Southern 32 - 2019


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14  July   Luton

The 6th round of the championship was at Luton.  Thanks to Nick and everybody at Luton for a  very enjoyable and well run day’s racing.

Will Stemman took top Qualifying with 26.29, over half a lap quicker than his TQ score for last year’s  first Southern 32 on this track. Second was Paul Harwood with a Falcon, although as he’s a premier grade driver Paul isn’t eligible for Falcon Masters points. Chris Stemman’s impressive 25 lap run put him in the top 4 and top in both Clubman and Falcon Masters.

The overall finals were run before the clubman finals.   Andy Bishop won the E final.  There were lots of changes of lead in the D final, the eventual winner was Dave Hackforth.   The first 3 finals were all Falcons, including C final winner Keith Gibson who is in premier grade thanks to his 2018 main grade Nationals win.

The B final was another race with  lots of lead changes, Greg Harwood turned out the winner.   

Will won the A final with another 26 lap run, Stan Alton beat Paul Harwood for second, while Chris Stemman took 4th and the Falcon Masters win.


Qual

Final


Falcon Masters

1

Will Stemman

26.29

A

26.19

Super


2

Stan Alton

25.48

A

25.14

Super


3

Paul Harwood

25.54

A

24.68

Falcon

Premier Driver

4

Chris Stemman

25.16

A

23.05

Falcon

1

5

Greg Harwood

24.7

B

24.87

Super


6

Dave Stevenson

24.97

B

24.66

Super


7

Nick Thrower

24.21

B

24.23

Falcon

2

8

Josh Bryant

25.13

B

23.00

Super


9

Keith Gibson

23.9

C

24.49

Falcon

Premier Driver

10

Marc Lyons

23.69

C

24.09

Falcon

3

11

Geoff Lynn

24.05

C

23.52

Falcon

4

12

Mike Gibbons

23.15

C

22.23

Falcon

5

13

David Hackforth

21.7

D

22.59

Falcon

6

14

Colin Wilkinson

22.4

D

22.30

Falcon

7

15

Simon Francis

22.14

D

22.21

Falcon

8

16

Chris Frost

21.42

D

20.39

Falcon

9

17

Andy Bishop

20.47

E

20.00

Falcon

10

18

Bill Jenner

21.03

E

19.89

Falcon

11

19

Cliff Bicknell

19.49

E

19.30

Falcon

12

Clubman Falcon Finals

1

A

Chris Stemman

23.95

2

A

Marc Lyons

23.53

3

A

Geoff Lynn

22.52

4

A

Mike Gibbons

22.39

5

B

Colin Wilkinson

22.00

6

B

David Hackforth

21.00

7

B

Bill Jenner

18.69

8

B

Andy Bishop

18.50

9

C

Cliff Bicknell

1.00

Team

Driver 1

Dtiver 2

Class

Lane 1

Lane 2

Lane 3

Lane 4

Laps

1

Young Man

Will Stemman

Josh Bryant

G12

137.17

127.45

135.39

131.28

531.29

2

LSCC

Stan Alton

Nick Thrower

G12

126.05

125.66

132.36

130.93

515.00

3

Top Guns (1)

Greg Harwood

Keith Gibson

G12

127.28

129.71

120

121.73

498.72

4

Harwood Racing

Paul Harwood

Marc Lyons

G12

121.6

125.98

127.35

122.61

497.54

5

Wreckless

Chris Stemman

Geoff Lynn

(2)

123.11

119.53

126.19

112.98

481.81

6

Pieces of 8 (F)

David Hackforth

Mike Gibbons

Falcon

109.83

107.4

115.35

110

442.58

7

GT (F)

Chris Frost

Simon Francis

Falcon

105.48

99.4

107.3

105.9

418.08

8

Norfolk & Chance (F)

Bill Jenner

Andy Bishop

Falcon

97.38

96.18

87.48

104.45

385.49

9

Wingnut & Walnut (F)

Cliff Bicknell

Bill Jenner

Falcon

91.22

95.28

101

97.48

384.98

(1)    Top Gun ran two premier grade drivers so don’t score championship points

(2)    Wreckless were running a Hawk 7 motor, so are eligible for overall championship points but not eligible for points in the Falcon/ Hawk R sub class

B Final

A Final

Clubman B Final

Clubman A Final

Clubman Finals

With 9 clubman drivers, the unlucky 9th qualifier didn’t get a run in the finals.  Colin Wilkinson won the B final from Dave Hackforth.  

The A final started out with more than its share of crashes, but once it all settled down, Chris  Stemman took a not unexpected win ahead of Marc Lyons, Geoff Lynnn and Mike Gibbons.

Le Mans 32

The team race produced a win for championship leaders Young Man - Will Stemman and Josh Bryant, by some 16 laps from Luton.    Top Gun finished just ahead of Harwood Racing, although Paul and Marc took third place points because of teh two premier drivers rule.   Next up was Wreckless, Chris Stemman had an interesting saloon chassis adapted to take a Falcon size can - he’d used a Falcon 7 motor, they were way quicker than the cars strictly eligible for the  Falcon/ Hawk R class.  The winner of that class was Pieces of 8 with Dave hackforth and Mike Gibbons making their first Southern 32 round this year.

The next round is at Won O Won in August.


On a day when the Stemmans had won everything so far, at that continues in the Team Race