Mildenhall Stadium
Saturday March 19 2016
RDC's One Wild Night 2016
Unlimited Bangers BBA Supreme Championship and BriSCA F2 Stockcars
The 2016 staging of the Unlimited Banger BBA
Supreme Championship raised 96 cars, an impressive number albeit slightly
down on the last two years while it good to report just five non shows from the
final entry list although it was disappointing that three of them were seeded
entries for the main event which compounded with two late cancellations for the
championship resulted in a slightly lower than anticipated field for the big
race. Sadly there were also no overseas representatives this year but once again
Scotland was represented with some epic travelling efforts from Crimond trio 222
Colin (240 estate) and 229 Sean Riddell (740 estate) and 230 Scott Patterson
(estate). Just over a third of the field had fresh cars for the night, defending
champion 22 Dave Vincent debuting a trademark Mk2 Granada while 115 Dave Hope
had a fresh Lincoln Town Car limo for the main event and 88 Speedy Reed his
ultra smart Mk3 Granada hearse which failed to race at the Nutcracker. Of the
used cars 514 Charlie Taylor returned his Cadillac Fleetwood limo and 9 Tom
Jordan his Lincoln Town Car and 17 Kyle Overy a Scorpio hearse.
Even with a couple failing to make the gate, 38 drivers contested the last
chance qualifier which got underway in manic fashion. 160 Shayn Winsor was
an immediate spinner and was collected head-on by 10 Ben Collins (Omega) and
then by 51 James Licquorice (740) which smashed the World of Shale Champion into
the infield blocks as 222 Matty High (740 estate) hit the spun 17 Chiefy on the
nose which triggered a pile-up and Taylor found Speedy for a hit, the Shunter
continuing to nail 79 Adam Brocks (Previa) as 32 Alan Wombwel (XJ8) ran in 326
Shane Lynn (Mk4) well. 235 Danny Williams (XJ40) then rattled 205 Mike King’s
BMW 5 Series into the fence which also claimed the Merc of 517 Sid Cooper to end
a very lively first five laps. The race then turned quieter with the leading 57
Stu Cumming (400) managing to spin Taylor’s much larger Yank before 90 Adrian
Harboard (XJ), who was assisted by 57 Dino, bundled 528 Alan Hunt into the
stricken 326 Ratty. Taylor then turned round to stop 768 Calvyn Girling (Previa)
with a head-on before 341 Andy Jones (Mercedes estate), who had now taken the
lead, squeezed 141 Gary Lee into the fence and Girling turned round to even the
score on Taylor with a storming hit on the Fleetwood. 341 Jonesey took the win
from 527 Michael Norman (300) and 57 Dino and they advanced to the main event,
Taylor picking up the entertainer award.
The championship race was next with defending champion Vincent leading
the 40 qualifiers out and following the driver introductions and presentations
of qualifiers trophies in which 188 John Reeves (Omega estate) and 247 Lee
Clarke (Mercedes estate) received awards to celebrate their 10th consecutive
appearance in the race but there was plenty of drama before things even started.
549 Phil Smith (Previa) barely made the grid, the pit gate in fact having to be
reopened for him after he missed the parade due to last minute issues while 331
Jason Jackson had to change a coil pack on the grid. With the 40 qualifiers
assembled the call to start engines was given and an Incarace draw was held to
determine the grid which somewhat fittingly handed the aforementioned 247 Bro
and 188 Victor the front row with 347 Dave Bull (240 estate) and 673 Darren
Fendley (Omega) behind and 2 Georgie Lee and 313 Craig Osborne (estate) row
three. Beyond that the aforementioned 331 Boxer Jack was on row seven alongside
the Mercedes estate powered 190 Steve Bailey, 617 Jack Overy two rows behind
while 57 Dino and son 570 Jordan Cumming (300) shared row 10. Defending champion
Vincent back on row 13 with former champion 328 Dan Lathan on row 15 and 898
Andy Battle (Omega) and 349 Lewis Price (Previa) the rear of the field where
they were joined by late arrival Smith.
