The 1/8th Oval Section awarded the following trophies, at the recent A.G.M.
(Presented by Ann Chambers).
NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP.
1st 477 GORDON MACKENZIE, 2nd 800 DAVE BRUCE,3RD – 105 SCOTT BONALLO
MIDLAND CHAMPIONSHIP.
1st 5 MICK GOODHAL, 2ND – 304 JULIAN VAUX, 3rd PAUL CULLVERWELL.
SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP.
1st 168 EDDIE WHITE, 2ND – 1 OLLY WHEATLEY, 3rd 37 BARRY JONES.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
1st JODY FOSTER, 2ND – PAUL CULLVERWELL, 3rd 477 GORDON MACKENZIE
NATIONAL GRADE CHAMPIONSHIP.
1st PHIL TOWELL , 2ND – 53 RICHARD WATERS, 3rd JODY FOSTER
BEST NOVICE.
STEVEN WOODEND (NORA)
BEST JUNIOR.
RACHEAL MERRY
GRADE AWARDS.
TOP YELLOW- 583 PAUL TRUEPENNY,
TOP BLUE- 59 JOHN FERRINGO
TOP RED – 27 ERIC STEVENSON.
DRIVER OF THE YEAR
73 – PHIL TOWELL.
(Presented by Dave Waters).
DEREK BIRD AWARD.
JOHN POWELL.
Presented by Chris Hardesty (BRCA Chairman).
BRCA SECTION AWARD.
RICHARD SAGAR & TOM YARWOOD.
RESULTS.
1ST. PHIL TOWELL
2ND. STEVEN SWALES
3RD. MICK GOODHALL
4TH. MICHAEL GOVER
5TH. LEE WEARING
6TH. DARREN GREGORY
Final Results.
Barry Jones 187 laps Modified Mardave kit with 3.5cc Bratt Engine Dyna Glo fuel.
Alison Warner 176 laps OWM kit with 2.5cc Nova Rossi Engine 16% OWM pink power fuel.
Alan Borland 159 laps Own design Chassis with 3.5cc Bratt Engine Dyna Glo fuel.
Malcolm Jones 149 laps Modified Mardave kit with 3.5cc Nova Rossi Dyna Glo fuel.
Tony Wise 114 laps Modified Mardave kit with 3.5cc OPS Engine Dyna Glo fuel.
Colin Warner 7 laps OWM kit With 3.5cc MED Nova Rossi Engine 16% OWM pink power fuel.
*VISIT THE M.N.H.R.A. PAGE FOR FULL RACE DETAILS.
See LINK below*
* NEWS FLASH * 14/09/99.
......WINNERS OF THE "WORLDS" 12th September 1999.
in Holland.
1st Olly Wheatley
2nd Phil Towell
3rd Eddie White
4th Allen Godfrey
5th Rob Toms
6th Kevin Barrie
..... RESULTS OF 1999 J.STEWARD TRANSPORT MNHRA
(HOT ROD) EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP.
1st COLIN WARNER
2nd MALCOLM JONES
3rd NIGEL WILLIAMSON
4th TONY WILLIAMSON
5th BARRY JONES
6th STEWART SIMMONDS
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for more details!).RACE ACTION PHOTOS ADDED.-
..........29/07/99
THE RESULTS FROM THE "MICHELIN TYRES" 1999
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.(Top 24).
POSITION DRIVERS NAME NUMBER LAPS FINAL - SEMI - QUARTER
1 SIMON GALBRAITH 1 69.37 67.29 65.23
2 JULIAN VAUX 304 66.70 66.39 66.32
3 JODY FOSTER 391 65.77 67.94 67.40
4 DAVE STELL 358 64.71 63.80 64.43
5 PAUL CALVERWELL 422 64.54 66.66 64.98
6 GORDON MACKENKIE 477 64.28 66.86 64.72
7 ALAN O'BRIAN 268 66.14 65.23
8 DAVE BRUCE 800 65.62 64.62
9 STEVE WEARING 99 64.38 60.73
10 SCOTT BONALLO 105 63.57 61.77
11 EDDIE WHITE 168 63.32 65.63
12 ALAN WILLIAMS 269 59.62 60.59
13 KEVIN BARRIE 57 63.74
14 GARY MILLS 43 62.95
15 HARVEY FOX 396 61.99
16 NIGEL WILLIAMSON 157 61.91
17 JOHN ALLEN 226 59.46
18 OLLY WHEATLEY 241 58.87
19 BOB REID 52 56.83
20 LEE WEARING 97 54.19
21 ROBERT TOMS 316 50.99
22 ALAN GODFREY 101 40.99
23 LEE MIDDLETON 205 32.99
24 JEAN PIERRE STEEGEN B241 06.99
1/8th SCALE OVAL RACING - AWARDS PAGE.
