Saturday 10th August - Ringwood - Speedweekend Report by BangerBash A brilliant showing of over 110 cars in the pits for Ringwood’s £10,000 Tornado Speedweekend for the Saturday night. The split was 52/59 in favour of the overs, and that’s where we’ll start. The field was made up of Granada’s, Jag’s and Volvo’s mainly. Interesting Granada’s included 68 Mark Dickson’s smart Mk2 Minster while 451 Willy Blackwell returned a Mk1. Jag’s included a Series 2 XJ for 28 Neil Osbourne and a Series 1 for 97 Rabbit that didn’t make the track. 772 Simon Byrne had a Volvo 164 which was very smart. Other material were 2 Rover P5B’s for 93 Matthew Reynolds and 887 Wayne Bessant although the formers never made the track. 319 R Denby returned a pillarless Laurel, 521 Ash Riley had the second Lexus 400 of the sport in as many weeks while 421 Nigel Riley had the top Jap in the shape of a Toyota Crown. There were 2 Yanks with a Cadillac Seville for 659 Ug which never raced and a Cadillac Fleetwood Limo for 200 Glyn Robinson. A mention must go out to 772 Bernie who had 4 fresh motors for the weekend and 202 Mike Kilford for doing both classes. Around 30 cars for Heat 1 and 804 Ben Small (Volvo 240 Est) wasted no time in doing 887 Wayne Bessant’s P5B to end his night very early. 742 Ian Gregory (Volvo 244) followed in 204 Charlie Callard’s smart Mk2 Est before a huge pile up formed at the bottom bend which I couldn’t see very well although 721 Grant Butler (Volvo 240 Est) nailed 67 Rickie Beasley (Mk2) and 901 Mike Hale (Mk2) fired into 451 Willy Blackwell (Mk1) only to get done in turn by 231 Tony Broughton (Volvo 240 Est) as 327 Sid Sherman Jnr (Volvo 240) piled into the latter before 133 Ben Wyatt (XJ) leathered Suicide Sid Jnr with a msssive shot. The reds then came out for the blockage. There were 10 cars on the restart and 517 Scott Weldon (XJ) took out 450 Glyn Platts (XJ) before Werzal did the same to 328 Sid Sherman (Volvo 240 Est) causing him to do a full roll and the reds came out. The race was declared in favour of 409 Joey Collins (Mk2) and with 151 Tucker (Mk2) and Weldon the placemen. 1st: 409-Joey Collins, 2nd-151, 3rd-517, 4th-199, 5th-1, 6th-536, 7th-133 26 for Heat 2 and 794 Shaggy (Volvo 240 Est) span 111 Sean Reeves (Volvo 240 Est) while 51 Simon Heilds (XJ) took a shot at 781 Shaun O’Donnel (Volvo 240 Est). 202 Kilf (XJ) fired in 421 Nutty Nige (Crown) and 592 Mark Marchant (Volvo 240 Est) flew over the inner Armco before 49 Rob Bevan (Mk2) hit him. 271 Dean Goodearl buried Nutty Nige before bailing out as Heilds had lined him up. 136 Paddy Connelly fired into Nige and Heilds hammered 500 Scott Mulladay (XJ). Shaggy nailed 210 Paul Barnes (Mk2) as 231 Stuart Dunn (XJ) took the flag ahead of Connelly and 332 Chris Reed (Mk2 Est). 1st: 231-Stuart Dunn, 2nd-136, 3rd-332, 4th-49, 5th-29, 6th-794, 7th-68 It was all out for Heat 3 and it raised 25 cars and 199 Jamie Wyatt (XJ) t-boned Dunn and Nige nailed 747 Phil Purdy (Volvo 740 Est). 111 Sean Reeves attacked 221 Justin Riley (Volvo 240 Est) before Werzal did Reeves in turn. Weldon fired into 331 Shane Fry (Mk2) on the bottom bend. 305 (Volvo 740 Est) nailed Ben Small and 451 Willy Blackwell (Mk1) got Stinkbridge revenge which formed a pile up. 521 Ace Ash (Lexus 400) fired into 1 Dave Thomas (Volvo 240 Est), Shane Fry did 99 Scott Gough (Mk2) and Nige lunged at 210 Paul Barnes (Mk2). 