Popular Post Alex Gaskin Posted December 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2022 Through my 15 or so years being in and around the WSCC Speed Series, I have never known much of what happened 'before my time'. Because of this thought, I decided to compile a list of all the WSCC Speed Series Champions from 1998 to today. I have included information and photos of the winning car in the season that it won. All info is from the Westfield World Magazines which are available to download and view, or from general paddock talk over the last decade. 1998 - Nick Lear Unfortunately, I was unable to find much information on Nick Lear's 1998 season, beyond him competing in the then Class A with a Crossflow powered car. 1999 - David Jones Similarly to Nick Lear, there is only limited information that I was able to find. David Jones competed in Class A with a Crossflow powered car. 2000 - Lindsay Pointon Competing in Class B in his Vauxhall C20XE (Redtop) powered car, Lindsay was the first of many C20XE powered champions. 2001 - Garry Bunn The well known now ex-Derby Notts AO, Garry piloted his Crossflow powered car to the championship in class A. Unfortunately I was unable to find a photo of this car, but he went on to compete in an amazing Cosworth powered car. 2002 - Adrian Clinton-Watkins Even when he was still young, Adrian Clinton-Watkins; the man behind GGR Communications and forum admin, was blisteringly quick in a Westfield. For his first championship, he competed in a Class B with a C20XE powered Car. 2003 - Tom Green The man responsible for the WSCC Speed Series, without which many friendships would not have been formed. Powering along in the famous Westfield 'Flymo' GT with a John Eales Rover V8, Tom was able to win the championship in Class H. 2004 - Tim Pennington Tim brought the championship back down to earth by winning overall in his Crossflow powered car that was still very modest (especially compared to the Flymo) in Class A. 2005 - Guy Hussey Probably one of the most interesting seasons in Speed Series history. Guy drove his Dad's Vauxhall X16XE powered Raw Striker to the overall championship in Class A, before the guest classes were introduced to the Speed Series. 2006 - Mark Smith The first SBD car to win the Speed Series. An extremely well tuned C20XE by SBD was the powerplant that helped Mark Smith win in Class H. 2007 - Andy Rushworth The first bike powered car to win the championship. A CBR1100xx Blackbird engine in a road-going Westfield. This chassis has gone on to win 4 Speed Series Championships (as of 2022), the most of any single chassis so far. 2008 - Andy Rushworth The first person to win the championship twice, and back to back non the less. 2009 - Richard Kerr This northern speedster drove his C20XE powered Westfield to the overall Championship in Class D. 2010 - Phil Newall 2010 saw the first of the Fireblade powered Westfields come to win. Phil Newall's example being one of the lightest cars ever built, with a modern 1-litre bike engine in the then Class G. 2011 - Stuart Hill The first Toyota powered Westfields to win the championship the 4AGE a great engine to get him the win in Class C. 2012 - Adrian Clinton-Watkins Now with a Duratec in his Westfield, Adrian came with a mission, and won the overall championship in Class F. 2013 - Barry Slingsby A return for the C20XE powered overall champions in Class D, and a second of the 'Team GGR' coloured cars to win overall. 2014 - Adrian Clinton-Watkins Adrian now sets the record for the most wins by a single person, with 3. This season, Adrian came to the championship with a very special engine, a de-stroked 1800cc Duratec which would place him in Class E. Interestingly, after the car had a large off at Loton Park, the engine and gearbox were transferred to Barry Slingsby's chassis to finish off the season at Ty Croes, Anglesey. 2015 - John Hoyle The first win for John Hoyle, an incredibly quick Yorkshireman with a C20XE powered car in Class D. 2016 - John Loudon The throaty roar of the 1700cc Ford Puma powered Westfield of John Loudon won the championship in Class E. 2017 - John Hoyle John Hoyle took back his title from John Loudon, this time, competing in Class F. 2018 - Howard Gaskin Another Championship for the trusty old C20XE, this time back in Class D. Going into the final day of the final event of the season, 3 people were still within a chance of winning. Howard Gaskin, Terry Everall and John Loudon. In the end, a points difference the equivalent of 0.07 seconds split Howard and John. 2019 - John Hoyle John Hoyle comes back swinging in Class F, as he equals Adrian Clinton-Watkins record of 3 championships won. 2020 - None Due to COVID-19, the 2020 season was cancelled. 2021 - Terry Everall After competing for approximately 20 years, Terry had finally won the Speed Series. A comeback for the Honda Fireblade CBR1000rr which had always been a very competitive engine since it's first appearance in a Westfield. Also a third championship for the chassis, as Andy Rushworth had won his championships in this chassis back in 2007/8 2022 - Terry Everall Just like busses, ey. With the 2022 championship won, the chassis has the unique distinction of being the only chassis to win 4 championships, with 2 back to back victories, over a decade apart. 