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17 March 2020 - SEASON SUSPENDED

In line with government advice the ORCi Ltd have issued a press release suspending all meetings at ORCi circuits until further notice. For the full press release please visit the ORCi or Spedeworth web-sites.

29 February 2020, Birmingham Fixtures

The Board of control has announced some replacement dates for the cancelled Birmingham meetings. These will take place at Hednesford. Please see the dates page. Further dates to follow when known. Please support the club by making the extra effort to attend these meetings - Spedeworth's track time is very much sought after.

26 January 2020, Newsletter & new Daniel Pooley car

The latest Heritage Newsletter is online here.

Daniel Pooley presented his new car (right) at the recent motorsport show that took place at the East of England Showground in Peterbourough.

26 January 2020, 2020 Fixtures

2020 race dates are now online.

1 January 2020, Midgets return to the Netherlands

Thanks to Jonathan Pooley for confirming the Club's return to the Netherlands this year with the European Championship weekend scheduled for 22 and 23 August at Lelystad.

More 2020 race dates to follow.

30 December 2019, Rod Pashley

We are very sad to tell you that Rod Pashley has passed away. Rod first raced with us in 1990 in an original Type VII Dastle. He provided a link to the earliest days of short oval car racing through his father, Charlie 'Ginger' Pashley who was one of the pioneers of Midget racing in the 1930s.

With a car nearly 20 years old which very much represented the heritage side of the sport, even back in the nineties, Rod posted some good points scoring finishes not only in domestic races but in titled events. These including a sixth place in the 1991 British Championship at Northampton and a fifth in the London Championship in the Midget London Championship in 1993 at Wimbledon, the last Midget meeting in the capital. Our thoughts are with Ben and the Pashley family at this sad time.

14 December 2019, Harold Lowe

The club are deeply saddened to report the passing of Harold Lowe on Monday. Harold first raced for the club in its' first year, 1975 and was outright champion in 2003. In addition to this he won the British Championship the same year and was National Champion in 1989 returning after a long break from the sport. His main acheivements in the class were won in a beautifully converted Spartan Formula Ford chassis which was a one-off in the formula. We extend our sympathy to all his family and friends.

8 November 2019, final points

The final points table of the season has now been published - thanks Andrew Bilby for providing timely updates for us throughout the season. Congratulations to 2019 Champion Steve Sutch and well done and thanks to all who have driven in and supported the class over the year.

4 November 2019, Birmingham results

Thanks for Jack Hodges and David Bonser for the results updates through the season and to Andrew Bilby for keeping us up to date with the points.

8 October 2019, Birmingham results

Heat one: 1st 595 Jamie Young, 2nd 32 Daniel Pooley, 3rd 888 Andy Phillips, 4th 101 Francois Damen, 5th 31 Jonathan Pooley. 6th 37 Tony Smith, 7th 40 Steve Sutch, 8th 27 Peter Gillett, 9th 55 Jack Hodges, 10th 3 Leon Smith

Heat two: 1st 37 Tony Smith, 2nd 31 Jonathan Pooley, 3rd 101 Francois Damen, 4th 32 Daniel Pooley, 5th 2, 6th 55 Jack Hodges, 7th 40 Steve Sutch, 8th 4 Michael Sutch, 9th 77 Neil Clarke, 10th 3 Leon Smith, 11th 16 Andrew Bilby

National Championship: 1st 888 Andy Phillips, 2nd 31 Jonathan Pooley, 3rd 40 Steve Sutch, 4th 55 Jack Hodges, 5th 3, 6th 4 Michael Sutch, 7th 37 Tony Smith, 8th 77 Neil Clarke, 9th 16 Andrew Bilby, 10th 101 Francois Damen

27 September 2019, Swaffham

Congrats to Jack Hodges on winning all three races at Swaffham. Full results will be posted when sent through.

13 September 2019, Latest points

Latest points table now updated (thanks Andrew Bilby).

11 September 2019, Midland Championship

Congratulations to David Bonser who won the Midland Championship at Birmingham on Saturday night. The two heats were won by Andy Phillips and Pete Gillett. There was a welcome return to the formula for Andrew Bilby and we are also delighted to welcome ex National Hot Rod racer Simon Johnson to the ranks.

Results and report from Jack Hodges.

12 August 2019, Swaffham News

Congratulations to our race winners at Swaffham over the weekend - the European Championship was won by Steve Sutch and the Derek Kisby Trophy by Francois Damen. Congratulations to both of you and our other race winners.

Thanks to Neil Clark for sending a pic through of his new 'Raptor' (right) which was having it's first run.

