Mildenhall Stadium Sunday July 24 2016
RDC's One Wild Weekend
Saloon Stockcars National Championship, 2Litre (no Mondeo) National Bangers Suffolk Open and BriSCA F2 Stockcars

40 Saloon Stockcars returned for the second day of their National Championship with much hard work taking place overnight which included numerus engine changes and ultimately only 17 contested the last chance race which included 306 Daniel Parker who barely made it in time, having been one of those to change an engine from the Saturday while 22 Karl Petters was less fortunate and among those to miss the race. 321 Marcus Skeels wasted no time in spinning 190 John Wagstaff only to be turned into the wall by 777 Alan Ainslie as 182 Rob Heanes charged at 248 Will Makins to take the lead with 147 James Dexter then charging at the latter which put 448 Martin Kibble into the wall. 6 Simon Welton lunged at Ainslie to move into ninth as the first of the big guns on the score sheet and he did the same to 270 Matt Fuller for another place as 499 David Aldous did the same to 641 Willie Skoyles Jnr and Kibble fenced Fuller before the reds flew with concern for 321 the Frog. 6 Welly wasted no time in barging past Dexter on the restart as Aldous did the same to Heanes and at the front 733 Kyle Picton muscled past 733 Kyle Picton for the lead. 600 Barry Russell, another who had changed engines, and Artherton then combined to dump out Welly, the former emerging to join Aldous and Skoyles Jnr in the race for second . 190 Waggy charged at Heanes and 888 Shane Emerson removed Kibble as a desperate Welly lunged at Heanes trying to get back into the top eight but it back fired massively as he rolled himself in the process to bring the race to an early end. Picton the winner from Skoyles Jnr and Aldous.

