Sunday 28th May - Smeatharpe - Crasharama Report by BangerBash Just over 70 motors for this years Crasharama which was a superb turnout with visitors from Spedeworth andSmallfield including 536 Annette Nicholls from TSR and 474 Matty Threlkeld from Warton! The Volvo’s and Jags were the most popular mount with Annette having top Jag in the form of an XJ-S. Top Granada’s were 66 Dave Spooner and 555 Shifty’s Mk1’s with the former’s one being very smart. 908 Dave Brown had a Mk3 Hearse. Onto the Jap stuff and 118 Aaron Brown had a Laurel, there were Datsun 280C Estate’s in the hand s of 199 Jamie Wyatt and 523 John Swanborough with the latter’s being used. 221 Justin Riley and 521 Ash Riley had a used and fresh Supra between them. 228 Tom Caplin returned a Custom Crown as did 239 Steve Carter with THAT Estate version. On the vintage side, 395 Joe Donworth returned his Wimbo Rover P5 and 341 Andrew Jones had a well presented DS420 Hearse. Yanks came in the shapes of Lincoln Town Car Limo’s for 39 Bobby Janes and 46 Clifford Friend with the latter being a well long version. 174 Simon Jaycock had an unpainted Thunderbird, 191 Ashley Kemble took a Ford LTD, 262 Buddy James impressed with an unpainted Chevy Caprice, 507 Paul Ashby took a well smart Cadillac Eldorado which sadly didn’t race while the top car for me was the ultra smart Mercury Monarch of Team Mental pilot 409 Joey Collins. Furthest Traveled award went to 474, Material awards went the way of  118, 262, 395, 409, 555 908, best presented were 341, 714 and 66 while Longest awards went to 39 and 46. All cars are Volvo’s unless stated. Onto the action and Heat 1 had 21 cars in it. It started with 444 Tim Sherratt (240 Est) hitting the wall with 555 (Mk1), 710 James Herbert (XJ), 101 Andrew Bishop (740 Est) and 772 Chris Noble (740 Est) joining him. 521 Ash Riley (Supra) took out 39 Bobby Janes (Lincoln Limo) while Matty (Mk2) did the same to 66 Dave Spooner (Mk1) as did 9 Kev Harris (240) to 731 Sean Dyer (XJ). Spoons managed to take the win in this very quiet race. Heat 2 had 1 more and was slightly better. 321 Brett Fry (XJ) followed in 449 Steve Guppy (XJ) into the wall while 428 Richard Reagan (XJ) put in by 721 Grant Butler 747 (both 240’s). 794 Simon Foreman (XJ) took out 133 Ben Wyatt (XJ) and 199 Bona (280C Est) blasted Shaggy for his troubles. 536 Annette Nicholls (XJ-S) landed a shot on 1 Dave Thomas (240) while 395 West Hoe Warrior lunged at the former and ate nothing but tractor tire. 174 Simon Jaycock (Thunderbird) picked up 46 Clifford Friend (Lincoln Limo) and put him away and 262 Buddy James (Caprice) nailed the former. The reds had to come out as Jaycock’s drivers side was embedded into the Limo’s boot. There was 5 cars for the restart and it was action less 46 Keith Painter (XJ) took the win ahead of 820 Martyn Perkins (Mk2 Est) and defending Champ Annette. Same again for Heat 3 and 409 Joey Collins (Mercury Monarch) put in 228 Tom Caplin (Custom Crown) and 298 Sam Wyatt (XJ) nailed the Yank. 890 Barry Collins (XJ) then landed one on Showman. 341 Andrew Jones (DS420 Hearse) lined up to give it to Barry Collins but he dived to the middle and the DS connected to 659 Neil Payne (240 Est) with a head on. 221 Justin Riley (Supra) then homed in on Jonesey and 32 Matt Small nailed Motormouth. 