Report by Chris & David Whiting
Drivers Racing:
Pre–85 (*Pre-70)
11 Ryan Leeks Mercedes 190
276 Adam Rowell Mercedes W126 500SEL
21* Jason Colbert Rover P4 110
282* Bobby Daniels Daimler DS420 Laudette
24 Conor Ratcliffe Volvo 240 Estate
310 Chas Lee Datsun Laurel
K27 Terry King Ford Granada Mk2
312 Tom Reynolds Volvo 240 Estate
34 Warren Burnham Ford Granada Mk2
322 Tom Fox Volvo 240 Estate
56 Rick Barker Volvo 740
326 Paul Picton Jaguar XJ Series 3
T70* Sophie Unwin Rolls Royce Silver Shadow
349 James Guppy Jaguar XJS
71* James Unwin Rolls Royce Silver Shadow
384 Liam Conway Ford Granada Mk1
77* Patxi Beasley Rover P5B
388 Taylor Sowter Volvo 240 Estate
81 Ash Bell Volvo 240 Estate
433 Ben Smith Ford Granada Mk2 Estate
96 Nathan Gibbons Volvo 940 Estate
439 Danny Sutton Toyota Crown
97 Dave Allen Jaguar XJ Series 2 Coupe
488 Addy Pellikaan Ford Granada Mk2
100* Callum White 1937 Studebaker President
509 Rob Kruders Volvo 240 Estate
108 Lewis Jefcoate Ford Granada Mk2 Limo
547* Ryan Utting Daimler DS420
122 Mark Cooper Jnr Jaguar XJ Series 3
548* Alex Utting Daimler DS420 Hearse
128 Andrew Shipp Chevrolet Caprice Station Wagon
551 Brett Jackson Ford Granada Mk2
133 Karly Day Mercedes W126 500SEC
C601 Richard Groothold Jaguar XJ Series 3
145* Colin Dicken Rover P5B Coupe
617 Jack Overy Jaguar XJ Series 3
156 Jonas Peers Ford Granada Mk2 Hearse
633 Leeory Haywood Volvo 240
165 Ben Randell Dodge Aspen
661* Shaun Smith Jaguar MkX
S170 Chris Shipp Volvo 240 Estate
662 Dalton Smith Volvo 240 Estate
180 Mark Foster Volvo 240 Estate
757 Callum Gill Ford Granada Mk2
185 Polly Reade Volvo 240
801 Mason Foster Jaguar XJ Series 3
208* Franky Samyn Daimler DS420
811* Pete Winter GAZ12-ZIM & Ford Granada Mk1
211 Dennis Vorkink Volvo 740 Estate
812 Lewis Winter Volvo 240 Estate
224 James Burrows Ford Granada Mk2
818 Dylan van Wezel Ford Granada Mk2 Estate
227 Niels Nijhuis Ford Granada Mk2 Estate
876 Coen Segers Chevrolet Caprice
270 Eddie Holland Mercedes W124
885 Morice Katier Ford LTD
271 Ashlun Woods Jaguar XJ Series 3
925 Aaron Preece Volvo 240 Estate
Modern
1 Maarten Steenbekkers Chevrolet Caprice Hearse
321 Andrew Newton Lexus LS400
007 Kelvin Snell Toyota Previa
333 Charlie Randell Mercedes W210 Estate
10 Ben Collins Vauxhall Omega Estate
399 Jonny Atkin Vauxhall Omega Estate
16 Jamie Cox Ford Scorpio
418 Simon Eglen Vauxhall Omega Estate
19 Joe Mullarkey Volvo 740
517 Sid Cooper Mercedes W210
22 Dave Vincent Ford Scorpio
595 Jamie Ling Toyota Soarer
L27 Will Longford Mercedes W210
597 Andy Ashman Ford Scorpio
33 Gary Madgwick Lexus Soarer
T601 Chris Medler Ford Scorpio
43 Nicky Bishop Jaguar XJ8
602 Shaun Cooper Jaguar XJ8
51 James Licquorice Ford Scorpio Limo
603 Jon Cooper Lexus GS300
63 Rene Tiemens Mercedes W210
604 Ross Cooper Jaguar XJ8
67 Rickie Beasley Ford Scorpio
611 Joe Geeves (in X70’s Jaguar XJ8)
X70 Charlie Cunningham Jaguar XJ8
625 Josh Gooch Ford Scorpio Limo
73 Dean Cruickshank Jaguar S-Type
627 Terry Coke Ford Scorpio
78 Lee Macey Ford Scorpio Limo
632 Callum Reed Jaguar XJ8
82 Tom Foster Ford Scorpio
634 Ben Green Lexus GS300
88 Lyndon Stark Ford Scorpio
673 Darren Fendley Mercedes W210
93 Lewis Godfrey Jaguar XJ8
701 Kevin Cooper Jaguar XJ8
103 Jack Deacon Mercedes W210 Estate
733 Kyle Picton Ford Scorpio Estate
127 Phil Markham Ford Scorpio
791 Nicky Young Vauxhall Omega
136 Adrian Court Ford Scorpio Hearse
801 Mason Foster Lexus GS300
155 Sam Coote LTI TX1
811 Pete Winter Ford Scorpio Estate
160 Shayn Winsor Ford Scorpio
821 Ryan Preston Toyota Soarer
T170 Darren Teal Ford Scorpio Estate
