Mildenhall Stadium Saturday March 21 2015
RDC's One Wild Night 2015
Unlimited Bangers BBA Supreme Championship and BriSCA F2 Stockcars

The 2015 staging of the Unlimited Banger BBA Supreme Championship once again raised its best entry since switching to an unlimited format with a belting field of 120 cars gathering at Mildenhall on March 21 with every ORCi promotion represented save Incarace while there was only one entry from mainland Europe this year, 05 Daan van Dijk (740 estate) making his track debut while Ireland was represented by a trio of Team Buckle drivers and 222 Colin Riddell (400) once again made the trip from Crimond and was joined by 229 Sean Riddell (740 estate) and 230 Scott Patterson (Supra). Although the entry on the night was a little down on the final entry list, it was not quite as lower than it maybe seemed with no less than 10 drivers cancelling their bookings in the 24 hours ahead of the meeting meaning in truth there were only a single figure amount of genuine no shows. Among half the field had fresh cars which included a couple of head turners with 166 Will Ogilby and 115 David Hope in Mk2 and Mk3 Granada limos respectively and 70 Ant Long in a super smart Jaguar XJ-S while the used motors included 688 Steve Collins in his DS420 limo, 347 Dave Bull in a Cadillac Fleetwood, 37 Dave Lewis his Ford Crown Victoria, 862 Dave Kingston returned his Nissan 300ZX, 960 Ross Winsor a Jaguar XJ-S and 884 Tom Filmer his Mk1 Granada limo. 

With 50 drivers on hand who were eligible for the last chance qualifier, the decision was taken to run two races but even with the BriSCA F2 Stockcar format being changed resulting in their first heat being held first not all these drivers managed to contest their race. 24 for the first heat with 388 Taylor Sowter (240 estate) setting the pace as 757 Tom Farren (Soarer) span 592 Mark Marchant (240 estate) into the infield blocks and on the road bend 132 Robert James (Supra) nailed 138 Jason Smy (300) with a head-on to trigger an early pile-up. 32 Alan Wombwell (400) went round at the end of the back straight and 347 the Bull homed in for a monster head-on to the Aftermath man who then collected 128 Gareth Todd (Supra) on the nose as he tried to re-join. Farren then fired into 32 Asbo and he continued to flatten 160 Davey Patton (740 estate) on the road bend only to cop it in turn from the typically well presented 222 Matt High (740 estate). Farren continued but his race was ended by a cracking follow-in from 549 Phil Smith (estate) with 888 Lloyd Stark then moving in to hit and spin the Gladiator. 542 Craig Oliver lunged at and span the leading 388 Lump with the on opposite Smith. This fired Lump up to abandon his chances of qualifying and he turned round for a revenge hit on Smith before he came under fire from 532 Chris Walsh. 209 Tom Waller had now inherited the lead from 811 Pete Winter (estate) as Lump completed a lap and evened the score on Walsh with a savage hit in the rear wheel, which was the first of four revenge hits he administered on the Gladiator XJ, the last one leaving him prone to a head-on from Oliver. Waller meanwhile reeled off the laps to take the win with Pistol Pete taking the second spot in the championship and 222 Matty just missing out in third, Farren taking the entertainer award.

A couple less for the second last chance race with 341 Andy Jones (Supra) spinning 10 Ben Collins’ XJ into the infield blocks immediately as an early squabble developed up front between 527 Michael Norman (740 estate), 89 Joe Barrett and 160 Shayn Winsor (estate). A small pile-up at the end of the home straight saw 67 Rickie Beasley (Mk2) hit 90 Adrian Harboard in the rear wheel which left the former open to a simple flat out hit from 89 Panda. 148 Ian Redden (240 estate) began his assault by spinning 115 Butch as 327 Mick Maskall Jnr span 887 Rob Browning (240 estate) into the fence. Winsor now led with 341 Jonesey closing as 148 Shorty took the luckless Browning all the way into the wall on turn two and 768 Danny McSweeney pasted Butch which left him open to a package from 925 Aaron Preece (240 estate). Jonesey had now taken over and behind a fine battle was raging on for second between 267 James Steel, 262 Rob Bugler (XJ), Norman and Shorty, the latter beautifully spinning aside Norman before turned Steel into the wall to claim second. Browning’s woes continued as he was flattened by Preece on the back straight as Shorty hooked out Jonesey to claim the lead and raced to a quite brilliant full contact win from near the back of the grid which also earned him the entertainer award, Norman holding off 262 Roona and 204 Charlie King (240 estate) for the final spot in the final. 

