Once again the weather forecast earlier in the week was wet and windy for the coming weekends racing to be held by the Isle of Wight Car Club but this was not going to put off  The hardy few racers that turned up to sort out who was going to win the final round of the (unsealed surface) championship classes and the overall (unsealed surface) championship titles.. 

The surface was wet and slippery for the first three runs but the rain stayed away and as the sand and dirt came off the surface. The track slowly dried out, the grip levels came up and the run times came down…  

The first of the quickest run times were set by Ryan Munt in his Subaru 4WD, Neil Glasbey, Darren Taylor and John Dutch in his DutchSpeed prepared Mini, they all continued to trade fastest times throughout the day. They were closely followed by Steve Glass, Steve Brett and Terry Steele who were having a close battle of their own for 5th , 6th and 7th  overall.

The Final overall Round 10 positions were as follows

 

1st Ryan Munt on a 1:05:1

2nd Neil Glasbey on a :1:05:23

3rd Darren Taylor on a 1:06:03

4th John Dutch on a 1:07:11

5th Steve Glass on a 1:07:32

6th Steve Brett on a 1:08:16

7th Terry Steele on a 1:09:19

In Class 1

Wayne Hole took 1st place with a time of 1:09:33 followed by Jemma Western on a 1:21:97 

Class 2

No drivers competed in this class today

Class 3

Once again saw Steve Brett win this class in his Mini with a time of 1:08:16  followed by Marion Saunders in a time of 1:15:76

Class 4

This class was hotly contested with Ryan Munt coming out on top with a time of 1:05:10 followed by Neil Glasbey on a time of 1:05:23 then Steve Glass on a 1:07:32, Toby Allen on 1:09:80 , Matt Price on 1:11:19 , Paul Willis on 1:12:12 .

Class 5

Another hotly contested class with Darren Taylor and John Dutch who always seem to be trading fastest times for that 1st and 2nd places in class. This time Darren came out on top with a time of 1:06:03 and John 2nd on a time of 1:07:11 . In 3rd place was Terry Steele with a 1:09:19 and followed by Andy Lee on a 1:17:70 ..

Ladies Class

Normally 6 or more ladies contest this class (BUT WE NEED MORE) to come racing with us.

In 1st spot was Vicky Cox with a time of 1:12:69 and then Linda Burt on 1:14:38, Marion Saunders on 1:15:76  followed by a New Lady driver Sue Mitchell on 1:18:45 who drove very well for her first time and finally Jemma Western on a 1:21:97.

Congratulations to Ryan on a great drive and his win

 

More details can be found on www.iowcc.co.uk  Including the next and final rounds of the sealed surface championship to be held at BAE Systems and IOW College car parks were around 30 members of the Austin Healey club from the mainland will be coming to race with us on the 10th and 11th of November.

 

Pictures by Allan Marsh      Write-up by  John Dutch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Party Saturday 22nd December

Since the goose is getting plump et al we figured it time to wheel out the IOWCC Christmas party arrangements.

Saturday the 22nd of December see’s us back at the Melville Hall Hotel! The evening will commence with arrival from 6.30pm, and sit down at 7.30pm.

There will be entertainment from the Tony Martin Experience, with bar open until late. Cost is £25 per person, including festive novelties etc and some complimentary vino on the car club tables. There are a couple of other groups in on the same evening so it should be a good night, and Tony Martin will have a great bit of kit there.

If anyone wants to stop overnight, its £25pp based on 2 sharing, and that includes a leisurely full English breakfast on the Sunday morning and also full access to all the leisure facilities too, please see the Menu attached! To reserve a place you will need to phone the hotel directly and ask for Steve to take you booking and make payment, the number to call is 400500.

Festive Menu 221212

 

The Healey Weekend – 10th and 11th November.

 

The climax to the season is almost upon us, and this year we are expecting a bumper turnout with over 43 Healey’s coming down to the island of which probably 20 will be competing in what are the final 2 rounds of the 2012 calendar.

Round 11 will be on Saturday at BAE, then on Sunday we shall be at the College, after the event at the college we will retire to the Bargeman’s for a Beer and short awards ceremony to round off the weekend.

This is always by far the busiest event of the season; we will do our best to give you all 6 runs on both days, it is however dependant on how quickly we get started and how many people we have signed on.

To help make the day run as smoothly as possible we ask if as many people as possible can Sign on in advance via the payments page on the website, and when you arrive in the morning of each day to follow the instructions of the parking steward so we can dedicate as much space to the course as possible.

The Healey Club are staying at the Freshwater Bay House Hotel and will be having a disco on the Saturday night to which we are all invited to, they are hoping to see as many of us there as possible and since it bound to be an excellent night we hope you make the effort to come down for a beer!

 

 

The weather forecast earlier in the week was wet and windy for the coming weekends racing to be held by the Isle of Wight Car Club but as the weekend drew closer the weather changed to sunny and it was needed as the surface was wet and slippery for the first three runs, As the sand and dirt came off the surface and the sun dried it out the grip levels came up and the run times came down…

The first of the quickest run times were set by Andy Williams in his Special and John Dutch in his Mini who continued to trade fastest times throughout the day. They were closely followed by Darren Taylor and Neil Glasbey who were having a close battle of their own for 3rd and 4th overall and followed by Steve Brett.

 

The Final overall positions were as follows

 

• 1st Andy Williams on a 1:17:21
• 2nd John Dutch on a :1:17:52
• 3rd Darren Taylor on a 1:20:47
• 4th Neil Glasbey on a 1:20:86
• 5th Steve Brett on a 1:23:59

In Class 1

Wayne Hole took 1st place with a time of 1:26:22 , no others drivers competed in this class today.

Class 2

No drivers competed in this class today

Class 3

Once again saw Steve Brett win this class in his Mini with a time of 1:23:59 followed by Marion Saunders in a time of 1:34:29

Class 4

This class was hotly contested with Neil Glasbey coming out on top with a time of 1:20:86 followed by Steve Stotesbury on a time of 1:24:74 then Brian Robbins on 1:25:17, Ryan Munt on 1:28:59 , Callum Steele on 1:31:24 , Linda Burt on 1:33:55 , Jamie Duff on 1:40:04 , Nick Reed on 1:45:60 , Matt Daly on 1:48:43 , Rob Philips on 2:09:12 .

Class 5

Another hotly contested class with Andy Williams and John Dutch who always seem to be trading fastest times for that 1st and 2nd places in class , this time Andy came out on top with a time of 1:17:21 and John on a time of 1:17:52 . In 3rd place was Darren Taylor with 1:20:47 and followed by Chris Wilson on 1:24:96 then Terry Steele on 1:25:62 , Stephen Glass on 1:29:33 .

Ladies Class

Normally 6 or more ladies contest this class (BUT WE NEED MORE) to come racing with us.

In 1st spot was Linda Burt with a time of 1:33:55 followed by Marion Saunders on 1:34:29 .

More details can be found on www.iowcc.co.uk

Pictures by John Dutch

 

Write up by John Dutch

 

Congratulations to Andy on a great drive and his win