NORTH WEST LAWN MOWER RACING ASSOCIATION
Race Report from Bentinck Miners Welfare, Notts.
~ May 8th
With Wollaton Park still fresh in the minds, the NWLMRA headed
a little further north to a one-day show in aid of the Bentinck
Miners Welfare. A couple of racers were absent due to prior
commitments but those that turned out enjoyed a great days
racing following some early-morning showers
#31 Daz Whitehead’s lap of the track
“We had been given a football pitch to race on, which
is always nice. It’s good to get somewhere really flat
and smooth for a change every now and then! From the start-line
we had a good main straight that went into a flat-out right
hander. This decreased in radius the further you got round
and ended up quite a tight bend after a short stab on the
brakes. Next was a very short straight, which fed into a double
apex left-hander, this was another tricky corner with only
one real line working in the races. This fed into a 90-degree
left hander, followed immediately by a hairpin right. Again
it was very tight, but this opened out into a really long
right hander that could be taken flat out and sideways (even
when it was dry!) This then fed back onto the main straight
for another lap. The fastest laps were around 22 seconds”
Round 4 – Sunday 8th May 2005
#12 Martin Shaw brought along his new Group 2 Roller, and
raced this to victory in his Points Race. Jason Whitehead
drove the #4 John Deere to victory, ahead of #8 Kev Grimer
in the Group 4 Points Race
In Group 3, #69 Matt Randall is starting to show some authority
taking a dominant win ahead of #96 Chris Randall, #31 Daz
Whitehead, #11 Sam Shaw and #44 Sheldon Webster
The Grand Prix was the last of the Championship races, with
another lights-to-flag victory for Matt Randall, who covered
28 laps. 2nd place was closely fought all the way between
Jason Whitehead and Chris Randall. Jason held the advantage
early on, but Chris found a way past on the 14th lap, and
held off Jason to take the runners-up position at the flag.
Both drivers also covered 28 laps. Daz Whitehead and Sam Shaw
both dropped 1 lap, while Kev Grimer dropped 2 laps. Martin
Shaw covered 22 laps, while Cameron Hill dropped out after
just 19 laps
The 2005 Championship Standings after Round 4 are:
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Class 4
#100 Phil Davies 19 points
#64 Mark Rostron 19 points
#8 Kev Grimer 18 points
#4 Dave Askew 17 points
Class 3
#69 Matt Randall 20 points
#96 Chris Randall 19 points
#31 Daz Whitehead 18 points
#11 Sam Shaw 14 points
#44 Sheldon Webster 12 points
#86 Pete Collishaw 9 points
Class 2 Wheels
#7 Andy Little 20 points
Class 2 Roller
#66 Andy Howard 10 points
#12 Martin Shaw 10 points
Grand Prix
#69 Matt Randall 51 laps
#96 Chris Randall 51 laps
#11 Sam Shaw 49 laps
#31 Daz Whitehead 49 laps
#7 Andy Little 41 laps
#8 Kev Grimer 40 laps
#4 Dave Askew 40 laps
#44 Cameron Davies 37 laps
#100 Phil Davies 35 laps
#64 Mark Rostron 34 laps
#12 Martin Shaw 22 laps
#86 Pete Collishaw 19 laps
#66 John Parden 18 laps
The next NWLMRA event will be the Founder Members Testimonial
Meeting, at Andy Howard’s Farm in Retford on the weekend
of 14th/15th May
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