721 Grant Butler (Volvo 240 Est) piled in and Bona nailed him and Motormouth ploughed 555 Ben Williams (Mk2) into the wreckage. Werzal then piled into Motormouth before the reds came out. The restart had Ace Ash take out Blackwell before he then nailed Suicide Sid. Weldon attacked Nige before Ace Ash then weighed in on the Warlord before then getting a mammoth t- bone from Platts. Ash then attacked Suicide Sid and he had a play with both the Rileys before taking a t-bone from Nige and another shot off Ash who rolled it on impact which was a good way to end the night. Somewhere along the line Platts won the race ahead of Blackwell and The Thug. 1st: 450-Glyn Platts, 2nd-451, 3rd-721, 4th-517, 5th-421, 6th-328, 7th-331 Onto the unders and not much of note car wise apart from a couple of Sierra’s, 269 Rob Houghton had a used RWD Bluebird, 333 Steve Randell returned a barely used Capri while top car was 103 Lee Bugler’s Cortina Mk5. All cars are Bluebirds unless stated. There were around 20 cars for Heat 1 and 131 Ian Daniels (Primera) got span into the fence by the pack. 247 (Cav Mk3) also ended up being fenced while 551 Simon Whant (Sierra) hooked out 16 Tom Dickson before the latter was put away into the dead 106 Cav. 323 Waspy (Civic) took out 5 Mark Kelly (Civic) while 311 Danny Smithson clobbered Kelly. 862 Dippy fired 30 Darren Worsley (Rover 216) into the fence and 103 Lee Bugler (Cortina Mk5) nailed the former. Dickson fenced Waspy while 315 Foey Jnr guided his Mondeo to the win ahead of 12 Robbie King (Corolla) and 515 Willie Irvine(Primera). 1st: 315-Foey Jnr, 2nd-12, 3rd-515, 4th-311, 5th-5, 6th-333, 7th-215, 8th-862 28 cars for Heat 2 and 64 Curly (Rover 216) took out 197 Peter Dodge (Primera) while 341 Andrew Jones did the same to 174 Simon Jaycock (Cav Mk3). 873 Humby hammered 688 (Rover 216) and 188 Steve Bessant fired into the back of 206 Matt Kelly (Primera). Peter Dodge attacked Jonesy and 805 Sean Kelly (Primera) gave him a head on before rolling it to bring the reds out. On the restart it was very quiet and 387 Mark Le Faux (Nissan 100NX) won the race ahead of 237 Kev Bennett and 988 Billy Dennison. 1st: 397-Mark Le Faux, 2nd-237, 3rd-988, 4th-239, 5th-830, 6th-197, 7th-68, 8th-702 1 less for Heat 3 and 714 Paul Smalldon went for Bennett before the reds came out for a reason I don’t know. On the restart Bennett followed in 155 (Mazda 626) and 20 Harris (Carina II) buried himself in the back of the former. 269 Rob Houghton (RWD Bluebird) nailed the 20 car as did 71 The Monster before 704 (Rover 216) did him in turn. Jonesy then blasted into the latter to complete the wrecking train. 706 Danny Lucas (Carina II) shunted Bugler before Humby put away Skelly. Humby also put away The Monster and 782 Dippy (Rover 216) nailed the fenced car before taking the win ahead of Lucas and 120 Steve King. 1st: 782-Dippy, 2nd-706, 3rd-120, 4th-64, 5th-487, 6th-772, 7th-341 Car List Unders: 5-Spike-Civic* 12-Mad Dog-Corolla 16-Tom Dickson-Bluebird 20-Harris-Carina II 30-Darren Worsley-Rover 216 64-Curly-Rover 216 68-????-Cavalier Mk3* 71-The Mooster-Bluebird 80-Nutspeed-Bluebird* 103-Lee Bugler-Cortina Mk5 106-Chas Hunter-Cavalier Mk3 117-Mark Robinson-Bluebird 120-Steve King-Bluebird 131-Ian Daniels-Primera 155-????-Mazda 626 174-Simon Jaycock-Cavalier Mk3 188-Steve Bessant-Bluebird 197-Peter Dodge-Primera 202-Kilf-Sunny 206-Matt Kelly-Primera 214-Lee Vincent-Bluebird* 215-????-Bluebird* 237-Kevin Bennett-Bluebird* 239-Nemesis-Bluebird* 247-????