Full Results from the Beech Memorial meeting on 24th September: 

Results:
Unders
Heat 1 (25 cars) - 442 Stu Phillips, 455 Ricky Finney, 525 Wesley Starmer, 252 Will Bignell, 406 Chris Bridger, 134 Scott Hanby
Heat 2 (26 cars) - 410 Matthew Tyler, 126 Dave Case, 80 Matt Nutley, 252 Steven Bugler, 791 Aaron Rowland, 920 Terry Church
Heat 3 (27 cars) - 815 Ian Castle, 153 Richard Martin, 323 Andy Walker, 143 Sam Begly, 2 Jon Bricknell, 400 Kevin Shinn
Heat 4 (34 cars) - 104 Lee Gumm, 124 Carl Korszewski, 373 Rob Wilkinson, 515 Timmy Aldridge, 434 Gary Godsmark, 333 Paul Conde
Heat 5 (28 cars) - 455 Ricky Finney, 385 Roy Gedge, 602 Shaun Cooper, 134 Scott Hanby, 08 Haydn Carter
Heat 6 (28 cars) - 417 Sheldon Gardiner, 528 Guy Wise, 126 Dave Case, 252 Steven Bugler, 791 Aaron Rowland
Heat 7 (37 cars) - 12 Kenny Gabriel, 814 Mark Barker, 434 Gary Godsmark, 4 Tracy Cotton, 252 Will Bignell, 316 Alan Gregory
Final (33 cars) - 2 Jon Bricknell, 410 Matthew Tyler, 104 Lee Gumm
Non qualifiers (39 cars) - 152 Chris Sargent, 69 Martyn Cane, 606 Liam Weedon
Allcomers (26 cars) - 143 Sam Begley, 385 Roy Gedge, 08 Haydn Carter
into Demolition Derby - 333 Paul Conde from 79 Ricky Twell
 
Unlimiteds:
Heat 1 (32 cars) - 46 Keith Painter, 260 Keith Reynolds, 88 Tim Wood, 720 Matthew Rogerson, NOF
Heat 2 (26 cars) - 99 Richie Ahern, 271 Dean Goodearl, 110 Derek Tyler, 178 Jamie Stepp, 169 Jason Thompson, 851 Mark Howell
Heat 3 (20 cars) - 184 Carl Boswell, 491 Neil Sparks, 433 Ben Smith, 46 Keith Painter, NOF
Heat 4 (22 cars) - 124 Carl Korszewski, 54 Alan Cartwright, 499 Lee Charles, 137 Steve Goldup, 505 Terry Sandom, 262 Buddy James
Final (33 cars) - 271 Dean Goodearl, 110 Derek Tyler, 499 Lee Charles
Demolition Derby - 499 Lee Charles

Ladies Races:
Unders: 1st 34 Caroline Heather, 2nd 110 Sammy Tyler, 3rd 6 Cindy Holdsworth
Overs: 1st 184 Sharon Harris, 2nd 4 Tracy Cotton, 3rd 559 Cindy Holdsworth

Awards: 
Smart cars - Unders - 2 Jon Bricknell, 179 Jamie Phillips       Overs - 720 Matthew Rogerson, 82 Nathan Grant
Entertainers - Unders - 79 Ricky Twell, 602 Shaun Cooper, 27 Gemma Bricknell
                      Overs - 169 Jason Thompson, 46 Keith (Maverick) Painter, 186 Mike Pullen

Beech Memorial 24th September 2006 - Under 1800cc Bangers Report by Ed Anderson

The much anticipated Dave "Beech" Memorial at Standlake raised a whopping field of nearly 180 cars on September 24 although this was some way short of the booked in entry of over 240. The 1800cc class was the more popular with around 115 cars in total with the Bluebird as ever the favoured tool including a rare RWD version for 482 Owen Spiers while the remaining FWD entry included a Mk1 Cavalier for 109 Heidi Radburn and the used Montego limo of 611 Gavin Harris. Onto the RWD selection with five Capris including a Mk1 for 275 Ozzie Summerhil and Mk5 Cortinas for 121 Pete Salter, 172 Ben Forbes and 691 Brian Lane, the formers a used estate. Other interest included a Stellar for 439 Danny Sutton, Riva estate for 873 Simon Wincote, used A60 for 960 Aly Deeprose and a left hand drive Volvo 242 for 781 Shaun O'Donnell. Topping the bill though was a smart looking Sunbeam Rapier for 17 John Twiggs.

