Speedway Runoff for Glen title
Trevor Stevens won tne Canterbury streetstock championships at Woodford Glen and Saturday after tallying up enough points to tie with Terry Hall. The pair had to compete in a four-lap run-off for the title. The title was up for grabs in the third and final heat of the championship and the points leaders, Allan Parkhill and Colin Cameron, were put out of contention. Parkhill developed engine trouble and Cameron was shunted into a wall. He managed to finish the race for third place over all.
John Berryman, in a sixcylinder Mustang, won all three heats of the A grade saloon championships to take the Canterbury title for that section with the maximum points. Berryman has been racing at the Glen for 12 years and it was this experience that gave him the edge over his competitors. Second and third places for the saloons was decided in a ‘four-lap run-off between Burnard Stack (Ashburton) and Kevin Kerr. Kerr took second place by only half a car-
Rob Gold had a good night in the super saloons driving well under pressure from Dennis Bolt and Tony Cardwell. Gerald Griffiths also performed well winning three of the four stockcar races. Results were: Streetstocks.—Heat one: Colin Cameron 1, Allan Parkhill 2, Terry Hall 3, time 3min 55.765. Heat two: Steven Cox 1, Parkhill 2, Trevor Stevens 3, time 3:54.02. Heat three: Stevens 1, Bill Olliver 2, Hall 3. Final Canterbury championship points: Stevens 51, Hall 50, Cameron 49. B grade saloons:—Race one: Ally Hanson 1, Ed Campion 2, Trevor Whiting 3, time 3mln 00.435. Race two: Hanson 1, Whiting 2, John Bright 3. Race three: Hanson 1, Len Pluck 2, Campion 3, time 2:52.77.
A grade saloons.—Heat one: Jumbo Berryman 1, Burnard Stack 2, Kevin Kerr 3. Heat two: Berryman 1, Kerr 2, Alan Dingwall 3.
Heat three: Berryman 1, Stack 2, Kerr 3, time 4:06.0. Final Canterbury championship points: Berryman 60, Kerr 56, Stack 55. Super saloons.—Race one: Tony Cardwell 1, Denis Bolt 2, Robert Gold 3, time 2min 45.485.
Race two: Gold 1, Geoff Deal 2, Bolt 3, time 3:02.14. Race three: Cardwell 1, Bolt 2, Gold 3, time 3:29.50. Saloon feature: Cardwell 1, Bolt 2, Berryman 3. Modified sportsman:—Race one: Greg Keegan 1, Olliver Davies 2, Graham Archbold 3, time 2min 43.385. Race two: Doug Giles 1, Archbold 2, Davies 3, time 1:26.58.
Feature: Davies 1, Keegan 2, John Lovelady 3, time 2:30.98.
Stockcars. —Race one: Gerald Griffiths 1, Brian Johnson 2, Brown 3, time 3min 30.36. Race two: Griffiths 1, Johnson 2, Ken O’Connor 3, time: 2:49.83.
Race three: Johnson 1, Griffiths 2, Bob Breen 3, time 3:53.19. Feature: Griffiths 1, Breen 2, Johnson 3, time 4:05.41.
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