While the majority of stock car fans grieve the loss of Wimbledon Stadium to the sport, now the iconic south London stadium has now closed its doors the the final time, BriSCA F1’s Entertainer of the Year Mick Sworder could be excused for being glad to see the back of the place. Prior to this … More SWORDER RETURNS TO NATIONAL HOT ROD ACTION AND NEARLY GETS BANNED AGAIN!
Craig Finnikin continued his fine form at Belle Vue this season with a heat and final double on Bank Holiday Monday, his second final victory in a row at the Manchester track. It has been a busy few days for Finnikin, who competed in the two-day King of Dirt event on the Blauwhuis shale in … More BUSY FINN STORMS TO SECOND BELLE VUE FINAL WIN
Mark Gilbank, now in his 27th season as a BriSCA F1 stock car driver, mastered the superfast King’s Lynn shale on Saturday night to take his first final victory in nearly a year. With his Tarmac car still in need of a complete rebuild after being written off after a first-bend shunt at the Buxton … More GILBANK STEALS THE LIMELIGHT AT KING’S LYNN
Mat Newson, who builds, prepares and hires F1 stock cars for a living – as well as racing them – was forced to borrow one of his own to win the final at Sheffield on Sunday afternoon. Newson, from Norwich, had been so busy working on customer cars that a new shale car was still … More A CAR FOR HIRE REAPS REWARDS FOR NEWSON AT SHEFFIELD
Craig Finnikin became the first driver since July 26, 2009 to win a meeting final and follow up by taking the Grand National from the one-lap handicap, when achieving the feat at Belle Vue on Easter Monday. Finnikin had been in contention during the opening weeks of the season, with a couple of third-placed finishes … More FINNIKIN FLIES TO A FINAL/GRAND NATIONAL DOUBLE AT BELLE VUE
Stuart Smith Jnr continued his impressive start to the 2017 season with his second heat and final double, his first on shale, at Stoke on Easter Saturday. Having lined up at the front of the star men, Smith Jnr made short walk of the 17-car first heat. Paul Harrison, having his first outing of the … More SMITH JNR STROKES TO STOKE HEAT AND FINAL DOUBLE
Nigel Green made it two final victories in the wet in 2017 – this time on Tarmac – as the Cambridgeshire Superstar ruled a rain-sodden Skegness on Good Friday. The rains arrived as soon as the meeting began and it was Tom Harris who read the situation and adapted the quickest in the 22-car first … More GREEN SAILS TO A WET SKEGNESS FINAL WIN
Michael Scriven, from Fairford in Gloucestershire, made a small piece of BriSCA F1 history at Hednesford on Sunday afternoon by winning heat and final at the track for the third year in a row. The Brisca F1s only race at the Staffordshire venue on Cannock Chase once a year for a World Championship qualifying round. … More SCRIVEN SCORES A FAMOUS HEDNESFORD HEAT AND FINAL HAT-TRICK
Stuart Smith Jnr laid down a marker for the BriSCA F1 Tarmac season with a ruthless and emphatic heat and final double at Birmingham Wheels on April 8. After the meeting Smith Jnr revealed that much of the set-up in the car was improved by testing the day before at Northampton and, more surprisingly, in … More SMITH JNR SHOWS HIS RIVALS A CLEAN PAIR OF WHEELS AT FIRST TARMAC MEETING
Stuart Smith Jnr has had the most successful start to a season by an F1 stock car driver in history. He has won 14 races from the eight meetings he has attended so far this season – nine heats, two finals and three Grand Nationals. No one, not even his father – the late, great … More RECORD-BREAKER SMITH GUNNING FOR MORE GLORY – BUT DON’T MENTION WATER CARTS…
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