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2008 News
19 February 2008
Got some interesting fixtures for Dave this year.
He's qualified for the BBA Supreme Championship at Mildenhall in April for
4th place at Hednesford 2Ltr World and has been invited to join the UK
team for the UK v the Continent, the first leg in Belgium on April 13 with
the home leg at Ipswich on 5 July, so if you fancy a bit of continental
bangering come to Belgium with us!
Another notable meeting will be the Barry Collins Memorial, 27 April, at
the brand new track being built at Fleet. Our very own Gonzo is up there
at the moment working to get the track done along with Eddie.
Recent Meets
Well done to everyone for all their hard work over the winter, we haven't
had much of a break.
The Winter Open was great fun despite the cold with Dave taking a fresh
mondeo estate and giving it a thoroughly hard time! He managed to snap it
in the DD before having a piston break for freedom out the side of the
engine.
Andre made the trip up to the London Open and did brilliantly in the
racing to qualify for the final but the main topic of conversation has
been the journey up and back! His Mk2 Granada Limo's gearbox gave up the
ghost on the A303 but they still managed to make it to Wimbledon (thanks
to Dawn being in the AA!) Getting home was another challenge as the AA
wouldn't bring it home. They sold the granny in the pits and
Woody brought the banger back but everyone else was stranded. At 10.30 at
night they were wandering round Wimbledon (as you do) where they spotted a
Bluebird for sale. Lurch did his bit and lo and behold they bought it,
jumped in and drove back to Cornwall. I'm so proud . . .
Last meeting was the 2Ltr at St Day with Dave, Andre, Lurch and Kaylee out
in the bangers along with Shrek who raced for the first time at St
Day. Bam did his first meeting in the ministock too. Was a pretty quiet
affair all round til the last race when the team had a mass effort to
finish off Spoons dead car! Highlight of the day, especially for Shrek
who'd never been hit that hard, but just opened the post and they've all
got an official warning. Even Dave who wasn't even in his car at the time
got a "formal warning for irresponsible driving" What a joke! Can see
the fixtures list changing all over again . . . lol
25 March 2008
Photos from Mildenhall and Boneshayker in the galleries . . .
19 April 2008
Photos from Belgium online in the galleries
28 April 2008
Cornwall County Council are planning on selling the track and surrounding
land as it is "surplus to requirements".
The sale will be by closed bidding later in the year - effectively keeping
whatever is planned for the site under wraps. Vaguely from memory I
recall that the original owner of the land left restrictive covenants on
the land that it could only be used for motorsports. The council "aquired"
the land from him and is now able to sell it without giving interested
parties first refusal.
To quote the council representative Hannah Rees
". . . . we have a
duty to sell it for the market value.
We can't give
reference to anyone unless there is a specific charitable or community
need.
We have to sell it
unconditionally, so what it ends up being is down to the purchaser."
The land surrounding the track is used by bikes, quads and 4x4s for events
as well as the obvious race meetings on the track so how this is not a
community resource I don't know.
If you can help in any way contact
The Renegades or Autospeed.
Even if it's just an email to say you don't agree with the sale, all help
would be appreciated. The history of the track and surrounding land would
also be interesting.
More updates to come . . . .
2 May 2008
The sale of the land at United Downs has been postponed . . . for now.
When the new Unitary Council for Cornwall comes in to effect the track
and surrounding land could still be sold off.
Roger Hore has started a petition online, to save motor sports at the
site, please sign it to show your support for Cornish Motorsport.
Autospeed have a meeting with the Council on Tuesday to discuss the future
of the site.
12 October 2008
Well done Spoons . . . .World Champ!!
Cornwall has it's own motorsport World Champion . . .
On Sunday 12 October at Hednesford Hills Raceway in the west midlands,
Dave Spooner of Four Lanes, won the National Banger 2 Litre World
Championship. The grid consisted of the top qualifiers from tracks all
over the UK in various cars including cavaliers, mondeos, primeras and
bluebirds. Dave drew pole position on the huge grid and managed to
weave through the back markers and dead cars whilst being chased down by
the rest of the pack, in a thrilling world final. Second place went to
208 Jimmy Randall from Essex, third 361 Chris Walden from Skegness.
It's a fantastic result for the Cornish driver who's been the mainstay
at United Downs Raceway over the years, being track champion for a
number of years and also last year winning the overall points
championship at Autospeed for both United Downs and Smeatharpe in Devon.
News of his win traveled fast with racing at Smeatharpe and Cornish
track, Westworld being interrupted to announce his win. It has been
well received throughout the banger racing community as Spoons is well
known for the incredible hard work he puts in to his racing, made
especially difficult by being based in Cornwall and the amount of
traveling he has to do.
Dave, who owns Cornwall Autogas at Longdowns, is delighted with the win
and is now entitled to wear the much coveted gold roof of a world
champion. Along with two teams of Renegades, he will be racing at
Teamarama at Smeatharpe on 26 October, so he's already building another
car!
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