Saturday

Race one: 1st 888 Andy Phillips, 2nd 40 Steve Sutch, 3rd 76 Allen Herbert, 4th 31 Jonathan Pooley 5th 4 Michael Sutch, 6th 2 Liam Barry, 7th 7 Campbell McSausage, 8th 37 Tony Smith, 9th 513 Roy Slocombe

Race two: 1st 4 Michael Sutch, 2nd 2nd 8, 3rd 101 Francois Damen, 4th 31 Jonathan Pooley, 5th 40 Steve Sutch, 6th 76 Allen Herbert, 7th 2Liam Barry, 8th 7 Campbell McSausage, 9th 37 Tony Smith, 10th 513 Roy Slocombe

Race three (Derek Kisby Trophy): 1st 101 Francois Damen, 2nd 76 Allen Herbert, 3rd 40 Steve Sutch, 4th 31 Jonathan Pooley, 5th 888 Andy Phillips, 6th 2 Liam Barry, 7th 17 Thomas Gray, 8th 513 Roy Slocombe 9th 7 Campbell McSausage, 10th 4 Michael Sutch

Sunday

Race one (European Championship): 1st 40 Steve Sutch, 2nd 888 Andy Phillips, 3rd 4 Michael Sutch, 4th 3 Leon Smith, 5th 31 Jonathan Pooley, 6th 37 Tony Smith, 7th 17 Thomas Gray, 8th 55 Jack Hodges, 9th 214, 10th 513 Roy Slocombe

Race two: 1st 2 Liam Barry, 2nd 31 Jonathan Pooley, 3rd 40 Steve Sutch, 4th 7 Campbell McSausage, 5th 4 Michael Sutch, 6th 64 Michael Beech, 7th 55 Jack Hodges, 8th 3 Leon Smith, 9th 513 Roy Slocombe, 10th 37 Tony Smith

Race three: 1st 55 Jack Hodges, 2nd 7 Campbell McSausage, 3rd 31 Jonathan Pooley, 4th 40 Steve Sutch, 5th 3 Leon Smith, 6th 2 Liam Barry, 7th 888 Andy Phillips, 8th 37 Tony Smith, 9th 513 Roy Slocombe 10th 214 John Faggetter

AGM & Presentation Evening:

As you all know the AGM and presentation evening will be held on the same day this year on the 23rd November at the Sibson Inn Hotel. The AGM will take place from 2pm, starting no later than 2:30pm. The AGM is due to finish around 6pm that evening. The presentation evening will start from 7pm. Consisting of a 3-course meal, presentations/awards and a disco afterwards. Tickets are £30pp and include: a drink on arrival, 3 course meal, tea and coffee after the meal and a disco. Tickets must be purchased on or before the 20th October (Buxton Raceway meeting). Payment options: 1. £30pp to be paid in full at the race meeting (where tickets should be available) 2. Alternatively, you can pay £5 per meeting. (6 meetings until Buxton). Rooms are available from £75, Please speak to Jonathan Pooley for more details on rooms.

14 July 2019, Birmingham Results

Three different race winners in the latest round of the championship at Birmingham on Saturday.

Race one: 1st 595 Jamie Young, 2nd 33 Gordon Pooley, 3rd 93 Alan Forster, 4th 27 Pete Gillett, 5th 31 Jonathan Pooley, 6th 10 David Bonser, 7th 76 Allen Herbert, 8th 40 Steve Sutch, 9th 59 Steve Young, 10th 208 Andy Collins

Race two: 1st 33 Gordon Pooley, 2nd 93 Alan Forster, 3rd 27 Pete Gillett, 4th 31 Jonathan Pooley, 5th 76 Allen Herbert, 6th 595 Jamie Young, 7th 40 Steve Sutch, 8th 10 David Bonser, 9th 888 Andy Phillips, 10th 208 Andy Collins

Dorrell Flooring Challenge: 1st 27 Pete Gillett, 2nd 33 Gordon Pooley, 3rd 31 Jonathan Pooley, 4th 40 Steve Sutch, 5th 93 Alan Forster, 6th 10 David Bonser, 7th 76 Allen Herbert, 8th 595 Jamie Young, 9th 17, 10th 3 Leon Smith

11 July 2019, Driver Profiles

The first of our drivers profiles has been added to the site - thanks to Michael Beech and Jack Hodges for starting work on this - also to Jack for sorting out updates and follow up information after race meetings. Please help them out with info for the site. The profiles will be linked from the driver page and also the championship table.

3 July 2019, Aldershot Results & words by Jack Hodges

Our one and only meeting at Aldershot this year did not disappoint, with some of the closest, cleanest and most exciting racing of the year. The short 350m track did not take away from the action on track, with overtaking and wheel to wheel racing being the order of the day.

The Racing: The first 2 races of the day were fast and clean with all drivers finishing the races and everyone on the pace from the drop of the flag. Every driver on track was involved at some point in side by side racing, fighting for position. The final contained the only major incident of the day, a 6 car pile up in the first corner. Luckily everyone was okay and walked away from the incident. However, this didn’t put off any of the drivers from going wheel to wheel once more to win the final.