As fireworks filled the sky on the rolling laps there was more drama as Norman
cruelly expired and was pushed to the infield while 33 Gary Magewick (Mercedes)
ran into problems with a stuck clutch pedal which delayed the start further but
thankfully the former double World Champion was able to resolve his issue and
make the start. Noddy and Smith came to an almost standstill alongside each
other by the start line as the flag fell and this helped trigger complete mayhem
at the start as 347 the Bull removed Victor and 257 Timmy Aldridge (240) went
round and was hit by the pack as Lee span Osborne and 439 Danny Sutton
(Mercedes) went round with Boxer as 209 Tom Waller collected Smith. 60 Kyle
Stevenson (400) hooked out 339 Jack Garrod (740 estate) and 714 Paul Smaldon
(Mercedes estate) went round before Vincent turned Lathan into the wall. Bro had
managed to make a clean getaway and led the field at the end of a wild first lap
with Fendley second ahead of Lee, 717 Jack Tuffen (row 5), 45 Anthony Crowshaw
(Mercedes estate-row 4), 89 Joe Barratt (row 6), Overy, 433 Ben Smith (300-row
13), 74 Adam Hitchcock (row 12), 133 Terry Hill (estate-row row 12), 162 Brett
Ellacott (row 11), Vincent and the recovered Lathan. Dino hooked out the
luckless 257 Water Boy in a much quieter second lap which ended with Bro still
leading from Fendley, Lee and Tuffen as 45 Lips dumped 89 Panda into Water Boy
as 74 Scratchy opened his account with an attack on 349 Noddy as Colin Riddell
as spat into the back straight fence by the pack and Phil Smith reversed into
Panda, carelessly catching him in the driver’s side. At the end of lap three the
top four remained the same but Overy was now into fifth from Ben Smith, 190
Pikey, Vincent, 162 Bad Boy, Lathan and 133 Terz. The next lap was quieter but
did see Pikey and Vincent overhaul Ben Smith before lap five proved much
livelier, 27 Terry King (Mk2) collecting Noddy and Water Boy with Boxer firing
into the Gladiator Previa as 27 Telbert was wrecked by hits from Bad Boy and 542
Craig Oliver (740 estate) before Garrod throw a grenade in the works as he
turned round and stopped Boxer dead in his track with a hard head-on by the
start line. Waller, who was being pushed by the Bull, Tuffen and Fendley crashed
into Boxer which all but blocked the track and Bro came through to lead another
lap with Lee now second, Overy third and then Pikey, Vincent, Lathan and Terz.
Hope fired into and stuffed Noddy with his Lincoln as the race hit lap seven
with Bro now enjoying a useful lead for the first time but things were getting
messier from the pit to road bend. Garrod shoved Boxer back into some dead cars
which left him open to a wicked hit from the on opposite Jonesey as Terz smashed
through the side of the lurking Noddy as he tried to cause more misery on the
pit bend and Scratchy homed in to flatten the fenced Bull by the pit gate. Bro
now got caught in the carnage by the start line in which Hope powered into
Battle and took one in turn from Lee. Bro survived to lead the race into lap
eight but by now the chaos had bunched the chasing pack up with Lee leading
Overy, Pikey, Vincent and Lathan in an increasingly close race for second. With
the gaps on the home straight again closing Pikey added Overy to the mess and
Lathan did the same to Vincent which meant that by lap nine it was Pikey who was
into third. Shakey Jnr butted heads with the lurking Noddy which saw Scratchy
move in and stuff the former hard as Bro hit the spun Battle on the nose on turn
three. 439 Sutty clobbered both Phil Smith and Noddy and 204 Charlie King (240)
hit the former in turn as Bro again got tangled in the pile-up with Terz helping
