The Lightning Rods are similar in concept to the Stock Rods, but as you can see these are bigger! The regulations of the formula restrict the choice of car to the popular and readily available 2-litre Ford Sierra and Sapphire, which makes this class very affordable indeed.

The larger canvas available to the drivers does enable some highly detailed paint jobs.

Seeing a full field of Lightning Rods charging around the incredibly fast oval at Ipswich (Foxhall Heath) is probably the closest thing you'll see this side of the Atlantic to the big American NASCAR stock car racing!

In recent years the formula has seen large fields of cars, and with the annual Budweiser Series this formula is certainly one to watch. Series details HERE.

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2008 Registered Drivers List.

305
Gavin Botfield
307
Collin Moss
309
Micheal Lane
310
Rod Pigott
311
Paul Harden
319
Stephen Warren
321
Nick Cook
329
George Morphey
330
Mark Wilkin
331
Micheal Gabriel
332
Thomas Marston
337
Ian Wright
339
Ben Furness
341
Jason Osborn
348
Sonny Sherwood
351
Richard Spavins
355
Mick Walker
357
Thomas Farren
358
Mark Neve
363
Lee Walker
365
Robin Moore
368
Steve Santry
369
Ray Harris
386
Marcus Gridley
390
Alan Amis
391
Vince Abbatecola
395
Graham Murray
399
Craig West
404
Paul Brown
409
David Burton
411
Richard Warner
412
Jon Turvey
413
Carl Steptoe
422
Jai Summers
441
Gary Legrice
442
Graham Kerry
445
Craig Boyd
455
Luke Stone
456
Darren Goudy
495
Stuart Sculthorpe
511
Keith Miller
518
Jim Harper
541
Harry  Skoyles
543
Shaun  Copland
553
Colin Keyton
555
Roger Tuckwell
578
Ben Wilkins
585
Matthew Cope
619
Fred Kinsella (Snr)
636
Lee Skoyles
641
William Skoyles Jnr
686
Tommy Miller
730
Mike Daniels
781
Neil Wollington
882
Bob Ballard Jnr

55 Drivers

2008 Fixtures

1st January

Wimbledon

9th March

Wimbledon

23rd March

Yarmouth – Norfolk Championship

30th March

Bovingdon – Yokohama Tyres/Polley Motorsport Series Round 1

19th April

Ipswich - Meeting Abandoned

5th May

Eastbourne – Southern Championship

11th May

Mallory Park

17th May

Ipswich – Yokohama Tyres/Polley Motorsport Series Round 2

25th May

Wimbledon – Yokohama Tyres/Polley Motorsport Series Round 3

1st June

Aldershot – Yokohama Tyres/Polley Motorsport Series Round 4

7th June

Ipswich – Yokohama Tyres/Polley Motorsport Series Round 5

18th June

Eastbourne – Yokohama Tyres/Polley Motorsport Series Round 6

29th June

Aldershot

5th & 6th July

Ipswich Spede Weekend – 2008 European Championship

13th July

Bovingdon – Yokohama Tyres/Polley Motorsport Series Round 7

20th July

Yarmouth – Yokohama Tyres/Polley Motorsport Series Round 8

27th July Nutts Corner - 2008 British Championship

2nd & 3rd August

Hednesford - 2008 National Championship

7th August

Yarmouth – Yokohama Tyres/Polley Motorsport Series Round 9

10th August

Bovingdon

16th August

Ipswich – Yokohama Tyres/Polley Motorsport Series Round 10

24th August

Arena Essex – 2008 English Championship

24th August

Yarmouth

31st August

Yarmouth - East Anglian Championship

6th September

Ipswich – Yokohama Tyres/Polley Motorsport Series Round 11

7th September Northampton - 2008 World Championship

14th September

Bovingdon - Hertfordshire Championship

5th October

Aldershot – Yokohama Tyres/Polley Motorsport Series Round 12

11 & 12th October

Tipperary - ORCi Championship

1st November

Eastbourne – Yokohama Tyres/Polley Motorsport Series Final

23rd November

Wimbledon – Best in Britain

Fixtures Are Subject To Change