Mildenhall Stadium
Saturday May 14 2016
National Micro Bangers, BriSCA F2 Stockcars World of Shale QF and
V8 Hotstox
Supreme Trophy and World QF
A very respectable field of 63 Micro
National Bangers gathered at Mildenhall on May 14, a number made all the
more decent considering the meeting was only announced a month before in place
of the Unlimited EA team championship which was sadly cancelled due to the low
numbers. The field was swelled by nearly late bookings and extras on the night
but sadly these numbers were cancelled out by a dozen late cancellations and no
shows which was most disappointing with a very local based line-up, the further
travelled once again the Kent based RDC drivers plus 837 Martin Wesby from the
Midlands with TSR and Spedeworth also represented.
30 cars for heat one with 744 Liam Barton burying 354 Darren Bewers on
the road bend which also claimed 662 Dalton Smith and 551 Brett Jackson arrived
to absolutely decimate 354 Dabs with a stunning hit before 352 Ben Mynott
latched onto 187 Andy Marshall who already had a hold of 143 Aaron Mann and
planted him into Smith before the reds flew to allow Dabs a safe exit from his
wreck. The restart began with 246 Jimmy Butts running in 313 Scottie Elden and
Marshall buried himself in the back of Butts which left him embedded in the 246
machine but no-one fancied nailing him as well. Barton continued to run in the
luckless 313 Scottie Dog as eventually the vulnerable Marshall proved a target
too good to resist and 565 Darren Quadling landed a hard hit with 724 Nigel
Birchan also nailing Marshall. 677 Matt Bradshaw then ran in 37 Dave Lewis and
continued to bury 37 Dave Lewis which left him open to a fine hit from 51 James
Licquorice who was then blitzed by a rated shot from Smith which was eclipsed by
a truly ballistic hit from Barton, the reds then flying for Smith and just as
they did 36 Ricky Lewis burst into fire on the infield in a very nasty looking
blaze. The second restart was predictably very quiet save Dave Lewis spinning
155 Sam Coote into the infield wall with the race stopped again a lap of so from
the end with a wheel on the track and Mynott was named the winner from 326 Shane
Lynn and 673 Darren Fendley.
A couple more for heat two but this was quieter with 729 Joe Smith
running in 712 Kev Hook from the off and the latter was destroyed by a wicked
hit from 741 Charlie Daniels as 56 Travis Kiddy fenced himself and crashed into
Hook with the reds then flying to allow the latter a safe exit from his wreck. A
complete restart was ordered and this began with 32 Alan Wombwell stuffing 469
Martin Baxter into Hook’s wreck as 341 Paul Johnson attacked 123 Tony Hutton
with 623 Ricky Hutton attacking the former in turn before 32 Asbo buried 370
Bill Parrish and they were collected by 794 Scott Martindale and this helped
cause a small pile-up on the road bend in which 741 German Jnr nailed 338 Terry
Garrod while Parrish turned Baxter into the wall. Up front and 99 Ricky Garrod
span 375 Alex Hensby for the lead but German Jnr then lunged at Garrod on the
final bend and span him and the recovered Hensby came through for a maiden
National Banger win from the recovered Garrod and 175 Karl Korsby. The race
ended with 142 Jack Lower attacking 174 Callum Henderson which allowed 168 Steve
Morse to administer a hard hit on the former.
Even with no extra repair time being offered 27 made it back for the
consolation with 123 Curly assaulting 353 Clarkey from the off, the latter
then also coming under fire from 659 Stu Bird as the luckless Scottie Dog was
run in again, this time by Wesby while 799 Tim Rees turned Birchan into the
fence, the former going round and getting hit head-on by Baxter before the reds
flew for the stranded Wesby on the home straight. A complete restart was ordered
and Bird set this going by spinning Rees into the infield blocks as Birchan
cracked the spun Mann in the rear wheel and Barton then dumped Curly into the
latter as 32 Asbo found Birchan for a hard hit and 623 Tricky nailed 459 Todd
Archer. Asbo continued with a package on 300 Jack Goldsmith as 162 Rob Wheatley
fenced Baxter and German Jnr nailed Clarkey as the mayhem on the pit bend
continued to grow. Tricky added to the misery as he ran in 162 Kyle Pothecary
and Asbo smashed Baxter into the wreckage with Goldsmith falling foul of the
wreckage and getting trashed by Parrish and he was destroyed by Barton with
German Jnr then crashing into the heap when he lined up the latter who was able
to flee the scene. The action then disappeared for a couple of laps until Tricky
ran in Barton allowing Morse to nail the latter as 674 Luke Childerhouse came
through the carnage to win from 25 Matt Black and Ricky Lewis, the race ending
with Tricky nailing Archer only to take one in turn from Marshall.
