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preview: Rounds 1&2 cASTLE cOMBE

MAY 29-30, 2016

WORDS: Richard Williamson

Despite Storm Katie’s best efforts back in March when the opening rounds were flooded out, the M7RC has re-scheduled a quick return to Combe as part of the Club’s landmark 50th Anniversary season MINI SE7EN & S CLASS With four races run since the abandoned fixture here two months ago, Welsh speed demon Ashley Davies has established himself firmly at the head of the Quick Links

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points table with a clean sweep of victories at Brands Hatch and Cadwell Park. His nearest rival, Charlie Budd, is 17 points adrift having been on the podium twice so far, with previous champions

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Max Hunter and Andrew Deviny, along with seasoned campaigner Graeme Davis, also scoring topthree finishes.

The revitalised budget-tuned 1275cc S-Class has seen a healthy take-up of entries this season, and although 2014 champion Shaun Tarlton has been best in class

twice, newcomers Justin Cooper and Josh Collins have taken a class win apiece too.

Expect a packed entry and plenty of thrills from the mini buzz-bombs to keep up the entertainment factor – as it has done for the past half-century!

Mini se7en Records Lap record: Jabez Dyer Time: 1:24.002 Ave. 79.28 mph

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Time: 1:17.551 Ave. 85.88 mph set on 23 June 2007

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MINI MIGLIA (& INVITATION) in at his local Brands circuit and a further pair of third places has helped returning Mini past master, Bill Sollis, to the top of the standings, although he may well miss this fixture due to MINI Challenge commitments.

Reigning champion Kane Astin lies second having also made the podium on three occasions, but it is Shayne Deegan in fourth overall who is the man on form with a double victory last time out at Quick Links

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Cadwell, and a third win at Brands before a DNF in the second race there reduced his tally. 2014 champion Rupert Deeth started well at Brands with two high finishes but will want to forget his Cadwell trip after a crash and a lowly finish, while Aaron Smith in third overall is a proven race winner.

An equally healthy line-up is promised for Combe, but picking a winner won’t be easy - or keeping up with the pace of the action as these mini Touring Cars reach speeds in excess of 120mph!

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Race Report Round 5 Cadwell Park May 14, 2016

Davies dominates WORDS: Richard Williamson PHOTOS: www.mbracephotography.co.uk

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MINI SE7EN: RACE 1 errific 26-car grid for the Se7ens was headed by Charlie Budd, recording his first ever pole position in the category, ahead of three-time champion Andrew Deviny, Spencer Wanstall and Brands double-winner Ashley Davies. Quickest S-Class was Josh Collins in 16th overall, while making his M7RC debut was Andy Dickinson on the 10th row. Missing for the mid-afternoon race however would be Ian Deviny after being taken ill.

The race itself was shaping up to be a real humdinger, with a train of cars all vying for Quick Links

the 20 points top prize. Until lap seven that is when, having led impressively for some distance, Wanstall overcooked it into The Mountain and found himself facing the wrong way. As the first couple of cars either dodged by or were forced to brake, the unsighted Max Hunter (on a charge up from the back of the grid) firstly caught Deviny a hefty whack in the left rear corner before cannoning into the stationary Wanstall with some force. The emergency vehicles were scrambled and Max was eventually taken away suffering from a severe winding, although the race

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remained under yellow flags, at least at the crash scene.

After this the pace naturally dropped and the flag was shown at nine laps, which left Davies again in front for the third time in three races, by 0.739s from Budd who scored by far his best Se7en result to date, and with Graeme Davis in third. Impressive performances too came from newcomers Tom Sanderson and Robert Pearson in fourth and fifth respectively, while Lewis Selby completed a great drive from the back into sixth place, like Hunter having only recorded one lap in qualifying.

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Leon Wightman, Daniel Budd (also a back-row starter), Steve Trench and top novice, Leon (Oli) Window, who hails from the same Welsh neck of the woods as the race winner.

Just behind Ian Briscall (in an ex-Paul Spark car) in 11th we had a great dice for S-Class honours, Justin Cooper and Collins split by about half-a-second, followed closely by former S-Class double-champion Julian Proctor, Malcolm Keat, new boy Dickinson third in class and David Robinson. Final finisher in 18th and just about un-lapped was James Bull’s S-Class.

Along with Wanstall, Hunter and Deviny, also on the DNF list were Simon Quick Links

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Jones in his first Se7en race, Ross Billison who suffered another timing belt failure after two laps, Dom Burger (in the ex-Spark 2015 title-winning car) and Andy Miller. Fastest lap went to Davies, although not in record time.

