Taylor C

Just wanted to add my thoughts on tonight’s meeting: Sat in the grandstand - was very wet from Heat 2 onwards and decided to head down to the cover by the home straight bar for the Final & GN. Heat 1 - Yellows tops had a great all round battle in this (31 & 231 impressive first time out). This left 83 & 339 to pull clear - unfortunate for 83 to fail weight at the scales. Missed the roll by 13 on back straight, but looked a big one. All ok. Heat 2 - strange Heat. 1 was spun around halfway with 55 & 515 battling for position most of the way, with 55 coming out on top but did delay both. 150 was quick, but 259 caught and passed not far from the end. 502 got a deserved win with 339 in the mix once again. Heat 3 - getting wet by this point. Bit of a procession early on, except for #1 who stormed away from the rest of the field. 16 got 541 and was almost half a lap behind. Final - very wet now. The early laps just felt like no movement was being made by any driver and 339 looked to be on for his first Final win. Yellow/red flag came out late on for 555 to take the lead with 1 behind - 1 went for the last bender and as they were both about to dash for the flag, red flag deployed for a fire coming from the stationery 326 car. Green and 1 on the restart. 555 pulled away from 1, who had a bad restart and let 515 past. 555 was gone & home as 1 nailed 515 on the last bend, for them to both be in trouble. 515 survived coming 2nd with 34 & 150 both coming past 1 metres from the line - an incredible end to a fantastic Final. Grand National - 555 a lap down and made up an incredible amount of ground throughout. Yf part way through with 326 leading from 1. 1 passed at T2, but didn’t pull away with 326 returning the favour at T3 to retake the lead. 515 entered the fray and did lead at one point, with 326 nailing 515 hard at T1 (maybe a bit of help from 1 behind, not sure) as 1 undercut and pulled away for the win. 555 stayed out of trouble and gained double points in 4th.

2020 VIRTUAL CONSOLATION SEMI FINAL GRID @ SHEFFIELD 30/8 275 Terry Hawkins <---> 502 Ricky Wilson 278 Paul Hopkins <---> 268 Richard Woods 216 Jack France <---> 70 Aaron Leach 45 Nigel Harrhy <---> 211 Phoebe Wainman 326 Mark Sargent <---> 183 Steve Whittle 169 Billy Johnson <---> 11 Neil Scriven 53 John Lund <---> 101 Tristan Jackson 5 Charlie Sworder <---> 20 Liam Gilbank 512 Michael Steward <---> 12 Michael Scriven 501 George Elwell <---> 34 Mal Brown 94 John Dowson Jnr <---> 25 Brad Harrison 346 Ashley England <---> 21 Mark Gilbank 37 Chris Cowley <---> 175 Karl Hawkins 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr <---> 55 Craig Finnikin

Virtual Semi Final #1 Result:- [using track averages] 16, 259, 445, 1, 166, 150, 463, 2 335, 313 ----- 20, 275 Top 10 to Virtual World Final - the rest to VCSF. TOP 20 at 9/8 (after Sheffield - World Semi Final #2) 1. 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr - 718pts 2. 16 Mat Newson - 622 3. 1 Tom Harris - 551 4. 212 Danny Wainman - 492 5. 445 Nigel Green - 446 6. 217 Lee Fairhurst - 442 7. 4 Dan Johnson - 370 8. 55 Craig Finnikin - 299 9. 259 Paul Hines - 286 10. 464 Luke Davidson - 254 11. 220 Will Hunter - 253 12. 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr - 238 13. 2 Paul Harrison - 225 14. 25 Brad Harrison - 203 15. 166 Bobby Griffin - 182 16. 197 Ryan Harrison - 175 17. 335 Mark Woodhull - 156 18. 175 Karl Hawkins - 154 19. 150 Mick Sworder - 153 20. 37 Chris Cowley - 147 Selected others: 21. 21 Mark Gilbank - 145 22. 463 James Morris - 138 23. 518 Stuart Shevill Jnr - 131 26. 11 Neil Scriven - 116 27. 346 Ashley England - 114 28. 169 Billy Johnson - 112 35. 183 Steve Whittle - 79 40. 211 Phoebe Wainman - 65 41. 45 Nigel Harrhy - 61 44. 20 Liam Gilbank - 58 45. 5 Charlie Sworder - 53 61. 526 Finn Sargent - 40 66. 53 John Lund - 34 75. 345 Jake Harrhy - 28 86. 24 Mark Adkins - 17 87. 137 Sam Jacklin - 16 90. 495 Richard Howarth - 13

