| Arena Essex Raceway - Meeting 04/34 Sunday, October 3, 2004 |
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The Terry Skeef Memorial
for Plastengrave Bangers & Group A Hot Rods |
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Plastengrave Bangers
Jason "Boxer Jack" Jackson finished the Plastengrave
Non-Ford Banger series in style with a heat and final double
in the Terry Skeef Memorial meeting at Arena Essex on October
3, topping it off by sharing the last car award in the
Rawlins 2000 with Danny Oliver. Jackson, already uncatchable
in the series as he entered the days' racing took a hard
fought first heat, though the best action was saved for the
second heat where Pete Blanchard (racing with Ray Laytons'
number) beat Matt Fuller home. This heat saw, amongst other
things, a monster hit by Jimmy Randall as he carried Sean
Fuller down the back straight and into the pit armco,
Randalls' car disappearing underneath as Fuller went into the
air! Randall then reversed out and continued, but failed to
finish, a situation that would eventually affect the series
result as Matt Fuller came second again in the final to take
second place ahead of Randall. In fact, it was a day of
second places all round for Matt as he again grabbed second
place in the Rawlins Qualifier behind John Harding in a race
that saw nearly sixty cars take the circuit, an early
rollover in traffic causing a restart with a slightly more
manageable forty car field.
Group A Hot Rods
It has been a fairly memorable year for Keith Perren in the
Group A Hot Rods, especially as he drove the number 3 car
home to victory in the Terry Skeef Memorial final at Arena
Essex on October 3. As usual, ribbons adorning their cars, a
good field of Group A's turned in a sparkling performance,
Dave Hutchins holding out for the first heat win while Gary
Rouse took the second heat from the back of the grid. The
third heat went to new bug Nigel Green who managed to stay
well clear of Matt Leadbetter, a driver returning to the
formula after some absence. Leadbetter would repeat his
second spot in the final, unable to get the better of Perren
by the line, while Steve Gooch led the superstar grades to
get third place.
| Results |
| 1. Plastengrave Bangers Heat 1 | 331 Jason Jackson | 423 | 539 | 19 | 94 | 547 | 567 | 47 | ||
| 2. Group A Hot Rods Heat 1 | 86 Dave Hutchins | 3 | 57 | 18 | 176 | 136 | 66 | 10 | 102 | 91 |
| 3. Plastengrave Bangers Heat 2 | 616 | 188 | 415 | 60 | 200 | 57 | 326 | 242 | ||
| 4. Group A Hot Rods Heat 2 | 63 Gary Rouse | 135 | 112 | 174 | 82 | 49 | 86 | 44 | 119 | 133 |
| 5. Annual Staff Race | ||||||||||
| 6. Group A Hot Rods Heat 3 | 57 Nigel Green | 174 | 135 | 136 | 3 | 102 | 63 | 18 | 112 | 91 |
| 7. Plastengrave Bangers Terry Skeef Memorial | 331 Jason Jackson | 188 | 539 | 57 | 19 | 94 | 547 | 60 | 200 | 47 |
| 8. Group A Hot Rods Terry Skeef Memorial | 3 Keith Perren | 174 | 136 | 12 | 102 | 63 | 18 | 82 | 176 | 86 |
| 9. Bangers Rawlins 2000 Qualifier | 160 John Harding | 188 | 331 |
Last car: 331/423 Danny Oliver
| Pictures from Crashnet |
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Also see Matthew Bull's website for more pictures from this meeting!
© 2004 Chris Johnson (Crashnet) / Promotasport Raceways
