• PRI Fixture list revised
• Terry Skeef Memorial - Old faces to show
• PRI Bangers No More?
• Report pages currently being updated - results to meeting 24 almost complete

PRI Bangers no more?

Tony Woodroffe, in an unprecendented move this week, has issued a statement to all drivers summarily killing off all normal domestic PRI banger meetings this season with the exception of the PRI Banger World Final.

This follows events at the Brian Orgles Memorial meeting on Sunday, August 10. In his statement, the President of the promotion states that "all normal domestic Banger meetings have now been dropped and replaced with either Rookie Bangers or an existing PRI Formula".

He goes on to say; "It is with great reluctance that we have had to take these steps but we feel we have no choice in the matter but to make this decision following the events of the 10th August". The events to which this refers occurred in the pits following a race in which a number of team factions clashed, the police having to be called in to break up the disturbance.

The result means that a number of meetings with long histories at the circuit, including the Terry Skeef Memorial, the Olly Moran Memorial and the end of season Grand Slam will be changed to Rookie Banger meetings, though the Bank Holiday Monday Big Van meeting, the World Championship and the Firecracker will run as originally advertised.

The statement ends; "A provisional fixture list for 2009 had already been in place, with the Bangers only racing every other week rather than weekly which has been the case ever since we opened in 1978, but in the current economic climate we felt we had to reduce the Banger meetings to about 20 a year. However a decision regarding next season will now be made later in the year".

Fixtures changed

• Aug 31 - Lightning Rods replace 2l Bangers
• Sept 7 - Rookie Bangers replace 1600cc Bangers
• Sept 14 - Superbangers replace 2l Bangers
• Sept 28 - Terry Skeef Memorial uses Rookie Bangers
• Oct 5 - 1300cc Stock Cars replace Rookies (which already replaced PRI Banger Teams
• Oct 12 - Olly Moran Memorial uses Rookie Bangers
• Oct 19 - Grand Slam replaced by Rookie Bangers

Rookie Banger rules

Ed-itters' note

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