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Meeting No 1 :: Season 59 Saturday 7 April 2012 BriSCA F1 Stock Cars Roger Squire Memorial Meeting World Championship Qualifying Round V8 Hotstox ORCi Ministox Rugby Road, Brandon, Nr Coventry CV8 3GJ t 02476 542395 www.coventrystox.com Rugby Road, Brandon, Nr Coventry CV8 3GJ t: 02476 542395 Coventry Racing Club Ltd Promoter / Chief Executive: A S Sandhu Joint Promoter: J. Heaver Admin: S. Hewitt Meetings held under regulations laid down by BriSCA Track Licence / Permit No: 01/11 Track Length: 301 metres f: 02476 545097 race meeting officials Clerk of the Course /Race Manager Simon Bennion BriSCA Stewards Steve Abbott / Mark Jessup Starter Tony Osborne Chief Lap Recorder Sue Lever Transponder Recorder Nik Eastwood Fire Cover: PB Fire Limited 92 Smithhurst Road, Giltbrook Nottinghamshire NG16 2UP Commentator Martin Horsley Competitor Rescue: John Merris Pit Marshalls Roving Mic Presenter Graham Garner / Dave Williams Meeting Co-ordinator Coventry stadium official photographers David Bastock • Steve Botham Colin Casserley • Mike Greenwood Paul Tully • Barry Weatherhead Chief Car Scrutineer F1 Paramedics Peter York Sophie Clark Andy Carr Euro Medics & St John Ambulance Brigade (Warwickshire) Public Notice Stock Car Racing is dangerous and all persons attending this meeting do so entirely at their own risk. It is a condition of admission that all persons having any connection with the promotion and/or organisation and/or conduct of the meeting including the owners and leasees of the Stadium and the owners and drivers of the vehicles and passengers in the vehicles are absolved from all liability arising out of accidents causing damage or personal injury to spectators or ticket holders. Patrons are requested to observe and obey the various Health and Safety signs in and around the Stadium – for your own safety. Please respect any instructions given to you by our Stewarding Staff. The Racing Paddock, whilst of great public interest, can be a dangerous area. Entry is entirely at your own risk and children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. The Management can take no responsibility for accident, loss or damage, howsoever caused. Should this meeting be abandoned before two races have been completed, a re-admission ticket will re-admit you to the re-run meeting. In no circumstances will any money be refunded. Rights of Admission reserved. Betting is absolutely prohibited at all Car meetings. The Management reserves the right to make alterations and or addition to the programme. Opinions expressed in this programme by contributors are not necessarily those of Coventry Racing Club Ltd. Unauthorised photographs or video recording is prohibited. 2 Good evening and ... to our 59th season of great racing at Coventry Stadium, which is amazing when you think about how our sport has survived recessions, massive rises in fuel costs, the green lobby, the onslaught of H&S legislation and an ever widening list of things you, the public, and drivers can do on a Saturday night. I mention this as not all in the garden is gloomy; the long list of so called support formulas have seen steady and sometimes massive growth in terms of active drivers, which is great for the future of oval racing but it is no real surprise that it has been mirrored by the slow decline in active drivers in BriSCA F1. Why has to be the question followed by what are we going to do to stop it? These questions sound easy to answer from fans, drivers and promoters points of view but the common ground always seems to be to keep it as close to what we have as possible. To me this will result in more of the same and more radical thinking is