25th July - Northampton, British Championship
Report from September Short Circuit
July 25 saw the GP Midgets at Northampton for the British
Championship. Harold Lowe drew pole position out of the hat
with Garry Pollard and Geoff Hughes best placed star men at
3 and 5. When the flag dropped seventeen cars bobbed and weaved
away from the grid with Pollard leading Lowe and Hughes at
the end of lap one. Hughes, Basil Craske and Mick Bonner soon
moved through in hot pursuit of Pollard with Craske slipping'ahead
of Hughes into second spot and through into the lead on lap
ten. As this high speed train screamed round the track Pollard
tangled with a back marker and retired moving ,Hughes up to
second ahead of Bonner and Dave Cox. When the chequered flag
fluttered Craske was the new British Champion with Hughes,
Bonner, Cox, Gerry Pinny and Anthony Brewer completing the
top six. The supporting races saw some equally hectic racing
with Bonner taking two wins ahead of Craske and Roland Parker
in heat one and ahead of Malcolm Goodman and Pinny in heat
two. Dave Cox
GP Midgets Points Chart, 31st July
Top ten
1 Basil Craske 165 pts
2 Goeoff Hughes 120 pts
3 Garry Pollard 75 pts
4 Mick Bonner 61 pts
5 Gerry Pinny 60 pts
6 Dave Cox 57 pts
7 Anthony Brewer 51 pts
8 Malcolm Goodman 50 pts
9 Brian Forrest 31 pts
10 Alan Riley 30 pts
