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Maybe they are diverting the power supply to the p.a 🤸‍♀️

Heat Two Happenings: 325 leads away. 8, 166, 127 & 30 pile into turn 1 in a mighty clash of bumpers. 16 and 1 swap places a couple of times until Tom pulls away. 453 leads. 515 and 16 engage in close combat for a short while. 138 fires 166 into turn 3. At the opposite end 217, 410 & 157 trade hits. 5 to go and it is 212 from 1. 2 to go and 1 is through for the second win of the evening.

Pit News: 345 - Gearbox change 446 - Rear axle change 399 - Working on the brake adjuster

Heat One Happenings: 325 leads away. 178 gives 22 a big hit into turn 1. Lewis just keeps it out of the fence. 1 and 515 put a combined hit in on 55 entering turn 1. 410 & 138 do likewise to 515 in turn 3. 515 retires with a flat left rear. 242 leads. 446 stops on the exit of turn 4. At halfway it is 242, 212, 1. 3 to go and the World Champ is through for the race win. The majority of cars had glowing front right discs towards race end.

National Ministox Gold Roof Race Top 3: 155 Archie Grindey 496 Thomas Holcroft 611 Jamie Hanson Plenty of bumpers going in 👍

In the pits we have the following cars. The number after the name is their 2024 appearance. SHOOTERS Group A 1 Tom Harris – 25 446 Joe Booth - 25 55 Craig Finnikin - 26 16 Mat Newson - 38 Group B 217 Lee Fairhurst - 20 515 Frankie Wainman Junior - 35 138 Dave Polley - 19 410 Jelle Tesselaar in the white THM car as raced by 445 & 7x - 16 Stars 8 Catherine Harris - 8 166 Bobby Griffin - 20 212 Danny Wainman - 24 259 Paul Hines - 26 345 Jake Harrhy - 32 A Grade 73 Chris Cowley - 15 127 Austin Moore - 18 157 Adam Joyce - 16 242 Joe Nickolls - 11 B Grade 22 Lewis Hunter - 27 30 Thomas Storry - 8 178 Richard Burt - 9 312 John Thompson - 7 399 Harry Clayton - 12 453 Thomas Andrew – 33 532 Daz Kitson - 5 C Grade 325 Richard Davies - 8

Welcome to High Edge folks for the 2025 WCQR2, and National Points Championship Shootout Round 5 sponsored by G & T Robson Ltd. Race format: 1. F2 Ht.1 2. Heritage F1 Ht.1 3. National Ministox Gold Roof Race 4. F1 Ht.1 5. F2 Ht.2 6. National Ministox Ht.2 7. F1 Ht.2 8. Heritage F1 Ht.2 9. F2 Final 10. National Ministox Ht 3 11. F1 Final 12. Heritage F1 Final 13. F2 GN 14. National Ministox Final 15. F1 GN

Pics in the gallery. Many thanks to Nic for taking them 👍

Thank you for a sterling double-job Nic 👍

A statement from Matt Stoneman released on Sunday: After an eventful weekend to say the least, firstly and most importantly I hope 460 Adam Pearce makes a speedy recovery. Secondly I got lucky with Charlie getting taken out as without a yellow flag it was his and not the way I wanted to take the chequered. Regardless of previous battles and people's opinions I do feel for him and his team. Thirdly last night was one of the best nights of my life, I've worked very hard for a lot of years and put my heart and soul into my racing and always come up short on the big ones. But last night was my night, I crossed the line first and no one can take that away from me. Yes I got given the lead but I done the job after and drove away. As for the "irregularities", they were out of my control and my engine builders and feel very hard done by and to be told they made no difference whatsoever to performance is a hard pill to swallow. And to top it off a 6 month ban This year I have strived to be different and be the fastest out there and at times I have until a rule was made up even though I met the rules and went through the proper channels. So back to the drawing board and a few months of being off the pace and this weekend got back to where I was. It feels like my face doesn't fit even though I've conducted myself calmly and professionally. One thing is I'm not a cheat and not backing down. I've got 7 days to appeal and clear my name. Big thank you to all my team and yesterday was epic, today can AUTOMATICALLY DELETED WORD off 🙈 # Brakes Not Tampered With

After the 127 car fails post-race checks Luke Wrench (560) is now the 2024 F2 World Champ 👍

Sunday Updates: 127 not yet confirmed as World Champ. Watch this space! NI918 banned for one month.

Saloons British Championship Result: 720 670 121 389 151 171 341 131 618 697

The Saloons 2024 British Champion is: Archie Brown (720) What a year he is having. World, English, and British Champ👍 Result to follow as and when announced.