required to reduce the build and running costs of the cars, to have a wider appeal to get more drivers to licence and to look closely at how we consolidate what we have to make it stronger before looking for new venues to race at. We need new venues to bring new catchment areas for drivers and fans, but the sport needs to rebuild itself first otherwise any gains will be losses somewhere else in the system. The BriSCA Management Board, a 50:50 split of drivers and promoters, has done a good job in bringing the drivers and promoters together, but this needs to be refocussed onto making the sport cheaper to compete in, gain more sponsors, get wider media coverage and get new customers in to watch a form of racing that is easy to understand. Each of those areas is really difficult to tackle as vested interests, tradition and reluctance to change will always stand in welcome back ... the way but, by opening up the debate, I am sure we can make big steps in our 60th year. I am upbeat about the future and the growth in the other forms of racing gives me much to be cheerful about, as it shows demand for racing from which we must be able to grow our current driver base. Much has been made about my decision to run three formulas this season rather than the traditional two. That decision was taken June last year when we put this year’s fixtures together and was based upon a rather pessimistic view of the economy and where I thought we might be in terms of driver numbers. I think I was a little too pessimistic as tonight’s car numbers are on par with last year’s. However I could not take that risk ten months ago. The Coventry team will turn the cars round and you should not see late finishes so nothing lost but plenty gained. The gain is in the form of exposing more support formulas to racing in front of a large crowd and, in many cases, to give those drivers exposure to BriSCA F1 which could help to grow our driver base. We have a fantastic season of racing ahead with some real highlights like the Harrison Dynasty Tribute in May, The British in July, The Coventry Masters in June and the big three championships in November with our biggest firework display ever. We see the return of our sponsors in the form of Lucas, Teng Tools, Mobile Cash Mate, The Veterans Association and Buildbase who are sponsoring this year’s British. Our Executive Box numbers are up on last year and new drivers who will be racing shale like Mick Sworder will add the unknown to every race they are in. If you want to push the sport forwards for the next 59 years then drop me a email or come and have a chat as the feedback from paying customers carries a lot of weight and sometimes we all forget to ask. Enjoy tonight’s racing and when you get home send me your thoughts. Jeremy Heaver email: [email protected] 3 Obituary : Bev Greenhalf It was with great sadness we heard news of the death of Bev Greenhalf in January, a man who had commentated at stock car events here at Coventry for thirty years. Bev started commentating on BriSCA Stock Car Racing in 1967 but it was not until 1976 that the then Coventry promoter Charles Ochiltree secured his services at Brandon and a sister track in Leicester. Welcoming Bev to Coventry, Ochiltree wrote “We’ve had to part with commentator Len Porter, but happily able to accept a full season at both Coventry and Leicester is Birmingham based Bev Greenhalf. A competent, crystal-clear mike handler, Bev is also a devout Stox enthusiast with a great capacity for chasing any opening for advancement of the sport’s prestige and publicity ratings. “We’re glad to have him join us and from his roof top meeting home we know he will keep us entertainingly posted with up to date