828 Jordan Sharpe Jaguar XJ8
171 Tommy West Ford Scorpio
830 Lee White Volvo 740 Estate
176 Ralph Emmerson Jaguar XJ8
841 Stuart Carman Volvo 240
222 Matt High Jaguar XJ8
844 Thomas Haggerty Ford Scorpio Limo
C232 Richard Swallow Mercedes W210 Estate
851 Adam Storr Toyota Previa
T232 Donald Stewart Mercedes W210
888 Jake Smith Jaguar XJ8
266 Callum Hall Mercedes W210
932 Rhys Reed Mercedes W210 Estate
289 Ricky Haresign Vauxhall Omega
960 Ross Winsor Lexus GS300
299 Thomas Callaghan Lexus IS200
The Pistol Pete’s One Last Shot meeting, for the retirement of long serving driver 811 Pete Winter, saw a good variety of cars arrive, with the man himself bringing three cars, a Mk1 Granada, a Scorpio estate and one of the cars of the meeting a GAZ12-ZIM. Other top cars included 661 Shaun Smith’s Jaguar MkX, while 21 Jason Colbert had a Rover P4, 97 Dave Allen had the pick of the XJs with a Series 2 coupe, and both 77 Paxti Beasley and 145 Colin Dicken had P5B’s, the latter’s a coupe. 282 Bobby Daniels had a DS420 Laudette, and 100 Callum White returned his Stoke Stan Woods 1937 Studebaker President.
The first race was for the Pre-70 cars, 77 Beasley failing to grid, with 71 James Unwin taking the lead. 661 Smith was steamed by 282 Daniels, with 548 Alex Utting latched on his rear into turn 1 and Smith spinning on turn 2. 811 Winter hooked out 145 Dicken off turn 2, as 547 Ryan Utting steamed 282 Daniels, before 811 Winter hit Utting to spin him on the back straight. 100 White moved into the lead, going on for the win and celebrating with a shot to 282 Daniels after the chequered, while 21 Colbert gave 145 Dicken a hit off turn 4 before the red flags.
Modern Heat 1 was led away by 597 Andy Ashman, as 1 Marten Steenbekkers spun 16 Jamie Cox on the back straight, 851 Adam Storr giving Cox a T-bone. 103 Jack Deacon steamed 1 Steenbekkers round turns 3 and 4, as 160 Shayn Winsor spun 597 Ashman on the home straight for the lead. 603 Jon Cooper collected 844 Tom Haggerty on turn 2, as 16 Cox spun 007 Kelvin Snell on the back straight, with 63 Rene Tiemens running into Snell. 127 Phil Markham hit 888 Jake Smith into turn 1 and they both spun as 88 Lyndon Stark moved into the lead. 851 Storr steamed 1 Steenbekkers round the pit bend fence, before 160 Winsor spun Storr off turn 4. 821 Ryan Preston fenced 170 Darren Teal on turn 3 and they both spun on turn 4. 811 Winter hooked out 78 Lee Macey on turn 1, as 88 Stark claimed the win.
Pre-85 Heat 1 started with 81 Ash Bell spinning at the front of the pack on turn 4, and they hit the fence with 885 Morice Katier weighing into 133 Karly Day. 617 Jack Overy fenced 156 Jonas Peers before 128 Andy Shipp spun 271 Ashlun Woods and T-boned him into the fence, and they got some airtime as 270 Eddie Holland crashed in. 509 Rob Kruders then blitzed Holland, with 100 White weighing into Kruders to wreck his Volvo, bringing out the red flags. 757 Callum Gill headed the restart, as 617 Overy fenced 885 Katier and they scuffed round the road bend plating. 812 Lewis Winter spun 876 Coen Segers, as 349 James Guppy spun 81 Bell. 617 Overy again attacked 885 Katier to stuff him into the fenced 156 Peers on turn 4, 128 Shipp then blitzing Overy. 108 Lewis Jefcoate clipped Shipp to spin, 811 Winter running into the spinning Jefcoate to also spin, with 876 Segers weighing into 128 Shipp. 439 Danny Sutton and 812 Winter combined to hit Segers, as 757 Gill took the chequered. 388 Taylor Sowter stuffed 322 Tom Fox into the turn 4 pile up at the end of the race, with 439 Sutton blitzing Fox.
