IOW COLLEGE Round 8 23-9-2012

The weather forecast was for heavy rain for most of the day and rain it did in bucket fulls but this was not going to put off the Isle of Wight Car Club holding round 8 of 12 rounds of it auto test championship at the IOW College car park.

Rain was not going to be enough to deter these hardy motorsport enthusiasts on this Sunday as 30 drivers prepared for the day ahead.

Apart from the overall club championship there were many battles going on in all the classes including the ladies championship up for grabs.

In class 1

Wayne Hole took 1st place with a time of 1:24:07 followed by Jemma Western with a time of 1:30:27 and then in 3rd was a new lady driver Jess Greenen who has only passed her driving test recently showing great potential with a time of 1:35:19

Class 2

Saw a close and hard fault battle between Dean Long and Daryl Turner with Dean coming out on top with a time of 1:19:35 and Daryl on a time of 1:20:00 followed by Chris Greenen in 3rd on 1:23:01 and then Dave Leppard in 4th on a 1:26:01

Class 3

Once again saw Dave Dutch win this class, that’s now four class wins in a row with a time of 1:14:08 which also gave him the fastest time of the day overall and another round win in his DUTCHSPEED Modified Mini Pickup. 2nd and 3rd places were a close battle between the brothers Andy and Adam Greenen..

Class 4

This class was hotly contested with Toby Allen coming out on top with a time of 1:15:14 , not enough to knock Dave Dutch off the top spot but enough to give him 2nd overall as well as the class 4 win.

Close behind Toby was another even closer battle going on for 2nd and 3rd place between Dave Bizzill and Matt Griffin , Dave grabbed 2nd with time of 1:16:27 and Matt a time of 1:16:28 only 100th of a second between them, followed by Steve Glasbey in a time of 1:17:96.

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 1:17:85 and John on a time of 1:18:12 . In 3rd place was Andy Williams with 1:21:03 and close behind was Chris Wilson on 1:22:24 .

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 1:27:51 followed by Jemma Western on 1:30:27 and then New Lady driver Jess Greenen on 1:35:19

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

Pictures by Allan Marsh

Write up by John Dutch

OVERALL POSITIONS ON THE DAY

1st Dave Dutch

2nd Toby Allen

3rd Dave Bizzill

4th Matt Griffin

5th Darren Taylor

CURRENT (SEALED SURFACE) CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

1st Dave Dutch on 150 points

2nd Toby Allen on 145 points

3rd Dave Goodwin on 144 points

4th Dave Bizzill on 139 points

5th Matt Griffin on 138 points

CURRENT (UNSEALED SURFACE) CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

1st John Dutch on 146 points

2nd Neil Glasbey on 145 points

3rd Darren Taylor on 143 points

4th Steve Brett on 140 points

CURRENT OVERALL (Combined) CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

1st Toby Allen on 278 points

2nd John Dutch on 277 points

3rd Darren Taylor on 271 points

4th Dan Morgan on 268 points

5th Andy Williams on 251 points

A long awaited venue for many as it gave an opportunity to try out a new venue to the calendar kindly provided by Paul the owner. The track was laid out by Steve and Paul although looked a bit small to many on first viewing turned out to be a great little track with fast and slower bits in it, a good mix. The weather forecast was hot and sunny and was it hot indeed it was and it was needed as the grass field was wet and slippery for the first two runs but as the grass came off the surface and the sun dried it out the grip levels came up and the run times came down…

First to set the pace in RUN 1 was Darren Taylor known as the King of Knighton posting a time of 1:03:30 closely followed by Brad Cullen in a time of 1:03:64 and then John Dutch in a time of 1:03:84.

RUN 2.. Saw Steve Stotesbury in his 4WD Scooby getting a clean run without hitting any cones and posted a time of 54:52 followed by Darren Taylor on a 55:59 and then Neil Glasbey with a time of 55:73

RUN 3.. The track grip was now getting much better and the times were getting closer but Steve Stotesbury liked being on the top of the leader board and decided he was going to TRY and stay there if he could so set a time of 52:53 , Darren Taylor had the same idea but posted a time of 53:05 but he had to worry about Neil Glasbey who was only a 3 tenths behind him on a 53:33 who was followed by John Dutch on a 54:33

RUN 4.. Steve Stotesbury knew the chasing pack was only going to get closer as the day went on so posted a time of 49:76 and closer they got Neil Glasbey posted a time of 51:20 but Darren Taylor was getting a bit too close on a time of 51:87 , Steve Brett was not going to be left out of this chase and posted a time of 52:40

RUN 5.. Saw John Dutch winner of the last round finally getting on the pace and posting a time of 51:13 , he was chased hard by Steve Brett who wanted to let John know he was hard on his heels and posted a time of 51:36 , but now Ryan Munt said don’t forget me boy’s I am coming and posted a time of 52:09 just pushing Terry Steele into 4^th place posting a time of 52:84

RUN 6.. THE final chance for everyone to get there fastest time and knock Steve off the top of the leader board, John knew this so he threw caution to wind and just went for it but over drove his mini and could not better his run 5 time of 51:13 this left John in 2^nd overall at this point and wondering if he had blown it at the last minute and allowing the chasing pack to deny him a second place overall and chase they did, Darren Taylor posted his best time of 51:16 just three 100’s behind John, Followed by Neil Glasbey posting a time of 51:86

which was not an improvement on his run 4 time of 51:20 .