Defending champion 499 David Aldous led the 28 qualifiers out for the National Championship before taking his place on row 12 with 131 Timmy Barnes securing pole position, 570 Simon Venni alongside and 158 Shane Davies and 538 Jake Swann on row two. After two rolling laps the race exploded into life in the most action packed way. Barnes dived at Venni to secure the lead exiting the first bend as behind all hell broke loose. 399 Cole Atkins span 349 Michael Allard and 386 Daniel Petters removed 525 Wes Starmer while 730 Deane Mayes claimed 181 Sam Mallet while Atkins was stuffed into the wall by 800 Scott Greenslade, the latter then spun by 641 Willie Skoyles Jnr and shoved down the home straight by the pack. 218 Jacob Downey grabbed the lead on the road bend but back on the pit bend Venni charged at him to take the top spot and just behind Barnes lunged at Davies which in turn fired 218 Cracker into the wall and into Atkins as 428 Lee Sampson barged past 157 Max Stott and 538 Swanny Jnr. Another huge push behind saw 499 Dave Aldous fire into 733 Kyle Picton and 600 Barry Russell which in turn span 888 Shane Emerson who collected Atkins as well while 777 Alan Ainslie removed 190 John Wagstaff. Barnes moved back into the lead but Venni charged at him only to see the reds fly to assist Atkins and with only two laps completed a complete restart was ordered and amazingly only Atkins failed to make the grid. Another huge push into the first bend saw Venni fire into Barnes as behind 124 Ollie Skeels fired into Swanny Jnr and Davies with Venni taking the hardest hit from the wall as Skeels dumped out Swanny Jnr and Russell removed Picton. Davies emerged in the lead as Skeels lunged at Barnes to take second and a huge push on the back straight in the mid pack ended with 525 Wes getting dumped out by 360 Carl Waterfield and Stotty before the bumpers went in behind and the latter was stuffed with Aldous by Skoyles Jnr and 217 Sid Magewick. 128 Craig Banwell then pinched Waterfield into the wall by the start line before he span 190 Waggy into the wall at the end of the home straight which would again bring the reds out and again not enough laps had been completed and so it was a second complete restart. This one saw more casualties with Greenslade, 888 Shin, Cracker, Davies, Waggy and Wes now joining Atkins on the infield and 181 Sam Mallet wasted no time in attacking Stotty as Skeels charged at Barnes and Deano turned around Banwell who was collected by 386 Daniel Petters as Picton removed Aldous and Barnes came back at Skeels with a big lunge to fence his rival. Stotty removed Sampson who was hit by Skoyles Jnr as Mallet grabbed the lead from Barnes and Allard. Barnes lunged at Mallet to rattle him into a half spin and Skeels again targeted Barnes and turned him into the wall and in the chaos Waterfield emerged as the leader from Stotty and 220 Casey Englestone. 304 Martyn Parker turned Venni and Skeels into the infield blocks only to be spat into the fence heavily by the pack on turn three as Stotty barged into Waterfield which fenced him on the road bend with the reds flying again with concern for Parker and Waterfield. This time enough laps had been completed to make it a lap sheet order restart and 17 cars remained and remarkably 16 of them were on the lead lap, only Venni being a lap down at the rear of the line. Stotty led from 220 Philo Jnr, 730 Deano, Magewick, 306 Daniel Parker, 386 the Joker, Sampson, Allard, Mallet, Skoyles Jnr, Russell, Swanny Jnr, Ainslie, Banwell, Skeels and Picton. Deano instantly attacked Philo Jnr to take second as Parker was fenced by the Joker and Skeels did the same to Ainslie with Allard slipping past the Joker for sixth as Swanny Jnr charged at Parker with Skeels moving in to fence the former as Deano lunged at Stotty to became the races latest leader only to come under immediate fire from Philo Jnr who took over as a result and then Sampson barged past Magewick and Deano to force his way to second. The Joker and Mallet were the next to spin as Sampson raced into the lead as Stotty also span from contention while Deano charged at Philo Jnr in a bid for second but sent himself spinning on the slick conditions. Russell dumped ut Skoyles Jnr to climb to fifth with Allard now third and Magewick fourth as the Joker collected the stricken Deano. Banwell came under heavy fire from Skeels and Magewick as Sampson led the field to half way having now opened a useful advantage. Philo Jnr was second ahead of Allard, Magewick, Russell, Parker and Picton with Venni lunging at Parker while Swanny Jnr dumped out Stotty and Skeels hooked out Philo Jnr which extended Sampson advantage which was now over Allard who then came under fire from Magewick in the race for second as Swanny Jnr fenced Philo Jnr. Magewick grabbed second as Deano came under fire from Mallet while Swanny Jnr continued to hound Philo Jnr and would eventually spin him. With five to run Sampson was half a lap ahead of Magewick but the race for third was on between Russell and Allard with Parker in fifth. Russell edged in front of Allard and looked to challenge Magewick and take the place but the latter and Allard both came back at the Scotsman and bundled him wide to relegate him to fourth. Swanny Jnr again span Philo Jnr as Sampson motored to the title with a fine drive where he clearly mastered the conditions better than anyone else. Magewick was second and on the last bend Russell lunged at Allard and in a phot finish pipped him for third. Parker, Skoyles Jnr, Picton, Swanny Jnr, Skeels and Venni completed the top 10 as Sampson celebrated with donuts before being joined by his family in what was a clearly massively emotional victory for the now two time champion.

With it deemed not to be sufficient cars to run the planned consolation and qualifiers only final, the remaining race were switched to an all in format and the consolation made a heat race with a massive field of 31 cars which was every bit as good as it promised to be. There were early spins for 218 Jacob Downey, 26 Tommy Barnes, Waggy, 128 Craig Banwell, Kibble and 800 Scott Greenslade as 386 Daniel Petters span the Frog and he was collected by 158 Shane Davies as 22 Karl Petters launched Waggy into the wall hard. 538 Jake Swann dumped out 888 Shin with Karl Petters leading the way as the spun 399 Cole Atkins was clobbered by 570 Simon Venni and Kibble fenced Welly which also claimed 360 Carl Waterfield and up front Petters span Artherton to regain the lead but it was Picton who then shot through and into the top spot as 220 Casey Englestone squeezed 124 Ollie Skeels into the fence only to then spin along with Atkins as Artherton span Kibble into the infield wall. Barnes dumped out 349 Michael Allard as new champion Sampson dive bombed Davies with Picton moving in to spin the former as 730 Deane Mayes assaulted Allard and Karl Petters lunged at 220 Philo Jnr. 386 the Joker moved into second and Petters came under fire from 131 Timmy Barnes while Davies removed 306 Daniel Parker and Shin charged at Dexter. Philo Jnr then span both Russell and Atkins and fenced them to boot as the Joker span from contention and Aldous removed Tommy Barnes. The recovered Atkins lunged at Petters with Parking spinning the former and he was clobbered by Greenslade. With five to run Picton still lead from Timmy Barnes and Welly then battled into third as Shin lunged at Petters and fenced him very heavily. 730 Deano did similar to Shin and Timmy Barnes to the Joker as Picton claimed his second win in a truly wild affair from Timmy Barnes and Welly.

