Winter Series starts in style

The last two Sundays at Scunthorpe Speedway’s Eddie Wright Raceway have seen the club’s eighth winter series kick off in style. Sunday 15th November saw a strong Open Class field take to the track with new Newcastle Diamond Danny Phillips claiming victory over King’s Lynn’s Josh Bailey, Birmingham’s British Youth Champion Jack Parkinson-Blackburn and Coventry’s Jamie Halder in the A Final. 15-year old Parkinson had gone through qualifying unbeaten but missed the gate in the final and had to settle for third place on his debut in the adult classes.

In the Support Class it was Mick Skinner who raced to victory from Chris Bambury and Jamie Fenn-Smith whilst it was an Australian rider, Dan Harrison, who headed home Damon Hall and David Chiles on his debut at the track in the Novice Class. The fourth and final class of the day was for the, typically vintage, upright engines and Lee Coleman claimed victory ahead of Dave Harvey and Ed Gooch.

Then last Sunday (22nd November) it was the second attempt at running the first round for the Flat Track, Pit Bike and youth speedway classes. Rain a fortnight earlier had meant the meeting was called off the night before and rescheduled into a rare gap in the track’s racing calendar.

The largest class saw ten pit bike riders compete with Summer Championship winner Lee Carter claiming victory from Craig Smith and Jamie Halder. The Flat Track class was won by Tom Amos from Skye Adams and Storm Stacey whilst the largest youth speedway class, the 125/150cc class, saw newly crowned Dutch 125cc Champion Harry McGurk from Bradford win the round. Filling the podium were Mickie Simpson and Luke Harrison after Jordan Palin crashed out in the first running of the final.

In the Youth 500 class Kyle Bickley won after receiving clearance from the BSPA to compete at the level three months before his 14th birthday. Second was Eryk Borczuch and third was Kean Dicken. Jordan Palin decided to give the Youth 250 class a miss after taking one ride on his own whilst Teddy Wilkinson defeated Lewis Towle in their Junior 110 head-to-head.

After the second meeting organiser Richard Hollingsworth declared his delight at the turnout. “Considering it is November to get over sixty riders over the two meetings has been great. A few riders take a break when the season ends but then as the new season approaches numbers build up. Both meetings went well and I’m looking forward to next ones in December. We could certainly do with some more people to help us run the meetings and anyone interested, or anyone who wants to ride in the meetings, can text me on 07832-402167”.

Full list of Winter Series meeting dates:

Flat Track, Pit Bike and Youth Speedway classes – 22nd November, 6th December, 27th December, 17th January, 7th February & 28th February

Adult Speedway Classes – 15th November, 13th December, 3rd January, 24th January, 14th February & 6th March

Meeting – Sunday 15th November – Open, Support, Novice and Upright Classes

Open Class
Qualifying Scores: Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 15, Danny Phillips 13, Josh Bailey 13, Ben Basford 9, Jamie Halder 7, Stoian Stoianov 6 (4 rides), Jack Thomas 6, Alex Wilson 5, Luke Harris 4, Eryk Borczuch 0 (1 ride).

C Final: Harris, Thomas, Wilson, 65.5
B Final: Halder, Basford, Harris, Stoianov, 72.8
A Final: Phillips, Bailey, Parkinson-Blackburn, Halder, 70.2

Kenny Smith Memorial Winter Series points: Phillips 20, Bailey 19, Parkinson-Blackburn 18, Halder 17, Basford 16, Harris 15, Stoianov 14, Thomas 13, Wilson 12, Borczuch 11.

Qualifying heat winning times: 7. Stoianov 72.9, 8. Bailey 70.8, 9. Parkinson-Blackburn 70.3, 12. Phillips 70.4, 14. Parkinson-Blackburn 67.2, 17. Parkinson-Blackburn 68.9, 20. Bailey 66.1, 23. Bailey 65.3, 26. Parkinson-Blackburn 65.1, 29. Phillips 64.3, 32. Phillips 64.3, 35. Thomas 68.0, 38. Parkinson-Blackburn 63.7

Support Class
Qualifying scores: Mick Skinner 14, Sam Woolley 7, Chris Bambury 7, Sam Chapman 7, Jamie Fenn-Smith 7, Ben Fenn-Smith 5 (2 rides)

B Final: J. Fenn-Smith, Chapman, 75.1
A Final: Skinner, Bambury, J. Fenn-Smith, Woolley, 74.9

Winter Series points: Skinner 20, Bambury 19, J. Fenn-Smith 18, Woolley 17, Chapman 16, B. Fenn-Smith 15.

