1991

21st July 1991 - Arlington - National Championship
Short Circuit September 1991 by Paul Huggett

Harry Sayell reaffirmed his position as current top UK Midget racer when the GP Midget circus made its first appearance at Arlington Raceway for more than ten years recently. With the National Championship title up for grabs, a surprisingly sparse entry made the trip to the Sussex track, but revived memories of the speed and inherent hazards of the fast but narrow circuit faced by the rapid open-wheel racers in the heyday of Spedeworth Midget racing in the late sixties, early seventies.

There were happily no major wrecks, but a tangle involving, among others, Kevin Swift and Stuart Haynes brought out the red flags for a restart in the main event. Sayell worked his way through in his smooth style to take the lead, with the similar VW machine of Duncan Long suffering mechanical problems, as was Kev Stanford's Arrow. Runners-up in the National race were Gordon Pooley and John Weston.

Sayell was out of luck in the first of two support races, the Kings Lynn man tangling with another car and losing part of the front panel work, but after a grand dice with Weston, took the third race, with Midget Points Championship number two John Calladine in close company at the end.