Heat 2 for the modern cars was led away by 627 Terry Coke, as 266 Callum Hall hit 418 Simon Eglen on turn 4. Eglen was further wrecked by 51 James Licquorice, before 266 Hall weighed into Licquorice on his next lap. Hall then steamed Licquorice to turn 2, where 232 Andrew Swallow blitzed Hall, with 841 Stu Carman attacking the Scotsman. 51 Licquorice got going again to dish out a revenge hit to 266 Hall, before 82 Tom Foster blitzed Licquorice on the back straight. 399 Jonny Atkin ran into the fenced 841 Carmen on turn 2, before 601 Chris Medler spun 155 Sam Coote into the growing turn 2 pile up. 632 Callum Reed and 136 Adrian Court crashed into them, as 627 Coke stayed ahead for victory.
Pre-85 Heat 2 started off with a pit bend pile up after 208 Franky Samyn had spun, with 56 Rick Barker and 185 Polly Reade also spinning, 547 Utting blitzing Barker. 282 Daniels then weighed into 70 Unwin in the pile up before 34 Warren Burnham stuffed 21 Colbert into the melee, with 388 Sowter then well blitzing Burnham’s Mk2 Granny. 77 Beasley attacked 282 Daniels, before 312 Tom Reynolds hit 388 Sowter, 818 Dylan van Wezel then weighing into Reynolds. 925 Aaron Preece fenced 601 Richard Groothold on turn 1, before 211 Dennis Vorkink hit and spun 811 Winter on turn 2. Winter got going again and ran into 312 Reynolds in the pile up, with 925 Preece then hitting Winter, as 122 Mark Cooper Jnr took the win.
The third heat for the Moderns was led by 603 Cooper, as 1 Steenbekkers blitzed 127 Markham on turn 3, Markham spinning to take a head-on from 851 Storr. 70 Charlie Cunningham took over the lead, as 604 Ross Cooper punted 1 Steenbekkers into the turn 1 fence. 127 Markham hit 851 Storr into turn 3, and again on the back straight, before 43 Nicky Bishop fenced Storr off turn 4. 811 Winter then spun Storr into a marker tyre on the home straight, as 127 Markham collected the fence off turn 4, where he was attacked by 399 Atkin, with 321 Andy Newton and 517 Sid Cooper crashing in. The leading 70 Cunningham then got tangled with 127 Markham to get blitzed and steamed round turn 1 by 78 Macey, as 22 Dave Vincent took over the lead and the win.
The last heat for the Pre-85 cars saw a back straight melee with 388 Sowter spinning into the marker tyres, as 77 Beasley fenced 925 Preece into the pit gate, Preece spinning. 276 Adam Rowell clipped 388 Sowter to slide into the turn 3 plating, where he was blitzed by 21 Colbert, before 876 Segers totalled Colbert’s P4, the red flags coming out. Colbert soon emerged unscathed, with 548 Utting being on the front of a three-car train on the restart up the back straight, with 322 Fox and 96 Nathan Gibbons latched on his back end, Utting spinning on turn 3 as Gibbons collected the fence. 617 Overy stuffed 224 James Burrows into turn 4 to half collect the spun Utting and the fence, as 551 Brett Jackson led. 322 Fox spun on the back straight to take a head-on from 617 Overy, as 818 van Wezel ran into 548 Utting on turn 2. The Dutchman was then blitzed by 180 Mark Foster, as 551 Jackson went on to take the flag.
811 Winter was out in the borrowed 43 Bishop Jag for the Modern’s Final, with 830 Lee White setting the pace. 733 Kyle Picton collected the spun 160 Winsor head-on on turn 2. 333 Charlie Randell blitzed 232 Donald Stewart off turn 4, with 517 Cooper and 78 Macey collecting the spinning 333 Randell. 830 White remained ahead to take the win in a mainly roddy race.
