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26/05/08 - Eastbourne Southern Championship
Heat 1 (Damp conditions) 20 Laps 27 cars
41 Lisa Kelly was a non-starter.
The race is lead away with 10, from76,52 and 999. 60 is black crossed for jumping the fast rolling start. 82 hit’s the wall coming out of the pit bend and is collected by 21. There is lots of pushing. 416 hits Hailsham bend wall and 376 hits wall coming out of the same bend.
With 5 laps gone 10 leads from 76, 52, 07 and 999. 1st star man is 60. 565 pushes 999 hard into Hailsham bend. On lap 10, 10 leads from 76, 07, 60, 17, 136, 416 and 52. 279 is spun and is facing the barrier in the middle of the track on Hailsham bend. He is collected by 52 and 565. With the track nearly blocked we go to waved yellows.
As
the line up behind the pace car we have 10, 76,07 ( who stops to pick neck brace
up from the track), 60, 136, 416, 51, 376, 454, 17, 123, 69, 124, 95, 40, 426,
27, 999. On the restart 76 goes up the inside of 10 and 60 follows. 07 gets
pushed out wide into the wall and is collected by 51 and 95. The yellows come
out again. Lining up behind the pace car this time we had 60, 76, 136, 416, 376,
10, 454, 17, 123, 69, 124, 40, 426, 27, 999, 95.
The race is restarted with only 5 laps left to run, 136 goes up the inside of 76 on the pit bend and is followed through by 416.
60 is well gone 136, 416 and 376 are all behind him pushing each other wide and trading places. As they cross the finishing line it is 60 from 376, 136, 454, 416 slows and coasts over the line, 76, 17, 123, 69, 124. 60 is dropped 2 places for jumping the start.
Heat 2 (Dryer conditions) 20 Laps 22 cars
Still greasy TAKE 1 - stopped
after unsatisfactory start when 21 spins 60 on rolling start, after jumping
start. TAKE 2 - stopped. Unsatisfactory start, lots jumping the start. TAKE 3 -
clutch start (clerk of the course not happy). Stopped after 52 car stopped on
the entrance to back straight. TAKE 4 - clutch start. Stopped after 416 hit’s
the wall on entrance to home straight and run the length of the straight up
against the wall and is collected by 51. When 416 is towed off, starting motor
is hanging out. TAKE 5 - clutch start. Non starters are 10, 259, 416, 40, 27,
52. Race is yellowed flagged after 999 hits pit gate and the car is motionless
on the entrance to the back straight. The race is restarted with 124 leading
from 76, 17, 95, 545, 136, 426. 136 pushes 565 wide into wall on pit bend, both
losing places. 426 goes hard into Hailsham bend wall and is collected by 51. 136
and 376 are pushing each other and trading places and get hooked up for a while.
Lap 10 124 leads from 95, 17, 565, 376 and 60. 136 goes hard on 60 on pit bend.
Following bend, 60 pushes 136 hard into pit bend wall. 136 retires with front
bumper rubbing wheel. 124 still leads from 95, 17, 376, 565 and 60. With 3 laps
to go 376 is up to 3rd. With 1 lap to go , top 3 look set in stone, but then 95
slows and retires. 124 crosses the line 1st from 376, 17, 565, 60, 69, 51, 41
and 76
Final (Southern Championship) (Dry conditions) 25 Laps 18 cars
Clutch
start. TAKE 1 - Race stopped after 416 is slow away and gets tangled up with
136, 51 and 21. TAKE 2 - 21 non starter. Lead away by 10, 76 and 999. 999 goes
over 124s bonnet and then over the roof and winds up with the back wheel tangled
up with 124s aerofoil. 416 and 376 hit the wall on Hailsham bend whilst trying
to avoid the 124 incident. The race is red flagged. TAKE 3 - non starters 21,
416. Lead away by 76 and 10. 76 lead from 10, 07, 124, 565 and 17. With 5 laps
gone 124 moves up to 3rd. 1st star man is 60 in 6th. 07 retires and 124 is up to
2nd on lap 10. 565 retires with a puncture. 76 still leads from 124, 60, 17, 51,
136 and 376. 60 passes 124 for 2nd and then takes the lead a lap later. On the
pit bend 376 goes from 4th to 2nd going pass 76 and 124. 124 passes 76 to stay
3rd. 60 lead from 376, 124, 76, 17 retires with a broken back wheel. 376 is now
catching 60 as Ben seems slow a bit. Lap 22, 376 takes up the lead. They cross
the finish line 376, 60, 124, 136, 51, 40, 69, 41, 27. A great meeting with lots
of pushing, but shame about the bad starts.
Race report by: Derek Fear
17/05/08 - John Earrey Memorial
The John Earrey memorial race at Ipswich was an action packed, fast meeting with lots of cars and good use of the bumpers in the races.
Heat 1 40 Cars
As the superstox were on first,
when the green flag dropped there was lots of dust on the track that took a laps
to clear. 383, 393, 69, 540 and 21 were all early casualties on the
turnstile bend. Upfront 127 took up the lead ahead of 76, 391, 82 and 124.
