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Tonight sees the culmination of the 2012 season, with not only the W&Y championship and the central series final but also the shootout finale. Danskin currently leads the points with 230 points, and Robin appears to have the second front row slot tied up with 194 points to Drumbsticks’ 157. Nezza currently holds the last qualifying position with 39 points, but all could change with a total of 160(double points) available for the shootout. Get booked in now for what promises to be an evening of great racing.

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One of the championships available on Monday night will be the central series. 2011 Champion Drumbstick secured a front row start by winning his semi-final at Hednesford. Green 115 took the second semi and will be looking for his first F2 title. British champion Robin will be on row 2 alongside former world and outgoing national points champion TomD. Former Superstar Nezza 46 is on row 3 along with current superstar james 560, who having secured the flashing lights with a top 5 position in the national points would like to add a first title to his name. Jack returned from a ban to secure a 4th row starting place in his semi final, and is joined by Hoggy, who will be relishing what is possibly his best starting position in a championship. F2 admin members Southy and Si will both be looking to finish the season on a hi. Looking at drivers further down the grid, we find former F2 head admin Dave, who returned last week and showed some speed we have not seem from him in quite some time. Four drivers have already qualified for two championship races on the night, FreeW67, Samwit, Dougie, & Craig. With any drivers available on the night who have scored central series points eligible to try and secure one of the six places available in the consolation semi final a number of star drivers have the chance to make the grid. One of those will be DanSkin who also had to qualify through the consolation race for the World Final and we all know how that finished......... One thing is for sure it will be a fast and furious race, get booked in now to be part of the action.

17 Azata Azata has had a good season, finishing runner up in the novice of the year behind 305 Jakie Jnr and bagging pole for the white and yellows final by virtue of more race wins. Could be considered favourite for his first UK Dirt F2 title, especially if he gets away from the front of the grid. 641 Mav Long term UK Dirt racer Mav easily qualified on the front row despite only competing in 4 of the qualifying rounds. Not for the first time Mav has indicated he has retired from UK Dirt, few believe it will be his final decision and if he does race then his confidence should be hi after his recent final win and has a good chance of finishing in the top 3. 237 Ricklyjames Ricky has had a much better season in 2012, and would probably have been favourite for most improved driver until his wheel broke recently and some of his old habits have returned. A driver with undoubted speed, if he can get some luck and not lose his head then has a good chance of walking away with the honours. 338 Evnos Becoming a regular racer half way through the season, Evnos has shown glimpses of real talent and race craft that could see him climbing the grades quickly in 2013. Given the luck he has had in recent meetings, he will be hoping it all changes for this one. 221 Spike. 2010 English champion Spike has a reputation to match Mav when it comes to retiring, but has been around long enough to have the knowhow to win this one. If the racing spike turns up he is my tip for the win, but if the big hitting spike is in attendance those in front better buckle up tight. 954 Samwit A driver who has raw speed at some circuits, but struggles at others and not afraid to use the front bumper when needed. Probably not made the jump in speed he hoped for in 2012, but has made steady progress. Could get stranded on the outside and if he does may struggle. 220 Dougieford Recently made a return to racing, and has had a some good results having seemingly made a decision to use the front bumper less. Could be a dark horse for this race if those in front decide to make it a bumper fest. 67 Freew The American assassin, well that’s how he may like to be known but has actually turned out to be a bit of a softy. Struggled early in the season with the contact aspect of British stockcars (Plenty of contact in NASCAR if you ask me), but after a mid season break has returned with some new found speed and maturity in his driving. Will need to be more aggressive than normal in this race to get to the front. 33 jakie His son has wrapped up the novice of the year title, can Snr add a second title to the household. Known for his aggressive style, anyone around Jakie will know they have to move him and do it properly to escape his grasp. 205 Pistol One of the good guys around UK Dirt, pistol always tries his best and races with the right attitude. Not seen on the track in recent weeks, and I sincerely hope he decides to race at the end of season show case. 31 Si I have noted in the past that Simon’s fortunes in UK Dirt seem to go up and down to coincide with his real racing. Established now as a solid blue grade and if he gets the brakes early he no doubt has the potential to take home the title. 255 Stumpy Only did a handful of meetings and seemed to be finding some speed when he jumped the fence to help the admin team. If he can be tempted out for this one race it would be agood reward for all the hard work he has put in. 365 Travel Only two whites and yellows meeting competed in 2012 but an average of 8.5 points tells you all you need to know. Trav kept up his record of the only driver to be banned in every F2 season(In memory anyway) he has talked about doing one last meeting so this could be it. Even from here could win, but may choose to dish out some revenge to his rivals. 718 MartynR One thing you can say about Martin is you will not miss him in the bright green RCE. A hard hitter who may have climbed the grades a bit quicker if he was not so aggressive. Tough job to win from this deep in the pack, but sure to mix things up. 45 Stox Signs Matt has slowly improved throughout 2012 and should continue to do so next season. Probably won’t trouble the front runners in this one, but could make it in to the top 10, If Santa brings him a wheel from xmas we may start to see his real potential. 122 Craig Charles A driver who is probably too quick to be yellow, but can struggle with the rough and tumble of the blue grade. Won the final last week at Hednesford so should be brimming with confidence coming in to this one. Probably wishing he was able to do a couple more qualifying rounds, but with some luck could be up there at the end. 48 Tinman The Dutch F1 regular has had a few dabbles with F2 this season with mixed success. Another of the mid field qualifiers who is not afraid to use the bumper to mix things up. His race craft should see him progress in to the top 10 and anything can happen from there. 211 Sprat One whites and yellows appearance and one very convincing win shows sprat has the speed. Struggled a bit from red after being upgraded and has not been seen much since. If he races he will make rapid progress but may be to far back to reach the very front. 473 Rudeboy Not done as many meetings as he did in 2011, but still always cheerful when he does. Could pick up the pieces from what promise to be hard battled in front of him, but will struggle to trouble those at the very front. 961 Sparky Sparky is Banned and will not be able to race 419 F.Burhenne Another driver who races more regularly in an F1 than an F2, Fransie has struggled a bit this season. Two whites and yellow appearances with an average of 4.5 bears this out. Another driver who it would be nice to see make the grid at Birmingham. 238 Kane Kane is banned and will not be able to race 495 Lew Lew is banned and will not be able to race. 131 Gary Won on his last appearance at Kings Lynn, on a surface he prefers. Should charge through from the back, but will need some luck to make it all the way to victory lane. A top 5 is a real possibility though. Reserves in order (Due to bans at least three reserves will be needed) 319 BigAndyW 760 Ryano 101 bristolstokie 172 spikejnr 210 skegTomp 456 Combes 32 DaveW 864 JanHarm 167 spikeyonesixseven 515 Big Al 491 crewesader 619 longden 964 Allan 761 DannyGrady 400 Dippy 285 Mav_Jnr

