Timaru 31st October
23 racers including 7 home members arrived at the Timaru speedbowl for the 3rd round of this year’s shortened S32 championship. Some of the Luton contingent (led by Paul) had travelled down the day before for a night on the tiles in Margate(!). Fortunately they were bailed in time and managed to make the meeting.
In the heats Paul and Dave Stevenson traded top spot until Dave put in a 44.09 to tq by just over a lap and broke his own lap record from a previous year’s S32 in the process. There were several first time visitors who got faster as the heats went on and of these Aston led the way making the C final.
Another first timer, Nick Lake, made the F final but his moment was to come in the team race.
Clubman class was led by home driver Graham Sampson who also made the overall final with a Genesis.
There were 3 Clubman finals with Nick L winning the first from another first time visitor, Ray George.
Keith Fishenden won the B final which was almost an all Timaru affair save for Tony Mills in 3rd place.
The A final saw Graham take the win from clubmates Andy, Mark and Bill.
In the overall finals it seemed that to win you had to be on white lane to win as Stan, Andy, Dave Harvey and Dave Stevenson did just that.
The team race was run over 10 minute segments with 12 teams competing. Considering how quick the compact Timaru track is there was only one tyre change and, amazingly, no gear changes or huge crashes. The only casualty was Norfolk’s Hawk motor. The reliability meant that there were some very close finishes with several teams less than a lap apart. Winners though with 4 very quick runs were the ‘Nickers’ team of Nick L and Keith from WOW, where Dave H drove solo and in 3rd was Harwood Racing Marc and Paul.
Apologies for the late finish not helped by the odd glitch through the day. Thanks to Crampton Museum for the use of the hall for the pits.
I hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Take care until Corby.
Graham Sampson
Southern 32 -
The series for you!
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Finals |
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Finals |
Masters |
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1 |
Graham Sampson |
42.71 |
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Dave Stevenson |
42.7 |
A |
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2 |
Andy Bishop |
41.2 |
A |
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Graham Sampson |
42.22 |
A |
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3 |
Mark Ellis |
40.16 |
A |
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3 |
Paul Harwood |
39.85 |
A |
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4 |
Bill Jenner |
38.26 |
A |
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4 |
Alan Ferguson |
38.76 |
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5 |
Keith Fishenden |
39.15 |
B |
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Dave Harvey |
41.69 |
B |
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6 |
Peter Shaw |
38.92 |
B |
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6 |
Mike Read |
41.28 |
B |
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7 |
Tony Mills |
37.93 |
B |
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7 |
Mark Ellis |
40.71 |
B |
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FM 2 |
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8 |
Alan Ferguson |
37.16 |
B |
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8 |
Vince Lee |
40.15 |
B |
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FM 3 |
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9 |
Nick Lake |
38.8 |
C |
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Andy Bishop |
41.68 |
C |
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FM 4 |
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10 |
Ray George |
38.61 |
C |
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Aston Offer |
40 |
C |
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Garry King |
37.87 |
C |
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Bill Jenner |
39 |
C |
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FM 5 |
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12 |
Dick Stevenson |
33.55 |
C |
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Les May |
38 |
C |
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13 |
Stan Alton |
39.34 |
D |
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14 |
Tony Mills |
39.2 |
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15 |
Peter Shaw |
38.72 |
D |
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FM 7 |
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16 |
Ian Barker |
36.66 |
D |
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FM 8 |
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Keith Fishenden |
39.54 |
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FM 9 |
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Nick Thrower |
38.84 |
E |
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FM 10 |
Dead heat |
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Garry King |
38.84 |
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Marc Lyons |
38.54 |
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FM 12 |
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Ray George |
38.72 |
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FM 13 |
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22 |
Nick Lake |
36.24 |
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FM 14 |
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23 |
Dick Stevenson |
32.54 |
F |
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Le Mans 32 (4x10 minute segments) |
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Laps |
Points |
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Nickers |
Nick Lake, Keith Fishingdon |
561.14 |
60 |
G12/Wasp |
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Won O Won |
Dave Harvey (One driver, only two scores count for points) |
549.03 |
39 |
G12/Wasp |
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Harwood Racing |
Paul Harwood, Marc Lyons |
542.26 |
57 |
G12/Wasp |
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LMR |
Mike Read, Les May |
541.81 |
55 |
G12/Wasp |
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LSCC |
Stan Alton, Nick Thrower |
537.74 |
53 |
G12/Wasp |
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White Cliffs |
Graham Sampson, Alan Ferguson |
537.74 |
51 |
G12/Wasp |
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VIP |
Ian Barker, Vince Lee |
515.67 |
49 |
G12/Wasp |
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Crampton Cronies |
Peter Shaw, Mark Ellis |
515.28 |
47 |
G12/Wasp |
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Potton Warriors |
Aston Offer, Ray George |
509.8 |
45 |
G12/Wasp |
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Armadillo |
Tony Mills, Garry King |
509.55 |
43 |
Hawk |
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D & D |
Dave and Dick Stevenson |
488.81 |
41 |
Hawk |
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Norfolk and Chance |
Bill Jenner, Andy Bishop |
476.18 |
40 |
Hawk |
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Thanks to Graham Sampson for the report and results Copyright © Southern 32, 2021 Photos copyright R George All rights reserved |
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Thanks to Ray George for the photos