391 was going well and soon took over the lead but he had 124 hot on his tail.
416 and 454 collided down the back straight. Upfront the positions were
391, 124, 82 and 565. 565 was going well from the blue grade and got past
82 and was now putting the bumper in on 124 and up to 2nd place. Meanwhile
94 saw the opportunity and went for the hit on 565 and missed, braking very late
as a result. 391 was still leading but now had 565 right behind and
putting the bumper in on him too. 565 got past and took up the lead but
124 was not finished yet. He caught back up with 565 and put the bumper
in, which allowed 94 past and into the lead. 94, 124 and 565 where
exchanging paint on each bend but while these 3 were having their battle for the
lead coming up the field quickly and now into 5th place was 612. 124
finally got the better of the other 2 and took up the lead and now had to keep
612 at bay who was now in 2nd place still with several laps to go. 124 did
manage to hold on and take the win in his company's race series (despite playing
down a win in the pits before the race), 612 was 2nd and 565 3rd. Well
done to 124, 565 and 94 for a very good and entertaining race.
Heat 2 43 Cars
All the cars made it back out
again for the 2nd race. once again there was a bit of dust in the first few laps
after the bangers. 76 was first away and still led after one lap ahead of
127, 391 and 52. 393 retires to infield. 127 and 336 collided on the turnstile
bend and got stuck in the middle of the track which brought out the waved
yellows. top positions were 76 391 32 259 124 94 82 10 565 17 219 136 60
612 21 416 233 07 182 41. 76 gets away but 391 closes in. further
back 94 puts the bumper in on 124 who gets sideways coming out of turn 4.
391 slows up on turnstile bend and hands the lead to 32 ahead of 124 and 94. 76
dropped down to the order a bit. 94 gets past 124 for 2nd but 124 decides
to continue the battle from the first heats and gives him a tap going into the
turnstile bend that sends him sideways. 94 comes back at 124 again but 124
holds on. While this is going on 32 is pulling away and 219 now up with
then chasing 2nd place. 136 goes in hard on 60 going into the turnstile
bend which sends him wide, 612 then lines up 136 going into the scoreboard bend.
While this is going on 32 just pulled away more. 94 and 124 still battling
and 60 puts bumper in on 612 which causes him to spin and gets hit by 21.
999 gets hit on turn 4 and hits the armco. 612 then puts the bumper in hard on 2
who then hit 59. 2 and 612 got tangled up. 32 now leads by half a straight ahead
of 94 and 136 who is now coming up fast in 3rd. 124 and 60 both tangle and then
get clipped by 59 who hits the wall. Once again the waved yellows come out for
60 and 124 and result was declared with 32 taking the win with 94 2nd and 136
3rd.
Final - John Earrey Memorial 38 Cars
Several cars were missing from
the final but 38 cars for the clutch start final was still good. once
again the track was dusty after the bangers. 76 once again got away first ahead
of 127 52 and 391. several cars hit the wall on the turnstile bend with 27
appearing to be in some discomfort and then hit got further hit by 52. The
yellow flags came out for 27 and the race was restarted. On the second
start 540 hit the wall hard on the turnstile bend and 17 was out on turn 4. 76
led upfront from 127 391 94 07. 136 pushed 60 wide on the scoreboard bend,
with the latter hitting the wall and retired from the race. Back upfront
391 leads 124 94 07 76. 612 was coming up well 7th and 40 127 182 and 376
were all in the wall on the scoreboard bend. 127 was left stranded in
middle of track and then got clipped by 59 which brought out the waved yellows.
391 led them away at the restart but 123 soon passed 124 for 2nd with the latter
now 3rd 565 4th and 612 5th. 391 retired from the lead for the second time
today and handed the lead to 123 with 124 2nd and 612 now up to 3rd.
further down the field 136 put the bumper in on 416 and then hits 483. 2
41 82 and 233 all hit the wall on the scoreboard bend on the last lap. 123 took
the win ahead of 612 and 124.
Race report by: Lee Fear
16/05/08 - Race report
The race report for the Aldershot heats has now been added below.
12/05/08 - Carcraft for Sale
Lisa Kerry has her Carcraft Superstox up for sale due to being offered another car. It's not very often a Carcraft comes up for sale, so if you are interested in it, check out the For Sale page.
08/05/08 - On board Camera
I'm sure you all love watching the onboard footage whenever Stock Car Racing is featured on TV. Well the same camera's they use on TV are now available to buy at a fairly reasonable price. Recent recruit to Superstox Dave Smith, bought one for his Midget, and fitted it to his new Superstox at a recent Ringwood Test day. Unfortunately it was a wet day, but the quality is really good. Why not take a look for yourself by clicking here.
04/05/08 - Jackson Wins English Championship


Superstox English Championship 31 Cars 25 Laps Clutch Start
Defending Champion 136 Pip Williams
Starting Grid from the hat:
| 483 | 60 | 82 | 393 | 116 | 279 | 376 | 17 | 68 | 124 | 69 | 40 | 36 | 484 | 686 | |
| 540 | 58 | 59 | 7 | 41 | 6 | 51 | 565 | 95 | 391 | 482 | 2 | 454 | 21 | 416 | 136 |
With only one ex and defending champion in the line up, with the latter starting at the back, there was always the chance of a different champion this year. The weather was overcast and very warm.
