Pontefract - Round 4 - 15 June

 

Entry

This year had a very high number of entries – 31 individual and 16 teams. This meant that pit space was at a premium. All the BSL regulars were there plus e few local drivers. Graham Burke, Ian Prout and Chris Morton from Pontefract plus Colin Jackson from Gainsborough. In spite of the threatened fuel shortage, we had six visitors from north of the border. From Highland we had Roddy Morrison, Richard Wallace, Murray Wallace and Andrew Hogg. Barton visitors were Keith Charles and Alan Lucas.

 

32nd Production

We had 5 entries in Super Production and 26 in Falcon. The low entry level in Super Production means that there are large gaps at times in the heats. It may be better to amalgamate the entry in future rounds to prevent organisers being faced with this problem.

Graham Burke set the early pace with a run of 28.82 on blue. This was the fastest run of all the first round of heats – including the Super Production cars! Martin Ellis broke 28 laps with 28.00 in heat 5. Paul Shepherd led Super Production with 28.03 on Red.  In the second round, Charlie Gooding and Chris Thomas both set times of 29 laps with 29.05 and 29.04 respectively. They also were running in Falcon and consequently were faster than all the Super Production cars in round 2. In the 3rd round Shep spared the blushes of the Super production brigade by setting the fastest time of the day with 29.74 on green. If the falcon powered cars are still on a par with the super production cars on a power track like Pontefract, you have to ask if they really need to be run separately.

In falcon, the G final was won by Richard Wallace from his son Murray and Christopher Green. The F Final was a win for Colin Jackson from Matthew Siddall and Mike Ogden. The E final was very closely contested between Ralph Parker, John Gooding and Ernest Danyi. That was the finishing order with less than a lap covering all three of them and several changes of lead during the race. Johns performance is particularly noteworthy as he was probably the youngest driver attending on the day. Sandy Parker won the D final by a lap from  Alan Lucas, local driver Chris Morton driving in his first BSL round and Roddy Morrison. The C final was a win for Martin Jackson after a close race with Stephen Siddall. Martin was also the highest placed novice on the day. The B final saw Martin Ellis take a well deserved win by a lap and a half from Paul Bucknell. Graham Thomas was third and Mike Harrison fourth.

The A final was very close with Chris Thomas leading home a trio of local drivers led by Charlie Gooding. Chris’s winning margin was 25 feet with Graham Burke less than a lap down in 3rd.

Super Production B was a win for David Sargent from Chris Cowan. The A final was a win for Paul Shepherd from Chas Keeling and Steve Sargent.

 

 

 1/32nd Heat Results

FALCON BEST HEAT GAP TO 1st BEHIND NEXT RACE POSITION 
Chris Thomas 29.58 0.00 0.00 1st
Charlie Gooding 29.05 0.53 0.53 2nd
Graham Burke 28.95 0.63 0.10 3rd
Ian Prout 28.02 1.56 0.93 4th
Martin Ellis 28.00 1.58 0.02 5th
Graham Thomas 27.85 1.73 0.15 6th
Mike Harrison 27.62 1.96 0.23 7th
Paul Bucknell 27.45 2.13 0.17 8th
Keith Charles 27.39 2.19 0.06 9th
Stephen Siddall 27.24 2.34 0.15 10th
Martin Jackson 27.05 2.53 0.19 11th
Andy Brown Searle 26.90 0.00 0.00 12th
Chris Morton 26.82 2.76 0.08 13th
Alan Lucas 26.64 2.94 0.18 14th
Sandy Parker 26.06 3.52 0.58 15th
Roddy Morrison 26.03 3.55 0.03 16th
John Gooding 25.93 3.65 0.10 17th
Ernest Danyi 25.78 3.80 0.15 18th
Ralph Parker 25.32 4.26 0.46 19th
Andrew Hogg 25.28 4.30 0.04 20th
Matthew Siddall 24.98 4.60 0.30 21st
Colin Jackson 24.89 4.69 0.09 22nd
Mike Ogden 24.67 0.00 0.00 23rd
Richard Wallace 24.47 5.11 0.20 24th
Murray Wallace 23.34 6.24 1.13 25th
Christopher Green 22.81 6.77 0.53 26th

 

SUPER PRODUCTION BEST HEAT GAP TO  1st BEHIND NEXT RACE POSITION 
Paul Shepherd 29.74 0.00 0.00 1st
Chas Keeling 27.89 1.85 1.85 2nd
Steve Sargent 26.49 3.25 1.40 3rd
David Sargent 26.31 3.43 0.18 4th
Chris Cowan 26.02 3.56 0.29 5th

 

 1/32nd Finals

 

  A FINAL FINAL LAPS  POSITIONS OPEN NOVICE
A FINAL Chris Thomas 49.45 1st A.final 50  
A FINAL Charlie Gooding 49.25 2nd 47  
A FINAL Graham Burke 48.00 3rd 45  
A FINAL Ian Prout 44.00 4th 43 50
  B FINAL FINAL LAPS  POSITIONS OPEN NOVICE
B FINAL Martin Ellis 48.00 1st B.final 41  
B FINAL Paul Bucknell 46.84 2nd 39  
B FINAL Graham Thomas 46.06 3rd 37  
B FINAL Mike Harrison 46.04 4th 35  
  C FINAL FINAL LAPS  POSITIONS OPEN NOVICE
C FINAL Martin Jackson 46.00 1st C.final 33 47
C FINAL Stephen Siddall 45.00 2nd 31  
C FINAL Keith Charles 43.00 3rd 30  
C FINAL Andy Brown Searle 38.00 4th 29  
  D FINAL FINAL LAPS  POSITIONS OPEN NOVICE
D FINAL Sandy Parker 44.00 1st D.final 28  
D FINAL Alan Lucas 43.00 2nd 27  
D FINAL Chris Morton 42.00 3rd 26 45
D FINAL Roddy Morrison 38.00 4th