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Nostalgia Nationals June 30 - July 1

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Nostalgia Nationals30th June - 1st JulyPoints awarded for the Wild Bunch Series Round 3 and Real Steel Series Round 6
This event was the “Nostalgia Nationals” at Shakespeare County, and it was the third round of the Wild Bunch Series, as well as Real Steel Series Round 6. There was a good field of 17 Wild Bunch cars attending the event: 10 Altereds, 6 Slingshots and 1 Radical
Event Participants
Position WB Driver Car Points
- 1 Tony Smith The Cunning Plan 1
- 3 Andy Murphy B-Sting 1
- 6 Chris Hartnell Backdraft 1
- 9 Dogs Bollocks Racing RamRaider 1
- 17 Gina Rumble Tiki Munki 1
- 25 Terry Clifford Ratcatcher Resurrection 1
- 43 Martin Holgate Paranoia 1
- 44 Dave Rowlands Destinys Angel 1
- 47 Liam Maltby Vauxhall Funny Car 1
- 52 Ant Harris Frantic 1
- 67 Darryl Howells Chemical Reaction II 1
- 71 Andy Solley Repeat Offender 1
- 76 Steve Field The Black Pig 1
- 95 Mark Richardson Pony Express 1
- 132 Dan & Elliott Jones Ragin Cajun 1
- 142 Mike Cresswell Living the Dream 1
- 147 Sid Slattery Destiny 1
Saturday
Friday had seen better weather than expected, and Saturday started off cloudy and reasonably warm, but the predicted rain soon fell, and kept falling intermittently throughout the whole day. The track crew started work several times, but the rain kept coming back, so the day was completely rained off!

Sunday (Series Points Day)
Sunday's weather was about the same as Saturday, and an early start was scheduled to try and make the best of the driest part of the day. The track did indeed open at about quarter to 10, and about 45 minutes of racing took place, although slick-tyred vehicles were not allowed on track during this time. Things were going well and the track was being sprayed with grip juice, when a huge bank of grey clouds dropped their entire contents! But the crew were out again as soon as it stopped raining, and after only an hour, the track was ready again. But after the very next pair of cars, the rains came again! This was intermittent for a couple of hours, and eventually many people started packing up, with more dark grey clouds on the horizon. After a bit more rain, the officials were finally forced to call a halt to the event, in the face of more clouds and a much reduced amount of racecars in the pits. Such a shame! Huge thanks to all the track crew, marshals and officials for working so hard to try to get the racing going! Their efforts were much appreciated!

As no Wild Bunchers had any runs over the weekend, here is a summary of Dial-ins and other news:
WB 1 was due to see Dave Williams taking the hotseat of The Cunning Plan minivan altered for the first time this season. Dial-in: 11.50. Dave and Tony still remain in the lead of the Wild Bunch Series.
WB 3 was Andy Murphy's turn in the B-Sting altered. Dial-in: 10.32. The team are currently 10th in WB.
WB 6 ‘Crazy’ Chris Hartnell had fixed the transbrake problem in the Backdraft slingshot and had been looking forward to more wheelies! Dial-in: 9.60. Chris is still 2nd in the Real Steel Series & 4th In Wild Bunch.
WB 9 was another turn for Ray Ford in the RamRaider slingshot of Team Dog's B's. Dial-in: 9.20. The team are currently 3rd in the Real Steel Series and equal 5th in the Wild Bunch Series.
WB 17 Gina Rumble was looking for some more good runs in the Tiki Munki Pinto altered. Dial-in: 14.85. Gina is currently equal 5th in the Wild Bunch Series, and 8th in the Real Steel Series.
WB 25 Terry Clifford was fresh from his Runner-up placing at the Summer Nationals in his Ratcatcher Resurrection slingshot. Dial-in: 10.60. Terry is currently 9th in the Real Steel Series.
WB 43 saw the second WB event of the season for Martin Holgate in the Paranoia Jag-powered altered. He had just finished repairs after the small fire at the Spring Nationals and was keen to run. Dial-in: 9.70.
WB 44 was ex-Wicked Lady crew member, Dave Rowlands, who had bought Bernie's Destiny's Angel, and was in his first Wild Bunch event! Dial-in: 9.60.
WB 47 Liam Maltby was hoping to check out the torque converter in his Vauxhall-bodied comp altered, Still Shovin’ It. Dial-in: 13.50.
WB 52 was Ant Harris, in the Frantic Topolino altered, and he was hoping for more PB's.. Dial-in: 9.55
WB 67 Darryl Howells had driven down from work in Scotland on the Friday, to run the DASH Chemical Reaction slingshot. Dial-in: 10.40.
WB 71 saw Andy Solley and crew out for the first time in 2007 with the Repeat Offender altered.
WB 76 Steve Field was in his third appearance of the season in The Black Pig altered. Dial-in: 9.90.
WB 95 saw another Wild Bunch outing for Mark Richardson with the Pony Express altered. Dial-in: 9.60.
WB 132 saw the first appearance of the season of the Jones’ family's Ragin’ Cajun Bantam Bodied altered. The rain off was not a complete loss for them as they spent valuable time in the pits firing up and tuning the car!
WB 142 was also the first appearance of the year for Mikey Cresswell and his Living the Dream slingshot. Mikey and the gang were just chuffed to be back at the dragstrip amongst the Bunch! Dial-in: 11.10.
WB 147 was the first outing in 2007 for Sid Slattery, after the clutch rebuild was finished in his Destiny slingshot. Dial-in: 11.00.
So with everyone collecting just the one point, Tony and Dave still lead the Wild Bunch Series with The Cunning Plan, with Ant right behind them with Frantic. And Darryl still leads in the Real Steel Series, with Chemical Reaction, with Chris on equal points in second place with Backdraft.

Thanks again to all the hard working marshals and officials for all their efforts. Well done to every one!

We are now really looking forward to the Mini Showdown RWYB event at Shakespeare County Raceway! This will be Wild Bunch Series Round 4 and Real Steel Series Round 7.