Penarth Downhill Derby is over for another year and what a day it was. The sun shone, the amazing people of Penarth were there shouting and cheering in their thousands, and the racers were, as always, incredibly enthusiastic.
Some controversy, some very competitive heat races and a worthy winner of best cart.
Special thanks go to Elliot Penn, Jerry Cross, Athina Rose Summerbell, Alex Summerbell, Ben Cook, Jo Byworth-Morgan, Megan Brown, Production 78 and Andreas Flower boutique.
Full results as follows:
Winner of Best Cart
Dick Dastardly’s Mean Machine.
Under 12s
1 The Road Runner. 26s
2 The Po Po/The Rozzers/The Five O. 31s
3 Pawfect Pets. 41s
4 Poppy. 52s
5 RC car. 56s
12-16s
1 Fire Hound. 31s
2 The Wobberley. 40s
3 Hill Blaster. 1m03s
Over 16
Fastest Cart Trophy Race
1 Chocks Away. 36s
2 Cardiff Gas 1. 37s
3 SMS Racer. 38s
4 Red Arrows Grandads. 39s
5 Do or Die and Supermarket sweep. 40s
6 The Headcases.41s
7 Cardiff Gas 2 and Cardiff Gas 3 43s
8 SMS Windows. 44s
9 Missfire. 53s
10 Dick Dastardly’s Mean Machine.55s
11 C and H Bathroom. 56s
12 Summer of 78. 58s
13 Butty. 1m 04s
14 A Not So Speedy Boy. 1m 13s
15 Seahobo. 1m 20s
16 Lexus Cardiff. 1m 30s
17 RFS ARP3 Monoposto. 2m
King of the Hill – Heats
Chock away – Cardiff gas 1
Cardiff gas 1
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SMS racer
– SMS racer
Red arrows grandads
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Do or die
– Supermarket sweep
Supermarket sweep
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The Headcases
– The Headcases
Cardiff gas 2
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Cardiff Gas 3
– Cardiff Gas 3
SMS window cleaning
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Missfire
– Dick Dastardly
Dick Dastardly
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C and H bathrooms
– C and H bathrooms
Summer of 78
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Butty
– Butty
Seahobo
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RFS ARP3 Monoposto
– RFS ARP3 Monoposto
Lexus Cardiff
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King of the Hill – Final
SMS Racer
Cardiff Gas 1
Supermarket Sweep
The Headcases
King of the Hill – Winner
The Headcases!
Photograph by Jane Lasonder
