Wimbledon - 11th November 2001 Banger World Final - Fresh
Another year another World Final at Wimbledon. Over 100 cars in attendance with 39 having gained qualification to the final. The other 60 or so cars competed in two last chance qualifiers which gave winners 732, Mark Bryant and 245, Jack France qualification to the final. As usual some of the paint jobs were brilliant even if the choice of machinery was fairly mundane. The final was won by Willie Skoyles (41) at the 16th succesive attempt, the place men were Mark Smith (416) and Mark Welland (264). The first visitor home was Shane Brown (120) in 4th. Other finishing places shown with photos
The Qualifiers
4 - David Wilde (Spedeworth) - Mk2 - (6th)
22 - Dave Vincent (RDC) - Mk2
37 - Phil Woskett (Incarace) - Mk2
41 - Willie Skoyles (Spedeworth) - Mk2 - (1st)
46 - Keith Painter (Spedeworth) - Mk3 Granada - (8th)
60 - Shayn Winsor (Spedeworth) - Mk2 Estate
88 - Alan Read (Trackstar) - Mk3 Granada Hearse
120 - Shane Brown (Autospeed) - Mk2 - (4th)
147 - Andy Davies (RDC) - Mk2 Estate
158 - Shane Davies (RDC) - Mk2 Estate
160 - Wayne French (Incarace) - Jaguar XJ6
199 - Phil Powell (Autospeed) - Mk2 - (9th)
218 - Lee Clelland (Incarace) - Mk2 Estate
236 - Karl Gray (Barford) - Mk2 Granada Hearse
254 - Richard Beere (Autospeed) - Mk2
295 - Graham Heywood (Buxton) - Mk2
348 - Sonny Sherwood (PRI) - Mk2 - (10th)
384 - John Golden (Incarace) - Vandem Plas 3 Litre
355 - Mark Simmons (Ringwood) - Mk2 Estate - (7th)
382 - Danny Hunt (Defending Champion - Autospeed) - Mk2
416 - Mark Smith (Spedeworth) - Mk2 - (2nd)
Support Drivers
670 - Richard Flockton (Spedeworth) - Mk2 Estate
17 - Mark Anderson (Spedeworth) - Cedric Estate
27 - Dale Hughes (Spedeworth) - Jaguar XJ6
54 - Alan Cartwight (Spedeworth) - Vauxhall Viscount
108 - Steve Brown (Autospeed) - Mk2
117 - Anthony Pitt (Isle of Man) - Jaguar XJ40
172 - Simon Byrne (Spedeworth) - Austin 3 Litre
200(1) - John Dodge (Spedeworth) - Austin A110 Westminster
294 - Lee Hughes (Spedeworth) - Mk2
363 - James Bulley (Spedeworth) - Mk2
366 - Duncan Gill (Spedeworth) - Mk2
467 - Carl Sewell (Spedeworth) - Mk2 Granada Hearse