Opening the bill was a ladies race won by 34 Carolin Heather ahead of 110 Sammy Tyler and 6 Cindy Holdsworth before around 25 assembled for the opening race of the programme. 76 Sean Enevoldsen (Capri) blasted the spun 17 Twigzy from the off before welcome Barrow visitor 591 Marc Blower (Primera estate) stuffed 174 John Wheeler as the spun 502 Kai May (Capri) took a head-on from 65 Mark Bennett (Audi 100 coupe). Stinkbridge guest 451 Willy Blackwell piled Harris into the infield tyres as 731 Shaun Dyer scored on 241 Andy Carter-Waller leaving the former prone to a package from 252 Will Bignell before the reds came out to check on the drivers involved in the aforementioned crashes. The race was soon back into full swing with 525 Wes Starmer running in Bennett's Audi before 455 Rick Finney picked up Bignell and stuffed him into 442 Stu Phillips' Golf but 442 Pottsy shrugged this off to spin 406 Chris Bridger en route to taking the win. Starmer ended the action with a hit on the luckless Blower en route to a registering a full contact third with Finney taking second.

There was a slightly bigger field for heat two but it was quieter although 391 Adam Bligdon (Montego estate) had a rough ride getting planted into the wall by the pack before 88 Tim Wood had 120 Luke Burley round but Common Crusher revenge was swift as 122 Mark Burley hammered the former while Luke Burley came under fire from 284 Sam Allmond. Bligdon recovered from his bad start to run in 60 Dan Waite. Allmond then buried 410 Matthew Tyler but the latter survived to take the flag from 126 Dave Case and 80 Matt Nutley.

Another field of around 25 cars for heat three with 620 Andy Pitts attacking the smart Prairie of 179 Jamie Phillips before Aftermath young gun 708 Jamie Nottingham nailed 309 Andy Oliver (Cavalier) only to take one in turn from 109 who was trashed by 602 Shaun Cooper before the Aftermath struck again with 183 Bobby Wilmer (Primera) running in 55 Alistair Lowe (Cavalier) hard which left the latter perched on top of his attacker. The reds came out to check on a shaken Pitts with the race restarting with 143 Sam Begley (Primera) assaulting 400 Kevin Shinn as Nottingham hammered the smart Bluebird of 2 Jon Bricknell. 815 Ian Castle (Maestro) took the win from 153 richard Martin and 323 Andy Walker (Cavalier).

Up to 35 for the fourth heat with 588 Peter Kerry (Prelude) and 691 Shifter finding the wall early on which triggered a pile-up as the Predators shone with 779 Luke Allen hammering Salter as team mate 79 Ricky Twell delivered hits on both 4 Tracy Cotton and 674 Anthony Telling (Primera). 36 Rob Cole (Mondeo) attacked 19 Joe Mullarkey (Volvo 440) before 434 Gary Godsmack weighed in on 08 Hayden Carter. 104 Paul Kennan won this time with 124 Oris and 373 Rob Wilkinson next home.

Back to 25 or so cars for the fifth heat with Wincote's Riva estate getting wrecked from the start when it was buried by the traffic which was ultimately bring the reds out but not before 606 Liam Weedon hammered Sutton while Spiers and Blackwell briefly battled after the reds. The race restarted with another big first bend push in which Blackwell stuffed Sutton before the formers team mate Finney scalped Walker allowing 602 Mr Moody to blast the latter. 134 Scott Hanby (Capri) then delivered a big hit to Pottsy as Finney motored to the win ahead of TSR pairing 385 Roy Gedge and Mr Moody.

Around 30 for heat six with Wilmer again staring as he picked up 888 Chris Crowshaw and rolled his Prairie on the home straight to bring the reds out straight away. There were numerous spins on the restart while 48 James Waite (Sunny) and 152 Chris Sargent (Volvo 440) found the wall. Bricknell then stuffed 80 Nutspeed as 417 Sheldon Gardiner (Sunny) took the win from 528 Guy Wise (Primera) and 126 Casey.

