Carl H

The meeting starts at 5.30pm and the first F1 race will be race 4. This will almost certainly be before the usual F1 start time of 7pm - this was in bold in the info I received but in pasting it I lost the emphasis. At 5.30pm it's going to be either 2 Ministox races and 1 UK Mod race or 2 UK Mod races and 1 Ministox race. How long will that take? 30-45 minutes? The F1s are after that. Anyway, everybody needs to be there for 5pm at the latest to watch the Ladies Race, and more importantly, chuck some cash in.

Pit gate opens 2.30pm. Turnstiles 4.45pm Ladies race 5pm Start time 5.30pm F1s will be on before 7pm (Race 4) British Championship for UK Modifieds Al Henderson Trophy for the F1 Final So far 72 F1s booked in (however damage from Sheffield may affect these numbers) Booking list will go on line Thursday morning. Plus 18 UK Mods & 31 Ministox. Still a bit of space in restaurant - bookings can be taken by emailing sophie@coventrystox.com World Final Tickets for sale in track shop, HIGHLY ADVISABLE to buy your ticket in advance to save queuing on WF day. Grandstand sold out.

Some improvements being made to the pit gate ramp in time for the next meeting. Pics from the Coventry Stadium Facebook page

The Ladies Race is at 5pm.

Now open for your views and scores on the mid-week Skeggy shale session.... No, not really. It was 16 years ago! To the day. So, why am I mentioning it now? Well, the meeting at Skegness on Wednesday 2nd August 2000 has a kind of historical significance, in that it was the first meeting ever to be discussed on the internet. Stoxnet was still a few years away, but the turn of the millenium saw the emergence of a whole raft of stox based websites, all put together by enthusiastic fans. At the time, the internet itself was barely more sophisticated than teletext, and to say some of those early stox sites were "a bit basic" would be an understatement. But some were superb. One of the best was Mike's F1 Stock Car Pages, which had the web address f1stockcars.co.uk (no relation to the modern day F1StockCars.com). When Mike added what was then called a "bulletin board" to the site, it paved the way for online discussion of stock cars, and the rest is history. Mike's bulletin board hadn't been live all that long before somebody got home from the Wednesday night Skegness meeting and started a thread about it. I remember reading it at work early Thursday morning, a bit bleary eyed as I'd got home from Skeg in the early hours (back then, I was just about young enough for that sort of carry-on ) and then typing out a review/summary of the racing. Quite a few more did the same, and that was it.... the very first of what today we call the Driver Of The Day thread! There were no actual DOTD nominations or race ratings; they came along much later. But for the record... DOTD: 180 RR:8 There was no 'live' results, or results summary, or online meeting reports in those days either, but that's a story for another thread...

Billy Johnson has not raced for a while due to health reasons, and it was known well in advance that he would not race in any semi. I think somebody at Buxton might have jumped the gun by adding the first reserve to the second semi grid. That was never published anywhere official, and you should never assume anything. Had 215 been needed at Sheffield and he wasn't there, then he would have lost his place, yes. But as he wasn't required, he is still the next reserve.

Thanks, I've corrected it now. I got a bit confused; the 13th is when I go on holiday.

The only info I could find yesterday was from the Coventry website, which has now been revised. I've updated the original post. In the event of any discrepancy over start times, I'd always go with the earliest one.