situations of both the stox scene and circuit events.” Bev is seated right above During Bev’s tenure in the box at Coventry, he commentated on no less than fourteen of our BriSCA F1 World Final races, the first being in 1977 which saw him achieve an ambition as it was the first ever world final he had voiced over. Bev never lost his enthusiasm for the sport despite many ups and downs and failing health. It was indeed a privilege to know him. He will be very much missed. Another perfect copy from the Squire stable - this time Tony' Neal's (100) World Final Winner. See these and more Heritage racers in action at our May Harrison Tribute Meeting. Photo : Paul Tulley 4 5 Race 1 121 Marcus Skeels, Wisbech 320 Charley Streeton, Newmarket 198 Brandon Osbourn, Brighton 327 Michael Maskall Jnr, Saffron Walden 205 Courtney Finnikin, Bottomhouse 338 Katie Huckle, Shortson 225 Joe Parsons, Stockport 344 Ross Fisher, Freethorpe 229 Katie Cooper, Leamington Spa 355 Sid Magewick, Ely 245 Lucy Olorenshaw 368 Dan Santry, Weston Colville 274 Jack O’Reilly, Congleton 382 Tom Foster, Worksop 274 Kieran O’Reilly, Congleton 383 Shane Harvey, Dover 301 Josh Simpson, Balsham 394 Liam Aspin, Thetford 316 Sam Dace, Witham 1st 2nd _____________ 7th 3rd _____________ 8th _____________ _____________ 9th _____________ 4th 5th _____________ 10th _____________ Race 2 6th _____________ 11th _____________ _____________ 12th _____________ _____________ 16 laps Heat 1 : V8 Hotstox Stalybridge, Cheshire 96 147 Colin Taylor Leicester 159 Carl Radforth Nuneaton, Warwickshire 175 Karl Hawkins Towcester, Northants 314 Steve Bowman Linden Village, Bucks 328 Michael Boswell Shipston on Stour, Warks 450 Sam Mee Loughborough, Leics 64 Simon Sykes 211 Phoebe Wainman Silsden, West Yorkshire 317 Daniel Howell Chesterfield, Derbyshire 352 Rory Foster Stoke, Staffordshire Tom Boyer Barnoldswick, Lancashire Glyn Daft Long Eaton, Notts Red 82 Yellow 28 Keith Murphy 117 Rob Scriven Fairford, Gloucestershire 269 Mike Lomax Stockport, Cheshire 275 Terry Hawkins Towcester, Northants Alconbury, Cambridgeshire 281 Lee Summers Hitchin, Hertfordshire Superstar 184 Carl Boswell Shipston on Stour, Warks 575 Darren Cottrill 315 Rob Shackleton Chester, Cheshire Gold 497 Marc Holmes Wallingford, Oxfordshire 1 _____________ 7th _____________ “C” Grade 420 Daniel Laughlin 120 Steven Anderson 106 Stuart Baker 169 Billy Johnson 213 Nathan Taylor 440 Craig Aston 243 Martyn Walton 353 Nigel Friswell 67 James Waters 398 Mark Tittcomb 207 Ben Hurdman 290 Lee Warner 330 Graham Wagstaff 415 Russell Cooper 235 John Weldon 505 Rob Tunnah 192 Luke Dennis 1st Heat 1 : BriSCA F1 Whites & Yellows London High Wycombe, Bucks Sutton Coldfield, W Midlands Loughborough, Leicestershire Grantham, Lincolnshire Binley Woods, near Coventry Flyford Flavel, Worcestershire Bedworth, Warwickshire Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk Dronfield, Derbyshire Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Lampeter, Ceredigion Walsall, West Midlands Sawston, Cambridgeshire Leeds, West Yorkshire Lichfield, Staffordshire Rugby, Warwickshire 2nd _____________ 7th _____________ 8th _____________ _____________ Race 4 16 laps First 5 to final 3rd _____________ 9th _____________ “B” Grade 188 Mike Kingston 45 Nigel Harrhy 372 Colin Goodswen 428 Richard Regan 104 Paul Spooner 111 Michael Williamson 422 David Riley 276 Mark Poole 306 Ian Noden 223 Garry Townsend 467 Tim Farrell 76 Lee Smith 198 Nigel Whalley 73 Rob Cowley 91 Tony Smith 98 Les Spencer 215 Geoff Nickolls 4th Winsford, Cheshire Solihull, West Midlands Harleston, Norfolk Winchester, Hampshire Darlington, C Durham Blackpool, Lancashire