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2nd October, Bill Boarer Shield
Report by Mark Baulch from Ringwood's website
The Grand Prix Midgets visited
Ringwood Raceway for the last time in 2004, 14 of them making
the trip to the track to contend their Bill Boarer Shield.
Steve Terry 6 led the first race for a substantial part of
it, before being overcome by Neil Clarke 77. He only just
clinched the victory, as new World Champion Rob Sayell 10
made a very late challenge and almost took the lead on the
very last bend.
Sayell made no such mistake in
the second race, staking his claim on the trophy that he won
he 2002, the last time that it was presented. This race saw
a couple of fast spins on the pit bend thanks in main to the
extremely wet track, but then they had hoped for a wet meeting!
The final was set to be extremely
exciting and we were not disappointed. Steve Terry 6 looked
strong once again in the early laps, but Neil Clarke 77 and
Rob Sayell 10 were just too quick for him. He drove well to
hold on to third place though. So it was all down to the two
heat winners. But, this time Rob Sayell 10 had to settle for
the runners-up place, as Neil Clarke 77 made his little car
as wide as possible to claim the title.
Heat 1: 77, 10, 19, 12, 43, 12,
6, 21.
Heat 2: 10, 77, 21, 6, 43, 19,
78, 18.
Final: 77, 10, 6, 12, 19, 21, 43,
78.
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