25/01/10 - Wimbledon 24/01/10

Three new drivers turned up for tonight's meeting.  First is 490 Matt Sole (son of John Sole), superstox driver from the past.  He was racing his own car adapted to Spedeworth spec.  The other two have both been racing lightning rods.  274 Tony Gordon in the ex Darren Cornwell car.  Tony is from Hastings, so closest track will be Eastbourne.  Tony had not even turned a wheel of his car before turning up to Wimbledon.  The other lightning rod driver was 511 Keith Miller from Norwich in the ex Nick Smith car.

The other change tonight was that Glen Salmon had returned to his old racing number of 7 from 566.

Heat 1, 30 cars, 20 laps. Dry track

No white tops. Most of the red tops tangle on the bend as the race starts. The race is lead away by 532 Bobby Davis Jnr from 426 Richard Raymond, 314 Jason Baraclough and 279 Phil Proctor. 540 Brett Westbroom is the first retirement. Lap 6, 22 Mark Kelman is up to 5th place. On Lap 8, 22 makes his way up to 4th place, 376 Steven Jackson pushes 490 Matt Sole wide to take him on the inside. 69 Shaun Brooker blows his engine going into the pit bend dropping oil. 22 is the first to spin out on the oil. The yellow flags come out. 22 retires and does not restart.

On the restart we have 532 from 426, 314, 376, 40, Steve Sutch, 482, Jason Cooper, 279, 95 John Saunders, 176, Alex Meadows, 454 Dave Pike and 124 Dave Miles. 376 is up to 3rd going into pit bend. 151 Nick Smith, 490 and 17 Ryan Eaton have a coming together. A lap later 426 takes the lead from 532, 376 is still 3rd. 532 pushes 426 wide on the pit bend to take the lead back, 376 follows through to second. On the following bend 376 goes up the inside of 532 to take up the lead. 482 makes his way up to 2nd just before the yellows come out again. 7 Glen Salmon retires.

On this restart we have two backmarkers behind the control car followed by 376, 482, 426, 532, 401, 314, 95, 279, 60 Ben Marjoram, 176, 123. The two backmarkers move wide on the top bend to let the leaders through. 60 goes straight into the fence on pit bend, looked like the throttle stuck open. 40 gets caught up with 532 on the top bend. 376 and 482 are now well in the lead, 95 is up to 3rd followed by 426. With 4 laps to go 376 gets a black cross and leads from 482, a length of a straight ahead of 95, 426, 123 Dave Miles Jnr, 314, 151, 161 Billy Smith and 454. This is how it finishes 376 wins from 482 and 95.

Heat 2, 27 cars, 20 laps, Dry track

Reds tangle on start again. 490 leads after the first lap from 426, 279, 532. 426 takes up the lead at the end of lap 2. At the start of lap 3 279 takes up the lead followed by 532, 426, 490. These four are all pushing each other and swapping places, lets 22 get up to 3rd. On lap 5 532 now leads from 22, 279, 40, 490 and 454. 22 starts to pull clear of 2nd place 40, and now 3rd place 490. On lap 10, 22 still leads from 40, 490, 376 is up to 4th. 490 holds on for a lap with 376 trying to push him wide. Eventually 376 passes for 3rd place. 123 goes up to 4th. 279 gets pushed into the pit bend fence by 161, 454 and 532 get involved, 279 loses a wheel. The wheel rolls down the back straight, 376 hits it and then rolls on to the centre green. With 5 laps to go 22 still leads from 40, 376, 123, 482, 490. 482 is pushed wide by 490 but Jason holds on to 5th. As they cross the line 22 wins from 40 and 376.

