was another lead change on lap seven as 419 Luke Grief moved through while Lay continued having Barnett out as 156 Darren Goudy spun 149 Jamie Sampson. More action followed as 402 Shaun Webster buried Calvert which claimed 377 Mick Oslar and 513 Ross Dawson with 569 James Radcliffe then hooking out Govier which claimed Lay as 305 Nigel Parker slammed 207 Darren Bradford into the wall. Clive Grief then spun Dawson which caused problems for both Parker and 677 Eddie Darby as 111 Darryle Goddard slammed Santry into the wall. Luke Grief held on for the win ahead of 420 Ivan Street and defending champion 511 Craig Barnett with marshals tackling a blaze for 964 Kenny Peters after the race. 

Up to 32 for the second heat which started with 369 Andy Santry spinning 2 Paul Tuppen as Luke Grief attacked 84 Lizzy Crowden-Murfin as 525 Jason Elvin spun and Bradford squeezed 401 Steve Webster into the wall as 26 Tommy Barnes removed 468 Kelvin Nichols. There were more spins for 562 Trevor Gray and Newman with the latter incident handing 86 Simon Royal the lead ahead of 999 Vic Walding and Barnes. 417 Fred Powell removed Dawson with the latter clobbered by 499 Dave Aldous before he got out of the way while 27 Roy Fuller smashed into the inner wall hard. Walding spun from his lofty spot as 428 Lee Sampson stuffed Andy Santry who quickly recovered to spin Walding before he clobbered the spinning Calvert. 428 Lee Sampson moved into the lead and then spun Newman as he took the flag ahead of Barnes and 156 Darren Goudy. 

Just 24 for the final heat but still the action came with a lively start seeing 199 Phil Powell spin Crowden-Murfin as Darren Barnett did the same to Steve Santry while Walding led from Royal before the latter was spun by a back marking Hunt who continued to have 106 Jamie Stafford round leaving the latter stranded by the start line and prompting a red flag and a complete restart. Stafford was in the wars again on the restart coming under attack from 311 Steve Newman with 720 Shane Brown then walling the latter as Fred Powell removed Govier. Steve Webster then spun 150 Andy Parrin which also claimed Andy Santry and Darren Barnett as Nichols took the top spit from Walding on lap four. Parker slowly reeled him in and they exchanged the lead a couple of times on lap 14 before Nichols was able to get away while behind them a spinning Street was clobbered by Darby and Darren Barnett spun the second and third placed Parker and Walding in one move giving Nichols a clear run to the flag ahead of Brown and Darby. 

27 qualifiers returned for the English Championship with Darby and Shaun Webster sharing the front row having scored the most points in the heats and it was the latter who grabbed the early lead as Darren Barnett had a pop at Steve Webster. There were spins for Richards, Hunt and 377 Mick Oslar as Lee Sampson leapt to second and Goudy took a pop at Steve Santry and Parker removed Lay as Nichols spun aside Walding. 499 Dave Aldous moved into third and then on lap 13 he claimed second as elsewhere Bradford spun Luke Grief. Lee Sampson cruelly retired with a flat as on the home straight Andy Santry and Steve Newman spun causing Bradford to slam flat out into the inner wall. Aldous removed Craig Barnett in the fight for second as Shaun Webster motored to another title ahead of Aldous and Darby.

The big four in the Saloon Stockcar English (Fraser)

Heat one: 419 Luke Grief, 420, 511, 402, 677, 7, 438, 512, 368, 87, 377, 207
Heat two: 428 Lee Sampson, 26, 156, 311, 499, 402, 369, 401, 368, 511, 419, 377
Heat three: 468 Kelven Nichols, 720, 677, 382, 219, 149, 199, 499, 305, 999, 401, 84
English Championship: 402 Shaun Webster, 499, 677, 720, 512. 468, 156, 419, 199, 305

A quality night's action with some storming stuff from both formulas with some lively and hard hitting racing plus two very fast and competitive championship races. However there were downsides, 190 Pikey's dubious hit in the Supreme causing alarm and while the decision to scrap a planned Allcomers for both the Saloon Stockcars and National Bangers was disappointing it was apparent that neither race would have been well subscribed owing to the action levels earlier in the night. 

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