Standlake Arena – 1^st May – Under 1400cc Hatchbacks        Dictaphone by Billo - typed by Keith.

45 Hatchback Bangers in the pits today with Metro’s & Sunny’s being the favourite tools, around 25 cars out in most races.

Heat 1 - 417 Shelly pulls pole & is away with 67 Rickie Beasley at his first meeting hot on his tail. Shelly loses the lead and takes a head on from returnee 732 Alex Reynolds with 790 Ryan Rowland also wading in, Shelly fires back with a shot to Ryan with 907 Clive Bowker also getting a hit in. Reynolds gets a hard fencing from 716 Jamie Lyden who then gets a clout from team mate 888 Chris Croshaw who was after a shot on 529 Daz Krauesslar. Meanwhile leader Beasley goes for one shot too many on 133 Karly Day and clatters the stricken Lyden pulling a drive shaft. Karly takes up the lead as 791 Tricky spins out 252 Will Bignell, 84 Barry Osborne gets airborne after hitting Lyden but retains his third place.

Result: 133 Karly Day, 791 Aaron Rowland, 84 Barry Osborne, 252 Will Bignell, 790 Ryan Rowland, 207 Michael Woodward

Heat 2 - 151 Stuart Timms & 506 Sean Galliford are first bend casualties as is Karly after a shot from 174 Stephen Ledbury, 178 Jamie Stepp fires into 290 Armco Andy leaving the Chevette in a mess as Bignell skilfully puts returnee 327 Joe Legard into 166 Martin Franklin. 781 Shaggy Shaun thumps 30 Matt Cadle who had hit the brakes and goes on to take a close win from 860 Bonkers & 815 Castle.

Result: 781 Shaun O’Donnell, 860 Christian Doughty, 815 Ian Castle, 575 Paul Tritton, 252 Will Bignell, 248 Dave Stopp

Heat 3 - 575 Tritt sends 34 Kyle Belcher into the Armco before being put on the infield by Osborne as 815 Ian Castle who had pulled pole is away and flying. Osborne fails in a bid to put out the wily 133 Karly who then shows how it should be done by removing 341 Dan Wilder & 720 Kenny Blake in one move.  Bignell neatly spins out 253 Bungee who then takes further shots from Blake & 790 Rowland.  790 then removes 207 Compo as 815 Castle wins by half a lap.

Result: 815 Ian Castle, 85 Martin Yaxley, 133 Karly Day, 77 Steve Beasley, 253 Ben Hunt, 790 Ryan Rowland

Heat 4 - 907 Bowker quickly heaves 207 Compo aside as 30 Matt Cadle out to kill his car goes for a head on with 341 Dan Wilder. Compo bounces back with a shot on 246 Lenard Rusher but rips his wheel off in the process. Castle is spun by 152 Chris Sargent and then takes a head from 777 Shane Tipper, Castle quickly back in the action to spin out Ledbury as Karly wins this one again by half a lap.

Result: 133 Karly Day, 252 Will Bignell, 888 Chris Croshaw, 860 Christian Doughty, 528 Guy Wise, 77 Steve Beasley

Final – 341 Wilder & 21 David Haynes both fail to make the first bend thanks to 327 Legard, 791 Tricky attacks Shelly only to come under fire from Legard. 327 is now well on the case as he fires 580 Dippy Dave in. 528 Wisey takes out 67 Beasley but pays for it with a shot from 30 now piloted by Nutty Nathan. Karly comes to grief after a shot from Blake as big pile up develops involving Bignell, Reynolds, Nath, Shelly, Caney, Castle & Stopp as 152 Sargent also goes suicidal putting himself in. 860 Bonkers meets Shelly on the nose before going on to take the win from 777 & 253.

Result: 860 Christian Doughty, 777 Shane Tipper, 253 Ben Hunt, 85 Martin Yaxley, 151 Stuart Timms, 815 Ian Castle

Ramp Rollover
An excellent rollover competition saw 290 Armco Andy and veteran 123 Chris Cross share the win with both racers competing for charity.

Allcomers - 327 Legard again off the mark to take 85 Yaxley round with 184 Ledbury also wading in but getting spun by 152 Sargent. 67 Beasley runs 860 Bonkers in as 528 Wisey runs 732 Reynolds into the back of Ledbury. 607 Darryl Tozer clatters 777 Tipper as Bungee neatly runs Bonkers into the stationary Legard. 851 Bode gets put in hard by Tipper then gets blown up by 34 Belcher as Tricky attacks Reynolds with Sargent also applying a shot to the latter. Beasley gives Yaxley a shot as Bungee attacks Wisey, 791 Tricky takes the win ahead of 67 Beasley & 252 Bignell.

Result: 791 Aaron Rowland, 67 Rickie Beasley, 252 Will Bignell

Demolition Derby - 327 Legard gets a good jacking from 67 Beasley as 732 Reynolds comes under fire from SID cars as 253 Bungee goes flat out into 152 Sargent. 34 Belcher comes inside out at 85 Yaxley only to be superbly wasted by Bungee who then gets done by 791 Tricky. 152 takes further punishment from 151 Stuart Timms who is then attacked by 528 Wisey & 777 Tipper. 252 Bignell gets sandwiched by Tricky & 888 Croshaw as Wisey picks up and runs Bungee round the wall, Bungee then taking a big shot from Beasley leaving just 580 Dippy Dave to be finished by Tricky & Tipper. The two SID cars then inexplicably turned off to share the cash leaving most people feeling Dippy Dave to be the true winner.

Quite a lively session by the small cars with many jacked up rear ends, unfortunately the meeting will probably be remembered by the dismal end to the DD. A shame as Team Black had shown just the meeting before how to entertain everyone with a blinding DD performance.