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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.

Race report by: Derek Fear

30/04/08 - Eddie Freeman's Funeral

For those that wish to attend, Eddie's funeral will be held on Thursday 8th May @12.45 at St Martins Church, Fincham, Norfolk.

28/04/08 - Obituary  - Eddie Freeman

It is with deep regret to sadly report that Eddie Freeman, Former Superstox 255 passed away yesterday, after a 5 year battle with cancer.  Eddie aged 60 raced superstox from 1988 when the cars were National spec, up until 2002 when he first became ill.  More recently he has been supporting his Son-in-Law, Shaun Brooker in his racing.  Eddie will be sadly missed and our deepest sympathy go out to his family and friends. 

06/04/08 - Jackson Wins London Championship

Steven Jackson is the New London Champion.

24/03/08 - Ipswich Race report

Heat 1 - 41 cars

 336 leads the pack off from the whites down the home straight on a dusty track.  336 takes up the lead ahead of 279 and 76. 484 spun on the scoreboard bend on lap 2, then 376 blew his engine and 41, 40, 383 and 279 all end up in the fence.  The yellow flags came out and the positions were for the restart were ace for the restart were 336, 76, 10, 393, 21, 58, 27, 94, 686, 127 and 391.  Out of the race for the restart were 376, 40, 279, 383, 219 and 59.  27 and 51 pulled off before restart.  When they got going again 393 pushed 10 wide to go into 3rd place on the turnstile bend then 58 pushed 393 on pit bend.  The positions were 336, 76, 21, 393 and 58 with the first superstar being 482 and well clear of others.4 spun on the pit bend and 393 got up to 2nd place. 21 then pushed 393 offline and 10 spun and collected 21. The top 5 (336, 21, 393, 58 and 482) were now all together bumper to bumper.  21 took over the lead from 336, 482 and 393 who were all bumper to bumper.  393 got back past 482 and was back up to 3rd, then 21 gets held up by back marking 17 and is forced wide, 482 pushes 393 wide and this allows 58 comes past into 2nd.  The positions were 482 leading 58, 393, 21, 36 and 336. 393 got pushed wide by 21 and upfront 482 was now pulling away from 36, 51, 393 and 58.  With 1 lap to go 482 slowed down and handed the lead to 36.  As they come around the final bend 36 took the win ahead of 21 and 393.

Heat 2

A snow blizzard swept across Foxhall Heath at the start of heat 2, which made the track very wet and slippery.  When the green flagged dropped 337 was first to spin on the Scoreboard bend.  336 led them away once again and 454 was a non starter.  279 was leading after 3 laps ahead of 686, 76 and 336.  391 went over the bonnet of 483 and rolls over onto his roof on the scoreboard bend which brought out the red flags.

The race was restarted and non starters were 454, 94 and 127.  The track was still slippery and 279 went wide on restart and 10 slid wide and was collected by 82 and 27. 41 spun out and got hit by 484.  Upfront 279 got pushed wide by 336.  10 crashed at the end of home straight with the back wheel snapped right off and the brake disc and other bit of the car on the track.  41, 36 and 4 all hit the wall and 416 and 40 were also both out on the scoreboard bend.  The track was still very slippery and 483 got pushed into the wall on the scoreboard bend.  There were cars spinning off all over the place as the snow continued to come down.  According to scoreboard 686 was leading 58 and 21, but it was 393 leading 686 with 482 now up to 3rd 58 4th and 51 5th.  393 crossed the line to take the win ahead of 482 and 686.  Jason Cooper had the ride on the Control car, but after checking the transponder readouts the win was awarded to Dean Hummerstone.

Final

The Snow had stopped for the final but the track is still very greasy. 337 and 279 led them away. 279 spun it on the scoreboard bend and so did 337 with the latter doing a 360 and then hitting the wall hard.  686 got past and into the lead ahead of 127, 94, 336 and 393.  337 got to the infield with a flat tyre and broken front bumper. 58 pushed 393 wide on the back straight and both went side by side into the scoreboard bend.  58 put the bumper in once again on 393 this time really hard and spun 393 out on the scoreboard bend only to get collected by 123.  Back upfront 686 was leading by the length of a straight lead. 391 and 233 both went in hard on the scoreboard bend.  58 got past 127 and up to 3rd and 482 was the first star man. 686 was still leading with 58 now up to 2nd ahead of 94, 127, 27, 219, 336 and 482. 686 still has a length of a straight lead meanwhile behind him it was manic.  482 was coming up the order fast and was now in 3rd place, meanwhile behind the star men were all pushing and shoving.  94 dropped down the places and then got spun on the pit bend. The star men were all still fighting it out 4 abreast at times.  686 was now pulling away in the lead by almost half a lap over 482 and 58. 219 got past 58 to move up to 3rd place.  136 was also coming up the field quickly and now up to 5th place.  69 pushed 40 wide on the scoreboard bend to go into 6th place only  for 612 to push 69 wide for 6th, however 40 had other ideas and got past them both on the scoreboard bend to take 6th place. 482 was now gaining on 686.  36, 565, 60 and 123 were all 4 abreast coming out of the scoreboard bend.  With 5 laps to go 686 was losing grip on the lead with the gap reduced to half a straight lead over 482 and 219.  482 finally caught 686 and got up the inside and then managing to pull away from 686 and 219.  further back 51, 69 and 416 were all having a good race and 612 pulled off with 2 laps to go. 482 was now well clear of 686 and 219 and this is how they finished.

