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Heat Two Happenings: An early race hit from the World Champ puts 16 and 515 into the turn 1 fence with some force. A close following 212 on the outside line is delayed by the pair. Mayhem on the backstraight as a pack of cars bounce off each other. 22 gets a flat. 80 leads. 67 takes over. 80 loses more places as he scrapes the turn 2 fence. 212 tries a last-bender on 399 but Harry holds on for the place.

Pit News: 325 - Front corner repair after hitting the turn 1 fence 175 - Nerf rail following the 47 car unavoidably making contact in turn 3 after Karl lost it on the backstraight

Heat One Happenings: 523 takes the lead. 171 takes over up front a couple of laps later. 22 gets it sideways through turn 3. Caution for a stranded 325 in turn 1, & 453 in turn 2. At the restart 96 spins 22 in turn 3. Lewis is unable to refire the engine and in a couple of laps a caution is called to move him to safety. 523 from 132 at the restart. Brooke is driving well taking a good line into the corners. James is getting it a bit sideways into the turns which loses him time. 408 is past 132. 175 loops it on the backstraight and is collected by 47 in turn 3. 8 & 16 lock together at 2 to go and career onto the infield. 408 now leads. 96 puts a hit in on 67 for the position coming to the flag.

Welcome to Nutts Corner folks. A few pics from the grid:

Pics in the gallery. Many thanks to AndyJ for taking them 👍

Plenty of pics in the gallery. Many thanks to Stuart 288 for the extra set 👍

Pit News: Repairs progressing on 408: Murray acting as a spark deflector 😀

Pit News: 211 after coming together with 399 A high to low for Alex The 408 pit was very popular:

Pit News: Halfshaft work on 330 Engine strip ongoing on 524 Front corner repairs Straightening the front axle on the 1 car

The defending UK Open Champ:

Morning folks. Join me for a look around the pits. Plenty going on pre-meeting:

GN Notes 367 spins out in turn 4 early on with 484 tangling with her. At the other end of the track a red flag is called when 221 rolls it with H318, 8, & 447 also involved. The restart sees the two green and blue cars of 120 and 20 break clear of the field to open up a big gap. 172 stops on the outside of turn 4. At 3 to go 20 is through to the lead. 1 to go Casey flies into turn 1 sending Liam wide who then slows. 408 puts a big hit in on the 1 car entering turn 3 coming to the flag. Tom slides into a half spin up against the turn 4 fence. 43 has nowhere to go and collides with the World Champ.

Final Focus 330 spins it down the backstraight on lap 1 20 tangles with 242 entering turn 2 sending Joe on a wall of death. A pile up ensues involving 132, 453, 8, and 259. Caution period to clear the track. 368 is on a mission and is powering through the field. Up front it is 219 from 172 for the majority of the race. 569 bounces off the turn 3 fence. 1 & 515 have a good battle for a couple of laps around halfway. 4 to go and it is 172 in the lead. 2 to go sees 368 fire 172 wide entering turn 3 to take the lead. 37 tries for a last-bender on 178 for position but just misses. Callum takes the win for the 3rd successive year.

Pit News Not a good night for Josh with more damage from the Consolation The engine took a hit on the 524 car during the Consolation:

The pit scene after a very action-packed opening two races: 452 - Repairs after being fired in by 37 in turn 1, and then getting caught up with 300 rolling on the backstraight: 219 - Carb damage following the 96 car landing on the bonnet: 212 - Damage from a hit into the turn 3 fence from the World Champ:

Yes, welcome to Skegness folks. Nic and I back together this weekend 👍 Practice ongoing at the moment. A smart paintjob on Craig Utley's car

Some more pics in the gallery with many thanks to Clive125 👍

Pics in the gallery. Many thanks to AndyJ for taking them 👍

Pics in the gallery 👍

Pics in the gallery. Many thanks to Lee Pycroft for the extra set 👍

GN result: 452 22 96 1 124 259 16 132 408 368 120 8 67 retired before the start DNF: 30 127 399 453 325 212 That's it folks. I'll be back from the next tar meetings at Skegness on May 9th/10th 👍

Josh Spiers wins the GN/Brian Whorton Memorial Race

GN/Brian Whorton Memorial Race Grid: 'C' 524 325 'B' 30 349 132 452 'A' 453 127 37 120 96 67 Star 124 138 259 8 526 212 Superstar 16 408 368 1 1/2 Lap handicap 399

Pit News: 515 - Replacing the battery

Final result: 399 452 96 368 132 453 124 1 408 22 8 138 DNF: 515 16 (hooked up) 552 212 37