-Cavalier Mk3 269-Rob the Roof-RWD Bluebird* 309-Forest-Sierra 311-Danny Smithson-Bluebird 315-Foey Jnr-Mondeo* 323-Waspy-Civic* 333-Suicide Steve-Capri* 341-Jonesey-Bluebird 341-Shovy-Almera* 360-John Bling-Bluebird 366-Milkybar Kid-Renault 19 387-Foey-Nissan 100NX* 471-The Riddler-Bluebird 515-Willie Irvine-Primera* 551-Moley-Sierra 688-????-Rover 216* 702-Jimbo Dodge-Primera 704-????-Rover 216 706-Danny Lucas-Carina II 714-No Show-Bluebird 714-Luke Broughton-Primera 772-Bernie-Mazda 323 782-Glen Boyce-Rover 416 805-Sean Kelly-Primera 830-Christian Finch-Primera 862-Dippy-Bluebird 873-Humby-Bluebird 932-Ross Lamb-Sierra 988-Billy Dennison-Bluebird Estate* Overs: 1-Dave Thomas-Volvo 240 Estate 28-Ozzie-Jaguar XJ Series 2 29-Dave Marsh-Jaguar XJ Series 3 49-Rob Bevan-Granada Mk2* 51-Simon Heilds-Jaguar XJ Series 3 67-Rickie Beasley-Volvo 940 68-Dicko-Granada Mk2 Minster 93-Mr Gobby-Rover P5B (DNR) 97-Rabbit-Jaguar XJ Series 1 (DNR) 99-Scott Gough-Granada Mk2 111-Sean Reeves-Volvo 240 Estate 133-Werzal-Jaguar XJ Series 3 136-Paddy Connelly-Granada Mk2 151-Tucker-Granada Mk2 199-Bona-Jaguar XJ Series 3* 200-Delboy-Cadillac Fleetwood Limo 202-Kilf-Jaguar XJ Series 3* 204-Charlie Callard-Granada Mk2 Estate 205-Fletch-Granada Mk2 Estate* 210-Paul Barnes-Granada Mk2 221-Motormouth-Volvo 240 Estate 231-Stuart Dunn-Jaguar XJ Series 3 231-Robert Broughton-Volvo 240 Estate 241-Liam Cracknall-Jaguar XJ Series 3 271-Deano-Granada Mk2* 282-Uglee-Granada Mk2* (DNR) 305-????-Volvo 740 Estate 319-R Denby-Pillarless Laurel* 327-Syd Sherman Jnr-Volvo 240 328-Suicide Sid-Volvo 240 Estate 331-Shane Fry-Granada Mk2* 332-Reedy-Granada Mk2 Estate* 397-Shane Lines-Volvo 240 Estate 409-Joey Collins-Granada Mk2* 421-Nutty Nige-Toyota Crown 424-The Wizard-Volvo 240 Estate* 450-Glynn Platts-Jaguar XJ Series 3 451-Willy Blackwell-Granada Mk1* 470-Steve Nelson-Jaguar XJ Series 3 500-Scott Mulladay-Jaguar XJ Series 3 504-Rob Walger-Jaguar XJ Series 3 517-Scott Weldon-Jaguar XJ Series 3* 521-Ace Ash-Lexus 400 536-Annette Nicholls-Jaguar XJ Series 3* 555-Shify-Granada Mk2 592-Mark Marchant-Volvo 240 Estate 631-????-Volvo 240 Estate 659-Ug-Cadillac Seville (DNR) 691-Jason Gubby-Volvo 240 Estate 721-The Thug-Volvo 240 Estate 742-Ian Gregory-Volvo 244* 747-????-Volvo 740 Estate 772-Bernie-Volvo 164 781-Shaun O’Donnell-Volvo 240 Estate 794-Shaggy-Volvo 240 Estate 804-Ben Small-Volvo 240 Estate 820-Martyn Perkins-Granada Mk2* 887-Wayne Bessant-Rover P5B 901-Mike Hale-Granada Mk2* Onto day 2 of the weekend and the Sunday raised just under 90 cars between the classes with the split being 43/45 in favour of the overs again. We’ll start with the overs again and most of the material was from the day before with Jag’s, Granny’s and Volvo’s the tool again. 97 Rabbit finally racing his Series 1 XJ with 28 Ozzie and 190 Pikey having used Series 2’s. 68 Dicko had the Mk2 Minster and 379 Adrian Clifton returned a Mk2 Limo while 198 Sam Wyatt and 172 Bernie had fresh Mk1’s with the latter’s an estate, both sporting awesome paintwork. The other motor’s of note again being 319 Denby’s pillarless Laurel, 521 Ace Ash’s Lexus 400 and 421 Nutty Nige’s Crown. Mention must go to 197 Peter Dodge, 206 Matt Kelly, 237 Kev Bennett, 311 Danny Smithson, 702 James Dodge, 133 Ben Wyatt, 199 Jamie Wyatt, 271 Dean Goodearl, 517 Scott Weldon and 691 Jason Gubby for all building and using second cars for their class. More mention’s to 231 Stu Dunn and 239 