1600cc Spedeworth Bangers plus Figure-of-8 – 02/10/2016 – Wimbledon

Report by Andy Watts

Car List: (20 cars)
4 Doug Craig – Honda Civic
28 Craig Cooper – Mazda 323
58 Lewis Goddard – Honda Civic Estate
84 Jack Ansell – Honda Civic
158 Chris Dingle – Honda Civic
266 Daniel Smith – Ford Focus Estate
283 Lee Strudwick – Honda Civic
320 Luke Hardy – Honda Civic
418 Luke Barkham – Honda Civic
438 Jason Greener – Honda Civic
494 Jack Harris – Honda Civic
617 Scott Munday – Vauxhall Zafira
625 Josh Gooch – Honda Civic Estate
739 – Honda Concerto
741 Steven Penfold – Honda Civic
764 Doug Ingham – Honda Civic
781 Hayden Brown – Honda Civic
786 Lee Pickles – Honda Civic
814 – Ford Focus
896 – MG ZR

Heat 1
All 20 cars make it on track, sadly 764 a no go before the green flag, 617, 320, 897, 494 in a pushing train as they pass the green flag down the home straight, lap 3 625 spun by 266 on the pit bend as 625 reverses against the wires and stops 28, 418 then cages 28, lap 8, 4 hits the post on the back straight just past the pit gate with 814, then 58 unavoidably drives in to the passenger side of 4.
Heat 1: 438, 741, 320, 283, 84, 781, 814

Heat 2
15 cars on the track 266 a no go before the start, a quieter race with a few spin and turns, 781 spun by 283 and nearly rolls on the home straight half way through the race, 814 parks against the pit gate 5 laps until the end for a lap and then darts across the track at 897 and sadly misses.
Heat 2: 158, 320, 438, 764, 84, 283, 494, 781, 897, 617

Final (Fig of 8)
Sadly only 8 cars on the track lap 2 897 spun across the cross over from the home straight by 741 who then loses control and hits the centre stage on the grass which got a large cheer from the crowd, 58 in to 266 across the cross over on the home straight half way through the race, 158 narrowly misses 266 on the cross over 3 laps to the end which got a lot of aah’s from the crowd.
Final (Fig of 8): 158, 283, 84, 617, 58, 897