Winter team meeting,14 teams,7 head to heads,1 winner

The Teams
All 14 spaces were rapidly snapped up for this years event and the full line up is shown below.

It is traditional that the teams who competed in the previous years event were given the first opportunity to compete this year and 11 of those teams accepted the invitation.

Joining them in 2008 will be the hard hitting Predators and Motley Krew who make their Old Skool debuts and the Gladiators return after missing out last season.

And once again there were many teams who expressed an interest in taking part this time who were left disappointed.

In the meantime here is the full line up which will be updated when we receive more information

AFTERMATH
Red and yellow
384 Liam Conway (Spedeworth) Bad Boy Liam
391 Wayne Shinn (RDC) Ol Matey
400 Kevin Shinn (RDC) Shinny
602 Shaun Cooper (RDC) Mr Moody
603 Jon Cooper (RDC) the Younger Hitman
604 Ross Cooper (RDC)

ALLSTARS
Black and white
19 Joe Mullarkey (RDC) Dove Toe Joe
156 Mick Maskall (RDC) Mickey Boy
159 Darren Scarrow (RDC) Scarrow Boy
200 Wayne Holton (PRI) Skippy
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BAD NEWS
Red and white
21 Jason Colbert (RDC)
121 Dan Owen (RDC) Rat
192 Terry Nightingale (RDC)
277 Des Owen (RDC)
291 Jason Giddings (TSR)
515 Gareth Flatters (TSR) Flatts

BECK ROW BANDITS
Blue and red
22 Dave Vincent (RDC)
82 Wayne Quinn (RDC) Quinny
119 Davey Cox (RDC) Cruncher
125 Lee Overy (RDC) Hitler
318 Terry Chapman (RDC) Shifty
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BITS AND BOBS
Black and blue
133 Karl Day (RDC) Karly
303 Wayne Linsdale (RDC)
425 Martin Stopher (RDC) Mr Vauxhall
437 Chris Bailey (Spedeworth)
761 Nat Cohn (RDC)
898 Andy Battle (RDC)

DAMAGE INC
Orange and black
247 Lee Clarke (Spedeworth) Bro
331 Jason Jackson (PRI) Boxer Jack
349 Michael Allard (Spedeworth)
516 Carl Gould (Spedeworth) Gouldy
730 Dean Mayes (Spedeworth) Deano
741 Luke Parfitt (Spedeworth) Capt D

DOVER BOYS
Red
180 Mark Foster (RDC) Sparky
188 John Reeves (RDC) Victor
364 Sean Winchester (RDC)
431 Shaun Abra (RDC)
465 Andy Scarlett (RDC)
801 Jack Foster (RDC)

GLADIATORS
White and red
206 Phil Milner (PRI) Turkish
349 Lewis Price (PRI) Squaddie
432 Mark Munson (RDC) Mental Mark
542 Craig Oliver (PRI)
549 Phil Smith (PRI)
589 Simon Smith (PRI) Smiffy Jnr

GYPSY CREW
Blue and yellow
85 James Ellis (RDC)
229 Ritchie Holmes (RDC)
273 Kevin McClagish (RDC) Mad Mouse
285 Sean Dyer (RDC) Mr Misery
448 Chris Smith (RDC) Mad Chris
488 Duane Collins (RDC) United

LEAN TEAM
Green and white
197 Andy Ashman (RDC) Redneck
323 Paul Wilks (RDC) Wilkie
415 Scott Cornish (RDC) the Girth
417 Dan Davey (RDC)
436 Matt Arnold (RDC) Arnie
545 Karl Hough (RDC) Huffy

MOTLEY KREW
Red, orange and white
46 Wayne Parker (RDC) Pecker
179 Shaun Rushton (Incarace) Cool
189 Richard Myshrall (Incarace)
222 Matt Logan (Incarace)
311 Lee Bradbury (Incarace) Helm
320 Paul Seymour (PRI) Smiler