26 returned for the Grand Final with Welly removing Aldous from the off as 181 Sam Mallet set the pace from Atkins and 126 Harry Barnes before Russell assaulted Philo Jnr and the Joker span. Atkins stepped up to challenge for the lead with Dexter the next to go round while Daniel Parker removed Russell and Philo Jnr as they continued their battle and Skoyles Jnr smashed into the infield blocks. Sampson dumped out the recovered Russell and Skeels did the same to Timmy Barnes as Mallet crashed from contention and Sampson span Dexter before Venni, Aldous and Timmy Barnes crashed out in a heap. Philo Jnr hit the back straight wall heavily as Atkins emerged in the lead with Welly then firing Davies into the wall as Atkins Waterfield emerged in second. Fuller now fenced Parker as Shin span Tommy Barnes and Sampson had Kibble around with Welly again targeting Davies with a spin. The race hit half way with Waterfield now the leader as the spun Skeels was clobbered by Deano and Picton span from contention and Davies span into the infield wall and was hit by Tommy Barnes before 218 Cracker went in heavily on the back straight to bring the caution flags out with just seven cars remaining on the lead lap for the restart. Second placed Allard wasted no time in dive bombing Sampson as he tried to close on Waterfield while Venni did the same to Welly only to come under fire from Aldous. Atkins then charged at Russell which sent them both round as Skeels attacked Waterfield who then collected the stricken Tommy Barnes and Allard snatched the lead with four to run. The remaining laps saw Skeels lunge at Kibble and Venni do the same to Shin which allowed Venni to attack the former as Allard motored to the victory from Waterfield and Welly, Parker spinning Shin across the line in the race for fifth in another superb contest.

Despite the late running, compounded by the damage to the fence in the last F2 race, 17 cars returned for the Allcomers with early spins for Dexter, Picton and Sampson, the former trying to get going again only to be stuffed into the wall by Waterfield as Mallet set the pace and Aldous came under fire from Davies before the Joker collected the luckless Dexter. Russell and Kibble both went round as Venni climbed to second before Aldous fired the Joker into the wall very hard and Shin span Daniel Parker and he was collected by Russell as Mallet led the field to half way from Venni and Skeels. Picton meanwhile buried the luckless Dexter and he was collected by Kibble and then Mallet which gifted Venni the lead as Waterfield went round and was also struck by Mallett as Skeels dive bombed Picton. Aldous now lunged at Allard to take third and he then muscled past Skeels for second and as Venni raced to the win behind Allard lunged at Skeels and Aldous which dumped them all out, Aldous managing to recover first and cross the line in reverse for second with Davies inheriting third.

Last chance qualifier: 733 Kyle Picton, 641, 499, 306, 600, 888, 190, 777, 610, 192
National Championship: 428 Lee Sampson, 217, 600, 349, 306, 641, 733, 538, 124, 570
Heat One: Picton, 131, 6, 499, 349, 730, 147, 538, 570, 22
Grand Final: 349 Michael Allard, 360, 6, 733, 888, 306, 158, 124, 428, 570
Allcomers: 570 Simon Venni, 499, 158, 349, 181, 600, 888, 220, 360, 733

The 2016 2Litre (no Mondeo) Banger Suffolk Open raised a fine field of 75 cars, although a couple failed to race, which was massively more than what was expected, the field swelled by 14 extras who were able to race their RWD cars from the previous night (as did a handful of those who were already booked in) plus another near 20 extras on the day who far outweighed the nine no shows/late cancellations, the sole RWD car on hand which hadn’t raced the night before being a BMW 318 for 76 Terry Mansfield. All cars are Focus’ unless otherwise stated.

