BWRDC at Rockingham Motor Speedway

Awards Presentation for 2006

Saturday 24th February 2007

With Special Guest:

David Brabham
David raced in Formula One, Formula 3000 and Formula 3 before becoming one of the world's leading sportscar
racers in the American Le Mans Series and at the famed Le Mans 24 Hours itself

Prizewinners

BWRDC RACING CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE GOODWIN TROPHIES
1st - Gail Hill driving a Jaguar XJS scoring 140 points from 10 races including 5 fastest laps
BWRDC KART CHAMPIONSHIP
Cassey Watson, Abigail Gerry and Amy Barker collecting trophies for under 18 karters as Championship Contenders

BWRDC KART CHAMPIONSHIP
1st - Abigail Gerry driving a cadet scored 113 points from her best 10 of 29 events which is a new record for points scored in this Championship. She had 4 wins and was the first female driver to win a round of the National Super 1 Cadet series where she was 2nd overall and awarded the Nick Lewis Memorial Trophy for outstanding achievement.
BWRDC RALLY CO-DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP
1st - Tracey Taylor-West co-driving for both Bill Bates in a Peugeot 106 Rallye and Chris Wise and a Metro 6R4. Tracey scored 76.5 points from 6 events which included 5 podium finishes. She was also 7th in our Sprint Championship
BWRDC RALLY DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE LOUISE AITKEN-WALKER TROPHY
1st - Kate Heath in her Subaru co-driven by Paul Heath for all but 1 events scored 54 points from 6 full International events and also won the Britsh Ladies Rally Championship for the second time.

BWRDC JUNIOR RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
this category is new this year and is open to competitors between 14 and 17 years old who hold Junior Race licences issued by the MSA for Circuit Racing and as such are not eligible for the main Goodwin Trophies.

1st - Cassey Watson scored 82 points and was 6th in the 750 Motor Clubs SAXMAX Championship. Cassey was also 8th in the BWRDC Kart Championship and would have been 5th in the Racing Championship had she been eligible. Cassey also raced T-Cars and Junior Ginettas - in fact broke the record for the most races competed in in one day when she drove in 6 races on the same day at the Brands Hatch junior festival.

BWRDC HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE SHELL TROPHY
1st - Alison Earner driving an Austin Healey Sprite scoring 53 points from her best 6 of 7 events, this included 2 wins, 1 second and 1 third.
BWRDC SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE DUCKHAMS TROPHY
3rd - Anne Adams driving a Royale RP30 scoring 11 points from her best 6 of 8 events
BWRDC SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE DUCKHAMS TROPHY
2nd - Jo Moss driving a Morgan scoring 15 points from 4 events including a win in Jersey
BWRDC SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE DUCKHAMS TROPHY
1st - Sarah Bosworth driving a Lotus Elise scoring 34 points from her best 6 of 7 events including 3 wins, 2 seconds and 3 thirds. Sarah was 1st Lotus and 2nd overall in the Curborough Sprint Championship
RABBIT TROPHY FOR WRITTEN CONTRIBUTIONS
Sarah Franklin who has taken over the Editorship of our Club magazine - Racing Vogue
JEAN DENTON NEWCOMMERS AWARD FOR THE BEST PERFORMANCE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF RACING MEMBERSHIP
Amy Barker driving a Ford Fiesta scoring 66 points from her best 10 of 11 races. Amy has replaced her Karting with a drive in the 750 Motor Club’s Stock Hatch Championship which has to be the best supported championship in Britain with over 150 registered contenders in 2006
HELEN SPENCE AWARD FOR THE HIGHEST PLACED ASSOCIATE
Susanne Dignan driving a MGZR, with a score of 32 points from her best 6 of 8 sprints and also 14 points from 4 hillclimbs. She was 1st Lady, 1st Novice, 2nd in a post 1994 car, 2nd in class, 4th northern and 5th overall in the MG Car Clubs Speed Championship. Suzanne also competed in 8 Formula Woman races finishing 6th overall and was a member of the winning team.
HILLWOOD WINNERS AWARD FOR THE HIGEST NUMBER OF WINS AND LAP RECORDS
Gail Hill driving a Jaguar XJS with 9 wins from 10 races.
CHAIRMANS TROPHY
Lisa Selby who is an Associate Member scoring 37 points in the BWRDC Sprint Championship in her best 6 of 7 events and also took on the role of Webmaster for the Club
EMBASSY TROPHY FOR THE CLUB CHAMPION
Gail Hill who was also the outright winner of the National Jaguar World Monthly, Classic Spars XJS Championship
BWRDC 2006 Prizewinners

 

BWRDC members annual photo

Many thanks to Jeff Bloxham for the photos