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Arena Essex Raceway - Meeting 02/26 Sunday, August 11, 2002

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National Bangers Brian Orgles Memorial
Group A Hot Rods Groom Motorsport Millennium 50

In Brief

It was a big day for everyone at Arena Essex on August 11 as the Bangers turned out in droves for the annual Brian Orgles Memorial meeting, and the Group A Hot Rods did likewise for the Groom Motorsport Millennium 50 marathon meeting.

Lee Madden became the winner of the twenty-fourth running of the Brian Orgles Memorial for the National Bangers in what became a high contact meeting, mostly at the behest of the ongoing team blitz between outgoing team champions, the Midnight Runners, and former champions Cream Team. Charlie Shanahan took the first heat while a surprise entry, ex-Squad member Roger Trickett, took the second heat. Den Catmore was the third heat winner with Dave Brown getting the consolation. The Rawlins 2000 qualifier almost turned into a Destruction Derby straight off, with only two cars staying the distance with a number of hits being turned in. Chris Trickett kept the family name flying with a win here, while second place Tubbs Butler secured last car.

The third running of the Groom Motorsport Millennium 50 saw both old and new talent on display. The new talent had to be Chris Smith in his first outing in the Group A formula following his success in the Ministox. Smith was only betrayed by mechanical problems which stopped him from winning the first heat and also forced him out of the helter skelter race, but got him a convincing victory in the consolation race before he took on the gruelling fifty lap final and almost won it. His victory was denied by Gary Rouse, who shot through the field to challenge and take the lead with only a few laps to spare. Heat wins went to Pete Read and Chris Fuller, while inaugural winner Steve Mills took third place in the final before winning the helter skelter race.

Results

1. National Bangers 1	162 Charlie Shanahan	348	312	69	19	72	2	345	42	228
2. Group A Hot Rods 1	22 Pete Read	23	63	75	197	91	126	174
3. National Bangers 2	145 Roger Trickett	20	128	188	23	520	49	401	10	57
4. Group A Hot Rods 2	190 Chris Fuller	185	82	83	184	148	122	92
5. National Bangers 3	4 Den Catmore	38	108	171	415	260	247	169	308	41
6. Group A Consolation	18 Chris Smith	34	134	93	44	119	94	90	17	115
7. National Bangers Consolation	408 Dave Brown	54	163	500	111	507
8. Group A Grooms Millennium 50	63 Gary Rouse	18	23	82	184	91	115	134
9. National Bangers Brian Orgles Memorial	171 Lee Madden	128	145	188	208	260	247	42
10. Group A Helter Skelter	23 Steve Mills	82	75	93	115	148	197	91
11. National Bangers R2Kq	247 Chris Trickett	41	NOCR

Last car running: 41 Tubbs Butler

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