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SPEDEWEEKEND 2012 - Day 2
Welcome to a very wet Foxhall for the National Hot Rods World Championship sponsored by C P Dynes!
We're about to get underway on a very wet track, so who's going to win the big one?
We also have the Lightning Rods British Championship sponsored by Engine Services, the National Hot Rods Best in Britain sponsored by TOM Waste, the Stock Rods European Challenge Cup sponsored by TOM Waste, the Superstox Eaton Family Trophy sponsored by Dumpsport, the Historic Saloon Stock Cars have their Aford Awards Bob Studd Trophy, there's the 2.0 Stock Cars Golden Helmet sponsored by Scrapco, the Bob Nicholls Motorcycles sponsored British Championship for the 2.0 Hot Rods, and 2 races for the 1300 Stock Cars including their Quaife Supreme Open Championship!
The weather has not been kind to us so far today after the luck we had yesterday, but we have what promises to be a great day's racing ahead of us!!
Race 24 - C P Dynes National Hot Rods World Championship
115 early leader from 962 + 970...
Now it's 962, 911, 115 as waved yellows come out on lap 11 for debris on the track, next few are 95, 970, 209. 72 is out, the biggest name casualty so far...
Lap 13, 911 from 962, 95, 303, 115....
Lap 15, 911 from 95, 303, 115, 970, 962... Blackman is getting away....
Lap 20 - 911 from 303, 95, 970, 115...
Lap 25 - 911 from 303, 970, 9, 174......
Lap 28 - 911 now in traffic, 303 closing a little...
Lap 30 - 911, 303 is almost with him in the traffic but 970 and 9 both get past him, 303 down to 4th...
Lap 37 - 911, 970, 9, 303, 970 spins out and the yellows are out, 970 is out of the race...
Restart - 911 from 9, 303, 95, 174, 209, 115, 962....
Lap 40 - 9 cars on lead lap...
Lap 42 - 911 opening up a lead ahead of 9, 303, 95, 209, 174
Lap 45 - 911, 9, 303, 95, 174, 209... 115 is out
Lap 48 - 911, 9 is right with him again
Lap 52 - 9 is all over the leading 911....it's 911, 9, 303, 95, 209, 174...
Lap 60 - still 911 just managing to hold off 9, 303 not making ground on them...15 to go..
Lap 65 - 911, 9, 303 now gaining and almost on the front 2..
Lap 68 - 9 nudges past 911 on the inside, 303 does the same to 911 allowing 95 into 2nd, 9 is now well clear...
Lap 72 - 9, 95, 303, 911...
9 takes the flag from grid 14, but there will be some tough decisions for the stewards! 95 was 2nd on the road ahead of 303, 911, 209, 962....we'll be back with the official result as soon as the steward's enquiry is done - it may be a while!
OFFICIAL RESULT
Confirmed winner and 2012 National Hot Rod World Champion is 9 Glenn Bell from 95 Gavin Murray, 303 Matt Simpson, 209 Kym Weaver. 911 is excluded from the result.
1st - 9 Glenn Bell
2nd - 95 Gavin Murray
3rd - 303 Matt Simpson
4th - 209 Kym Weaver
5th - 962 John Christie
6th - 844 Billy Bonnar
7th - 278 Colin Gomm
8th - 100 Dickie Burtenshaw
9th - 116 Steve Burrows
10th - 261 David Casey
Other places - 339, 555, H66, 187, 155, 11, 152, 174, NOF.
All subject to post-race scrutineering.
Race 25 - 1300cc Stock Cars
91 Jim Pitcaithly, 529, 880, 171, 183, 415, 77, 23, 46, 88.
Race 26 - Historic Stock Cars - Bob Studd Trophy (sponsored by Aford Awards)
234 Richard Anderson, 510 Gordon Coull, 311 James Smith, 780, 499, 206, 199, 632, 348, 32.
Race 27 - Stock Rods - European Challenge Cup (sponsored by TOM Waste)
168 Andy Sturt, 658 Chris Lattka, 755 Mark Barber, 447, 25, 74, 394, 647, 28, 251.
Race 28 - National Hot Rods
66 John van den Bosch, 187, 174, 278, 339, 209, 100, 844, 9, 871.
Race 29 - 2.0 Stock Cars - Golden Helmet (sponsored by Scrapco Metal Recycling)
532 Bobby Davis Jnr, 29 George Morphey, 305 Billy Wood, 122, 757, 229, 635, 61, 14, 7.
Race 30 - Lightning Rods - British Championship (sponsored by Engine Services & Components)
416 Diggy Smith, 22 Mark Cooper Jnr, 346 Andy Brown, 781, 45, 339, 267, 730, 503, 974.
Race 31 - 2.0 Hot Rods - British Championship Revenge (spomsored by Bob Nicholls Motorcycles)
931 Mark Madill, 54 Adam Hylands, 997 Andrew Murray, 7, 920, 745, 565, 935, 926, 65.
Race 32 - Superstox - The Eaton Family Trophy (sponsored by Dumpsport Performance Road & Race Parts)
311 Martyn Coles, 482 Jason Cooper, 419 Chris Capon, 167, 23, 376, 212, 123, 69, 51.
Race 33 - National Hot Rods - Best in Britain Championship (sponsored by TOM Waste)
95 Gavin Murray, 871 Graeme Callender, 27 Mikey Godfrey, 844, 209, 962, 130, 74, 100, 271.
Race 34 - 1300cc Stock Cars Supreme Open Championship (sponsored by Quaife)
880 David Bowman, 415 Jamie Blackman, 171 Adam O'Dell, 46, 690, 673, 351, 77, 23, 529.
And so the 2012 Spedeweekend comes to a close! Thanks for joining us and we hope you enjoyed keeping up to date with all the goings-on at Foxhall! |