Despite not being able to race Monday night Jakie Jnr has already done enough to secure the 2012 Novice of the Year title. Azata finished second with SkegTomP currently in third although both Evnos and StoxSigns could snatch the final podium position at Bitmingham

My bad luck in the final continued with a car hitting the pit gate in front of me, but I have to say except for 1 or two it was some of the best tarmc racing we have had for a long time

Results: W&Y 954, 122, 220, 33, 221 ,237 ,319, 491, 710 Heat 1: 236 122 115 560 41 249 39 99 67 92 954 220 488 319 338 491 Heat 2: 99 221 92 87 488 112 560 46 954 39 31 237 718 122 491 277 Heat 3: 115 41 87 718 220 112 46 249 338 67 277 237 319 31 236 221 Central Series Semi 1: 41 87 46 92 31 488 99 67 236 237 221 319 Central Series Semi 2: 115 112 560 249 277 954 220 122 718 39 338 491 A-Final: 122 236 92 99 560 31 488 112 87 718 39 67 220 249 237 319 954 46 277 338 115 41 491 GN 1: 718 112 41 220 249 236 560 46 99 92 122 31 488 87 491 319 67 115 338 954 39 Points: 33 pts 236 DanSkin 29 pts 122 craigcharles 29 pts 99 JK 27 pts 560 Dodge 26 pts 92 Hoggy 25 pts 112 Tom D 23 pts 41 Drumbstick 19 pts 718 MartynR 19 pts 87 Robin 18 pts 115 michael green 14 pts 488 Dave 14 pts 249 stoxjack 13 pts 220 dougieford 10 pts 31 Si 10 pts 46 Nezza 9 pts 221 Spike 5 pts 39 LeeK 3 pts 67 Freew 2 pts 338 Evnos 2 pts 954 Samwit 0 pts 319 BigAndyW 0 pts 491 crewesader 0 pts 237 rickyljames 0 pts 277 southy

Welcome to the central series semi-finals. Tonight's meeting will be 3 heats with the top 18 points scorers qualifying for the final. this will be followed by the central series semi-finals and then the consolation(4 to qualify) and then the meeting and grand national. Heats Heat 1: 319, 491, 122, 220, 338, 954, 67, 99, 488, 39, 92, 115, 249, 41, 236, 560, , (Server .48) Heat 2: 491, 718, 122, 221, 237, 954, 31, 99, 488, 39, 46, 92, 277, 87, 112, 560, , (Server .48) Heat 3: 319, 718, 220, 221, 237, 338, 31, 67, 46, 115, 249, 277, 41, 87, 112, 236, , (Server .48) Central series grids, top 8 to qualify Semi final 1 Semi Final 2

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Following the F2 meeting at Kings Lynn on the 5th of November the following have been awarded 17: Warning for bad rejoin 305: 4 week ban for multiple followins, fencing, OTT hits. May return in week 3 of the 2013 season. 964: 1 week ban for waiting to attack another driver, arguing in both chat and in game. Swearing in chat. May return 19/11/12 37: 1 Week ban for Attacking lead lap cars from multiple laps down. May return 19/11/12 99: 1 week for following in another car. May return 19/11/12 (Appeal lodged, may race until this is reveiwed)Ban upheld may return to racing 20/11

