The Unlimited Banger War of the Worlds Team Event returns to the Adrian Flux Arena following an absence of 12 years on Saturday 25 June where it is hoped that the Bears will be defending the title they won in 2004 when the event was last run!
Under ORC rules each track is allowed to run one meeting which has a £5000 payout. Last year the Pre 85 meeting was our big money meeting but to help give the War of the Worlds a boost this year this meeting will be the one with the £5000 prize purse.
The meeting is open to teams of up to 6 cars and also in action on the day are the 2L Stock Cars Steve Newman Memorial with Junior Bangers completing the action.
£3000 will be reserved for Start Money with drivers being able to claim between £30 and £50 of this depending on how far they travel with the remaining £2000 being paid out as follows;
Top 3 Teams 1st £400 2nd £300 3rd £200
Best Presented Team £100
Best Material Team £120
6 individual Car Merit Awards £30 each
Top Entertainer Teams 1st £300 2nd £200 3rd £100
DD Winner £50
DD entertainer £50
Team meetings for Unlimited Bangers have proved difficult to stage in 2016 with meetings in the calendar this year either having to be cancelled or only attracting a handful of cars. The War of the Worlds is currently looking like being the top team meeting during the main season in the Unlimited Bangers in 2016 with 15 teams of up to 6 cars currently booked in to race. There are currently 62 drivers booked in and with the Bears teams still to be confirmed we are currently expecting over 70 Unlimited Bangers to be in action which is great news!
There are still space for more teams who have until this Sunday (19 June) to still get their start money if any is still available whilst any drivers who would like to book in who do not have a team can book in to join the "Lone Mercenaries" team!
Also in action are the 2L Stock Cars where over 40 cars are booked in to race in the Steve Newman Memorial with Junior Bangers completing the action.
The current list of drivers and teams booked in to race appears below;
Bears A
421 Nigel Riley - Brighton
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Bears B
266 Callum "Oddjob" Hall - Leicester
Gladiators
100 Callum White - Peterborough
143 Paul Russell - Ipswich
174 David Osbourne - Colchester
206 Phil Milner - Ipswich
602 Shaun "Moody" Cooper - Downham Market
Gremlins
93 Lewis "Lewie Boy" Godfrey - Heacham
225 Mark Bear - Fakenham
412 Jake "Baby Jake" Burgess - King's Lynn
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418 Simon "Gumbo" Eglen - King's Lynn
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Lone Mercenaries
322 Tom "Foxy" Fox - Brandon
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338 Terry "Wingnut" Garrod - Swaffham
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Mad Hatters
390 David "Gibbo" Gibson - Bourne
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392 Sam "Baino" Baines - Bourne
399 Jonny Atkins - Bourne
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601 Chris "Bling" Meddler - Norwich
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Predators
11 Ryan "Leeksy" Leeks - Wisbech
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79 Ricky Twell - King's Lynn
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88 Lyndon "Fat Face" Stark - Boston
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178 Kieran "Pretty Boy" Bowman - King's Lynn
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479 Joel "Jooble" Allan - Wisbech
SHB
165 Ben Randall - Great Yarmouth
186 Chris "Chrissy" Loveridge - King's Lynn
571 Mark Quincey - Norwich
633 Leeroy Haywood - Sutton in Ashfield
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Shunters A
32 Alan Wombwell - Cambridge
132 Robert James - Cambridge
174 Callum Henderson - Cambridge
513 Shaun "Shaggy" Harvey - Colchester
515 Tommy Lee - Colchester
768 Danny McSweeney - Colchester
Shunters B
319 Wayne Cunnington - Wisbech
514 Charlie "Baby" Taylor - Colchester
790 Nathan "Nafe" Young - Wisbech
791 Nicky "Spud" Young - Wisbech
925 Aaron Preece - Nottingham
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Team Mates
10 Ben "Ben 10" Collins - Norwich
95 Anton "Trailer Trash" Martin - Buy St Edmunds
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175 Karl Corsby - Newmarket
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517 Sid Cooper - Cambridge
547 Jon Jo Reynolds - Cambridge
830 Lee "Stretch" White - Saffron Walden
Team Sowter
72 Billy Bond - Diss
288 Carl Sowter - Horley
388 Taylor Sowter - Horley
883 Tom Filmer - Horley
884 Jack Filmer - Horley
VS Massive
160 Shayn Winsor - Wymondham
318 Tony Citro - Stockton on Tees
326 Shane Lynn - Diss
328 Danny Lathan - Diss
757 Callum "Jack Jnr" Gill - King's Lynn
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960 Ross "Rossco" Winsor - Wymondham
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White & Stripes
129 Jono Brook - Derby
148 Ian "Shorty" Redden - Kettering
800 Tom Hannah - Cannock
Wild Boys
16 Jamie Cox - Sheffield
43 Nicky "Bish" Bishop - Crowle
149 Wayne Bailey - Retford
232 Richard Swallow - Sheffield
811 Pete "Pistol Pete" Winter - Hull
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