Unfortunately yet again the final entry for the Supreme Championship was not what it should have been with a most disappointing five cancellations and no shows among the seeded entries which ultimately left a 39 car grid. For the first time in the event a public draw was held for grid positions with Waller pulling pole with 673 Darren Fendley (Omega estate) alongside, 107 Michael Seex (Mk3) and 133 Terry Hill on row two and 313 Craig Osborne (estate) and 439 Danny Sutton (Mercedes) on row three. Defending champion 328 Dan Lathan was on row 11 while former champions 382 Jack Foster Jnr (240 estate) and 247 Lee Clarke (Supra) were drawn near the back along with 239 Steve Carter (estate). Once all the drivers were introduced and the grid assembled the call was given for drivers to start their engines before fireworks met the two rolling laps. The field got quite spread out on the rolling laps and so the track was completely filled when the race started and it was a frantic start as Waller lunged at Fendley to take him out but his victim managed to back him towards the wall costing him time as 133 Terz span 107 Seexy while 415 Scott Cornish (Previa) T-boned the spun 372 Barry Overland (Supra) and Lathan neatly hooked out Kingston and Norman in one go. Waller held the lead from Osborne, 439 Sutty, Colin Riddell, 331 Jason Jackson (240 estate) and Terz before Shorty collected the lurking Overland by the pit gate and was rammed by 382 Chubby as Sean Riddell span into the infield blocks. 552 Karl Douglas then crashed into the spun 821 Ryan Preston (Lexus IS200) which also claimed Lathan and 188 John Reeves (240) as 113 Dan Wright (Omega) turned aside the luckless Fendley. Osborne now had the lead with Waller second, Sutty still third and then Colin Riddell, 433 Ben Smith (300) and 331 Boxer Jack as the lurking Overland clipped the passing 2 Shaun Swinborne (XJ) and turned him into the wall. 113 Wrighty had the leading Osborne out and Boxer fired van Dijk into the fence. Waller now led with Smith into second from Sutty and 22 Dave Vincent (Mk2) had charged to fourth from the 12th row of the grid. Overland now took a swipe at Waller but more significantly he wiped out Smith in the process with Osborne putting the latter in the wall as Nemesis turned round to pile into arch rival 247 Bro. Waller was still leading but Vincent was now second with Sutty third and Colin Riddell in fourth as Norman collected 821 Dangerous’ stricken car and Overland took a revenge hit from Smith with Wrighty then fencing the former. Waller then span and Vincent took over as the race hit half way, Sutty was second but a long way back ahead of Terz, 390 David Gibson, 717 Jack Tuffen (estate) and 898 Andy Battle (Omega estate) with 82 Tom Foster (300) and Lathan the first of the lapped cars. Battle gained more ground by spinning Waller and Riddell in one go as 415 Corndog stepped things up when he turned round and stopped 390 Gibbo on opposite. Tuffen piled into the Mad Hatter as a result with the latter then flattened by Nemesis. The DWO man was clearly fired up as he now zeroed in on Sean Riddell. Vincent continue to lead from Sutty and Terz with Battle now fourth and the only man left on the lead lap, 82 Big T in fifth. Bro then stuffed the struggling Sean Riddell into Gibbo’s wreck and then into the fence with Terz smashing the Crimond young gun to force a way through but losing time in the process. Colin Riddell then collected Corndog and was duly flattened by the on form Nemesis. Vincent took the five lap to go mark with Sutty and Battle now the only drivers left on the lead lap in second and third, Big T, Terz and Lathan the next to show but this ended when Corndog pulled out and hit Sutty in the rear wheel which also forced Battle into a dead car and ended both their races. Terz span 346 Scott Saunders into Colin Riddell and the Management man was duly pasted by Big T as he fought a way through with Nemesis then moving in to pick up 346 Muttley and follow him into some dead cars on the road bend. This caused another small pile-up in which Vincent collected the spinning Lathan but he was able to escape and complete the final laps to take the title and become the first driver to win the Supreme, Spedeworth World and British Championships. His late scare in the race allowed Big T to un-lap himself and finish second, the only driver to finish on the same lap as the winner with Terz and Lathan filling the trophy spots. Bro was fifth, Nemesis sixth and the best entertainer for the second year running and Colin Riddell was the seventh and final finisher. 