Row Inside Outside 1 515 Frankie Wainman 212 Daniel Wainman 2 2 Paul Harrison 217 Lee Fairhurst 3 445 Nigel Green 84 Tom Harris 4 446 Joe Booth 231 Daniel van Spijker 5 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr 21 Mark Gilbank 6 518 Stuart Shevill 37 Chris Cowley 7 259 Paul Hines 512 Michael Steward 8 463 James Morris 335 Mark Woodhull 9 197 Ryan Harrison 34 Mal Brown 10 175 Karl Hawkins 337 Dave Willis 11 28 Tom Boyer 12 499 Dave Allen 94 John Dowson 13 166 Bobby Griffin

The second World Championship Semi Final is at Buxton on Sunday 14th August. Also on the bill - Open Rods, National MiniStox, and V8 Hot Stox. Admission prices Adults: £22 OAP £18 Children (age 9-15) £7 Children (8 and under) FREE Trackside Parking £8 Programme £2

The first Saturday of the month, and it's business as usual at Coventry :- F1s plus Ministox and UK Modifieds Competitor Gate Opens - 2.30pm Turnstiles - 5pm TBA Start Time - 6.15pm 5.30pm Admission Adults £20 Concessions £15 (Over 65s / Students with NUS card) Child (11-15) £5 Under 11s FREE No advance tickets, simply pay at the turnstiles. For restaurant bookings email info@coventrystox.com

Premier are filming this meeting so if any links to Periscope are posted on here, they will be removed.

Tomorrow's programme. The booking list currently stands at 42 cars.

338 has booked in, so he'll be taking his place on the back row of the semi. With 464 dropping out, we're still on 43 cars on the list so far. There's also 30ish V8s booked in. Provisional schedule 11.00pm Gates open 12.30.pm Heat 1 V8 Stock Cars 12.50.pm Heat 1 BriSCA F1 Stock Cars 13.10.pm Heat 2 V8 Stock Cars 13.35.pm Heat 2 BriSCA F1 Stock Cars Championship of the World 1st Semi Final 14.25.pm Heat 3 V8 Stock Cars 14.45.pm BriSCA F1 Consolation 15.10.pm V8 Stock Car Grand Final 15.35.pm BriSCA F1 Grand Final 16.00.pm V8 Stock Cars GN 16.15.pm BriSCA F1 GN

I've never done that (maybe I got there too early?), but thanks for the info. Something to bear in mind on Sunday.

464 Luke Davidson has withdrawn, and will be replaced by 338 Chris Brocksopp Row Inside Outside 1 16 Mat Newson 4 Dan Johnson 2 150 Mick Sworder 318 Rob Speak 3 55 Craig Finnikin 390 Stuart Smith 4 25 Bradley Harrison 5 11 Neil Scriven 422 Ben Riley 6 12 Michael Scriven 220 Will Hunter 7 196 Murray Jones 14 Roger Bromiley 8 249 Joff Gibson 9 22 Will Yarrow 10 36 Jordan Falding 321 Ed Neachell 11 183 Steve Whittle 300 Paul Carter 12 53 John Lund 372 Colin Goodswen 13 313 Karl Roberts 24 Mark Adkins 14 338 Chris Brocksopp

Pit gate access hasnt' been allowed for a few years now. Go through the turnstiles and then behind the stands on turns 1 and 2 and get your hand stamped before you go in the pits.

Booking list updated this morning. 1 2 Paul Harrison 2 4 Dan Johnson (Semi Finalist) 3 11 Neil Scriven (Semi Finalist) 4 12 Michael Scriven (Semi Finalist) 5 14 Roger Bromiley (Semi Finalist) 6 16 Matt Newson (Semi Finalist) 7 22 Will Yarrow (Semi Finalist) 8 24 Mark Adkins (Semi Finalist) 9 25 Bradley Harrison (Semi Finalist) 10 34 Mal Brown 11 36 Jordan Falding (Semi Finalist) 12 53 John Lund (Semi Finalist) 13 55 Craig Finnikin (Semi Finalist) 14 94 John Dowson 15 127 Austin Moore 16 150 Mick Sworder (Semi Finalist) 17 166 Bobby Griffin 18 175 Karl Hawkins 19 183 Steve Whittle (Semi Finalist) 20 192 Luke Dennis 21 196 Murray Jones (Semi Finalist) 22 207 Ben Hurdman 23 212 Danny Wainman 24 217 Lee Fairhurst 25 220 William Hunter (Semi Finalist) 26 231 Daniel van Spijker 27 249 Jonathon Gibson (Semi Finalist) 28 259 Paul Hines 29 293 Eliot Smith 30 300 Paul Carter (Semi Finalist) 31 313 Karl Roberts (Semi Finalist) 32 318 Rob Speak (Semi Finalist) 33 321 Ed Neachell (Semi Finalist) 34 335 Mark Woodhull 35 337 Dave Willis 36 372 Colin Goodswen (Semi Finalist) 37 386 Joe Thompson 38 390 Stuart Smith (Semi Finalist) 39 422 Ben Riley (Semi Finalist) 40 445 Nigel Green 41 464 Luke Davidson (Semi Finalist) 42 515 Frankie Wainman 43 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr

Row Inside Outside 1 16 Mat Newson 4 Dan Johnson 2 150 Mick Sworder 318 Rob Speak 3 55 Craig Finnikin 390 Stuart Smith 4 464 Luke Davidson 25 Bradley Harrison 5 11 Neil Scriven 422 Ben Riley 6 12 Michael Scriven 220 Will Hunter 7 196 Murray Jones 14 Roger Bromiley 8 249 Joff Gibson 9 22 Will Yarrow 10 36 Jordan Falding 321 Ed Neachell 11 183 Steve Whittle 300 Paul Carter 12 53 John Lund 372 Colin Goodswen 13 313 Karl Roberts 24 Mark Adkins

I can't think of any occasion in the past when someone has dropped out of the second semi before the first one has been run? It could well be that we've assumed that the reserves always go in the first semi first because that's what's always happened? Looks like Billy let it be known in advance that he wouldn't be able to take part in whichever semi he was in, so Neil Scothern, as first reserve, was immediately put in as his replacement.

202 is not listed, and as I think semi-finalists are automatically booked in, it looks like he won't be racing and another reserve will be required.

The booking list so far, as of ten minutes ago. 1 4 Dan Johnson (Semi Finalist) 2 11 Neil Scriven (Semi Finalist) 3 12 Michael Scriven (Semi Finalist) 4 14 Roger Bromiley (Semi Finalist) 5 16 Matt Newson (Semi Finalist) 6 22 Will Yarrow (Semi Finalist) 7 24 Mark Adkins 8 25 Bradley Harrison (Semi Finalist) 9 34 Mal Brown 10 36 Jordan Falding (Semi Finalist) 11 53 John Lund (Semi Finalist) 12 55 Craig Finnikin (Semi Finalist) 13 94 John Dowson 14 127 Austin Moore 15 150 Mick Sworder (Semi Finalist) 16 166 Bobby Griffin 17 175 Karl Hawkins 18 183 Steve Whittle (Semi Finalist) 19 196 Murray Jones (Semi Finalist) 20 207 Ben Hurdman 21 212 Danny Wainman 22 217 Lee Fairhurst 23 220 William Hunter (Semi Finalist) 24 231 Daniel van Spijker 25 249 Jonathon Gibson (Semi Finalist) 26 259 Paul Hines 27 293 Eliot Smith 28 300 Paul Carter (Semi Finalist) 29 313 Karl Roberts (Semi Finalist) 30 318 Rob Speak (Semi Finalist) 31 321 Ed Neachell (Semi Finalist) 32 335 Mark Woodhull 33 337 Dave Willis 34 372 Colin Goodswen (Semi Finalist) 35 390 Stuart Smith (Semi Finalist) 36 422 Ben Riley (Semi Finalist) 37 445 Nigel Green 38 464 Luke Davidson (Semi Finalist) 39 515 Frankie Wainman 40 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr

Yes.

Some pics from Texel are now in the gallery. They've got my name against them because I uploaded them, but they are Stu's pics.

I meant where's the news about the change of the rules about the reserves going into the semis? i.e. how come 152 is at Buxton and not Sheffield?