2023 - Adam Phelps The 2023 season once again came down to the last event weekend to be decided, this time Adam Phelps just edged out Adrian Clinton-Watkins by less than 1 point. The Phelps family car powered by a 1440cc Suzuki Hayabusa, piloted by Adam, his sister Charlotte, and father John. Adam consistently put on great displays of his talent, often beating specialist single seat race cars. A worthy champion! And with that, the list is complete as of now. If there is any more information that people want to add or correct, let me know, and if there are any period images of the cars that don't have ones, please send me them via a message so that I can add them. 13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Everall Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Thats great. piece of research and compilation Alex I was also 73 and 74 yrs old when I won Thanks for doing it and we should find somewhere to keep this record 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 @Alex Gaskin This would have made a great magazine article and still could. Well done. I have taken a liberty and edited a few misnomers like the cc of my engine and that it was I would came 0.07 behind Howard in 2018 not Terry 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenh Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Excellent bit of work, Alex, and it brought back some great memories for me, as well as information about the Speed Series before I became involved with Westfields. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Would be fantastic to see in the magazine. Great work Alex, thank you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hunter - Club Secretary Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 Great write up @Alex Gaskin, definitely one for the mag! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkm_dave Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 100% this should go in the magazine, excellent piece of research and putting things together! Love it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Gaskin Posted December 23, 2022 Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 The process was made a lot easier thanks to Tom Green's early Westfield World articles. Every issue back in the late 90s and early 00s had a good write up on the events that had taken place. Also, finding out the exact engines of each person was done without much stress thanks to a couple of posts made by @Mark Stanton from over a decade ago. So all the work I had to do was dig around for photos (before the calendar included a photo of the Champ) in old WW magazines, which was an easy enough task thanks to the work of a dedicated few who scanned and uploaded every single issue (from what I can tell). Like I have said previously, it would be great if more information from those who were around at the time was added, as I have only got information that I know of (some of which is incorrect! 😅). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 This is fantastic Alex. Brought back a lot of memories. Makes me want to dig out my old Westfield Worlds. I was there in 1999 and remember Dave Jones. he later ran a twin bike engined way before bike engine cars were a thing. Amazing to see at the time. Would love to know what some of the past winners are up to now. did they carry on in motor sport, do other things. Merry Christmas all 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Loudon - Sponsorship Liaison Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 I think I must hold the record for coming 2nd overall the most times on at least 5 occassions by my reckoning 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stanton Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 and although I suspect its somewhat of a "Triggers Broom" scenario that Terrys championship wins came about from the double championship winning car purchase from Andy Rushworths car 👍 that car has some pedigree Nick Lear still has his car from year 1 - after winning the championship he went onto to race in the Locost Championship and 2023 will see him out in the MR2 race championship alongside Richard Brown also ex SS driver. Not sure what became of David Jones ? Lindsay Pointon retired from motorsport and now runs a successful IT business Tom Green also retired and currently lives in France Tom Green alongside myself and Ron Siddle got the championship off the ground - WSCC Motorsport Ltd was later founded a couple of years later by Tom, myself, Steve Robinson and Mike Smith when the championship became really popular in order to organise it all more professionally, where we often had over 100 registered drivers. The other championship winners are still around the Westfield scene, some in a more sedate manner and others still going strong and even faster. As an aside if you're ever around a paddock you will still often see George Newrick ... one of the first drivers to enter all those years ago and still competes at a local level in the same blue Westfield, as all those years ago 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Everall Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Since I started competing in the speed series approx 20 years ago (cant remember exactly when) I have had 5 different Westfields with 10 different engine types/capacity etc including a 2.5 Millington Diamond, 1548cc, Busa , SBD 300bhp Duratech and a Neil Brown Duratech. The car I bought from Andy Rushworth (CAT Motorsport) had a Blackbird engine fitted which I replaced with a Honda Fireblade. The car came with a lot of lightened parts as well as carbon fibre panels and currently weighs around 405Kgs. I have had this car for approx 10 years and developed it quite a lot. I am very pleased that I have now (at last) won back to back championships. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 God that makes me feel old. Brilliant work Alex !! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Gaskin Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 Post now updated to include our most recent champion, Adam Phelps! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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