There were 75 buggies and 18 truggies entered. The weather had been wet in the few days before but the morning started with a damp track and cool breeze. The track surface dried quickly as the day warmed up and stayed dry most of the day, apart from a couple of showers.

There were 3 rounds x 5min qualifiers, followed by 15min finals for everyone with the top three bumping up. Jon Hazlewood won the rallycross class and Oli O'Conor won the truggy class.

Rallycross

F-final: M Pascoe, D Ainsbury, R Cullender, S Tillett
E-final: M Stiles, A Gough, M White, I Strittmatter
D-final: G Dhami, M Stiles, G Eldridge, S Mason
C-final: G Brace, G Dhami, J Hart, M Jones
B-final: E Kerry, C Drescher, R Bettaney, D Tigwell
A-final: J Hazlewood, D Crompton, S Taylor, R Sawyer

Truggies

A-final: O O'Connor, J Armstrong, J Niall, J Thompson

Congratulations to Darren Bloomfield, who won the overall buggy series and Jim Thompson, who won the overall truggy series. Top 10 places in each series, as follows:

Well done to all the competitors who took part in the Herts Nitro 2007 Panther Winter series and a big thank you to Horizon Hobby UK for their support !

There were 66 buggies and 15 truggies entered. The weather had been wet in the few days before but the morning started with a damp track and cool breeze. The track surface dried quickly as the day warmed up and stayed dry all day.

There were 3 rounds x 5min qualifiers, followed by 20 min finals for everyone with the top three bumping up. Dave Crompton won the rallycross class and Jamie Armstrong won the truggy class.

Rallycross

E-final: S Mason, G Barrow, A Gassman,N Holloway
D-final: C Collins, M White, G Dhami, G Eldridge
C-final: D Grunhill, C Collins, R Gray, S Johnson
B-final: D Tigwell, M Dell, R Oldman, J Armstrong
A-final: D Crompton, D Bloomfield, R Barton, D Spashett

Truggies

A-final: J Armstrong, J Thompson, O O'Connor, M Lewis

Trophies were handed out from the 2007 series with special congratulations to the under 12's - Jamie Clancy, Sam Smith, Luke Geaves and Taro Cradock!

This was the fourth round of the 2007 Panther Winter series - and would be a controlled tyre event for the rallycross with a choice of three tyre compounds - Dragons, Dragons 2 or Hedgehogs and control tyres were optional for truggies with a choice of three - Boa's, Gators or Meat Grinders.

There were 59 buggies and 12 truggies entered. The weather had been dry in the few days before but the morning started with a frozen track but still dry conditions. The frozen track made for difficult driving but the grip improved as the track thawed out. Eventually, the sun came out and the track surface dried quickly.

There were 3 rounds x 5min qualifiers, followed by 25 min finals for everyone with the top two bumping up. Darren Bloomfield won the rallycross class and John Niall won the truggy class.

Rallycross

E-final: G Brace, K Saggers,D Banks, M Gregory,
D-final: G Brace, D Foulger, D Marshall, L Burton,,
C-final: G Brace, S Johnson, G Clancy, M Jones,
B-final: D Tigwell, R Bettaney, M Dell, R Ashby,
A-final: D Bloomfield, J Hazlewood, R Barton, S Taylor

Truggies

A-final: J Niall, J Thompson, R Bailey, J Geaves

Special note to Garry Brace, who bumped up in 3 finals, at least that made up for his poor qualifying position !

This was the second round of the 2007 Panther Winter series - this would be a controlled tyre event for the rallycross with a choice of three tyre compounds - Dragons, Dragons 2 or Hedgehogs and control tyres were optional for truggies with a choice of three - Boa's, Gators or Meat Grinders.

There were 70 buggies and 24 truggies entered. The weather was forecast to be slight drizzle but the morning started with a damp, frozen track and foggy conditions. The frozen track made for difficult driving but the grip improved as the track thawed out. Unfortunately, as the track thawed, the damp came through causing the top inch of dirt to become very heavy. The foggy conditions caused problems with not to able to clearly see the far side of the track and a decision was made to shorten the track layout for the finals. A lot of drivers opted not to run the finals in worsening conditions.

There were 3 rounds x 5min qualifiers, followed by 10 min finals for everyone who elected to race. Elliott Boots won the rallycross class and Darren Bloomfield won the truggy class.

Rallycross

C-final: C Smoothy, S Brown,A Gough, C Kerswell
B-final: D Grunhill, I Hancock,M Jones, G Dhami
A-final: E Boots, D Bloomfield,M Cradock, B Thompson

Truggies

A-final: D Bloomfield, J Niall, M Gregory, S Bellwood

A big thanks to Horizon Hobby UK who kindly donated prizes for the top panther finisher in each final

Please note that the current results are ONLY for drivers who completed a final (I will have another look at the heat results to try and add the heat results for those drivers who elected not to run in the final, apologiesl ! )

This was the first round of the 2007 Panther Winter series - this would be a controlled tyre event for the rallycross with a choice of 3 tyre compounds - Dragons, Dragons 2 or Hedgehogs and control tyres were optional for truggies with a choice of two - Boa's or Meat Grinders.

