Standlake 19^th September 2004 Under 1800cc      Reports by Bill

29 cars for this class & it was seven apiece for the popular Cavalier & Bluebird. Material wise a Mk4 for 716 Jamie Lyden & Mk3 estate for 75 Cory (the ex Baby Face model) were most welcome as were the two Superminxes, you’ve no doubt guessed that 313 Mayhem had one, the other belonging to 537 Mad Mitch, an estate that I believe last saw action at the 2003 Hednesford pre’68.

Heat 1 (23 cars) - 600 Jason Emery (Cavalier) made a bee-line for 41 Darren Dodds’ Sunny in the opener, putting him away nicely though 600 went round in the move & he received one on the nose from 622 Ifor’s baby Volvo. The latter was later buried by 110 YoYo Man’s Cav whilst returnee 101 Dicky Watts (Mk2 Cavalier) nearly had very welcome Incarace guest 777 Luffy’s well tonka’s Bluey round. 529 Daz Krauesslar in another Mk2 Cav spun Mayhem, 555 Charlie Barrett (Golf) doing likewise to Watts as 126 Casey leaned 481 Bernie onto the infield. 91 Beech tossed 599 Steve Jones (Cav) aside with 30 Matt Cadle (Volvo 340) thundering up 599, Beech then removing 37 Kevin Agutter (Astra estate) as Emery spun Mayhem into the path of Watts. 211 Bryan Trinder pinched Emery against the wall as Casey thundered up Watts before engaging Luffy head-on, sidelining 112 Rusty’s Corolla in the process with Mayhem arriving with a shot on Casey. Beech was a worthy winner, 252 Will Bignell (Sunny) & Trinder his placemen.

Result: 91 Dave Beauchamp, 252 Will Bignell, 211 Brian Trinder, 575 Paul Tritton, 815 Ian Castle, 555 Charlie Barrett

Heat 2 (23 cars) - began with Beech again in the thick of it, 573 Chris Brooks (Civic) an early victim & very nearly YoYo Man too! Krauesslar had a lucky escape from an attempted Bignell follow-in though the former’s car was later collected by 124 Orris when Casey ran him into it, 124 getting airtime. 575 Tritt spun Mayhem as Cory picked up & ran Cadle in big time, Cory being removed a lap later by Barrett. Bignell impressed by sweeping aside the experienced pairing of Tritt & 815 Ian Castle (Cav) in one heave whilst Rusty removed Emery. Casey was lying 2^nd until being taken out & promptly blasted by the constantly impressing Bignell leaving the path clear for Orris to secure the win, from Bernie & Castle.

Result: 124 Karl Korszewski, 481 Bernie Spiers, 815 Castle, 777 Trevor Luff, 112 Shaun Russell, 555 Barrett

Heat 3 (27 cars) - for the last heat which proved to be race of the day. Emery commenced things by turning Dodd whilst Ifor buried Lyden. Bernie landed a shot on Bignell, though the latter bounced back to meet Jones. Beech gave Luffy a tour of the Armco as Mayhem met Mitch – the little minxes! Rusty hooked Watts out with Dodd & Brooks clattering into Watts. Agutter wound Orris out but soon paid the price as Trinder fenced him & a recovered Orris duly wasted him big style to leave the Astra wreck of the day! Casey spun Trinder as Mitch landed a shot on the Mk3 estate only to have his rear wheel ripped off & day ended by a stunning shot from Lyden. Beech thundered Mayhem in with Emery planting Rusty into 313 before 600 latched onto Watts but with a seizing clutch 600 required Barrett’s assistance to gain sufficient momentum to run Watts in. Another full contact win for Beech this time Castle & Casey being his placemen.

Result: 91 Beech, 815 Castle, 126 David Case, 777 Luff, 110 Derek Tyler, 112 Rusty

Final (22 cars) – started with Beech entertaining at the expense of Mayhem who he clattered into the fence as Casey not for the first time wound Trinder out. Dodd attacked Hands with Beech arriving to whoosh them both in. Hands recovered to jack Mayhem as Cory turned it round to steam Barrett sadly as the latter was exiting causing a stoppage & Barrett a ride in the ambulance, Cory being loaded for his actions all of which totally avoidable had common sense prevailed! Luffy ran Hands in on the restart with Mayhem also blasting 816 as he reversed off the fence whilst Beech spun Bignell before sadly retiring. Casey hooked Hadland out, Luffy doing likewise to Bignell as Orris cruised to his second final win in as many meetings, YoYo Man & Casey following him across the line.

Result: 124 Orris, 110 Yo Yo, 126 Casey, 575 Paul Tritton, 576 Simon Hadland, 777 Luff

Demolition Derby - just four for the demo & after a couple of laps of chase Hands caught Ifor nicely, 622 hitting the Armco & crashing out whilst 816 went on to meet Mayhem before Beech messed with 313. This allowed Hands to build up steam & deliver a rated head-on to Beech which not surprisingly stopped both motors & leave Mayhem the last runner & £20 richer. To his credit Mick dished out a couple of blasts to the encouraging Hands before marshals intervened. All enjoyable stuff largely thanks to Beech.