Steve Carter for doing both classes and 136 Paddy Connelly, who had 3 cars for the weekend. Again also to 772 Bernie for doing both classes and the 4 mega smart cars. To start with it was the last chance qualifier Consolation race which raised just under 20 cars and 901 Mike Hale (Mk2) fired in 51 Simon Heilds (XJ) while 221 Motormouth (Volvo 240 Est) gave 210 Paul Barnes (Mk2) a big roofbending shot. 691 Jason Gubby (Volvo 240 Est) did Heilds over the back wheel while 557 John Small (Volvo 240 Est) was slowing up the Bears by putting the brakes on Motormouth but got spun and Ozzie gave him a mammoth t-bone and 804 Ben Small (Volvo 240 Est) fired in a the rear. 747 Phil Purdy (Volvo 740 Est) nailed Gubby as 742 Ian Gregory (Volvo 244) stopped 271 Deano (Mk2) and Ozzie nailed him too. 265 Stu Foster (Mk2) took out 500 Scott Mulladay (XJ) before Gregory t-boned the latter. 241 Liam Cracknell (XJ) picked up 319 Denby (Laurel) and planted him into Heilds empty motor before taking the flag ahead of 592 Mark Marchant (Mk2) and Disco Stu. 1st: 241-Liam Cracknell, 2nd-592, 3rd-265, 4th-772, 5th-804, 6th-319, 7th-379, 8th-221 Onto the final and they decided to do a drawn grid like it was a meaningful title or something and wasted so much time to the point of people getting very bored. It raised 33 ‘qualifiers’ and 231 Stu Dunn (XJ) nailed Small before the latter recovered to take out Marchant. 90 Mark Bartlett (XJ) put away Dunn to take the lead while Nemesis gave Denby a stiff shot. On the back straight 199 Jamie Wyatt had been spun and got doored by 536 Annette Nicholls (XJ) who was being pushed by the pack and the reds came out for Bona who need assistance. There were 25 cars for the restart and Nicholls walled 794 Shaggy (Volvo 240 Est) and 332 Chris Reed (Mk2 Est) span out 781 Shaun O’Donnell (Volvo 240 Est). 136 Connolly (Mk2) t-boned 133 Ben Wyatt (Mk2) while Pikey blasted Nutty Nige. Reedy then nailed both Nige and Bernie (Mk1 Est) and 721 The Thug (Volvo 240 Est) hammered the formers empty car. Pikey then trashed the Bear and Motormouth did Pikey in turn. On the last few laps 282 Lee Treasurer (Mk2) lead 409 Joey Collins (Mk2) into Ace Ash to end his race while Motormouth took a shot at the leading Bartz. Bartz ran out of petrol towards the end which gifted Uglee the win from 517 Scott Weldon (XJ) who was the only other finisher. 1st: 282-Lee Treasurer, 2nd-517, nof The last race was an Allcomers into a DD and 10 started the race while 5 cars waited for the DD. Weldon span Gregory and the latter copped it in the door from Bona. Ace Ash (Lexus 400) then nailed Bona before the reds came out. The restart had 6 cars doing the race and was actionless with a repeat result of the final with 67 Ricky Beasley (Mk2) getting third. Into the DD and Ace Ash ripped through the side of the Worm’s limo and 1 Dave Thomas (Volvo 240 Est) nailed Ash. Weldon fired into Denby before Nutty Nige went for a mistimed DSU hit on the Warlord. Weldon then nailed Nige for his troubles. Ace Ash had turned it round and Pikey gave him a mental length of the straight head on which snapped both cars and the reds came out for the safety of them but not before Nige and Weldon had a head on. On the restart TDT went for the Worm and Weldon nailed him to take the last car honours. Nige then waved him in for 1 last shot to wrap up the action. 