Overall: The racing at Aldershot was some of the best all season, given the number of drivers on one of our shortest tracks. A real crowd pleaser, showing a variety of side and rear engine cars of all different designs going wheel to wheel.

Race one: 1st 88 Marcel Berndt, 2nd 64 Michael Beech, 3rd 59 Steve Young, 4th 3 Leon Smith, 5th 4 Michael Sutch, 6th 888 Andy Phillips, 7th 513 Roy Slocombe, 8th 17 Thomas Gray, 9th 93 Alan Forster, 10th 10 David Bonser, 11th 208 Andy Collins, 12th 55 Jack Hodges, 13th 214 John Faggeter, 14th 13 Matthew Munson, 15th 2 Liam Barry, 16th 76 Allen Herbert. Fastest lap: Andy Phillips 13.597

Race two: 1st 595 Jamie Young, 2nd 59 Steve Young, 3rd 888 Andy Phillips, 4th 31 Jonathan Pooley, 5th 64 Michael Beech, 6th 513 Roy Slocombe, 7th 208 Andy Collins, 8th 10 David Bonser, 9th 4 Michael Sutch, 10th 55 Jack Hodges, 11th 17 Thomas Gray, 12th 214 John Faggeter, 13th 13 Matthew Munson, 14th 76 Allen Herbert. DNF: Alan Forster, Leon Smith, Liam Barry. DQ: Marcel Berndt. Fastest lap: Steve Young 13.416

Race three (Bill Boarer Trophy): 1st Steve Young, 2nd 31 Jonathan Pooley, 3rd 93 Alan Forster, 4th 888 Andy Phillips, 5th 4 Michael Sutch, 6th 10 David Bonser, 7th 64 Michael Beech, 8th 55 Jack Hodges, 9th 37 Tony Smith, 10th 17 Thomas Gray, 11th 208 Andy Collins, 12th 13 Matthew Munson, 13th 214 John Faggeter. DNF: Jamie Young, Leon Smith, Allen Herbert, Marcel Berndt, Roy Slocombe. Fastest lap: Steve Young: 13.299

1 July 2019, Race Meetings - Booking-in

Sad to report that Clifford Bunn has stepped down as Club Secretary. Firstly and most importantly we sincerely thank Cliff for all the work has put into the role over the years.

Going forward drivers should book-in to upcoming race meetings by contacting Jonathan Pooley by email jonnypooley31@hotmail.com or text/phone 07855 403707

25 June 2019, Latest points table

Points after the World Championship meeting are here.

24 June 2019, World Championship Decision

Following a review, jointly by Spedeworth International and the Midget club Board of Control, the world Championship result has been altered following the exclusion of 23 Cliff Bunn for avoidable contact. The result now is:- 1st 3 Leon Smith, 2nd 31 Jonathan Pooley, 3rd 17 Thomas Gray, 4th 37 Tony Smith, 5th 4 Michael Sutch, 6th 208 Andy Collins, 7th 513 Roy Slocombe.

Sunday 2 June 2019, Birmingham, World Championship results

World Championship: 1st 23 Clifford Bunn, 2nd 3 Leon Smith, 3rd 31 Jonathan Pooley, 4th 17 Thomas Gray, 5th 37 Tony Smith, 6th 4 Michael Sutch, 7th 208 Andy Collins, 8th 513 Roy Slocombe. DNF Steve Sutch, David Bonser, Daniel Pooley, Steve Young, Gordon Pooley, Neil Clarke, Allen Herbert, Michael Beech, Andrew Phillips, Jamie Young, John Faggetter. DNS Jack Hodges. Fastest lap: Clifford Bunn 13.913 seconds

Heat one: 1st 40 Steve Sutch, 2nd 77 Neil Clarke, 3rd 23 Clifford Bunn, 4th 208 Andy Collins, 5th 4 Michael Sutch, 6th 37 Tony Smith, 7th 31 Jonathan Pooley, 8th 17 Thomas Gray, 9th 2 Liam Barrie. 10th 513 Roy Slocombe. DNF: Leon Smith. Fastest lap: Steve Sutch 15.500 seconds

Heat two: 1st 17 Thomas Gray, 2nd 208 Andy Collins, 3rd 40 Steve Sutch, 4th 10 David Bonser, 5th 64 Michael Beech, 6th 513 Roy Slocombe, 7th 37 Tony Smith, 8th 4 Michael Sutch, 9th 214 John Faggetter. DNF: Leon Smith, Neil Clarke, Jonathan Pooley, Liam Barrie, Clifford Bunn. Fastest lap: David Bonser 14.617 seconds

