2008

August 3rd Yarmouth East of England Championship

It was the turn of another member of the Pooley racing team to take the honours at a very wet Gt Yarmouth circuit where Daniel (32) won the East of England Championship. He seems to be making a habit out of winning these "compass point" titles having won the Western championship earlier in the season at Grimley.

Most of the cars that raced at Ipswich the night before made it to Yarmouth with one or two exceptions, Klaus Kilianski (93) had to return to Germany but Richie Scheepens (101) stayed over from Holland to compete. Richie was racing his dad's car during the weekend as his own has not been tested sufficiently.

The new world champion Jonathon Pooley (31) charged through from the back to take the first heat from Daniel. Allen Herbert had a much improved and deserved finish coming home third. It would appear that John Lowe has worked some of his magic on the car as it was actually going where Allen pointed it and not "pushing on" all the time. Mr Chairman Gordon Pooley (33) was fourth with Cliff Bunn (23) fifth followed by Andrew Bilby (16), Steve Young (59) and Richie Scheepens (101). Steve Brattan (75) had made it up to fourth only to retire when his ball joint fell out without permission.

Heat two got under way as the rain started to fall. Some of the drivers had fitted wets but the majority were on slicks. Richie Scheepens lead the cars away with Daniel in hot pursuit. Steve Young and Gordon Pooley had a coming together on the pits bend which sent Andrew Bilby wide and allowed Steve Brattan to nip up the inside with Gordon retiring to the centre infield. Young was enjoying the conditions hanging the tail of the Mk 18 Dastle out. Jonathon was moving through the field but ran out of time to pass his brother as Daniel took the win. Young came home in third with Cliff Bunn fourth, Bilby fifth and Brattan sixth.

It was really pouring with rain for the East of England Championship and visibility was going to be a problem. Everyone was on full wets. Richie lead the field away again with Daniel and Allen following on. Brattan had made a good start and was moving through the field only to spin out on the Caister turn. This caused a marker tyre to pop out onto the track on the exit of that bend. Daniel had passed Richie and was pulling away into a large lead. Jonathon battled his way from the back again to try and chase down his brother. Young, Bilby, Bunn and a recovering Brattan were fighting over the minor places. Allen Herbert retired through lack of vision as the spray from the open wheeled racers combined with the heavy rain made conditions very difficult. At the chequered flag a delighted Daniel Pooley took the title, Jonathon coming home second with Steve Young a sideways third. Daniel completed a number of doughnuts for the appreciative crowd.