to shove him through but the former champion then crashed out shortly after to
end his challenge. Noddy was still lurking on opposite and Lee tried to dodge
him and was collected in the driver’s side front wheel as Pikey got hold of
Lathan and smashed him through the rear wheel of Noddy. Scratchy continued to
shine as he zeroed in for a crunching hit on Noddy and fenced him to boot with
this also claiming Fendley before Sutty blasted Phil Smith which in turn claimed
Vincent. The race hit lap 10 and we had a new leader in the shape of Lathan
ahead of Pikey and Lee, the latter then putting Vincent’s roof up as he tried to
fight a way through as Shakey Jnr turned round to even the score on Noddy and
Scratchy buried Battle into the Bull with another hard hit. Lathan’s lead was
short lived as he, and Pikey, fell foul of the carnage on the home straight and
Lee emerged as the leader on lap 11 ahead of Pikey, Overy, Lathan and Terz,
these now the only drivers left on the lead lap. However all the chasing pack
struggling to negotiate the wreckage on the home straight and this allowed Lee
to lap all his rivals as the still crashing Noddy attacked Charlie Boy and was
smashed in the rear wheel by Scratchy who took one in turn from Water Boy before
the track again became blocked on the home straight this seeing Battle blasted
Overy as they tried to fight a way through. Terz, Lathan, Sutty, Pikey and Lee
then all weighed into the heap as they tried to shove a way through and by lap
14 Lee was still a lap ahead of the rest, Pikey and Terz next and these two a
lap ahead of Scratchy who was now fourth despite his wrecking. Shakey Jnr then
botched a wild attack on the fenced Fendley, getting more of the Armco than his
intended target as Bro escaped the wreckage on opposite and rival Pikey was only
too happy to blast him with a head-on and Dino nailed the west country man in
turn. Dino continued to smack Shakey Jnr in the rear wheel as Lee was squeezed
into the carnage by Scratchy as he looked to start lap 17 but with Battle
blasting the Autospeed livewire it allowed Lee to escape and continue his lead
as Pikey evened the score with a big blitz on Bro. Dino turned round to again
attack Shakey Jnr with an on opposite hit before the former caught fire and the
flames continued to grow forcing the red flags to fly and just as they did Pikey
again weighed in with a ballistic hit on Bro which launched the 247 skyward and
left him perched on his attacker’s bonnet. With more than five laps remaining a
restart was ordered but under RDC’s unique racing rules the surviving car were
relined first to last but everyone restarted on the lead lap meaning Lee’s
advantage had now been completed wiped out although only eight drivers were able
to make the restart, Lee at the front from Scratchy, Battle, Terz, Oliver, 714
No Show, 122 Mark Cooper Jnr (estate) and Shakey Jnr. Oliver made a fantastic
start and quickly barged his way to second as No Show soon fell by the wayside
before Shakey Jnr turned round on the pit bend but his intentions came to
nothing and his challenged faded out. Oliver caught a now struggling Lee and
muscled his way into the lead with five to run and despite the Gladiator Volvo
smoking badly for the remaining laps Lee was unable to get close to him and
Oliver took the title from the PRI World Champion who had to squeeze Terz into
the wrecked cars exiting the final bend to defend second place, Cooper Jnr
whacking Terz with a T-bone as he took fourth, Scratchy and Battle the only
other finishers in a quality championship race with Scratchy named the best
entertainer.
