Crashnet > Reports Index > PRI 1999 Index > Meeting 99/06

BriSCA F2 Stock Cars World Championship Qualifier National Bangers Double Points Meeting Hot Rods VSCA Reg Pryor Memorial

Next meeting | Last meeting

Hot Rods
The Hot Rods were out early at Arena Essex on April 18, Rick Fray picking up a heat and final double and making it look easy, though his efforts in the helter-skelter came to nothing as he collided with Adam Scott in a bizarre twist that saw an otherwise pedestrian last race change drastically inside the final quarter of the race with all four front runners crashing out, Andrew Armiger inheriting that win.

National Bangers
The second Double Point meeting at Arena Essex for the Bangers, April 18, saw Phil Hudson notch up a heat and final double. He grabbed the first heat off Jason Jackson with Ken Knight getting through Jackson and Stuart Wilson to grab second, Jackson holding Wilson off for third. Promising white top Steve O'Sullivan took an easy win in the second heat while some notable drivers were having problems, including Chris Whiteman who repaid Craig Hewitt's jacking with a fencing on the back straight but failed to score. Brother Den took second with Bob Sterling behind him. O'Sullivan topped his day off by finishing behind Hudson in the final with Mildenhall Track Champion Sonny Sherwood rodding to third. The Rawlins saw winner Jock Parker carried across the centre to his doom by current World Champion John Harris, neither surviving the destruction section of the event, that distinction finally going to Knight as he outlasted Brian McGuiness and Dave Greenstreet, though the best hit was reserved for Bernie French who was well blasted from behind by Dave Robinson on the pit bend.

BriSCA F2 Stock Cars
The trail to the World Championship shifted to Arena Essex on April 18, and if some folk might be a little bored of Rob Speak's name appearing as the winner of the races, few could be bored of watching him get to the front. Speak had to fight somewhat in the reasonably sized fields produced for this outing which also included other notables as Mick Sworder and Carl Issitt, both previously good on this circuit as well as veteran Roy Goodman, and he was not to have the day all his own way. The first heat was taken by Nic Grindrod as Duncan Long first held Gary Ellis, then Chad Harris back from the challenge in a curious tangle toward the end. The second heat was all Speak once he had passed the early lead scrap, notably Barry Parker and Chris Roots, Sworder following with Darren Gowshall in tow. The consolation went to Neal Smith who had ignominiously exited the first heat when Mark Guinchard had sent him sailing into the Aveley bend armco. Steve Green Jnr. and Snr. followed, the younger Green having given up his earlier lead to Smith but not without a struggle. Speak took the final ahead of Alan Bunter and Sworder, though Bunter tried to leave a mark in Speak on the way through, Sworder seemingly content to follow having been spanked out of the way by Speak earlier in the race. The day started going wrong for Speak, however, in the Grand National qualifier when his one lap handicap started him too close to the front of the white tops for comfort, the younger Steve Green unable to resist tapping out the current World Champion on the start. However, with Speak helpless, Paul English steamed into him and promptly fell to bits, causing a stop. All eyes watched the white tops on the restart and not without cause as they took the green flag as permission to send Speak toward the armco! The events after that saw Speak try to get a measure of revenge on Green the Younger, thus earning him the wrath of the steward, while Gowshall improved on his earlier exploits by motoring in ahead of Sworder, Grindrod following but soon to be docked for starting out of position leaving Alan Canham with third place.

Results

1  Hot Rods        21 Rick Fray        /71/15/119/51/81/108/103/44
2  Bangers 1       37 Phil Hudson      /43/331/7/14/145/21/59
3  F2 Stocks 1    422 Nic Grindrod     /951/29/103/77/183/351/557/800/75
4  Bangers 2      172 Steve O'Sullivan /1/41/42/173/429/53/418
5  F2 Stocks 2    218 Rob Speak        /152/558/641/613/2/591/711/780/781
5a VSCA Stocks      1 Mo Smith         /4/15/3/12/14/6 NOCR
6  Hot Rods Final  21 Rick Fray        /51/15/20/103/44/81 NOCR
7  F2 Stocks Cons 657 Neal Smith       /154/15/468/630/918/665/8/628/269
8  Bangers Final   37 Phil Hudson      /172/348/59/21/7/14/275
9  F2 World Qual  218 Rob Speak        /2/152/641/75/77/351/918/780/591
10 Hot Rods h/s    15 Andrew Armiger   /20/81/103 NOCR
11 F2 Stocks GNQ  558 Darren Gowshall  /152/351/77/613/2/183/15/711/422
12 Bangers R2000  464 Jock Parker      /7/53 LCR=43 Ken Knight