Mildenhall Saturday July 10
Unlimited Bangers 2004 Suffolk Open Championship and Ministox 2004 Suffolk Open Championship

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007 Ian Laws: Daimler 420 Sovereign
17 Mark Anderson: Rover P5B
19 Joe Mullarkey: Cadillac Seville*
21 Jason Colbert: Lincoln Continental
22 Dave Vincent: Vanden Plas Princess 4 Litre R
33 Hayden Bennet: Mk2 Granada limo
35 Peter Lewis: Buick LeSabre
40 Lester Freestone: Toyota Supra
56 Phil Coe: DS420 hearse
67 Mark Whittaker: Plymouth Volare
70 Charlie Cunningham: Humber Super Snipe
85 James Ellis: Cadillac Seville*
97 Russell Lawton: Lincoln Continental MkV Coupe
106 Brian Pfender: Cadillac Fleetwood
111 Derek Matthews: Mk2 Granada hearse
117 Karl Dack: Cadillac Coupe De Ville
167 Kev Ling: DS420 limo
175 Karl Corsby: Fx4 taxi
202 Ian Horton: Grand coupe
204 Andy Bailey: Dodge Aspen estate
211 Barry Franklin: Cadillac Fleetwood limo
256 Alan Dorkins; Toyota Supra
273 Kevin McClagish: Toyota Crown Custom
272 Garry Murrell: Cadillac Fleetwood
277 Des Owen: Ford Elite
303 Brian Cope: Buick Regal
313 John Cullingford: Rover P5B Coupe
320 John Engleton: Rover P5B
345 Craig Hewitt: Rover P5*
359 Simon Rolph: Pontiac Firebird
379 Adrian Clifton: Mk2 Granada limo
396 Graham Hyla: Rover P4
401 Steve Hemmings; Wolseley 6/110*
441 Barry Cannel: Rover P5B Coupe
559 Neil Payne: Pontiac Grand Prix
584 Mark Harding: Daimler 420 Sovereign
712 Andrew Westgate: Rover P5
752 Sam Cunningham: Rover P5B Coupe
753 Billy Cunningham: Daimler 420 Sovereign
768 Calvyn Girling: Ford Fairmont estate
785 Marc Anderson: Cadillac Seville* (DNR)
813 Mick Cotton: Rover P4
814 Mark Millen: Vanden Plas Princess 3 Litre
877 Adam Perrin: Jaguar XJ-S
933 Karl Day: Jaguar XJ-S
*=used car
DNR=did not race

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A quite superb 115 cars gathered for this one with a stunning array on machinery as seen above. On top of this there were 16 big Volvos, 19 more XJ's including a coupe for 33! Simon Reed while the Granada entry also included Mk1s for 141 Mark Lee, 328 Paul Wilkes (est) and the returning 436 Matt Arnold. 74 Joe Cunningham had a large Merc while additional Japs were the Crowns of 99 Richard Ahern and 322 Mark Rowland

28 cars for the first of four heats with 711 Phil Green (Volvo 240 estate) to first to show burying Corsby and he continued to meet 130 Jason Harrison on the nose with Bailey turning round to blast the latter before 217 Lee Weekes (Volvo 240 estate) piled 141 Mark Lee's Mk1 Granada into 841 Frank Williams before 436 Matt Arnold (Mk1) did the same to 116 Mark Want with 324 Mark Latham (Volvo 740 estate) feeling the force of the impact. Green attacked Ellis and Arnold attacked the leading 379 the Worm but collected Bailey's empty Yank. 933 Karly ran in the XJ of 76 Terry Mansfield leaving him open to a portion from Arnold with the latter turning round to meet Williams on the nose setting the AHM man up for a T-bone from 53 Dave Palmer as Lee met Arnold on the nose. Latham blasted Lee and was trashed in turn by Karly as the Worm won from Palmer and 131 Barry Wade (Volvo 240 estate). Plenty of action on the run down lap as Arnold stopped 116 Wanty head-on which claimed the Worm who was trashed by 102 Steve Burrows as 273 Mad Mouse turned round to steam Wanty and 67 Sparky blasted Burrows just after the reds.