Virtual Semi Final #1 Result:- [using track averages] 515, 217, 464, 197, 212, 4, 48, 220, 518, 422 --- 183, 175 Top 10 to Virtual World Final - the rest to VCSF. TOP 20 at 1/8 (after Skegness - World Semi Final #1) 1. 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr - 694pts 2. 16 Mat Newson - 595 3. 1 Tom Harris - 535 4. 212 Danny Wainman - 465 5. 445 Nigel Green - 428 6. 217 Lee Fairhurst - 425 7. 4 Dan Johnson - 346 8. 55 Craig Finnikin - 278 9. 259 Paul Hines - 266 10. 464 Luke Davidson - 254 11. 220 Will Hunter - 247 12. 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr - 228 13. 2 Paul Harrison - 220 14. 25 Brad Harrison - 200 15. 197 Ryan Harrison - 173 16. 166 Bobby Griffin - 172 17. 335 Mark Woodhull - 151 18. 175 Karl Hawkins - 149 19. 150 Mick Sworder - 146 20. 37 Chris Cowley - 140

TOP 20 at 26/7 (after Northampton - Shootout Cut-Off) 1. 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr - 669pts 2. 16 Mat Newson - 575 3. 1 Tom Harris - 515 4. 212 Danny Wainman - 450 5. 217 Lee Fairhurst - 402 6. 445 Nigel Green - 401 7. 4 Dan Johnson - 334 8. 55 Craig Finnikin - 274 9. 259 Paul Hines - 259 10. 220 Will Hunter - 239 11. 464 Luke Davidson - 234 12. 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr - 223 ------------------------------------------------ 13. 2 Paul Harrison - 206 14. 25 Brad Harrison - 193 15. 166 Bobby Griffin - 167 16. 197 Ryan Harrison - 158 17. 335 Mark Woodhull - 150 18. 150 Mick Sworder - 144 19. 175 Karl Hawkins - 143 20. 37 Chris Cowley - 136 Start points for Shootout: 515 - 12pts 16 - 11 1 - 10 212 - 9 217 - 8 445 - 7 4 - 6 55 - 5 259 - 4 220 - 3 464 - 2 555 - 1

2020 VIRTUAL SEMI FINAL GRIDS *created by taking the existing 2020 WCQ points and adding the predicted points each driver would gain at each scheduled 2020 WCQ round* #1 SKEGNESS - 1/8 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr <---> 217 Lee Fairhurst 212 Danny Wainman <---> 55 Craig Finnikin 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr <---> 464 Luke Davidson 4 Dan Johnson <---> 220 Will Hunter 175 Karl Hawkins <---> 37 Chris Cowley 518 Stuart Shevill Jnr <---> 197 Ryan Harrison 5 Charlie Sworder <---> 422 Ben Riley 268 Richard Woods <---> 21 Mark Gilbank 183 Steve Whittle <---> 34 Mal Brown 48 Shaun Webster <---> 169 Billy Johnson 12 Michael Scriven <---> 326 Mark Sargent 70 Aaron Leach <---> 216 Jack France #2 SHEFFIELD 9/8 1 Tom Harris <---> 16 Mat Newson 445 Nigel Green <---> 259 Paul Hines 166 Bobby Griffin <---> 150 Mick Sworder 25 Brad Harrison <---> 335 Mark Woodhull 94 John Dowson Jnr <---> 2 Paul Harrison 313 Karl Roberts <---> 463 James Morris 211 Phoebe Wainman <---> 11 Neil Scriven 346 Ashley England <---> 501 George Elwell 275 Terry Hawkins <---> 20 Liam Gilbank 101 Tristan Jackson <---> 45 Nigel Harrhy 278 Paul Hopkins <---> 512 Michael Steward 53 John Lund <---> 502 Ricky Wilson Reserves (in order):- 284 Sam Wass 446 Joe Booth 186 Todd Jones 22 Will Yarrow 93 Sam Makim 83 Darren Clark

