NORTH WEST LAWN MOWER RACING ASSOCIATION
Race Report from Scorton Country & Vintage Fayre
& Castle Howard – 18/19th June 2005
A very busy weekend for the NWLMRA with two very different
events. Good weather blessed both meetings and we had a new
driver on Sunday. Josh Clarkson joined the club and proved
to be pretty impressive for his first time racing a mower.
Stuart Polkinghorne also raced for the time at an NWLMRA meeting
this year
Saturday 18th June 2005
For the Saturday, we attended the inaugural Scorton Country
& Vintage Fayre in the village of Scorton, near Garstang.
The show was pretty big and it would take you most of the
day to take it all in. We were given a small but level area
in one corner of the showground. Unfortunately, some horses
were tied up in our area and we had to wait for the owners
to come and move them!
As this was a late addition to the Calendar, and more of
a ‘lawn mower racing display’ than a full-on race
meeting it was decided that there would not be any Championship
Points available. With this in mind, we ran a series of races
throughout the day. Phil Davies was running a new Tecumseh
OHV engine on his Group 4, which was proving to be very fast
out of corners. Unfortunately, it went bang late in the afternoon
after a piece of the governor came loose and punctured the
engine casing. Luckily, the damage isn’t terminal and
it should be back up and running for the next meeting
Once the days racing was finished, the club loaded up and
moved on to Castle Howard, near Malton for Sunday’s
Race Meeting
Round 10 – Sunday 19th June 2005
Sunday dawned bright and early for the NWLMRA, with a short
trek from Castle Howard’s official campsite to the race
field. A huge field was available for racing, and although
it looked smooth and flat, there were a few hidden bumps waiting
to catch people out as the day wore on
It was decided to run a combined Points Race for all classes,
as there were only 3 mowers that were not Group 3’s.
#69 Matt Randall led from the lights ahead of #27 Stuart Polkinghorne,
#86 Ian Carter, #96 Chris Randall, #31 Daz Whitehead, #18
Josh Clarkson, #11 Sam Shaw, #4 Dave Askew, #12 Martin Shaw,
#26 Phil Brooks and #100 Phil Davies. Lap 2 saw Sam Shaw pass
Josh Clarkson for 6th place. On lap 3 Chris Randall went to
3rd at the expense of Ian Carter, while Phil Davies passed
Phil Brooks for 10th place. Lap 4 saw Ian Carter drop another
place, this time it was Daz Whitehead on the move up to 4th.
Dave Askew improved to 7th, while Josh Clarkson fell to 8th.
Phil Davies took another place, moving up to 9th. Dave Askew
passed Sam Shaw on lap 5 for 6th position and Chris Randall
passed Stuart Polkinghorne for 2nd on lap 8. Matt Randall
controlled the race from the front for the win ahead of Chris
Randall, Stuart Polkinghorne, Daz Whitehead, Ian Carter, Dave
Askew, Sam Shaw, Josh Clarkson, Martin Shaw, Phil Davies and
Phil Brooks. Dave Askew and Martin Shaw both picked up class
wins
The Grand Prix was next up with Stuart Polkinghorne taking
the holeshot ahead of Matt Randall and Chris Randall. These
3 drivers pulled away from the rest and battled throughout
the race. Stuart Polkinghorne went wide on the last corner
of the last lap and was collected by Matt Randall. This allowed
Chris Randall through to take the win. All 3 drivers covered
14 laps. Daz Whitehead drove a lonely race in 4th place, but
remained on the lead lap with Dave Askew. Pete Collishaw retired
after 8 laps following a racing incident with Dave Askew.
Martin Shaw, Phil Davies, Josh Clarkson and Sam Shaw all dropped
1 lap while Phil Brooks dropped 4
All in all, a good weekends entertainment with some great
racing thrown in. Sunday’s crowd seemed to be very enthusiastic
and enjoyed the event enormously
The 2005 Championship Standings after Round 10 are:
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Class 4
#4 Dave Askew 76 points
#100 Phil Davies 55 points
#64 Mark Rostron 45 points
#8 Kev Grimer 26 points
Class 3
#69 Matt Randall 78 points
#96 Chris Randall 73 points
#31 Daz Whitehead 64 points
#11 Sam Shaw 54 points
#44 Sheldon Webster 48 points
#86 Ian Carter 33 points
#27 Stu Polkinghorne 8 points
#18 Josh Clarkson 4 points
#26 Robert Smith 1.5 points
Class 2 Wheels
#7 Andy Little 80 points
#24 Dave Smith 13.5 points
Class 2 Roller
#12 Martin Shaw 68 points
#66 Andy Howard 26 points
Grand Prix
#31 Daz Whitehead 178 laps
#96 Chris Randall 166 laps
#69 Matt Randall 165 laps
#4 Dave Askew 159 laps
#11 Sam Shaw 159 laps
#7 Andy Little 155 laps
#44 Cameron Hill 131 laps
#12 Martin Shaw 110 laps
#100 Phil Davies 80 laps
#64 Mark Rostron 73 laps
#66 John Parden 63 laps
#86 Pete Collishaw 61 laps
#8 Kev Grimer 45 laps
#24 Dave Smith 26.5 laps
#27 Stu Polkinghorne 14 laps
#18 Josh Clarkson 13 laps
#26 Robert Smith 5 laps
The next NWLMRA Race Meeting will be at South Witham Gala
on 2nd July 2005.
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