Northampton 22nd August 1981

Saturday 22nd August 1981

Northampton

European Championship

The European title was on the meeting final.

Heat 1
60 cars

1st	1 Stu Smith
2nd	212 Frankie Wainman
3rd	471 Bobby Burns
4th	165 John Hulton
5th	481 Graham Soule
6th	427 Steve Bateman
7th	281 Rob Pearce
8th	117 Rob Scriven
9th	213 Des Chandler
10th	232 Pete Bailey

Heat 2
1st	175 Glyn Pursey
2nd	199 Mike Close
3rd	428 Pete Doran
4th	395 Mike Shirley
5th	107 Pete Bashford
6th	497 Roger Warnes
7th	306 Mick Noden
8th	514 Phil Spencer
9th	178 Roy McLester
10th	111 Lee Wilson

Heat 3
1st	55 Bert Finnikin
2nd	190 Len Wolfenden
3rd	154 Brian Powles
4th	422 Nigel Whorton
5th	51 Mo Smith
6th	2 Willie Harrison
7th	495 John Cayzer
8th	271 Mark Carrington
9th	110 Ray Scriven
10th	272 Dave Hodgson

Consolation
1st	58 John Davies
2nd	272 Dave Hodgson
3rd	37 Roger Bowyer
4th	270 Barry Rogers
5th	93 Dave Abraham
6th	328 Melvyn Chaplain
7th	110 Ray Scriven

Final
1st	190 Len Wolfenden
2nd	154 Brian Powles
3rd	212 Frankie Wainman
4th	175 Glyn Pursey
5th	199 Mike Close
6th	422 Nigel Whorton
7th	51 Mo Smith
8th	110 Ray Scriven
9th	1 Stu Smith
10th	328 Melvyn Chaplain

Grand National
1st	154 Brian Powles
2nd	175 Glyn Pursey
3rd	51 Mo Smith
4th	212 Frankie Wainman
5th	199 Mike Close
6th	428 Pete Doran
7th	271 Mark Carrington
8th	495 John Cayzer
9th	408 Brian Whorton
10th	2 Willie Harrison

203 Dan Clarke and 18 Richy Ahern come to grief. (MG photo)