Rod Matthew

Massive Thank You from the Costas

The Ben Fund race should not have been part of this meeting at all. The opening race could easily, and more sensibly been a whites & yellows and foreign drivers race. Good practice for the Dutch and New Zealander drivers, in real race situation.

Once upon a time, the Ben Fund race used to be a stand alone race, as i remember. But on Saturday, the Cons Semi Final will be a stand alone race, with NOBODY qualifying for the meeting Final . Is that right ? Then the Ben Fund race will be - "a race for only drivers that have been Red or Superstar this season – a hard fought race with around 25 of the best F1 Stock Cars drivers". This will include around 8 drivers that have already fought their hearts out in the Cons Semi. How many will qualify for the Final from the Ben Fund race ? It doesn't seem right to me that none of the 29 drivers from the Consolation Semi will qualify for the meeting Final. Then , if 8 drivers from the Ben Fund race were to qualify for the meeting final, that leaves around 17 "of the best F1 Stock Car drivers", chasing how many meeting final places from the normal Consolation race ?. Basically, the Cons Semi Final should be one of the Heats, and the Ben Fund race a stand alone race

Thank You all Good Luck to all of them, Looking at the points chart, they all appear to be Pointless at this stage of the season

Not a bad turn out really. Nice to see another lady hitting the tracks. Anyone know anything about Hannah Chappel - other formulas, her car, family connections to F1 etc ? Some other new names on there (to me ) 497 Carl Dugdale 339 Ant Lee 254 Scott Wright A special Good Luck to Kelvin Hassell. We need more characters like him. He really brought a smile to my face at Sheffield Semi parade..

In that case, there's no way James could have completed a lap and overtaken 211 & 346. James wanted to unlap himself at the 1st restart, and wasn't allowed to. he was going backwards from then on, in so far as 217, 4 etc also lapped him. Maybe Liam didn't get to lap him (?) Think they must have got it right in the end

So, with Charlie Sworder booked in, Whose car will Mick use ? My guess, as suggested, is the 390 World winning car . If Bobby Griffin is using the new Falding car, just watch him go. He was flying at the last Sunday Skeggy meeting. He was the highest finishing Star - S/S in Heat (2nd) & GN (3rd) plus 6th in the Final (2nd highest Star - S/S)

Did James pull back a complete lap in the time it took for Phoebe and Ashley to get going again ? At the moment 211 & 346 came a cropper, James would have been just in front of them, a lap down (?). Not sure what the videos would show. i went into the Bar to rewatch the semi, to find out what exactly happened to Nigel Green But it revealed nothing. 445 was behind 4 on turns 1 & 2. Filming then swapped to the other end, and as cars came through, 445 simply wasn't there. So i didn't get the answer i was looking for. It would be very unfair to either driver (346 / 463) to get the result wrong, as happened to you Nigel. In this case, a World Final grid position is at stake.

Over the moon that Ashley has been re-instated into the Top 10 He drove a blinder all afternoon Cheers team for results and pit news

Cheers

Weather now looks good for tomorrow. Nice to see Team Harrhy have booked in. Anyone know what they charge for the car park ?

Just had an email from Owlerton Stadium ............ Half Price drinks in all areas, including bottles of wine, every Tuesday, Friday & Saturday in August Spirit & a mixer £1.90, Pint of Lager £1.95 Stox fans always seem to get a bum deal

Yes

I was thinking exactly the same. There should have been an announcement already, stating which reserves have been given a Semi. There are two at least required for this Semi. Charlie is listed as a Semi finalist at this meeting, as is 2nd reserve 348 3rd & 4th reserves (93 & 11) are on the booking list So Mick Sworder hasn't pulled out of the Buxton Semi , it would appear. and good on him

Cheers Tony Just looked - Those details weren't there earlier

On the website, can anyone see the "on the day prices" ?

Big Thank You team And well done 55, 217, and 175 for making the Top 12 at the expense of 464, 197 & 37 Gutted for Chris Cowley who must have been hoping for some GN points in that last race to seal his place.

Must be something to celebrate, it being a 3 heats, consolation , Final & GN both days Just like the good old days ................ Someone will tell us the negatives i expect I would imagine this latest request is no barbeques brought into the racetrack / specatator areas .................... surely

That's terrible News for the whole team Nigel Here's hoping for a last minute miracle.

The weather is a slight worry at the moment, but forecasts are notoriously inaccurate. Just worked out the savings that can be made. 4 full price weekend tickets bought now £162. On the day £188 So, £26 to spend on goodies, food & drink 2 adults & 2 children . In advance £106. On the day £126 Worth buying 2 days in advance if you're going.

I've just rang Incarace about admission prices as i was very confused dot com On Saturday, you CANNOT buy a 2 day ticket . They can only be bought in advance up to this Thursday at 4pm. Don't forget the £2 admin charge PER ORDER Pre ordered tickets can be collected on Saturday. So it's £47 full price tickets for the weekend, if not paid for, by Thursday 4pm (individual Concession prices also shown in 1st post)

Cheers for the various pieces of information. And now we're all invited to Nigel's barbie on Saturday night ! Haven't studied the driver's list too closely, but a noticeable absentee is Nigel Green. Odd seeing as it's practically his local. Latest update shows 60 now booked in.

A few more entries and there might even be a full 3 heat meeting . Something to celebrate............ (here in Donny at least ) Question, as i've forgotten. Does grid positions for Sunday's F1 Euro, have anything to do with points on Saturday ? For instance, Top red scorer starts at front of reds ? At my last Euro, the F2's were drawn out of a hat. 154 was drawn up front and sailed off into the sunset. Very boring. (Has he retired ?) Anyone know if this is still the procedure for the F2's ? Agree with you Dave regarding the Rebels, though it would have been good to see them. With having a weekend off, i'm edging back to doing both days for this one.

In an ideal world, this would be wonderful . Awesome even. It certainly works for the drivers. At Skeggy, i saw barbeques at the side of transporters. Cardboard cartons in the bins, that had held multi packs of Beers (wish i'd taken pics) So where is the punter's barbeque, the paying public's right to enjoy a few social Beers and talk racing ? It certainly couldn't happen at Skegness. Folk spend an age queueing for food and drink. Can Joe Public take barbeques into Texel ?

Agree with the statement Colin. One would have thought that starting the meeting at 5.30pm, would still leave plenty of time for partying / socialising. And i know 5.30pm is too early for some, so it's a difficult one. I do remember that in 2017, with a 5.30pm start time, that the loud music carried on way beyond midnight, maybe 1am (??) I couldn't get to sleep until it all finished. So perhaps there is an element of this in their decision to bring the start time forward, apart from making more Bar takings. If racing is done for 7.30pm, starting at 2.30pm, everyone should be worn out and unconscious by midnight. Whether it's wise to put Bar takings & social before the majority's needs, is open to debate ...............