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Kings Lynn on 28th April attracted three Dutch drivers in Bouwe Arjen Hiddinga, Henk Maris, and Koen Maris for a two-thirds heat format. Heat 1 was for the white and yellow grades, with John Lawn taking the win, while yellow tops also took the honours in heats 2 and 3 with Paul Spooner and Geoff [...]
The last couple of weekends of the first grading period of the season saw meetings at all three Incarace tracks. On 14th April, twenty-seven F1s raced at Northampton in an all-in format. Heat 1 was taken by Mick Sworder, before heat 2 featured a big crash down the home straight with Colin Goodswen riding over [...]
The BriSCA Formula Ones were in action three times over the Easter period, drizzle at Skegness on Good Friday making for a greasy track, with an all-in format run. Tom Harris claimed heat 1 after a last bend hit on Lee Fairhurst, before taking heat 2 as well. Steve Reedman took an early lead in [...]
Rory Foster took the Final in the V8 Hot Stox at Coventry on 7th April in the formula’s first outing of the season. In a superb heat 1, Chris Bracher and Carl Radforth were battling for the lead after spinning initial leader Foster out of turn 2. Into the last bend Radforth launched at Bracher [...]
White top Ministox driver Josh Simpson had a very successful Easter, taking Final wins at both Mildenhall on Good Friday and Coventry on Easter Saturday, as well as a couple of other wins at the latter meeting too. At Mildenhall, Simpson was going well in heat 1, before dropping down the places, with Liam Aspin [...]
The Superstox British Championship was run at Aldershot on 8th April, and a thrilling race was taken by Billy Smith. Three Scots attended – defending champion Stuart Gilchrist plus Chris Stewart and George Macmillan Jnr. The draw for the grid put Phil Proctor on pole with Smith alongside, while Gilchrist ended up on the very [...]
There was another big turnout of 62 BriSCA F2s at Kings Lynn on 31st March, with Chris Bradbury again taking the win in the Final to nearly emulate his success at the opening session. However, this time he did not win his heat, having been delayed in the early stages. It looked as if he [...]
The girls had a very successful evening between them in the National Ministox at Kings Lynn on 31st March, taking three wins out of the four races run, as well as a brace of seconds and thirds. Heat 1 saw 491 Holly Gould take victory after passing 60 Matthew Venables in the closing laps, while [...]
David Miles Jnr had a very successful weekend over 31st March and 1st April. At Ipswich on the Saturday night, he was racing his Superstox, and after a seventh and third in the heats, he took the East Anglian Championship title ahead of a fast moving Shaun Brooker, with Sarah Cooper third. For the Sunday [...]
Two meetings have so far been run for the BriSCA Formula One Stock Cars, with the season kicking off at Belle Vue on 25th March. 28 cars were in action, leading to an all-in format. Frankie Wainman Jnr took both heats, before Rob Tunnah won his first Final ahead of Craig Finnikin and Ed Neachell. [...]
The last two seasons in the BriSCA F2’s at Mildenhall has seen an amazing run of 15 different Final winners. This ended on 24th March when John Cayzer took victory ahead of Graham Mole and David Polley, John having also won the Final at last year’s May meeting. There was a good chance that a [...]
The opening meeting of the new season for the Rebels featured at Northampton on 11th March, and featured a lot of action and two spectacular rollovers from the 35 cars in attendance. In heat 2, the pack got bunched together, causing newcomer Steve Slipper to get launched over Richard Howarth, Slipper’s car briefly standing on [...]
A lowly 25 BriSCA Formula Twos raced at Northampton’s opening session on 11th March, leading to an all-in format. Michael Green held off Chris Bradbury to take heat 1, while white top Jack Cave claimed heat 2. Bradbury won the Final from Green and Adam Rubery, while the National was the closest race of the [...]
Top Banger scribe and guru, Iain House, universally known as the Steamer, was tragically found dead late on Tuesday 13th March. He was a great influence and a real character within the Banger Racing world. His reports were written in his own brilliant style for many publications including a number of the Banger fanzines of [...]