Gears and Tears Trailer

Can't wait until Monday? - See what's in store by viewing the official BBC1 trailer for Episode 1 by clicking here.  

Sheffield - World Semi Final 1 - 25th July 2010

The first of two Semi Finals has now been run and 10 cars are through to the World Final in September at Coventry. The other 14 hopefulls will have a second chance in the Consolation Semi Final.

A big well done to Frankie Wainman, 515 for coming home with the win.  He goes through to the World Final along with 2, 4, 16, 212, 321, 55, 22, 322 and 13. A big well done and good luck to these drivers for the big race. Stuart Smith, 390 did not finish the race.

Some good racing from the F1's all day along with the National Ministox and the Heritage.

The meeting Final winner was Danny Wainaman, 212 who took his first ever Final win. Well done Danny.

A big well done to Nathan Harrison, 99 in the National Ministox for completing 2 races, I am glad your luck has changed. Well done Nathan.

Thank you to Startrax Kids Club for letting me be a mascot in the Semi Final.

Overall a good meeting had by all.

Gears & Tears

After what has seemed like an eternity the BBC1 six part series on BriSCA F1 stock car racing called Gears and Tears gets its first airing on Monday 2nd August at 10.35pm.

Venray World Cup 14th & 15th August

The great news coming from Holland is the World Cup will be run over the weekend of 14th & 15th August as originally planned. Further details are available here 

Northampton 17th/18th July 2010

An action packed weekend with some great racing left right and centre.

To start off I would like to congratulate Dylan Williams Maynard, 51 on taking his first race win and his first Final win in one meeting.  It was only his 4th meeting in a Formula 1. 

Also congratulations to Luke Davidson, 464 who is the new F1 European Champion.  Dave Polly, 38 is the F2's European Champion and Steve Shaw, 361 took the title in the Rebels.  Well done to all of you.

On Saturday Andy Smith, 1 took the Final and on Sunday Dylan Williams Maynard, 51 was first across the line. Congratulations to them both.

There was a big roll over involving Robert Broome, 41 but he came out ok.

Once again thank you to Incarace for letting me present the trophies all weekend.

Overall a great weekends racing.

Skegness 10th/11th July 2010

Yellow flags Mr Starter was a much repeated phrase with some red hot action. In the Saloon Ray Gunn Memorial Trophy 40 National Saloons came on to track which resulted in 2 restarts and 3 yellow flags.

Over the weekend there was some good racing from all three fromulas (F1's, F2's and Saloons).

On Saturday Tom Harris, 84 came home with the Final win and on the Sunday Paul Hines, 259 took the win. Paul was tyre testing Hoosier tyres.

Dave Polley, 38 won the UK Open for the F2's and Stuart Shevil Jnr, 318 won it in the Saloons.

You could not have asked for any better weather as the sun shone all weekend.

A get well soon to the lady in the crowd hit by a bit of metal which flew off a car. Thankfully she put her arm up to protect her head or her injuries could have been much worse. However, she lost 4 pints of blood and had to have 35 stitches before being released from hospital.

Overall a good weekends racing.

Leeds Road Playing Fields, Huddersfield, 4th July 2010

A very big well done to my Mum and all the other women who took part in this event to raise money to fight cancer.

My Mum finished the 5km course in 26 minutes exactly.

All together she raised £490 which is going to be doubled by her employer to give her a grand total of £980. A very big thank you to everyone who sponsered her or anyone else doing this race because together we CAN beat cancer.

Coventry 3rd July 2010

Another meeting at Coventry with some good, fast racing being produced all night.

The first race was the Golden Helmet, sadly the defending champion Stuart Smith, 390 did not turn up for this meeting. The person who benefited from that was Tom Harris, 84 who came home first to take the massive trophy.

In the Whites and Yellows race there was a big crash where Paul Redfern, 252 went straight on into the fence on turn 1 very hard, this resulted in the roof being cut off his car as he was complaining of neck injuries. After a full assessment from the medical crew at the track he was given the all clear, and they announced over the tanoy that he was walking around the pits which was great news.

Moving onto the Final, the person who came home first was James Neachell, 322 but was later docked 2 places for jumping the start. That meant the second person became first which was Dan Johnson, 4, with Dave Muckian, 416 in second place. Third place was supposed to be James Neachell, 322 but he failed to turn up for weighing so he was taken out of the result meaning John Lund, 53 received third place (very confusing). It was Dan Johnsons second Final win of the season and both of them have been at Coventry.

The Rebels as usual put on a great show to conclude a great nights racing.

Happy Birthday

A very Happy Birthday to our Dutch correspondent Toon Kerkhof for 29th June.

Belle Vue 27th June 2010

A lovely afternoon to go with great racing. All formulas turned out in good numbers to race.