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MINI SE7EN ROUND 5 RESULT 1 2 3 4 5

Ashley Davies Charlie Budd Graeme Davis Tom Sanderson Robert Pearson

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Round 5 Cadwell Park May 14, 2016

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MINI MIGLIA: RACE 1 er the grandness of the Brands Hatch GP circuit, it was then onto the magnificence of Cadwell Park, or ‘The mini Nurburgring’ as the 2.1869-mile track is affectionately known.

to be reined in then it would need his rivals to use all their experience to do so. However, an early coming together between Sollis and Astin saw both tumble down the order, leaving the poleman well out in front. The usual nose-totail chasing pack tried their hardest to keep up with the Proving that his pace in Baldwin Motorsport machine, Kent was no newcomer luck, too hard at one point as both Shayne Deegan set pole James Coulson and Rupert position in the early Saturday Deeth went out in the same morning qualifying session, incident on lap six. Also and by a confident 0.789s dropping by the wayside were margin too. Deegan was Rob Howard on lap seven, ahead of the other Brands Tony Le May on lap eight and victor, Bill Sollis, with reigning Dave Drew on the final lap. champ’ Kane Astin joined This left Aaron Smith as on the second row by Sam Deegan’s closest challenger Summerhayes. A decent 15having moved up seven car entry appeared, with places from where he started, Jim Burrows debuting his but a massive-in-Mini terms converted Se7en-to-Miglia S-Class, only the second person 9.313s behind at the end of 10 laps, while Soliis put in a to try this category since Phil remarkable recovery drive to Harvey a few seasons ago. third, just getting back past Come the early afternoon Summerhayes for the final race, if Deegan was going Quick Links

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podium spot. Colin Peacock and Dan Wheeler were also in this battle, while rounding out the finishers were Mark Sims from Gary Warburton, and Burrows a lap down as he familiarised himself with the new set-up. Astin trailed in two laps down with the handling a bit out but a finish is a finish and could be important come season end.

Meanwhile back at the sharp end, the race winner further underlined his title potential with a new lap record of 1:39.283, over a second quicker than anyone else.

MINI MIGLIA ROUND 5 RESULT 1 2 3 4 5

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Race Report Fast deviny can’t catch davies

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MINI SE7EN: RACE 2 h burning of the midnight oil, sourcing replacement subframes, parts and lenses, porta-powering out bent panels and general re-fettling had all but three cars ready for the second Se7en race on Sunday – Ian Deviny, Miller and Wanstall, the latter’s third row spot left vacant.

Andrew Deviny led away from pole and held the line into Coppice, with Budd and Davies all over him like a rash.

The inevitable soon happened though, and with what seems a new-found cool head under pressure, Davies found a way past and thereafter barely put a wheel wrong on his way to a relatively comfortable 4.959s victory. Deviny maintained second as Charlie Budd fell away over the last couple of tours, while remarkably, Selby and, even more remarkably, a recovered Hunter in his Quick Links

Round 6 Cadwell Park May 15, 2016

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repaired car, both flew up the order to finish fourth and fifth respectively. Almost unnoticed in sixth, Sanderson collected another hefty lot of points with a smooth run, likewise Billison in seventh was happy to have cured his early season problem with ‘boggo’ chaindriven timing, and Proctor also had a more fruitful run than the day before. The next trio along should have been Davis, Daniel Budd and Window, but only the latter survived a threeinto-two-won’t-go scenario cresting The Mountain, the other two ending up against the Armco on the grassy downslope… The S-Class battle was reversed on this occasion, Collins edging clear of Cooper after the latter encountered a misfire, both sandwiching Briscall in 12th spot.

Completing the runners were Keat, just ahead of Robinson and Dickinson who had a ding-dong duel all the way,

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then Burger and Bull, with Trench dropping out on eight laps with a sheared hub nut, Pearson early on when running in the top six, and Jones who returned to the paddock after the warm-up lap.

Deviny had the honour of breaking Neil Johnson’s 15year old lap record, with a 1:49.168, but it is Davies who heads to the re-scheduled Combe meeting surely full of confidence after a clean sweep of all four races so far.

MINI SE7EN ROUND 6 RESULT 1 2 3 4 5

Ashley Davies Andrew Deviny Charlie Budd Lewis Selby Max Hunter

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Race Report Round 6 Cadwell Park May 15, 2016

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MINI MIGLIA: RACE 2 right, dry Sunday morning, and once more Deegan lined up on pole with Sollis on the outside, though this time Peacock replaced Summerhayes alongside Astin on the second row.

