North London SME
Southern 32’s new season got under way on 19th January with 20 entrants at the North London club. A big thank you to Bob, John and Steve for organising the meeting.
The 3 minute qualifying saw Paul Harwood take top spot with 41.47 ahead of Will Stemman’s 40.70. Brian Saunders was top Hawk/ Falcon Masters with 37.55 while Steve Kempson made his Southern 32 debut the with clubman top qualifying run of 36.19.
Clubman
Bill Jenner won the clubman B final. Top qualifier Steve Kempson won the clubman A final by over a lap from Marc Lyons.
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Southern 32 -
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Super Production and Hawk/ Falcon Masters | |||||||
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Pos. |
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Qual |
Final |
Class | |||
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1 |
Paul.Harwood |
1 |
41.47 |
A |
White |
41.31 |
Super |
|
2 |
Will.Stemman |
2 |
40.7 |
A |
Yellow |
41.00 |
Super |
|
3 |
Dave.Stevenson |
3 |
38.88 |
A |
Red |
38.92 |
Super |
|
4 |
Stan.Alton |
4 |
38.46 |
A |
Blue |
38.73 |
Super |
|
5 |
Brian.Saunders |
6 |
37.55 |
B |
White |
37.60 |
Hawk/ Falcon |
|
6 |
Steve.Kearey |
5 |
38.23 |
B |
Red |
35.71 |
Super |
|
7 |
Josh.Bryant |
7 |
37.18 |
B |
Yellow |
32.79 |
Super |
|
8 |
Keith.Gibson |
8 |
36.25 |
B |
Blue |
31.80 |
Super |
|
9 |
Steve.Kempson |
9 |
36.19 |
C |
White |
35.81 |
Hawk/ Falcon |
|
10 |
Nick.Thrower |
10 |
36.15 |
C |
Yellow |
35.37 |
Hawk/ Falcon |
|
11 |
Bob.Hallums |
12 |
36.03 |
C |
Red |
35.30 |
Super |
|
12 |
Simon Francis |
11 |
36.08 |
C |
Blue |
13.99 |
Hawk/ Falcon |
|
13 |
John.Ovens |
14 |
35.05 |
D |
White |
35.96 |
Hawk/ Falcon |
|
14 |
Cliff.Bicknell |
15 |
34.6 |
D |
Yellow |
35.00 |
Hawk/ Falcon |
|
15 |
Colin.Wilkinson |
13 |
35.2 |
D |
Red |
33.94 |
Hawk/ Falcon |
|
16 |
Marc.Lyons |
16 |
33.81 |
D |
Blue |
32.79 |
Hawk/ Falcon |
|
17 |
Chris.Musto |
19 |
32.18 |
E |
White |
34.72 |
Hawk/ Falcon |
|
18 |
Chris.Frost |
18 |
33.04 |
E |
Red |
32.00 |
Hawk/ Falcon |
|
19 |
Bill.Jenner |
17 |
33.28 |
E |
Yellow |
31.96 |
Hawk/ Falcon |
|
20 |
Dick Stevenson |
20 |
30.23 |
E |
Blue |
28.90 |
Hawk/ Falcon |
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Le Mans 32 Team Race (4 x 10 minte segments) | |||||
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Team |
Drivers |
Class |
Points |
Total Laps |
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1 |
Young Man |
Will Stemman, Josh Bryant |
Group 12 |
n/a * |
523.71 |
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2 |
How Hard Can It Be |
Brian Saunders, Steve Kearey |
Group 12 |
60 |
523.19 |
|
3 |
Luton SCC |
Stan Alton, Nick Thrower |
Group 12 |
57 |
508.87 |
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4 |
Harwood Racing |
Paul Harwood, Marc Lyons |
Group 12 |
55 |
508.46 |
|
5 |
Cheshunt Chumps |
Bob Hallums, John Ovens |
Group 12 |
53 |
489.94 |
|
6 |
LMR |
Keith Gibson, Chris Musto |
Group 12 |
51 |
473.84 |
|
7 |
Wembley Flyers |
Stev Kempson, Chris Musto |
Hawk |
49 |
465.87 |
|
8 |
D & D |
Dave and Dick Stevenson |
Hawk |
47 |
447.41 |
|
9 |
Norfolk and Chance |
Bill Jenner, Cliff Bicknell |
Hawk |
45 |
440.29 |
|
10 |
GT |
Chris Frost, Colin Wilkinson |
Hawk |
43 |
435.16 |
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* 2 premier drivers, not eligible for points |
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Clubman Finals | ||||
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1 |
A |
White |
Steve.Kempson |
35.06 |
|
2 |
A |
Blue |
Marc.Lyons |
33.72 |
|
3 |
A |
Yellow |
Cliff.Bicknell |
33.24 |
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4 |
A |
Red |
Colin.Wilkinson |
32.46 |
|
5 |
B |
Yellow |
Bill.Jenner |
33.69 |
|
6 |
B |
White |
Chris.Musto |
33.59 |
|
7 |
B |
Red |
Dick Stevenson |
28.27 |
In the overall finals, Brian Saunders won the B final with his Hawk power ahead of half the super Wasp powered cars.
Paul Harwood won the A final from Will Stemman by a third of a lap. Paul is a Luton member now, he certainly still knows his way round North London even though it’s ages since he went to a clubnight. It also ended Will’s remarkable run of 9 Southern 32 wins, yes every S32 he’d entered since November 2018. Dave Stevenson took third under a quarter of a lap ahead of Stan Alton.
The A Final
Paul’s winning car -
In Le Mans 32 Will Stemman and Josh Bryant decided to continue their championship winning partnership, although they are no longer eligible for points now that Josh has joined Will in the Premier grade. They proceeded to win by the half a lap in 523 from points winners Brian Saunders and Steve Kearey, (one former world champion + one new premier driver are eligible for points).
Third place was also remarkably close were Luton SCC just ahead of Harwood Racing, both finishing on 508.
The Hawk class attracted 4 runners. The winners were Steve Kempson and Chris Musto the “Wembley Flyers” with the Stevenson’s team D&D taking second.
We look forward to welcoming you to Bournemouth for the next round on 16th February. The club hasn’t moved since 2005, but if anybody needs a map to find the place please ask and I’ll e mail you a copy. (The property owner asked us not to put it on the Internet for privacy and security reasons.)
Chris
Young Man’s car