Same amount for the second heat with Coe T-boning 320 Phillo at the start as 106 Bumper blasted 584 Shaky as did 715 Mick Prince before 97 Rabbit hammered 665 Stu Scarlett (XJ), 200 Wayne Holton powering into the Yank as 559 Ug attacked 348 Sonny Sherwood (Volvo 240 estate) and Prince ran 345 Chewy in leaving the former prone to a hit from Rabbit who was hit by Dorkins. Sharky assaulted 637 Casey Parker (XJ) in a turn two pile-up as Rabbit gave Matthews a monster head-on. 364 Sean Winchester used his smart Granada estate to bury Prince while 135 Donny Mann (XJ) scored on 774 Dave Nuttal and Coe did Sharky. 31 Ian Holland (Volvo 240 estate) buried the luckless 774 Nutty while 348 Mushy turned round to hit Matthews and Philo and Vincent went in on Rabbit leaving him open to a shot from 752 Mad Sam. Winchester took a comfortable win from 41 Paul Bearne and Mann with Rabbit judged best entertainer this time

167 Mr Mardy gets some airtime thanks to 348 Mushy

28 again for the third heat and an epic start with a big push on the top bend resulting in 712 Bulldog rolling with 246 Alan Butts climbing all over him to bing the reds straight out with the drivers quickly escaping unharmed. The restart began with 19 Dove Toe Joe burying 873 Roger Fuller (Volvo 240) while Owen buried the XJ of 210 Stephen Heyward and wasted 873 Rabbit with a big hit. Bennett copped it from 401 Psycho as a spun 414 Lee Busby was hit on the nose by 214 Marcus Ballard. 249 Matt Frost (Volvo 240 estate) put away Psycho while 417 Dan Davey met Perrin in a stiff head-on allowing 007 Dill to bury Lewis into them which also claimed 115 Gary Rose. Lewis reovered to deliver the final action with a head-on to Psycho as returnee 236 Darren Herbert took the win from 269 Scott Ewles' lush XJ and Ballard with Owen collecting the entertainers purse.

The aftermath of the epic 946 Algy and 712 Bulldog crash

Heat four fielded 32 cars and another dramatic start as 117 Kamikaze managed to roll the Caddy onto his roof bringing the reds out but not before 552 Karl Doulas attacked 274 Paul Coke (Volvo 240) and 272 Gazza got stuffed by 279 Colin Coker (Volvo 740). The restart kicked off with Douglas burying 856 Lee Bashman (Volvo 240) triggering a huge pit bend pile up in which 311 Gary Lown blasted Gazza and Millen hanmered Basham before Kamikaze turned round to hit Girling on the nose before he pounded Millen. 119 Davey Cox (Volvo 740) then thundered Hyla into 11 Graeme Shilling trashing the latter as 290 Jason MacMahon (XJ) trashed 274 Paul Coke (Volvo 240) and Kamikaz met 99 Richard Ahern's Crown on the nose but fired back to pummel 202 Porky as the reds were again shown for a loose wheel. 119 Cruncher attacked Douglas on the restart as 33! Simon Reed's XJ Coupe took a big head-on from the Cheat with 88 Jason Anderson (XJ) doing the latter which was quickly repaid as 271 Dean Goodall took the win ahead of 169 Len Brinkley and 06 Lee West (XJ), 290 Tramp getting the entertainer award for his hit on 274 Giggler.

117 Kamikaze goes over thanks to 11 Graeme Shilling

The first consolation was next with 31 cars for an epic event. It kicked off with 359 Mr Mint burying 813 Mayhem with an assist from 132 John Snare (XJ40) with Arnold blasting the latter and taking one in turn from Psycho. 115 Gary Rose blasted Harrison and Haywood scored on Corsby as Chewy destroyed Harrison and 462 Lee Cambell (XJ) met Mayhem on the nose and Bazza zeroed in on Snare and Bumper buried Psycho and Green hammered the former only to get wasted by 564 Mark Cooper's smart XJ before Haywood buried Coe into 217 Lee Weekes' Volvo 240 estate and Burrows blasted Butts. Arnold leaned in 297 Martin Tappenden's XJ and Burrows steamed Coe and Mr Mint belted 462 Leeky. Still the action contined as 557 Stalky piled Burrows into 162 Mark Ashford (XJ40) with the latter hit head-on by 602 Billy Lee while Bazza met Arnold in a solid head-on before doing 78 Lee Macey (XJ40). Burrows came back to bury Bennett into Arnold as Stalky had a pop at Coe and Sharky blasted Bazza before Corsby splintered Coe with a big hit and Sharky blew Burrows only to take a big hit from Psycho. Mad Mace repaid Bazza with a T-bone as Prince gave Psycho two hits as did 917 John Millen. Haywood also attacked the 401 6/110 and 39 Steve Moore (XJ) threw his lead away to blast Corsby as Mad Mace and 39 Peanut gave 207 Michael Woodward (Volvo 240) big T-bones. Peanut nailed the leading 115 Rosey head-on with Bazza doing the former on the nose as Haywood turned round for a hit on Mr Mint. Peanut and Bazza exhanged head-ons as Rosy picked his way through to win with Millen the only other finisher with Bazza the top entertainer this time.