PREDATORS
Red and blue
79 Ricky Twell (RDC) Twelly
137 Jay Chilton (RDC)
401 Steve Hemmings (RDC) Psycho
404 Luke Brinton (RDC) Spook
779 Craig Allen (RDC) Munch
879 Reg Reed (RDC) Wrecked Reg

SIX BOLT
Black and green
10 Sam Topley (RDC)
24 Lee Hughes (Spedeworth) Stunt Man
60 Steve Laybourne (PRI)
330 Roy Laybourne (RDC) Old Roy
379 Ade Clifton (RDC) the Worm
502 Kayligh Dighton (RDC) the Chief

TEAM KAMIKAZE
Red with white and yellow
117 Karl Dack (RDC) Kamikaze
199 Jason Dack (RDC)
217 Neil Smyth (RDC) the Mad Irishman
336 Nigel White (RDC)
439 Danny Sutton (Spedeworth) Sutty
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Saturday 20th September

Meeting Introduction
We are now counting down the days to one of the hardest hitting and most action packed meetings of the year at RDC and Mildenhall Stadium with RDC's No Hype Needed featuring the seventh annual National Banger Old Skool Team Championship and Reliant Robin British Championship

This unique banger team championship, unlike anything else in the entire sport, pits 14 teams of six in an unusual and highly unpredicatable environment where there truly is no way of predicting the outcome and even less of an easy way to victory.

Last years event saw a switch from its usual Sunday afternoon slot in November or December to a Saturday night fixture in September and owing to the success of the 2007 event, the meeting remains in its Autumn position on the fixtures.

The date is Saturday, September 20 and will start at the earlier than usual start time of 6.30pm. Don't be late.

The event follows the format of the team championship events which used to take place at Crayford Stadium in the 1970s and 1980s and it's a format which not only guarantees action but also ensures the winning team will have to fight hard for supremacy.

Throw in the ever fantastic Reliant Robins competing for their British Championship, the second biggest meeting of the season for the 3-wheelers, and you have the makings of another excellent evening of entertainment on the Suffolk shale.

This page will be updated regularly in the build up to the event. Perhaps the most important feature of the page will be the entry of teams taking part which will be updated if we receive any news of changes to the line up but the page is also packed with other information to tell you anything you need to know about the event.

If there is anything else you need to know please e mail wastedmc@btopenworld.com or call RDC on 01268 412299.

Old Skool Team Championship Introduction
The National Banger Old Skool Team Championship returns to Mildenhall on September 20 as part of RDC's annual No Hype Needed and is sure to be an event no banger fan will miss.

Based on the format used in the team championships at Crayford in the 1970s and early 1980s, the head to head heats are guaranteed to provide plenty of action as the six man teams battle it out for a place in the main event and with so much at stake in the Grand Final, this will be an explosive affair.

Many consider the 2008 line up to be one of, if not, the best Old Skool entry to date with all 14 teams potential winners and together they boast the biggest names from RDC and beyond.

The Beck Row Bandits will look to make history with their third consecutive and fourth win in this event while former champions the Gypsy Crew would love another run as champions.

Beyond that the Dover Boys and Damage Inc have won team titles at RDC before but never this one, the Allstars, Six Bolt and Gladiators have won team titles elsewhere and now want their first team championship at RDC.

And the unique format means that for some teams, this meeting is right up their street so expect teams like the Aftermath, Bad News and Team Kamikaze to thrive as well as the Predators and Motley Krew who make their Old Skool debuts in 2008.

And don't forget the Lean Team and Bits and Bobs who both have plenty of fire power in their squads and could easily spring a surprise.

Old Skool Team Championship Rules
The National Banger Old Skool Team Championship features a unique format unlike any other currently used in the sport of banger racing.

The format mirrors one formerly used at Crayford Stadium several decades ago and was resurrected by RDC for this meeting which is about to embark on its sixth successful year.

Once again 14 teams have booked their place for the team event but they all realise that overall victory will not be easy.

Before the start of the meeting the team captains will be present for the random drawing for the qualifying heats. This will pit the 14 teams into seven head to heads where victory will secure them a place in the all important Grand Final.

