Standlake 20^th November 2005 Alan Barton memorial under 1400cc        Report By Bill

Two weeks ago it was rain, today it was fog though not as bad as the HMC some fifteen years ago; those who’d eaten carrots the night before could just about make out the far bend most of the time! A whopping 52 car turnout including a handful from Incarace, Mendips, Fleet & even one driver from Marshfield! The ever keen 2 Jon Bricknell brought two cars, one of which being a Riva; marques specialist 283 Webby similarly mounted though his was an estate. 628 Wisey embarked on his banger career with an Allegro, 313 Mayhem produced a Marina whilst 335 Sy Hughes & 153 Sparkey turned out a brace of Dolomites. 622 Ifor wielded a mint HB Viva that sadly refused to run leaving 30 Matt Cadle to complete the line up with a tidy A40.

Heat 1 - Roughly 25 cars contested each of the races, the opener commencing with 273 Erny’s Mazda 323 neatly biffing 573 Beanie’s Astra straight on into turn one as Welshman 170 Jamie Richardson (Pujo 205) attacked Webby who sought & dealt retribution before the lap was out! 440 Yard Tramp (Sunny) ripped a wheel off, 110 Yo-Yo Man steamed 777 Luffy in a battle of the Sunnys as 37 Luke Andrews (Fiesta) was caught by 791 Micky Rowlands junior & Richardson, 674 Duck (Lancer) also connecting with Andrews. Webby thumped the former as turn one caught out the unwary, Rowlands just one victim fencing himself next time round. Erny leaned the A40 into Andrews stricken steed en route to a fine win ahead of returnee 442 Potty (Civic) & 126 Casey (Sunny).

Result: 273 Stuart Emery, 442 Stu Phillips, 126 Dave Case, 777 Trevor Luff, 575 Paul Tritton, 578 Bryan Tritton

Heat 2 - 814 Mr B (Metro) found the first turn black ice in the second, 575 Tritt (Corolla estate) used his head & 532 Vince Voysey’s mk5 Escort as a brake to avoid a similar experience. 606 Boomer (Sunny) blasted Erny whilst Potty steamed Bricknell’s Sunny. 225 Little Bear’s Volvo 340 jacked Voysey before surviving an attempted Boomer follow in, Sparkey taking the brunt as Little Bear bounced off his passenger doors. Bricknell blasted 241 Darren Dodd’s trademark Golf & then ran him in, Potty doing likewise to 527 Stu Wise’ Escort, the pair of them getting airtime in the process. Wisey arrived late with his shot on Potty, missed & hit his dad instead & was then ran in & out of the armco by Luffy though the Allegro emerged unscathed as Boomer thumped 712 Judy’s Golf. Tritt excelled in the conditions & motored to an impressive win, 112 Rusty & 702 Jimbo next both Sunny mounted.

Result: 575 Paul Tritton, 112 Shaun Russell, 702 James Dodge, 656 Liam Findlay, 283 Bryan Webb, 814 Mark Barker

Heat 3 - 207 Compo’s booted Nova rocketed off the start-line in the third only to discover turn one’s dark delights though he held it well, maintaining his lead for several laps. The Trummys performed adjacent parking whilst Potty decimated 921 Chips’ Fiesta. 578 Bert (Sunny) followed 718 Mark Ricketts’ booted Nova in as Hughes attacked Potty before coming under fire from Webby who in turn was assaulted by 311 Carl Pitson’s Sunny. The latter then caught Rusty leaving himself prone to Webby who nailed him superbly. Potty was at it again, Richardson his victim on this occasion, Peter Dodge at the helm of his brother’s mount ran 429 Daz’ Maestro van in, standing it on it’s nose, Dodge viewing the sky before returning to earth & winding Boomer out though this saw the end of his race. Luffy took this one from Beanie & 556 Chris Vickers (Proton Persona).

Result: 777 Trevor Luff, 573 Chris Brooks, 556 Chris Vickers, 112 Shaun Russell, 576 Simon Hadland, 111 Andreas Schutz

Heat 4 - Sy took Judy in in the fourth, 576 Simon Hadland (Astra) doing likewise to 177 Daniel Micon’s Golf whilst 167 Donut (Metro) buried 111 Posh Boy’s Astra. 626 Fat Boy Fin (Astramax) & 252 Wild Willy piled into Voysey whilst 815 Ian Castle (Belmont) leaned Vickers cleverly into Yard Tramp’s vacant Sunny. Potty was once again on the offensive, powering Dodd into Voysey & then heaving both Castle & 777 Del Gibbons’ Sunny aside. Little Bear steamed Fat Boy Fin as early pacesetter 580 Dippy Dave (Pujo 309) lost ground after collecting a puncture letting Mr B in for the win, Judy & Donut next.

814 Mark Barker, 712 Judy Walman, 167 Carl Boswell, 442 Stu Phillips, 575 Paul Tritton, 283 Bryan Webb

Heat 5 - Donut featured in the last heat, climbing all over Pitson as Dodd removed Luffy whilst Mayhem kept it retro by attacking first Cadle & then Wisey after the latter had given Fat Boy Fin a kamikaze run. Wild Willy gave Sy a lift when he jacked him but was then run in by Boomer, Erny performing a similar manoeuvre on Fat Boy Fin. Mr B followed the A40 in, Little Bear trashed Gibbons only to feel the force of the Marina & Erny with Mayhem then landing a second hit on the Volvo. 41 Danny Pullen (Fiesta) took Beanie in as Sparkey blasted Compo only to come under fire from Gibbons as Wild Willy went on a Devil hunt, missing Hadland, connecting with Tritt but failing to spot Boomer in his mirror who put the Bucks hero down with a hefty t-bone, Potty too paying the price of taking the Devils on single-handed. Casey took this one from Yo-Yo Man, Boomer a splendid all-action 3^rd.

Result: 126 Dave Case, 110 Derek Tyler, 606 Liam Weedon, 575 Paul Tritton, 573 Chris Brooks, 313 Mick Cotton

Final - Erny ran Luffy in & out of the fence to begin the final as Jimbo hooked Beanie out. Richardson spun Little Bear whilst Boomer attacked Webby only to find himself the filling of a Lada sandwich before Webby took a playful nibble at Boomer. Having taken the points, Tritt added the Alan Barton Memorial to his list of 2005 achievements with a brilliant win right from the back finishing nearly a whole lap ahead of his nearest challenger, that being Rusty with Donut & Bricknell next, these four so far ahead of the rest that no other placings were announced.

Result: 575 Paul Tritton, 112 Shaun Russell, 167 Carl Boswell, 2 Jon Bricknell

Demolition Derby - Seven emerged for a short DD, Compo tangling with Richardson but copped a blast from Tom Harris (out in Donut’s Metro). Chips (Fiesta) pounded Richardson with Webby quickly attacking the former at which point the race was stopped to check on a winded Welshman. Just Harris & Webby left running for the restart, each setting off in opposite directions from the Standlake bend to meet in a solid head-on on the opposite turn, both backing off before engaging in another nose to nose encounter from which just Webby survived, rounding off another thoroughly entertaining afternoon.

Result: 283 Bryan Webb

Bill