1st: 282-Lee Treasurer, 2nd-517, 3rd-67, 4th-1, 5th-379, nof Last Car Running: 517-Scott Weldon Onto the unders and not much on the car front again except 2 used Sierras, 269 Rob the Roof’s used RWD Bluebird, 333 Suicide Steve’s and 136 Connelly’s used Capri, 103 Bugler’s and 231 Stu Dunn with used Mk5 Cortina’s while top car was 772 Bernie’s well smart Marina. All cars are Bluebird’s unless stated. The unders Consolation raised 15 cars and was very quiet with 471 The Riddler taking out 309 Forest (Sierra) and 873 Humby did the same to 197 Dodge (Carina) so 702 Jimbo (Primera) nailed him for it. 103 Bugler (Cortina Mk5) planted 174 Simon Jaycock (Cav Mk3) into the fence while 323 Waspy (Civic) won with 80 Matt Nutley and 206 Matt Kelly (Primera) the placemen. 1st: 323-Waspy, 2nd-80, 3rd-206, 4th-55, 5th-782, 6th-702, 7th-862, 8th-805, 9th-197, 10th-471 34 qualifiers came out for the Final and it had another long drawn grid. 782 Glen Boyce (Rover 416) took out Rob the Roof (RWD Bluebird) and 805 Skelly (Primera) nailed Gladis. 333 Steve Randell (Capri) rolled onto his roof to bring the reds out. On the restart Suicide Steve nailed 862 Dippy while 136 Connelly (Capri) took out Skelly. Jimbo put away the Posh Wash Capri and 341 Shovy (Almera) picked up Waspy and 706 Lucas (Carina II) latched on and they all went into the wall. 206 Matt Kelly (Primera) fired into 215 Lee Vincent (Primera) back wheel. 387 Foey (Nissan 100NX) put Waspy into the wal while 120 span Rob the Roof. 772 Bernie (Marina) attacked both Foey and 12 Robbie King (Corolla) before Foey walled the latter and Lucas nailed him before the reds came out for the most ridiculous ruling in bangers I have ever seen. 12 Mad Dog was winning and because he got walled they bought the reds out to award him the win even though he kicked off about it on the centre green! The Dodge’s were plain and simply robbed out of their prize money and they give their money to someone who Trojan claims has now been banned for 2 months for kicking off. 1st: 12-Robbie King!!!???, 2nd-197, 3rd-702, 4th-296, 5th-988, 6th-301, 7th-5, 8th-120, 9th-311, 10th-239 Over 25 made it back out for the Allcomers into DD and 296 Bobby Le Faux nailed 106 Chas Hunter (Cav Mk3) and Randell gave the latter a head on. 341 Shovy took out Lucas while Nutspeed and 55 Cookie both nailed Skelly. Lucas then put away Nemesis and Moley fired Shovy into the latter. 5 Mark Kelly (Civic) planted 714 No Show into the inner wall. Cookie planted 20 Harris into Nemesis’s motor and Jimbo blasted him big time. Jonesy then hammered Jimbo before walling him. Meanwhile 197 Peter Dodge got the win this time (as he should’ve in the last) ahead of 288 Sherwood (Primera) and 5 Kelly. Kelly took out Nutspeed and Mad Dog gave him a head on while 231 Stu Dunn (Cortina Mk5) nailed Skelly and Sherwood hit him into the inner armco. Skelly ended up balancing on the inner armco and Dunn nailed him for good measure. Peter Dodge nailed Mad Dog and Sherwood attacked the former. Kelly fired into Bugler’s Tina and Pete Dodge made a big run up and trashed the latter. Kelly then nailed Dodge before Nutspeed gave the Civic pilot a big t-bone and another hit up the back to finish him off and be the last car. 1st: 197-Peter Dodge, 2nd-288, 3rd-5, 4th-12, 5th-296, 6th-120, 7th-714, nof Good racing overall but the lack of races for the drivers with a lot of them only get 2 races each day, not much of a good day for the bangers. Way too many support formulas and no-one knew how the money was split.