On the first start as the flag dropped from madam start Jane Collins, on the first bend 58, Luke Hamilton, hits marker tyre and is stranded and on the second lap is collected by 686, Tommy Millar, which brought out the red flags for a complete restart.
58 and 60, Ben Marjoram, both miss the restart.
Restart is lead away by 540, Brett Wesbroom, 483, Sarah Cooper and 59, Steve Hamilton.. 116, John Smith is pushed by 41, Lisa Kerry and is followed in by, 393, Dean Hummerstone, 95, John Saunders, 2, Andy Collins, 6, Steve Terry, 17, Ryan Eaton and 279, Phil Procter.
Lap 2, 540 still leading from 59, 483 and now up to 4th 07, Martyn Brooker.
Lap 3, 391, Jonathan Field spins and does a 360 on the pit bend.
Lap 4, 540, still leading from 59, 07 and 376, Steven Jackson up to 4th. On the pit bend 59 pushes 540 wide, but 540 hangs on but ends up side ways at the entrance of the home straight being pushed by 59. As 59 gets free 07 is coming up the outside and 59 knocks in to the side of him which pushes 59 back across to the centre green into the path of 376 on the start line. Waved yellows come out for the top bend incident , followed by the red flags to sort out the running order. After about 5 minutes the order was sorted out.
They restart with 21 laps to go, non restart is 482, Jason Cooper.. The field is lead away by, 07,59,376,51,Colin Aylward, 69, Shaun Brooker, 483, 565, Daniel Smith, 124, Dave Miles snr, 136 and 82, Gary Burch.
59 hot on 07 back bumper and pushes him wide on the pit bend. With 20 laps to go 59 now leads from 07 and 376. On the top bend 376 pushes 07 wide to take up 2nd. Lap later 69, over takes 07 to go up to 3rd.
With 15 laps to go 59 is pushed wide by 376 and hit’s the wall on the pit bend, 69, follows 376 through. 51 now up to 3rd and 59 , ends up 50 yards past the start line against the wall.
Pip Williams is now the man on the move up to 5th. With 12 to go he is now up to 4th place.
376 and 69 now clear at the front and failing mechanical problems one of these should win.
With 10 laps to go the top 6 are,376, 69, 51, 136, 565 and 416 Mark Smith. 484, Nigel Reed is stranded against the wall on the back straight and nearly gets collected by 40, Steve Sutch.
3 laps to go, still 376, 69, 51, 136 and the only move likely to be a last bend lung on 51 from 136 for 3rd. Just as it looked starting the last lap 376 and 69 well clear with 136 on the back bumper of 51 on the top bend. 51 pulls a bit of a gap on 136 going down the back straight, but coming into the last bend 136 goes in hard for the lung and both go wide but hold on to their positions as 376 takes the chequered flag from 69. Steven celebrates his win with doughnuts on the top bend and Shaun celebrates his 2nd place with birthday cake for his 40th birthday in the pits.
Race 2 Heat 1 Rolling Start
The race is lead away by
212,383,68,279,94,337 and 07. 51 takes out 60 on the pit bend on lap 1. On lap
2, 391,95 and 259 are all in the pit bend wall. After 5 laps 94 is well clear
from 212,68 and36. 337 is pushed hard into the pit bend wall by 686. At the half
way mark 94 still leads from 66, 212 and 36. With 7 laps to go 36 pushes 68 wide
to go up to second and is followed through by 82 for 3rd. 393 is pushed into pit
bend by 565 and 21 clips a marker tyre and goes onto 2 wheels. With 5 laps to go
94 still leads from 36, 82, 95, 124, 565 and 136. Lots of cars got caught up in
the pit bend with the stranded 337 car, including 393, 376, 07, 51 and 60. The
track gets blocked for a while and the chequered flag comes out to give 94 his
second win in a week after Bovingdon last week.
Race 3 Heat 2 Rolling Start
The race is lead away by 94, 383
and 07. By lap 3 94 still leads from 383, 82 and 2. 59 hit’s a marker tyre on
the entrance to the top bend when 17 comes across on him and 59 rolls the car,
which brings out the red flags. On the restart 59 and 686 are both missing. They
are lead away this time by 07, but is soon overtaken by 94 to take the lead. 07
then loses 2nd when he does a 360 on the pit bend. 60 has his outside tyre
rubbing on the wheel guard and 95 hit’s the pit gate. At about halfway 94 still
leads from 82, 36, 58 and 565. 393 has his wheel guard trailing and retires. 416
is pushed around on the pit bend by 482 and is run into by 51. 391 goes spinning
with them. 136 also spins out and goes backwards into the wall whilst 376 makes
it up to 5th. 94 has half a length lead now from 36, 82 and 58. 51 retires with
a puncture on the back wheel. With 3 laps to go 94 still leads from 36, 82 and
376 is about half a lap back in 4th and that is how they finish with 482 in 7th
with his wheel guard trailing as well.