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The opening fixture of the 2008 Banger season at the Norfolk 
Arena was greeted by tremendous drivers support with 98 cars 
turning out for battle, 45 of them in the opening qualifying 
round for the 2008 Banger Shale World Championship for 2 Litre 
Bangers and 53 racing for the Unlimited Banger East Anglian 
Championship.  The 1300 Stock Cars were also in action.  The 
East Anglian Championship went to 99 Ritchie Ahern whilst 
the 2 litre Banger Final was won by 349 Michael Allard but 
performance of the night came in the 1300 Stock Cars where 
33 Warren Porter won all four races including the 2007 novices 
Championship.

The talking point in the Unlimited Bangers was the first visit 
of Colchester-based team The Gladiators to a Trackstar race 
meeting since the turn of the Century and they certainly made 
a big entrance with 12 drivers racing from the team and their 
fleet of cars including no less than seven big American machines. 
To the casual eye, the stunningly painted Ford Galaxie Station 
Wagon of 542 Craig Oliver certainly looked both impressive and 
very prettily turned out, but the Rambler Cross-Country Station
Wagon raced by 513 Sean Harvey was also a very rare find. In 
general, the entry of cars was very impressive and also included 
a Ford Mustang for Stamford teenager 611 Joe Geeves, a Rover 
P5B for 564 Mark Cooper, a Wolseley 6/110 for 384 John Golden, 
a pair of Granada Limousines for 282 Bobby Daniels and 791 Nicky 
Young and a Granada Hearse from 292 Keith Saunders.

The Unlimited Bangers raced over 2 heats with half of the cars 
in each race. The major action in the first event was 168 Calvyn 
Girling getting caught up behind Oliver’s huge Galaxie which left 
him prone to taking a massive amount of damage when 225 Nick 
Bull buried the huge Lincoln Town Car of 206 Phil Milner into the 
back of him. Ahern was the winner of this race whilst the second
heat saw the Mr Men well involved with Bobby Daniels (aka Mr 

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