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Barrow, 25th April, Sierra Bangers Cock
'O' the North
Cheers to Al Oxby for covering the action
here for us while I was busy on the other side of the fence!
A total of 13 Sierra’s turned out at
Barrow on 25 April for the annual Cock O The North Challenge.
There was no material at all within the entry which consisted of 5
Sapphires, 3 Estates and 5 Hatches whilst the only used car in the
field was the Estate of Incarace visitor 128 Robert Teasdale - a name
more commonly associated with driving a pen and a modem!
One short
for Heat One which started off with 325 Mark Dempster (Sapphire)
putting 128 Teabag up a post although “young Robert” survived to find
his way onto the centre with broken steering. Demo continued to
tangle with 143 Sam Begley (Estate) leaving Screamer facing the traffic
where he was collected by 264 Ian Wallace Snr. 434 Andy Burns now
put 71 Chris Herman into the wall to end his day early before the hit
of the race was delivered by 265 Ian Wallace Jnr (Sapphire) who
followed in the similar motor of 190 Tommy Dawes. Rather
alarmingly, the battery of the 190 machine flew out on impact and
shattered as it bounced down the home straight although there were
thankfully no injuries. 14 Will Walmsley suffered a blown engine in his
smart Sapphire but was then pushed for at least half of the race by 810
Alex McBain and still managed to take the victory! 331 Jason
Roberts and 810 Rugrat were the placemen.
9 for Heat
Two which kicked off with Screamer getting out of shape and taking the
bone from 331 Roberts. 128 Teabag then steamed the Bong Gang
pilot before going on to run 265 Waldo Jnr into the inner
kerbing. Screamer tried to reverse off the bend to rejoin the
race but was hit up the chuff by 30 Dougie Roberts (Estate) who was
flat out on opposite. Screamer was jacked impressively whilst
Dougie snapped his own Sierra and broke his door plate in half on
impact! 265 Waldo Jnr was the winner this time with 434 Burnzy
second and Rugrat third.
8 for the
Final which included 14 Sausage Boy who had worked well to change his
engine during the course of the afternoon. Sausage Boy hooked out
Teabag in the early stages and then went on to follow in Waldo Jnr in a
big way leaving him hanging from a post. Demo attacked the
Sapphire of 303 Scott Dale which allowed Burnzy to run the former into
the wall before Waldo Snr buried Burnzy. Teabag floored it to
pile up the back of Waldo getting some great air time as he hit the
plating and was quickly jacked hard by 303 Scotty leaving the axle off
the ground in the 128 Estate. Waldo Snr came through the pile to
complete a lap and stuff Scotty well with Sausage Boy and Rugrat then
going in hard to leave nothing running. Sausage Boy was declared
the winner on the basis of laps completed as the track crew set about
clearing up a trademark Barrow wrecking train.
With only
one race scheduled between the Banger Final and the DD, there was a
delay of close to one hour as three drivers and crews worked
frantically to get their cars out for the final time. When the
action got underway, it was the 434 machine which ran 331 Jason Roberts
into the fence to end his involvement. Sausage Boy took to the
grass as the surviving car loomed in his mirrors but this didn’t stop
him from taking a decent jacking on the grass whilst Burnzy continued
to career across the grass and drop over the kerbs onto the track
rolling onto his roof. Burnzy was rolled back onto all fours
whilst Sausage Boy was assisted off the grass so that the 14 machine
could take a further three jackings to leave it an impressive mess and
end a highly enjoyable session at the Cumbrian coast venue.
Results:
Ht1: 14 Will
Walmsley, 331 Jason Roberts, 810 Alex McBain, 434 Andrew Burns, 264 Ian
Wallace Snr
Ht2 265 Ian Wallace
Jnr, 434, 810, 325 Mark Dempster
Final 14 declared
DD 434 from 14
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