The draw will have a massive impact on the meeting as not only will the teams be eager to be pitted against a team they believe they can topple but the earlier a heat they contest the more time they will have to repair for the final.

The loosing sides will have one last chance to make it through to the main event via the consolation. In this race all the loosing teams from the heats will be invited to return as many cars as they can repair and the winning drivers will earn his team a place in the championship.

The final will feature all eight victorious teams and again the squads will work hard to repair as many cars as possible for the all important battle in and once again it will be winner takes all.

Victory in the heats and final can be achieved in one of two ways
1. One of the team completes the race distance and takes the chequered flag
2. The race goes to the last car or team running

Following controversy in the final at the 2005 event each of the the races will carry a time limit. If the time limit expires before the race distance is completed or there is a clear cut last team running then the drivers who has completed the most laps will win for their team.

While only one team can take overall victory, those teams who successfully qualify for the final will be the first in line to be offered a place for next year's team event.

HEAD TO HEAD HEAT DRAW:-
Heat 1 - Predators vs Aftermath
Heat 2 - Allstars vs Gladiators
Heat 3 - Beck Row Bandits vs Six Bolt
Heat 4 - Dover Boys vs Motley Krew
Heat 5 - Team Kamikaze vs Gypsy Crew
Heat 6 - Damage Inc vs Bits & Bobs
Heat 7 - Lean Team vs Bad News

Mondeo & Bluebird fest. 446 Lee Greer does have a Cortina Est. though

HEAT 1 - PREDS VS AFTERMATH
296 Brat & 400 Shinny had a head on before 604 Ross Cooper went up in flames - race stopped.
Restart - Preds won & go through

ht1 preds vs math= preds won-400 lenghted by 138

ht2 glads vs allstarrs= glads won- they had 3 left

Heat 3 - 379 Worm took a monster t-bone but Six Bolt still managed to knock out defending champs out

Dover Boys took Heat 4 but 465 Scarlett has a massive mess

Heat 5 - Race stopped for 117 Kamikaze but he hopped out OK. 278 Hillsie got put sideways into the pit gate. Gypsy Crew went through

Heat 6 - 730 Mazie & 331 Boxer went on oppo to stop Bits & Bobs, while 349 Allard rodded to the win.
Heat 7 - 415 Cornish was winning until some of the Bad News ambushed him on the last lap but somehow managed to survive to put the Lean Team through to the Final.
Qualifiers - Preds, Glads, Six Bolt, Dover Boys, Gypsy Crew, Damage Inc, Lean Team & the Winner of the Consolation.

399 Darren Atkins is the new Reliant Robins British Champion.

Consolation - Beck Row Bandits secured a place in the final.
Final - Just a big DD. Preds and Glads on form. 349 Noddy had a big head on with 349 Allard. 502 The Chief was winning but 349 Allard stopped him giving the Gypsy Crew the win. Well done to them

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ol5A6t-y44E

Pics also up on AC photos.

The Teams
All 12 spaces were rapidly snapped up for this years event and the full line up is shown below.

Under the new format the five reigning RDC team championship holders were first offered a place and then the remaining spots were offered to the highest scoring teams in the RDC team championship standings of points scored between the 2008 Old Skool and 2009 Kent team championship.

Here is the full line up which will be updated when we receive more information

AFTERMATH
Red and yellow
391 Wayne Shinn 'Ol Matey'
400 Kevin Shinn 'Shinny'
415 Scott Cornish
417 Dan Davey
515 Gareth Flatters (TSR) 'Flatts'
602 Shaun Cooper 'Mr Moody'
603 Jon Cooper 'The Younger Hitman'
604 Ross Cooper 'The Younger Cooper'

ALLSTARS
Black and white
21 Jason Colbert
192 Terry Nightingale
236 Rob Everitt (TSR) 'Robo'
277 Des Owen 'Desmondo'
280 Simon Goodale (TSR) 'Slick'
291 Jay Giddings (TSR)
313 John Cullingford (TSR) 'Cully'
321 Andy Newton (TSR)