A big field of 40 cars gathered for the last heat and it kicked off with 400 Shinny following in the Sierra estate of 111 Joe Cotton which triggered a pile-up with 36 Shaft, Starmer, 478 Anthony Bailey and 79 Twelly all piling in. 23 Dave Evans nailed Bailey only to take one in turn from Bignell as Pitts and 19 Dove Toe Joe joined the heap. Nottingham then picked up 573 Chris Brooks' Rover and dumped him into the pile with Salter then nailing the Aftermath man only to take a shot from the lively Bignell with the latter going on to hammer Shaft. 179 the Leg-End then crashed into the wreckage on the top bend and was nailed by Luke Burley and Pitts. 779 Munch then blasted the latter with a stiff hit. Oliver then buried 24 Craig Morgan and 580 Dave Tustian (Sunny) did the same to 500 Lee May (Sunny coupe) as Luke Burley weighed in on Morgan. 12 Kenny Gabriel took the win from 814 Mark Barker (Sunny) and Godsmack ending an excellent race.

The final was next with around 30 qualifiers for it with Mr Moody treating the spun Walker to a big head-on leaving the former open to a cracking hit from 373 Wilko as Shinny blew up 814 Mr B which brought the reds out for the latter who was shaken by the hit. The race resumed with Starmer picking up 316 Alan Gregory (Montego estate) who latched on Nutspeed and they went in hard. Blower scored on 515 Timmy Aldridge and 143 Screamer scalped 134 Toady, the latter recovering only to fall foul of a big follow-in from the impressive Starmer. Blower continued to run in 920 Terry Church before Aldridge connected on Starmer as Bricknell took the flag ahead of Tyler and Keenan.

The Allcomers for non qualifiers raised around 40 starters with Twelly straight on the case running in Radburn as Oliver picked up the Leg-End and buried him into Kerry before O'Donnell hammered 34 Kyle Belcher allowing Bligdon to T-bone the formers Volvo. Bailey also piled in and was duly nailed by 27 Gemma Bricknell (Sunny) with 69 Martyn Cane (Cavalier) and 334 Andrew Warden crashing in soon after. 174 John Wheeler then dished out a stiff hit to Warden as Twelly gave Shaft a package leaving the Predator open for a big hit from Wheeler with 606 Boomer then attacking the latter. Belcher landed a shot on the Leg-End as 790 Ryan Rowland nailed 391 Wayne Shinn (Corolla) with Boomer ending the action by attacking the Leg-End. Sargent took the flag with Cane and the lively Boomer next.

A good field of around 30 returned for the last event but a few sat out of the Allcomers which saw 153 Willy Swerve attack Deeprose setting the Farina up for a cracking hit from Blackwell. Blower nailed the Stinkbridge man in turn as the impressive Bignell blew up 391 Ol Matey only to take one from Nutspeed before Carter-Waller turned round to meet Gedge on the nose with 792 Barry Osbourn blowing up the latter. Screamer took the win and we went into the death with 207 Michael Woodward (Cavalier) T-boning Pottsy before Bignell continued his excellent performance with a big hit on 207 Compo. Keenan hammered Bignell in turn as the Leg-End and 32 Dave Gardiner enjoyed a head-on with Godsmack weighing into the Aftermath pilot in turn. 333 Paul Conde then fired into Godsmack which set the latter up for a head-on from Belcher while Oliver treated Godsmack to further punishment allowing Conde to stick it to Oliver. Mark Burley and Conde then enjoyed some mild head-ons at which point Twelly burst into life to give the latter a big hit as Mark Burley expired. Conde and Twelly then exchanged blows with the former outlasting the TSR young gun to take the win.

 

Beech Memorial 24th September 2006 - Unlimited Bangers Report by 'The Steamer'

46 Keith Painter AMC Ambassador Estate*
96 Dave Tancock Rover P5
106 Paul Gumm Oldsmobile Regency*
155 Craig Boyle Oldsmobile Toronado
244 Mike Bunyan Ford Gran Torino
262 Buddy James Cadillac Seville*
273 Stuart Emery Volvo 760 Minster
275 Ed Summerhill Rover P4*
323 Steve Anderson Rover P5B*
330 Tony Rudge Vauxhall Carlton Limo
417 Shelly Gardiner Volvo 760 Pick-Up
568 Joe Maslen Mk2 Jaguar*
851 Mark Howell Humber Hawk
852 Jamie Howell Daimler Conquest
869 Davey Peskett Toyota Crown Super*
899 Andy Dodge Rover P5B Coupe*

Just over 60 cars in the unlimited class with material in abundance as you can see from the above list. In addition to that listed there were eight XJs including a used XJ-S for 132 Alan Edwards and 16 Volvos including a now unusual 244 from 691 Jason Gubbey.