Grand Final 24 cars, 25 laps, light rain, damp track

Clutch start. 176 leads away, 490 stalls on the start then pulls away before the blue come. At the end of lap 1, 176 leads from 426 and 490. 490 makes it up to 2nd as 376 pushes 161 around on the pit bend. He spins as well and is collected by 482, 60, 123 and 116. Lap 4. 490 takes up the lead from 426 and 176. 22 spins on the pit bend from 8th place. 490 still leads from 7, 426, 454, 17 and 176. 7 pushes 490 wide to take up the lead on lap 7 followed by 17, 454, 376 and 426. 116 John Smith and 511 go into pit bend fence. 7 gradually pulls away a good lead from 490. 17 makes his way passed 490 to go up to 2nd. On lap 11. 376 takes 490 for 3rd as he goes wide. 7 still leads from 376, 17, 454 and 482. On lap 18 482 takes 454 wide for 4th place. On lap 21 7 lets backmarker 161 Billy Smith through and 376 follows him through. 7 gets lead back from 376 as he goes wide with 3 laps to go. With 2 laps to go 376 gets back passed 7 on the top bend. As they cross the line 376 wins, from 7 and 17.

Race Report by: Derek Fear

22/01/10 - What does 2010 have in store?

2009 was arguably one of the best seasons for cars on track since the days of National Superstox.  When was the last time you saw 43 Superstox on track together at Wimbledon?  With 2009 being such a successful year how on earth can it get any better?

Well lets start by looking at some new drivers we know who are coming into the formula:

Matt Roach #451 is a Former RTS Superstox and F2 driver from Essex who is hoping to make his debut in March.  Matt is having a new DK car built for the job and also has a few other cars available for hire (more details coming soon).

Matt Sole #490 is another former RTS Superstox driver who's Surname name you may recognise from the past?  Matt's father John used to be a Regular Superstox driver in the South up until the early 90's racing under #267.  After racing he was then the Spedeworth Clerk of the Course for many years in the South.  Matt has converted his HCD RTS Superstox to SX spec and is hoping to make his debut this Sunday at Wimbledon.

Ashley Watts #707 joins Spedeworth from the independent Superstox at Standlake Arena where he finished 4th in the points last season.  Ashley has a new HCD that was featured at the NEC last week, and is planning to make his debut this Sunday at Wimbledon.

Several Lightning Rod drivers seem to be tempted to make the switch to Superstox in 2010.  Spedeworth Lightning Rod Driver Keith Miller #511 and former PRI driver Tony Gordon #274 will make their Superstox debuts this Sunday at Wimbledon.   There are also a further 2 Lightning Rod drivers who have recently bought Superstox.

If there are anymore drivers joining the Formula that we have missed, please let us know?

Whilst the Superstox have gained new drivers we have unfortunately also lost a few drivers at the end of the season such as Andy Collins #2, Daniel Rutterford #4 and Lisa Kerry #41.

Lets hope that 2010 is once again a very successful year and best of  luck to all the Drivers.

16/01/10 - 2010 NEC News

News from the NEC in Birmingham is there are 2 new Superstox on display this year in Birmingham.  The first is a new car for former World and points Champion Steven Jackson #376.  Steven has switched to a HCD Superstox for the 2010 season.  The other new car also a HCD belongs to Ashley Watts #707 who is new to Spedeworth in 2010, and makes the switch from the independent Superstox formula at Standlake Arena.

Pictures by Derek Fear

For more pictures of these new HCD cars please click here or visit the picture gallery page.

01/01/10 - 2010 Rules

Spedeworth have announced the following changes to Superstox rules, which will apply from 1st March 2010:

Inside Weight Rule
The left hand side maximum side weight must be 52.5% at any time - this will be weighed without the driver in the car.

Exhaust Rule
The price limit will be kept the same as 2009. Exhaust manifolds are free, but they must be positioned outside the main chassis rails on the offside of the car where the complete exhaust system must be positioned. The silencer must be of the following type: A Simpson MS500.

Chassis ironwork & rollcage
The seat must be securely fitted to the centre of the chassis and not leaning side to side & attached to the roll cage at shoulder height. And it would be recommended that any part of the rollcage around the drivers head should be padded.

Tyres
4 Old tyres and 1 new tyre per meeting, except on wet meetings where it maybe the stewards decision, just because the tyre is marked it will not be classed as a second hand tyre this will be a scrutineers decision.

This is just to keep all drivers and teams informed should they already be making preparations for next year.