There were 76 buggies and 22 truggies entered. The weather was forecast to be wet but the morning started with a dry but cold track, giving slippery conditions. Grip improved as the track dried in the wind but unfortunately the rain came for the later finals.

There were 3 rounds x 5min qualifiers, followed by 15 min finals for everyone, with the top two in each final bumping up, unfortunately computer problems meant the later finals had to be reduced to only 10 mins. Darren Bloomfield won the rallycross class and Joe Joyce won the truggy class.

Rallycross
F-final: A Gough, R Pugh, L Chadwick, D Ainsbury
E-final: R Clarke, J Dixon, R Pugh, N Hill
D-final: R Gray, M Rivere,R McKenzie, S Mason
C-final: L Millman, S Johnson,J Coe, R Gray
B-final: M Waller, B Ryan,D Cole, S Reeves
A-final: D Bloomfield, B Thompson,D Crompton, S Taylor

Truggies
B-final: C Hampson, P Burgess,C Drummond, N Cooke
A-final: J Joyce, J Thompson, S Johnson, S Dickman

A big thanks to Horizon Hobby UK who kindly donated prizes for the top two finishers in each final

Please note that the computer problems have corrupted the race data and individual laptimes are only available for rallycross A, B and C finals and truggy A final. I will send the corrupt file to bbk to see if he can recover the missing data !

This was the final round of the Interclub series between Herts Nitro and Norfolk Buggy clubs. In addition, it was also the 6th and final round of the summer series.

There were 48 buggies and 17 truggies entered.

There were 3 rounds x 5min qualifiers, followed by 15 min finals for everyone, with the top two in each final bumping up. Elliott Boots won the rallycross class and Jim Thompson won the truggy class.

Rallycross
E-final: J Keatley, S Burton, J Jimenez, M Elms
D-final: S Banks, P Saggers, K Saggers, J Keatley
C-final: R Gray, O Tebbutt, T Saggers, I Strittmatter
B-final: J Nagy, P Stevens, S Johnson, O Tebbutt
A-final: E Boots, S Taylor, J Niall, M Craddock

Truggies
B-final: C Taylor, J Geaves, C Drummond, P Britten
A-final: J Thompson, M Gregory, J Niall, O O'Conor

Congratulations to John Niall for winning the Herts Nitro Summer 2007 Rallycross series, 2nd was Brian Ward and 3rd was Sam Taylor.

Congratulations to Steve Johnson for winning the Herts Nitro Summer 2007 Truggy series, 2nd was John Geaves (on countback) and 3rd was Oli O'Connor

Further congratulations to Sam Taylor , as second place today was also enough for him to claim the 2007 Individual East Anglia Interclub Championship, 2nd was John Niall and 3rd was Jamie Armstrong.

Herts Nitro also were 2007 East Anglia Interclub Champions with 2707 points to Norfolk's 2360 points. Follow the Interclub link for a full table of results.

This was the fifth round of the Southern Regional Series 2007 series and was originally to be hosted by the Novarossi raceway at Southend but management changes meant the venue was re-scheduled to the Herts Nitro track at Westmill Farm, Ware, Herts

There were 58 buggies and 27 truggies entered.

There were 3 rounds x 5min qualifiers, followed by 20 min finals for everyone, with the top two in each final bumping up. Sam Taylor won the rallycross class and Marc Knight won the truggy class.

Rallycross
E-final: S Dickman, N Hamilton, M Tarrier, C Rainbird
D-final: D Wood, G Dhami, M McDonnell, M Bailey
C-final: E Boots, C Collins, J Holmes. S Micheal
B-final: S Biscoe, E Boots, J Armstrong, J Holmes
A-final: S Taylor,S Willetts, E Boots, R Cree

Truggies
B-final: S Baker, T Scott, K Armstrong, L Milborne
A-final: M Knight, M Perry, J Joyce, M Bryne

Round 5 of the summer series - there were 38 buggies and 7 truggies entered.

There were 4 rounds x 5min qualifiers, followed by 20 min finals for everyone, with the top two in each final bumping up. Sam Taylor won the rallycross class and John Niall won the truggy class.

Rallycross

D-Final: M White, J Clancy, S Burton, S Tillett
C-Final: C Collins, M White, O Burton, M Jones
B-Final: B Ward, S Johnson, N Athanasiou, T Saggers
A-Final: S Taylor , S Biscoe, S Turner, B Ward

Truggies

A-Final: J Niall, S Johnson, O O'Connor, C Drummond

see updated results for current standings

Note: Round 6 has now been re-scheduled and will be run as part of the Interclub finals on 28th October at Westmill.