421 Nigel Riley (240 Est) then picked up 228 Tom Caplin and planted him in the back of the DS snapping the Crown nicely. Meanwhile Joey Collins and Showman were doing stupid hits on the middle. Nutty Nige then followed in 916 Luke Thomas (240 Est) while Showman and Collins continued on the middle. 523 Swampy (280C Est) then joined in nailing 28 Caplin (240 Est) on the middle as well. When Swampy came back off Nutty Nige nailed duly nailed him. 190 Steve Bailey (XJ) did a storming follow in to 241 Liam Cracknall to end his day en route to winning the race. Thankfully all the Mental and Posh Wash hitting on the centre got loaded as did Swampy. The Consolation had 23 cars and Wingnut attacked 817 (Mk2) while 7 Jamie Charles nailed Janes’ Limo. Janes and 159 Mitchell Mills (XJ) then piled into Wingnut. 710 James Herbert (XJ) nailed Janes while 747 (240) hammered Charles. Ace Ash saw Rubble sitting in his car and gave him a superb t-bone which trashed the latter. Grumpy layed into Bona while Ace Ash and The Thug gave Jamie Charles a hard time. Werzal planted himself into 46 Friend’s Limo and Grumpy blasted the Posh Wash pilot. Wingnut was lurking and gave Charles a head on and Ace Ash piled into the lone QA man. 470 Steve Nelson (XJ) attacked Buddy James as 45 Anthony Crowshaw (240 Est) took the win from 1 TDT and Nelson. 21 qualifiers made it back for the final and Lips span out Matty while 551 Moley (XJ) followed in 555 Shifty (Mk1). 88 Tim Wood (740) then piled into the Mk1 before the reds came out as it was on fire. On the restart Ash attacked 702 Jimbo Dodge (240 Est) on the middle while Pikey shunted 989 Dean Arm (Mk2 Limo). 191 Ashley Kemble (Ford LTD) went for Sean Dyer as 118 Aaron Brown (Laurel) did a massive follow in to 88 Tim Wood. Ash blasted Arry before continuing to t-bone Dyer. Kemble hit into Arry’s empty Laurel before recoverving to run in the Supra of Ash. Nutty Nige then t-boned Kemble before Pikey nailed Ash. Lips piled in on Nige and Ash before Pikey nailed Nige this time. 239 Steve Carter (Custom Crown Est) then drove into Lips before an unfortunate fight broke out between Ash and Lips. Lips being loaded for an empty car hit on Ash and the latter loaded for fighting. The race was declared and Annette retained her title ahead of Maverick and TDT. The allcomers had a big grid of 31 cars and 989 Arm fenced 174 Jaycock. Nutty Nige then nailing Arm. Pikey hit the chief Bear. While Steve Carter gave Pikey a massive t-bone. Bona gave a hard shot to 908 Dave Brown (Mk3 Hearse) and 134 Toady (240 Est) blasted Bona. Herbert the Teeth joined in the train to nail Toady and 244 Baby Bunny (XJ) nailed the Teeth before the reds came out for a shaken Brown. Just over a dozen for the restart and Motormouth put in Buddy James before Clifford Friend hammered the former. Bona piled into the Lincoln and 31 Geordie nailed Bona. Nutty Nige then went though the side of the big Limo while Maverick nailed Geordie and Bunny nailed Nige. 169 Thompson then flattened the Autospeed World Champ and Jimbo Dodge nailed Thompson. The last hit saw 772 Chris Noble join the wrecking train while Matty took the win ahead of 916 Little Trubble and 239 Steve Carter. 