TOP 20 at 12/7 (after Skegness - end of Grading Period 4) 1. 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr - 620pts 2. 16 Mat Newson - 530 3. 1 Tom Harris - 465 4. 212 Danny Wainman - 418 5. 217 Lee Fairhurst - 384 6. 445 Nigel Green - 382 7. 4 Dan Johnson - 307 8. 55 Craig Finnikin - 251 9. 464 Luke Davidson - 234 10. 259 Paul Hines - 232 11. 2 Paul Harrison - 206 12. 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr - 201 ------------------------------------------------ 13. 220 Will Hunter - 201 14. 25 Brad Harrison - 189 15. 197 Ryan Harrison - 150 16. 166 Bobby Griffin - 149 17. 150 Mick Sworder - 144 18. 175 Karl Hawkins - 131 19. 37 Chris Cowley - 131 20. 518 Stuart Shevill Jnr - 124 Selected others: 21. 335 Mark Woodhull - 120 22. 422 Ben Riley - 119 24. 21 Mark Gilbank - 111 25. 346 Ashley England - 104 27. 11 Neil Scriven - 87 28. 169 Billy Johnson - 81 33. 183 Steve Whittle - 71 40. 45 Nigel Harrhy - 58 42. 211 Phoebe Wainman - 53 47. 5 Charlie Sworder - 44 54. 20 Liam Gilbank - 41 61. 526 Finn Sargent - 32 62. 53 John Lund - 32 78. 345 Jake Harrhy - 21 85. 24 Mark Adkins - 16 87. 137 Sam Jacklin - 14 90. 495 Richard Howarth - 11

I'll be doing virtual Semi Finals and a virtual Shootout aswell. The last WCQR would have been Lochgelly, so both Semi Final grids have been completed - 515 finished top and I imagine him picking Skegness over Sheffield 10 times out of 10. #1 will be on pole at Sheffield. The grids will be released on 15th July. There are 4 meetings remaining before the Shootout Cut Off - the top 8 are in, so there are 4 places left up for grabs: (Shootout will comprise off 4 shale and 4 tar rounds due to Birmingham being removed and lack of data for Bristol) 9. 259 Paul Hines - 217 10. 464 Luke Davidson - 194 11. 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr - 191 12. 220 Will Hunter - 186 13. 2 Paul Harrison - 177 14. 25 Brad Harrison - 175 15. 150 Mick Sworder - 139 16. 166 Bobby Griffin - 139

Basically, the total amount of points a driver has scored at a certain track since the beginning of 2016 is then divided by the amount of meetings there have been at said track in the same period to give a track average. This was the fairest way to do it as it gives a meeting average for each driver - as if all drivers attended every meeting, which is obviously unrealistic but for the purposes of a virtual season, its the only way to do it fairly. So to answer your question, it is based on previous performance. The only track that is slightly different is Northampton, as I've taken results from since it has been shale in 2018 rather than the beginning of 2016 - giving tar only drivers points for Northampton in this didn't seem to make sense. Obviously, there is no data for Knockhill or Bristol and Birmingham was removed from the calendar just before lockdown so none of those meetings are included in this. But the Belle Vue meetings are included. Some drivers are lower down the order due to only having raced a year or two - 5, 20, 346 come to mind - and other drivers aren't on there at all due to inactivity/retirement - 318 & 390 for example. There are some drivers on the list of 150 who last raced in 2018 - 207 & 408 to name two - as I couldn't make a list of 150 purely using drivers from 2019.

TOP 20 at 28/6 (after Lochgelly - Final WCQR) 1. 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr - 571pts 2. 16 Mat Newson - 491 3. 1 Tom Harris - 425 4. 212 Danny Wainman - 390 5. 217 Lee Fairhurst - 339 6. 445 Nigel Green - 329 7. 4 Dan Johnson - 284 8. 55 Craig Finnikin - 243 9. 259 Paul Hines - 217 10. 464 Luke Davidson - 194 11. 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr - 191 12. 220 Will Hunter - 186 13. 2 Paul Harrison - 177 14. 25 Brad Harrison - 175 15. 150 Mick Sworder - 139 16. 166 Bobby Griffin - 139 17. 37 Chris Cowley - 123 18. 175 Karl Hawkins - 120 19. 197 Ryan Harrison - 120 20. 335 Mark Woodhull - 119