Not quite 30 cars contested the first consolation and for the second year running it was a stunning affair. A big push into the first bend resulted in an immediate pile-up and 138 Jason Smy (300) delivered the first notable hit with a shot on 88 Lyndon Stark before 257 Jamie Neve (Mk2) scored on 586 Martin Bristow (740) and 517 Sid Cooper (XJ) stepped things up with a crushing hit on 222 Matty High (740 estate). 19 Joe Mullarkey (740) found 85 James Ellis (Mk2 estate) for a hit as 622 Gary Webb (estate) piled both Mullarkey and 235 Danny Williams (740 estate) into the fence which allowed 141 Jake Stewart (240 estate) to blast 622 Gazza before 925 Aaron Preece (240 estate) homed in to nail Williams on the nose. This saw 888 Jake Smith (XJ) crush Preece with a fine hit but he copped it in turn from Never who then had his roof put up by a revenge seeking 586 Slim. The track was now completely blocked and this saw 51 James Licquorice (Mk2) hit 549 Phil Smith (estate) in the rear wheel with 888 Lloyd Stark then nailing the latter and stuffing him into 322 Thomas Fox (Mk2 estate) and 517 Cupcake to force a way through the blockage. Stewart arrived to further wreck Neve and he was flattened in turn by Ellis as 620 Guy Whitehead (XJ) got hold of 887 Rob Browning (240 estate) and ran him in just before the blockage. 142 Jack Lower (XJ) was the next on scene and delivered a stonking hit to Stewart and was hit in the rear wheel in turn by 57 Stu Cumming (Supra) as a way through the pit bend again formed. Cupcake impressed again with a hard hit on 428 Will Makins’ Omega as Licquorice was destroyed by a fierce hit from 88 Fat Face and Neve’s destruction was completed by a savage hit from 222 Matty. Fat Face then took a swing at Smith as he picked himself up again while Preece weighed in on Matty and was duly nailed by Gazza who was trashed in turn by a killer hit from Ellis. 532 Chris Walsh (XJ) had a pop at Ellis but it left him open to a hard package from Matty with Smith taking time from his lead to aid his team mate with a brutal hit on Matty. The on opposite Fat Face was waiting on opposite to hit the Gladiator head-on with Ellis also turning round to attack Smith while Browning went against the flow to score on Matty. 57 Dino then hit Cupcake in the rear wheel as Ellis came under fire from Browning. Dino and Fat Face shared a head-on with Smith hitting the former which fired the former British Champion up to attack Ellis on opposite with Cupcake concluding his display with a brutal head-on to Ellis. Williams finally escaped the pile and duly shared hits with Dino and Fat Face as Browning met Ellis in one final head-on leaving Smith to pick his way through and win an excellent wreck up, Dino the only other recorded finisher and Cupcake the best entertainer. 