Just under 35 for heat one with 619 Mike Knight (estate) turning 588 Paul Bailey (Vectra) into the infield blocks as 90 Adrian Harboard used his Mk3 Granada limo to turn 14 Steve Stalwood (C class) into the fence before 81 Carl Scarrow Jnr (Bluebird) drilled 566 Tony Pallett (Astra estate) into the wall and 859 Terry Archer (Primera) buried 37 Dave Lewis (Civic) and 148 Ian Redden (Bluebird) in one go with the reds then flying to assist the stranded 754 James McDonald. The race resumed with 326 Shane Lynn (Mk3 Granada) burying 188 John Reeves (Primera) and 276 Adam Rowell (Bluebird) before 619 Chingey perhaps unwittingly trashed the empty car of McDonald and was duly leathered by a wicked hit from 14 Stig. Things turned quiet until later in the race when 212 Jack Maryon (Omega) powered into 394 Harry Hill (estate) and ran him in to boot before 329 Michael Carter (Mk3 Granada) buried both Archer and 790 Nathan Young (Omega). 178 Kieran Bowman (Almera) then collected Carter and was hammered by 790 Nafe who continued to lean in 587 Alex Humphrey (Primera). 175 Karl Corbsy (estate) treated Carter to a head-on as 688 Steve Collins (Primera) survived a last bend lunge from 287 Dean Quinsee (Rover 600) to take the win with 587 Humps third.

35 for heat two and 317 Brad Cushion (IS200) fenced 233 James Carter (Civic estate) before 95 Anton Martin (Omega) stuffed both 317 Callum Jacobs (Cavalier) and 95 Jade Harboard (Omega) as a pile-up formed on the road bend before 316 Sam Dace flattened the smart Focus of 548 Amanda Game while 175 Laura Bulldeath (Civic) assaulted fellow lady racer 419 Laura Quadling (Cavalier) with 9 Ben Cox (Cavalier) then piling 123 Aaron Phillips’ Almera into 419 Mossop. 3 Daniel Ellis (Rover 214) landed a blow on 313 Scott Elden (Calibra) as 119 Davey Cox nailed 21 Dan Walker (Accord). Things then exploded as 375 Alex Hensby (Astra) picked up and drilled 26 Dan Holmes’ Vectra into Game which also claimed Bulldeath with 551 Brett Jackson (Escort estate) blasting Hensby and staying in his boot to run him in on the road bend. Ben Cox then nailed 317 Little Cush which claimed 313 Scottie Dog as 119 Cruncher trashed 551 Jacko Jnr with the reds flying with concern for the latter to bring the race to an early end. 183 Karl Thorpe winning in his smart Focus from 209 Tom Waller (Bluebird) and 338 Terry Garrod (Almera).

Despite more than ample repair time the consolation entry was a little disappointing with just 22 cars but it still delivered the action. Lewis began by stuffing Bailey into the spun 51 James Licquorice (Zafari) as Archer fired into 288 Stacey Reeves (IS200) and 116 Nat Cohn blasted Nafe with a T-bone before things exploded on the pit bend when 959 Aaron Keoghan (Bluebird) collected Archer and was duly destroyed by a stunning hit from Licquorice who then took a rated hit in turn from 327 Mick Maskall Jnr (E class) ad 528 Lee Vaughan (Mk3 Granada) zeroed in for a brutal head-on to Licquorice. Bowman inflicted more damage to 959 Fester with Rowell turning round to blast Archer with a T-bone before 116 No Luck Nat arrived for a hard hit on 327 Little Legs and he was named by the game Bowman with the reds then flying with a fuel leak for Vaughan. A depleted field for the restart and 90 Joe Ninety turned the Cavalier of 19 Joe Mullarkey into the fence as Licquorice blasted the lurking 902 Rhys Mills (C class) with a T-bone and Rowell administered a hard revenge hit on the former as up-front 566 Zippy Jnr and 26 Hacker enjoyed a superb fight for the lead. Nafe meanwhile zeroed in for a bruising head-on to the lurking Bowman and rammed the Predator a second time on the nose as Zippy Jnr took a hard fought win, Hacker having to settle for second and Lewis third, just seven finishing.