Straight away, this is not affiliated with BriSCA F1 or the BSCDA - with the enormous help of Stoxnet’s own Carl Hesketh, I’ve taken averages of 150 current F1 drivers from 2016 to 2019 to predict how the 2020 season would go. If anyone follows me on Twitter, you will have seen I have been doing this since meeting #1 at King’s Lynn in March. Here is how the Top 20 currently stand below after Grading Period 3 - no data available for Knockhill (or Bristol for that matter) so these are the current standings before, what would have been, Cowdenbeath & Lochgelly this weekend. If anyone would like any other drivers current position, please contact me by PM on here to save clogging up this thread. TOP 20 (after Ipswich - end of Grading Period 3) 1. 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr - 524pts 2. 16 Mat Newson - 439 3. 212 Danny Wainman - 358 4. 1 Tom Harris - 344 5. 445 Nigel Green - 325 6. 217 Lee Fairhurst - 289 7. 4 Dan Johnson - 284 8. 55 Craig Finnikin - 243 9. 259 Paul Hines - 209 10. 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr - 167 11. 220 Will Hunter - 167 12. 2 Paul Harrison - 147 13. 464 Luke Davidson - 141 14. 166 Bobby Griffin - 139 15. 25 Brad Harrison - 133 16. 197 Ryan Harrison - 120 17. 335 Mark Woodhull - 119 18. 463 James Morris - 115 19. 175 Karl Hawkins - 108 20. 21 Mark Gilbank - 106 Selected others: 21. 37 Chris Cowley - 100 23. 150 Mick Sworder - 95 25. 169 Billy Johnson - 81 26. 346 Ashley England - 79 29. 11 Neil Scriven - 67 30. 326 Mark Sargent - 66 35. 45 Nigel Harrhy - 55 38. 211 Phoebe Wainman - 47 47. 5 Charlie Sworder - 38 52. 53 John Lund - 32 64. 526 Finn Sargent - 26 73. 345 Jake Harrhy - 21 84. 137 Sam Jacklin - 13 88. 24 Mark Adkins - 10 90. 495 Richard Howarth - 8

The 'Tribute to Stoke' is the F1 GN - being billed as this as it is the last ever race at Stoke.

Latest newsletter states that the F1s are capped at 60 cars this weekend - understandable with how busy the weekend with be for Speak's team and the amount of different formulas that are on. 120 Casey Englestone ran in his refurbed Newson car at Swaffham Saturday just gone - in prep for this coming weekend I would assume. Also read something on Facebook of H318 Rick Lenssen coming over for the weekend - maybe Hary or Rouke could confirm this?

32 cars now, 3 additions and 1 withdrawal from the list above: 313 Karl Roberts 337 Dave Willis 463 James Morris are the additions 4 Dan Johnson has withdrawn.

Aren't these rounds 4 and 5 with Sheffield being round 3 ? Well spotted! Knew I'd get at least one thing wrong!

Saturday : F1 Shootout Round #3 National Ministox Gold Top Race F2s & Micros Sunday: F1 Shootout Round #4 V8 Hotstox World Final 2L Saloon Shootout Round #4 ORCi Minis What a weekend - really looking forward to it.

27 cars currently - once again, including all 12 Shooters: 1. 4 Dan Johnson 2. 13 Kelvin Hassell 3. 16 Mat Newson 4. 34 Mal Brown 5. 45 Nigel Harrhy 6. 55 Craig Finnikin 7. 84 Tom Harris 8. 124 Kyle Gray 9. 127 Austin Moore 10. 166 Bobby Griffin 11. 175 Karl Hawkins 12. 192 Luke Dennis 13. 211 Phoebe Wainman 14. 212 Danny Wainman 15. 217 Lee Fairhurst 16. 220 William Hunter 17. 259 Paul Hines 18. 268 Richard Woods 19. 276 Mark Poole 20. 303 Karl Whiteman 21. 345 Jake Harrhy 22. 423 Gary Jackson 23. 424 Michael Heywood 24. 445 Nigel Green 25. 501 George Elwell 26. 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr 27. 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr

