06/05/17 | brentwoodrcraceway

6th May 2017

FWD FORD BANGERS

JUNIOR BANGERS

A great turn-out of juniors tonight, with 14 making it to the track! It's always good to see a large number of juniors, making for some great racing and wrecking from these youngsters. Taking part tonight were:

6 Christian Barber, 16 Denny Townsend, 233 Joey Nash, 26 Jak Conyard, 66 Ole Hutchings, 115 Sonny Holtom, 316 Jack Smith, 331 Andrew "Dinky" Donovan, 408 Lucie Donovan, 416 Alfie Baker, 552 Albie Evans, 804 Jay Hennessey, 888 robert Pinnell, and 999 Peter Townsend.

ROUND ONE - and Jay kicked off the proceedings with a great win, 3 laps ahead of Robert in 2nd place. Jak finished 3rd with Sonny taking 4th place on splits from Alfie. Christian finished in 6th place on splits from Jack, whilst Albie came home in 8th place. Dinky finished in 9th place with Lucie coming home in 10th place. Joey crossed the line to take 11th place, while Peter took 12th place ahead of his brother Denny in 13th. Ole failed to run.

ROUND TWO - and another win for Jay, one lap ahead of Albie. Robert came home in 3rd place, with Sonny finishing 4th. Alfie was next across the line to take 5th place, and 6th went to Ole. Jack finished in 7th place, with Lucie snatching 8th place from Peter on splits, and Christian came home to take 10th place. Jak finished in 11th and Joey came home in 12th. Dinky took 13th place and Denny finished 14th.

ROUND THREE - and another brilliant run from Jay, crossing the finish line for the win, 4 laps ahead of Jak in 2nd place. Alfie sneaked through to take 3rd place from Sonny on splits, and Dinky snatched 5th place from Robert on splits. Albie just inched ahead of Jack to take 7th place on splits, Christian came home in 9th place and Lucie finished in 10th. Denny finished in 11th place with Ole behind in 12th, Joey came home in 13th, and Peter failed to run.

The FINAL saw Jay score a full house with yet another great win, this time 7 laps ahead of Christian who finished 2nd! (We need to keep an eye on this youngster Jay, he's looking very likely to be a future champion!) Robert finished in 3rd place, with Jak coming home in 4th. Ole crossed the line to take 5th place, and Sonny finished 6th. Albie took 7th place, whilst Lucie came home in 8th, and Joey finished 9th with Dinky coming home in 10th. 11th place went to Alfie, whilst Denny, Peter and Jack failed to run.

SENIOR BANGERS

With 40 bangers in attendance tonight, we had two heats of great racing and some awesome wrecking!

HEAT ONE - 3 Ricky Rayner, 46 Charlie Aylward, 46 Geoff Hughes, 50 Ross Mason, 55 Barry Mason, 63 Jean Mason, 68 Jade Mason, 71 Dylan Ellis, 114 Ian Ardley, 116 Wayne Holtom, 129 Simon Warner, 146 Jack Aylward, 233 Big Dave, 251 Connor Shields, 311 Tinker, 365 Sleepy, 4446 Tony Hall, 461 Paul Aylward, 554 Trevor Evans, and 570 Rob Gymer.

ROUND ONE, Sleepy kicked off the proceedings with a 5 lap win over Tinker in 2nd place. 3rd place went to Paul, while Dylan came home in 4th place. Wayne, showing off with his new radio gear, finished in 5th place on splits from Rob who had to settle for 6th. Jade came home in 7th place with Trevor finishing in 8th place, Jack in 9th place and Tonu in 10th.

ROUND TWO - Sleepy collected another win with Rob coming home to take 2nd place. Paul finished in 3rd place, with son Jack taking 4th place on splits from Wayne. Geoff crossed the finish line to take 6th place and Jade came home in 7th. Next across the line was Tinker, taking 8th place on splits from Charlie, and Ian finished 10th.

ROUND THREE - Jade gave everyone the shock of the evening by taking the 3rd win of the evening, on splits from Rob who had to settle for 2nd place! Tinker came home in 3rd place, with Geoff a lap behind, snatching 4th place from Big Dave on splits. Sleepy finished in 6th place, with Connor taking 7th. Wayne crossed the line to take 8th place, with Paul finishing 9th and Trevor coming home in 10th place.

