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Swaffham F2 - 27/09/20

The 12 cars in attendance for Swaffham’s 4 th meeting of the season were greeted with a day of changeable weather, making track conditions tricky all day.   A superb travelling effort from Standlake-based drivers saw 8 of them in attendance; of those 155 Carl Lewis and 534 Tom Stoodley made their first appearances at the track.   2019 Ringwood points champion 72 Chris Langridge made his 2 nd visit of the season and was joined by 211 Chris East on his first 2020 visit away from his home track.   12 Vince Foley and 14 Rob Taylor completed the entry as the only ‘local’ drivers. 12 VINCE FOLEY 14 ROB TAYLOR'S 2ND APPEARANCE OF THE YEAR With all cars for heat 1 on a wet track, lone white top 185 Jess Webb set the early place ahead of Stoodley and 509 Jordan Butcher.   563 Keith Walding passed 421 Gary Webb into turn 3 before Butcher spun on turn 1, although he was able to quickly recover quickly and only dropped back to 4th. Gary Webb dropped a place to Langridge on turn 4, while a

Standlake F2 - Open Championship - 20/09/20

The 6 th running of the Standlake Open Championship raised a record turnout of 33 cars (beating the previous record of 32 dating back to April 2010) and included a fantastic visiting effort from the northern Outlaws, who were represented by 92 John Hogg, 258 Chris Hart, 289 Jamie Whittaker, 555 Josh Walton, 725 Paul Broatch, 747 Neil Pinkney and 888 Simon Edwards – with the majority making their Standlake debuts. 258 CHRIS HART SCOTTISH VISITOR 92 JOHN HOGG RINGWOOD'S 138 GARY TWEDDLE 42 Ash Greening was the lone Grimley visitor, Ringwood were represented by 13 Gavin Ward and track debutant 138 Gary Tweddle.   For the local entry 776 James Trigg made his first appearance of the year sporting a new self-built car. A FIRST 2020 APPEARANCE FOR 776 JAMES TRIGG AT THE WHEEL OF A BRAND NEW SELF-BUILD The format saw 4 heats with every driver racing twice in reverse-grid races.   The top 20 scorers would automatically qualify for the final, with a last chance race seeing just the winner

Preview: Standlake Open Championship

Sunday 20th September - Standlake Open Championship ROLL OF HONOUR 2015 732 DAZ KITSON 2016 212 NEIL SOULE 2017 352 ANDY WEBB 2018 87 JACK WEST 2019 856 PAUL WEBB The 6 th running of the Standlake Open Championship sees a massive 40 cars booked in ready to fight for the trophy.   Not only will this be the largest attendance for the Open Championship, it will in fact be the biggest F2 turnout ever seen at Standlake and possibly at any Outlaw tarmac/concrete meeting ever! The race itself is looking like it will be completely wide open, with the unpredictable nature of the Standlake track combined with the larger grids meaning any number of drivers are in with a chance of victory. Leading the ‘home’ entry will be defending champion and current Standlake points champion, 856 Paul Webb.   Having already claimed the Norfolk Championship at Swaffham last month and then scored a heat and final double at the August Bank Holiday Standlake meeting, it would be hard to argue against him bei

Standlake F2 - 31/08/20

The third Standlake meeting of the season saw a restricted entry of 24 cars and as a result the use of a 2/3rds format for the first time in several seasons.   After 2 meetings and with 6 different winners from 7 races, the points were as follows: 534 Tom Stoodley made his F2 debut in a smart looking car, while the visiting entry saw a track debut for Ringwood based 13 Gavin Ward and a first visit of 2020 for Grimley points champion 42 Ash Greening.   109 Stuart Biddle and 486 Jez Watts made their first appearances of the year and 418 Robert Casey made his Standlake debut. 13 GAVIN WARD 486 JEZZ WATT'S FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE LATE 2018 A SMART RCE FOR THE DEBUTING 534 TOM STOODLEY 16 cars were out on track for heat 1 and it was 38 Gavin Busby who got the better of fellow front row starter 321 Maisie Emms to lead into the first turn.  Casey passed 533 Stuart Pitson to grab 3 rd as Greening made early progress ahead of 563 Keith Walding and 421 Gary Webb.  Emms made a move for the