31 cars booked in at the moment, including all 12 Shooters. 4 Daniel Johnson 5 Charlie Sworder 13 Kelvin Hassell 16 Matt Newson 25 Bradley Harrison 37 Chris Cowley 43 Adam Bamford 48 Shaun Webster 55 Craig Finnikin 70 Aaron Leach 84 Tom Harris 124 Kyle Gray 166 Bobby Griffin 172 Michael Randell 175 Karl Hawkins 211 Phoebe Wainman 212 Danny Wainman 217 Lee Fairhurst 220 William Hunter 259 Paul Hines 283 Alex Wass 284 Samuel Wass 345 Jake Harrhy 387 Hannah Chappel 445 Nigel Green 460 Chris Cooke 464 Luke Davidson 497 Carl Dugdale 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr 543 Drew Lammas 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr

After Sunday's GN, I think 555 won't see green flag

Still 60 F1s as of this morning. 183 Steve Whittle has withdrawn, but 55 Craig Finnikin books in.

Up to 29 cars, with the addition of 80 Stephen North & the Wainman family - Phoebe, Frankie & JJ.

Down to 25 cars, but one Superstar has booked in, hoping to make it FOUR in a row: 12 Michael Scriven 16 Matt Newson 20 Liam Gilbank 37 Chris Cowley 84 Tom Harris 93 Sam Makim 101 Tristan Jackson 124 Kyle Gray 166 Bobby Griffin 169 Billy Johnson 192 Luke Dennis 215 Geoff Nickolls 244 Mick Rogers 259 Paul Hines 313 Karl Roberts 335 Mark Woodhull 337 Dave Willis 345 Jake Harrhy 366 Dave Dorans H410 Jelle Tesselaar 463 James Morris 478 Shane Geary 496 Neil Holcroft 541 Willie Skoyles H880 Niels Tesselaar Plus 38 F2s.

Currently 27 cars: 12 Michael Scriven 16 Matt Newson 20 Liam Gilbank 37 Chris Cowley 93 Sam Makim 101 Tristan Jackson 124 Kyle Gray 136 Rob Jacklin 166 Bobby Griffin 169 Billy Johnson 192 Luke Dennis 215 Geoff Nickolls 244 Mick Rogers 259 Paul Hines 268 Richard Woods 313 Karl Roberts 335 Mark Woodhull 337 Dave Willis 345 Jake Harrhy 366 Dave Dorans 463 James Morris 478 Shane Geary 496 Neil Holcroft 533 Callum Oakes-Kitson 541 Willie Skoyles H410 Jelle Tesselaar H880 Niels Tesselaar Plus 32 F2s.

Johnson to get a push on Smithy & lead going down the back straight - has there ever been an unluckier driver in WFs than #4?! Fairhurst & Harris have somehow got to get on the inside line amongst all the pushing & shoving going on behind. Cowley could give Gilbank & the fastest Overseas (should be H217 or H400) a nudge or simply follow Greeny round! Greeny wins it for me - as long as Ryan doesn't bury him. Overtakes #4 just after halfway & retains the Gold. If it hammers down with rain before hand, you'll have to be a brave man to bet against Harris. The fact Fairhurst won from dead last 6 years ago basically means it's impossible to predict & there will probably be cars everywhere after the 1st bend.

Overseas World Finalists (Fri & Sat unless stated): B197 Jordy Lemmens H6 Geert Jan Keijzer H12 Evert van den Berg H22 Louw Wobbes H38 Bart Koopmans H195 Harmen Zwerver (Sat only) H217 Ron Kroonder H228 Jan Roelof Wijbenga H380 Christian Weyenberg H400 Roy Maessen NZ1 William Humphries NZ2 Adam Joblin Overseas Support: T6 Pascal Spigt H29 Durk Greidanus H54 Sierd de Vries H65 Hans Baegen H79 Lourenz de Vries H99 Johan Catsburg H107 Matt Schreurs H177 Lee Robinson H215 Albert Sikkema H229 Tsjalle Greidanus H295 Willem Zwerver H345 Boy Tesselaar H393 Gert Elzinga H410 Jelle Tesselaar H477 Martijn Oudhuis H525 Nigel de Kock