A near full field of 27 qualifiers for the Suffolk Open and 319 Shaun Clarke (Cavalier) began by burying 817 Kurt Jacobs and Hacker before 587 Humps powered into and removed 212 Mario Kart and 319 Clarkey continued to turn 288 Doris into the fence as 287 the Boy turned Ellis into the infield blocks as Humps stuffed Lewis. 183 Thorpey found the spun 328 Dan Lathan (Mk3 Granada) for a head-on as 188 Victor turned Clarkey into the fence and he was collected by Cruncher which allowed 339 Jack Garrod (Escort) to nail Clarkey as in the race for the lead 97 Jim Madison stuffed the Boy into the wreckage by the pit gate to take the lead, Cox then taking a mental lunge at the recovered Boy to send him spinning. 97 Sunny Jim then drilled 317 Stress into the pit gate which handed Cruncher the win as Victor flattened Ellis on the home straight which brought the reds out for the latter. A lap sheet order restart was needed but this proved short lived as Lathan followed Carter in magnificently on the pit bend to again bring the reds out to allow the latter a safe exit from his wreck. Barely double figures for the restart and the Boy emerged on opposite to blast the leading Cruncher with Humps then stuffing the latter which allowed Cruncher to regroup and deliver a head-on with Garrod arriving on the scene to destroy the Boy with a savage head-on. 326 Ratty found Nafe for a hit as Cruncher set about the Boy on opposite with Cox meeting the latter on the nose before Nafe evened the score on Ratty. 148 Shorty came through the mayhem to win a fine race from Lewis and Humps, Lathan and Victor the only other finishers.

Despite the meeting now reaching the seven hour mark it was hugely pleasing to see 25 return for the Accumulator qualifier and they did not disappoint those who waited to see it. Hill began by running in 317 Little Cush as 418 Steve Jode buried Sunny Jnr and Cruncher smashed Phillips with a head-on. McDonald weighed in on Jode as 338 Wingnut thundered in Bulldeath to bring the reds out for the latter. The race soon resumed with Lewis firing into and spinning Stress as Joe Ninety opened his account with a package on Cruncher before Joe Ninety now flattened Chingey before in a true highlight of the weekend, 817 Stig fired into and buried brother Stress, the pair then frantically trying to encourage the approaching traffic to nail the other and ultimately it was Sunny Jim who arrived to flatten Stig with Joe Ninety also laying in with a big hit to the latter. Lathan found Nafe for a head-on as Mossop scored on Joe Ninety and Sunny Jim drilled Hill into the pit bend wall superbly with Jode also laying into Chingey. The remaining laps proved quiet with the flag falling on Garrod but a subsequent check confirmed Shorty as the winner from Wingnut and Garrod. Into the DD with Jode planting the struggling 85 James Ellis (IS200) into Sunny Jim with Dace blasting the former only to be hammered by Shorty who went on to finish Mossop. Sunny Jim caught fire on the infield and a wicked head-on between Shorty and Lathan saw the former also catch fire leaving Garrod and Lathan to enjoy another big head-on, the former expiring and the latter firing up to take the win with Joe Ninety the best entertainer.

Heat one: 688 Steve Collins, 287, 587, 898, 97, 148, 326, 188, 328, 36, 212, 790
Heat two: 183 Karl Thorpe, 209, 338, 349, 319, 339, 3, 317 (Jacobs), 9, 817, 233, 119
Consolation: 566 Tony Pallett, 26, 37, 317 (Jacobs), 19, 790, 288
Suffolk Open: 148 Ian Redden, 37, 587, 338, 188
Accumulator Qualifier: Redden, 338, 339, 27, 328
Destruction Derby: 328 Dan Lathan from 339 Best entertainer: 90 Adrian Harboard

The second day of One Wild Weekend saw an almost identical number of BriSCA F2 Stockcars than the previous night with 66 cars, the number boosted by four drivers who were not on hand the previous night and it was good to see the entire Dutch contingent in action again, again credit to 124 Ollie Skeels who raced in both stockcar classes.