Salford, Manchester Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Rugby, Warwickshire Rugby, Warwickshire Plymouth, Devon Congleton, Cheshire Northwich, Cheshire Nuneaton, Warwickshire Loughborough, Leicestershire Atherstone, Warwickshire Melton Mowbray, Leics 5th _____________ 10th _____________ 11th _____________ _____________ 6th _____________ 12th _____________ 12 laps Heat 2 : ORCi Ministox 2nd _____________ 8th _____________ 3rd _____________ 9th _____________ Chris Bracher 4th _____________ 10th _____________ 121 Marcus Skeels, Wisbech 320 Charley Streeton, Newmarket 198 Brandon Osbourn, Brighton 327 Michael Maskall Jnr, Saffron Walden 205 Courtney Finnikin, Bottomhouse 338 Katie Huckle, Shortson 225 Joe Parsons, Stockport 344 Ross Fisher, Freethorpe 229 Katie Cooper, Leamington Spa 355 Sid Magewick, Ely 245 Lucy Olorenshaw 368 Dan Santry, Weston Colville 274 Jack O’Reilly, Congleton 382 Tom Foster, Worksop 274 Kieran O’Reilly, Congleton 383 Shane Harvey, Dover 301 Josh Simpson, Balsham 394 Liam Aspin, Thetford 316 Sam Dace, Witham Rugby, Warwickshire 222 Guy Jolly 1st Race 3 Blue White 6 12 laps Heat 1 : ORCi Ministox Hallow, Worcestershire Loughborough, Leics 5th _____________ 11th _____________ 6th _____________ 12th _____________ 1st _____________ 7th _____________ 2nd _____________ 8th _____________ 3rd _____________ 9th _____________ 4th _____________ 10th _____________ 5th _____________ 11th _____________ 6th _____________ 12th _____________ 7 Heat 2 : BriSCA F1 Race 5 16 laps First 10 to final “C” Grade “A” Grade Heat 3 : BriSCA F1 Race 7 “A” Grade “C” Grade 334 Dave Atkinson Stalybridge, Cheshire 322 James Neachell Sutton Coldfield, W Mids 35 Middlewich, Cheshire 191 Joshua Smith Loughborough, Leics Sutton Coldfield, W Mids 291 Dan Squire Rugby, Warwickshire 338 Chris Brocksopp Cossington, Leicestershire 34 Mal Brown Bradford, West Yorkshire 463 James Morris Warrington, Cheshire 11 Neil Scriven Cirencester, Gloucestershire 97 Rothwell, Northants Neil Shenton 321 Edward Neachell Murray Harrison “Star” “Star” “B” Grade 150 Mick Sworder St Neots, Cambs 335 Mark Woodhull Loughborough, Leics 259 Paul Hines Hinckley, Leicestershire 12 Lechlade, Gloucestershire Michael Scriven “B” Grade 2nd 7th 3rd _____________ 8th _____________ _____________ 9th _____________ Race 6 “S Star” 53 John Lund Clitheroe, Lancashire 2 Paul Harrison Rotherham, South Yorkshire 4 Daniel Johnson Worksop, Nottinghamshire 55 Craig Finnikin Leek, Staffordshire 4th 6th _____________ 11th _____________ _____________ 12th _____________ _____________ 16 laps 96 147 Colin Taylor Leicester 159 Carl Radforth Nuneaton, Warwickshire 175 Karl Hawkins Towcester, Northants 314 Steve Bowman Linden Village, Bucks 328 Michael Boswell Shipston on Stour, Warks 450 Sam Mee Loughborough, Leics 211 Phoebe Wainman Silsden, West Yorkshire 317 Daniel Howell Chesterfield, Derbyshire 352 Rory Foster Stoke, Staffordshire Tom Boyer Barnoldswick, Lancashire Glyn Daft Long Eaton, Notts Red 82 Yellow Keith Murphy 117 Rob Scriven Fairford, Gloucestershire 269 Mike Lomax Stockport, Cheshire 275 Terry Hawkins Towcester, Northants Alconbury, Cambridgeshire 281 Lee Summers Hitchin, Hertfordshire Superstar 184 Carl Boswell Shipston on Stour, Warks 575 Darren Cottrill 315 Rob Shackleton Chester, Cheshire Gold 497 Marc Holmes Wallingford, Oxfordshire 1 7th _____________ 1st 2nd _____________ 7th _____________ 8th _____________ _____________ Race 8 3rd _____________ 9th _____________ 4th 5th _____________ 10th _____________ 11th _____________ _____________ 6th _____________ 12th _____________ 15 laps ORCi Ministox Final 2nd _____________ 8th _____________ 3rd _____________ 9th _____________ Chris Bracher 4th _____________ 10th _____________ 121 Marcus