The Pre-85 Final was led away by 433 Ben Smith, as 548 Utting hooked out 661 Smith on turn 1. 326 Paul Picton spun 128 Shipp on the back straight, as 811 Winter spun his GAZ on the home straight along with 24 Conor Ratcliffe. 128 Shipp also spun on the home straight, before 388 Sowter blitzed 601 Groothold on turn 4. 433 Smith hooked out 818 van Wezel on the road bend, as 170 Chris Shipp hit 100 White and then spun him at the end of the home straight. 211 Vorkink spun 170 Shipp into the fence, as 548 Utting hit 100 White, before 77 Beasley drove through the back and rear wing of the spun 128 Shipp at the end of the home straight. The red flags came out to check on 811 Winter, with 122 Cooper heading 757 Gill and 349 Guppy for the restart. 547 Utting ran into 548 Utting before the red flags came out with the former alight, the result being declared and 122 Cooper the winner.
The two classes were mixed together for the Allcomers, with 811 Winter now out in the borrowed 165 Ben Randell Dodge, meaning he had raced in the colours of his three teams throughout the evening, namely Riff Raff, Wild Boyz and Steam Team. 24 Ratcliffe was soon hit by 93 Lewis Godfrey on turn 4, as 77 Beasley attacked 828 Jordan Sharpe at the end of the back straight. 812 Winter collected 547 Utting on turn 1, the latter spinning on turn 2 to take a head-on from 16 Cox. 77 Beasley hit Cox, before 617 Overy hit 548 Utting into turn 1 to spin him on turn 2. 211 Vorkink fenced 97 Dave Allen on the pit bend, before 812 Winter blitzed Allen, kicking off a superb jacking train, with 67 Rickie Beasley weighing into 812 Winter and 93 Godfrey hitting Beasley. 136 Court then half tangled with 818 van Wezel on the back straight, before Court collected Godfrey, van Wezel hitting Court before he was totalled by 77 Beasley, with 625 Josh Gooch and then 617 Overy going in too. 27 Will Longford hit 611 Joe Geeves, out in the borrowed 70 Cunningham Jag, on the home straight, before Geeves was blitzed by 617 Overy, leaving him spun at the entrance to turn 1. 617 Overy went on to T-bone the spun 548 Utting on turn 2, as 160 Winsor took the chequered.
A bizarre incident before the DD started saw 232 Swallow circulating the track on opposite while cars were still entering the track, and he suddenly caught 876 Segers head-on on turn 4, his throttle having apparently stuck open. Both drivers emerged unscathed, with 851 Storr sportingly lending his Previa to Segers whose Caprice had snapped. The DD proper got underway with 100 White steaming 625 Gooch into the spun 488 Addy Pellikaan on turn 4, as a pile up formed on turn 2. 851 (876) Segers then came off the infield and caught 108 Jefcoate in the driver’s door, 208 Samyn hitting Jefcoate as the red flags came out to check on him. On the restart, 208 Samyn hit 266 Hall head-on on turn 4, with 100 White running into Samyn, before 170 Shipp hit 100 White down the home straight and into turn 1. White collected 266 Hall to spin him on turn 2, allowing 282 Daniels to give Hall a head-on. 170 Shipp blitzed Daniels, leaving just 282 Daniels and 266 Hall in the running. However, 844 Haggerty fired back up, having been out for some time, and blitzed Hall on turn 2, leaving just 282 Daniels to take the win.
Results
Pre-70 Heat (11 cars): 100, 21, 282, 811, 145, 661, 547, nof. Entertainers: -.
Modern Heat 1 (31 cars): 88, 673, 160, 791, 333, 67, 10, 595, 701, 78. Entertainers: 821.
Pre-70/85 Heat 1 (29 cars): 757, 349, 439, 1, 388, nof. Entertainers: 100, 439, 509, 617.
Modern Heat 2 (39 cars): 627, 733, 673, 321, 830, 160, 791, 176, 595, 22. Entertainers: 51, 266, 399, 841.
Pre-70/85 Heat 2 (32 cars): 122, 757, 326, 211, 276, nof. Entertainers: 227, 312, 388, 811, 818.
Modern Heat 3 (30 cars): 22, 33, 625, 597, 811, 67, 517, 321, 701, 604. Entertainers: 399, 851.
Pre-70/85 Heat 3 (21 cars): 551, 180, 617, 97, 548, 211, nof. Entertainers: 21, 876.
Modern Final (33 cars): 830, 673, 791, 22, 33, 625, 603, 10, 82, 103. Entertainers: -.
Pre-70/85 Final (28 cars): 122, 757, 349, 77, S170, 208, nof. Entertainers: 211, 547.
Allcomers (33 cars): 160, 82, 627, 595, 632, 333, nof. Entertainers: 67, 77, 93, 136, 211, 617, 625, 812, 818.
DD (16 cars): 282 from 266. Entertainers: S170, 266.
