Arena Essex - ae0514

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Arena Essex Raceway - Meeting 05/14 Sunday, May 29, 2005

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Group A Hot Rods Dean Kemp Memorial
Outlaw Hot Rods
Mk.III Granada Bangers

Report

Group A Hot Rods
This years' Dean Kemp Memorial winner was Lee Ayton, who won the title at Arena Essex during their May 29 meeting in fine style, first holding off a determined challenge from Chris Goldsmith then from Gary Rouse, controlling the racing line on a day that saw plenty of action around the circuit. Jason Griffiths took the first win of the day in a tight race that saw him snatch the victory from long time leader Trevor Gillman, whilst Chris Smith finished ahead of a dead heat for fourth, Clinton Groom and Steve Gooch having battled through much of the race. Dave Lamb took the second heat, much to the delight of his fan club trackside, in a battle from the back that saw him grab victory from Goldsmith who would later come out and take the third and final heat, again denying Gillman a trophy.

Outlaw Hot Rods
The May 29 Outlaw Hot Rod meeting suffered a little at the hands of the weather in its final, though the heats that led up to it were certainly worth watching as Steve Collison took victory ahead of a battle that saw ex-Group A man Tony Moss come home ahead of Chris Wood and Stu Hammond. Hammond would drive even better in the reverse grid race, leading Wayne Souter home in another epic struggle that saw these two and the following Moss and Warren Farazmand break away from the pack. Moss held Hammond at bay in the final, though conditions had started to deteriorate by this time.

Mk.III Granada Bangers
Lee Madden won heat and final at Arena Essex on May 29 in the Mk.III Granada Banger meeting, holding off Chris Worthington on both occasions, and got third in the Rawlins qualifier on that day, the win going to Paul Hunter who had doubled at the previous running of this event at the start of May. Gary Greenland took the egg cup for the last car running.

Result

1. Group A Hot Rods Heat 1	134 Jason Griffiths	101	18	=135	=136	112	17	176	6	16
2. Outlaw Hot Rods Heat 1	274 Steve Collison	92	296	8	10	35	196	28	637	442
3. Group A Hot Rods Heat 2	82 Dave Lamb	14	63	135	136	112	44	49	102	133
4. Bangers	171 Lee Madden	327	539	46	183	67	549	116	3	589
5. Group A Hot Rods Heat 3	14 Chris Goldsmith	101	43	134	82	63	18	91	92	6
6. Outlaw Hot Rods Heat 2	8 Stu Hammond	35	92	637	479	126	196	42	198	10
7. Bangers Main event	171 Lee Madden	327	183	46	10	549	539	67	116	331
8. Group A Hot Rods Final	43 Lee Ayton	63	14	135	82	101	134	18	91	112
9. Outlaw Hot Rods Final	92 Tony Moss	8	637	126	274	42	28	296	10	NOCR
10. Bangers Rawlins 2000 Qualifier	183 Paul Hunter	539	171

Last car: 67 Gary Greenland

Note: Race 1: "=" means dead heat.

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