Skeels, Wisbech 320 Charley Streeton, Newmarket 198 Brandon Osbourn, Brighton 327 Michael Maskall Jnr, Saffron Walden 205 Courtney Finnikin, Bottomhouse 338 Katie Huckle, Shortson 225 Joe Parsons, Stockport 344 Ross Fisher, Freethorpe 229 Katie Cooper, Leamington Spa 355 Sid Magewick, Ely 245 Lucy Olorenshaw 368 Dan Santry, Weston Colville 274 Jack O’Reilly, Congleton 382 Tom Foster, Worksop 274 Kieran O’Reilly, Congleton 383 Shane Harvey, Dover 301 Josh Simpson, Balsham 394 Liam Aspin, Thetford 316 Sam Dace, Witham Rugby, Warwickshire 222 Guy Jolly _____________ 8 5th _____________ Stalybridge, Cheshire 1st Rothwell, Northants Blue Simon Sykes 28 Desborough, Northants Will Yarrow Norwich, Norfolk Heat 2 : V8 Hotstox White 64 Silsden, West Yorkshire 22 Matt Newson 10th _____________ Altrincham, Cheshire 212 Daniel Wainman 16 515 Frankie Wainman Jnr Silsden, West Yorkshire _____________ 464 Luke Davidson 197 Ryan Harrison “S Star” 1st 16 laps First 10 to final Hallow, Worcestershire Loughborough, Leics 5th _____________ 11th _____________ 6th _____________ 12th _____________ 1st _____________ 7th _____________ 2nd _____________ 8th _____________ 3rd _____________ 9th _____________ 4th _____________ 10th _____________ 5th _____________ 11th _____________ 6th _____________ 12th _____________ 9 Race 9 1st _____________ 7th _____________ 2nd _____________ 8th _____________ Race 10 1st _____________ 7th _____________ 10 2nd _____________ 8th _____________ 16 laps BriSCA F1 Consolation First 11 to final 3rd _____________ 9th _____________ 4th _____________ 10th _____________ 5th _____________ 11th _____________ _____________ 9th _____________ 4th _____________ 10th _____________ _____________ 12th _____________ 20 laps V8 Hotstox Final 3rd 6th 5th _____________ 11th _____________ 6th _____________ 12th _____________ Race 11 1st _____________ 7th _____________ BriSCA F1 Final: Roger Squire Memorial 2nd _____________ 8th _____________ Race 12 1st _____________ 7th _____________ 2nd _____________ 8th _____________ sponsored by the VSCA 3rd 4th _____________ 9th _____________ 10th _____________ _____________ 5th _____________ 11th _____________ ORCi Ministox A/C _____________ 9th _____________ 4th _____________ 10th _____________ 6th _____________ 12th _____________ 12 laps (time permitting) 3rd 20 laps 5th _____________ 11th _____________ 6th _____________ 12th _____________ 11 Race 13 16 laps BriSCA F1 Grand National COVENTRY BRISCA F1 STOCK CAR The next meeting of the 2012 Season is Saturday 5 May BriSCA F1 Stock Cars National Ministox Team Harrison 2 / 22 Tribute For 2012 planned fixtures visit 1st 2nd _____________ 7th 3rd _____________ 8th _____________ _____________ 9th _____________ _____________ 4th _____________ 10th _____________ 5th 6th _____________ 11th www.coventrystox.com _____________ 12th _____________ _____________ WORLD OF SHALE POINTS TABLE Points awarded as Grading Points Points Scored after Round 1 : Belle Vue - 25 March 12 Driver No Name Points 321 Ed Neachell (pictured right) 52 515 Frankie Wainman 45 16 Matt Newson 39 55 Craig Finnikin 38 505 Rob Tunnah 34 12 Michael Scriven 31 276 Mark Poole 18 212 Daniel Wainman 17 424 Mike Heywood 9 192 Luke Dennis 9 111 Mike Williamson 8 4 Daniel Johnson 8 462 Scott Davids 8 29 Ian Higgins 6 49 Dave Russo 5 422 David Riley 4 35 Neil Shenton 2 Ed Neachell who leads the WoS point scoring Nick Whitney Engineering Agricultrual and Automotive Engineers 21 Rosemary Lane Haddenham Buckinghamshire HP17 8JS m 07984 363352 t 01844 290791 e [email protected] 13 Tonight’s Sponsors The VSCA and Coventry Stadium welcomes main sponsor Ann Squire, her family and friends to this, the third running of the Roger Squire