The BriSCA F1's were in great form but unfortunately Frankie Wainman Jnr, 515 could not race due to engine problems hanging over from the night before. Danny Wainman, 212 raced in his tarmac car after sustaining damage following a roll over the night before at Kings Lynn.

The winner of the Final was Joe Booth, 446 coming home with his first Final win of 2010.

All of the other formulas did very well taking the very hot weather into account.  Sadly Ministox driver Nathan Harrison, 99, was unable to race due to engine problems.  Hopefully it will all be sorted for the Sheffield meeting in 4 weeks time.

Overall a good meeting.

Kings Lynn 26th June 2010

Unfortunatly I did not attend this meeting so I can not give a detailed report, from what I gather this is what happened.

Sadly only around 20 cars turned up to race.

A Lady Banger driver had to be taken to hospital in the ambulance after a crash.

Danny Wainman, 212 had a roll over which damaged his car along with Tom Harris's, 84.

Ryan Harrison,197 won the Final.

Northampton 20th June 2010

The sun was beating down on us all day and the racing was just as good as the dry weather.

The National Ministox were full on with action and some hard knocks in and amongst the rough and tumble.

Tom Harris, 84 took the Final in fine style. Well done Tom.

There was a big roll over from Josh Smith,191 by the pit gate, for a moment I thought it was going into the crowd.

Once again a big thank you to Incarace for letting me do the presenting all afternoon.

It was a good afternoons racing altogether.

Ipswich 19th June 2010

Luck was not on our side with the weather as the rain kept coming back to visit us along with a sharp wind, but the racing goes on whatever the weather.

Both the F1's and the National Hot Rods put on a great show in the wet conditions.

The National Hot Rods had a few breath stopping moments with their well timed over taking.

Lee Robinson, 107 came home with the Final win.

All together a great meeting.

Bolton 13th June 2010

The sport is always looking for new supporters and that was our intention this weekend. I was only there on the Sunday and there was a lot of interest.

There were two different parts to the event with me placed in the main area and all around there was a lot of interest.

It was great to see a variety of different formulas, on the Saturday there was a V8 and small replica version. Over the weekend there was a Stoxkart, F2's, F1's and Buxtons own Formula Ministox.

Also around and about there were other types of road cars including Audi and Mercedes so it was more like a exhibiton which gave it a bit more umph.

To say it was its first year the interest was incredible.

Thank you to Steve Rees for letting me assist on the Sunday, I really enjoyed it and it was great experience for me.

Pictures of me in action can be viewed on the photos page.

Final winners

An up to date table can be downloaded via my Race Winners page with the facts and figures of the 21 meetings already heald as we aproach the half way point of the season.

Coventry 5th June 2010

A good field of cars turned out for what was a great nights racing.

It was very nice to see Dave Nickolls, 242 out presenting the Trust Fund tropy to Ed Neachell, 321 after he has been in hospital for a long time, a result of a crash at Coventry in November.

Robert Broome, 41 rolled over in his heat leaving him upside down on turn four.

Richard Kaleta was on the microphone doing the commentry and he made a very good job of it.

Matt Newson, 16 took the Final win, his second Final win of the season and both of them on Shale I may add. Matt took the win in his new car, first time out, and that has to be an achievment. Pictures of his new car are on the photos page.

We were very lucky with the rain as most of the night the track was nice and slick but the clouds built and the lightening flashed, the result of this was a heavy rain shower during the Final.

Overall a good nights racing.

Apologies

I am sorry for the very slow updates as I have been experiencing some technical dificulties (hopefully that is now sorted) but in doing so I have had to delete some reviews from earlier this year. They can however still be viewed by clicking here. Sorry for any inconviniance but I am now back in business.

You can download old news items back to 2008 by going to the links at the bottom of this page.

Nathan Harrison 99 Debut Meeting 31 May 2010

Nathan finally took to the tracks on Bank Holiday Monday afternoon up at the High Edge Raceway, Buxton. It was not the best start with trailer problems on the way to the track which meant he missed official practice. Luckily the National Ministox club ensured he got a few laps of track time in before he entered his first race proper.

Unfortunately Nathan got spun after a few laps of his first race which ended his racing for the day. He was naturally disappointed but a proud Dad reports that despite a few knocks and bruises is keen to get back for another go a Skegness in a few weeks time.

Pictures of Nathan's debut can be seen on my photos page.

Belle Vue 31st May 2010

Another action packed meeting with hard hitting action from the F1 & F2's. The Final win in the F1's went to Craig Finikin who won his 3rd Final win of the season. All of the formulas put a great show on in front on a big crowd in lovely sunny weather.

Overall a great meeting to round off the bank holiday weekend.