The qualifiers only final had the smallest grid of the night with 24 cars
and was the quietest of the evening’s races with Ricky Garrod nailing the spun
Childerhouse with a hard head-on as Lower was spat into the infield blocks by
the traffic and Mann fenced Kiddy. 135 Donny Mann attacked Black as the leading
Mynott did the same to Kiddy which allowed 72 Breeze Atkins and Garrod to close
in the race for the lead. The highlight of the race came on turn one as 661
Aaron Harris, who got a late assist from 760 Harry Spencer thundered in 144
Jordan Godfrey as Garrod moved into the lead but was spun by Mynott which
allowed Atkins to take over and she held on for a maiden National Banger win in
her maiden National Banger meeting with Mynott surviving a last bend attack from
17 Kyle Overy for third.
The very high amount of stoppages in all formulas meant the Accumulator
qualifier started a couple of minutes after 11pm which again meant drivers
had no extra repair time but still 26 made it back with the reds out yet again
in the opening seconds of the race as Rees performed a complete roll by the
start line. The race resumed with Licquorice finding Kiddy for a shot as 326
Ratty followed Fendley in hard on the road bend. Ricky Garrod turned Aaron Mann
into the wall as 337 Ashley Garrod and Bird clashed which resulted in the latter
hitting the wall and Quadling arrived to nail 337 Pretty Boy with Spencer then
assaulting the latter as Baxter turned round and located 338 Wingnut for a hit.
Barton also turned round and powered into Henderson as Ratty span Dave Lewis
crashing into the infield wall but it was Garrod who claimed the win to make up
for his earlier near misses with Black second and Ratty third. The DD
started with Hensby homing in on Wingnut before the reds flew with Spencer
signalling all was not well. The event restarted with Godfrey attacking Black
only to come under fire from Hensby as Ratty fired into and span Baxter while
Henderson targeted Licquorice. Ratty then turned round and Hensby was happy to
meet him in a fierce head-on which triggered a cracking train of hits as Kiddy
flattened Hensby and was pasted in turn by hard shots from Capt Slow and
Licquorice with Baxter then nailing the latter and taking a rear wheel hit from
Godfrey as he tried to flee the scene. Black was the next to arrive and he
drilled Godfrey before he was hammered by Henderson with Capt Slow returning to
the scene to pound the Shunter. Kiddy now returned to the pile and nailed Black
before Baxter went in and copped a rated hit from Capt Slow. Kiddy then weighed
in on Hensby which left him open to a shot from Kiddy as Godfrey got hold off
Capt Slow and smashed him into the infield blocks but the latter quickly
recovered and chased down his attacker on opposite and stuffed him. Baxter
meanwhile connected with a T-bone on Kiddy and Capt Slow set about the latter in
the same way only to take one himself from Godfrey. The latter then crashed into
the heap by the start line and was smashed with a T-bone from Baxter but Godfrey
battled on to repay him with a head-on which left Godfrey open to a massive hit
from Capt Slow and a T-bone on Godfrey left him immobile. Capt Slow then smashed
Baxter into submission with a series of hits from all angles to claim the win
and he celebrated with a couple of hits on the game Godfrey. Capt Slow was also
named the entertainer award winner with entertainer points going to Godfrey,
Licquorice and Barton for their efforts.
Heat one: 352 Ben Mynott, 326, 673, 72, 37, 328, 155, 760, 162 (Wheatley), 135
Heat two: 375 Alex Hensby, 99, 175, 142, 661, 168, 338, 144, 56, 17
Consolation: 674 Luke Childerhouse, 25, 36, 143, 168, 623, 469, 744
Grand Final: 72 Breeze Atkins, 352, 17, 326, 175, 673, 155, 328, 338, 143
Accumulator qualifier: 99 Ricky Garrod, 25, 326, 135, 155, 37, 328
Destruction Derby: 155 Sam Coote from 469
Round three of the BriSCA F2 Stockcar track
championship was also the first World of Shale qualifier of the season at
the raceway and raised a healthy, if slightly disappointing field of 43 cars
which while the best of the season so far was set to be somewhat higher had it
not been for a number of cancellations in the days running up to the meeting.
