Round 1 - North London

The 2023 Southern 32 season started at North London on 29th January , thanks to  Bob, Steve and everybody for a great meeting.
19 qualifying heats gave everybdoy a run on all 4 lanes.   The top qualifier was Will Stemmann with a new super-production track record with Paul Harwood second and Michael Ovens third.  The fastest Hawk powered car was Graham Sampson narrowly ahead of Steve Kempson.

The Clubman Finals were run first. Dick Stevenson won the B final from Mike Ransley.  The A final was a close race between Graham Sampson and Steve Kempson.






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Overall Super Production and Hawk Masters

Driver

Final - laps

class

1

Will Stemman

A

41.2

Super

2

Paul Harwood

A

40.63

Super

3

Michael Ovens

A

39.43

Super

4

Bob Hallums

A

37.62

Super

5

Aston Offer

B

39.32

Super

6

Dave Stevenson

B

39.03

Super

7

Stan Alton

B

37.5

Super

8

Graham Sampson

B

35.21

Hawk

9

Steve Kempson

C

36.96

Hawk

10

Marc Lyons

C

34.64

Hawk

11

Nick Thrower

C

34.03

Hawk

12

Tony Mills

C

31.76

Hawk

13

Barry Gilzean

D

35.34

Hawk

14

John Ovens

D

34.32

Hawk

15

Chris Frost

D

33.67

Hawk

16

Bill Jenner

D

31.83

Hawk

17

John King

E

32.71

Super

18

Mike Ransley

E

29.72

Hawk

19

Dick Stevenson

E

29.26

Hawk

Clubman Finals

Driver

Final - laps

1

Graham Sampson

A

35.45

2

Steve Kempson

A

35.4

3

Barry Gilzean

A

34.76

4

Bill Jenner

A

29.64

5

Dick Stevenson

B

29.08

6

Mike Ransley

B

28.23

Le Mans 32  1 hour (15 min on each lane)

Team

Drivers

Class

Total laps

1

Harwood Racing

Paul Harwood, Aston Offer

Group 12

775.2

2

Gomboslot

John and Michael Ovens

Group 12

735.3

3

Luton SCC

Barry Gilzean, Marc Lyons

Group 12

731.3

4

Good Question

Tony Mills, John King

Group 12

689.29

5

GT

Chris Frost, Will Stemman

Hawk

687.04

6

Ty- Reil Corporation

Bob Hallums, Steve Kempson

Group 12

680.3

7

Norfolk and Chance

Bill Jenner, Graham Sampson

Hawk

667.2

8

D & D

Dave Stevenson, Dick Stevenson

Hawk

655.35

9

Alton Thrower

Stan Alton, Nick Thrower

Group 12

575.99

Graham won from Steve by this much

The Clubman A final   Graham, Steve, Bill and Barry

Overall
John King was a clear winner of the E final with his super, in a reversal of the clubman race Mike Ransley beat Dick Stevenson.  Barry Gilzean won the D final and Steve Kempson won the C with a very quick Hawk time.   Aston Offer won the B final from Dave Stevenson, Graham Sampson won Hawk masters and was 8th overall.
From the start of the  A final Will Stemman held a very small lead from Paul Harwood but that gap extended to over half a lap when Paul has a couple of offs. Will won from Paul, Michael Ovens and Bob Hallums.

The A Final


 Will’s winning super production car



Le Mans 32  

Alton Thrower

9th

GT

5th

Harwood

Winner

Ty- Reil

6th

Norfolk and Chance 7th

D&D

8th

LSCC 3rd

Good Question 4th

Gumbo slot

2nd

Harwood Racing were the quickest team for most of the race and won by nearly 40 laps.   Second was a much closer contest with the Oven’s family team  beating Luton by just 4 laps.    4-5-6 was another closely matched group, with Good Question, GT and Ty-Reil covered by 9 laps.   This time the Hawk powered class was better supported with 3  teams, GT taking 5th overall with Norfolk and Chance  in 7th and D&D 8th.   Alton Thrower had seriously  car trouble in the final segment.


Thanks again to everybody. Look forward to seeing you all at the next round at Roedale on 26th February.  This will be our last chance to race on the current Roedale track.  The club is moving and must remove their exiting track by 12th March.  The track is available to anybody who would like it  

Chris


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Harwood Racing’s winning car