Race report by: Derek Fear

20/03/08 - Ipswich Bank Holiday Monday

Despite the risk of bad weather over the Easter weekend it hasn't put off any driver booking in for Ipswich on Bank Holiday Monday.  At the close of today the following 41 drivers have booked in which includes several new drivers making their debut:

2 Andy Collins  127 Dave Barber
4 Daniel Rutterford  136 Pip Williams 
10 Tony Wilson  182 Michael Walmsley 
17 Ryan Eaton  219 Stuart Thompson 
21 Sean Smith  233 Ben Munford
27 Darren Cornwell  279 Phil Proctor 
32 Duncan Adams  336 Glen Stittle 
36 Kevin Croxon  337 Lee Fear 
40 Stephen Sutch  376 Steven Jackson 
41 Lisa Kerry  383 Gary Hewish 
51 Colin Aylward  391 Jonathan Field 
58 Luke Hamilton 393 Dean Hummerstone 
59 Stephen Hamilton 454 David Pike 
60 Ben Marjoram  482 Jason Cooper 
68 Roland Wollington  483 Sarah Cooper 
69 Shaun Brooker 484 Nigel Reed
76 Mark Hall  540 Brett Wesbroom 
82 Gary Burch  565 Daniel Smith 
94 Jody Rutterford  612 Garry Sparkes 
123 Dave Miles Jnr  686 Tommy Miller
124 Dave Miles Snr   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Drivers list Courtsey of Spedeworth

20/03/08 - Midget Driver switches to Superstox

Former Midget driver Dave Smith, who was featured in the November issue of Short Circuit is the latest of a list of new drivers joining the Superstox.

Dave started racing at 13 in the Ministox at Ringwood in 1998. He wrote off his self built car in the final of his first meeting, then bought a new car and got to red grade after about a year. At 16 he sold the mini and bought a 1300 Starlet stock car and got to blue grade, before selling the car at 18, to buy the GP Midget, that he raced up to the end of 2007. Dave's scored some good results in the midget (3rd in 2007 world, 3rd in 2004 British, 2nd in the 2006 Irish cup and 2nd in the 2004 Euro).  Dave has acquired the ex Mark Crisell superstox and hopes to be out racing in about 6 weeks.  He is looking forward to racing against his former Midget racer/friend Andy Collins.

16/03/08 - Former World Champ to Return

There is strong rumour that Former World and Multi Champion, Mark Kelman is planning a come back to Superstox.

12/03/08 - Short Circuit Link

Just a reminder to order a copy of the Short Circuit Magazine or to renew your annual subscription, please click on the oval shop link at the top of this page.  For all orders received via this site I earn a small commission which helps towards to running costs of this site.  Thanks.

03/03/08 - Another new driver

The former Colin Bradley Higman, more recently owned by Kevin Hardy #63 has been sold.  Chris Watts has bought the car for his 17 year old son Ashley, who used to race Mini's at Standlake Arena in Oxford.

20/02/08 - Autograss drivers switch to Superstox

There will be 3 new drivers out in a Superstox this year mainly thanks to Superstox Driver Darren Cornwell #27.  Darren has convinced 3 Ex Autograss mates to buy a Superstox.  First to convert was Simon Williams #52, who has bought Jason Barraclough's #314 HCD car in January and after a bit of testing hopes to make his debut around Easter.  Next was Tony Wilson #10, who has bought Mac McCutcheon's #34 HCD.  After a few practice laps at Arena a debut Easter Monday at Ipswich is likely.  The other (for the meantime) is Mark Hall who has just bought Terry Spooner's #406 Randall as a rolling chassis, and hopes to get an engine built and get out on track as soon as possible.

Darren said, "There's nothing wrong with grassin, if two of them had sold their race cars they would have been out last year, its just seems to have happened all at once. But provided you don't crash on the first lap there is a lot more track time and I don't miss having to jet wash the car off after every meeting"

One final point in this story is all 3 cars were sold as direct result of this website, so if you have a Superstox For Sale there is no better place to advertise it than here.  You never know some of Darren's other Autograss mates may buy it :-)

16/02/08 - Website back up

Apologies to our readers for the website being down for most of this week, but as you can see its now back up and working.  Being out of the country on business this week did not help in getting it sorted sooner, and I still do not exactly know the route of the problem, so I hope it does not happen again?