Following a ladies race which was won by 184 Carl Boswell’s missus in a Volvo 740 estate it was on with the action with half the cars gridding for the opener. This began with 46 Maverick meeting 330 Tony Rudge’s stretched Carlton on the nose as 323 Tufty snapped his customary P5 a treat after a similar encounter with 18 Richard Webb’s Volvo 240. Maverick also fired up the back of Tufty to compound his misery as 294 Steve Martindale blew up 417 Shelly’s bizarre Volvo and 106 Paul Gumm attacked 253 Ben Hunt’s Volvo 240 estate. 244 Baby Bunny now picked up 18 Gatecrasher who in turn latched onto Rudge taking the Carlton limo in and wrecking it in style as 35 Rob Joplin sparked up nearby. Cue the reds and a brief stoppage after which 186 Mike Pullen attacked 720 Matthew Rogerson and 132 Alfie put himself in leaving Maverick to win from 260 Keith Reynolds’ Rover 827 and 88 Tim Wood’s Volvo 740 estate with 720 Rog the only other finisher.

Heat two kicked off with 68 Dicko running 911 Darren Saveall’s XJ in as 433 Ben Smith rolled his Volvo 240 to bring out the reds. After a brief stoppage 536 Kev Hardie (XJ) attacked 851 Bode’s Hawk and lone Bear 169 Jason Thompson (Volvo 240 estate) hit both 899 Andy Dodge and 559 Neil Payne as 99 Ritchie Ahern won from running mate 271 Dean Goodall and 110 Derek Tyler (Volvo 240 estate).

Heat three began with Gumm attacking 260 Keefy and paying for it with a shot from Thompson who was done in turn by 311 Lee Bradbury. 273 Erny powered his stretched Volvo up the back of 311 Helm in kind as Boswell put Keefy away and Maverick blew up 559 Ug. Bunny now set about the luckless Keefy with 262 Axle then burying Helm into the 827 and with a further head-on from Maverick Keefy’s day was done. 328 Stu Morse hit Axle and was duly wasted by Pullen who was done in turn by Bunny with 77 Steve Beasley then hitting the Yank before Maverick latched onto him and took him over the rubble on the infield. Boswell won from 491 Neil Sparks (XJ) and Smith.

The last heat was fairly subdued but not for Bungee who felt the force of both Axle and 21 Nobby (Volvo 240 estate) as 77 Bass set about 271 Deano. 124 Carl Korszewski won this one from 54 Alan Cartwright’s XJ and 499 Lee Charles (Volvo 240 estate).

The final kicked off with the hit of the day as Axle obliterated Bode’s Hawk with a huge shot on the home straight which saw the Humber virtually explode on impact. Cue instant reds but he was able to crawl from the wreckage unscathed, 502 Kai May (Capri) managing to register a shot on Axle and take one from 137 Steve Goldup’s Volvo 240 estate before the reds were shown. On the re-start Erny buried Bungee and Maverick hit Dicko only to take a package from Thompson in turn. However he continued with a shot on 124 Oris as Deano won from 110 Yo Yo Man and Charles, 54 Winnie meeting the latter on the nose during the run-down lap with 2 Jon Bricknell (Volvo 240 estate) also joining in with a shot on the luckless Charles.

Almost a quarter of the field returned for the derby which began with Gumm meeting 266 Charlie Renshaw on the nose as Bungee hit Beasley and paid for it with a package from Bass. Wood nailed Bass in turn as did Maverick before Oris finished the AMC and was duly hammered by Axle. Dicko hit Axle and was wasted by Charles with 294 Trigger and Beasley finishing Oris before enjoying a head-on. Charles met Bungee on the nose and 92 Jason Paris (Volvo 240 estate) fired up the back of the latter as Erny hit Beasley and Charles moved in with a head-on to Beasley, a further head-on with Erny enough to give him the win bringing the curtain down on a great day’s racing that the big man would certainly have approved of.