Once again many of the shale regulars had covered plenty of miles to attend as
had 464 Matt Linfield from the south and there were welcome returns to
Mildenhall for 37 Tony Smith and 70 Brian Shadbolt after some time, these two of
several drivers making their first Mildenhall outings of the year while 888 Rob
Shenton made his track debut.
22 cars for heat one with 471 Malcolm Kaye an immediate spinner as 235
Bradley Blyth set the pace only to collect the recovering Kaye as Shadbolt span
and was struck by 124 Ollie Skeels, the latter left stranded on turn two to
bring the reds out with a complete restart ordered. 18 cars remained with Blyth
among the early retirements and 417 Allan Weston went out early doors as
Linfield came under fire from 788 Stephen Mallinson as 150 Mark Thoms moved into
the lead and 441 Mickey Branston fired 341 Drew Lammas wide for third and
further back Linfield charged at 177 Glenn Scott which opened the door for 226
Billy Webster to leapfrog them both. 259 Simon Farrington now stepped up to
challenge Lammas for fourth as 524 Michael Wallbank span 225 Tony Blackburn who
was struck by Webster and 66 Tom Neat jumped to fourth before the reds flew
again for a KO’d Weston on the road bend. Thankfully he was able to walk away
and Thoms led the lap sheet order restart which still had 16 cars in the race
but second placed 166 Tony Cordiner was immediately off the pace and dropped
down the order. Farrington fired into Neat but it allowed 377 Daz Shaw to pass
them both for third as Branston challenged Thoms for the lead and took the top
spot as the race hit half way. Shaw fired Thoms wide for second and 905 Rob
Mitchell then moved the latter wide for third as 136 Kyle Taylor lunged at
Mallinson in the fight for a minor place which allowed Neat and Thoms to nip
past as Blackburn fired Farrington wide for fourth before 710 Brett Townsend
went round on the road bend and ripped a wheel off in the process to bring the
reds out and with the race in the final five laps the result was declared with
Shaw victorious from Mitchell and Branston.
One less for heat two with early spins for 331 James Di’Gullio and 26
Gary Ford as 597 Barry Clow removed 715 Scott Aldridge and he was collected by
104 Rob Cowles with 606 Andy Palmer and 233 Rob Aldridge also going round
followed by 5 Josh Coleman for a chaotic start with 81 Mark Clayton quickly
taking the lead as 283 Gary Allen tangled with 442 Graham Kerry in the race for
second and 103 Carl Issit moved 662 Steve Wycherly wide for fifth before 871
Mark Simpson clashed with 623 Rob Dobie delaying his otherwise excellent start.
Clow lunged at Palmer but could only get him sideways as Kerry tangled with
Allen and span him into the fence, the former then collected heavily by Simpson
which brought the reds out to assist Kerry. Sufficient laps had been completed
for a lap sheet order restart which was led away by Clayton with Issit already
into second but Clayton held the advantage as the race hit half way and Palmer
fired Allen wide for fifth before challenging Wycherly for fourth. Issit was
able to wrestle the lead away from Clayton after the latter put up a tremendous
fight but Palmer was closing fast, firing Simpson and then Clayton wide to move
into second. Clayton then fired into the back marking Di’Guillio but it saw him
lose places to Simpson and Wycherly as Palmer made contact on Issit on the final
bend but it wasn’t enough to dislodge him and Issit held on to win in a very
exciting finish with Simpson third.
The heats had taken their toll and only 17 of the 23 non qualifiers were able to
return for the consolation with Cordiner lunging at Blyth for the lead
but it was Allen who came through to lead at the end of lap one with Cordiner
then firing into Blyth again as they battled for second and this allowed Ford to
close and move the latter wide for third but Blyth stood his ground and came
back at Ford as Lammas had Wallbank around and Coleman fired Smith wide. Ford
moved into second as Webster punted Shenton wide which allowed Taylor to come
through, Shenton then spinning and crashing into the infield blocks by the start
line to end his race. Webster used his bumper to take third from Coleman with
Taylor joining their fight as the race hit half way with Ford now the leader and
he motored to the win with Allen holding his nerve for an excellent second and
Webster triumphed in the race for third.
