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Final Top Three: 501 George Elwell 84 Tom Harris 20 Liam Gilbank

Final On Track Whites 524 128 325 226 Yellow 452 392 11 502 Blues 73 242 12 Reds 20 191 Superstars 16 5 217 515 84 195 DNS 124 132 263 339 555

Pit News: 16 - Gearbox input shaft sheared. 555 - Gearbox change in op.

Heat Two Happenings: 524 leads away. 515, 5 and 84 battle through turn 1. Charlie drifts wide next time around and loses places. 452 takes the lead from 524. A lap later it is 501 at the head of the field. 84 does a long distance hit on 392 down the home straight into turn 1 at 4 to go. 524 tries in vain to hold off a combined 73 and 84 onslaught. 84 shifts 73 aside in turn 3 at 2 to go, with 515 doing likewise on the last lap.

Heat 2 Full Result: 501 452 11 84 515 524 191 73 12 5 - 242 392 DNF 16 195 325 555 DNS 124 132 263 339

501 George Elwell wins heat 2 for hopefully his first win of the season

Heat Two On Track(All in) Whites 524 128 325 226 Yellow 452 392 11 502 Blues 73 242 12 Reds 555 20 191 Superstars 16 5 217 515 84 195

Pit News: 73 - Replacing a section of the l/h nerf rail. 16 - Steering pump hydraulic hose split. 226 - Welding front right bumper brace. 84 - R/h king pin has excess play. However, the tapered cotter pin is proving difficult to remove even with a sledgehammer! Tom is going to live with it and drill the cotter pin out back at the workshop.

Heat One Full Result: 84 501 11 20 515 242 5 12 73 452 - 524 325 DNF 16 124 191 195 217 226 263 339 392

Welcome to Hednesford Hills folks. Heat One Happenings: 524 leads away. 191 and 217 drift wide in turn 1 and lose places. 392 takes a wayward line down the home straight and unavoidably cannons 463 into the turn 2 fence. 16 and 12 tangle and contact the hapless 463. Caution to remove the stranded car. 524 heads the restart for half a lap until 501 moves ahead. 555 spins in turn 2.84 Easily wins heat one for his 13th race win of the season 84 & 515 are moving up through the field. 5 to go and 84 closes in on 501. He takes the lead at the 3 to go board. 20 challenges 515 into turn 3 on the last lap for a sprint to the line.

84 Easily wins heat one for his 13th race win of the season

Lap 3ish yf 263 collected in t2 fence All ok Restart order 524 501 226 132 73 11 242 452 20 128 84 515 555 5 191 217 12 16 339 325 nor

Heat One on a sunny track with lots of oil and fuel soaking dust on it Whites 524 128 325 226 132 263 Yellow 195 452 392 11 502 Blues 124 73 339 242 12 Reds 555 20 191 Superstars 16 5 217 515 84

Meeting Format First Race 13.00pm Race 1 - Bangers - Heat One Race 2 - Bangers - Heat Two Race 3 - BriSCA F1 - Heat One (All in) Race 4 - 2.0L Hot Rods - Heat One (All In) Race 5 - Bangers - Consolation Race 6 - BriSCA F1 - Heat Two Race 7 - 2.0L Hot Rods - Heat Two Race 8 - Bangers - Gold Rush Final Race 9 - BriSCA F1 - Final Race 10 - 2.0L Hot Rods - Final Race 11 - Bangers - Dash 4 Cash Race 12 - BriSCA F1 - Grand National Race 13 - Caravan Destruction Derby

In the Hednesford pits for the 2023 WCQR13 X denotes I did not see them 5 Charlie Sworder - World Champion X 8 Catherine Harris (Blue) 11 Neil Scriven (Yellow) 12 Michael Scriven (Blue) 16 Matt Newson (SuperStar) (2R)(1F) 20 Liam Gilbank (Red) X 48 Shaun Webster (Red) Buxton damage 73 Chris Cowley (Blue) (2R) 84 Tom Harris - National Points Champion (12R)including(2F) 124 Kyle Gray (Blue) (1R) 128 Simon Binder (White) 132 James Hall-Morton (Yellow) in FWJ car X 166 Bobby Griffin - (SuperStar) (1F) 191 Joshua Smith (Red) X 195 Dean Whitwell (Yellow) 217 Lee Fairhurst (SuperStar) (1R) 226 Darren Lindsay (White) 242 Joe Nickolls (Blue) X 259 Paul Hines (Red) (1F) X 263 Chris Worrall (White) 325 Richard Davies (White) 339 Anthony Lee (Blue) X 368 Callum Thornton (Yellow) 392 Lewis Evans (Yellow) (2R)(1F) X 415 Russell Cooper (Yellow) 452 Joshua Spiers (Yellow) 501 George Elwell (Blue) 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr - European Champion (1F) 524 Jason Cull (White) First 2023 appearance in MN car 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr (Red)

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GN Notes: 132 leads away. 84 gets rid of 16 and 55 into turn 3 on lap 1. 55, 191 and 166 all struggle for grip at this early stage. 84 hits 555 off the racing line in turn 3. 73 leads at lap 3 with 84 in 3rd. 16 does a two wheeled shimmy around the turn 4 kerb. 73 and 84 appear to be the only two cars dialled in for the greasy surface as they pull clear. 263 stops on the exit of turn 4. At 6 to go under pressure from 84 the 73 car slides wide in turn 4 and loses the lead. 259 and 515 are coming on strong at this late stage. At 2 to go 73 closes on 84 momentarily, but the gap opens up again. 392 spins it turn 4 at race end as Tom blasts it sideways over the line for the victory. However, it is a close one as Chris nearly pips him up the inside as they race to the flag. That's it folks. Back with my mate Nic from Hednesford tomorrow 👍

GN result: 84 73 259 515 16 166 25 175 555 2 55 191

Tom Harris wins the GN

GN grid: 132 263 73 25 175 555 2 259 191 166 55 16 515 84 392 Half lap handicap

Ministox Final Top Three: 27 Luke Syrett-Barsby 425 Boden Murfin 20 Freddie H.Johnson

Final Focus: 263 leads away. From the get-go 55 is sliding wide in the corners. 132 takes the lead with 484 following at a distance. 263 spins it in turn 4. 191 is making inroads from the back. 555 whacks 175 into turn 3 but loses time himself. 132, 484, 73 and 392 are the equally spaced top 4 at this early stage. 2 eases 166 wide in turn 3. 515 does likewise a lap later. 73 up to 2nd by halfway. 84 cannons 191 into 484 approaching turn 3. Tom passes the 73 car in turn 1. 132 slides wide under pressure in turn 4 and sacrifices the lead spot to 392. At 5 to go 191 challenges 84 for 2nd and succeeds in taking the place. Coming to the chequered 132 slides wide in turn 4 and loses places. With a faultless drive Lewis takes the victory 👍

Final result: 392 84 2 515 73 16 484 25 166 132 259 Amended result. 191 disqualified after failing post-race checks. Thanks to 0S0 for the update 👍

Lewis Evans wins the Final 👍

The all-in Final grid: 263 132 484 392 73 25 175 8 555 2 191 259 166 55 16 515 84 568 starting at the back