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Arena Essex Raceway - Meeting 05/18 Sunday, June 19, 2005

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Banger Pairs Championship 2005
Ministox

Report

Ministox
A hot day for the Ministox at Arena Essex on June 19 provided first time victories for three drivers and a final trophy for a departing champion. Jordan Murray was the first of these and, following a win in the first heat where he managed to sprint away from the field while early leader T-Jay Powers held up the following drivers, he then went and did it again in the fourth heat, a race which saw a very tight battle for second place. Jack Wearn also scored a novice win in the second heat whilst Powers made up for his goof in his first outing by winning the third heat. One driver that was consistantly doing well throughout this was Chris Whiteman, who scored two second places before convincingly winning the main final ahead of Brad Bailey who had also been doing well in the heats. The consolation final saw an easy victory for Jack Tuffin, whilst Billy Standing took second place and grabbed a final trophy. He said following his final appearance in the Ministox formula that he intends to start racing in the popular domestic Group A Hot Rod formula.

Bangers
Andy Spooner and Kirk Bodnar are the new PRI Banger Chained Pairs champions, winning ahead of John Randall and Gary Greenland, with last years' champions Matt Fuller and Waz Barber finishing third during this years' running of the event at Arena Essex on June 19. The 14 pair final was stopped two laps short after Garry Deacon rolled his car in a pile-up on the bridge end of the circuit. In all, eight of the fourteen pairs survived the carnage, a determined effort from Phil Pratchett and Stephen Carter grabbing the first heat win, whilst Simon and Phillip, the Smith brothers, picked up the second heat trophy. The consolation was taken by Michael Outen and Gary Brown in a somewhat heavy race which saw Sam Rigby and Lee Caunter take second place late on by ploughing through Karl "Blacknuts" Douglas and Danny Brown.

The solo Rawlins qualifier was taken by Billy King before a clash that eventually fell to the best of two cars, Jimmy Randall outlasting Gary Brown to take the egg cup.

Result

1. Ministox Heat 1	501 Jordan Murray	565	584	518	536	531	529	591	519	510
2. Ministox Heat 2	582 Jack Wearn	561	556	587	548	543	545	522	515	562
3. Banger Pairs Heat 1	106 Phil Pratchett 267 Stephen Carter	207 67	395 205	47 49	101 102
4. Banger Pairs Heat 2	589 Simon Smith 549 Phillip Smith	246 346	188 11	116 112	208 10
5. Ministox Heat 3	550 T-Jay Powers	556	561	584	582	542	503	565	531	548
6. Ministox Heat 4	501 Jordan Murray	500	515	587	555	545	505	593	518	591
7. Banger Pairs Consolation	539 Michael Outen 567 Gary Brown	323 321	252 178	183 308
8. Ministox Final	556 Christopher Whiteman	584	587	518	565	503	542	561	531	555
9. Banger Pairs Championship Final	246 Andy Spooner 346 Kirk Bodnar	207 67	188 11	47 49	589 549	183 308	395 205	116 112
10. Ministox Consolation Final	517 Jack Tuffin	504	509	519	510	506	562	580	530	599
11. Bangers Rawlins 2000 Qualifier	49 Billy King	188	183

Last car: 208 Jimmy Randall