BECK ROW BANDITS
Blue and red
22 Dave Vincent
318 Terry Chapman
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COMMON CRUSHERS
Black and red
51 Simon Heilds (GMP)
60 Kyle Stevenson (TSR) 'Shaky Jnr'
70 Ant Long (TSR)
450 Glyn Platts (GMP)
455 Rick Finney (GMP)
844 Tom Haggerty (TSR) 'Hag'
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DOVER BOYS
Purple
20 Andy Burbridge 'Baldy'
81 Lee Greenwood 'Numb Nuts'
148 Ian Redden 'Shorty'
188 John Reeves 'Victor'
346 Scott Saunders 'Muttley'
349 Lee Saunders 'Finbarr'
380 Trevor Wright 'Shaky'
898 Andy Battle

GYPSY CREW
Blue and yellow
TBA
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MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
Blue, white and purple
88 Josh Fuller (PRI) 'Splosh'
180 Mark Foster 'Sparky'
188 Matt Fuller (PRI) 'Smoker'
190 Steve Bailey (Autospeed) 'Pikey'
208 Jimmy Randall (Autospeed) 'The Finger'
239 Steve Carter (Autospeed) 'Nemesis'
730 Dean Mayes (Spedeworth) 'Deano'
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MOTLEY KREW
Red, white and orange
TBA
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PREDATORS
Red and blue
79 Ricky Twell 'Twelly'
157 Michael Piggot 'Piglet'
176 Ady Gibbs 'Gibo'
192 Stu Warby 'Fat Head'
296 Liam Brinton 'Brat'
401 Steve Hemmings 'Psycho'
404 Luke Brinton 'Spook'
879 Reg Reed 'Wrecked Reg'

TEAM GREEN
Green
17 Kyle Overy 'The Little Chief'
86 Alec Savage
159 Darren Scarrow 'Scarrow Boy'
370 John Cobbold
371 Jason Cobbold
617 Jack Overy
682 Paul Sparrow 'Sparra Boy'
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TEAM FLASH
Dark and light blue
122 James Woodley 'Woodsy'
128 Andy Shipp 'Shippy'
161 Karl Totham 'Flash'
381 Craig Upson
388 Emmerson Fairweather (TSR) 'Emmo'
425 Martin Stopher 'Mr Vauxhall'
553 Justin Garman (TSR) 'Garmo'

TEAM KAMIKAZE
Red
117 Karl Dack 'Kamikaze'
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Meeting Introduction
We are now counting down the days to one of the hardest hitting and most action packed meetings of the year at RDC and Mildenhall Stadium with RDC's No Hype Needed featuring the seventh annual National Banger Old Skool Team Championship and Reliant Robin British Championship

This unique banger team championship, unlike anything else in the entire sport, pits 12 teams of eight in an unusual and highly unpredicatable environment where there truly is no way of predicting the outcome and even less of an easy way to victory.

In recent years the event has been moved from its original slot of a Sunday afternoon in the winter to a Saturday night fixture in September and this has helped produce some of the hardest, roughest, toughest and most action packed Old Skools in history.

And last year some small but very important changes were announced to the Old Skool format and we will see these changes in action this year with a reduction of teams involved (from 14 to 12) but an increase in drivers taking part with eight man teams and not six. Furthermore the team which wins the consolation will no longer advance to the final, taking the meeting close to its original format, and therefore the final will boast potentially six teams of eight, rather than eight teams of six.

The event follows the format of the team championship events which used to take place at Crayford Stadium in the 1970s and 1980s and it's a format which not only guarantees action but also ensures the winning team will have to fight hard for supremacy.

Throw in the ever fantastic Reliant Robins competing for their British Championship, the second biggest meeting of the season for the 3-wheelers, and you have the makings of another excellent evening of entertainment on the Suffolk shale.

This page will be updated regularly in the build up to the event. Perhaps the most important feature of the page will be the entry of teams taking part which will be updated if we receive any news of changes to the line up but the page is also packed with other information to tell you anything you need to know about the event.

If there is anything else you need to know please e mail wastedmc@btopenworld.com or call RDC on 01268 412299.