NWLMRA Race Report from Round 17, Cwmythig Hill, Rhayader
The Final Round of the 2003 NWLMRA Championship Series was
at Cwmythig Hill MotoX track. However, it brought no real
surprises (other than the length of the journey to the meeting!)
but the competitors enjoyed a good day’s racing on a
fast and flowing circuit
Saturday 13th September, 2003 ~ Round 17
From the Start, was a very wide and long straight that went
into a super fast 180-degree open left-hander. This went into
a short straight and then into an open hairpin left, a short
straight then a double apex right hander. Then another short
straight, before a very tight left-hander, then a tight right
and hairpin left combination that fed back onto the main straight.
Lap times were about 31 seconds
The first race of the day was the Points Race, and 7 drivers
took the Start. As the lights went Green, #31 Darren Whitehead
got the hole-shot to lead from #27 Stuart Polkinghorne. The
two drivers pulled away from the field and battled all the
way to the flag. #27 Stuart Polkinghorne managed to sneak
past on Lap 4 and held off the #31 to the flag. The gap at
the flag was about half a second. 3rd place went to #96 Chris
Randall. Both #18 Sheldon Webster and #24 Dave Smith took
Class wins
Next up was the Grand Prix and again it was a battle between
#27 Stuart Polkinghorne and #31 Darren Whitehead. The gap
in the Championship was one lap at the Start of the Race (in
favour of #27) and this time the best start went to #27 Stuart
Polkinghorne, who out-dragged #31 Darren Whitehead to the
first corner. However, at the end of the first lap, the #27
spun and stalled allowing the #31 to disappear into the distance.
As #27 Stuart Polkinghorne rejoined the race, the gap was
about 15 seconds, but he worked hard to stay on the lead lap
and ended up finishing the race about 12 seconds back in 2nd
place. So, the race win went the #31 Darren Whitehead but
the Championship goes to #27 Stuart Polkinghorne
Into the non-championship races and wins were shared between
#31 Darren Whitehead, #27 Stuart Polkinghorne and #26 Robert
Smith. We had two contenders for Crash of the Day, #18 Sheldon
Webster who rolled going onto the Main Straight (breaking
his Steering Wheel) and #26 Robert Smith who managed to hit
a fence head-on! The day finished with 2 of the St.John’s
Ambulance guys having a couple of laps on the mowers. Both
did well to stay on and not require their colleague’s
assistance!
The Final 2003 Championship Standings below show
the corrected scores (i.e. less 2 lowest points)
Group 4 Points
#17 Nigel Sands 15pts
#28 John Coulson 1pt
Group 3T Points
#27 Stuart Polkinghorne 225pts
#31 Darren Whitehead 207pts
#96 Chris Randall 169pts
#69 Matt Randall 131pts
#26 Robert Smith 120pts
#22 Matt Heys 42pts
#33 Peter Farrow 35pts
#9 Mike Stark 25pts
#86 Peter Collishaw 13pts
Group 3B Points
#12 Martin Shaw 192pts
#18 Sheldon Webster 117.5pts
#73 Tom Hogan 70pts
Group 2W Points
#50 Phil Brooks 104pts
#24 Dave Smith 90pts
Group 2R Points
#71 J Parden / A Howard 60pts
Group 1
#19 Joy Pawley 12 laps
Grand Prix
#27 Stuart Polkinghorne 331 laps
#31 Darren Whitehead 330 laps
#96 Chris Randall 259 laps
#12 Martin Shaw 223.5 laps
#69 Matt Randall 206 laps
#26 Robert Smith 195 laps
#18 Sheldon Webster 144 laps
#50 Phil Brooks 127 laps
#24 Dave Smith 110 laps
#73 Tom Hogan 98 laps
#22 Matt Heys 66 laps
#71 J Parden / A Howard 46 laps
#33 Peter Farrow 44 laps
#9 Mike Stark 18 laps
#86 Peter Collishaw 10 laps
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