A bigger field of 36 for the second consolation and while it wasn’t quite as good it was still a cracker. Early action saw 116 Nat Cohn (Omega) spin 141 Gary Lee into 341 Andy Jones (Supra) as on the road bend 115 Butch hit 132 Robert James (Supra) on the nose and was nailed in turn by 113 Dan Wright (Omega). 148 Shorty pasted the latter in turn and took hits from 515 Tommie Lee (300), 116 No Luck Nat and 599 Matty Butcher (Previa) which left the track completely blocked yet again. 128 Gareth Todd (Supra) hit Lee on the nose as 327 Mick Maskall Jnr scored on 05 Daan van Dijk (740 estate). 388 Taylor Sowter (240 estate) also laid into Lee as Filmer fired into 592 Mark Marchant (240 estate) and added him to the turn two wreckage. The recovered Dijk nailed 388 Lump as on the pit bend 341 Jonesey spotted the lurking 141 G Man and turned round to deliver a brutal hit. Long opened his account with a shot on 886 Lewis Stark as 886 Matthew Steggins (XJ) hammered 327 Little Legs while at the end of the back straight 89 Panda tangled with 128 Toddy and Lee homed in to trash the Predator. Filmer now set about 542 Craig Oliver while brother 883 Jack Filer (Mk2) was flattened by 313 Craig Osborne (estate). 132 Bobbles met Lump on the nose as the luckless Stark was hammered by Jonesey while 32 Asbo turned round to attack Tom Filmer and the leading 332 Chris Reed was removed by Steggings. Long now fired Lee into 632 Callum Reed (XJ) and G Man and returned a lap later to wreck Lee with a fine hit as on the back straight 204 Charlie King (240 estate) connected with a big hit on 32 Asbo. Ross Winsor attacked Jonesey who backed his attacker into the top bend wreckage and he was wrecked in turn by hits from Long and 632 Reedy Jnr as 332 Reedy chalked up the win from Oliver and Osborne, just six finishing and Long the best entertainer. 

The Grand Final was open to the championship finalists and qualifiers from the consolation and together they raised just shy of 20 cars with Smith wasting no time in spinning 59 Steve Bolton (740) and 328 Dan Lathan and 82 Big T picked up 166 Willy O and smashed him through the side of his Team Buckle team mate 59 Ledfoot. 331 Jason Jackson (240 estate) fired into and span 390 Gibbo before the luckless Lathan was spun into the infield blocks by Norman. 239 Nemesis then turned round to have a pop at Battle but ripped his front leg out in the process but he managed to continue to hit 811 Pistol Pete on the nose with Big T then nailing the DWO man next time round. Gibbo powered into Big T in turn as Battle turned round to deliver a revenge hit on Nemesis. Jonesey then weighed in on Gibbo and fled the scene in turn for 331 Boxer to put down the Mad Hatter with a hard hit. Jonesey then turned round to meet Ledfoot with two head-ons at which point there was a small fire inside the 341 Supra and with concern for the blaze and the result was declared with 570 Jordan Cumming (300) the winner from 133 Terz and Osborne, Jonesey taking the entertainer award.

Quite impressively nearly 30 returned for the Allcomers which was yet another savage affair. A big push into the first bend saw the well repaired Licquorice hit Staggins on the nose before Lower fired into the former to once again put his roof up and buried him into the spun Oliver to cause another pile-up. Walsh (another who’d worked hard to repair) nailed Lathan in the melee and he was trashed once again by a wicked hit from 688 United Jnr as 160 Davey Patton trashed Jack Filmer and 599 Matty flattened Licquorice. 205 Mike King (estate) arrived to destroy Jack Filmer and as wasted in turn by a big hit from 592 Mad Mark, the huge hits continuing as Lower destroyed the TMT man and Lump finished the annihilation of Walsh. Tom Filmer fired into Lower and a split second later he was blasted heavily by No Luck Nat as Licquorice’s ordeal was completed by a hit from 288 Carl Sowter (XJ). Matty then returned to deliver an almighty hit on No Luck Nat with 90 Adrian Harboard (XJ) firing into the Previa in turn. He copped it from 432 Mark Munson (740 estate) and he was flattened by 204 Charlie Boy with 626 Alan Boxhall (240) nailing him in turn. Osborne then picked up Patton and thundered him into Tom Filmer’s limo in an awesome crash which launched the latter pair skyward and saw the rear section of the Mk1 limo’s roof fly up as it folded in dramatic fashion. Matty arrived again for a stonking hit on Osborne and was pasted in turn by Sowter and with precious little left and concern over Tom Filmer inside his wreck the race was stopped and declared with Slim named the winner having completed the most laps and Matty taking the entertainer award. 