11/02/08 - For Sale

Ex Shaun Brooker HCD Superstox added to the for sale page.

04/02/08 - Picture Problems

I've recently noticed  that lots of the picture galleries have disappeared.  According to the FlickR website it tells me "You've run into one of the limits of a free account. When you moved from Yahoo! Photos, you were given a free trial of Flickr pro - our premium account that comes with unlimited storage and uploads. But, that's expired".

I am in the process of looking into a new Free photo sharing site with unlimited storage.  However if anyone can recommend such a site then please drop me an E-mail.

04/02/08 - Walmsley - Supers First Priority

The oval racing legends website (www.ukovaltracklegends.homecall.co.uk) has recently reported that Mike Walmsley has snapped up Micky Preston #36 oval Legend car.  Mike's wife Hilary has confirmed Mike has bought a Legend but stresses, "I'm afraid you haven't got rid of Mike yet! Superstox is the first and only formula he has ever raced in and he just fancied a go in something different. Superstox will still be his first priority but he has bought the Legend to try out and have some fun with. It will be a busy year as we are building a house too which Mike has been cracking on with recently".

25/01/08 - Wimbledon 27/01/08 Drivers List

2 Andy Collins
7 Martyn Brooker
21 Sean Smith
27 Darren Cornwall
41 Lisa Kerry
69 Shaun Brooker
82 Gary Burch
95 John Saunders
123 Dave Miles Jnr
124 Dave Miles Snr
136 Pip Williams
305 Billy Wood
337 Lee Fear
376 Steven Jackson
454 David Pike
482 Jason Cooper
483 Sarah Cooper

18/01/08 - Superstox at Coventry?

Derek Fear recently came across the website for Coventry Bees Speedway, and was suprised to see this picture of Darren Cornwell's #27 Superstox on their site.  The picture is used as a link to Stock car racing at Coventry Stadium, but it seems a strange picture to use when Superstox don't race at that stadium?  Click here to see the site

 

13/01/08 - NEC News

Yesterday I visited the annual Autosport Show at the NEC Birmingham.  The rumours regarding Sparkie having a CBM (Burgoyne) car were true and it looked very good on the raised platform on the Spedeworth stand.  Other new Superstox on display and a suprise to me were a HCD of Daniel Rutterford.  Daniel used to race under the #144 in the National Superstox era, before moving to F2's.  However this time around Daniel's will race under the #4.  The other car also a HCD belonged to Jody Rutterford #94, and will be running a solid front axel rather than the common wishbones.

Pictures of all 3 cars can be found by clicking here or via the picture gallery.

07/01/08 - Who's Superstox is this?

Many thanks to Steve Linfield for getting in touch and confirming this was his Dad's old car.  This is what Steve had to say:

That was indeed my dad's old car, and I raced it for a few meetings at Ringwood in 1995 too.   We then sold it in 1996 to a guy called John Harris who raced it a few times and his son whose name I cant remember, but raced Bangers there too also had a go.  They only did a couple of meetings in it between them, but when we were still racing down there (98, 99, 00 etc) they were often watching saying that they were going to come out again at some point.  Clearly they cut the cage off and got as far as that.
 
The chassis of the car was actually a Higman built in the late 80's and my dad put the cage and bumperwork etc on it.   He sometimes went well enough at Aldershot to give the likes of Gary Chisholm and Darren Innocent a scare, and was always good on the shale at Wimbledon.
 
I guess they are only steel at the end of the day, but its almost sad to see it in that state now!

Cheers
 
Steve

06/01/08 - Back for 2008!

Back for 2008 is the winners page and an unofficial Track Championship page.  Both pages can be found by clicking the relevant link at the top of the page.

04/01/08 - Who's Superstox is this?

Jerry Fisher has been in touch and has recently come across this "Abandoned" Superstox in the area surrounding Ringwood Raceway.  Jerry wondered if anyone knew who last raced this car and when?  It looks like to me Richard Linfield's #464 car that he last raced in the 90's, however Mike Spence was Ringwood Superstox #145?.  If Richard's son Steve is reading this maybe he could confirm?  Otherwise if you know any details on this car please let us know?

 

01/01/08 - Shaun Brooker's WWW

No, Shaun Brooker has not set up his own website, he had another Wet Wimbledon Win!  Shaun was once again on form today at Wimbledon in the wet just like on the World final night.  This time he won the Winternational Championship and was followed home by Steve Sutch and David Miles Jnr.  Shaun also won heat 2 while Heat 1 was won by Steve Hamilton.

Full results can be found on the results page, and pictures can be found in the picture gallery or by clicking here.

 

News that was previously on this page can be read on the Old Headlines News Page. Click Here to view that page