22 for heat one and 977 Dave Massey wasted no time in barging past 5 Josh Coleman as 849 Triston Claydon set the pace and 55 Courtney Finnikin removed 774 Steve Flatt as Massey banged wheels with 166 Tony Cordiner while H231 Pete Schut suffered a spin. 630 Justin Parker moved into second and then raced into the lead before the caution flags flew for Massey who had remained stranded on turn two after his clash with Cordiner. Clayden came under immediate fire from 987 Sam Brigg on the restart as 488 Liam Bentham fired into H116 Barry Bauer and Coleman shot 150 Mark Thoms into the wall as 124 Marcus Skeels fired Clayden wide for third but came under immediate pressure from 606 Andy Plmer as 259 Simon Farrington span. Parker led the race into the final five laps as Palmer moved Brigg wide for second, the latter then cruelly spinning from contention with Palmer landing a last bend hit on Parker but was able to ride the hit out and take the win with Skeels third.

One less for heat two with 282 Ant Riley sending 331 James Di’Guillio crashing into the wall as 235 Bradley Blyth and 471 Malcolm Kaye span in a chaotic start with 414 Josh Rayner setting the pace only to spin and hand 735 Mick Haworth control and he came under pressure from H10 Jelle Tesselaar and their fight allowed 19 Martin Ford and 136 Kyle Taylor to close with Taylor slipping past Ford for third as 226 Billy Webster span 298 Jake Walker and he was hit by 289 James Waterfall as Tesselaar moved into the lead before 449 Mark Dorrill lunged at Rayner which took them both into the wall. 38 Dave Polley bested 81 Mark Clayton for sixth and 823 Sam Wagner fired 417 Allan Weston wide for fourth, the latter then losing another spot to Webster as Polley leapfrogged Taylor when he overcooked it. Wagner meanwhile shot Dorrill into the fence as Webster was dumped out by 413 Richard Rayner as Tesselaar claimed the second Dutch win of the weekend with Ford an Polley next home.

23 for the third heat and the click track conditions claimed its share of victims at the start with 623 Rob Dobie, 282 Ant Riley, 351 Gavin Mason and 715 Scott Aldridge all first lap spinners and 987 Sam Brigg set the pace as 447 Richard Hamsphire collected the stricken Mason and 905 Rob Mitchell dumped out 93 Stu Sculthorpe. 962 Graham East went round and was hit by 190 Chris Morley before 724 Tom Pell and 441 Mick Branston tangled and span, followed by 376 Daz Seneschall. Brigg raced into the lead as the race hit half way while the recovered East was fenced by 212 Jak Hall and Riley attacked the leading Brigg which allowed 103 Carl Issit to close but he dumped Riley out with a spin and Brigg edged away again and took the wi with 597 Barry Clow third and 377 Daz Shaw just beating 968 Micky Brennan for fourth.

17 cars for the first consolation with Sam Brigg quickly firing 692 Andrew Bottomley wide for the lead as Riley fired Hall into Blyth in the race for second, 741 Luke Branston then crashing up and over Riley which sent them both crashing into the infield blocks and Massey span as he tried to avoid them. Dorrill lunged as Walker which sent them both spinning as Blyth did the same to recovered Branston and Walker came back with a revenge attack on Dorrill which took them both out to the fence. 704 Graham Crouch removed the luckless Branston as Webster moved Thoms wide to break into the top four and Brigg raced to a comfortable win from Blyth and Mick Branston.

Just 15 for the second consolation with Josh Rayner setting the pace before he was moved wide by Di’Guillo for the lead with Seneschall then firing Aldridge wide for second while Rayner Schut suffered spins as did Di’Guillio and H103 Chris van der Elst moved up the inside of Aldridge for second with Mitchell snapping at his heels, Schut going round again, this time with Richard Rayner as Mason and Aldridge also suffered spins. Mitchell eased past van der Elst for second just before half way, the second half proving somewhat processional save van der Elst being shunted into the fence by the back marking Di’Gullio which would cost him a qualifying place as Seneschall raced to the win from Mitchell and Sculthorpe.