All a bit too close for Steve but his RUN 4 time of 49:76 was enough to give him the class WIN and overall WIN.

Congratulations to STEVE on a great drive and his win

OVERALL POSITION

1^st Steve Stotesbury

2^nd John Dutch

3^rd Darren Taylor

4^th Neil Glasbey

5^th Steve Brett

Fastest LADIES of the Day

1^st Vicky Cox

2^nd Marion Saunders

3^rd Linda Burt

4^th Jemma Western

5^th ………………..

class 1

1^st Wayne Hole

2^nd Jemma Western

class 2

1^st …………

2^nd ………….

class 3

1^st Steve Brett

2^nd Marion Saunders

3^rd Kevin Richardson

4^th ………………

class 4

1^st Steve Stotesbury

2^nd Neil Glasbey

3^rd Ryan Munt

4^th Toby Allen

5^th Matt Price

class 5

1^st John Dutch

2^nd Darren Taylor

3^rd Terry Steele

4^th Steve Glass

5^th Andy Williams

Good evening members!

Just a reminder that were at a new venue to the Calendar – Little Palance Farm (no to be confused with palance farm round the corner) For round 7 this coming Sunday!

Little palance farm is in Northwood, easiest way to arrive there from Newport direction would be to take the left at Northwood garage towards Gurnard, follow the road round before taking another left down Pallance road toward the travellers Joy Inn. Once the row of houses ends after the Pub there is a concealed left hander to take putting you on Pallance Lane.

Little Palance Farm is then a few hundred yards down Pallance lane on the right hand side.

As always please try to use the online sign on @ www.iowcc.co.uk!

Hope to see you there.

Thanks to so many of you for showing your support on Sunday, the weather was superb, the turn out was great and I don’t think anyone ever expected such a huge amount would be raised in 1 day! Thank you ever so much for doing your Club and the Kissy Puppy Charity proud!

Results for the Auto test are available below; big Congratulations go to Steve Stotesbury for coming first!! 

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Pictures, with many thanks to Allan Marsh here!

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No rest for the wicked

Don’t forget were back to Atherfield for the first time this year Next Sunday for round 6! as ever we encourage our members to use the advance sign on is through the website

Track day

We have almost 20 people paid up for the Track day on the 1^st of December – £125 for a days play round the Indy track at Brands Hatch – if you want to book up go to:

http://book.easytrack.co.uk/car-trac…dec-1221-p.asp

– Fill in the details, name car etc. If you want a garage add it.
– Extra drivers is an extra £25 and can be added on the first page.
– In the card, add the code IOWCC and gain a 10% discount.
– Each booking with the IOWCC Discount give 1 free passenger.

On Sunday the 12^th of August the IOWCC has hired out the County Show ground in Northwood. We will be running a charity Auto Test along with a few other bits and pieces to hopefully make what will be a very enjoyable day out.

For what we hope to be a great day, we need a great cause and what better than the Kissy Puppy fund for the Island girl Sophie Rolf. If you are not aware of Kissy Puppy please visit the website http://kissypuppy.co.uk/ to see what its all about and help IOWCC to raise as much money as we can on the 12^th to support Sophie on her Journey.

The day is going to run very similar to any other event, however there will be a few adjustments to make the day more relaxed and encourage new drivers to have ago!

• No championship points are available at this event
• First car will be away 10am and we shall run up to 5pm
• All Proceeds will be going to the Kissy Puppy Cause
• Event fee’s will be the same as any other, but to encourage non members who haven’t competed at our events before anyone who fancies a go is able to sign up to 6 runs for £15 on the day, and starting at any point in the day – obviously the earlier you arrive the more runs you’re likely to receive.
• To allow people to start at any point in the day, we will not require everyone to complete their runs at the same pace.
• As per the last 2 events marshalling will be picked out of the hat, however instead of swapping after the first run, marshalls will be required at their post for 1 hour before being swapped out by the next group.

We are encouraging you to invite your friends and family to come and have a go and see what IOWCC is all about! Crash helmets will be required so if you have a spare you don’t mind lending out please bring it with you.

The course is going to be a relatively simple one, and with 13 acres available to us there shouldn’t be much to hit either!

Of course weather permitting it is expected that the field will be of acceptable standard to allow road cars round without causing any drama!

Additionally if you are able to bring someone who is happy to marshall for 2 or 3 hours we will give them a free lunch out of the burger for their efforts!

In addition to the Auto Solo we are hoping to have some rather nice Machinery on show for you all to have a nosey round, Toilets are available and of course the burger van selling food and drink all day.

For those not interested in competing in the Auto Test there is going to be a “Show and shine” meet for all the island drivers who nurture their pride and joy to drag them out of the garage and show them of to the rest of us! At around 2pm There will be a IOWCC Concourse d’elegance trophy up for grabs for the best dressed car. We will be asking for a £2 donation for the Kissy puppy cause.

If its a nice day this could be a very popular event, please remember why we are all there and drive respectfully!

Track day coming up

There is a trackday at Brands Hatch on Saturday the 1^st of December, It is still early days however initial indications suggest there will be a healthy number of drivers going up to wrestle their cars round the Indy Circuit.

Vitals for the day are:

Open pit lane

105bd Noise limit

£139 plus £25 additional drivers and £10 for passengers.

We are going to try and get a group discount so if you are interested please let Toby know on fosters268@hotmail.com.