POLICAR GRAND PRIX & 65 - 71 SPORTS / G.T. ENDURANCE Sunday 2nd December2019

Sunday 2nd December 2019 The event consisted of two classes; a Policar GP for Policar F1 cars and an Endurance Race for GT Sports Cars between 1965 – 1971. 10 racers came along with Alan Wilkinson, Graham Edwards, Mick and Rob Kerr coming from a far for their first visit to our track. David Farrow was hoping to join us but suffered a breakdown on the journey down and had to be Relayed home. The event kicked off with the F1 Policar GP. These cars are basically standard but were required to comply to the Regulations set out for the Policar GP event held at the Slot Car Festival at Gaydon. Racing in the qualifying heats was very close and there were was some very exciting racing. The standard of driving was very high and the total number of “Offs” for all 11 heats was just under ten. Onto the “Step up finals” in which Alan Wilkinson progressed from the ‘C’ to the ‘B’ final. His progress ended there with Graham Robinson taking the final place in the ‘A’ final. Top spot in the ‘A’ final went to local racer Alan Shawe, 1st, followed by highest placed visitor Rob Kerr 2nd, Colin Wilkinson 3rd and Graham Robinson 4th. Alan and Rob can be seen in the right-hand picture. In the afternoon we were joined by Mark Nicholson so 11 racers lined up for the endurance race. Right from the start the standard of driving was so high and you could almost hear the concentration. Once again many on track battles ensued which caught the attention of all watching, only broken by collective sighs when one of the racers de-slotted. At the flag Alan Shawe again took top spot with Colin Wilkinson 2nd and Mark Nicholson 3rd. Highest placed visitor was Mick Kerr in 6th. The first two finishers in the Sports / G.T. class can be seen on the left.

POLICAR GRAND PRIX 1st Alan Shawe 2nd Rob Kerr 3rd Colin Wilkinson 4th Graham Robinson 5th John English 6th Alan Wilkinson 7th Mick Kerr 8th Vic Bettell 9th Richard Powell 10th Graham Edwards

1965 - 71 Sports / G.T. 1st Alan Shawe 162.16 2nd Colin Wilkinson 155.00 3rd Mark Nicholson 150.26 4th John English 148.05 5th Graham Robinson 147.23 6th Mick Kerr 147.00 7th Rob Kerr 141,23 8th Richard Powell 134.06 9th Graham Edwards 132.25 10th Vic Bettell 130.27 11th Alan Wilkinson 124.14

MEETING CHAMPIONSHIP 1st Alan Shawe 70 points 2nd Colin Wilkinson 46 points 3rd Rob Kerr 37 points 4th John English & Graham Robinson 34 points 6th Mick Kerr 26 points 7th Alan Wilkinson 20 points 8th Richard Powell 18 points 9th Vic Bettell 17 points 10th Graham Edwards 15 points

Congratulations to Alan Shawe as Overall Champion of the meeting after combining the positions in both events. Here he is being congratulated by the event organiser, Graham Robinson, who did a magnificent job, as always. Many thanks to everyone that came along and special thanks to our visitors who came from far and wide to join in the racing.

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