Southern 32 -
The series for you!
Nationals Track
Corby
Sunday 20 November
The A final
Le Mans 32 Team Race (8 x 5min) | ||||
Position |
Points |
Team |
Drivers |
Total Laps |
1 |
n/a * |
Dove |
Will Stemman, Josh Bryant |
370.15 |
2 |
60 |
Shoes for Pigeons |
Graham Woodward, Chris Aldridge |
355.76 |
3 |
57 |
Broom Bandits |
Barry Gilzean, Aston Offer |
351.33 |
4 |
55 |
Trotters |
Brian Saunders, Steve Kearey |
343.77 |
5 |
53 |
Luton SCC |
Stan Alton, Nick Thrower |
343.10 |
6 |
n/a * |
North London N13 |
Greg and Mark Harwood |
341.82 |
7 |
51 |
Note Bene |
Bob Budge, Nick Cunningham |
332.32 |
8 |
49 |
Good Question |
Tony Mills, John King |
330.26 |
9 |
47 |
Harwood Racing |
Paul Harwood |
329.25 |
10 |
45 |
GT |
Chris Frost, Mark Witham |
318.11 |
11 |
43 |
LMR |
Les May, Mike Searey |
313.31 |
12 |
41 |
Mediocore |
Ant Hawkes, David Austin |
307.33 |
13 |
40 |
D & D (Hawk) |
Dave and Dick Stevenson, |
301.09 |
14 |
39 |
Norfolk and Chance (Hawk) |
Bill Jenner, Mike Ransley |
283.12 |
15 |
38 |
Potton Warriers (Hawk) |
Jesus Martinez, Nick Thrower, Stan Alton * |
279.40 |
* Teams with 2 premier grade drivers are not eligible for points | ||||
* Jesus ran in 4 heats, Nick and Stan did the other 4 | ||||
The first 12 teams were group 12 powered |
Overall Super Production and Hawk Masters | ||||
|
|
Class |
Qual |
Final |
1 |
Will Stemman |
Super |
1 |
A |
2 |
Josh Bryant |
Super |
2 |
A |
3 |
Mark Harwood |
Super |
3 |
A |
4 |
Aston Offer |
Super |
6 |
A |
5 |
Stan Alton |
Super |
7 |
A |
6 |
Greg Harwood |
Super |
5 |
A |
7 |
Graham Woodward |
Super |
8 |
A |
8 |
Paul Harwood |
Super |
4 |
A |
9 |
Dave Stevenson |
Super |
10 |
B |
10 |
Steve Kearey |
Exp*1 |
12 |
B |
11 |
Mark Witham |
Hawk*2 |
9 |
B |
12 |
Barry Gilzean |
Hawk |
11 |
B |
13 |
Nick Thrower |
Hawk |
14 |
B |
14 |
Chris Aldridge |
Super |
13 |
B |
15 |
Bob Budge |
Super |
15 |
B |
16 |
Brian Saunders |
Hawk |
18 |
C |
17 |
Ant Hawkes |
Super |
19 |
C |
18 |
Tony Mills |
Super |
17 |
C |
19 |
Jesus Martinez |
Hawk |
16 |
C |
20 |
Chris Frost |
Hawk |
21 |
C |
21 |
Nick Cunningham |
Hawk |
20 |
C |
22 |
Mike Searey |
Super*3 |
22 |
C |
23 |
Marc Lyons |
Hawk |
23 |
D |
24 |
David Austin |
Hawk |
24 |
D |
25 |
John King |
Super*3 |
26 |
D |
26 |
Les May |
Super |
25 |
D |
27 |
Bill Jenner |
Hawk |
27 |
D |
28 |
Dick Stevenson |
Hawk |
28 |
D |
29 |
Mike Ransley |
Hawk |
29 |
D |
*1 Experimental car - | ||||
*2 Premier grade driver not eligible for Falcon Masters points | ||||
*3 Used a Super in the overall finals and a hawk in the Clubman final |
The final round of the series was by far the best attended with 29 racing in the
individuals and 15 teams.
Thanks to Mark Witham for the excellent race control. Special
thanks to David Farrow for the catering, hot bacon rolls and lunch time burgers were
much appreciated!
Qualifying took the normal Southern 32 format of 4 separate 3 minute runs with the
best one to count. Will Stemman took top spot with 28.84 from Josh Bryant 28.43
and Mark Harwood 27.66.
The fastest Hawk powered qualifier was Mark Witham on 25.79,
the fastest Hawk eligible for Hawk masters and Clubman was Barry Gilzean on 25.41.
Steve Kearey experimented with a Genesis fitted with a ProSlot motor. He raced it to see how performance compared with Super Wasp powered X32 chassis super production cars. It didn’t count for points because it doesn’t meet the current rules but rules can be changed for future races.
The first final was for Clubman. Barry Gilzean won with 41.07 laps from Jesus Martinez on 39.28 and Nick Cunningham on 37.30. Barry’s 4th win of the year made him 2022 champion by a substantial margin.
Clubman Final 5 min | ||
1 |
Barry Gilzean |
|
2 |
Jesus Martinez |
|
3 |
Nick Cunningham |
|
4 |
Bill Jenner |
|
5 |
Dick Stevenson |
|
6 |
John King |
|
7 |
Mike Searey |
|
8 |
Mike Ransley |
|
The overall finals were 5 min runs on a single lane.
Mark Lyons won the D final from David Austin and John King.
Brian Saunders won the C final with his Genesis on 41.08 laps followed by the supers of Ant Hawkes on 40.04 and Tony Mills on 39.13.
Dave Stevenson won the B with his super on 42.75, followed by Steve Kearey’s 42.14 with his experimental ProSlot powered Genesis and Mark Witham on 41.90, fastest Hawk powered Genesis. Barry Gilzean was 4th, the first driver eligible for Hawk Masters, that win made him 2022 Hawk Masters champion.
The A final was all super productions. Will Stemman won from Josh Bryant with Mark Harwood third. Paul Harwood won the championship although he retired in this final.
Will Stemman’s winning super production
The Team Race was run with 5 minute segments, giving a total of 40 minutes running time. Will and Josh were the quickest team, Will setting fastest segment at 47.76 and Josh second fastest segment on 47.75. As Teams with two premier grade drivers aren't eligible for points, the points winner were Woody and Chris Aldridge making their only Southern 32 appearance of the season. Barry Gilzean and Aston Offer were the first Southern 32 regulars The best runs by the other teams was a single 46 and several 45s. D and D won the Hawk class Harwood Racing were already the 2022 champions. GT were already champions in the Hawk powered class and chose to run a group 12 car for this race.
The Le Mans 32 winning team Dove car
That completes a successful Southern 32 season, thanks to all 57 drivers who supported the racing. It’s good to see us back up to the mid 50s we had for several years before the pandemic. Let’s hope to see even more next year!
2023
The first date for next season is just over 2 months away, please can clubs put in
their bids for next year.
We’ve already booked the Roedale round for 26 February and
the final round at the National Centre on 26 November. The available dates are 29
January, 26 March, 14 May, 18 June, 30 July, 24 September and 22 October.
Chris Frost
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The A Final