B.S.L 2007 – Round 2 Pontefract

by Paul Bucknell

  

 

The BSL seems to be going from strength to strength this year with 30 drivers from as far as Oaklands and Dudley in the south, and Highland in the north making the trip to Pontefract.

 

9 drivers contested Super Production, with Charlie Gooding and Paul Bucknell making their first appearances in this year’s championship. There were 10 Open Falcon entries with newly crowned BSCRA novice champion Glyn Taylor the only newcomer to this year’s series. Novice Falcon had 11 entries with John Gooding and local man Mickey Prout as the only new entrants. It was great to see 5 guys from north of the border at the event. Keith Charles travelled from Barnton and Roddy Morrison, Andrew Hogg, Stephen Smith and Richard Wallace came all the way from Dingwall! Now that’s what I call dedication!

 

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Paul Shepherd shattered the previous lap record with a run of 30.79 on yellow. Charlie Gooding was his nearest challenger with 29.62 on blue and Chris Thomas over a lap further back with Martin Ellis. Glyn Taylor led open Falcon with 26.83 on green and Mickey Prout led the Novice Falcon runners with 25.50 on green.

In the H final, Christopher Green won by about half a lap from Sam Griffin with Alex Hackett-Evans in 3rd.

The G final completed a “double” for the Green boys with Matthew holding off Andrew Hogg and a hard charging John Gooding. A lap covered all 3 of them after 5 minutes racing.

The F final was a win for Steve Smith from bouncing Czech Ernest Danyl, Dave Homer and Matthew Siddall.

The E final was won by Paul Hackett-Evans from Roddy Morrison, Keith Charles and Paul Bucknell who blew up his motor after just 8 laps.

David Sargent won the D final from Mike Ogden, Richard Wallace and Sandy Parker.

The C final saw Graham Thomas win from Mickey Prout who also won the Novice Falcon event. Chris Cowan was third with Ralph Parker fourth.

The B final was contested by two Super Production and two falcon drivers. Steve Sargent won with 47 laps from Chas Keeling on 44. Stephen Siddall just won the Open Falcon event with 41.14 with Glyn Taylor just 12 feet behind.

The A final was dominated by Paul Shepherd who won at a record breaking pace with 50 laps. Charlie Gooding was second on 47; Chris Thomas was third on 45 laps and Martin Ellis fourth on 41.

 

 1/32nd Heat Results

 

Driver Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Best GAP TO 1st BEHIND NEXT RACE POSITION 
Paul Shepherd 30.71 29.00 29.51 30.71 0.00 0.00 1st 
Charlie Gooding 29.62 29.53 25.45 29.62 1.09 1.09 2nd 
Chris Thomas 25.67 26.70 28.30 28.30 2.41 1.32 3rd 
Martin Ellis 26.88 27.67 26.32 27.67 3.04 0.63 4th 
Chas Keeling 26.46 27.02 26.79 27.02 3.69 0.65 5th 
Steve Sargent 25.88 6.00 26.91 26.91 3.80 0.11 6th 
Glyn Taylor 25.97 25.69 26.83 26.83 3.88 0.08 7th 
Stephen Siddall 26.50 26.67 25.81 26.67 4.04 0.16 8th 
Graham Thomas 25.97 21.00 26.41 26.41 4.30 0.26 9th 
Chris Cowan 25.30 26.00 25.90 26.00 4.71 0.41 10th 
Mickey Prout 25.48 24.44 25.50 25.50 5.21 0.50 11th 
Ralph Parker 25.40 23.51 23.38 25.40 5.31 0.10 12th 
David Sargent 24.65 22.28 25.37 25.37 5.34 0.03 13th 
Richard Wallace 23.90 25.24 25.05 25.24 5.47 0.13 14th 
Mike Ogden 23.92 24.93 23.27 24.93 5.78 0.31 15th 
Sandy Parker 24.02 24.68 24.45 24.68 6.03 0.25 16th 
Roddy Morrison 24.39 24.43 21.74 24.43 6.28 0.25 17th 
Paul Bucknell 20.77 22.94 24.39 24.39 6.32 0.04 18th 
Paul Hackett Evans 23.46 24.29 23.40 24.29 6.42 0.10 19th 
Keith Charles 23.93 22.37 22.37 23.93 6.78 0.36 20th 
Dave Homer 20.25 23.71 22.34 23.71 7.00 0.22 21st 
Ernest Danyi 20.55 23.18 21.28 23.18 7.53 0.53 22nd 
Steve Smith 22.81 21.24 15.00 22.81 7.90 0.37 23rd 
Matthew Siddall 22.63 17.53 19.91 22.63 8.08 0.18 24th 
Andrew Hogg 22.28 21.70 22.59 22.59 8.12 0.04 25th 
John Gooding 19.72 22.27 20.34 22.27 8.44 0.32 26th 
Matthew Green 18.29 21.96 21.68 21.96 8.75 0.31 27th 
Christopher Green 17.92 17.29 21.46 21.46 9.25 0.50 28th 
Alex Hackett Evans 19.29 14.85 14.40 19.29 11.42 2.17 29th 
Sam Griffin 17.46 12.28 18.98 18.98 11.73 0.31 30th 

 

 1/32nd Finals

 

  FINALS FINAL LAPS  POSITIONS POINTS OPEN FALCON NOVICE FALCON
A FINAL Paul Shepherd 50.00 1st A.final 50    
A FINAL Charlie Gooding 47.00 2nd 47    
A FINAL