21/01/17 | brentwoodrcraceway

It may have been a cold frosty evening outside, but as always at Brentwood, it was a warm friendly atmosphere inside the cowshed tonight! There were some new faces joining the fun, and the return of a well remembered junior, who reminded us all of how good he is. Shells out tonight were the Micro Bangers, always a popular choice, and the 2L Saloon Stocks.

JUNIOR MICRO BANGERS

6 Christian Barber, 17 Paige Eaton, 26 Jak Conyard, 81 Billie/Chloe, 115 Sonny Holtom, 670 Max Eaton, 804 Jay Hennessey, and 888 Robert Pinnell.

The juniors kicked off the racing tonight in their usual style, some great racing from these up and coming future stars. Max showed he'd not lost his touch in his absence, by winning the first round a lap ahead of the field. Sonny came home in 2nd place, with newbie Jak finishing in 3rd. Jay, Christian and Chloe battled for 4th place, with Jay just snatching the place from Chloe, pushing Christian down to 6th place. Robert completed 22 laps to finish, and unfortunately, Paige failed to start the race.

In round two, Max took the chequered flag, this time on splits from Jay and Sonny. Jak finished 4th with 28 laps, and Christian was just a lap behind him to take 5th place. Robert and Chloe finished on splits, with Robert just having the whiskers width to take 6th place. Paige made it out for this race and managed to complete 15 laps.

Max completed his hat-trick in round three, finishing on splits with Jay, who had to settle for 2nd place. Sonny came home in 3rd place, with Chloe finishing in 4th on splits from Jak. Christian came home in 6th place, Robert finished in 7th place and 8th place went to Paige.

A FINAL

Paige completed 19 laps to finish in 8th place. Jay came home in 7th place with 20 laps. Jak completed 25 laps to finish in 6th place. Sonny completed 29 laps to finish in 5th place, losing out to Chloe in 4th, also on 29 laps. Robert finished in 3rd place with 30 laps, with Christian coming home in 2nd place with 33 laps. Completing the full 40 laps, Max again took the chequered flag for a full house of wins tonight! Well done boys and girls, great racing from you all, as always.

MICRO BANGERS

HEAT ONE - 39 Jess Fuller, 46 Geoff Hughes, 50 Ross Mason, 58 Darren "Ginge" Howard, 71 Dylan Ellis, 77 Josh Mackey, 116 Wayne Holtom, 177 Scott "Brick" Chopping, 228 Karl Dilworth, 375 Taylor-Jay Liles, 401 Craig Watson, 406 Brad Dilworth, 546 Kerry Goldstone, 571 Natalie Barnard, 572 Rob "Rocket" Barnard, and 662 Simon "Midge" Alexander.

A resounding start to this 40 lap heat, with some awesome wrecking from the off! Bits of plastic flying all over the place! Brad managed to pick his way through the wreckage to complete the race in 1st place. Craig followed, taking 2nd place with 38 laps, and Ginge managed to secure 3rd place with 37 laps, on splits from Josh. Dylan came home in 4th place with 34 laps, pushing Brick down to 6th place on splits.

Brick was the one who managed to pick his way through the carnage in round two, to complete the race and take the chequered flag. Ginge was just one lap behind him, in 2nd place, and 3rd place went to Karl with 38 laps. Rob improved greatly to finish 4th with 35 laps, and Craig came home in 5th with 33 laps.

Round three saw another win for Brick, on slits from Brad and Ginge. Craig was just a lap behind in 4th place and 5th went to Karl on splits from Jess and Rob.

HEAT TWO - 25 Carl Maslen, 46 Charlie Aylward, 51 Dan Barrell, 68 Jade Mason, 81 Craig "Hooligan" Cheverall, 117 Darren Bodle, 146 Jack Aylward, 186 Tom O'Sullivan, 252 Dean Conyard, 329 Christopher Green, 383 Darren "Divvy" Goldberg, 461 Paul Aylward, 551 Michael Collins, and 947 Joe Dobbs.

A flying start from Michael in round one saw him lead the field and take the win, a lap ahead of Divvy, and Darren who finished on splits, with Hooligan completing 38 laps to take 4th place. Carl Maslen, the quiet man of RC, came home in 5th place with 32 laps.

Round two was an extremely close place with 1st and 2nd again determined by splits, Michael just having the edge on Hooligan. Just a lap behind was Darren to take 3rd place, 4th place went to Carl with 38 laps, and 5th place went to Tom with 37 laps.

