Carl H

From the Skegness Stadium website: F1 UK CHAMPIONSHIP plus F2 and Ministox. Start times: Saturday 6pm & Sunday 12 noon. The Big league boys are back at Skeggy Stadium with the 27th running of the BriSCA F1 UK Championship Speedweekend over 14th & 15th May. Saturday's racing starts at 6pm and is a WCQR. Pit gate opens at 1pm or 1.30pm 12 noon start time on Sunday 15th May and the points scored during the heats will determine the grid for the UK Open Championship race. BriSCA F1 UK Championship now in its 27th year is sponsored by the Kaleta family with the annual trophy and enhanced prize fund up for grabs. In support we have BriSCA F2 Stock Cars & BriSCA Mini Stox. There will be good turnouts of both formulae and lots of on track action. The Skegness Open Championship for the Mini Stox is sponsored by MC Travel No 434. Turnstiles open at 3.30pm on Saturday (it’s really important that you do not arrive before this time). Adult Sat £19, Sunday £22, two day saver £39 Seniors Sat £16, Sunday £16, two day saver £30 Juniors £8 each day and saver is £15. You can Tel 0844 559 1228 & pay now for a weekend saver ticket and pick up a wristband on the day. (This is the same price as the gate price saver ticket) Camping / Motor homes / Caravans etc is £20 per unit, all through into the back field. This opens at 1.30pm. Sorry no camping or staying overnight in the car park. No tents, shelters, gazebos, marquees or similar are allowed inside the stadium arena, track side, or any of the spectator areas. Booking list on Thursday.

Coventry has had 60+ cars since forever, although a good chunk of them hardly ever race anywhere else. The average car count this season is 43. That's the most likely explanation. Why else would they cancel their booking? It's always going to be a problem with the second meeting of a weekend. I think drivers have until the day of the meeting to cancel bookings without incurring a penalty, and to be fair, on Monday morning the booking list on the BSCDA website had 30 cars on it and 30 raced that night.

Pretty sure BV would get more cars if it ran on Saturday nights, but that's reserved for the doggies.

To be fair... it was a pretty hectic race, and it might well have taken a few minutes for the lap scorers to work out the top 3, by which time Eliot, who didn't think he was third anyway, had already left the track and gone back to his truck. Very unfortunate for him.

The booking list currently stands at over 70 F1s, but like all booking lists, this will change as the week goes on, not least due to damage from King's Lynn / Belle Vue. The full list will be released later in the week.

The first Saturday of the month means Coventry! F1 plus Unlimited Bangers Turnstiles open at 5pm Pit Gate opens at 2.30pm or 3pm First race 6.15pm, F1 from 7pm Admission Adults £20 Concessions £15 (Over 65s / Students with NUS card) Child (11-15) £5 Under 11s FREE For restaurant bookings email info@coventrystox.com Booking list... I'll ask.

Not a cancellation, but according to their website, FWJJ will be in a different car if he makes it.

The Met Office rain radar shows that the rain will won't last, it will be long gone before start time.

Thanks very much to all involved. I was trackside at Stoke last night, but keeping up with KL via this thread.

198 Nigel Whalley makes it a 39 car turnout.

198 Nigel Whalley makes it a 49 car turnout.

Latest addition..... 53 John Lund.

A few more have been added to the list, including our Nige! 37 cars 4 Dan Johnson 16 Matt Newson 25 Bradley Harrison 28 Thomas Boyer 34 Mal Brown 36 Jordan Falding 45 Nigel Harrhy 55 Craig Finnikin 75 Thomas Stevenson 76 Aaron Cozens 94 John Dowson 127 Austin Moore 158 James Clement 169 Billy Johnson 175 Karl Hawkins 202 Henry Hunter 207 Ben Hurdman 212 Danny Wainman 216 Jack France 220 William Hunter 231 Daniel van Spijker 238 Richard Bryan 276 Mark Poole 293 Eliot Smith 313 Karl Roberts 318 Rob Speak 332 Izaac Beaumont 337 Dave Willis 339 Anthony Lee 340 James Lyell 386 Joe Thompson 424 Michael Heywood 445 Nigel Green 446 Joe Booth 463 James Morris 515 Frankie Wainman 555 Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr Now at 42 F2s and 29 Minis. First race 4.00pm

The programme features a big interview with FWJ.

From TrackStar:- "Mr Box Office" 150 Mick Sworder makes his 2016 debut on Saturday at King's Lynn Following a great start to the season the F1 Stock Cars will be looking to put on another great display when they come to chase World Qualifying Points at King's Lynn on Saturday 30 April (5.30pm). The entry is littered with star grade names. 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr will be looking to maintain his great start to the season - Wainman debuted a very smart new car at Lynn last month and took it to a heat and final double and also came home in third place from the lap handicap in the Grand National. The entry of 48 cars includes many of the top names in the sport including World Champion 318 Rob Speak and National Points Champion 4 Dan Johnson. Former eight times World Champion 53 John Lund will be making only his second appearance of the season whilst lots of interest will surround the first appearance of the season of the one they call "Mr Box Office" 150 Mick Sworder. Sworder is very quick around King's Lynn and he will have a big point to prove following frustrations which have delayed his debut this year - his fellow racers will be hoping that he does not take out those frustrations too much on them! Racing also comes from the F2 Stock Cars and BriSCA MiniStox. 57 F2 Stock Cars are currently booked in with a very cosmopolitan entry which includes drivers from Mainland Europe and Northern Ireland as well as all over the UK whilst the MiniStox will no doubt be giving one of their usual all action displays. 515 Frankie Wainman 515 Frankie Wainman debuted a stunning new car last time out at King's Lynn which went as well as it looked as he took victory in not only his heat but then he also took the chequered flag in the final and then came from the lap handicap to place a fantastic third place in the final from the lap handicap. Asked if he was expecting it to go so well, Wainman responded: “If I’m honest: ‘ish!’ I knew it would be alright but we thought it would need a bit of tweaking. But we seemed to hit on it straight away. I think there is a little bit more in the car yet,” he added, ominously. “To win the first race out was job done – especially nowadays,” he continued. “But to win heat and final, third in national was unbelievable.” Frankie will be looking to continue that form on Saturday and his confidence with his new car is something which may worry his rivals!

Yes, April 27th is the King's birthday (hence the meeting being called The King's Battle) and is a national holiday. I've been there in the past for a Wednesday and a Thursday, when Ascension Day (a religious holiday to do with Easter) fell the day after the King's Birthday, and hence with two bank holidays back to back they held a double header meeting.

Mick has tweeted this

Anyone?? He gets a few mentions in the Northampton Driver Of The Day thread.

25 Bradley Harrison is a "maybe".

Winner of the King's Battle - 217 Ron Kroonder (John B's photo)

Good final. 515 off pole, went wide and delayed. 217 through. 515 caught & passed 217 but went wide again. 515 slowed last 2/3 laps with a broken half shaft. Final: 217,47,173,228,226,UK515,53,345,44,11 212 also finished the race. Thanks to John B, StockcarF1, stockcar-racing.nl, Wainman Racing, and Rouke van der Meer for the updates from over the water.

318 Rob Speak now booked in. Also, the F2 count is now 39.

Heat3: UK515,54,228,345,217,61,332,151,211,380 Heat4: 232,215,29,44,38,11,541,53,173,UK212. There was a hailstorm earlier, the track is now very muddy. (via John B )

I've found three different results for Heat 3, but they all agree that the winner was UK515.

Heat2: UK515,151,38,228,46,345,55