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Round 1-
The season started at North London. Firstly, best wishes for a speedy recovery to the regulars who were ill. That together with holidays and family issues meant numbers were down for this round. The much forecast snow, ice and high winds in the days leading up to the event didn’t seem to be an issue, none the less and early finish was welcome!. Thanks to Ian, Paul and all at North London for such a good day’s racing. We look forward to more competitors at Rockingham for round 2.
Paul Harwood was 2 laps clear top in qualifying, and all 5 super runners qualified ahead of the Falcons. The Falcon runners were rather closer with Cliff Bicknell top.
The Clubman’s final saw a clear win for Cliff, with Chris Stemman narrowly taking second from Graham Sampson with Mark Ellis taking 4th.
Chris Stemman took C final by a comfortable margin while Mark Ellis took a close
fought second.
The B final was again won by a comfortable margin, John Ovens also
winning Falcon Masters. Second place was close between Graham Sampson and Cliff Bicknell,
both going a lot quicker than their clubman final runs. while Mick Metcalfe just
lost out to Cliff for third.
The A final was fairly well spaced out with Paul Harwood
taking a not unexpected win from Will Stemman, Ian Fisher and Luton’s sole representative
Nick Thrower.
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|
Clubman Falcon |
Final |
1 |
Cliff Bicknell |
57 |
2 |
Chris Stemman |
55.89 |
3 |
Graham Sampson |
55.63 |
4 |
Mark Ellis |
52 |
5 |
Bill Jenner |
|
|
Super Production / Falcon Masters | |||
|
|
Qual |
Final |
Chassis / motor |
1 |
Paul Harwood |
41.44 |
A 67 |
JK Super Wasp |
2 |
Will Stemman |
39.41 |
A 65 |
JK Super Wasp |
3 |
Ian Fisher |
38.49 |
A 62 |
JK Super Wasp |
4 |
Nick Thrower |
37.17 |
A 61 |
JK Super Wasp |
5 |
John Ovens |
35.85 |
B 61 |
JK Falcon |
6 |
Graham Sampson |
35.57 |
B 59.55 |
JK Falcon |
7 |
Cliff Bicknell |
35.91 |
B 59.06 |
Genesis Falcon |
8 |
Mick Metcalfe |
36.29 |
B 59.02 |
JK Super Wasp |
9 |
Chris Stemman |
35.41 |
C 56 |
JK Falcon |
10 |
Mark Ellis |
31.58 |
C 54.92 |
Genesis Falcon |
11 |
Chris Frost |
34.56 |
C 54.62 |
JK Falcon |
12 |
Bill Jenner |
30.81 |
C 48 |
Genesis Falcon |
Some Unusual bodies for Paul’s overall winner and John’s Falcon Masters winner
|
Team |
Drivers |
Runs |
Total | |||
1 |
Harwood Racing |
Will Stemman, Paul Harwood |
192 |
199 |
194 |
192 |
777 |
2 |
Eces |
Ian Fisher, John Ovens |
189 |
176 |
187 |
193 |
745 |
3 |
Luton SCC (Falcon) |
Nick Thrower, Chris Stemman |
177 |
181 |
169 |
168 |
695 |
4 |
Mark's team |
Mark Ellis, Chris Stemman, Bob Hallums |
165 |
167 |
176 |
161 |
669 |
5 |
GT |
Chris Frost, Mick Metcalfe |
167 |
178 |
163 |
156 |
664 |
6 |
Norfolk and Chance (Falcon) |
Bill Jenner, Graham Sampson |
160 |
157 |
162 |
162 |
641 |
Le Mans 32
The main story of the team race was Harwood Racing were quicker than Eces and they
were quicker than anyone else. Those teams finished 1-
The winning Harwood car