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PREVIEW: CHAMPIONS WEEKEND! 21st (5pm) & 22nd (1pm) SEPT

18/09/2024

Welcome to The Champions weekend, proudly hosted by Mendips Raceway as we host not one but two World Championships.

Saturday night sees the V8 HotStox complete the race for the gold roof, after several qualifying rounds, the grid is set. There will be a grid walk available for all V8 fans to get any merchandise or programmes signed. Also Saturday night sees the return of the ORCi Ministox, with a strong field of cars featuring newly crowned British Champion 475 Mason Sealy as well as fellow star drivers 202 Cody Bradford and 207 Alfie Flecken. Rounding off an excellent line up is the Mark Loader Roofing Special Rod Summer Series that concludes Saturday night, with current leader 278 Andrew Bressington and second place 445 Nik Loader heading the booking list.

Sunday we host the highly anticipated National Bangers World Championship for 2024, with an 80 car strong line up of drivers this is sure to be a cracking meeting. Former 2l Banger World Champion 178 Keiran Bowman will be leading Trackstars challenge, meanwhile representing Spedeworth will be reigning champion 67 Rickie Beasley and
739 Jason Moore. Autospeeds seeds are 3 strong including last years 3rd place 842 Jack Perkins. 318 Wilf Speak and 73 Jon Hodgson are booked to visit as the pink cars represent GMP, and our home hopes lie with a trio of BRCM 252 Boogie, 262 Roona and 440 Big Mac, 154 Joe Odhams former driver of the year holds an automatic seeded place, as well as father and son duo Jason 86 and Liam Harvey 87 will look to beat the rest to the chequered. Speaking of a family affair, Brad 961 and Abbie 962 are representing team Deeprose this year. Supporting the Bangers is the ever entertaining Saloon Stock Cars with home town hero Irish Champion Buster Jnr 902 leading the bookings, as well as newly crowned World Champion
720 Archie Brown.

Saturday gates open for drivers at 10:30, practice is from 12:30-2.
Spectators can enter through the bottom gate from 10:30. Racing starts at 5pm, there will be fireworks. The bar will remain open at the end of the meeting until 1am.

Sunday gates will also open at 10:30am for drivers and spectators, with practice available from 11:30am. Racing starts at 1pm. There will be fireworks.

Tickets are available on the gate or from Buy tickets – Mendips Raceway
(tickettailor.com)

You are welcome to bring your own food and drink, however hot/cold drinks and hot food is available at our food outlets, and the bar is open both days near the top turnstiles.

Disabled parking by race control is limited, and is first come, first served.

Driver Booking Lists

V8 HotStox (Both days)

1 Thomas Brighton
10 Gilen Bullock
29 Gracie Squire
69 Matt Barnard
110 Evan Bullock
137 Dannie Scholes
146 Grant Leather
153 Abigail Stansfield
159 Frankie Burgess
165 Jedd Stirk
171 Tom Dunne
176 Stephen Young
182 Will Cheetham
222 Guy Jolly
257 Timmy Aldridge
262 Camey Dorrell
276 Mark Poole
288 Jon Brown
296 Dan Poole
328 Michael Boswell
355 Bryan Andrew
376 Matthew Young
477 Ben Allen
507 Luke Smith
525 Amy Jagger
552 Declan Gwin

Special Rods

6 Tim Bristow
35 Jane James
46 Angie Harris
60 Tom Bristow
61 Beth Stevenson
66 Ben Bristow
68 Pete Jennings
112 Rich James
118 Iain Truman
133 Jody Jeanes
175 Kevin Oliver
226 Harry Melville
247 Si Portlock
254 Nigel Manaton
278 Andrew Bressington
303 Jason Oliver
445 Nik Loader
517 Scott Weldon
700 Les Brice
701 Ben Brice
720 Dan Latimer

ORCi Ministox

27 Leo Rabone
176 Jack Jones
182 Mickey James
202 Cody Bradford
207 Alfie Flecken
217 Josh Dent
242 Amy Williams
257 Kieran Hibberd
267 Robbie Batten
475 Mason Sealy British Champion
505 Louie Herzig
511 Lexi Crosbie
550 Callum Herzig
770 Austin Farrell
870 Bert Farrell

Sunday

PRI

01 Gary Moule
02 Ash Reynolds
04 Deano Gregory
20 Jack Dow
22 Ash Ridges
23 Sonny Parsons
31 Liam Shipway
40 Ben Reeder
57 Christian Mansbridge
121 Ronnie Hawkins
126 Dan Bowley
129 Lee Dalton
132 Archie Cullum
139 Thomas Dimascio
142 Tyler Brownless
160 Jamie Warr
177 Charlie Edgecombe
183 Simon Goodwin
198 Owen Nichol
200 Jai Simmons
205 Alex Ganter
222 Ricky Walters
236 Jack Moule
240 Courtney Warr
252 Michael Hudd
254 Steve Ryan
274 Ryan Hinwood
277 Sean Rowell
309 Andy Oliver
333 Charlie Randell
345 Aaron Leaver
410 Dan Galley
552 Karl Douglas
562 Jayden James
720 Kenny Joe Gabriel
721 Carley Gabriel
725 Joshua Evans
732 Chris Cullum
775 Brad Hunt
813 Troy Goodwin
841 Tom Perkins
844 Mark Clarke
868 Stuart Parish
890 Pavorotti
894 Chris Stokes
908 David Brown
916 Luke Thomas
939 Gary Heywood
956 Harry Thompson
999 John Picton

Seeds

6 Troy Jones (Mendips Raceway)
29 Jamie Locker (Spedeworth)
67 Rickie Beasley (World Champion)
73 Jon Hodgson (GMP)
82 Joe Gingell (Mendips Raceway)
86 Jason Harvey (Mendips Raceway)
87 Liam Harvey (Mendips Raceway)
133 Malakie Cullum (Trackstar)
154 Joe Odhams (Mendips Raceway)
178 Kieran Bowman (Trackstar)
186 Lewis Fasey (Autospeed Wildcard)
188 John Reeves (Trackstar)
210 Ryan Brooks (Mendips Raceway)
252 Steve Bugler (Mendips Raceway)
262 Rob Bugler (Mendips Raceway)
318 Wilf Speak (GMP)
440 Macauley Mills (Mendips Raceway)
444 Charlie Jackson (Spedeworth)
570 Jordan Cumming (Mildenhall)
648 Jamie Smith (Autospeed)
662 Jared Roe (Autospeed)
725 Joshua Evans (Mildenhall)
739 Jason Moore (Spedeworth)
743 Jake Bond (Mendips Raceway)
842 Jack Perkins (Autospeed)
961 Brad Deeprose (Mendips Raceway)
962 Abbie Deeprose (Mendips Raceway)

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