STOCK CAR WEEKEND IS BEST
OF THE SEASON SO FAR!

The Norfolk Arena staged two days of racing over the weekend 
with the Saloon Stock Car British Championship forming the main 
focus of the programme over both days whilst the BriSCA F1 
Stock Cars contested a National Series Round on the Saturday 
night and the Saloon racing was supplemented by National 
MiniStox and 2 Litre Banger action on the Sunday.  219 Luke Grief 
produced a stunning drive to win the British Title in the saloons 
having qualified in pole position on the race grid whilst 259 Paul 
Hines won his first ever shale track Final in the F1 Stock Cars 
giving his National Series challenge for 2008 a boost.

Looking firstly at the Saloon Stock Cars, the British Championship 
drew together an impressive entry of 53 drivers representing all 
regions where Saloon Stock Car racing is currently prevalent, 
namely East Anglia, Scotland, The Westcountry and Northern 
Ireland. The drivers each raced in three of the five qualifying 
heats run in the first phase of the weekend with 25 drivers 
earning automatic entry to the Championship from their race 
scores. A last chance event then gave all remaining drivers the 
chance to earn a top 9 position in a one-off shoot-out race for 
the remaining Championship slots.

The qualifying process turned out to be particularly hard-fought 
and spectacular with all drivers using their bumpers hard and 
taking no prisoners whatsoever on track. Lynn racer 562 Trevor 
Gray made a good start to the opening heat of the weekend 
using his skills to negotiate the freshly-watered track surface 
although as things dried out, it was Luke Grief who came 
through from his starting position at the back of the grid to start 
his weekend in the best possible fashion with a victory. The 
second race was a close contest throughout the 16-lap distance 
with 86 Simon Royal holding off the chasing pack for much of the              
way, only to be passed in the late stages by 186 Todd Jones.              


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