Raceway Times

Raceway Times

Congratulations

Onchan Raceway was voted one of the top three Best Nights Out in the
2008 Isle of Man Tourism Awards

To vote for ONCHAN RACEWAY in the 2009 Isle of Man Tourism Awards for the,
“ATTRACTION OF THE YEAR”
Click on www.visitisleofman.com Nominations close 12 noon Friday 30th October 2009.
Thank you for your support.

Latest Updates

MID SEASON DEMOLITION DERBY UPDATE. See below.

MINIMOTO TT DISPLAY REPORT. See below or click on to Minimoto’s to find out more information.

PRODUCTION ROD’S FOR SALE. A Honda Civic See advert by clicking here Classifieds

HIRE A FORMULA 2 ... BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! See Classifieds

NEW GRADINGS FOR MINISTOX. To see the new roof colours see Rules & Regs and go to 2009 Gradings.

PRODUCTION RODS RACE DATES. See below or to down load a copy go to Rules & Regs

Mid Season Demolition Derby
Sunday 12^th July Starts 2pm.

This meeting sees the annual Jim King trophy awarded to the top point scoring Formula 2 driver of the meeting, meanwhile the Onchan Commissioners Cup will be presented to the highest point scoring Banger driver. Ministox and Production Rods will also be in action throughout the afternoon.

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The mid season Demolition Derby with prize money and 50 championship points awarded to the last car mobile will end a busy afternoon of racing. The £100 prize money will be increased to £150 if more than 10 cars enter the demolition derby. Also an extra £100 prize money sponsored by Celtic Truck Services is on offer to the school which supports the winning banger driver or the last supported banger by the school.

Drivers are asked to approach their local school to see if the pupils / staff wish to be involved in preparing / painting their car and supporting it during the meeting.

MINIMOTO TT DISPLAY

Local minimoto riders attended our recent stockcar race meeting held on the 11^th June 2009 during T.T. race week. During the meeting we held two demonstration races that included both minimoto solos and sidecars. Jake and Colin Clague, James Thompson, Taylor Shipton and Ed Douthwaite used their own bikes and sidecar outfit to race round the 400 metre oval track. Only two chicanes were included unlike the usual track layout for the minimoto practice sessions that are held on Wednesday evenings at the Raceway where we utilises more chicanes to test the riders skill, however the spectators including many T.T. race fans appreciated the display that the young ride P6110456 rs put on for them.

The T.T stockcar meeting had the European flare to it this year where the young riders had the privilege to challenge and race against one of this years T.T. competitors #86 Axel Rauch from Germany who raced one of the Raceways sidecar outfits which had appropriately the German flag paint scheme on it. Axels mechanic Jurgen Nagel also part of the Equipe 37 racing team ( www.equipe37.de ) raced a sidecar with the stars and stripes paint work.

Jurgen Nagel and Axel Rauch Equipe 37 enduro team

The first chicane caught Axel out who spectacularly rolled the German machine, but he remounted to complete the race. Jurgen completed both minimoto races and also raced the Formula 2 hire car finishing both races. An enjoyable event was had by all. A big Thank you to Jake, Colin, James, Taylor, Ed and of course their Dad’s who helped with the preparation of the bikes and to both Axel and Jurgen for agreeing to come along and joining us at the stockcar meeting. We look forward to welcoming them both back again soon.

From left to right: Taylor Shipton, Colin Clague, Jurgen Nagel, Axel Rauch, Ed Douthwaite, James Thompson, Jake Clauge.

For more information about the minimotos click here Minimoto’s

STOCKCAR REPORT THURSDAY 11^TH JUNE 2009

The Road and Track motorcycles sponsored stockcar meeting held on Thursday P1010007 evening saw #118 Alex Callister stamp his authority on the ministox races, first by winning the whites and yellows race then by claiming victory in the three remaining races, to win the 1^st overall trophy. Luke Dawson #777 finished second in the whites and yellows and maintains his lead in this championship. # 95 Ryan Henderson had to settle for 3 second place finishes and second overall, as he could not catch the flying Alex. #184 Rory Mc Cann finished behind Luke in race 1 but then outscored him by 1 point in the rest of the meeting to win the 3^rd overall trophy. #400 Emily Grimshaw finished all races but lacked power in her usually quick mini.

Trials star Steve Colley made a successful debut driving the Formula 2 hire car, after just a few laps of practice he was soon on the pace of the local drivers, finishing a very creditable 4^th after mixing it with others throughout the race. Out front #14 Craig Lee kept his nerve to win even when challenged by #426 Mark Davenport in the closing stages. The assembled crowd showed their appreciation to both Craig and Steve on their victory lap, Steve then leaving to do a trials show in Peel. This gave Juergen Nagel the mechanic of German motorcycle race team Equip 37 a chance to drive the hire car, finishing both remaining races which #358 Mark Hargreaves won leading home #426 Mark Davenport on each occasion. The Road and Track trophies were awarded to 1^st Mark Davenport, 2^nd Mark Hargreaves, 3^rd #43 Billy O Neill.

Jurgen and Equip 37 team leader and T.T. rider #86 Axel Rauch also competed against local riders in the two minimoto demonstration races during the meeting. More pictures of the night’s Minimoto and Minimoto sidecar display can be seen on www.photos.onchanraceway.com

#79 Peter Kelly won race 1 for Bangers finishing ahead of #313 Stephen Smithies and #107 Will Heavey. Race 2 had to be stopped to attend to Peter who had hit the turn 3 fencing hard. #61 Shaun Brennan then raced to victory on the restart finishing ahead of #890 Dave Bennet and # 369 Leigh Sheppard. Race 3 was stopped on lap 6 due to a heavy shunt involving Leigh who half spun in turns 1 and 2 and was collected by the chasing pack of cars. Leigh required medical assistance from Hogg Rescue and St John Ambulance crews, the race win was awarded to #46 Rhys Warrilow who was leading at the time of the stoppage, making a successful Banger debut having graduated from racing ministox last

year. The Road and Track trophies were awarded to 1^st Stephen Smithies 2^nd Dave Bennett, 3^rd Shaun Brennan.

Racing now takes a 3 week break resuming on Monday 6^th July racing starting at 7.45 pm. Followed by the mid season Demolition Derby meeting held on Sunday 12^th July starting at 2pm.

PRODUCTION RODS RACE DATES 2009

MAY MONDAY 4TH

MONDAY 18TH

JUNE THURSDAY 4TH

JULY SUNDAY 12TH

THURSDAY 30TH

AUGUST THURSDAY 13TH

MONDAY 24TH

SEPTEMBER THURSDAY 3RD

SUNDAY 6TH

ADDITIONAL DATES CAN BE ADDED IF DRIVER SUPPORT / NUMBERS INCREASE.

MINIMOTO SIDECAR RACING