Memorial meeting. Roger was a very well-known figure around the Stock Car scene with wife Ann. He was Chairman of the Supporters Association and father to a number of sons who took part in both F1 and F2; and, of course, grandson Dan 291 still races an F1. Robert and Dan have produced a splendid Coverage from tonight’s meeting can be viewed on replica of the Dave Chisholm car which is on display tonight and both were involved with the Tony Neal replica, both World winners here at Brandon. The holder of the Roger Squire Trophy is Dan Johnson (4) who has won it twice now – will he get his hat-trick tonight! Another sponsor is Mick Whitney of Nick Whitney Engineering. BriSCA Heritage driver 773 F2, Mick, together with three friends is competing in the Banger Rally from Lille (France) to Barcelona (Spain in a 1994 Jaguar XJ6. All cars must cost less than £300, and they are hoping to raise money for the Stoke Manderville Maternity Ward in Buckinghamshire. Anyone who would like to sponsor this adventure can contact Mick on mobile 07843 63352 or telephone 01844 290791. Ann Squire met up with old friends, former F1 World Champion Tony Neal (ex 100) and his wife Doreen during a recent visit to New Zealand. Tony won the title here at Coventry in 1968 SKY CHANNEL 433 is the official home for BRISCA F1 For details on how to subscribe, please visit: www.premiersports.tv or call 0871 663 9000 The impressive World Championship winning car of Dave Chisholm replicated exactly by Dan and Rob Squire. A great tribute to a great three times BriSCA F1 World Champion. Photo : Ant Jenkins 14 15 Coventry Stadium Racing Diary Date 21 April National Saloon Stock Cars ~ 1300cc Stock Cars ~ GT Rods ~ 1600cc Bangers ~ Modstox 5 May BriSCA FI ~ National Ministox ~ Willie Harrison Tribute 26 May Big Vans ~ Rebels ~ 1600cc Bangers ~ Junior Bangers 2 June BriSCA FI ~ Masters Unlimited Bangers ~ ORCi Ministox 16 June 1600cc Bangers ~ BriSCA F2 ~ Robins ~ 1300cc Saloons ~ GT Rods 7 July BriSCA FI Championship ~ V8 Hotstox ~ National Ministox 21 July National Saloon Stock Cars ~ V8 Hotstox ~ 1300cc Saloons ~ 1600cc Bangers ~ Rebels 4 August BriSCA FI ~ 1300cc Saloons ~ Sprint Cars 1 September BriSCA FI ~ ORCi Ministox ~ National Ministox Date Formula Time 5pm 28 April V8 Hotstox : National bangers Pre 70s GT Rods : BriSCA F2 Stoxkarts : 1300cc Saloons 5pm 5 June BriSCA F2 : 1600cc Bangers GT Rods : F2 Heritage Robins : National Ministox 1pm 19 June BriSCA F2 : 1600cc Bangers Rebels : GT Rods : Stoxkarts 1300cc Saloons 5pm 28 July Unlimited Bangers World of Shale 1600cc Bangers : Rebels V8 Hotstox : 1300cc Saloons 6.30pm 6pm 6.30pm 6pm 3 November BriSCA FI ~ Grand National Final ~ World of Shale Final ~ W&Y Final ~ ORCi Ministox ~ National Ministox ~ Fireworks 16 November National Ministox ~ V8 Hotstox ~ 1600cc Bangers BriSCA F2 : 1600cc Bangers GT Rods : Stoxkarts 7pm 11 August BriSCA F1 National Ministox 6pm 18 August 2L National Bangers Teams GT Rods : Modstox : Junior Bangers 1300cc Saloons 5pm 22 September BriSCA FI : V8 Hotstox British National Ministox 5pm 6 October BriSCA F2 : National Saloons 1600cc Bangers : GT Rods 1300cc Saloons 5pm 27 October BriSCA F2 : 1600cc Bangers GT Rods : Robins : UK Mods 5pm 3 November 1600cc Bangers : GT Rods BriSCA F2 : Junior Bangers 10 November National 2L Bangers : BriSCA F2 1300cc Saloons : GT Rods Junior Bangers 5pm 2 December Unlimited Bangers 1600cc Bangers : Junior Bangers GT Rods : Warton Stock Cars 1pm National 2L Bangers : Junior Bangers GT Rods : 1600cc Bangers 1300cc Saloons 1pm 6.30pm 6.30pm 6pm 2L Bangers ~ BriSCA F2 ~ UK Mods Open/GT Rods 7 August 6pm 29 September National Saloon Stock Cars ~ 1300cc Stock Cars ~ 1600cc Bangers ~ GT Rods 