20 May 2019 - Hednesford Results

Race one: 1st 17 Thomas Gray, 2nd 4 Michael Sutch, 3rd 10 David Bonser, 4th 3 Leon Smith, 5th 40 Steve Sutch, 6th 55 Jack Hodges, 7th 37 Tony Smith, 8th 93 Alan Forster, 9th 23 Clifford Bunn, 10th 214 John Faggetter, 11th 59 Steve Young

Race two: 1st 3 Leon Smith, 2nd 17 Thomas Gray, 3rd 40 Steve Sutch, 4th 55 Jack Hodges, 5th 888 Andy Phillips, 6th 4 Michael Sutch, 7th 23 Clifford Bunn, 8th 6 Dave Barry

Graham Hill Trophy: 1st 10 David Bonser, 2nd 3 Leon Smith, 3rd 40 Steve Sutch, 4th 55 Jack Hodges, 5th 4 Michael Sutch, 6th 17 Thomas Gray, 7th 23 Clifford Bunn, 8th 37 Tony Smith, 9th 6 Dave Barry

Southern for Sutch

Arlington results: Race one: 1st 3 Leon Smith, 2nd 40 Steve Sutch, 3rd 31 Jonathan Pooley, 4th 10 David Bonser, 5th 37 Tony Smith, 6th 23 Clifford Bunn, 7th 77 Neil Clarke, 8th 214 John Faggetter. DNF Michael Beech. Fastest lap: David Bonser

Race two: 1st 40 Steve Sutch, 2nd 214 John Faggetter, 3rd 3 Leon Smith, 4th 37 Tony Smith, 5th 31 Jonathan Pooley, 6th 77 Neil Clarke, 7th 23 Clifford Bunn. DNF Michael Beech. Fastest lap: Steve Sutch

Southern Championship: 1st 40 Steve Sutch, 2nd 31 Jonathan Pooley, 3rd 214 John Faggetter, 4th 37 Tony Smith, 5th 23 Clifford Bunn. DNF: Leon Smith. Fastest lap Steve Sutch.

Ipswich, Monday 22 April

British Championship: 1st 40 Steve Sutch, 2nd 37 Tony Smith, 3rd 31 Jonathan Pooley, 4th 23 Clifford Bunn, 5th 10 David Bonser, 6th 17 Thomas Gray, 7th 4 Michael Sutch, 8th 3 Leon Smith, 9th 64 Michael Beech, 10th 88 Marcel Berndt, 11th 214 John Faggetter, 12th 6 Dave Barry, 13th 55 Jack Hodges. DNF: Gordon Pooley, Neil Clarke, Jamie Young, Steve Young, Roy Slocombe. Fastest lap: Jonathan Pooley

Heat one: 1st 88 Marcel Berndt, 2nd 31 Jonathan Pooley, 3rd 37 Antony Smith, 4th 40 Steve Sutch, 5th 10 David Bonser, 6th 23 Clifford Bunn, 7th 3 Leon Smith, 8th 4 Michael Sutch, 9th 64 Michael Beech, 10th 6 Dave Barry , 11th 214 John Faggetter, 12th 77 Neil Clarke, 13th 17 Thomas Gray, 1th 513 Roy Slocombe. Fastest lap: David Bonser

Heat two: 1st 10 David Bonser, 2nd 88 Marcel Berndt, 3rd 40 Steve Sutch, 4th 31 Jonathan Pooley, 5th 3 Leon Smith, 6th 37 Antony Smith, 7th 17 Thomas Gray, 8th 23 Clifford Bunn, 9th 513 Roy Slocombe, 10th 6 Dave Barry, 11th 214 John Faggetter, 12th 77 Neil Clarke, 13th 4 Michael Sutch. DNF: Michael Beech. Fastest lap: David Bonser

Points and driver information

Points prior to the Ipswich meeting are here.

It would be nice to receive some driver details for the site - it helps all sorts of people work out who you all are - could be the track commentator, spectator or a potential sponsor. Email the info through using the email links in this page.

Birmingham Wheels, Saturday 9 March

Two race winners at our opening meeting of the 2019 season

Race one: 1st 888 Andrew Phillips, 2nd 37 Tony Smith, 3rd 10 David Bonser, 4th 4 Michael Sutch, 5th 77 Neil Clarke, 6th 513 Roy Slocombe

Race two: 1st 23 Clifford Bunn, 2nd 10 David Bonser, 3rd 37 Tony Smith, 4th 6 David Barry, 5th 77 Neil Clarke, 6th 214 John Faggetter

Race three: 1st 23 Clifford Bunn, 2nd 10 David Bonser, 3rd 37 Tony Smith, 4th 888 Andrew Phillips, 5th 4 Michael Sutch, 6th 6 David Barry

25 January 2019

2019 Race dates including the recently added events at Swaffham are available here.