battle for fourth proved the main source of entertainment to onlookers, with up to 10 cars all in the mix. Peacock and Summerhayes had been at the head of the queue until a couple of laps from home saw a clash on the sweeping climb up around Charlies, From his outside line position, the former then dropping rapidly down the order with Sollis seemed to bog down at his front suspension awry. the start - “we have an issue” The tight nature of the track he commented later – and was further evident as several so Deegan got a fairly clear bashed lights and wheel run up to Coppice as Astin, marks testified afterwards, Peacock and Summerhayes particularly after the pack had took up the chase behind. encountered a backmarker in Very soon it had become a the Hall Bends! Summerhayes three-way lead battle, with held onto fourth, with Le May Deegan just about holding the advantage from Astin and enjoying his run into fifth Sollis, the three of them closing from Howard and Drew, all three happy to finish on this up in some sections but the occasion. Wheeler led the overall gap remaining at just next bunch of Smith, Deeth, under three seconds until the flag, although Sollis very nearly Coulson and Sims, with grabbed second from Astin on Peacock back in 13th ahead of Warburton, and Burrows the last lap. Meanwhile, the

again a lap adrift, meaning all 15 starters at least finished.

But for his tardy start, Sollis may well have been able to get into the lead but was always playing catch up, and on the podium was heard to say he would trade his new lap record (1:39.628) for Deegan’s top step finish. So, a double victory for the ‘special #50’ makes Deegan the man on form, but there is still a long way to go this season!

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MINI MIGLIA ROUND 6 RESULT 1 2 3 4 5

Shayne Deegan Kane Astin Bill Sollis Sam Summerhayes Tony Le May

New lap record: B Sollis 1:39.628

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Ashley DAVIES Charlie BUDD Max HUNTER Graeme DAVIS Andrew DEVINY Robert PEARSON Daniel BUDD Spencer WANSTALL Tom SANDERSON Lewis SELBY Julian PROCTOR Leon Oli WINDOW Gareth HUNT Leon WIGHTMAN Kieren MCDONALD Josh COLLINS Nathan BURGE Steve TRENCH Ian BRISCALL Darren THOMAS Justin COOPER Shaun TARLTON Ross BILLISON Malcolm KEAT Tina COOPER Dave ROBINSON Andy DICKINSON Dom BURGER Steven HOPPER James BULL Julian AFFLECK Lewis FOX Kevin O’SHEA Simon JONES Kelvin EDGAR Andy MILLER Ian DEVINY Anthony TOWEY

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FL: A Davies FL: A Deviny (rec)

Pole: C Budd Pole: A Deviny

Spax Improver: L Selby (+18) Spax Improver: M Hunter (+21)

* 28 March - Meeting Abandoned/Postponed before qualifying

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Bill SOLLIS Kane ASTIN Aaron SMITH Shayne DEEGAN Dan WHEELER Colin PEACOCK Sam SUMMERHAYES Rupert DEETH Mark SIMS Tony LE MAY Rob HOWARD Gary WARBURTON James COULSON Tristen KNIGHT Phil HARVEY Jim BURROWS Dave DREW Bob HUMPHREYS Niven BURGE Michael GREEN

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FL: n/a FL: n/a FL: S Deegan FL: R Deeth

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FL: S Deegan FL: B Sollis (rec)

Pole: S Deegan Pole: S Deegan

Spax Improver: A Smith (+7) Spax Improver: D Drew (+5)

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From the Archives: Castle Combe Race of the Day

WORDS: Richard Williamson PHOTOS: M7RC Archive

We spotlight one particular Castle Combe race from 35 years ago…

1981

1981: Midfield battle - John Davies leads ‘The Flying Lancashire Lass’ Janet McPherson Photo: J Parish Collection

1981: Guidery “Spectacular win” Photo: Autosport

GUIDERY GETS THE NOD

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WET WILTSHIRE track for the seventh round of the National Miglia Challenge didn’t dampen the action; Martin Guidery led a fantastic four-car blur over the line.

Motoring News reported:

“The steady downpours did nothing to dampen the ardour of the Mini 1000 competitors. Mike Fry kept a watching brief of the place swapping duel between Dave Carvell, Martin Guidery and Chris Hampshire for half the race, and when Fry made his move he quickly took second place at Camp.

Roy Kwei and Rick Cutting had a good scrap over fifth and if the race had been a little longer Kwei might well have challenged the leaders. A delighted Guidery grabbed first in the usual last lap, last corner sort out.”

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From the Archives: Castle Combe Race of the Day Autosport said:

“The top four shuffled themselves avidly”

“If only every class of racing produced the spectacle and excitement of the National Mini 1000 Championship. This seventh round, sponsored by Hartwells of Bath, began with David Carvell leading fellow second row qualifier Martin Guidery with Chris Hampshire, Mike Fry and championship leader Rick Cutting hard on their heels from row one. Cutting got left behind to scrap with Roy Kwei while the top four shuffled themselves avidly to finish with garage proprietor Guidery heading Fry, Carvell and Hampshire - first to fourth covered by 0.5sec! - while Kwei eventually broke away from Cutting RESULT: to finish fifth. Amazingly, these guys BRSCC – SW Monday 25 May 1981 receive no financial reward for their NATIONAL MINI MIGLIA (1000) splendid efforts.”

