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It was great to see 26 racers, half of which being Clubman grade but also through  the ranks to newly crowned BSCRA Super Production champion turn out for the Fylde BSL .

It was also very good to welcome Pete McKendrick to his 1st visit to the track & to welcome back Paul Evans & Anthony Jennings to BSL racing after taking breaks from racing.


!/32nd Production Racing

Paul Shepherd certainly flaunted his new status by top qualifying in 1/32nd by the best part of 3 laps to set a staggering new super production record of 38.75 which, to put in perspective exceeds Brian Saunders saloon record by well over a lap! Martin Ellis just won the battle for 2nd spot from Gordon Dickson after Steve Sargent missed taking 2nd when a gear slip in his last run allowed son David to take the 4th A final spot. Pete Clarkson headed the falcon runners while Pete McKendrick put in an impressive show to make the C final on his 1st visit to the track.

Paul Jennings dominated the F Final with Harry Shepherd a clear 2nd .

The E final saw a close battle throughout most of the race between the 2 North Wales drivers with Chris Rigby coming out on top ahead of Dave Gatton.

Local Barry Schofield put in one of his best displays with 54 laps to take the D final by 3 laps from the returning Anthony who in turn just narrowly beat Geoff Snaith to 2nd.

The C final saw the closest finish of the day with Area 2 veterans Ian Fitzpatrick & Norman Fawcett having a great battle & nobody sure of the victory until the feet were read – Norman shaded it by 2 feet!

The B final saw all 4 drivers very close at the start but Steve Sargent’s bad day at the office continued as a controller malfunction resulted in his car taking a big hit & locking up the car. Pete Clarkson ran out victor just ahead of Peter Donely who in turn was less than half a lap behind Barry James.

Paul Shepherd was given far more of a challenge in the  A final with Gordon Dickson in close pursuit early on until car problems resulted in his retirement. Meanwhile Martin Ellis was posting the fastest laps mid race & was on course to overhaul Paul until a couple of ludicrously fast laps were followed by a couple of offs…leaving Paul winner by nearly a lap.


1/24th Team Racing

5 individual drivers posted 10 minute segment totals in the mid 120’s during the team race but with 2 of those drivers from one team, Little & Large, the winners were never in much doubt. Star performance however must go to Pete McKendrick who despite his lack of track experience drove very well to take Lucky 7 to 2nd place & top point earners partnering David Sargent. Track builder Norman Fawcett partnered local Pete Clarkson to 3rd as Team 129 just ahead of 3 other teams in very close proximity.



All in all a great days racing & away for 5.30 with hopefully 26 racers going home having enjoyed a fun day’s racing.


Many thanks from the Fylde club for your great support. See you all at Blackpool on 16th Aug for the next round!

Steve



Web editor C Frost

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BSL 2015  British Slotracing League

1/32nd Finals

A Final

Laps

Points


Paul Shepherd

62

50


Martin Ellis

61.11

47


David Sargent

58.51

45


Gordon Dickson

42 ret

43






B Final




Pete Clarkson

54.64

41


Peter Donely

54

39


Barry James

53.54

37


Steve Sargent

33 ret

35






C Final



Clubman Points

Norman Fawcett

54.84

33


Ian Fitzpatrick

54.82

31


Damon Rylands

53.76

30

50

Pete McKendrick

50.67

29

47





D Final




Barry Schofield

54.21

28

45

Anthony Jennings

51.27

0


Geoff Snaith

51.11

27


Chris Morton

48.54

26

43





E Final




Chris Rigby

49.55

25

41

Dave Gatton

48.75

24

39

Chas Keeling

46.82

23


Paul Evans

39.87

22

37





F Final




Paul Jennings

47.52

21

35

Harry Shepherd

44.28

20

33

Kyle Andrews

42.95

19

31

Jade Slater

41.05

18

30

1/24th Team Race



LITTLE & LARGE

Martin Ellis & Gordon Dickson

502.79

45

LUCKY 7

Pete McKendrick & David Sargent

474.09

47

TEAM 129

Pete Clarkson & Norman Fawcett

461.4

45

CURSED

Damon Rylands & Barry Schofield

458.02

43

TEAM BETTA

Ian Fitzpatrick & Peter Donely

457.12

41

FYLDE 1

Steve Sargent & Paul Evans

454.23

39

TEAM SHEP

Paul Shepherd & Harry Shepherd

449.02

37

DAD & LAD

Paul Jennings & Anthony Jennings

444.25

28

SCD

Barry James & Chas Keeling

439.45

35

WOTEVA

Geoff Snaith & Chris Morton

429.5

33

CASTLE RACEWAY

Chris Rigby & Dave Gatton

412.64

31

LOVE BIRDS

Jade Slater & Kyle Andrews

391.23

30

EARNSHAWS

John Earnshaw & Toby Earnshaw

345.36

29

1/32nd Heats


Laps


Paul Shepherd

38.75

Super

Gordon Dickson

36.18

Super

Martin Ellis

35.78

Super

David Sargent

34.11

Super

Steve Sargent

33.78

Super

Pete Clarkson

33.31


Peter Donely

33.31

Super

Barry James

33.06


Norman Fawcett

32.93


Damon Rylands

32.26


Pete McKendrick

30.96


Ian Fitzpatrick

30.79

Super

Barry Schofield

30.21


Geoff Snaith

30.13


Chris Morton

29.95


Anthony Jennings

29.93


Dave Gatton

29.66


Chris Rigby

29.64


Chas Keeling

29.15


Paul Evans

29.02


Paul Jennings

28.32


Jade Slater

28.17


Kyle Andrews

26.76


Harry Shepherd

26.57