Greetings from Arlington Stadium for the first fixture of 2012 at the Hailsham venue. The pits are filling up nicely. With a full grid of 30 Historic Stock Cars booked in, Stock Rods racing for the prestigious Adrian Tillman Trophy and a full compliment of Bangers racing in a 4-a-side team event; action is guaranteed!

Historic Stock Cars

Heat One
780 Chris Berry, 187, 192, 700, 510, 245, 334, 726, 632, 32.

A lively start to the day with 29 cars taking to the tarmac at a rather wet Arlington Stadium. With cars flying everywhere it was local man Chris Berry who eventually overhauled long time leader 504 to take the win.

Heat Two
187 Tom Chapman, 199, 510, 192, 700, 314, 245, 726, 14, 632.

Another lively race with cars spinning everywhere, Tom Chapman takes a relatively comfortable win on the wet track after 348 Bob Davis hits the fence!

Final
348 Bob Davis, 206 Dave King, 510 Gordon Coull, 187, 334, 780, 504, 192, 700, 411.

Bob Davis takes the win in the final in his hastily prepared MK 1 Cortina from Kingy and Gordon Coull. A cracking days racing from the Historic Stock Cars!

Stock Rods

Heat One
447 Stuart Smyth, 168, 529, 394, 560, 251, 9, 74, 151, 28.

On a track that is far from ideal for non-contact racing; World Champion Stuart Smyth takes a flawless victory in the 447 Nova.

Heat Two
447 Stuart Smyth, 394, 560, 128, 151, 168, 300, 288, 251, 28.

Stuart Smyth stamps his authority all over Arlington Stadium as the World Champ makes it a double for the day!

Adrian Tillman Trophy Final
447 Stuart Smyth, 394 Mike De Paiva, 128 David Gale, 168, 151, 288, 28, 300, 251, NOF.

Another dominant performance from Smyth as he takes a hat trick for the day and wins the prestigious Adrian Tillman trophy in the process. Early leader De Paiva finished in second on a day where the Stock Rods made the best of the poor conditions.

Bangers (4-a-side teams)

Heat One (Half Cars)
25 Reece Priestley, 106, 510, NOF.

A rather lively race with only three finishers! Reece Priestley takes the win for The Dreamers B Team! The next race features the other half of the teams involved - who will be in the lead prior to the first all in race?

Heat Two (Half Cars)
174 Alan Putland, 131, 558, 228, 271, 311, 111, 431, 51, NOF.

With a few no shows, the second heat was slightly low on cars. Car 174 from the Martello Mob lead from the early stages and managed to keep his nose ahead to take victory.

Current team scores:
Ball Players - 27
Martello Mob - 19
Dreamers B - 19
DID - 8
Horny Rodders - 8

Heat Three (All Available Cars)
198 Ashley Rumary, 271, 131, 389, 426, 510, 106, 51, 228, 52.

All out war breaks out with the Dreamers and those who wish to stop the Dreamers getting stuck in. 194 Cecil puts in some big hits, as the likes of 52 Tyrone Poulter hit anything in black, red and yellow! 556 Phil Hampton probably has the biggest wreck on this one. Ashley Rumary takes the win!

Current Scores:
Ball Players - 37
Dreamers B - 33
Horny Rodders - 20
DID - 13
Dreamers A - 13
Dreambusters - 1

Final
431 Justin Hanmer, 174, 558, 271, 131, 228, 51, 535, NOF.

A lively race once again with several big hits, 431 Justin Hanmer takes the win for the Ball Players!

Final Scores:
Ball Players - 95
Horny Rodders - 42
Martello Mob - 37
Dreamers B - 33
Dreamers A & DID - 13
Back Door Bashers - 7
Dreambusters - 1

Congratulations to the Ball Players