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Press release from Startrax Well for a Monday list, that's a pretty encouraging start when allied to BriSCA F2 entries. Bradley Harrison provides that connection right back to 1954 - Amongst the stars booked in, already we have the 'girls on Tour star' and nemesis Dan Johnson plus a very welcome return from Nigel Green, a formidable force and some quality names already in the line up! FWJ is a notable absentee at the moment after steering box issues at Mildenhall and then an engine rattle to check out which ended his night in Suffolk. Hopeful the popular Sheffield ace will join the list later in week - fingers crossed! Team Hines and Team Hunter are quick around Sheffield and Danny Wainman will be looking for connectivity with yet another vital World Qualifying round.! Mark Gilbank, I predict the man to beat around Owlerton along with sone Liam and a huge boost in seeing the Flying Finn back on the grid. Locally, interest will be high in the brand new Maw 409 machine and his switch from V8's to BriSCA F1! It has all the ingredients of being a big occasion! Don't forget to support B.O.S.S. fund raisers AND The Save Belle Vue Campaign!

Official booking list 4 Dan Johnson 20 Liam Gilbank 21 Mark Gilbank 25 Bradley Harrison 34 Mal Brown 37 Chris Cowley 55 Craig Finnikin 84 Tom Harris 166 Bobby Griffin 175 Karl Hawkins 211 Phoebe Wainman 212 Danny Wainman 220 Will Hunter 242 Joe Nickolls 259 Paul Hines 268 Richard Woods 275 Terry Hawkins 313 Karl Roberts 326 Mark Sargent 335 Mark Woodhull 348 John Wright 364 Rob Plant 409 Luke Maw 415 Russell Cooper 445 Nigel Green 463 James Morris 483 Wayne Marshall 495 Richard Howarth 526 Finn Sargent 532 Daz Kitson 541 Willie Skoyles

65 YEARS - NOT OUT! Sheffield Sunday 14th April Can it really be 65 years since Stock Car Racing debuted at Sheffield ? The answer is YES and in that first season seven events were staged with eleven in 1955 - and three of those Finals that year won by a certain legend of the area, Willie Harrison. Since then, the stadium went through many 'up's and downs and it was 1976 before it was to explode again on to the scene for several years until the capacity was drastically reduced after new safety legislation following Hillsborough. It was then 1996 when it re-opened, under Startrax after current owners A&S Leisure invested heavily - and over the decades have continued to do so resulting facilities wise in one of the UK's finest stadiums. This Sunday sees the ground shake again as the 2019 campaign gets underway for the Big League BriSCA F1 Stock Cars and a huge entry of BriSCA F2 Stock Cars promising a non stop afternoon of full contact action. Gates open 11.am Racing starts 12.30.pm

F1 World Qualifying Round plus F2 World Qualifying Round Adults £18 Senior (Over 65) £16 Child (12-15) £7 Accompanied children under 12 FREE Race day magazine £2 First race 12.30pm PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS F1 White & Yellows F2 Heat 1 F1 Heat 1 F2 Heat 2 F1 Heat 2 F2 Consolation F1 Heat 3 F2 Grand Final F1 Grand Final F2 Grand National F1 Grand National

He has. 4 Daniel Johnson 22 Will Yarrow 25 Bradley Harrison 37 Chris Cowley 45 Nigel Harrhy 55 Craig Finnikin 76 Aaron Cozens 124 Kyle Gray 150 Mick Sworder 166 Bobby Griffin 175 Karl Hawkins 183 Steve Whittle 211 Phoebe Wainman 215 Geoff Nickolls 220 William Hunter 242 Joe Nickolls 254 Scott Wright 259 Paul Hines 268 Richard Woods 276 Mark Poole 278 Paul Hopkins 302 Jim Bamford 326 Mark Sargent 335 Mark Woodhull 345 Jake Harrhy 348 John Wright 364 Robert Plant 372 Colin Goodswen 415 Russell Cooper 445 Nigel Green 463 James Morris 478 Shane Geary 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr 526 Finn Sargent 533 Callum Oakes-Kitson 541 Willie Skoyles 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr

