Blackpool Slot Car Club

7th / 8th November 2009 .BSL FINALS. Blackpool Slot Car Club racers had a fantastic weekend at the 2009 BSL Finals held at The Lowther Pavilions in Lytham. Thanks to the kind sponsorship of Blackpool Coastal Housing the club won the first Enduro Team Race it has entered, racing as BCH the team was Paul Shepherd, Martin Ellis, Christopher Green and Stephen Siddall.

BCH winning team. Chris Green , Martin Ellis, Paul Shepherd and Stephen Siddall.	The BCH car. JK X 24 chassis, ProSlot G12 motor, UFRA tyres and BPA Bentley bodyshell	The trophy presentation by Margaret Fitzpatrick from Betta.

On Sunday things got off to a great start with notable results in the 1/32nd Production Individual races with wins for Stephen Siddall in the B Final and Paul Shepherd in the A Final, this win was enough for Paul to win the overall BSL 1/32nd Production Championship for the 5th consecutive year, a great achievement as he needed the win today to beat Martin Ellis who had led the championship leading into the final race, Martin finished second in the championship. Chris Green's result in the B final ensured his victory in the Novice Falcon Championship.

Paul Shepherd. 2009 BSL Champion	Chris Green 2009 BSL Novice Champion

The 1/24th Team was also going to be a close run thing for the overall championships with the team of "Hot Shots", Martin Ellis and Chris Green leading "SCD Roadhogs", Paul Shepherd and Chas Keeling in the points. After 80 minutes of racing SCD Roadhogs won the event. Father and son team of "Dad's Taxi", Stephen and Matthew Siddall produced their best ever team result in 2nd despite a valiant effort from the young 11 year old National Production Champion Matthew, who for the first time had the instructions from his Dad to "go for it!" instead of "be careful!" fell just 6 laps short of the required target. This 2nd place was enough to relegate the Hot Shot's team into 4th overall. These results meant that SCD Roadhogs won the Team Championship by just 1 point from Hot Shots, a very popular but also poignant win as Paul and Chas have raced together as SCD for many years, the BSL rules mean that team must now part company. Next season will not quite be the same without the SCD pairing, congratulations and commiserations to you both!.

Chas and Paul SCD Roadhogs 2009 BSL Team winners	Martin and Chris Hot Shots 2009 BSL Team 2nd	Stephen and Matthew Dad's Taxi 2009 BSL Finals 2nd

Blackpool Slot Car Club would like to thank Steve, David and Janet Sargent who along with Pete Clarkson, all from Fylde Model Car Raceway organized and set up such a fantastic event over the weekend.

5th November 2009. Bonfire night at Blackpool Cricket Club saw us open our doors to the public for the first time, over 100 people tried out the club cars and controllers while hundreds more watched on at their first exposure to organized slot car racing. Thanks to the generosity of these people Blackpool Slot Car Club was able to donate all proceeds from the evening to Blackpool Cricket Club.