Top two in each final bumped up, as follows:

Rallycross
C-Final: M Gregory, G Duffy, Dealer Boot Dave, R Cullender
B-Final: M Gregory, B Ward, M Jones, M White
A-Final: J Armstrong , J Niall, M Gregory, M Smith

Unfortunately, I have not been given any details of the Truggy results !

see updated results for current standings

Note: Round 3 has now been re-scheduled and will be run as part of the finals on 28th October at Westmill.

Round 4 of the summer series - there were 25 buggies and 9 truggies entered.

There were 3 rounds x 5min qualifiers, followed by 20 min finals for everyone, with the top two in each final bumping up. John Niall won the rallycross class and Steve Johnson won the truggy class.

Rallycross
C-final: J Marchant
B-final: M Jones, O Burton, J De Haas, K Saggers
A-final: J Niall, B Ward, M Fuller, M White

Truggies
A-final: S Johnson, M Gilmore, J Geaves, J Niall

Round 3 of the summer series - there were 49 buggies and 17 truggies entered.

There were 4 rounds x 5min qualifiers, followed by 20 min finals for everyone, with the top two in each final bumping up. Elliott Boots won the rallycross class and Stephen Baker won the truggy class.

Rallycross
E-final: P Carolan
D-final: J Nagy, M Longworth, K Saggers, G Pattenden
C-final: J Nagy, S Banks, M White, M Jackson
B-final: J Nagy, S Freeman, , T Saggers, M Gregory
A-final: E Boots,T Reynolds, J Niall, R Bettaney

Truggies
B-final: D Banks, P Burgess, C Drummond, Babs
A-final: S Baker, J Geaves, K Armstrong, O O'Connor

Round 2 of the summer series - the recent bad weather and forecast rain meant that a few drivers opted to come to Westmill instead of going to Dartford for the SRS round. In addition, a festival in Guildford meant the Maxbashing boys were not running so it was a warm welcome to Dan, Nobby, Neil and the rest of the lads from Maxbashing. All this meant there was 54 buggies and 2 heats of truggies with 23 entered.

The track was dry but slippery. Some rain during the finals settled the dust but the grip was still low. There were 3 rounds x 5min qualifiers, followed by 20 min finals for everyone, with the top two in each final bumping up. John Niall won the rallycross class and John Legg won the truggy class.

Rallycross
E-final: D Latham, K Saggers, S Burton, O Burton
D-final: R Palmer, D Isherwood, I Strittmatter, G Smith
C-final: C Summers, R Palmer, D Isherwood, S Brunsden
B-final: J Thompson, M Waller, , R Palmer, T Saggers
A-final: J Niall, J Thompson, J Saunders, J Holmes

Truggies
B-final: S Bellwood , D Folds, G Clark, J Jimenez
A-final: J Legg, K Harris, S Johnson, R Ford

Thanks to Dan and the guys for making the trip and look forward to seeing them again at future meetings !!

Apologies details took so long, unfortunately, I was not at this meeting. Most drivers took a while to learn the changes to the Norfolk track. Top two in each final bumped up, as follows:

Rallycross
D-final: O Burton, P Saggers, J De Haas, S Burton
C-Final: T Saggers, M Jones, M White, O Burton
B-Final: J Thompson, G Clancy, S Johnson, M O'Donnell
A-Final: D Spashett, S Taylor, M Smith, M Gregory

Truggies
A-Final: J Geaves, S Johnson, S Baker, N Cooke

see updated results for current standings

Note: Unfortunately, round 3 at Westmill had to be cancelled to due heavy rain but we hope to re-schedule in September.

The beginning of a new era - the first ever meeting to be held at the Westmill Farm site, new home of Herts Nitro Model Club. The format was a bash day on the saturday and a race day on the sunday, sunday being the first round of the 2007 club summer series and also the first round of the 2007 East Anglia Interclub with Norfolk buggy club.

Heavy showers during saturday and the likelihood of more rain plus sunday being "Father's day" meant numbers were less than anticipated with 45 rallycross and 9 truggies.

Saturday was a chance to run your buggy / truck / truggy to get track time or fine tune that setup ready for sunday. A couple of brave souls opted to stay saturday night and watched parts of the track turn into a boating lake !!

The super aquavac's were in use sunday morning to clear most of the water. The track was muddy to start but had dried by the end of the first round of qualifying. There were 4 rounds x 5min qualifiers, followed by 20 min finals for everyone, with the top two in each final bumping up. There was a bbq dinnertime, with thanks to the Armstrong family. Sam Taylor won the rallycross class and Steve Johnson won the truggy class.

Rallycross
D-final: M Longworth, M White, P Saggers, S Burton
C-final: K Talbot, M White, D Felguer, M Jones
B-final: M Gregory, J Hall, C Smoothy, D Robinson
A-final: S Taylor, B Ward, J Niall, J Armstrong

Truggies
A-final: S Johnson, M Gregory, J Geaves, K Armstrong

Provisional Interclub standings for best 11 drivers after the meeting were:
Herts 1037 and Norfolk 864 (these are subject to confirmation by Marty and Rob).

Thanks to Marty and the guys for making the long trip and look forward to the next meeting at Norfolk on their revised track !!