F2 WF Result: 127 560 618 213 915 NI718 24 564 674 12

Guinchy made the perfect start to the 25 lapper getting the jump on the Flying Fifer. Bumpers were flying in behind from row 2 with Gordon getting a big hit from 647 in turn 2 which lifted the back wheels of the 7 car off the ground. The hit rebounded and spun 647 around. 7 was taken to the fence again in turn 3 and pulled off soon after when a tyre let go following it rubbing on the wheel guard. Liam Rennie (3) had sustained damage in the opening laps and also retired. With the laps winding down the 183 car had got well amongst the back-markers and had NI918 and 24 ahead of him. After passing NI918 down the back straight Wee Diddyman launched a ferocious torpedo of a hit/follow in on 183 sending the car full chat into the fence in a shower of sparks. In that moment Charlie's race was over ended by a payback hit from last year's WF weekend at Nutts Corner. NI918 then added to it by ramming the stationary 183 car. Charlie exited the car and gesticulated to the Irishman, and the crowd, before running down the track playing to the packed terraces. The restart over 4 laps saw 127, 560, 618, 564, NI718 and 915 as the top 6. Track expert Matt left the rest for dead sprinting away to a very popular victory for the South-West 👍

Matt Stoneman (127) is the 2024 F2 World Champ 👍👍🏁🏁👍👍

The World Final grid: 183 7 3 647 H79 NI998 560 127 213 992 B96 NI718 126 618 564 184 H40 H440 101 390 674 547 NI918 NI991 355 980 286 501 H27 24 915 47 12 27 880

Last Chance Race: A 34 car grid caused chaos on the first start with multi-car pile ups. The single file restart saw the 24 car lead away to the victory. A spectacular battle for the final qualifying spot in 6th saw 890, 880 and 926 cross the line locked together with 926 riding up the fence and rolling it. Wittsy crossed the line backwards to claim the spot. Result: 24 915 47 12 27 880 890 926 528 776. First 6 to the World Final

Welcome to Smeatharpe folks for an update on happenings at the big event: Time trial result to determine grid positions for the overseas contingent. In order of fastest: H79 NI998 B96 NI718 H40 H440 NI918 NI991 H27 NB. H124 is not present.

Plenty of pics in the gallery 👍

GN Notes: 103 leads away. 453 fails to get going and is stuck on the outside of the back straight. NZ133 loses the right rear tyre pressure and is broadside at the end of the home straight. Caution + complete restart. H575 is spat out of the pack and comes to a stop in turn 2. 73 is hanging off a turn 3 fence post. 67 leads. 5 v 515 v 138 battle it out. 5 puts the World Champ wide in turn 2. Tom catches the corner of the parked H575 resulting in a flat right rear. 410 goes in backwards to the turn 4 fence. 212 tangles with 312 on the exit of turn 2 and ends up spinning into the infield tyres. 138 is in fine form and sends 16 into a spin through turn 4 coming to the flag. 67 takes the win. An all action race to round off a top tarmac weekend 👍 That's it folks. I'll be back from Buxton on Oct 5th 👍

Final Focus: H194 leads away. 217 suffers mechanical trouble from the start and slows on the outside of the home straight. 287 is another who slows on the outside. 138 is on a charge and fires 300 in to turn 1. Paul ends up broadside. 67 leads. Caution to move 300 to safety. 67 heads the restart. 138 fires a train of 6 cars into turn 3 at the drop of the green. H194 and H318 take the brunt of the hit at the front of the train. Dave P loses spots though and ends up sliding back into the pack. The World Champ takes advantage of 138's move and gains a number of positions. Caution for their two stranded cars. 67 and 326 head the restart. 5, 446 and 138 trade hits on the resumption. A pile up in turn 2 leaves 269 up on top of the 8 car's bonnet. Caution. 67 and 526 head this restart. 1 is up to 3rd. 20 spins in turn 3 and slams the fence. The World Champ takes the lead with a double hit on 526 and 67. Further down the pack plenty of position changes are taking place with the wet track causing many wild manoevures. 5 and 446 are together again. 212 and 175 are tracking each other through the field. 259 retires. H124 stops on the outside of turn 2. 5 engages 16 in battle but soon pulls clear. The 1 car has increased his lead by some margin and takes the victory. Three races = three victories in the new car 🏁🏁🏁

Consolation 2 Catch Up: 325 leads away. 453 takes the lead before halfway. 300 moves ahead of 453. 212 is making good progress. Danny takes the lead, and pulls clear to the win showing how good he his on wet tarmac. A highlight is a race long duel between 5 and 446 with both riding out hits from one another. Charlie does the killer blow coming to the flag and beats Joe over the line. Another putting in some good hits was 498.