CARAVAN chaos reigned supreme at Arena Essex as the curtain came down on another lively afternoon of racing.

It was something of a faltering start to the race with Luke Betts - in pole position - stalling and Basildon’s Rick Sharp ushered forward to bump start the car and caravan combo.

Grays’ Simon Peters took first blood, driving through the ‘Love Shack’ themed caravan of Sharp.

Jason Webb and Alfie Lee added their weight to the home straight carnage before Stanford-le-Hope’s Bradley Powers steamed into the back of Webb’s caravan and Peters did likewise into James Donovan.

Jason Jackson destroyed Betts Caravan before Alfie Lee raced into a huge pile of caravan debris and somehow came out the other side.

Sharp and Kayleigh Glover were left to fight it out in the Destruction Derby, although this came to a messy conclusion with Glover diving for the infield when her seatbelt came loose, leaving Sharp to take the win.

Before the chaos of the caravans, there were four regular Banger races won by Craig Thurlow, Kevin Buckley, Jack Coveney and Tom Greenstreet.

Tempers were frayed in the first heat for the Lightning Rods with Richard Norman extracting revenge on Dave Imber in no uncertain terms.

The incident resulted in two badly damaged cars and both were disqualified from the meeting.

Jay Page-Fuller won the final, with father Lee also taking a win along with Sam Shirmer.

Alfie Jones put aside a poor run of results to win the Stock Car final, which featured a huge smash for Dave Palmer. Billy King and Darren Nash were the heat winners.

There were three brilliant Stock Rod races with Sadie Betts and Alex Martin winning the heats.

The final was interrupted by a clash of the Shackleford’s as Wayne was tagged into a spin by son Carl and rolled the car onto its side off the inner kerb.

Martin led at the restart and crossed the line inches ahead of Jon Turvey and a stunning drive from Dave Crouch, who used the outside line to snatch the place from Carl Shackleford on the line.

The next action at Arena Essex comes in a fortnight with the National Banger World Final Wild Card meeting taking place.

The Stock Rod Essex Championship, Stock Cars and Mini Stox provide support with a 1pm start.