Just Thoms failed to make the final leaving 27 qualifiers with Allen the
sole white grade driver and he duly led the field away as 219 Chris Mitchell
span on the first bend and Wallbank clashed with Neat and then came under fire
from Ford as elsewhere Scott tangled with 728 Carl Pilkinton. Allen came under
pressure from Lammas over the lead which allowed Neat to close to and move into
second as Issit attacked Simpson, rattling him into a half spin and Clayton also
crashed out and 13 Gary Ford fired into Blackburn and rattled him into a half
spin. Allen held the lead from Neat, Lammas, Wycherly, Farrington, Gary Ford,
Taylor, Branston and Linfield as Cowles was the next to spin and Scott was fired
out of the way by Issit with Lammas doing the same to Wycherly in the race for
third. Up front and Neat tangled with and fenced Allen and this caused the
former to spin Wycherly as he dived for the lead and he was collected by Allen
ending his challenge and Farrington emerged in the lead on lap five ahead of
Lammas, Taylor, 741 Luke Branston, Gary Ford and Mickey Branston. Blackburn
lunged at Andy Ford and they crashed into the stricken Wallbank as Palmer was
another to fall by the way side. Farrington led the field to half way ahead of
Lammas, Taylor, Luke and Mickey Branston, Gary Ford, Linfield and Simpson but
the reds flew seconds later as Lammas collected a spun car exiting turn four
which flipped him into his roof. A lap sheet order restart saw Farrington lead
with the top seven unchanged but the back marking Clayton started behind
Farrington and was immediately a factor as he stood his ground to those behind.
Elsewhere and Webster came under fire from Smith and Gary Ford clashed with
Scott. Simpson had climbed to fourth as Mallinson got stuck into Webster and Rob
Mitchell did the same to brother Chris before he fired into Webster but this
only caused him to spin himself and he was clobbered by Chris Mitchell and
Linfield. With five to run Simpson muscled his way into second as Luke Branston
fired Taylor wide for third before the leading Farrington was dumped out of
contention by the back marking Mickey Branston. Simpson was gifted the lead and
fired Clayton wide with a big hit, possibly thinking he was on the lead lap, as
he raced to the win in an excellent contest ahead of Taylor and Luke Branston.
24 returned for the Grand National with an early pile-up forming on the
road bend as Allen set the pace before there were further spins for 447 Richard
Hampshire and 623 Rob Dobie. Mickey Branston climbed to second from Clayton and
Skeels with Clayton firing Branston wide for second as the Mitchell brother
grappled over fifth and behind them Taylor lunged aggressively at Blackburn.
Skeels now challenged Clayton for second as Allen led the race to half way. Luke
Branston eased past brother Mickey for fifth as Clayton reeled in Allen and
challenged for the lead but an attack from Clayton saw him half spin and Allen
was able to pull away again with less than five to run and his lead was
continued when Skeels battled into second and Rob Mitchell challenged Clayton
for third. Pilkington then span and was hit by Skeels to again allow Allen to
edge away as Taylor and Blackburn tangled and hit the wall before the reds flew
for the stricken Pilkington who had also shed a wheel and with the race in the
final five laps Allen was declared the winner, his first in the sport, Rob
Mitchell and Skeels taking the podium spots.
Heat one: 377 Daz Shaw, 905, 441, 225, 259, 788, 177, 464, 160, 66
Heat two: 103 Carl Issit, 606, 871, 662, 81, 741, 219, 728, 13, 104
Consolation: 26 Gary Ford, 283, 226, 136, 5, 341, 524, 37, 166, 233
Grand Final: 871 Mark Simpson, 136, 741, 103, 788, 226, 662, 377, 219, 905
Grand National: 283 Gary Allen, 905, 124, 81, 871, 225, 136, 741, 788, 377
The third annual visit of the V8 Hotstox to Mildenhall
once again saw their Supreme Trophy up for grabs and the meeting a
world qualifier and this helped raise a cracking field of 28 cars, their
best at Mildenhall to date and a number made all the more impressive given the
distance the majority had travelled to attend with several making their maiden
trips to Mildenhall in the formula.
