Now this looks as if it has the makings of a cracker, with Mike Hose, Chris McGahan, Bill Swallow, Derek Whalley, Alan Oversby, Steve Elliot and John Loder all out today.

Also in the field are the likes of Paul Coward, Wattie Brown, Harold Bromiley, Luke Notton, Ivan Coates and John Leech Jnr.

Thankfully the weather is holding and the sun still shines. A great day for racing without a doubt.

They are on the line and ready to go.

Off they go with 23 starters,heading up towards Ballakeighan

Lap 1 X4 Ways it is:-

Hose, McGahan, Whalley, Swallow, Whitwell, Edwards

Wattie Brown goes through with a smoke screen behind him.

End of lap 1 it is Hose, McGahan, Whalley, Elliot, Notton, Oversby, Whitwell, Edwards, Loder, Spencer, Ferguson.

Wattie Brown retires at the end of lap 1

End of Lap 2 Hose stretches his lead.

McGahan appears to have some problems and is dropping back.

Placings

Hose, Whalley, Swallow, Elliot, Notton, Oversby

Bromiley retires at end of lap 2

Swallow moves up to 2nd at X4 Ways on lap 3, McGahan is sitting in 7th at the moment.

End of Lap 3 it's Hose, Swallow, Whalley, Elliot, Notton,

McGahan pulls in at the end of lap 3. Bill Wark likewise puls in.

Hose finishes lap 4 with Bill Swallow closing in on him.

End of lap 5 Hose is stretching his lead again from Swallow and then a gaggle of 4 come through together; Whalley, Elliot, Notton,Oversby.

Alex Whitwell running well today on the well prepared Geoff Bates 350 Honda and down in about 8th place.

End of lap 6 it's Hose in front again, with Swallow closing in once again, then Elliot, Oversby, Notton and Whalley dropping back a little.

Lap 7 - Swallow is catching Hose now with the gap down to about 2 seconds.

Elliot, Notton, Oversby and Whalley all go through very close to each other.

Stuart Robinson goes through with Alec Whitwell close on his tail.

End of Lap 8 it's - Hose, Swallow, Elliot, Notton, Oversby and Whalley with Hose stretching the lead once again,

Oh...come on Mike, do it for Mary Winter!!

At the finish line it's:-

Mike Hose (with new race and lap records)
Bill Swallow
Luke Notton *
Steve Elliot

* denotes newcomer