Result: 313 Mick (Mayhem) Cotton

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Standlake 19^th September 2004 Over 1800cc

I know many were looking forward to the first unlimited since June & twenty drivers supported the occasion. There were 6 Granadas, 5 Voles plus used Jags for 70 Steven Hart & 415 Richard Berlin, the former garaged since the Heavy Metal but no competition for top motor that being 5 Mad Rath’s impressive Caddy Fleetwood.

Heat 1 (16 cars) - for the opener & an FBI mistake saw 538 Glen Lambourne (Reno 21 estate) dump 007 Matty Cox (Vole 740) on the infield as Mad Rath leaned 273 Erny’s 960 Vole in. 536 Kev Hardie nibbled on the Yank boot before Berlin leaned the Yank into Hardie & 111 Steve Pritchett’s Carlton, Cox arriving to steam the latter. Hardie recovered to land a shot on Mad Rath, the Caddy boot already nicely folded down before 417 Shelly (Sierra estate) too joined in & heaved 5 round. 417 went on to remove top dog 54 Winnie (estate) as Lambourne tossed 817 Rich Hands aside before it was 2 Jon B’s (Vole estate) turn to climb over the back of the Caddy. 578 Bert in his rapid Gallant soon had him round though as Shelly bravely messed with Berlin only to be ran in by 104 Lee Gumm (estate). Pritchett & Hardie saw the race out with further shots to Mad Rath as Bert breezed past long time leader 106 Paul Gumm’s Mk2 Cav for the win, 110 YoYo Man (estate) 3^rd.

Result: 578 Bryan Tritton, 106 Paul Gumm, 110 Derek Tyler, 606 Liam Weedon, 54 Alan Cartwright, 538 Glenn Lambourne

Heat 2 (18 cars) - soon one less as 907 Clive Bowker rolled his Mk3 before even reaching the rostrum. Early reds, Bowker out ok & on the rerun Hands spun Pritchett with Mad Rath on hand with a sensible t-bone to the Carlton before Bert clashed with the Yank, doing the steering on the Gallant. Lambourne performed a slow follow-in on Pritchett & next time round hooking Erny out before putting himself in at speed ending his meeting. Pritchett ended the race as he began being a Hands’ victim, this time being run in as with Bert out of the way, Paul Gumm cruised to an easy win ahead of Winnie & 112 Rusty, the latter eager for points & had opted to bring his 1600cc Corolla out with the big boys & it will be interesting to see whether he & 575 Tritt (who came 4^th) will have their points deducted from this race. If so, Erny who finished 5^th would in fact be 3^rd – if you catch my drift!

Result: 106 Paul Gumm, 54 Winnie, 273 Stuart Emery, 110 Yo Yo

Heat 3 (15 cars) - Hardie quickly finished Mad Rath’s day, ripping a wheel off the Caddy whilst Hart, in his first race was an early retiree. 851 Bode (Vole estate) removed both Cox & Hardie before sidelining the leading Erny, the latter pulling off with steering probs. Hart meanwhile limped back onto the racing line but no doubt regretting his actions as 76 BamBam (Vole estate) put him away whilst Winnie came through for the win ahead of 606 Boomer (Bluebird estate) & Lee Gumm.

Result: 54 winnie, 606 Boomer, 104 Lee Gumm, 110 Yo Yo, 76 Sean Enevoldsen, 007 Matty Cox

Final (14 cars) - Fourteen for the final & after a long wait Bert caught a limping Hart, launching him into Shelly before Cox took over the 70/578 combo heaving them both aside. Quick to recover, Bert once more thumped the 70 Jag with Paul Gumm taking time out whilst well in front to also assault Hart. This allowed Erny to close right in on Paul G & despite making hard work of it managed to eventually flick the Cav aside on the very last bend for victory, Boomer & Winnie coming home next with a recovered Paul Gumm next whilst BamBam saw the action out blasting Hart.

Result: 273 Erny, 606 Boomer, 54 Winnie, 106 Paul Gumm, 110 Yo Yo, 007 Cox

Demolition Derby - To their credit six came out for the derby, Hart quick to turn it round as was BamBam who made straight for 70. Hart found Bode head-on with once again BamBam assaulting the Jag before turning attentions to Bode where he was joined by Erny. Hardie then administered a hefty bone to Bode as Hands steamed BamBam & Bode engaged Erny in a hard head-on before 851 did likewise to Hands. BamBam then dished out a decent shot on Hands before these two tried to burn out each others clutches. After the smoke had cleared it was BamBam that delivered the final blow & ran out the winner.

Result: 76 Sean Enevoldsen

Bill