19 cars for heat one with early spins for 182 Dave Cheetham, 500 Scott
Bodily and 352 Rory Foster as 575 Darren Cottrill fenced 498 Olly Spencer
leaving 117 Rob Scriven to take the early lead before 82 Ashley Geary collected
the spun 456 Jedd Stirk, the caution flags then flying to assist the stricken
Geary. A lap sheet order restart began with 409 Luke Maw fire into 482 Martin
Fletcher only to come under immediate fire from 157 Adam Joyce in the race for
second while 288 Jon Brown attacked 394 Chris Claire. Scriven led the field to
half way with Joyce now second ahead of Maw, 298 Tom Spencer and Brown with the
latter spinning Spencer for fourth as Joyce eased into the lead just ahead of
the five to go signal. Claire removed Fletcher as Maw and Brown joined Scriven
in an excellent fight for second and behind 222 Guy Jolley, Cottrill, 1 Kevin
Stuchbury and 211 Pheobe Wainman were battling over fifth. Brown sent Maw
spinning to second third as Joyce raced to the win with Scriven in second, the
final action coming when Foster fired into Claire and Joyce celebrated his win
by spinning Tom Spencer.
One less for heat two with 450 Sam Mee, 535 Nick Jagger and Claire early
spinners, the latter collected by Maw before Bodily and Cheetham also went round
leaving 478 Shane Geary at the front and 281 Lee Summers already into second as
355 Bryan Andrew removed Maw and Brown climbed to third before he slipped passed
Summers for second before the race hit half way with Jolley into fourth and
Cottrill fifth. Geary then got tangled with the back marking 26 Hayley Williams,
Claire and Andrew which allowed Brown to close in but Geary would not be moved
and produced a superbly determined drive to keep Brown at bay and their scrap
allowed Summers to close in and with five to run there was also a great scrap
raging for sixth between Tom Spencer, 137 Sam Jacklin and 328 Michael Bowell.
The battle between Geary and Brown not only allowed Summers to close but Jolley
and Cottrill as well setting up a thrilling five way fight for the lea. Brown
landed another hit on Geary but still the latter would not be moved as Jolley
fired Summers wide for third which allowed Cottrill to slip through. Having
survived another hit from Brown, the pressure finally got to Geary who drifted
wide on the road bend and Brown was through with Jolley on his heels but he
would also go wide and Cottrill grabbed second but there was no catching Brown
who marched to the win, Geary’s efforts earning him fourth after a superb
effort.
One less again for the third heat with Fletcher setting the pace this
time until he was spun aside for the top spot by Shane Geary but Fletcher held
on for second before Stirk and Scriven crashed out at the end of the home
straight in their race for third and with the cars locked together and seemingly
unable to part the caution flags were again thrown. Geary led the restart with a
pair of back markers between him and the second placed Jacklin and Wainman
already into fourth, the first action coming when Boswell tangled with Fletcher
costing the former time as Jacklin charged at Geary to take the lead just before
half way with Wainman third ahead of Stuchbury, Joyce and Foster before Geary
cruelly expired. Andrew then tangled with Fletcher and they both span as Wainman
stepped up to challenge Jacklin for the lead as the race entered the final five
laps and she eased into the lead but Jacklin charged at her on the road bend
which saw them both crash out and Joyce happily inherited the lead. Stutchbury
was second and fired Fletcher wide as he tried to chase down the leader who
moved the recovered Jacklin out of his way as he stormed to his second win of
the night, Stirk ending things when he span into the infield wall, Stuchbury was
second and Mee third.
