Newsletter – Fulbeck Round 6

A decent grid of drivers entered for Fulbeck and as the meeting was fairly quiet 8 mins plus a lap for the three heats and a 10 min plus a lap for the final was the order of the day. Windy and wet conditions greeted Saturdays practice with fairer weather for race day. It was great to see Rob Perkins and Dan Bury racing using their recently acquired coveted ‘0’ and ‘E’ plates.

Heat 1 was led from start to finish by Perkins. Although he wasn’t without constant pressure from Sifleet and D. Bury. Sifleet did the hassling for the first six laps until a little over exuberance sent him spinning to 3^rd place. D. Bury then took over in 2^nd but try as he might to pass, Perkins held his line.
1^st Perkins, 2^nd D. Bury, 3^rd Sifleet, 4^th Stone, 5^th Callaghan, 6^th Hopes

It was D. Bury’s turn to lead heat 2 from start to finish and by lap 8 he’d pulled out a considerable lead from Sifleet. Callaghan spun at the first corner and in the attempt to miss him Perkins also went off. Stone gave chase to D. Bury followed by Hopes, Fowler, Sifleet and Henry. By lap 5 Sifleet had clinched 2^nd place, Fowler has passed Hopes for 3^rd and Henry spun on the start line allowing his Father in law Masson to take up 6^th spot for a lap until Henry grabbed the place back. As the flag fell D. Bury came in 1^st, Sifleet 2^nd, Fowler 3^rd,Henry only just 4^th by 0.0.10 as Callaghan had worked his way after his off to claim 5^th, Masson 6^th.

Heat 3 saw D. Bury take his second win of the day. By lap 4 Bury and Callaghan in 2^nd had quite a gap between them and Stone 3^rd. Perkins 4th, now having had his chassis welded together after his excursion in heat 2, Fowler 5^th and Masson 6^th On lap 6 Stone was flying and caught Callaghan and passed him for 2^nd. Perkins followed through on the next lap. Stone and Perkins continued to dice for position and on lap 9 Fowler was up to 4^th.As D. Bury crossed the line in 1^st with Perkins in 2^nd, Stone coasted to a standstill only yards from the line, although no consolation he was awarded 6^th place. Callaghan came in 4^th, Caddick (N) who’d worked his way through the field from the rear of the grid 5^th and Stone 6^th.

Stone powered by solar panels !!!!!!!

The Final: It was Perkins who led the first lap after D. Bury had overcooked it on the corner of sector 3 the aftermath left Sifleet with a very flattened tyre and Caddick and D. Bury at the rear of the field. Stone was sitting pretty in 2^nd Fowler 3^rd, Callaghan 4^th Sloane and Henry 5^th and 6^th. By lap 3 Perkins was out, his Fulbeck nemesis had struck again. Stone not having endured a good day so far took up the lead now followed by Callaghan, Henry and D. Bury who with red mist filling his helmet had worked his way through the field. On lap 7 Hopes was up to 5^th with Sloane not far behind. Stone was on fire and wasn’t going to let this race defeat him. He came in victorious winning his first ever final and lapping all but three drivers. Callaghan who confidently kept a charging D. Bury behind him in 2^nd, D. Bury 3^rd, Fowler out on his own 4^th. Hopes (glad he’d entered) 5^th T. Bury 6^th Masson 7^th ,Caddick (N) 8th, Sloane 9th and Shepheard completing the top ten.