Standlake 17^th April – 2litre Bangers Teams of 4

No reporter on site today so it's just the results to view.

73 Cars spread between 21 teams. Nice to see a team of Z cars back on track with 330 Tony Rudge rolling on the first bend of his first race. Also visitors from SAA (always welcome lads) and two Teams of Team Black. Plenty of Bluebirds, Volvo's & Granada's. Daring to be different - 68 Dicko with an Ultra smart Cortina, 691 Mr Shifter with his Gallant and car of the day to 313 Mayhem with his 6th Standlake A60 of the season.

Photos - Stu Bishop / Wurzle

Results:
Points: 6,5,4,3,2,1  /  Double points in Final
12 teams scored points in the heats and were all allowed in the Final.
 
Heat 1: SA716 Jamie Lyden, DT537 Mark Mitchell, DT110 Derek Tyler, HA116 Simon Kerby, FM691 Jason Gubbey, SA606 Liam Weedon
Heat 2: G104 Lee Gumm, BB999 Shane Cottril, G106 Paul Gumm, DA815 Ian Castle, BB82 Wayne Quinn, BA617 Jack Overy
Heat 3: W13 Andy Disdle, BA99 Richie Ahern, T126 Andy Wren, BA920 James Medley, F284 Sam Allmond, BA617 Jack Overy
Heat 4: G106 Paul Gumm, SA606 Liam Weedon, DT124 Carl Korszewski, G104 Lee Gumm, SB920 Terry Church, DT112 Shaun Russell
Heat 5: G106 Lee Gumm, G104 Paul Gumm, HA116 Simon Kerby, G105 Chris Gumm, G417 Sheldon Gardiner, HA184 Carl Boswell
Heat 6: BA920 James Medley, BA99 Richie Ahern, DT112 Shaun Russell, SB161 Steven Grant, DT124 Carl Korszewski, BB999 Shane Cottril
Final: G104 Lee Gumm, T85 Stan Yaxley, SA791 Aaron Rowland, G417 Sheldon Gardiner, DT112 Shaun Russell, BA920 James Medley
Demolition Derby: 617 Jack Overy
 
Team Result:
Gumm Boys (G)           53pts
Dream Team (DT)       24pts
Team Black A (BA)     23pts
SID A (SA)                20pts
Tadley Boys (T)          14pts
Havoc A (HA)             8pts
Team Black B (BB)      8pts
Waspy (W)                 6pts
SID B (SB)                 5pts
Devils A (DA)             3pts
Full Monty (FM)         2pts
FBI (F)                      2pts

A superb result for the Gumm Boys who really were in a class of their own throughout the day winning all 3 of their heats and the Final. The Dream Team snatched second place from Team Black 'A' thanks to Rusty's 5th place in the Final. Two Team Blacks looked ominous at the start of the day but fair play to the locals for getting stuck in and reducing Team Black 'A' to just 1 point in their first heat. 200 Noon was a casualty of that race as returnee 274 Jonathon Adams followed him in hard. Some great wrecking & racing in front of a large Bank Holiday crowd. Two young guns caught my eye - 781 Shaggy Shaun when he was throwing his twisted Bluey round the track with 3 Team Black on his tail, after 2 or 3 nerve tingling laps he buried 537 Mitch to get out of the way. The other young gun was 791 lil Tricky with his super display in a simply breathtaking Demolition Derby, team Black were out in force and the hits were going in mega hard with 999 Cotty giving 852 Jay a massive shot. Undaunted Tricky weighed into the Black cars whenever he had the chance until his car eventually expired.  Fair play to the two Team Blacks left at the end as 920 James Medley and 617 Jack Overy continued to pound each other with big hits until Jack ran out winner.  One of the best DD's you'll ever see and a reminder to those that left early - you don't know what you missed.

---- Keith ----