Rogers top again (From Western Telegraph)

Rogers top again

The biggest event in autograss racing - The Men's National Championships - held recently in the Yorkshire Dales, has brought great success to three Pembrokeshire racers.

Phil Rogers, from Johnston, continued to re-write the record books when he followed on from his three consecutive national titles in class nine with a fourth national win, this time in class eight.

With his Suzuki Hyabusa powered special, Rogers has not had the best of seasons by his very high standards but pulled out all the stops to win the big one, and then came within inches of winning the champion of champions event for the third consecutive time, a feat only managed by two drivers in the history of autograss racing.

The class seven Super Saloons produced some superb racing all weekend and it was Narberth's 'Stormin' Norman Mason who brought his twin engined Suzuki GSXR 1000 powered Citroen Saxo home to a fine second place in Sunday's final.

It was also a great achievement for Wayne Llewelyn, the Johnston Racing Car constructor' who had built the car which was competing in only its fifth race meeting. Steve Lindsay from Saundersfoot, who in 1997 became the youngest ever national champion when he won the class eight title, was probably the unluckiest driver of the weekend.

He lost this year's class nine championship in a photo finish to Stroud's Dave Smith (champion in 2000).

Steve is currently leading his class in The British Autograss Series in his Millington powered special so it could still be a very big season for the popular Saundersfoot Racer.

Other PHD Drivers doing well over the weekend were class one finalist Lee Pearce (Pembroke Dock), Gareth James (Freystrop) and Tony Hughes (Penycwm)