The consolation immediately followed the championship and raised the
night’s biggest field of 43 cars and was an expected another manic affair. 141 G
Man started things with a head-on to 269 Tom Morris (740 estate) and 113 Dan
Wright (Omega) met 281 Lewis Tingle’s Mercedes estate in similar fashion while
220 Tom Pavitt used his Merc to nail Sean Riddell and 321 Kieron Fry (Mercedes)
home in for a crunching hit to 93 Chris North (240), the latter then whacked
again by 198 Steve Pyle (XJ40) as 526 Jak D (240) met 19 Joe Mullarkey (740
estate) on the nose as 79 Broxy homed in for a fine hit on 321 Chatty Man as a
the track became completely blocked on turn two. This allowed Jordan to flatten
85 James Ellis (Lexus IS200) with a hefty shot before Girling powered into 535
Ryan Cunningham (Supra) and the luckless Ellis then took a head-on from Tingle
as 232 Richard Swallow (240 estate) went in unaided on the pit bend. 178 Kieran
Bowman (XJ8) and Tingle then weighed in hard with hits to unidentifiable victims
on turn two with 11 Ryan Leeks using his Merc to flatten the latter in turn
before he was pasted by Girling. 730 Brandon Mayes (Mk4) found 317 Callum Jacobs
(740 estate) for a hit as 178 Slim weighed in on 220 Lurch and Jordan delivered
a crushing hit to 187 Andy Marshall (XJ40). 317 Stress again attacked 113
Wrighty as Jordan came under fire from 11 Leeksy before Wright wildly attacked
Tingle which saw him crash into some wrecked cars on the pit bend and Stress
homed in for a hard hit on Wright as Ellis escaped the road bend wreckage to
smash the spun Williams with a hard T-bone on the pit bend before the leading
671 Scott Smith (Previa) went round and 528 Jethro delivered a bruising hit in
the passenger side. He took one of the same from Girling before 277 Gav Perryman
(400) also laid into Jethro and Riddell landed a hit on Tingle. 237 Gary Nash
now drilled Girling with a shot as the on opposite Tingle assaulted Ellis with
327 Mick Maskall Jnr coming through the misery for the win from 237 Nasha and
277 Mr Perv in another fine race, Jordan the best entertainer.
With a blind eye turned to a handful of non-qualifiers for the Grand Final
it helped produced another fine field of 35 cars which most impressively
included 25 of the championship finalists who’d returned for more. This was a
more racy affair but Overy starting things in style by drilling Colin Riddell
into the fence which also claimed 204 Charlie Boy as 33 Magic led from the front
until his was hooked out by Osborne who duly took over while Panda stuffed Mr
Perv. Victor moved into second ahead of Cooper Jnr and Sutty as Overy removed
the Bull and Chiefy used his hearse to spin Phil Smith and then to hook out Terz
who was collected head-on by Battle. The latter was then spun aside by Lathan as
the recovered Bull had 888 Lloyd Stark (Omega) around and the rapid Jonsey did
the same to Terz. Osborne continued his lead by spinning aside Overy and Jonesey
did the same to Sutty while Overy recovered to attack 888 Starky who did well to
stay away from the wall as Osborne raced to the win from Pikey and Lathan, Overy
taking the entertainer trophy. An explosive finish saw Pikey celebrate his
second with a storming hit on the lurking Phil Smith at the end of the back
straight which saw the latter clobbered further by Chiefy.
Despite only limited extra repair time being made available another good field
of 34 cars returned for the Allcomers and was another storming race.