NATIONAL POINTS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st 241 OLLY WHEATLEY
2nd 950 COLIN WARNER
3rd 358 DAVE STELL
NATIONAL SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP
1st 477 GORDON MACKENZIE
2nd 700 DAVE CLARK
3rd 44 MARK FLOOD
NORTHERN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
1st 477 GORDON MACKENZIE
2nd 700 DAVE CLARK
3rd DAVE BRUCE
MIDLANDS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
1st 391 JODY FOSTER
2nd 1 SIMON GALBRAITH
3rd 422 PAUL CALDERWELL
SOUTHERN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
1st 158 DAVID HERRIDGE
2nd 241 OLLY WHEATLEY
3rd 316 ROB TOMS
BEST JUNIOR DRIVER
97 LEE WEARING
MOST IMPROVED DRIVER
97 LEE WEARING
DAVID HERRIDGE - 158. 1998 SOUTHERN REGIONAL CHAMPION
RESPONDING TO MY REQUEST FOR DETAILS ABOUT DAVID'S RACING HISTORY - HE REPLIED, WITH THE FOLLOWING E-MAIL:-
Thank you for your mail. I think this could be a long one for me to fit everything in. I can't even remember my whole racing career myself. It started in 1987 when I first joined the Adur club. I raced 2 wheel drive off-road for a season. I remember my 1st race. I drove down the straight on the offroad track, turned a corner and all the wheels fell off!!
I think it was 1988 I started to race stock cars. I remember having my first go, on a driver called Bob Mitchell's car. You may, or may not remember him. He was well known for his throttle control!! This of course was before Adur even had an inside barrier!!
My Uncle, Martin Herridge also started racing at the same time as me. I forget his racing number now, and in 1989 we both began to race for the championship. At the end of the year we both had exactly the same score and exactly the same throw away. The club championship was given to me on the basis that I had most wins. My Uncle then retired from racing, saying that it should have been a draw.
The biggest influence on me throughout that time, was John Allen. I learnt from him all the pushing and contact tactics, the best line to choose (my uncle also helped me with that one), and of course throttle control. With practice, and more practice, and even more practice, careful tyre choices and excellent mechanic work from my father, my youthful quick reactions and car setup proved to be very effective.
Another big influence on me was Mick Betts. I have also known him for many years and I remember losing to him on many occasions, when he used to run the old Hastings track.
At about this time, I believe I started to move up a level. My chassis changed from a mark 3 Mardave, to an underslung lightweight Middleton (I did have a standard Middleton but it lasted about a week!).
With this car I raced at Yorkshire, Nottingham, Leicester and Coventry, all the big tracks and even the old Lilford Track. In my travels I was influenced by Mike Chilvers, who wrote for RCMC at the time. I remember one incident in particular when he held a tight line round a corner at Yorkshire, and couldn't believe that I overtook him on the inside!! These were probably my best days of racing, but also the days when I won the least. I would go to a National meeting, camp overnight and have no expectations of winning at all.
Moving on to more recently, I bought a second hand John Elliot chassis from Stuart Watson, a driver who raced a successful, but short career. This chassis and another the same, I raced for a couple of seasons, reasonably succesfully, as the second chassis won and came second in 2 southern rounds. My final southern round victory came with my new Prostock chassis and clenched the southern title last year. This season, however I am not even a member of a club as work has taken priority.
Tyres: I reccommend all Ufra compounds, especcially Ufra pinks on the back.
Chassis: I reccommend either the Prostock, or the John Elliot.
Engine: I reccommend the rear exhaust Nova Rossi.
Setup: Have your car so that it is very responsive, thus you can avoid accidents. Oversteer is better than understeer.
A spoiler is essential, and find a sponsor. For a long time I was sponsored by RodSpeed and Pyecroft engineering.
For NEW drivers, IGNORE everything I just said, go out and buy a Middleton chassis, an OS engine, and try to go round without hitting the barriers, learn to control your left thumb!!
Dave, 158.
MANY THANKS TO DAVID. # 158.
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Driver profile #2. GARY CLAPHAM, 327.
Living just a couple of miles from Skegness stadium I have always enjoyed full size stock cars, in particular BriSCA formula ones. I remember many times going to watch Stu Smith, Frankie Wainman and Len Wolfenden battle it out around the small Skegness oval. I raced off- road buggies for a while, but this stopped when I went to University, from reading the magazines, I was always aware of R/C stock cars, however there wasn't a track or MODEL SHOP locally. When returning from University, I happened to stumble across Skegness Oval Racing Club. I decided it was for me, so went and bought a couple of magazines and decided to sort out some bits. I bought an Irvine blue top engine, and a Tennant chassis, however after a couple of weeks it lay there gathering dust. After a couple more years, I decided to complete the job and started racing in 1997. I haven't won much, however I have learned no end about chassis design and set up, and other aspects related to model stock car racing. I also have been to the Worlds at Coventry, and the Euros at NORA, and I have also raced at Leicester and Nottingham.
More recently I have changed chassis to a Fox chassis and flat style engine mounts, an OPS engine which has allowed me to progress to a red top! Hopefully in 2000 I will be able to race more often at other tracks and I am looking forward to the worlds at Moat Farm.(At S.O.R.A.,in SEPT.2000 - Ed)
My recommendations :-
Tyres: Ones that work, and don't cost an arm and a leg.
Chassis: One that isn't bent! I don't think there is much difference between any chassis, except if the suspension geometry has changed, and if so, it would be custom made.
Engine: OPS, enough said!.
Set up: Remember that big isn't always best, don't have too much steering lock, use stagger to help you round the bends.
MANY THANKS TO GARY. #327.
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