20 October 6.30pm 16 5.30pm 6pm 6pm 7pm 3 Jan 2013 26 December BriSCA F1 ~ National Ministox ~ 1600cc Bangers ~ Fireworks 5.30pm 6.30pm 1pm BriSCA FI ~ V8 Hotstox ~ National Ministox Fixtures Time 2 September BriSCA F2 ~ F1 Heritage ~ National Ministox ~1600cc Bangers ~ UK Mods ~ V8 Hotstox 6 October stoke 1pm 17 ORC Mini Stox Much like many BriSCA F1 Stockcar drivers and fans have waited five long months to return to Coventry Stadium, so too have the young guns in the ORCi Ministox who completed a highly successful first season of racing at the shaleway last November with the maiden staging of the Coventry Masters which concluded the 2011 track championship. On that chilly, but thankfully dry, November evening it was 121 Marcus Skeels who emerged the victory in a highly competitive Coventry Masters Championship, holding off pole starter and many people’s pre race favourite 355 Sid Magewick for the honours while 212 Ben Bate enjoyed a storming drive up to third place. Magewick enjoyed some consolation, picking up some points in the final few races to secure the track championship title while the remaining heat races were shared between 128 Craig Banwell, 229 Katie Cooper and 273 Jack O’Reilly, the latter pair being first time winners. However for O’Reilly the victory did not come in the best of circumstances as the race was stopped to attend Cooper who had taken a hefty whack and the race was declared after just six laps. After the situation with Cooper looking somewhat serious at first it was good to hear she was making quick progress and was soon back in action, with more than a little help from the F1 fraternity, and she and O’Reilly are back again this evening to try and continue their high form from five months ago. Of the other front runners in the 2011 points at Coventry who are among tonight’s expected entry double race winner 12 months ago 225 Joe Parsons and Kent Champion 382 Tom Foster finished in the top 10 and would love nothing more than to work up the latter this season. Foster was in fact the final winner at Mildenhall last weekend which bodes well for him here while heat and final winner at Mildenhall on March 10, 344 Ross Fisher is in his best form to date and should be a strong contender here along with 198 Brandon Osbourn who has also been flying on the Suffolk shaleway in March. ORCi MiniStox in Action at Mildenhall 18 19 20 21 GUEST WRITER Teng Tools – why do we do it? When you are asked to write something for the programme – first of all you feel really good about being asked but then reality dawns. What on earth do you write about that might be interesting to you, the reader. I am no expert on Formula 1 history and have no technical knowledge but then that would be boring anyway. I have been lucky enough to do a couple of sponsors’ races, which was a real privilege but hardly qualifies me to talk about racing tactics. What I do know about is Teng Tools and what we do to support Formula 1. So here goes. Teng Tools have been involved with Formula 1 stock cars for some 10 years now and I am often asked two questions – where does that logo come from and why do you do so much motor sport sponsorship. Good questions and I will try and answer them. Teng was a Japanese god who is represented in traditional Japanese theatre as the God of Power and wears a red mask with a big nose. According to legend he taught Shogun how to be a Samurai warrior. The original Teng Tools logo was the full mask but we were often criticised for having a logo that was aggressive looking and a bit too oriental. 