Meeting Reports

St Maarten - May 8th 2011 Meeting Report

St Maarten – May 8th 2011 Meeting Report

The 8th of May saw great weather for the second meeting promoted by the ACON at Sint Maarten. With hardly any rain in the last weeks and temperatures of around 27 degrees Celsius, the track was as hard as tarmac. With 56 drivers there would be 6 heats and a final, with each competitor taking part in 3 heats.

Coventry - May 7th 2011 Meeting Report

Coventry – May 7th 2011 Meeting Report

The first Saturday of the month always means the stock car hordes descend on the Brandon shaleway for a good night’s entertainment with a full field of cars. Unfortunately the weather played a hand and after three cracking heats, the rain came.

Sheffield - May 2nd 2011 Meeting Report

Sheffield – May 2nd 2011 Meeting Report

With Easter coming just a week before May Day this year, Startrax decided against two Bank Holiday Mondays at Belle Vue in consecutive weeks, and instead moved to the much-underused Sheffield venue for their May Day fixture.

Kings Lynn - April 30th 2011 Meeting Report

Kings Lynn – April 30th 2011 Meeting Report

Sensational sunshine and a brisk wind greeted racefans at the Norfolk Arena which in truth is not always the ideal conditons for racing on a shale surface, but the racing strip was as usual in excellent condition having received liberal doses of h2o during the afternoon, this provided an extremely fast surface with minimal amounts [...]

Blauwhuis - April 25th 2011 Meeting Report

Blauwhuis – April 25th 2011 Meeting Report

Easter Monday saw a F1 meeting on the quick clay of Blauwhuis. Jeroen Pieters has kindly provided F1Stockcars.com with a meeting report. Additional photos by Tonny Wissing.

St Maarten - April 24th 2011 Overview

St Maarten – April 24th 2011 Overview

Easter Sunday saw fifty six F1 stockcars race at St Maarten. Tonny Wissing gives F1Stockcars.com an overview.

Lelystad - April 17th 2011 Overview

Lelystad – April 17th 2011 Overview

The first tarmac meeting in Holland was at Lelystad Speedway on the 17th April 2011. Tonny Wissing has sent F1Stockcars.com photos, results and an overview of the day.

Belle Vue - April 25th 2011 Meeting Report

Belle Vue – April 25th 2011 Meeting Report

Bank Holiday Monday is synonymous with Belle Vue, and in front of a large crowd, the Manchester track again showed why there is literally nothing better on a Bank Holiday than F1 stock car racing.

Skegness – April 22nd 2011 Meeting Report

Skegness – April 22nd 2011 Meeting Report

After talks of sun cream and heat strokes on the journey to Marsh Lane, we were surprised to be greeted with bracing sea winds, adding a chill to the otherwise perfect day.

Buxton - April 17th 2011 Meeting Report

Buxton – April 17th 2011 Meeting Report

Warm sunshine greeted spectators and drivers at Buxton for the 2011 World Championship qualifying round and after a spectacular meeting at Northampton the night before, expectations were high.

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Skegness - May 13th 2012 Meeting Report
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May 21, 2012

The Uk open championship took place at a sunny Skegness Stadium and a quality field featured the best of Brisca and a select band of top tar stars from the Netherlands.

Skegness - May 12th 2012 Meeting Report
Skegness – May 12th 2012 Meeting Report
May 19, 2012

The May Speedweekend at Skegness is the first chance for F1 Drivers to land a title in the racing season, and Saturday night’s session was not only a ideal opportunity for car set up to be perfected for the UK Open Championship meeting the following day – but also to claim some valuable qualifying points towards the World Championship which is being held at the East Coast tarmac strip in September.

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May 16, 2012

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Sheffield - May 7th 2012 Meeting Report
Sheffield – May 7th 2012 Meeting Report
May 14, 2012

An explosive start to the meeting when James Morris (463) impacted the home straight fence after a couple of laps of Heat 1, before slewing across the track and being hit by Mark Gilbank (21), who then collided with Scott Davids (462) before the pair of them came to a dead stop in the turn one fence.

Coventry - May 5th 2012 Meeting Report
Coventry – May 5th 2012 Meeting Report
May 12, 2012

Coventry pre-meeting problems for Murray Harrison 97 meant a starter motor needed to be replaced with the gearbox having to come out for access, and on doing so, swung round and snapped the throttle cable meaning it was all hands on deck to get the car ready for action.

Blauwhuis - April 30th 2012 Meeting Report
Blauwhuis – April 30th 2012 Meeting Report
May 11, 2012

The Queen’s Birthday meeting at Blauwhuis saw over fifty cars celebrate in style in front of a huge crowd.

Racing Around The World - Blauwhuis, The Netherlands.
Racing Around The World – Blauwhuis, The Netherlands.
May 9, 2012

This journey takes us to the North West of the Netherlands home to the Blauwhuis Clay Track in the Friesland Provence. Where 9 heats and a final will take place over an 8 hour Field Meeting.

Winter Strip Down and Re-Build: Rob Harrad #258 Part 6
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May 5, 2012

Over the winter we featured Rob Harrad’s Winter Strip Down, Re-paint and Re-build. In our final instalment we take a closer look at the new front axle using a home made beam which Rob has permission from the BSCDA to test as well as the final install of the engine and gearbox.


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