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Swaffham - Gold Roof Weekend - 24&25/7/21

 Swaffham’s Gold Roof weekender was back for 2021 following a year sabbatical and pleasingly featured an entry list that covered all 4 southern tracks and included some very long-distance travellers.  20 cars were present in the pits on the Saturday night, with further cars expected for the Sunday.  Regular Barford racer 92 John Hogg made his first visit to the track, while the north-east was represented by ex-Ringwood racer, 138 Gary Tweddle who was also making his track debut. A FIRST SWAFFHAM VISIT FOR NOW WARTON-BASED 138 GARY TWEDDLE TRACK DEBUT FOR SCOTLAND'S 92 JOHN HOGG   Ringwood registered 72 Chris Langridge and 150 John Enright made rare visits along with former Swaffham regular 12 Vince Foley who was out for his first appearance of the season. FORMER RINGWOOD POINTS CHAMPION 150 JOHN ENRIGHT 82 STEVE RICKARD MADE HIS FIRST NON-RTS APPEARANCE OF THE SEASON Further entries came from RTS’ 82 Steve Rickard and a track debut for Grimley-based 716 Jim Muckian.   88 Ross Inn

Standlake F2 - 18/07/21

The fourth visit of the season to Standlake featured some ridiculously hot weather and a turnout of 25 cars in the pits.  There was even a flying-visit from the Red Arrows!  Amongst the entry, there was an F2 debut for 669 Lee Hall and a one-off appearance in a spare 26 Steve Turner car for 214 Stella Lacey.  The afore-mentioned Turner was back out for his first appearance since his nasty crash earlier this season, although unfortunately he never made the track due to running issues. F2 DEBUT FOR 669 LEE HALL A ONE-OFF MEETING FOR EX BANGER RACER 214 STELLA LACEY The 17-car heat 1 started in a dust cloud as 7 Josh Cornish led the field into turn 1 ahead of 321 Maisie Emms and 210 Patrick Somerton, although his lead was short-lived as he spun on turn 2 which allowed 542 Martin Chard into the lead with Somerton now 2 nd as Emms dropped back. 623 Rob Dobie then spun out of 3 rd place on turn 3 as the slippery conditions were catching everyone out.   38 Gavin Busby now inherited 3 rd

Preview: Swaffham Gold Roof Weekender

With just a week to go before the biggest meeting of the year for Outlaw F2s at the Norfolk venue the booking list shows a hugely impressive 26 names.  This is the largest turnout the track will have seen in several years, with drivers from almost all Outlaw tracks and promotions represented.  856 Paul Webb will be defending the title he won in 2019 (the weekender being run as the Norfolk Championship in 2020, a title which Webb also won!) and headlines a strong entry list with a now-customary large entry of visiting Standlake drivers. 856 PAUL WEBB AT SWAFFHAM IN 2020 There are a number of drivers likely to challenge Webb for the gold, with 2020 Southern Points Champion 105 Louis Williams amongst those likely to start as favourite.  With 5 race wins across 3 tracks so far this season, he has the proven pace to be a serious contender for the win.   HOLDER & CURRENT LEADER OF THE SOUTHERN POINTS 105 LOUIS WILLIAMS Regular Swaffham visitors 352 Andy and 421 Gary Webb are both surpris