22 When new Labour was launched the Conservatives launched an advertising campaign called new Labour, new danger with Tony Blair’s eyes appearing a in a strip across the page. This immediately gave us the idea of doing the same with the Teng theatre mask and the Teng eyes logo was born. Today that logo is one of the best recognised logos in the tool industry right across the 40 plus countries around the world where Teng Tools is sold. We think that our logo is seen as a quality brand perhaps with a bit of character, the motor sport sponsorship has played a huge part in doing that but having that eyes logo has made it much easier to get the brand recognised – it is a very distinctive and eye catching logo that people seem to like. So why do we do so much sponsorship? For many years we advertised in all the trade and car or bike magazines and had some success in building a brand name but it was missing something. It was also costing a lot of money to do something that we did not feel was really working well. Being a tool company we were always getting letters and phone calls asking for sponsorship but had always said no or maybe offered a little bit of discount. Then, in the late nineties, I decided to change tack and instead of advertising in the magazines we put aside a lump of money to supply tools to motor racing teams. One of the first to contact us was Frankie Wainman Junior. Around the same time we started to sponsor Coventry Bees speedway team and I mentioned to Martin Ochiltree that I had often come to Brandon as a kid to watch the stock cars. One thing led to another and as well as sponsoring FWJ we were sponsoring Neil Scothern and all the F1 meetings at Coventry with tool vouchers for all the race winners. Today you should see the silver Teng Tools sticker on every Formula 1 car, without it the drivers do not qualify for the vouchers which they almost all want to win so that they can build up their tool kits. Most of the top drivers who we sponsor have the logo sign written on to the car. Many other drivers also have the logo sign written rather than using the stickers - I appreciate that very much and will try to repay that support by continuing to sponsor a sport that I really enjoy watching. It is not purely commercial decision at the end of the day – like you I enjoy watching the drivers do what they do so well, I am just lucky in that I can put something back in to the sport. Colin North Colin North is Managing Director of IQ Supplies, the UK and Ireland importer and distributor for Teng Tools and several other leading brands for tools and personal protection equipment. Colin has been coming to Brandon to watch F1 since the late sixties. Teng Tools have been sponsoring Formula 1 stock cars for over 10 years now. They also sponsor Formula 2 stock cars, speedway, British Superbikes, British Touring Cars, British GT, World and British Rally teams, karting, dragsters, dirt bike racing, quad racing and many other events and teams. For more information go to www.iqsupplies.com. Cotswold Needlecraft Inspiring a whole world of crafts at Evesham Country Park Evesham WR11 4TP 01386 761217 Trentham Retail Village Trentham ST4 8AX 01782 646405 www.cotswoldneedlecraft.co.uk 23 MCM Coventry Stadium is proud to host the 2012 BSCDA BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP The British Championship is back! Saturday 7 July :: start time 6.30pm Turnstiles open 5.00pm for on the day tickets Advance Ticket Holders : gate opens 4.00pm Tickets on sale 1 May 2012 Admission : Adults £20 Concessions £15 Children 11 years and under £5.00 In person from the Stadium Office or by post with sae to Coventry Stadium Rugby Road, Brandon, Coventry CV8 3GJ Order on line www.coventrystox.com Free Car Park : Covered Grandstand & Terracing Track View Bar and Restaurant Fully Licensed Bars, and Catering Facilities
