Townshend outlasts demolition rivals

Press, 5 January 1987, Page 22

Townshend outlasts demolition rivals

Peter Townshend, driving a Humber Snipe, earned $2OOO when he won the Demolition Derby at Woodford Glen Speedway on Thursday evening. The event, which took 25 minutes to complete, attracted a field of 37 cars. Gerald Griffiths easily headed home the small stock-car fields in all three events,, while Kenny Hannah made It two out of two in the Sportsman class. ; Kevin Kerr led the saloon feature for several laps from Graham Cooper’s Cortina, until the VBs of Dave Parris, Warwick Leech and Neil Baldwin screamed past. Parris got himself crossed up, allowing Leech to slip by and win: The street stock events produced a win and a . Second each to Alan Parkhill and Bill Oliver with

Bob Burgess winning the third race.

Results:— B grade saloons: Heat 1: T. Waters 1, M. Saunders 2, O. Parry 3. Heat 2: K. Kerr 1, B. McSaveney 2, Waters 3. Heat 3: McSaveney 1, K. Kerr 2, M. Kerr 3. A grade saloons: Race 1: C. Young 1, S. Cattermole 2, T. Blanchard 3. Race 2: Blanchard 1, Marmite 2, K. Parkinson 3. Race 3: G. Cooper 1. Blanchard 2, Young 3. Super saloons:— Race 1: P Watts 1, W. Leech 2, B Stewart 3. Race 2: D. Parrif 1, Stewart 2, N. Baldwin 3 Race 3: Leech 1, Parris 2 Baldwin 3. Street stocks:— Race 1: AParkhill 1, B. Oliver 2, S. Cox 3. Race 2: Oliver 1, Parkhill 2, B. Burgess 3. Race 3: Burgess 1, Cox 2, A. Chatterton 3. . Sportsman:— Race 1: K. Hannah 1, G. Foster 2, K. Clive 3. Race 2: Hannah 1, M. Gourley 2, Foster 3. Stocks:— Race 1: G. Griffiths 1, W. Parsons 2, K. O’Connor 3. Race 2: Griffiths 1, O’Connor 2, Parsons 3. Race 3: Griffiths 1, Parsons 2, O’Connor 3.

Sam Woodford, of Nelson, retained his South

Island stock-car championship at a previous meeting. Results: Stocks: Championship Heat 1: T. Hern 1, S. Woodford 2, G. Griffiths 3. Heat 2: T. Frost 1, K. O’Connor 2, t. Brown 3. Heat 3: Woodford 1, K. Ferguson 2, I. Clayworth 3. Super saloons: — Race 1: B. Stewart 1, C. Grey 2, N. Baldwin 3. Race 2: P. Watts 1, Grey 2, D. Bolt 3. Feature: T. Cardwell 1, Watts 2, Baldwin 3. • • A grade saloons:— Race 1: W. Mitchell 1, G. Cooper 2, B. Stack 3. Race 2: T. Blanchard I, Marmite 2, K. Huddlestone 3. Feature: M. Kerr 1, K. Kerr 2, M. Saunders 3. B grade saloons: — Race 1: B. McSaveney 1, D. Nicoll 2, J. Bright 3. Race 2: K. Kerr 1, T. Waters 2, A. Torana 3. , Street stocks:— Race 1: S. Cox 1, A. Parkhill 2, B. Neil 3. Race 2: Cox 1, Parkhill 2, S. Hills 3. Race 3; Hills 1, Cox 2. Sportsman:— Race 1: K. Clive 1, G. Foster 2, M. Gourley 3. Race 2: K. Hannah 1, Clive 2, Gourley 3. Race 3: Hannah 1, Clive 2, Foster 3.