Things began with the Bull turning Jak D into the fence as a pile-up again
formed on the road bend before the now spun Jak D took a head-on from 142 Jack
Lower (XJ8) with Victor belting the latter with a T-bone and he took one himself
from Battle. Osborne fired 232 Swall into the fence but went in with him and was
duly trashed by Water Boy who was then leathered by 209 Tom Waller as Cooper Jnr
turned round and went for Ben Smith but got his attack wrong and collected him
in the driver’s side. Thankfully no damage was done but the former was still
disqualified as Joensey thundered in 79 Broxy a tear and he then turned 222
Matty into the wall as on the road bend the Bull was decimated by 511 Jack
Licquorice (XJ40) who was then leathered himself by Boxer who did another lap
and made sure with a second savage hit. Jonesey turned Shakey Jnr into the fence
as Boxer now attacked James Licquorice before Bad Boy hit Shakey Jnr on the
nose. 811 Pete Winter fired into and buried Bad Boy as James Licquorice battled
on to T-bone Panda, the latter taking further abuse from Victor as Jonesey
blasted Lathan before turning round to attack Mullarkey as Boxer smashed
Licquorice with a hard hit on opposite. Victor then crashed 811 Pistol Pete and
Battle into the growing heap to leave the track completely blocked on the home
straight. Bad Boy found Lathan for a T-bone and he took one in turn from No
Show. Charlie Boy then found Victor for a hit and he took one in turn from
Scratchy before Boxer concluded his destruction of the Licquorice brothers when
he destroyed James with a T-bone. Jonesey now hit Pistol Pete on the nose as the
leading Victor powered hard into Boxer to force a way through on the home
straight with Jonesey continuing his rampage with an attack on Lathan. Ben Smith
found Cooper Jnr for a revenge hit as Boxer stopped Matty with a head-on while
Victor held off a last bend attack from Overy to take the win with Bad Boy
third, Charlie Boy, Now Show and Scratchy the only other finishers in another
quality race with Jonesey named the best entertainer.
Even with extra repair time afforded to the drivers it was perhaps no great
surprise that the Accumulator qualifier would only have a small grid but
nonetheless the 10 strong field was a minor disappointment but the action they
served up was far from it. Scratchy found the spun 93 Northy for a solid head-on
from the start as Charlie Boy attacked Stress allowing 382 Tommy Hutchings to
power into the former before he continued with a shot on Northy which left him
open to a big hit from Broxy. Charlie Boy again attacked Charlie Boy and this
left him open to a hit from Overy as Northy rallied back to repay Scratchy with
a head-on of his own. Ellis now homed in to nail Overy and he was pasted in turn
by Broxy with Hutchings powering into the Previa in turn as Charlie Boy turned
round to nail Scratchy with a T-bone and Northy weighed in on Broxy and he took
one in turn from Hutchings. Away from the wrecking Magic reeled off the laps to
take the win from No Show but most pleasingly they stayed on track to then
contest the DD as did all the survivors. Hutchings started the demo in
style with a cracking hit on Northy and Scratchy weighed in on Broxy and was
flattened in turn by Hutchings as No Show found Northy for a head-on before the
former met Magic in a similar, albeit much gentler, hit but this allowed Charlie
Boy to hit Magic with No Show then firing into Charlie Boy and burying him to
boot. Hutchings continued with another shot on Scratchy as Magic and No Show met
on the nose, this much better than their previous effort and Hutchings also
delivered a head-on to the former World Champion which gave No Show time to do a
lap on opposite and silence Magic with a wicked hit over the rear wheel which
left him hanging off the fence. No Show and Hutchings then traded several head-ons
and T-bones to settle it but ultimately the 714 Merc was stronger than then 382
Scorpio and No Show took the win, Hutchings waving No Show in for a celebratory
shot, Hutchings compensated with the entertainer award while entertainer points
went to Scratchy, Charlie Boy, Broxy, Northy, Overy, Stress and Ellis for their
efforts in making the final race such a good one.
Last chance qualifier: 341 Andy Jones, 527, 57, 535, 32, 327, 85, 90, 517, 132
Best entertainer: 514 Charlie Taylor
Supreme Championship: 542 Craig Oliver, 2, 133, 122, 74, 898 Best entertainer:
74 Adam Hitchcock
Consolation: 327 Mick Maskall Jnr, 237, 277, 317, 229, 281, 19, 382, 85, 888
Best entertainer: 9 Tom Jordan
Grand Final: 313 Craig Osborne, 190, 328, 122, 341, 188, 162, 331, 439, 898 Best
entertainer: 617 Jack Overy
Allcomers: 188 John Reeves, 617, 162, 204, 714, 74 Best entertainer: 341 Andy
Jones
Accumulator qualifier: 33 Gary Magewick, 714
Destruction Derby: 714 Paul Smaldon from 382 Best entertainer: 382 Tom Hutchings
The opening round of the BriSCA F2 Stockcar track
championship raised a good, if somewhat unspectacular entry of 38 cars, the
entry reduced slightly by a couple of cancellations on race day who were
replaced with extras on the night with just one no show from the final pre
meeting entry list and it was also pleasing to see a double figure entry of star
and superstar drivers which included National Points Champion 100 George
McMillan on another long trip from home while the entry was boosted by a number
of new and a couple of returning faces to the Mildenhall F2 scene.