In round three, Michael completed the ha-trick and took the chequered flag once more, 4 laps ahead of 2nd place man Hooligan! Darren again came home in 3rd place with 36 laps, and 35 laps saw Divvy finish in 4th. Charlie finished in 5th place with 34 laps.

A FINAL

Thirty cars out for the all-in final, and it was the usual crashtastic wrecking spree! Sadly Natalie, Hooligan, Alan, Chris and Ross DNS. Paul managed 6 laps amongst the bedlam to finish in 25th place. Dean completed 7 laps and finished in 24th place. 15 laps each for Divvy and Brick, and 18 laps for Joe, finishing 21st. Josh came home in 20th place with 20 laps, and with 21 laps, Geoff took 19th place. Jack finished in 18th place with 22 laps, Wayne finished 17th with 25 laps, and 16th place went to Kerry with 28 laps. Carl completed 30 laps to finish in 15th place, with Midge coming home in 14th place with 33 laps. Dylan completed 35 laps to finish in 13th place, and Jade and Charlie both finished with 37 laps. Tom came home in 10th place with 38 laps, Craig finished 9th with 39 laps, Taylor-Jay finished 8th with 40 laps, and Jess and Rob battled for 6th place, both finishing with 42 laps. Karl took 5th place with 43 laps, and his brother Brad finished 4th with 44 laps. Ginge and Michael battled for 2nd place, finishing on splits, with Ginge just having the edge over Michael. Bringing it home to complete 50 laps and taking the chequered flag was Darren Bodle, well done Darren, a worthy win.

The DD was the usual wreckfest from the off, with the usual suspects raging war on their racing rivals! Last junior running was Josh Mackey and last senior running was a tie between Craig Watson and Brad Dilworth, well done guys!

2L SALOON STOCKS

HEAT ONE - 46 Geoff Hughes, 58 Darren "Ginge" Howard, 77 Josh Mackey, 177 Scott "Brick" Chopping, 406 Brad Dilworth, 551 Michael Collins, 670 Max Eaton.

Some fantastic racing in round one, with the top three finishers and coming across the line on splits! Josh had to settle for 3rd place, where Brick took 2nd place in his 1300 Stock Car! The win was awarded by a hare's breath to Michael! Round two saw Ginge move through the field to cross the line in 3rd place with 36 laps. Michael dropped to 2nd place this time, a lap down on the winner, Brick, still in his 1300 Stock Car! Round three saw the top three again finish on splits! Ginge was 3rd across the line, Michael had to settle for 2nd place, and once again, Brick showed them all how to do it with his 1300 Stock Car! Some brilliant maneuvers!

HEAT TWO - 25 Carl Maslen, 51 Dan Barrell, 81 Craig "Hooligan" Cheverall, 257 Paul Workman, 319 Daz Fuller, and 383 Darren "Divvy" Goldberg.

The racing in this heat was just as fast, furious and close at heat one! In round one, we again had a photo finish with Paul having to settle for 3rd place, Daz coming home in 2nd and Dan finishing 1st, all on splits! Round two saw a win this time for Daz, two laps clear of the 2nd place man, Dan, with Divvy finishing in 3rd place with 35 laps, on splits from Hooligan. Another clear win in round three for Daz, three laps ahead of Paul, who had to settle for 2nd place. Crossing the line with 34 laps, and taking 3rd place was Hooligan.

B FINAL

25 Carl Maslen, 46 Geoff Hughes, 77 Josh Mackey, 406 Brad Dilworth and 670 Max Eaton.

A fast but gruelling 60 laps for the B Final, and with Max not making it to the track, there were just four drivers left to battle it out. Geoff completed 47 laps to finish in 4th place. Coming home in 3rd place with 50 laps was Carl, and the win was once more decided on splits, with Brad just snatching the 1st place position from Josh.

A FINAL

51 Dan Barrell, 58 Darren "Ginge" Howard, 81 Craig "Hooligan" Cheverall, 177 Scott "Brick" Chopping, 257 Paul Workman, 319 Daz Fuller, 383 Darren "Divvy" Goldberg, and 551 Michael Collins.

Divvy completed 49 laps to finish in 8th place. Hooligan came home in 7th place with 51 laps, and Ginge completed 52 laps to finish in 6th place. Dan was the 5th place man with 56 laps, and crossing the finish line with 58 laps was Paul. Also finishing with 58 laps was Michael, snatching the 3rd place, and Brick came home in 2nd place, just one lap down on the race winner, Daz. Great racing boys, keep it up!

Another great night at the cowshed. Then off into the cold, frosty night we all shivered, glad to be heading to our nice warm homes! Well done to Midge and crew for hosting yet another fun, action-packed evening!