Monday 26th May 2008

Bangers
Some astonishing cars were on display in the unlimited cc Bangers, as drivers responded to the increased number of Oldest/Rarest Car awards.
Heat wins were achieved by 384 John Golden and 336 Shannon Darke.  Former Crasharama winner 45 Anthony Croshaw took the consolation, and 23 drivers duly qualified for the big money final.  With little in the way of direction possible, 28 Neil Osborne repeatedly looked to block the start-finish line, which contributed to many big crashes, and assorted lead changes.  By the conclusion, just three cars were left moving, and it was 384 Goldie, who got home first, to win from 372 Jay Matthews and 988 Billy Dennison.
A typically hectic Allcomers race followed, in which 16 Mike Flaherty unfortunately suffered a driver's dooring which left him badly shaken.  In the re-run event, the hits continued to come thick and fast, leaving just four finishers, as 384 Goldie won for a third time.
An impressive showing of 18 drivers finally emerged for the end of day DD, which came down to just three - 265 Stu Foster, 331 Boxer Jack and 190 Pikey - the latter pair sandwiching the gallant Disco Stu at one point.  Amazingly, considering the battering his huge vintage Yank had taken, Pikey was the last car running, and that brought a day of tremendous fun and excitement, to an end.

BriSCA F2 Stock Cars
Having won the final on his previous visit, 886 Chris Bradbury repeated the trick, as he swept to a heat and final double, with comparative ease.
Yellow tops 877 Eddie Darby and 707 Jeremy Moss each had memorable afternoons, with a succession of good finishes, and 737 Neil Lampshire was the pick of the white tops, who were slightly reduced in number from recent meetings.
However, the day belonged to Bradbury, who regained the Ermington MOT Centre Trophy, that he had previously won in 2005, and to top his day off, the reigning Formula Two Nationals Champion returned to fourth in the Grand National, after conceding the obligatory one lap handicap.

Results - see also  

Bangers
Heat 1 384, 372, 196, 91, 133(w), 199, 208, 228, 221, 190
Heat 2 336, 988, 55, 200, 269, 28, 737, nof
Con 45, 521, 751, 32, 46, 341, nof
Crasharama X 384, 372, 988, nof
Allcomers 384, 298, 199, 714, nof
King of Crash/DD 190
Longest Car 39
Best Presented 283, 228, 68, 91, 336, 372
Oldest/Rarest 266, 39, 190, 428, 32, 46
Furthest Travelled 16, 536, 127, 27
Best Hit of the Meeting 331 on 421 (Allcomers)
Most Wrecked Car 200
Wrecker of the Meeting 32
Overall Trier 421

BriSCA F2 Stock Cars 
Heat 1 886, 707, 667, 105, 76, 254, 189, 315 (first 8 to final)
Heat 2 467, 877, 761, 935, 832, 393, 95, 990 (first 8 to final)
Con 511, 737, 628, 550, 612, 127, 438, 651, 544, 126
Final 886, 707, 761, 667, 877, 467, 315, 935, 511, 105
GN 667, 877, 707, 886, 676, 467, 393, 105, 737, 95
Best in Grade W 737 Y 707 B 761