A near full field of 30 qualifiers for the final with Weston going round early on and collected by Haworth as 233 Rob Aldridge also span and Blyth set the pace as Clayton got stuck into Neil Brigg which Seneschall dumping them both in the fence which also claimed Coleman as Mitchell, Polley and 788 Steve Mallinson crashed out in a heap on the pit bend to bring the reds out with a complete restart ordered with 24 cars still standing for it. Aldridge tangled with Clow on the restart as Sculthorpe span Waterfall who was collected by Wagner as Sam Brigg set the pace with Clayton quickly into second as Skeels span and was hit by 219 Chris Mitchell before Mick Branston span Ford on the exit of turn two, the reds them flying with fear of a fire for the latter which perhaps mercifully proved unfounded and this time a lap sheet order restart was needed with Sam Brigg leading the field with the top 12 all starting bumper to bumper at the front. 108 Jon Riley immediately fired Blyth wide for third but Coleman did the same to the former as Seneschall and Branston tangled and Skeels span Chris Mitchell and he was collected by Aldridge as Tesselaar went round as well. The leading Briggs came under pressure from the back marking Chris Mitchell as the race hit half way with Clayton second from Blyth, Coleman and Issit with Blyth coming through on the inside to take second from Clayton who then lost third to Coleman with Issit them racing into third before a big crash on the pit bend saw Tesselaar and Clow crash out and they were joined by Blyth and Seneschall which brought the caution flags out just ahead of the final five laps. Coleman restarted the race on the bumper of Brigg but the latter was able to pull away as 488 Liam Bentham lunged at Clayton to take third only to come under immediate pressure from Wagner before Issit went up and over Clayton which also claimed Webster and Clayton was dumped out by Brennan. Coleman meanwhile connected on Brigg on the last bend but the latter rode the hit out to take a superb win with Wagner third.

Despite the meeting running an hour later than hoped for an impressive 32 returned for the Grand National with Clow sent spinning by Coleman from the off as Chris Mitchell removed Tesselaar and Issit went round and was clobbered by Brennan before the back straight saw Ford pinched into the wall and he hit a post at nigh on full throttle, stopping the car dead in its tracks in a truly scary incident which brought the reds out to assist Ford but it also led to a significant delay to repair some great damage done to the wall in the vicious crash. The race resumed with Walker spinning Taylor as Bauer fired into Mallinson while Ant Riley made the running from Blyth with Dorrill inheriting third when Hall retired and behind Clow moved Shaw wide for a place as Dorrill eased past Blyth for second. Rob Mitchell then crashed up and over the spinning H12 Bart Verhoef as Riley led the field to half way and continued to hold the advantage into the final five laps when things escalated into a fine conclusion to the weekend. Neil and Sam Brigg both span and Blyth dumped out Shaw as Riley cruelly went round with three to run. John Riley happily inherited the lead with Coleman charging at Dorrill to take second but it allowed Riley to edge away and he claimed his maiden Mildenhall win from Coleman as behind all hell broke loose on the final bend with a large pile-up claiming several podium chasers and so Bauer inherited third.

Heat one: 630 Justin Parker, 606, 124, 488, 788, 5, 219, H116, 55, 150
Heat two: H10 Jelle Tesselaar, 19, 38, 823, 136, 81, 417, 735, 298, 289
Heat three: 887 Neil Brigg, 103, 597, 377, 968, 108, 233, H126, H129, 376
Consolation one: 987 Sam Brigg, 235, 441, 226, H159, 150, 158, 977, 55, 212
Consolation two: 376 Daz Seneschall, 905, 93, 289, H103, 331, 941, H12, 413, 962
Grand Final: Sam Brigg, 5, 823, 488, H116, 377, 124, 108, 136, 219
Grand National: 108 Jon Rile, 5, H116, 298, 226, 219, 289, 788, 968, 823

For the second day we enjoyed some quite superb racing on track but the edge was taken off things somewhat by the meeting taking an hour longer than hoped for to complete, the toll of just seven of the 17 races going flag to flag with no less than 15 race restarts (11 of which involved reassembling drivers in a grid or race order) plus the constant need for much watering due to the uncomfortably hot weather and compounded by the delay to repair the fence after Martin Ford’s alarming crash. Away from this disappointment there was much to enjoy on the day, the Saloons again stealing the show, their middle three races being absolute stunners while we enjoyed a particularly lively Banger session which featured several memorable hits and again the F2s impressed, their qualifying heats maybe not the same standard as the night before, perhaps suffering from the slick conditions, while the last two races were superb.

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