HEAT TWO - 19 Tubbs, 25 Carl Maslen, 28 Luke Garner, 33 Joe Maslen, 58 Ginge, 77 Josh Mackey, 166 Doogie, 177 Brick, 186 Tom O'Sullivan, 228 Karl Dilworth, 252 Dean Conyard, 258 Dave Lungley, 371 Sean Foley, 375 Taylor-Jay Liles, 383 Divvy, 401 Craig Watson, 517 Steward Rayner, 546 Kerry Goldstone, 551 Michael Collins, 662 Midge, 711 Danny Ellis, and 841 Chris Burton.

ROUND ONE - A great first round win for Brick, with points leader Michael coming home in 2nd place. Chris took 3rd place and Karl came home in 4th. Josh finished in 5th place, Craig took 6th place from Tom on splits, and Kerry crossed the line in8th place. Ginge finished in 9th place with Carl coming home in 10th.

ROUND TWO - A great run saw Michael take the next win with a 2 lap lead over Brick who finished in 2nd place. Carl came home in 3rd place with Taylor finishing in 4th place on splits from Divvy. Karl took 6th place from Joe on splits, with Tubbs coming home in 8th place. Josh took 9th place on splits from fellow teammate, Kerry.

ROUND THREE - A close run race and an exciting finish with Brick crossing the line to take 1st place, with Michael taking 2nd place on splits from Craig, just one lap behind, and Carl finished in 4th place, with Karl taking 5th place on splits from Taylor. Crossing the line in 7th place was Joe, with Josh finishing in 8th place. Chris came home in 9th place and 10th went to Tubbs.

ALL IN FINAL - The top two in the club championship points fought a great battle for the win, with Michael taking the place on splits from Karl. Paul took 3rd place on splits from Josh, and Sleepy came home in 5th place. The battle for 6th place ended with Tinker taking the place on splits from Joe, with Taylor coming home in 8th place. 9th place went to Brick and Geoff finished in 10th place. Carl crossed the line in 11th place, with Rob finishing in 12th. Tom came home in 13th place, Tubbs finished 14th, taking the place on splits from Doogie in 15th and Chris in 16th. Wayne came home in 17th place on splits with Trevor in 18th place, and Kerry finished in 19th place. Connor crossed the line in 20th place, with Big Dave coming home in 21st. Divvy was next across the line in 22nd, with Tonu following home in 23rd place. Craig finished in 24th place on splits with Jean in 25th, and Charlie came home in 26th. 27th place went to Danny on splits from Dean, and Luke finished in 29th. Jack took 30th place and Sean completed just 1 lap to finish 31st. All others failed to run.

Plenty took to the track for the derby, but only two made it to the end, with Ole Hutchings taking the win for the juniors, and Ross Mason lifting the trophy for last car running! Well done boys!

RELIANT ROBINS

Time once again for the 3-wheelers to play, and another great show from these guys with 12 drivers taking part tonight.

25 Sam Townsend, 25 Carl Maslen, 50 Ross Mason, 55 Barry Mason, 68 Jade Mason, 71 Dylan Ellis, 77 Josh Mackey, 258 Dave Lungley, 268 Big Buster, 371 Sean Foley, 383 Divvy, and 551 Michael Collins.

ROUND ONE - saw a close finish with Dylan taking the win on splits from Michael. 3rd place went to Josh, with Carl finishing in 4th. Divvy finished in 5th place, Sean came home in 6th, and Ross finished 7th. Big Buster was next across the line taking 8th place, with Sam finishing 9th and Jade coming home in 10th. Barry finished in 11th, and Dave failed to make the race.

ROUND TWO - And a 3 lap lead saw Michael first across the line once again. Dylan came home in 2nd place, whilst 3rd place went to Josh. Big Buster came home in 4th place, and behind him was Divvy, taking 5th place on splits from Carl. Jade finished in 7th place, beating Daddy Barry by a lap, and brother Ross by 5 laps. Dave finished in 10th place, with 11th place going to Sean. Sam finished in 12th place.

ROUND THREE - and a hat-trick for Michael, with a 4 lap lead over Dylan in 2nd place. Divvy finished in 3rd place and Carl came home in 4th place, with Josh finishing 5th and Dave in 6th. Big Buster took 7th place from Sean on splits, whilst Barry came home in 9th place. Ross finished in 10th place and Sam finished 12th. Jade failed to run.

