Reports: F2 and beyond.

18 cars were in attendance for Swaffham’s August weekender, this time competing for the Norfolk Championship.   The now customary invasion from Standlake was headlined by current Swaffham and Standlake gold roof 856 Paul Webb.   Amongst the visiting Standlake entry were 2 Craig Passey, 96 Don Pugh, 321 Maisie Emms and 418 Robert Casey making their track debuts (with the latter making a complete F2 debut).   13 Gavin Ward was the sole visitor from Ringwood and the entry was completed by 12 Vince Foley and 221 Tom Sneddon as the only ‘home’ drivers. After grid positions were drawn, Heat 1 started with 47 Jake Perry and 509 Jordan Butcher on the front row and it was the former who got the early lead ahead of 105 Louis Williams, who passed Butcher on the opening lap while Passey was a first lap retirement.   Perry lost his lead to Williams and then Butcher also made a move on lap 2, while Paul Webb made a strong start from row 4 and quickly passed the latter pairing to sit 2 nd .  

A pleasing total of 20 cars were in the pits for the first meeting back, with some new faces among the usual suspects.  There were F2 debuts for 533 Stuart Pitson and 666 Liam Renney, a return with a stunning new car and number for 713 Liam Cornish, while 756 Ryan Mulley made a rare Standlake appearance and 710 Vince Stone was another surprising attendee. All cars were out for heat 1 with 185 Jess Webb and 47 Jake Perry on pole.  It was the former who took the lead into turn 1 ahead of Perry and 2 Craig Passey.  623 Rob Dobie was quick away from the yellow grade and moved up into 4 th on the opening lap, before Perry lost out to both Passey and Dobie a lap later.  Further back 563 Keith Walding had made the best start from red grade and moved past 261 Roger Mountney and 509 Jordan Butcher into turn 3 to break into the top 10. Passey then took the lead from Webb as Perry moved back into 3 rd ahead of Dobie and 38 Gavin Busby.  Shortly afterwards 321 Maisie Emms spun on turn 2 wh

A fantastic turnout of 19 cars for Swaffham’s first meeting under the new promotion, with this meeting running as the Andrew Warne Memorial. There was a strong visiting entry from Standlake – including for the first time ever – all 5 members of the Webb family on track at the same time. 185 Jess, 352 Andy, 421 Gary and 856 Paul were joined by a rare outing for 280 Pete. 47 Jake Perry, 105 Louis Williams, 508 Terry & 509 Jordan Butcher, 563 Keith Walding and 623 Rob Dobie were the other Standlake attendees, while Ringwood points champion 72 Chris Langridge also made the trip up. Amongst the local entry, 151 Craig Holland, 227 Nathan Potter and 246 Anthony Warne made their first F2 appearances. The 246 Andrew Warne car in the hands of Anthony Warne (Peter Barber photo) Heat 1 was prefaced by a minute’s silence with all cars on track. Fittingly it was Warne on pole and he took the lead into turn 1 ahead of Perry. The 246 car held the lead for the opening laps before going wide

A strong start to the 2020 season saw 22 cars in the pits and even the sun was shining!   There were several new drivers; 2 Craig Passey, 7 Josh Cornish, 47 Jake Perry and 535 Ryan Stoodley were making their F2 debuts, while 96 Don Pugh made his full debut having raced a hire car last season.   A trio from Grimley of 252 Izzy & 299 Will Jackson and 321 Maisie Emms joined long distance traveller 797 Dan Moss and the returning 212 Neil Soule in completing the lineup. 21 cars were on a damp track for heat 1, with Pugh having running issues in the pits.   38 Gavin Busby and 185 Jess Webb led the field away with the latter getting the early lead into turn 1.   She was shortly passed by 138 Kev Goldup before he was spun on turn 4, allowing 137 Steve Goldup through into the lead. 716 Jim Muckian had made a strong start from blue and was quickly up to 2 nd behind Goldup, passing 623 Rob Dobie and Busby in the process.   Passey and Will Jackson both spun a lap later as Muckian moved

DRIVER POINTS MEETINGS AVERAGE 856 PAUL WEBB 584 25 23.4 115 BEN FAREBROTHER 493 22 22.4 72 CHRIS LANGRIDGE 451 16 28.2 874 NEIL MOSS 427 21 20.3 261 ROGER MOUNTNEY 364 29 12.6 421 GARY WEBB 333 19 17.5 150 JOHN ENRIGHT 316 15 21.1 348 SONNY SHERWOOD 309 20 15.5 352 ANDY WEBB 300 21 14.3 42 ASH GREENING 289 12 24.1 105 LOUIS WILLIAMS 279 15 18.6 666 SARAH RASH 257 19 13.5 155 CARL LEWIS 252 9 28.0 563 KEITH WALDING 221 14 15.8 509 JORDAN BUTCHER 202 25 8.1 12 VINCE FOLEY 164 15 10.9 151 ANDY ENRIGHT 162 10 16.2 299 WILL JACKSON 125 10 12.5 681 OLLIE HOLFORD 124 10 12.4 516 ANDY CORNOCK 119 6 19.8 797 DAN