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Stuart Haynes (pictured at Arena)
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8th
June 1996 – Northampton
Report by Bev Greenhalf from Short Circuit, August
1996
The Grand Prix Midgets returned to Northampton in Early
June. Sixteen cars gridded for heat one and Harry
Sayell soon worked his way through the field, taking the flag,
and did likewise in heat two. However Stuart Haynes was chasing
and got into second place on lap twelve, closing the gap until
it looked as if he might just make it into the lead.
In the final Haynes opened up a gap up front, helped by
an early error by Sayell. But Sayell began sweeping
around the outside of the track and this very quickly put
him into contention with leader Haynes, but Stuart was not
going to be robbed of this one and for nine laps these two
cars went around the oval at full chat with Sayell doing everyhting
he could to get past Haynes – who in turn kept his line well,
constantly ‘shutting the door’ on any move that Sayell made.
As the chequered flag was lifted Sayell made a last desperate
attempt to get to the front. Haynes however was well up to
the mark and he clogged it hard around the last bend with
Sayell literally climbing down his exhaust pipe, crossing
the line first. Third place went to Neil Clarke, who in fact
was not all that far behind when the flag went out.
Bill Boarer Memorial: 1st Stuart Haynes 2nd
Harry Sayell, 3rd Neil Clarke 4th
John Weston 5th Stuart Staniford, 6th
Gary Granger
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