Udpated booking list 4 Dan Johnson 22 Will Yarrow 25 Bradley Harrison 37 Chris Cowley 45 Nigel Harrhy 55 Craig Finnikin 76 Aaron Cozens 124 Kyle Gray 150 Mick Sworder 166 Bobby Griffin 175 Karl Hawkins 183 Steve Whittle 211 Phoebe Wainman 215 Geoff Nickolls 242 Joe Nickolls 254 Scott Wright 259 Paul Hines 268 Richard Woods 276 Mark Poole 278 Paul Hopkins 302 Jim Bamford 326 Mark Sargent 335 Mark Woodhull 345 Jake Harrhy 348 John Wright 364 Rob Plant 372 Colin Goodswen 415 Russell Cooper 445 Nigel Green 463 James Morris 478 Shane Geary 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr 526 Finn Sargent 533 Callum Oakes-Kitson 541 Willie Skoyles 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr

FENLAND THUNDER EXPECTED THIS SATURDAY! Meeting Preview ‘Saturday night is Race Night’ at Mildenhall Stadium this coming Saturday 6th April, when Spedeworth / Mildenhall Motorsports proudly presents one of the most anticipated meetings of the season on the West Row Shale. It was hailed as one of ‘The Meetings’ of the year last year and the same is expected this Saturday as we sit back and enjoy the return of the mighty Brisca F1 Stock Cars for a World Championship Qualifying Round, the Brisca V8 Stock Cars in the John Cotterill Memorial and the National Ministox competing in both a white and yellow grade Championship Qualifier and the Protech Challenge qualifier bringing Race Fans another fantastic night of full contact racing at the Suffolk Shaleway. We start with the Brisca F1 Stock Cars, competing here in their first of two visits in 2019. For those of you who were here last year, their racing on the tight oval was quite fast and spectacular and more of the same is expected this time as they battle for points for World Championship qualification. Their 2019 season began last week at nearby Kings Lynn with a heat and consolation win for John Wright, Heat for Mark Sargeant, Nigel Green a Heat and Final Double with Dan Johnson the Grand National. Current World Champion Stuart Smith Jnr is still taking time out the sport to recover from injury but we have seen the return of Mick Sworder and a host of ‘young guns’ wanting to mix it with the established star drivers. With lots of cars, unlimited power and a small oval, the ingredients for full action – packed Stock Car Racing are perfect at Mildenhall. Local hopes will be with Russ Cooper and Willie Skoyles Jnr. Moving on to the Brisca V8 Stock Cars, it is a full weekends racing for them as they also appear in Sunday’s I – factor meeting here too. Their 2019 European Championship is staged here in June so we are expecting a bumper entry to make the most of the weekend and set – up opportunity. If you have not seen these before, they are slightly less powered than there F1 Cousins, but these Drivers know how to get stuck in and you can be sure the action will come thick and fast! To complete the Billing, the National Ministox is where the future stars of Oval Motorsport can be found. The Youth Policy of Brisca allows Drivers of between eleven and fifteen years of age to begin their racing careers in the Ministox and these boys and girls hold nothing back in entertaining Race Fans! Racing starts at 5:00pm, with turnstiles opening at 3:30pm. Facilities include covered Grandstands, banked terracing and catering outlets serving our world famous fish and chips and a number of other tasty snacks. Don’t forget to visit the Matt Bull Trackshop for all your souvenir full colour new Race Meeting Programmes, your favourite merchandise and – not to mention Matt’s superb photos for sale. The Stadium also has plenty of toilets, ample car parking and spectator access to the pit area. If you enjoy your visit, how about treating a friend to one of our Race Meetings by purchasing one of our Spedeworth / Incarace Experience Vouchers so they too can join in the fun? Please call our Aldershot Office on 01252 322920 for further details! If you haven’t visited Mildenhall Stadium before, this meeting promises to be the perfect reason to attend and could be just the excuse needed to visit us as we look forward to you joining us on Saturday evening at Mildenhall Raceway!