Hi Andy Yes there will be a full meeting as well, and Hednesford has been tarmac for a year or two now

Good fun this morning looking forward to next week

This Monday we travel to Hednesford for the penultimate round in the F2 season and the central series semi finals. The top 60 qualifiers are shown below, with the semi finals being open to the top 48 available qualifiers on the night. 1 DanSkin 2 Tom D 3 Robin H25 4 michael green 5 Drumbstick 6 LeeK 7 Kane_M 8 Nezza 9 Mike 10 stoxjack 11 Si 12 southy 13 Freew 14 Allan 15 Dodge 16 jakiejnr 17 Dave 18 jakie 19 craigcharles 20 rickyljames 21 sparky 22 Leech 23 Samwit 24 azata 25 Gary 26 JK 27 Sprat 28 skegTomp 29 Bailey 30 Jason_R 31 dougieford 32 Stocky 33 bristolstokie 34 Stox Signs 35 F.Burhenne 36 Spike 37 bigdaveUK 38 MartynR 39 hoggy 40 Tosh 41 Spiroo 42 Evnos 43 Lew 44 garyN 45 Pistol 46 Hooty 47 Grasser 48 JanHarm 49 Mav 50 Menace 51 rudeboy 52 Stumpy 53 Combes 54 TamValentine 55 Timm 56 Lars 57 Mav_Jnr 58 speedtech 59 Tinman 60 DannyGrady

Not bad at Brum you need to find about half a second at Hendo to be where most of the lower graders are

Results: World Of Shale: 236,87, 277, 315, 131, 560, 39, 112, 46, 17, 964, 220, 221, 33, 954, 67, 92, 99, 305, 233, 338, 31,41,237 W&Y: 17,221,33,338,954,220,237 Heat 1: 99 315 221 964 39 305 87 560 41 237 277 112 67 220 Heat 2: 17 131 964 41 277 112 236 37 31 67 99 33 46 338 237 92 Heat 3: 37 131 315 87 39 31 46 92 220 236 33 221 560 954 305 233 338 Consi 1: 338 233 67 220 237 33 A-Final: 131 233 17 92 87 236 67 99 112 221 220 41 277 338 560 315 31 46 39 305 37 964 GN 1: 41 17 233 87 277 39 560 315 92 99 131 31 237 236 112 33 67 338 46 220 Points: 38 pts 131 Gary 35 pts 17 azata 30 pts 87 Robin H25 26 pts 233 Grasser 20 pts 315 Mike 19 pts 92 Hoggy 19 pts 41 Drumbstick 17 pts 99 JK 17 pts 39 Leek 15 pts 964 Allan 15 pts 236 DanSkin 13 pts 37 Stocky 12 pts 277 southy 10 pts 221 Spike 9 pts 67 Freew 9 pts 112 Tom D 7 pts 31 Si 7 pts 560 Dodge 5 pts 305 jakiejnr 4 pts 46 Nezza 2 pts 220 dougieford 1 pts 237 rickyljames 0 pts 330 Menace 0 pts 33 jakie 0 pts 338 Evnos 0 pts 954 Samwit

Sorry Spike it will be race 1

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This Monday we are back at the home of the 2011 World Final this time to contest the World of Shale. Below is the grid for the main race, this will be run between the heats and the consolation In Out 236 87 315 277 41 560 112 39 92 305 17 33 31 46 67 964 99 131 237 221 233 338 220 954 Reserves 37 Please check you are in two heats below. Top 18 will qualify for the final with an extra 4 from the consolation. Heat 1: 330, 17, 220, 221, 237, 954, 67, 99, 233, 305, 39, 277, 315, 964, 41, 87, 112, 560 (Server .48) Heat 2: 330, 17, 33, 237, 338, 31, 37, 67, 99, 131, 46, 92, 277, 964, 41, 112, 236, (Server .48) Heat 3: 33, 220, 221, 338, 954, 31, 37, 131, 233, 305, 39, 46, 92, 315, 87, 236, 560, (Server .48) There will be enough GNs for everyone

Below are the final changes in 2012. A regrade will take place efore the start of the 2013 season Up to Red 277 Down to Blue 101 99 305 926 Up to Blue 31 67 Down to Yellow 122 17 33 Down to White 456

2nd one looks good on paper, do you have a link to the machine you are looking at?

As I have said to you before Budge and I said above we know we have gone to the extreme this season, and it was done for a reason and anyone who has been racing regularly this season understands why. Nobody knows what what will happen next season, judge us in June or July when the new system has had time to bed in and people know what they can and cannot get away with. We are not the only mod that decided something that needed to be done as this post clearly shows. Also check out the date and the date the additional F2 rules were announced not a coincidence I feel.

Sorry to see this Trav, although I would say if you all bothered to read the additional rules section they are only for the remainder of the season to sort things out as they were getting out of control and most of those racing week in week out agree they were needed. 2013 we are planning to go to rules very similar to the F1 mod so people will get a lot more rope before they hang themselves.