19 cars for the opening heat and 715 Scott Aldridge wasted no time in
attacking 372 Steve North in the race for second as 431 Andy Gibbs set the early
pace before 136 Kyle Taylor lunged at 331 James Di’Guillio and they tangled and
were collected by 73 Dale Bennett, 283 Gary Allen and 442 Graham Kerry to cause
a pile-up but they were all able to get running once again allowing the race to
continue before 150 Mark Thoms went around. Gibbs still led from Aldridge and
North but 606 Andy Palmer had made the most of the early chaos and had rocketed
to fourth in three laps as 235 Bradley Blyth span and Kerry again clashed wheels
with Bennett before 38 Dale Polley barged his way past 225 Tony Blackburn.
Aldridge muscled his way into the lead just before half way and as the Union
Jack flag waved a lap later Gibbs held onto second with Palmer now third ahead
of 5 Josh Coleman, 377 Daz Shaw, Polley and 298 Jake Walker but Palmer and
Coleman were soon past Gibbs and with five to run Palmer reeled in and took the
lead from Aldridge with Coleman soon into second but he was unable to catch
Palmer who took the flag, Coleman settling for second in his first race at
Mildenhall in over a year and Aldridge a fine third.
19 cars again for heat two and 524 Michael Wallbank overcooked it at the
start and was clobbered by 81 Mark Clayton with 103 Carl Issit then barging past
the former as 376 Dale Seneschall set the early pace and 190 Chris Morley
suffered a spin. 662 Steve Wycherly fired into 842 Ben Kerry to take fourth with
345 Gary Taylor second and 724 Tom Pell third, these two then battling for the
spot which allowed 995 Michael Lund, who had passed Kerry to join them in the
fight and he muscled his way to second but Seneschall had opened a useful lead
as the race hit half way with Kerry now locked in battle with Issit and Shaw for
third as 226 Billy Webster fired Pell wide for sixth, the latter then coming
under fire from 871 Mark Simpson. Seneschall led the race into the final five
but Lund was now closing as Webster pushed aside Kerry to take fifth and with
three to run Lund caught and made contact with Seneschall to take the lead with
Issit slipping into second but he was unable to close and Lund took the win with
Shaw moving Seneschall wide on the final lap to snatch third, the final action
seeing Taylor spin and get clobbered by Morley.
All 22 non qualifiers returned for the consolation with Graham Kerry
suffering an early spin as Gary Taylor clashed with Blyth and span him into the
fence where he was hit by Allen while 104 Rob Cowles span 219 Chris Mitchell.
North led from Kyle Taylor and Di’Guillio but Wycherly soon stormed to third as
788 Stephen Mallinson fired into Gary Taylor which in turn sent Morley spinning,
the former than rattling McMillan into a half spin as Kyle Taylor took the lead
with Wycherly second and 289 James Waterfall third before Blyth clashed with 849
Triston Claydon. Bennett went round and was hit by Mallinson, the latter’s rear
wheel guard then coming lose which led to his unfortunate disqualification while
he was en course to qualify. Wycherly barged his way past Pell as he chased down
Kyle Taylor as McMillan fired into Waterfall which subsequently sent Cowles
crashing into the wall in the race for third as Kyle Taylor kept Wycherly at bay
for the win with McMillan coming out on top in the race for third.