Despite the late hour and the drivers having very little repair time from the last race 15 returned for the Accumulator qualifier and DD and produced a lively end to the evening for those who had stuck around. Charlie Boy made a beeline for the well repaired Ellis while another big push, this time into the road bend saw Slim bury Lee which also claimed Bobbles and Ross Winsor and Sowter arrived to trash Slim with a wicked hit. Osborne meanwhile scored on Boxhall only to come under fire from Pistol Pete as 599 Matty continued his night with a hit on Winsor. Pistol Pete now set about Boxhall only to take under attack from Charlie Boy as the leading Smith fired into and span Ellis with Reedy Jnr pasting the latter in turn before continuing to assault Boxhall. Charlie Boy again stuck it to Pistol Pete and buried him first into Matty and then into the spun Reedy Jnr which allowed Bobbles to nail Charlie Boy in turn before Smith helped fire Little Legs into the rear wheel of the prone Reedy Jnr. Smith took his second win of the night from Little Legs and Charlie Boy and the survivors contested the DD. Smith celebrated his win by trashing the game Sowter on the road bend as Ellis connected with a T-bone on Pistol Pete, Smith turning round to crush the former with a big hit and Ellis was then silenced by Charlie Boy. The latter then connected with a well placed rear wheel hit on Smith and repeated the move seconds later, the second hit smashing his victim into the infield blocks and with neither able to move from there a dead heat verdict was declared with Mtty agan nailed the best entertainer. 

Last chance qualifier one: 209 Tom Waller, 811, 222, 570, 230, 138, 690, 542, 388 Best entertainer: 757 Tom Farren
Last chance qualifier two: 148 Ian Redden, 527, 262, 204, 37, 925, 261, 10, 599 Best entertainer: Redden
Supreme Championship: 22 Dave Vincent, 82, 133, 328, 247, 239, 222 Best entertainer: 239 Steve Carter
Consolation one: 549 Phil Smith, 57 Best entertainer: 517 Sid Cooper
Consolation two: 332 Chris Reed, 542, 313, 341, 632, 70 Best entertainer: 70 Ant Long
Grand Final: 570 Jordan Cumming, 133, 313, 17, 331, 542, 527, 549 Best entertainer: 341 Andy Jones
Allcomers: 586 Martin Bristow Best entertainer: 599 Matty Butcher
Accumulator Qualifier: Smith, 327, 204 
Destruction Derby: 204 Charlie King and Smith

The opening round of the BriSCA F2 Stockcar track championship raised a somewhat disappointing, when compared to the regular entries seen in 2014, of 34 cars and with a handful of drivers arriving after start time the format was switched to a 2/3rd format and the opening heat was a white and yellow grade affair. 449 Mark Dorrill set the pace while there were early spins for welcome returnee 589 Colin Eardley, Mildenhall newcomer 585 Jamie Bower and 630 Justin Parker as 595 Jamie Young fired into another welcome returnee 495 John Cayzer and 81 Mark Clayton moved 482 Dale Seneschall wide to claim second although Dorrill still led by a length of the straight. 431 Andy Gibbs then challenged Seneschall for third and they tangled which sent the former spinning as Dorrill continued to lead into the final five laps but the lapped traffic had delayed him and Clayton erased his lead and barged him wide for the top spot with three to run and critically charged past 442 Graham Kerry to get away from Dorrill and seal his win with Eardley third.

26 cars for heat two with 158 Will Clements removing Kerry from the off to take second behind Eardley as Young also suffered a spin and 260 Anthony Winters soon climbed to second ahead of Gibbs, Clayton and 798 Mark Sargent with Clayton soon taking third from Gibbs who was then fired wide by Sargent for fourth but this only served to end the former’s race with a mechanical issue. Eardley led the field to half way from Winters, Clayton and Gibbs with 606 Andy Palmer then firing the latter wide for fourth as Winters slipped into the lead just after the five lap to go signal. Clayton’s attempt to move the back marking 842 Ben Kerry saw him spin and Palmer moved into second but could not catch Winters and had to settle for the runner up spot with 225 Tony Blackburn beating 226 Billy Webster in a fine battle for third while 103 Carl Issit narrowly beat 995 Michael Lund for ninth. 