The Supreme Trophy was open to all and saw all but one of the original
field for a packed field, the biggest grid for the formula since their return to
the stadium and it did not disappoint. Fletcher, 242 Joe Nickolls and Stirk were
early spinners leading Bodily to set the pace as a back straight pile-up claimed
Summers, Mee and Claire and with seemingly no chance of them getting out of
their predicament the reds were thrown and a complete restart orders which saw
the field reduced to 24, Joyce among the early retirements. Jagger got the ball
rolling by firing Cheetham into the fence as Bodily span Stirk to regain the
lead and Summers dumped out Scriven. Jagger moved into second ahead of Fletcher,
Claire, Cheetham and Jolley as Cottrill fired into Shane Geary and Summers
attacked Williams. Claire had climbed to third and Jolley to fifth with Jacklin
sixth and the latter continued his progress with a big attack on Cheetham as
Jagger muscled his way into the lead on lap four. Maw lunged at and span Wainman
as the race for second reached fever pitch between Jolley, Claire, Jacklin and
defending champion Cottrill with Jacklin emerging in the spot before he was
overhauled by Jolley with Brown now bursting into the scene and establishing
himself in third. The race hit half way and as it did Jolley hit the front from
Jagger, Brown, Jacklin, Cottrill, Summers, Mee, Tom Spencer and Williams but a
hit from Cottrill sent Jacklin down the order as Brown connected on Jagger to
take second while Summer charged at Mee to gain a place but things came to a
grinding halt when the yellow flags flew to assist Jagger who’d come to a halt
on the road bend and just before they did Brown was sent spinning by the back
marking Stirk which ended his hopes. With just over five to run Jolley headed
the restart with Cottrill on his bumper, two back markers between them and the
third places Tom Spencer who had a one back marker cushion between him and Mee
who also had one back marker between him and the race for fifth between
Stucthbury, Mew, Boswell and Summers. Jolley made a clean get away to break away
from Cottrill as behind Williams fenced Jacklin to the fence as Jolley romped to
the win ahead of defending champion Cottrill and Tom Spencer in a quite
brilliant race.
The decision to run fifth race for the V8s, offering the drivers a fourth race
was more than vindicated when a quite superb 21 drivers returned for the
Grand National and they ended their night in quite ballistic fashion. Foster
tangled with Claire from the start all but ruining their chances and leaving
Fletcher to set the pace as Joyce fired Brow wide and Shane Geary battled his
way to second ahead of Bodily, Cheetham, Maw and Williams who had made an
electric start. Maw now charged into third only to tangled with Williams which
handed places to Olly Spencer and Joycce before Foster fired 136 Rob Jacklin to
the fence with a bit hit. Olly Joyce then did the same to Joyce which allowed
Williams to leapfrog them both as Geary dumped out Fletcher in a bid to take the
lead but span himself and was collected by Foster and Williams burst out of the
chaos on the road bend to take the lead only for the reds to then fly with
concern for Geary. A lap sheet order restart saw Williams lead with Olly Spencer
second and a back marker between them and the race for third between Joyce (who
at this point was mistakingly being shown as one lap down), Wainman, Maw,
Boswell, Stuchbury and Cottrill. The race resumed with some absolutely storming
laps as Spencer delivered a big hit to Williams but she dug her heels in and
held on for Spencer to deliver a second, even bigger hit which took them both
wide and Joyce was able to power through on the inside for the lead. Elsewhere
and Bodily span aside Cheetham as Williams tangled wheels with Stuchbury. Into
the final five laps and Olly Spencer charged at Joyce for the lead with Wainman
able to squeeze past them both to get her nose in front but Spencer fired Joyce
into her entering the road bend and it took all three crashing out and Maw
emerged to take them lead with Stuchbury on his heels. Mee sent Andrew spinning
as Maw held off Stuchbury to win another quite brilliant race, the recovered
Spencer third.
Heat one: 157 Adam Joyce, 117, 288, 409, 222, 575, 1, 211, 281, 394
Heat two: 288 Jon Brown, 575, 222, 478, 281, 298, 328, 450, 355, 26
Heat three: Joyce, 1, 450, 352, 328, 26, 211, 242, 137, 355
Grand Final: 222 Guy Jolley, 575, 298, 1, 450, 409, 355, 281, 26, 137
Grand National: 409 Luke Maw, 1, 498, 26, 575, 222, 328, 450, 298, 500
For the third week in a row, this was another hugely entertaining affair with
all three formulas enjoying some fine form and hardly a bad race among the
bumper 15 race programme. Arguably it was the visiting V8 Hotstox who took top
billing on the night but much like the Saloon Stockcars the previous Saturday,
not because the other formulas weren’t on form but simply because they were that
good, the drivers excelling on a circuit which is seemingly very well suited to
them, their Final and Grand National as good as any stockcar race we have seen
this season. On a similar note the F2s were impressive, perhaps their best
meeting of the year to date, highlighted by another storming final and a
typically entertaining Micro Banger session highlighted by the rated hits in
heat one, the very entertaining consolation and hard hitting DD. The only
drawback was that the last race unfortunately started a few minutes later than
it should have, this a direct result of a quite incredible 15 race stoppages
with restarts (eight being lap sheet order restarts) with just four of the
evening’s 15 races going flag to flag without a caution.