FINAL - An exciting final saw Michael score a full house with a great win, a lap ahead of Josh in 2nd. Carl snatched 3rd place from Divvy on splits, and Jade took 5th place on splits from Big Buster. Sean came across the line in 7th place, with Barry coming home in 8th place. Dave finished in 9th place, and Sam finished in 10th. Both Dylan and Ross failed to run.

1/10TH DRIFTS

Finally it was the turn of the Drifts, which seem to be more people meeting after meeting. Tonight we had 16 on show, so two heats for this formula.

HEAT ONE - 68 Jade Mason, 71 Dylan Ellis, 114 Ian Ardley, 233 Dave Nash, 268 Buster, 316 Scott Smith, 662 Midge, and 974 Danny Bodle.

ROUND ONE - With this being one of Dylan's favourite formulas, it came as no surprise to see him cross the line in 1st place, a lap ahead of Danny. Debuting in his newly acquired drift, Dave was pleased to finish in 3rd place with Jade coming home in 4th. Ian finished on splits to snatch 5th place from Scott and Midge completed just 2 laps before retiring from the race. Buster failed to run.

ROUND TWO - A close finish saw Danny take the win on splits from Dylan this time, with Dave again finishing in 3rd place. Scott came home in 4th place with Ian crossing the line in 5th. Midge's car finished in 6th place, but not with Midge at the controls! The couple who run race control at the new club in Folkestone came along to have a look and Midge had leant his car to their son to have a go; don't it annoy you Midge when someone else gets a better result with your car than you? Lol. Jade came home in 7th place and unfortunately Buster again failed to make it to the track.

ROUND THREE - Only four made it to the track this time, with Dylan and Danny again battling for the win. Finishing on splits, Danny just managed to inch in front of Dylan to raise the chequered flag, leaving Dylan having to settle for 2nd place! Once more, Dave finished in 3rd place, and taking 4th was Jade.

HEAT TWO - 1 Alan Gray, 6 Christian Barber, 19 James Donovan, 77 Josh Mackey, 125 Nathan Webb, 375 Taylor-Jay Liles, 551 Michael Collins, and 711 Danny Ellis.

ROUND ONE - A great start for Michael, with a win, a lap ahead of Josh who finished in 2nd place. Danny came home in 3rd place with James finishing behind him in 4th. Christian managed to take 5th place on splits from Alan, with Taylor coming home in 7th place and Nathan taking 8th.

ROUND TWO - Having had a bad start in round one, Nathan made up for it this round by romping home for the win, 2 laps ahead of the field! Michael finished 2nd, with Josh coming home in 3rd place. 4th went to Danny, whilst Alan crossed the line in 5th place. James crossed the line to take 6th place, with Christian finishing 7th. Taylor failed to make it to the track.

ROUND THREE - Michael, Nathan and Josh all battled for the lead, with Nathan managing to inch in front and take the win from Josh on splits; Michael finished 3rd, a lap down. Danny crossed the line to take 4th place, and 5th went to James. Alan came home in 6th place, with Taylor finishing 7th, and Christian retiring after just 5 laps.

B FINAL - 1 Alan Gray, 6 Christian Barber, 19 James Donovan, 114 Ian Ardley, and 375 Taylor-Jay Liles.

With a 2 lap lead, Ian crossed the line in 1st place, with James coming home in 2nd. Christian finished in 3rd place. whilst Taylor crossed the line in 4th. Alan failed to run.

AFINAL - 68 Jade Mason, 71 Dylan Ellis, 77 Josh Mackey, 125 Nathan Webb, 233 Dave Nash, 551 Michael Collins, 711 Danny Ellis, and 974 Danny Bodle.

This was a fast and furious final, with some really close racing! Danny was first across the line to take the win on splits from Nathan, with Michael snatching 3rd place on splits from Josh, both just one lap behind the winners! Beaming like the Cheshire Cat, Dave came home in 5th place with 33 laps, and crossing the line with 22 laps to take 6th place was Danny. Jade managed 19 laps to finish in 7th place. Having thrown a hissy fit, Dylan was forced to sit this one out with a broken controller!

So another action packed evening comes to a close at Brentwood. Another great meeting, many thanks to all who helped out tonight, and we'll see you all again next week for round two of the Team Bangers!