26 again for heat three with Dorrill going round and collected by Winters which caused an early pile-up on the road bend in which Issit collected the latter heavily while Lund ripped a wheel off to bring the reds out and a complete restart was needed. 21 lined up for the restart although it was soon down to 20 when 219 Chris Mitchell retired and Clements set the pace as Palmer and Sargent suffered spins and further down the field 377 Daz Shaw fired 488 Liam Bentham wide for a position. Parker muscled his way into the lead but was soon overtaken by 184 Aaron Vaight as 871 Mark Simpson moved Bower wide for third and as the race hit half way he repeated the move on Parker and Vaight to take control just before the five lap signal a Vaight cruelly spun. Simpson raced to the win as behind an epic battle raged for second and ultimately it was Webster who got the better of Shaw and 905 Rob Mitchell for the spot. 

With just one banger race between the final heat and final which turned out to be the quietest of the night, most disappointingly just 14 drivers made it out for the main event with 623 Rob Doibie the pace setter but it was Eardley who led at the end of lap one as 219 Chris Mitchell charged hard at 597 Barry Clow in a race for the minor spots. A half spin for Eardley didn’t end his lead but did reduce it and Clayton took over on lap six but by half way Palmer was already up to third with Bower impressing again and up to fourth with Simpson and Vaight. Palmer was soon into second as Lund used his bumper on Parker with Clayton leading the race into the final five laps he dived up the inside of the back marking 331 James Di-Giulio which didn’t have the desired effect and Palmer pounced and took the lead and the win, Clayton holding on for second with Simpson holding off a charging 823 Sam Wagner for third and the impressive Bower holding off Lund on the line for sixth. 

An improved field of 19 returned for the Grand National with Bentham suffering an early spin as Eardley again set the pace and Bower battled Clayton hard in the race for second with 19 Martin Ford then injecting himself to fire into the former wide but the move back fired and he drifted wide himself as Rob Mitchell made a tremendous start and was up to fourth in four laps while Clayton finally secured second and he took the lead just before half way with Dorrill now second, Eardley hanging on in third and Mitchell still fourth until Blackburn fired Webster into him as they fought for the spot, all the while Palmer was making superb progress from the one lap handicap. The race was then blown open when Clayton clashed with the back marking Bower and climbed over him and while he retained the lead, the pack had closed with Clayton, Dorrill, Blackburn, Mitchell and Webster pretty much nose to tail with five to run. Blackburn fought through and moved Clayton wide for the lead with three to run and held on for the win, Clayton a hard fought second and Ford battled through for third with Mitchell holding off Wagner for fourth with Palmer desperately unlucky to retire with just over a lap to run when on course for a solid top 10 after a stunning drive. 

Heat one: 81 Mark Clayton, 449, 589, 630, 585, 595, 431, 923, 442, 495
Heat two: 260 Anthony Winters, 606, 225, 226, 589, 289, 19, 823, 103, 995
Heat three: 871 Mark Simpson, 226, 377, 905, 630, 488, 225, 823, 289, 184
Grand Final: 606 Andy Palmer, 81, 871, 823, 589, 585, 995, 219, 184, 597
Grand National: 225 Tony Blackburn, 81, 19, 905, 823, 289, 226, 449, 103, 995

Once again One Wild Night delivered some superb action, likely to be among the best we will see at RDC in 2015, the unlimited banger Supreme Championship another brutal evening of racing and despite their lower numbers the BriSCA F2 Stockcars were also in excellent form but for the second year in a row the evening was spoiled somewhat by other issues, the biggest being the late finish while the track conditions in the second half of the night, while nowhere near as severe as the season opener were again a cause for concern. 

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