Booking list so far 4 Dan Johnson 22 Will Yarrow 25 Bradley Harrison 37 Chris Cowley 45 Nigel Harrhy 55 Craig Finnikin 76 Aaron Cozens 136 Rob Jacklin 150 Mick Sworder 166 Bobby Griffin 175 Karl Hawkins 183 Steve Whittle 211 Phoebe Wainman 242 Joe Nickolls 259 Paul Hines 268 Richard Woods 276 Mark Poole 278 Paul Hopkins 302 Jim Bamford 335 Mark Woodhull 345 Jake Harrhy 348 John Wright 364 Rob Plant 372 Colin Goodswen 415 Russell Cooper 445 Nigel Green 463 James Morris 478 Shane Geary 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr 533 Callum Oakes-Kitson 541 Willie Skoyles

General Admission £18 Concession (65yrs & over) £16 Concession Children (5-14yrs) £7 Programme £2

Latest..... 37 Chris Cowley will be racing the Ben Hurdman shale car, after engine problems with his own while testing recently.

FWJ has just booked in.

Trackstar have announced - Please note: due to the Minis needing an additional race; a pre-meeting race has been added at 5:10pm

Interesting idea but not sure it would work in the current climate. It could be good if the tracks were closer, but Ipswich is about 2 hours from King's Lynn. Team racing has been tried several times before and it just doesn't seem to work.

Have done, although it was correct when I posted it (this thread is a year old!)

Nothing else to add since last Boxing Day...

Go on, then. And on this day, 18th December, there was a meeting at Cradley Heath, but no results are known. If anyone knows who won, please get in touch.

My On This Day posts seemed to go down quite well last year (well, there were hardly any complaints ) so I thought I might do a few more now it's the closed season again. There's only one meeting known to have taken place on 9th December, and that was at Aldershot in 1954. The Final was won by 88 L Thompson from Farnborough. Like many of the drivers from the early days, not much is known about them. If anyone happens to have any more info about him/her, or photos, please send it in my direction. (And 85n525's )

Shale car.

and Moodie's racing No. 79 in F1, 7 in F2 Last F1 appearance - Ipswich 21st June 2008

On display tonight ...

The 14x National Points Champion is a last minute addition... 13 Kelvin Hassell20 Liam Gilbank45 Nigel Harrhy62 John Christie79 Gordon Moodie101 Tristan Jackson120 Casey Englestone121 Oliver Skeels124 Kyle Gray126 Harry Steward127 Austin Moore128 Simon Binder136 Rob Jacklin141 Carl Pickering154 Sophie Maynard166 Bobby Griffin172 Michael Randell175 Karl Hawkins183 Steve Whittle205 Shane Jenkins211 Phoebe Wainman212 Danny Wainman213 Matt Rogers217 Lee Fairhurst242 Joe Nickolls255 Andrew Lomas256 Dan McClaren259 Paul Hines268 Richard Woods283 Alex Wass284 Samuel Wass287 Sean Willis302 Jim Bamford303 Karl Whiteman312 John Thompson325 Richard Davies339 Ant Lee345 Jake Harrhy346 Ashley England360 David Blunden361 Steve Reedman387 Hannah Chappel391 Jessica Smith399 Daniel Coleman407 Chris Murfin408 Anthony Whorton-EalesH410 Jelle Tesselaar415 Russell Cooper423 Gary Jackson428 Mick Brassey443 Richard Dickerson451 Martin Spiers498 Ollie Spencer515 Frankie Wainman Jnr516 Andrew (Diggy) Smith521 Keith Barnard524 Jason Cull530 Deane Mayes533 Callum Oakes-Kitson544 Ben Howard546 Jay Hewitt548 Daniel Parker555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr

Also at Birmingham on Saturday

You're right, he's not on the list. There's also a couple more drivers that I've heard might be racing, but they're not on the list either. So it might actually get to a booking list of 70!

275 is using 212 car in Under 25 then he is using 175 shale car the rest of the meeting 175 using his own tar car all night.

Lee Fairhurst, age 26, and the defending champion.