715 Mick Prince weighs in hard on 401 Psycho

211 Bazza used the Fleetwood limo to good effect, seen here sorting 207 Compo

130 Jason Harrison got well trashed

27 cars for the second consi with Anderson and 753 Young Gun combining to thunder in Bulldog as Mad Mouse did a huge roll on the back straight, looking at one point like he might vault the fence which brought the reds straight out. The restart started with Girling T-boning Lewis only to take a massive hit from Young Gun as Anderson blasted Philo but took one in turn from Dove Toe Joe as 33! the Legend hit 238 Tom Aldous (Volvo 240) and 99 the Cheat stuffed 265 Stuart Foster (XJ). 414 Lee Busby then blasted Anderson after the Kent man had weighed in on Dorkins with Dove Toe Joe trashing Busby who also copped a T-bone from 348 Mushy. Young Gun stopped the leading Legend on the nose as Dove Toe Joe blasted 774 Dave Nuttall and Mushy scored on Anderson while 311 Gary Lown further pounded Busby leaving him open to one from the Cheat. Busby now took a head-on from 774 Nutty as Charlie Cunningham did Mushy and Girling nailed Aldous on the nose while the Legend repaid Young Gun with two shots before attacking the luckless Busby. Girling sorted the Legend but was T-boned by Lown while Dove Toe Joe went in on Philo which was quickly repaid with a T-bone before 74 Mad Joe T-boned the P5. The Cheat came through to win

273 Mad Mouse during his hairy roll

A leathered Granada for 414 Lee Busby

30 returned for the final with Charlie Cunningham attacking Owen only to take one himself from Mann as Winchester blasted 465 Andy Scarlett and Vincent met Owen on the nose while Lown blasted the Worm and 131 Barry Wade (Volvo 240 estate) hit Mallion. 619 Karl Turnbull (Volvo 240 estate) took Vincent in hard as 37 Dave Lewis (XJ) stuffed 119 Cruncher while 328 Wilkie and Ballard met on the nose. The Cheat hit Sparky and 131 Wadey fenced Herbert as 249 Matt Frost (Volvo 240 estate) put in 41 Paul Bearne and 752 Mad Sam did the same to Scarlett while Sparky blasted 115 Rosy. 269 Scotty and Mallion enjoyed a head-on while a thrilling finish saw 31 Ian Holland spin Palmer on the last bend looking for the lead but they tangled with Sparky blasting the former while Palmer was spun again and in a photo finish Lewis narrowly beat Winchester home with Wadey and 41 Beanie in the trophy spots and Sparky awarded the best entertainer.

Just 16 for the Accumulator but it was still lively with 313 Cully attacking Williams only to cop it from Frosty as 269 Scotty hammered Mushy with the latter wasted by Cully who felt the force of Mad Mouse with 312 Tom Reynolds (Volvo 240 estate) T-boning the latter. Girling turned round for a hit on 17 Caveman with 202 Porky on oppo to do the Yank before Mouse turned round to blast the Coupe.441 Barry! buried 312 Turbo as Scotty wasted Butts only to take one from 462 Leeky as Turbo dished out a massive T-bone to Barry! leaving the latter in trouble with the race called early in favour of Haywood from Williams Turbo with Cully taking the entertainer award.

A decent 25 came back for the DD with Dorkins hitting Douglas on the nose with Mark Millen doing the latter as Kamikaze hammered Sparky as Mace blasted Millen only to feel the force of Williams with the Kent champ getting done by Charlie Cunningham and Psycho with the latter taking a massive head-on from Winchester leaving the latter in distress while Corsby rolled on the top bend to bring the reds out. We restart with Mad Sam burying Coe into Williams as 312 Turbo did 788 Darren Gathercole allowing 171 Lee Madden (XJ) to do the former as did Kamikaze who was belted by 290 Tramp. 269 Scotty blasted Coe with 76 Terry Mansfield doing the former only to take one in turn from 119 Cruncher with Frosty also blasting Mansfield as Sparky T-boned Scotty only to take a similar hit from a recovered Mansfield and Frosty blasted Cunningham. Mace pounded Vincent with a T-bone and a head-on with Sparky T-boning the former with Scotty weighing in on the latter only to cop a portion of Humber from Cunningham. Gathercole T-boned Cunningham and Turbo did the former in turn allowing Vincent to nail the Hitman while Scotty connected on Cunningham after the Gypsy Crew pilot hit Vincent and Cruncher. Vincent bounced to T-bone Mansfield with the latter meeting Cruncher on the nose, the Supreme champion also meeting Turbo in similar fashion as did Scotty and Mansfield. Sparky belted Scotty with Vincent T-boning the Plymouth leaving him prone to an attack from Mansfield while Sparky scored on Frosty and Scotty's unstoppable XJ. Vincent finished Mansfield with a head-on and Scotty zeroed in for a massive head-on to Vincent with Scotty trashing the Vincent. The world champ then met Sparky on the nose but the latter had already been disqualified for being out of the event at the start so Vincent won from Scotty with the latter also getting the entertainer award.

