Oaklands individual

 

 Once again there were only 6 super production runners and these were put into two groups of three. The other 20 Falcon runners were put into the first 5 groups.

 Heat 1 was a win for Andrew Hogg with 26.88 laps. Only Matthew Siddall improved on this in heat 2 recording 27.94 laps. In heat 3 Dave Homer used his track knowledge to win with 31.17 laps which was not improved on in heat 4. In heat 5 Graham Thomas, who was top Falcon runner last year equaled his previous years best run on 34.51 laps with Sandy Parker moving into second overall on 31.92. The first of the super production races was won by Charlie Gooding with his 33.92 moving him into second overall. In the last heat of the first round Paul set the new target with 36.97 laps with Chris Thomas second on 35.50 laps.

          In the first of the second round of heats Andrew won again and was 8 parts of a lap better than in his first run. Matthew Siddall also won for the second time in the next race and improved by nearly three laps to score a very impressive 30.47 laps. In the next race on Paul Bucknell with 27.93 laps improved on his first round score. In the next race Andy Brown, Paul Hackett Evans, David Sargent and Roddy all improved their scores. Graham Thomas won the next race by over three laps and improved to 35.08 laps. Charlie won the next race and equaled Chris on 35.50 to move into joint second place. Chris took second place back with 35.90 laps in the next race but Paul still topped the table with his first round 36.06 laps.

 The third round of heats started with Andrew winning again and improving by over two laps to 29.32 laps. No one improved in the next two races. Andy ,Roddy and David all improved again in the next race with David winning on 32.21 laps to move into sixth place overall. Graham Thomas won the next race and set the top Falcon score of 35.17 laps which proved good enough for a place in the A final. No one improved in the next two races.

Finals

The first final was contested by youngsters John Gooding, Alex Hackett Evans and Alistair Bucknell. John won by 3 laps with Alex taking second. The next Final was won by Steve Smith with 45 laps with Matthew Green Second and Roddy third. Nation production champion Glynn Taylor won the E final from Andrew Hogg, Christopher Green and Paul Bucknell. Andy Brown won the D final from youngster Matthew Siddall and Paul Hackett Evans. Ernest Danyi finished fourth in this final but did well to get into this final on his first visit to the track. Ralph Parker won the C final from Stephen Siddle and Dave Homer. Martin Ellis did not start this race as he was more interested in completing a suduko puzzle. Sandy Parker who made it into the A final at Oaklands last year had to be content with victory in the B final this time taking an easy 4 laps victory over Super production runners Steve Sargent and Chas Keeling. Onto the A final which was once again, as it was last year, contested by Paul Sheperd, and Chris and Graham Thomas. Charlie Gooding being the only change to last years line up. The final proved to be two races in one with Paul and Chris battling for the win and Charlie and Graham battling for third. From the start Chris went into the lead which was extended to over half a lap when Paul had an off. Graham was struggling with his Falcon to keep up with the pace of Charlie’s super production car. After about 3 minutes Chris was still the leader by about half a lap from Paul with Charlie a couple of laps back was about 30 parts ahead of Graham. Towards the end of the race Chris slowed slightly and Paul closed the gap and eventually Chris won by just 9 parts. Charlie had a couple of offs which allowed Graham into third which he eventually took by over a lap. So the first three was a repeat of last year and this was the eighth consecutive Oaklands B.S.L victory for Chris.

 

 

 

DRIVERS NAMES   1/32	BEST    HEAT	GAP TO       1st	BEHIND NEXT	RACE POSITION
Paul Shepherd	36.07	0.00	0.00	1st
Chris Thomas	35.90	0.17	0.17	2nd
Charlie Gooding	35.50	0.57	0.40	3rd
Graham Thomas	35.17	0.90	0.33	4th
Steve Sargent	33.84	2.23	1.33	5th
Sandy Parker	32.27	3.80	1.57	6th
David Sargent	32.21	3.86	0.06	7th
Chas Keeling	32.18	3.89	0.03	8th
Stephen Siddall	32.13	3.94	0.05	9th
Ralph Parker	31.94	4.13	0.19	10th
Martin Ellis	31.91	4.16	0.03	11th
Dave Homer	31.17	4.90	0.74	12th
Andy Brown Searle	30.57	5.50	0.60	13th
Matthew Siddall	30.47	5.60	0.10	14th
Paul Hackett Evans	30.07	6.00	0.40	15th
Ernest Danyi	29.32	6.75	0.75	16th
Andrew Hogg	29.32	6.75	0.00	17th
Glyn Taylor	29.10	6.97	0.22	18th
Paul Bucknell	27.93	8.14	1.17	19th
Christopher Green	27.17	8.90	0.76	20th
Steve Smith	27.07	9.00	0.10	21st
Matthew Green	26.47	9.60	0.60	22nd
Roddy Morrison	25.07	11.00	1.40	23rd
John Gooding	24.96	11.11	0.11	24th
Alex Hackett Evans	24.09	11.98	0.87	25th
Alistair Bucknell	23.32	12.75	0.77	26th

FINAL	DRIVER	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	POINTS	OPEN FALCON	NOVICE FALCON
A FINAL	Chris Thomas	60.19	1st A.final	50
	Paul Shepherd	60.10	2nd	47
	Graham Thomas	58.00	3rd	45	50
	Charlie Gooding	57.00	4th	43
B FINAL	Sandy Parker	55.00	1st B.final	41	47
	Steve Sargent	49.52	2nd	39
	Chas Keeling	49.21	3rd	37
	David Sargent	47.00	4th	35	45
C FINAL	Ralph Parker	53.00	1st C.final	33	43
	Stephen Siddall	49.00	2nd	31	41
	Dave Homer	47.00	3rd	30	39	50
	Martin Ellis	0.00	4th	29
D FINAL	Andy Brown Searle	52.00	1st D.final	28	37
	Matthew Siddall	49.00	2nd	27	35	47
	Paul Hackett Evans	48.00	3rd	26	33
	Ernest Danyi	43.00	4th	25	31	45
E FINAL	Glyn Taylor	47.00	1st E.final	24	30
	Andrew Hogg	46.00	2nd	23	29	43
	Christopher Green	45.00	3rd	22	28	41
	Paul Bucknell	44.00	4th	21	27
F FINAL	Steve Smith	45.00	1st F.final	20	26	39
	Matthew Green	43.58	2nd	19	25	37
	Roddy Morrison	43.32	3rd	18	24
	-	0.00	4th
G FINAL	John Gooding	44.00	1st G.final	17	23	35
	Alex Hackett Evans	41.00	2nd	16