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Plastengrave Non-Ford Bangers incl. Ladies Essex Jaguars Q/R 3 1300 Stock Cars World Q/R

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Note: PRI Hot Rods originally planned for this meeting have been postponed until June 27th, when they will replace the Legends originally planned for that meeting. The Legends will appear on July 25.

Ladies Bangers
The Ladies just get heavier at Arena Essex. That is not a personal reference to get the drivers competing in the Essex Jaguars sponsored Ladies series on some new diet, but it is a comment on the degree of speed and force now coming into the top flight of Banger racing, as seen for example on June 6, when Jenny Outen managed to muscle through from the second row to pull out an early lead only to be spun close to home, rejoin in second then see the leader, Paula Sewell, conk out less than 100 yards to the finish line! Mandy Cheeseman sprinted home well in second while Trina Wade, who finished third, spent a fair amount of time finding new and interesting ways of hitting obstacles of one kind or another, more than once sacrificing places including to Cheeseman!

Plastengrave Bangers
The third Plastengrave Non-Ford meeting at Arena Essex on June 6 was a large affair, with plenty of travellers in again including the Heywoods whose weekend also took in the Mildenhall Pre-70's classic the night before! That's dedication for you! However, the meeting came down to another heat and final performance, this time to Kev Hirse whose final performance in particular was something to behold! The first heat, however, went to a first time winner, driving a Vauxhall, a theme that would be repeated more than once through the meeting. Andrew Parker was given the win after Dave Greenstreet's car, parked midway across turn four, was suspected of burning. With most of the last lap already gone, a red flag meant a declaration, though the race was stopped earlier when Paul Jell completed a two point roll inside turns three and four. Tony Locky, down from RDC for the day, was a convincing second. The second heat was a Wreckin Krew triple, Kev hirse leading teamies Ian Smith and Craig Polley home in a well spread race, noted mostly for the antics of Roy Bramley and Stuart Adcock who spent most of the race exchanging some pretty large hits, at least some of which connected! Heat three and a Wacky Racer victory as Terry Barton drove out of his skin to win, even outpacing Chris Whiteman, at least up to the chequered flag, after which Barton bailed out into the armco approaching Aveley. Dave Robinson was ahead three laps out, and the prospects of a close finish were likely until back marker Craig Hewitt, who had been missed as a qualifier from heat three, took a hand and spun Luke Radley. Although Radley maintained his second spot at the end, Robinson had an easy cruise home in comparison with what he might have had.

Tom Hardings' early final lead ended on turn two close to the start of the race, Jon Hewitt taking over initially with Kev Hirse in pursuit. Meanwhile Karl Vanner and Craig Polley seemed content to swap hits, a theme that would go right through the race, while Chris Whiteman motored up the order to sixth before dumping erstwhile colleagues Allan Trickett and John Randall, Tony Locky also coming to grief with a colleague, this time current Mildenhall track champion Sonny Sherwood. However things would change mid race as Hewitt and Hirse gone, and Locky all tied up. The lead passed to Lee Witherington until Buzz Kelsey, who had been instrumental in the holding of Hewitt and Hirse before, again interfered by slicing Witherington into a parked car by the pit gate, leaving Hirse to duel with Kelsey to the line, despite the fact that Kelsey was lapped! Witherington recovered to second while Darren Witherington pulled in third. The Rawlins Qualifier went the way of Sid Smith, though the talking point had to be the double hit on current points leader Phil Hudson, hit head on by Keith Wildman on his first race of the day, then followed from the side by Darren Witherington. Balders emerged from the car dazed but healthy. The last car award went to Chris Whiteman after surviving another battle with arch-rival Tony Wade, making a rare appearance at Arena Essex in the Trina Wade car from the earlier Ladies race.

1300 Saloon Stock Cars
Another round of the embryonic World Championship series for 1300 Saloon Stock cars passed at Arena Essex on June 6, with a few surprises popping up as Swalley Buckley pinched the first heat, running inside long time leader James Stace before Andrew Palmer launched a last minute attack than failed to hit the desired target, spinning Stace down to third and himself to fifth, John McGirr taking the advantage to snatch second. Rain hit the second heat, Ricky Wolf making the most of it to pick up another win with most of the star grades not having much luck, though this does not include Derry Monk who seemed to love the wet, firing out cars to all sides to get to fourth before the heat was stopped and declared when Anthony Oak rolled onto his roof on the back straight. Stace kept up the good work and in heat three it paid off as the track dried out and Stace managed to survive the attentions of Wolf to get a win ahead of McGirr and Elliott Wainwright. Stace was also to finally decide the winner of the final, although he did not actually finish it. His technique seemed to be to let the car pass then spin, and it was a tackle that saw off Wolf, Oak and McGirr, though not Elmo as he jetted past, McGirr following and close enough to get Stace's last push before the car gave out. First to Elliot Wainwright, with McGirr and Steven Jackson following.

Results

1  Ladies Bangers  510 Jenny Outen       /239/33/457/41/417/403/141/339/558/280/287
2  Bangers 1       433 Andrew Parker     /851/37/469/94/145/16/229/72/451/206/295
3  1300 Stox A/B   422 Swalley Buckley   /748/54/747/674/256/697/44/758/371
4  Bangers 2       417 Kev Hirse         /336/192/61/284/232/510/560/391/501/280/202
5  Bangers 3       171 Terry Barton      /13/207/289/55/344/348/146/24/345/239 NOCR
6  1300 Stox A/C   666 Ricky Wolf        /243/510/643/376/750/569/658/422/72
7  Bangers Cons    275 Dave Robinson     /356/4/101/104/263/345/41/339/460
8  1300 Stox B/C    54 James Stace       /748/661/750/243/658/193/747/777/10
9  Bangers FINAL   417 Kev Hirse         /284/232/280/207/55/851/37
10 1300 Stox FINAL 661 Elliot Wainwright /748/376/510/422/72/643/658/71/371
11 Bangers R2000q  510 Sid Smith         /206/13 LCR=55 Chris Whiteman