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GP Midgets
With the June fixtures at the end of the month,
the Midgets will have had only one meeting since June's issue
of Short Circuit. That meeting belonged to Harry Sayell,
picking up his first hat- trick of the season, as well as
both the Fretten Shield and Graham Hill Memorial Trophy on
the same day at Peterborough (May 26). This seems to confirm
the VW domination for 1991, with Harry having taken 4 of the
5 major trophies contested and with 118
points is now 23 points clear of newcomer John Calladine in
the Kent Cams/George Polley Motorsport Championship.
Calladine was up at the crack of dawn on the
Sunday morning to make a 160 mile trip from Gloucs. to the
home of Kevin Stanford in Wisbech in order to repair his car
before the meeting. John discovered a stripped diff. late
Saturday evening whilst testing out a new cylinder head -
Kevin had a replacement and he and Harry Sayell helped John
repair the car before all three set off to the track. John's
commitment was duly rewarded with a third place in the Fretter
Shield and a 2nd in the Graham Hill, both achieved from his
new red grade. Its ironic that John is Harry's closest rival
at present and using an engine prepared by Harry himself!
Kevin gave Harry a real run for his money
in the Fretter with Kevin leadingthe race untilfive lapsfromthe
end and once passed by Harry, promptly pressured him all the
way to the flag. But, Kevin's luck evaporated in race 2 and
3, having to settle for a fourth in race 2 and clawing his
way back to seventh after Duncan Long collected him in Race
3. Duncan's bad luck continued at Peterborough when a broken
rosejoint relegated him in race 1, a 2nd place in Race 2 only
briefly consoled him before he clipped a backmarker in Race
3 resulting in a collision with the armco and damage to no
less than four suspension wishbones. David Shreeve, Harry's
mentor in 1990 is also having a spell of bad lick and he also
tested the armco heavily at the meeting. John Weston's new
car made it's long awaited debut - another well turned out
car thanks to Dermon McGivern's efforts. He is experiencing
some handling problems and as the panels are still unpainted
is keeping everyone guessing as to its livery. The Swift
twins were exhibiting their colourful paint job but denied
rumours of sponsorship from Dulux! A delighted Stuart Haynes
collected his first trophy at his second outing taking 3rd
place in the Graham Hill.
After the European Championship in June, July
will see the Midgets first Spedeworth meeting of the year
with the National Championship at Eastbourne on the 21st.
The date and venue of the World Championship is still awaited
with August a possible date and Tilburg a possible venue,
where the 'traditional' Midgets are now racing. Whilst those
at Posterholt are favouring Circuit Formula 2000 chassis (with
Toyota engines) but some question as to their eligibility
to meet spec. has been raised and the breakaway Midget group
led by Klaus Kilianski are currently racing separately. The
two groups do not appear to be able to work together at this
stage though negotiations are continuing. If necessary the
World event may be staged in Britain as a last resort
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