Qualifying heat winning times: 5. Skinner 72.9, 6. Bambury 71.9, 15. B. Fenn-Smith 71.5, 18. Skinner 70.5, 24. Chapman 72.7, 27. Skinner 67.5, 33. Woolley 70.3, 36. Skinner 67.7

Novice Class
Qualifying Scores: Stuart Freeman 12, Dan Harrison 11, Damon Hall 11, David Chiles 10, David Brayshaw 9 (4 rides), Ian Rawlings 7, Francesca Kirtley-Paine 6, Kevin Wallace 5, Connor Hulme 2

B Final: Chiles, Wallace, Rawlings, 82.9
A Final: Harrison, Hall, Chiles, Freeman, 80.0

Winter Series points: Harrison 20, Hall 19, Chiles 18, Freeman 17, Wallace 16, Rawlings 15, Brayshaw 14, Kirtley-Paine 13, Hulme 12

Qualifying heat winning times: 1. Brayshaw 83.9, 2. Freeman 78.1, 3. Hall 80.5, 10. Brayshaw 76.5, 13. Freeman 79.3, 16. Harrison 79.8, 19. Brayshaw 74.9, 22. Harrison 76.5, 25. Chiles – race awarded, 28. Hall 82.1, 31. Hall 75.9, 34. Harrison 77.5, Rawlings 86.0

Upright Class (for upright engines)
Qualifying Scores: Lee Coleman 14, Dave Harvey 8, Shaun Bickley 6, Ed Gooch 2.

A Final: Coleman, Harvey, Gooch, Bickley (retired), 76.2

Winter Series points: Coleman 20, Harvey 19, Gooch 18, Bickley 17

Qualifying heat winning times (Coleman unless stated): 4. Bickley 76.3, 11. 74.5, 21. 72.7, 30. 69.4, 39. 68.0

Meeting – Sunday 22nd November – Open, Support, Novice and Upright Classes

Flat Track
Scores: Tom Amos 46, Skye Adams 42, Storm Stacey 37, Joe Burden 31, Peter Jordan 20, John Boddy 15 (5 rides), Giles Longbone 15.

Winter Series points: Amos 20, Adams 19, Stacey 18, Burden 17, Jordan 16, Boddy 15, Longbone 14.

Race winning times (Amos unless stated; all six laps): 7. Adams 109.2, 14. 109.1, 20. 108.9, 27. Adams 104.4, 34. Race awarded, 42.103.3

Pit Bikes
Scores: Lee Carter 69, Craig Smith 58, Jamie Halder 54 (5 rides), Zak Harris 51, George Hopper 46, Tom Miles 43, Stuart Avery 40, Carly Hopper 28 (5 rides), Dan Miles 25, Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 14 (3 rides)

Winter Series points: Lee Carter 20, Craig Smith 19, Jamie Halder 18, Zak Harris 17, George Hopper 16, Tom Miles 15, Stuart Avery 14, Carly Hopper 13, Dan Miles 12, Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 11

Race winning times: 5. Carter 85.9, 12. Smith 86.3, 19. Carter 85.4, 26. Carter 82.7, 32. Halder 90.0, 40. Halder 82.6

Youth 500
Qualifying scores: Kyle Bickley 14, Eryk Borczuch 11, Kean Dicken 5.

A Final: Bickley, Borczuch, Dicken, 62.1

Winter Series points: Bickley 20, Borczuch 19, Dicken 18

Qualifying heat winning times (Bickley unless stated): 10. 63.2, 16. Borczuch 61.2, 23. 61.2, 30. 61.7, 36. 62.4

Youth 250
Qualifying scores: Jordan Palin 3 (1 ride)

Winter Series points: Palin 20

Qualifying heat winning time: 8. Palin 71.6

Youth 125/150
Qualifying scores: Harry McGurk 14, Jordan Palin 13, Mickie Simpson 13, Sam McGurk 9, Max Perry 7, Jacob Clayton 6, Sheldon Davies 6, Luke Harrison 2, Jack Wright 1

C Final: Harrison, Davies, 75.4
B Final: (re-run) Harrison, Perry, Clayton (fell, non starter in re-run), S. McGurk (fell, excluded), 78.6
A Final: (re-run) H. McGurk, Simpson, Harrison, Palin (fell, excluded), 70.4

Winter Series points: H. McGurk 20, Simpson 19, Harrison 18, Palin 17, Perry 16, Clayton 15, S. McGurk 14, Davies 13, Wright 12.

Qualifying heat winning times: 1. Palin 69.1, 2. Simpson 71.1, 3. H. McGurk 68.8, 6. Simpson 71.6, 9. H. McGurk 70.5, 13. Palin 67.4, 17. Simpson 71.3, 21. Davies 74.1, 24. H. McGurk 69.6, 29. Simpson 71.9, 33. Palin 70.4, 37. H. McGurk 70.3

Junior 110
Scores: Teddy Wilkinson 18, Lewis Towle 12

Winter Series points: Wilkinson 20, Towle 19

Race winning times (all Wilkinson): 4. 86.3, 11. 84.9, 18. 84.3, 25. 82.8, 31. 85.1, 39. 84.7