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Pos No Driver 10 Laps / Speed 1 5 Martin GUIDERY 13:59.4 / 78.91 mph 2 11 Mike FRY 13:59.5 3 8 David CARVELL 13:59.7 4 6 Chris HAMPSHIRE 13:59.9 5 44 Roy KWEI

14:01.5 6 4 Rick CUTTING 14:10.4 7 103 John DAVIES 14:20.6 8 53 John SIMPSON 14:21.6 9 7 Tony EDMONDS 14:27.3 10 90 Janet MCPHERSON 14:43.6 11 81 John HEATHCOCK 14:54.3 12 54 Dennis JELLETT 14:54.9 13 28 Peter CALVER 14:55.5 14 48 Laurie MUNN 15:26.2 dnf dnf

1981: Programme cover Image: courtesy BR SCC

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2 Darren Thomas 3 Ashley Davies 5 Graeme Davis 7 Kieren McDonald 9 Spencer Wanstall 10 Charlie Budd 17 Ian Briscall 18 Lewis Selby 19 Tom Sanderson 21 Tina Cooper 24 Andrew Deviny 27 Leon Oli Window 28 Dom Burger 34 Anthony Towey 37 Gareth Hunt 38 Steven Hopper 45 Leon Wightman 46 Max Hunter 47 Daniel Budd 49 Ross Billison 52 Nathan Burge 54 Lewis Fox 60 Malcolm Keat 63 Dave Robinson 69 Steve Trench 71 Simon Jones 84 Robert Pearson 95 Julian Proctor

1 Kane Astin 13 Phil Harvey 20 Mark Sims 21 Aaron Smith 23 Rupert Deeth 28 Bob Humphreys 29 Dave Drew 47 James Coulson 49 Gary Warburton 50 Shayne Deegan 53 Niven Burge 55 Michael Green 69 Tony Le May 72 Rob Howard 77 Tristen Knight 80 Bill Sollis 83 Colin Peacock 85 Sam Summerhayes 88 Dan Wheeler

Mini Se7en s class 700 Justin Cooper 711 Ian Deviny 723 James Bull 747 Kevin Edgar 771 Julian Affleck 785 Josh Collins 791 Shaun Tarlton 792 Kevin O’Shea

Invitation 113 Phil Harvey 122 David Usher 241 Damon Astin

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As of Round 3 it’s , lead of the Se7ens Paul Spark in the Donny and placed having won at Rockingham races. strongly in both ent from the threestatem It’s a strong who will be looking time champion, in on the board to put early points consecutive title. pursuit of his fourth

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We also need to make sure the TV commentators have an accurate entry list ahead of the event so driver profiles can be prepared. Remember this is LIVE TV!

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In the Mini Se7ens, reigning champion Paul Spark crossed the line to take the first chequered flag of the year.

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Roll of Honour The Champions YEAR Mini Se7en Mini Miglia

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2015 Paul Spark Kane Astin 2014 Andrew Deviny Rupert Deeth 2013 Andrew Deviny Peter Baldwin 2012 Paul Spark Peter Baldwin 2011 Paul Spark Endaf Owens 2010 Paul Spark Paul Thompson 2009 Kane Astin Andy Hack 2008 Paul Thompson Andy Hack 2007 Max Hunter Andy Hack 2006 Andrew Deviny Bill Sollis 2005 Paul Thompson Peter Baldwin 2004 James Hall Peter Baldwin 2003 Tim Sims Peter Baldwin 2002 Tim Sims Chris Lewis 2001 Tim Sims Peter Baldwin 2000 Dave Braggins Peter Baldwin 1999 Dave Braggins Ian Curley 1998 Matt Hayman Ian Curley 1997 Steve Bell Bill Sollis 1996 Phil Manser Stewart Drake 1995 Mike Jackson Chris Lewis 1994 Ian Curley Chris Lewis 1993 Tina Cooper Ian Gunn 1992 Mike Jackson Myk Cable 1991 Bill Sollis Myk Cable 1990 Bill Sollis Owen Hall 1989 Steve Cooper Myk Cable 1988 Malcolm Joyce Russell Grady 1987 Chris Tyrell Russell Grady

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Club Contacts CHAIRMAN Nick Cooke E: nick.cooke@mini7.co.uk COMMERCIAL MANAGER Colin Peacock E: colin.peacock@mini7.co.uk TREASURER Jeffrey Parish E: jeffrey.parish@mini7.co.uk CHAMPIONSHIP CO-ORDINATOR Richard Williamson E: richard.williamson@mini7.co.uk COMPETITION MANAGER Mike Jackson E: mike.jackson@mini7.co.uk Membership Secretary Sharon Roche E: membership@mini7.co.uk

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