All 26 qualifiers returned for the Grand Final with Mitchell spinning
Coleman from the off and he was collected by Palmer while at the front of the
field Di’Guillio had Aldridge around and he was hit by North as Seneschall set
the pace from Di’Guillio, Gibbs, Pell and Ben Kerry who was the first of the
yellow grade as 464 Matt Linfield span and Gibbs retired with mechanical issues
as McMillan pinched Webster into the fence. Kerry now climbed to third ahead of
Pell, Wycherly, North, Clayton and Kyle Taylor with Kerry then bested Di’Guillio
for second before Palmer fired Wycherly into the latter as he tried to get back
onto the lead lap. Di’Guillio now came under fire from Simpson who was the first
of the star grade on the lap chart and by lap eight it was still Seneschall who
led from Kerry, Pell, Clayton, Wycherly, Issit, Waterfall, Taylor and Simpson
but two laps later when the race hit half way Kerry grabbed the lead with
Clayton up to third before Waterfall fired Pell into the fence very hard and he
was collected by North. Clayton moved in to challenge Seneschall for second as
Shaw fired into Wallbank as he battled into the top five. With five to run Kerry
still led from Clayton, Wycherly, Issit, Simpson and Waterfall. Clayton then
collected the spinning Wallbank which delayed him as Seneschall had Blackburn
around and he was hit by McMillan while Kerry held his nerve and took the win
ahead of Clayton and Wycherly in a yellow grade clean sweep.
Quite superbly 32 of the 38 drivers present were eager to contest the Grand
National although sadly Morley failed to start and the initial start was
short lived as a pit bend crash claimed a handful of cars and among them Graham
Kerry and Wallbank lost wheels to bring the reds out with a complete restart
ordered. This began with North spinning Blyth as Wycherly barged his way into
Allen leaving Aldridge to set the pace from Seneschall and Bennett as Allen
locked wheels with Kyle Taylor and Clayton muscled his way to third before Peel
overcook it and struck the fence and Di’Gulllio also went round. Seneschall took
the lead from Aldridge and they broke away with Clayton leading the chasing pack
from Waterfall, Issit, Wycherly, Lund and Blackburn as Pell came under fire from
Polley and Mitchell fired into Palmer as Bennett was pinched into the fence by
Waterfall. Issit now climbed to fourth as Seneschall led the field to half way
by which point Aldridge was locked in battle for second with Clayton and Issit
but the race was blown open when the back marking 184 Aaron Vaight attacked
Seneschall which caused them both to spin and with five to run Clayton inherited
the lead from Issit, Aldridge, Waterfall and Simpson and behind Blackburn
squeezed past Coleman for sixth. Pell lunged at Ben Kerry which in turn span
Bennett and he was collected by the unlucky Clayton and Issit grabbed the lead
with Waterfall and Simpson in chase, Simpson then attacking Waterfall in a bid
for second which not only proved unsuccessful but allowed Coleman to nab third
as Issit claimed the win.
Heat One: 606 Andy Palmer, 5, 715, 39, 298, 289, 431, 225, 184, 372
Heat Two: 995 Michael Lund, 103, 377, 376, 226, 871, 81, 842, 100, 219
Consolation: 136 Kyle Taylor, 662, 100, 524, 219, 184, 464, 331, 372, 724
Grand Final: 842 Ben Kerry, 81, 662, 103, 871, 289, 136, 298, 226, 219
Grand National: 103 Carl Issit, 289, 5, 871, 225, 788, 38, 377, 219, 662
A cracking evening of action and while the Unlimited Banger BBA Supreme
Championship may not have matched the levels of brutality seen the year before
it was still a quality evening of big car action with the six races producing a
variety of action from full contact racing to all out wrecking and including
another superb championship race and a leading contender for the best 10 car
race you’ll see in 2016 while the BriSCA F2 Stockcars enjoyed a triumphant
return to the stadium highlighted by their last two races and it was also hugely
pleasing to see the meeting completed in good time after the horrendously late
finishes the last two years although the earlier start time and the smaller
unlimited banger programme made a big difference in this.