14 for the DD and Baby Bunny went through the side off Motormouth who was coming on oppo. 699 Thomas Gough (Mk2) nailed the youngest Riley before Geordie lengthed the Real Steel man. 284 Lee Stoffel and 101 Andrew Bishop shared a head on and Herbert the Teeth decimated Stoffel and it burst into flames as Matty and Danny Caplin joined the train. The reds came out for the fire. On the restart Ashley Kemble and Motormouth had a head on before Kemble came DSU on the middle at Disco Stu. Disco Stu then doing an equally stupid DSU hit back to bring out the reds again. Somehow Kemble escaped load up while Stu had to sit the restart out. Nutty Nige blasted Kemble while Caplin and Geordie had a head on. Carter then hit the latter before delivering a still hit to Nige. Only Grumpy and Carter were left and Grumpy outlasted Carter for the win. Car List: 1-Dave Thomas-Volvo 240 7-Jamie Charles-Jaguar XJ Series 3 9-Kev Harris-Volvo 240 28-Danny Caplin-Volvo 240 Estate 31-Ian Holland-Volvo 240 Estate 32-Matt Small-Granada Mk2 39-Bobby Janes-Lincoln Town Car Limo 45-Anthony Crowshaw-Volvo 240 Estate 46-Clifford Friend-Lincoln Town Car Stretch Limo 66-Dave Spooner-Granada Mk1 88-Tim Wood-Volvo 740 96-Dave Tancock-Volvo 240 Estate 101-Andrew Bishop-Volvo 740 Estate 118-Aaron Brown-Laurel 127-Peter Wake-Volvo 240 Estate 133-Ben Wyatt-Jaguar XJ Series 3 134-Scott Hanby-Volvo 240 Estate 159-Mitchell Mills-Jaguar XJ Series 3* 169-Jason Thompson-Volvo 240 Estate* 174-Simon Jaycock-Ford Thunderbird 190-Steve Bailey-Jaguar XJ Series 3 191-Ashley Kemble-Ford LTD 199-Jamie Wyatt-Datsun 280C Estate 221-Justin Riley-Toyota Supra* 228-Tom Caplin-Custom Crown* 239-Steve Carter-Custom Crown Estate* 241-Liam Cracknall-Jaguar XJ Series 2* 244-Michael Bunyan-Jaguar XJ Series 3* 262-Buddy James-Chevy Caprice 265-Stu Foster-Volvo 240 Estate 284-Lee Stoffel-Jaguar XJ Series 3 298-Sam Wyatt-Jaguar XJ Series 3 321-Brett Fry-Jaguar XJ Series 3* 341-Andrew Jones-DS420 Hearse 372-Jay Matthews-Jaguar XJ Series 3* 395-Joe Donworth-Rover P5* 406-Chris Bridger-Volvo 760* 409-Joey Collins-Mercury Monarch 421-Nigel Riley-Volvo 240 Estate 428-Richard Reagan-Jaguar XJ Series 3 444-Tim Sherratt-Volvo 240 Estate 449-Steve Guppy-Jaguar XJ Series 3 470-Steve Nelson-Jaguar XJ Series 3 474-Matty Thelkeld-Granada Mk2* 507-Paul Ashby-Cadillac Eldorado (DNR) 521-Ash Riley-Toyota Supra 523-John Swanborough-Datsun 280C Estate* 536-Annette Nicholls-Jaguar XJ-S 551-Simon Whant-Jaguar XJ Series 3* 555-Ben Williams-Granada Mk1 659-Neil Payne-Volvo 240 Estate 669-Thomas Gough-Granada Mk2 702-James Dodge-Volvo 240 Estate 710-James Herbert-Jaguar XJ Series 3 714-Paul Smallden-Cadillac Fleetwood 721-Grant Butler-Volvo 240 731-Sean Dyer-Jaguar XJ Series 3* 744-????-Granada Mk2 (DNR) 747-????-Volvo 240 772-Chris Noble-Volvo 740 Estate 794-Simon Foreman-Jaguar XJ Series 3 801-Mike English-Volvo 240 Estate 817-????-Granada Mk2 820-Martyn Perkins-Granada Mk2 Estate 862-Dave Kingstone-Volvo 240 Estate 874-Paul Coker-Volvo 240 Estate (DNR) 890-Barry Collins-Jaguar XJ Series 3 908-David Brown-Granada Mk3 Hearse 916-Luke Thomas-Volvo 240 Estate 989-Dean Arm-Granada Mk2 Limo*