Saloon Stock Cars328 Ian Govier unveiled his brand new car, and promptly secured the Devon Championship. Govier romped to victory in the title race, to win by a convincing margin from European Champion 720 Shane Brown and British Champion 219 Luke Grief.In the next race, 176 Murray Jones perfected a last bend challenge on long time leader 11 Richard Paris, to just steal the win on the line.The concluding race for the Saloon Stock Cars again saw Paris in the lead, but a late charge by Brown brought him a first win of the afternoon.BriSCA F2 Stock CarsA good showing of 34 cars included the return of 167 Bill Batten for his first appearance of the season, and he duly won his first race, by taking the second heat, after 667 Tim Farrell had won the opener.76 Chris Rowe made a late charge to secure the consolation, setting up an exciting final for the Dave Wilson Memorial Trophy.990 Paul Rice led the final for much of the way, but a loose plug lead as the race entered the final quarter, proved his undoing, and 676 Neil Hooper took up the running, to secure his first feature race win of the season. 642 Dave Luscombe finished as the runner-up and 189 Paul Butcher was third.After a brace of second places, Luscombe finally got his hands on the chequered flag when he won the GN, after some front running by 127 Matt Stoneman.BangerstoxAlthough a fraction down on previous meetings at Smeatharpe this season, there were still 67 drivers in attendance.Heat wins went to 677 Glenn Nash, 550 Garry Bowers and 991 Ben Hale. In the consolation, 619 Ross Thomas bounced back from a failure to finish his heat by winning a frantic race, and Thomas then took the feature final, leading home Hale and Nash.475 Ben Sealy completed the race wins, when he emerged victorious from the Allcomers event to conclude another hectic day for the Bangerstox.Results - see also BriSCA F2 Stock CarsHeat 1 667, 467, 676, 189, 612, 677, 707, 935 (first 8 to final)Heat 2 167, 642, 105, 990, 127, 628, 254, 522 (first 8 to final) Con 76, 832, 497, 95, 315, 830, 737, 126, 838, 827 Final 676, 642, 189, 315, 677, 832, 667, 105, 254, 522 GN 642, 127, 467, 667, 677, 189, 628, 832, 522, 990 Best in Grade W 737 Y 990 B 189 Saloon Stock Cars Devon Championship 328, 720, 219, 11, 401, 199, 489, 186, 369, 490 Heat 1 176, 11, 199, 720, 402, 401, 30, 149, 964, 834 Heat 2 720, 11, 401, 199, 30, 402, 834, 186, 490, 964 Bangerstox Heat 1 677, 720, 382, 156, 479, 717, 144, 630, 556, 113 Heat 2 550, 475, 369, 675, 194, 730, 183, 351, 244, 718 Heat 3 991, 902, 117, 700, 68, 186, 415, 444, 629, 78 Con 619, 133, 492, 787 (first 4 to final) Final 619, 991, 677, 186, 133, 382, 244, 479, 351, 787 Allcomers 475, 351, 941, 458, 153, 119, 186, 78, 730, 113 Best Presented 720, 441, 133 Best in Grade W 550, 902, 492 Y 720, 117, 675 B 619, 787, 730 R 991, 677, 186
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