Post by Dent on Aug 24, 2007 18:26:45 GMT 1
THE GARRY STEAD BENEFIT GRAND PRIX
SHEFFIELD
SHEFFIELD
1. Tai Woffinden (Rye House) - 3 2 2 1 = 8
2. Lee Complin (Stoke) - 2 2 3 3 = 10 WINNER
3. Jason Lyons (Birmingham) - 1 2 3 3 = 9 FOURTH
4. Magnus Zetterstrom (Somerset) - 0 3 2 0 = 5
5. Andre Compton (Sheffield) - 3 3 2 0 = 8 THIRD
6. Freddie Lindgren (Wolverhampton) - 2 3 3 3 = 11 SECOND
7. Paul Cooper (Sheffield) - 0 EF 1 2 = 3
8. Rusty Harrison (Stoke) - 1 0 2 1 = 4
9. Richard Hall (Peterborough) - F = 0 (WITHDRAWN)
10. Chris Kerr (Redcar) - 2 FX 0 2 = 4
11. Simon Stead (Belle Vue) - 3 3 1 2 = 9
12. Steve Johnston (Coventry) - 1 2 1 3 = 7
13. Ricky Ashworth (Sheffield) - 1 1 3 EF = 5
14. Gary Havelock (Redcar) - 3 1 EF X = 4
15. Joel Parsons (Sheffield) - 2 1 0 1 = 4
16. George Stancl (Edinburgh) - 0 1 0 1 = 2
17. Ben Barker (Stoke) - 0 0 F 2 = 2
Referee: Craig Ackroyd
Weather: Warm, Sunny & Dry
Track : Looks in excellant condition
Heat 1: Woffinden, Complin, Lyons, Zetterstrom. 59.6
From the gate. Plenty of track between the riders.
Heat 2: Compton, Lindgren, Harrison, Cooper. 61.0
Harrison passes Cooper on the first bend of the second lap. Cooper close on final bend of final lap but still comes last.
Heat 3: Stead, Kerr, Johnston, Barker
Hall took a nasty tumble on second bend of lap 1 and has been taken to hospital. Re-Run - Clear win for Stead. Johnston close to passing Kerr on fourth bend of third lap but locked up too much.
Heat 4: Havelock, Parsons, Ashworth, Stancl. 61.7
Havelock passed Parsons on the third and fourth bend of the first lap and then stretched out a good lead.
Heat 5: Compton, Woffinden, Ashworth, Barker. 60.4
Compton passed Ashworth on second bend of first lap and Tai did the same on the third and fourth bend.
Heat 6: ReReun. Lindgren, Complin, Havelock, Kerr f/ex. 61.0
Kerr fell on third bend of first lap but got up and is ok. In the re-run Lindgren blasted round the boards. Complin got close on the fourth bend of second lap but Lindgren pulled away on the home straight.
Heat 7: Stead, Lyons, Parsons, Cooper ef. 62.1
From the gate. Cooper's engine went on the third lap.
Heat 8: Zetterstrom, Johnston, Stancl, Harrison. 62.8
From the gate.
Heat 9: Lindgren, Woffinden, Stead, Stancl. 62.1
Stead passed Stancl on second bend of second lap.
Heat 10: Complin, Compton, Johnston, Parsons. 61.8
Complin blasted round the boards. Compton passed Johnno on home straight at start of lap 2. Parsons and Johnno passing each other but Johnno too fast and takes third.
Heat 11: Lyons, Harrison, Havelock ef, Barker f. 64.3
Havelock engine failure on first bend. Barker fell on fourth bend of second lap and did well to clear the track.
Heat 12: Ashworth, Zetterstrom, Cooper, Kerr. 62.5
From the gate. Debs says there is no fence left where Barker hit it.
Heat 13: Re-Run. Johnston, Cooper, Woffinden, Havelock ex tapes. 63.4
Heat 14: Complin, Stead, Harrison, Ashworth ef. 62.4
Ashworth bike went on fourth bend of third lap.
Heat 15: Lyons, Kerr, Stancl, Compton. 64.4
Kerr blasted his way from third to first down backstraight. Lyons passed Kerr on third bend of second lap.
Heat 16: Lindgren, Barker, Parsons, Zetterstrom. 64.2
Lindgren blasted round the boards and took the lead on fourth bend of first lap. Parsons took third place as Zorro lost power on the final bend of the last lap.
Semi Final 1: Compton, Lindgren, Stead, Johnston. 62.9
Stead passed Johnno on last bend of last lap.
Semi Final 2: Complin, Lyons, Ashworth, Woffinden. 63.5
Lyons challenged for lead on third bend of first lap but Complin pulled away on the home straight.
Grand Final: Complin, Lindgren, Compton, Lyons. 63.0
Excellent race. Lindgren passed Complin on third bend of lap 1. Complin slowly catches Lindgren, they go round third bend of third lap together. Complin comes out ahead and keeps going until crossing the line first.
Golden Oldies Races
Alan Mogridge - F, NS = 0
Alan Grahame - 1, 3 = 4
Sam Ermolenko - 3, 2 = 5
Les Collins - 2, 1 = 3
Heat 1: Re-run: Ermolenko, Collins, Grahame, Mogridge f Mogridge fell on the back straight of the first lap. It's one of those nights, ambulance is out again Easy win for Sam but close on the line for second.
Heat 2: Grahame, Ermolenko, Collins. 66.5
No Match Races. Chris Morton did a couple of demonstration laps.