MeetingResults27.4

Hednesford 27th April

Race Results

POS	HEAT 1	HEAT 2	FEATURE	G / N
1	25	100	52	119
2	100	25	2	311
3	844	2	844	52
4	2	119	100	10
5	52	17	10	844
6	198	80	80	100
7	80	68	153	2
8	17	8	275	80
9	153	588	8	8
10	588	275	175	153
11	8	198	171	17
12	12	52	12	12
13	68	744	101	25
14	10	19	744	588
15	171	262	170	744
16	119	171	188	101
17	101	151	588	170
18	611	188	25	19
19	76		311	171
20	280		151	343
21	151		19	275
22	275		198	611
23	175		262	188
24			68

Total Meeting Points

POS	#	NAME	TOT
1	2	TONY McCARTHY	92
2	100	ADAM RUBERY	96
3	52	PETER ROBERTSON	91
4	80	KEITH MURPHY	81
5	25	ANTHONY MASTERS	75
6	8	DAVE MORLEY	71
7	844	NATHAN ETHERIDGE	70
8	119	KEVIN WILTON	61
9	10	ANTONY BAKER	58
10	588	VICKI KINGSTON	58
11	17	LEE COOKE	57
12	153	CRAIG MARTINDALE	55
13	171	DAMIAN McCRYSTAL	47
14	275	IAN BELL	47
15	12	MIKE SILVER	45
16	198	DAVE BENTON	42
17	744	KEN DIXON	39
18	68	KELVIN PASSEY	37
19	101	DAN COOPER	35
20	311	PHIL BOINTON	33
21	19	STUART BEVAN	28
22	188	MIKE KINGSTON	24
23	151	DAVID GUNN	23
24	170	CRAIG THOMPSON	22
25	175	ANDREW BELL	21
26	262	TERRY HUDSPETH	16
27	611	GAVIN HARRIS	14
28	76	JOHN GAVIN	8
29	280	DEAN HAMILTON	7
30	343	PAUL HEATH	7
31	74	CRAIG OSBOURNE	0
32	202	DAVE PENNINGTON	0
33	211	PAUL TREWIN	0

Meeting Points Dropping Lowest Heat / GN Score

POS	#	NAME	TOT
1	52	PETER ROBERTSON	76
2	100	ADAM RUBERY	75
3	2	TONY McCARTHY	72
4	844	NATHAN ETHERIDGE	70
5	80	KEITH MURPHY	62
6	25	ANTHONY MASTERS	61
7	10	ANTONY BAKER	58
8	8	DAVE MORLEY	55
9	153	CRAIG MARTINDALE	55
10	119	KEVIN WILTON	50
11	12	MIKE SILVER	45
12	588	VICKI KINGSTON	45
13	198	DAVE BENTON	42
14	275	IAN BELL	42
15	17	LEE COOKE	41
16	171	DAMIAN McCRYSTAL	39
17	744	KEN DIXON	39
18	68	KELVIN PASSEY	37
19	101	DAN COOPER	35
20	311	PHIL BOINTON	33
21	19	STUART BEVAN	28
22	188	MIKE KINGSTON	24
23	151	DAVID GUNN	23
24	170	CRAIG THOMPSON	22
25	175	ANDREW BELL	21
26	262	TERRY HUDSPETH	16
27	611	GAVIN HARRIS	14
28	76	JOHN GAVIN	8
29	280	DEAN HAMILTON	7
30	343	PAUL HEATH	7
31	74	CRAIG OSBOURNE	0
32	202	DAVE PENNINGTON	0
33	211	PAUL TREWIN	0

Another fantastic meeting – four different winners is always brilliant but we were also treated to an afternoon of really close, action packed racing and yet again we were delighted with the turnout. We did wonder if we were in for another Masters whitewash as he started exceptionally well by taking the opening race win ahead of World Champion Rubery and Etheridge, who fought their way across the line with only 0.019 separating the top two stars. The World Champ wasn’t going to allow the blue top racer to take all the glory and after a fantastic heat two he just managed to sneak ahead of Masters on the final lap, after a late stoppage closed up the pack, much to the delight of the 100 racer. The Feature Final was simply outstanding with the amount of bumper work taking place around the oval and the lead constantly changing. Pole sitter Rubery decided to pirouette on the opening lap and drop down the results, passing the lead over to Cooke who in turn was under attack from McCarthy, Wilton was driving a blinder of a race and slipped up the inside but he was the next to suffer a ‘tap’ from the Points Champion and whilst all the action was taking place Robertson slipped through for the lead and finally proved to everyone his luck has now changed and was thrilled with his first win of the year and we were delighted to see a fifth different driver take a Feature this year. Congratulations to Pete with McCarthy and Etheridge joining him on the podium whilst Rubery managed to fight his way back through to fourth and a cracking fifth place result from Baker. Fortunately we managed to make up a serious amount of time half way through the afternoon which enabled us to run a Grand National and what a race it was. At last Kev Wilton took his first ever race win after coming so very, very close on many an occasion. It wasn’t an easy victory as he had to fight all the way against the likes of Silver and Bointon and also managed to hold off Robertson on the final lap. An outstanding win and very well deserved, it was also a first time in Hednesford history apparently as Race Control could hear ‘supporters’ in the box over the noise of the race and constant radio conversations and staff were amazed with the volume of the 119 fan club!

Extra mentions must go to Kelvin Passey who had a fantastic first two races, claiming a seventh in heat two, his highest rebel result so far. Damien McCrystal racked up another four strong finishers just missing out on the white top grade award as Ian Bell scored a higher result in the Feature Final. Craig Thompson should be happy with two decent results after a hectic start to his rebel career and Mike Kingston settled into the tarmac finishing three out of four races at only his second meeting.