A splintered hearse for 56 Phil Coe

Heat one: 379 Adrian Clifton, 53, 131, 328, 24, 67, 116 Best enterainer: 933 Karly Day
Heat two: 364 Sean Winchester, 41, 135, 31, 22, 752, 256, 715, 348 Best entertainer: 97 Russell Lawton
Heat three: 236 Darren Herbert, 269, 214, 465, 249, 37, 35, 19, Best Entertainer: 277 Des Owen
Heat four: 271 Dean Goodall, 169, 06, 119, 290, 619, 99, 311, 137, 88 Best entertainer: 290 Jason MacMahon
Consolation one: 115 Gary Rose, 917 Best entertainer: 211 Barry Franklin
Consolation two: 99 Ritchie Ahern, 70, 311, 74 Best entertainer: 768 Calvyn Girling
Grand Final: 37 Dave Lewis, 364, 131, 41, 465, 53, 236, 22, 169, 249 Best entertainer 67 Mark Whittaker
Accumulator: 210 Steve Hayward, 841, 312, 269 Best entertainer: 313 John Cullingford
Destruction Derby: 22 Dave Vincent from 269 Best entertainer: 269 Scott Ewles
Smart car awards: 22 Dave Vincent, 269 Scott Ewles, 364 Sean Winchester, 768 Calvyn Girling, 877 Adam Perrin
Material awards: 56 Phil Coe (DS420 hearse) , 106 Brian Pfender (Cadillac Fleetwood), 117 Karl Dack (Cadillac Coupe De Ville), 167 Kev Ling (DS420 limo), 211 Barry Franklin (Cadillac Fleetwood limo)
Most devastating driver: 312 Tom Reynolds
Hardest trier: 401 Steve Hemmings

A quite superb field of 41 Ministox gathered for their 2004 Suffolk open Championship with plenty of visitors who came from Incarace, PRI and Spedeworth.

It was whites and yellow only for the first heat with 580 Rob Hull spun by 317 Dwayne Powell as 387 Bobby Miles did the same to 389 Charlie Garrod. 289 Steve Chapman showed 303 Craig Yates to the wall and soon took the lead from 314 Scott Sands while Garrod was collected by 395 Thomas Sutton. Sands then had a rough ride getting spun by Powell and again by 536 Scott Waite with the second crash seeing him hit the inner wall very hard terminating the race which had almost run its course with Chapman winning ahead of 307 Jack Tuffen and 371 Jason Cobbold

Nearly 30 cars lined up for the second heat open to yellows, blues and reds with the race stopped early when Powell struggled to get going and was collected by the pack bringing out the reds with 139 Mark Rainer taking a big knock in the chaos while 548 Kerri Witherington smashed into the inner wall hard. The restart saw 347 Sam Renolds spin as 350 Travis Cope and 521 Stu Palmer found the wall after the latter stuffed 562 Liam Friel. 114 Damien Wright removed 339 Ashley Garrod and 126 Sam Worltly did the same to a recovered Palmer as 312 Luke Grief took a comfortable win from 536 Scott Waite and 503 Ben Murray.

Whites, blues and reds for the final heat and down to 17 cars with only a couple of whites lining up one of which being 356 Sid Cooper who was spun by 186 Todd Jones while 132 Daniel Wenn hooked our 593 Jack Harrington towards the end. 149 Jamie Sampson stormed through to win from Wright and Murray.

24 qualifiers returned for the final with Sampson spinning Cope and Harrington straight away before 349 Phil Smith had Powell out resulting in the latter getting clobbered by the pack as Chapman took out Grief and a big pile-up formed on the road bend in which defending champion 151 Scott Aldridge was shaken bringing out the reds. The restart was shortlived as Grief fenced Cobbold but rolled himself on impact while Harrington smashed through the inside wall trying to avoid it. Another reds flag and with all the drivers ok we were soon away again with 328 Mark Hughes leading them as Wortley spun Miles and Wright removed Cope as Sampson took over up front but got held up by back markers allowing Wortley to come through and snatch it, Sampson second with Smith and 339 Ashley Garrod completing the trophy spots.

Heat one: 289 Steve Chapman, 307, 371, 328, 536, 329, 336, 395, 356, 580
Heat two: 312 Luke Grief, 536, 503, 149, 151, 126, 317, 593, 387, 114
Heat three: 149 Jamie Sampson, 114, 503, 562, 349, 521, 132, 350, 593, 339
Grand Final: 126 Sam Worltley, 149, 349, 339, 132, 580, 350, 562, 336

A quite superb nights action, albeit it a little long finishing at around 11.30pm but I don't think many people minded too much when both formulas delivered such great racing. Well done especially to the banger brigade for making a brilliant effort to find something special for the meeting and getting stuck in.

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