Kings Lynn 29th May 2010

Well a very lucky start to the meeting with the weather but during the night the rain kept arriving and soaking the track. When this happened it only took a race to create a dry racing line. Some good racing from both the BriSCA F1's and the BriSCA F2's considering the conditions.

John Lund took his first Final win of 2010 in fine style. Well done John. Overall a good meeting considering the weather.

Scunthorpe 23rd May 2010

A good start to the season at Scunthorpe. The BriSCA F1's as always took to the track very well on the slick shale raceway. The track crew did very well to keep the dust to a minimum.

Andy Smith,1 won the Final to bring his meeting Final wins total to 95.

Lee Smith, 76 spent part of the Final with a marker tyre hanging on the top of his roof, pictures can be seen on the photos page. When he re"tyred" to the infield he looked very "deflated". There was a suggestion that he was tyre testing. Sorry couldn't resist.

Overall a good meeting.

Birmingham 22nd May 2010

Yet again a good fast and furious meeting.

The F1's were on top form, there was some fast racing as well as some big hits.
The Final win went to 390, Stuart Smith who took his first Final win of 2010.

Thank you to Incarce for letting me present trophies once again.

Buxton 16th May 2010

Another meeting and a half, with some fast racing and some massive hits.

In the Final Andrew Smith, 1, got into a bit of rough and tumble with a few cars and ended up going into the fence on turn 1 and 2. When he got going again he ended up facing the home straight fence head on, luckily everyone missed him.

Once again Paul Hines, 259 had a very good meeting winning both of his heats (2/3rds format) and then second in the Final. Well done Paul.

Interesting fact: In heat 1 and 2 the top three were the same in the same order 259, 107 and 515. Then in the Final, but in a different order, 107, 259 and 515.

Well done for the Final win Lee Robinson.

Overall another ace meeting.

Northampton 15th May 2010

Saturday nights meeting saw some fast and furious action. There were some seriously big hits and some close racing to go with it.

Frankie Wainman, 515 went flying into the fence as his throttle stuck open.
Paul Hines, 259 had a great night coming home second in his first heat, winning his second heat (2/3rds format) and winning the Final. Well done Paul.

Thank you to the Incarace team for letting me present trophies once again.

Overall a good nights racing with cars on track to start racing at 6.30pm and a 9.30pm finish.

Skegness Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th May 2010

I think there are two words that sum up this weekend, action packed!

There were a few hairy incidents, including Dave from the National Ministox getting knocked over during the race as a car hit the tyres and went flying in the air. Luckily he was ok.

Lee Fairhurst, 217 was knocked out in the Uk Open Championship, thankfully he walked away from that.

Dave Plumbly, 393 had a big crash which resulted in the ambulance being called. Both Dave and Lee went into the fence in the same place on turn four.

I hope all of the above feel ok today.

On Saturday night there were a number of roll overs from all formulas, including a Ministox driver who ended up doing lots of spins while on his roof. This was the same driver, William Knight (202) who went through the fence at Belle Vue.

Saturday nights Final was won by 462 Scott Davids. Well done Scott.

Steve Thompson, 385 made an appearance from National Hot Rods and did extremely well winning both of his qualifying heats on Sunday and then the UK Open Championship. Well done Steve.

Overall a good weekends racing.

Finally thanks to "Chuffin" Mick for the hat.

Belle Vue Monday 3rd May 2010

Action aplenty!!!!!

All afternoon there was action all around the track. In the National Ministox Final William Knight, 202 went in very hard on turn one. Part of the car went through the fence, luckily only the body of the car was damaged.

Richard Wilson, 502, went into the fence backwords in the same place as William, damaging his roll cage. Hope it doesn't take too long to get it straightened out.

FWJ, 515 very nearly took his 250th Final win but on the second to last corner was put in the fence with second place man Dan Johnson, 4, courtesy of Andy Smith, 1. Andy came home with the Final win.

A very good afternoons action from all formulas.

Nathan Harrison 99, National Ministox

Nathan has had to postpone his Ministox debut for a few weeks as he is having car problems. His first meeting will hopefull be at Buxton on the 31st May 2010.

Coventry Saturday 1st May 2010

How lucky were we!!! The forecast said thunderstorms, the black clouds built up but we only had a few spots of rain for a few minutes all night.

With the track thankfully dry, although dusty at times, we saw some great slick racing from both the F1's and the Unlimited Bangers, however there was not much contact in the bangers.

The winner of the Final was 121, Kevin Shinn who took his first ever BriSCA F1 Final win. Well done Kevin.

Ian Noden, 306 came home with the win in Ht 1 which was just for the Whites and Yellows but was taken out of the results as he did not go for weighing. Ian came home with the Ht 2 win with the Blues, Reds and Super Stars.

Chris Bonner, 105 had a roll over in the Grand National, thankfully he is a-ok.

Overall a good meeting.

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