With twelve teams still out on the track after the end of the Masters race, top team Sweatshop were leading on the road by an obscene 7 lap advantage over the penalised Ducks X and series newcomers East Coast Construction (Phillip Reed/Phillip Usher/Paul Hobson/R1) who were riding a 2008 Phase One Endurance machine that had received very little sorting prior to the race. P93 were a comfortable fourth place until 15 minutes into the fourth hour when Daisy Jones felt the front Michelin twitch and at the next corner, Turn 1, the bike took a low side, the damaged R6 was back in the pits quickly for repair to the right hand side whilst the rider attended the medical centre. Luckily Andy Buik's spare bike could be cannibalised to provide replacement parts, dropping them into final spot and 13 laps adrift.

Two thirds distance and Sweatshop had maintained their 7 lap advantage over Ducks X, East Coast still in third and Gasi Racing (Helen Gaskins/Grant Gaskins/Sam Godfrey) were enjoying a hugely successful race to be a strong fourth place going into the closing stages. By now Bruce Wilson had parted company with the borrowed 600 and made it back to the pits to exit on Jenny Tinmouth's machine for some very quick riding whilst they chased Gasi who were up to a podium third for a while.

In the closing stages there was some real close racing on the track between teams battling for places and at the end of the race Sweatshop had held onto their now 12 lap lead over the Supersport machine of Ducks X who had a fine ride including a return to the saddle for Martin Landmann. After a host of problems throughout the six hours Sorrymate.com were masterful to finish in third spot only a couple of laps ahead of East Coast and Gasi Racing who were separated by an eye blinking 13 seconds. Well Oiled Kitty (Hazel Drury/Michael Naylor/Steve Griffiths) all pulled together effectively after several mechanical dramas on the aged Honda 600 component of the team to finish a lap ahead of 120+ Racing (Richie Cunningham/Mike Bradley/Steve Joy/R1) who were no stranger to on and off track dramas but made a welcome return to the series after a sabbatical.

In a hefty eighth and racing under the 'Help for Heroes' banner, servicemen AMR Endurance (Bob Robson/Simon Taylor/Al Waring) finished only a minute ahead of the pursuing Apex Racing (Glen Levy/Nick Matthews/Lee Morris) effort. On the same lap as these two until picking up a penalty for speeding in the pitlane during the closing minutes Costello Redmond Racing (Derek Redmond/Pete Douglas/Neil Garnham) were tenth in front of stablemates Yorkshire Racing (Phil Bowden/John Hewitt/Trevor Craig) and the once front running Project Nine Three after their earlier spill. A fantastic weekends racing and the tables are closing up a bit, we now move onto Anglesey on Spring Bank Holiday weekend for Round Three.

National and Senior - 6 Hours

Juniors - 3 Hours

It was third fastest GT Racing (Keith Tribe/Brad Patras) who made the best start with Patras first out of the trap and Graphic UK (Dean Skipper/Basil Bannayi) making the most of their hard earned pole, while the hapless Project 39 (Andy Rouse/Colin Norris) rider Andy Rouse had trouble getting off P2 and was last to leave the grid - 10 minutes later the novice man was into the top six joining Spellfame Racing (Andrew Main/Richard Lloyd) who had made a brilliant start. After half an hour GT Racing kept in touch with leaders Graphic UK on the same lap at the front of a raft of riders a lap down lead by P39, SOS Racing (Chris Hadfield/Simon Dennis) had to push into the pit lane with lack of fuel to execute their first pitstop. On the hour mark NR Racing (Nathan Horsfield/Ryan Peters) were only 30 seconds ahead of Graphics with GT and Spellfame sharing the same lap, a further lap down P39, Tango + Crash (John Blundell/Ryan Myler), Rawlings Racing and Costello Redmond Racing (Jon Leach/Drew Tommons) were all chasing the leaders and hoping to put some space between themselves and the next bike down. Unfortunately A & G Racing (Mark Affleck/Gary Jones), who had been 4th placed 600 at one time were bumped down the field with penalties and problems.

Graphics and NR Racing shared the battle for the lead and the same lap, holding a one circuit lead over the four next crews. Spare a thought for the ever improving Rawlings Racing (Lee & Matt Rawlings), who plummeted down the timing screen as Matt thought his R1 gearbox had cried 'enough' - this left brother Lee to carry on racing as a singleton and having to take the compulsory breaks between sessions. This was also the case for Neil Plummer (Old and Older), who's team mate's (Ray Dewhurst) Kawasaki 400 went AWOL, ditto Steve Callaghan who went from 9th to last because of a spill on the track.

With an hour left in the encounter the larger machines were benefiting from their superior top speed; Graphic and Spellfame were only 50 seconds apart, a lap ahead of the 600s of NR racing and Project 39. At the same time the pace car made its only appearance and endurance strategists in the pitlane made important decisions about rider changes and pitstops, real winner here was GT Racing who rejoined the fray in a handy third place after some smart thinking and crew work.

With an almost faultless performance this race was all about Graphic UK who controlled from the front with top 600 outfit not a great distance away in second place, Project 39 topped off the podium on the same lap as GT racing, Spellframe and Costello Redmond racing being rewarded with an excellent sixth place after Mario Costello was replaced by Drew Tommons.

MotoGrande Racing

This oversubscribed class enjoyed no less than 4 Races, 70 laps and almost 130 miles, to get their teeth into over this bright and sunny weekend giving near perfect riding conditions for the participants. In practice, Steve Neate had used his well prepared R1 to great effect securing pole by almost a second from Robin Hooker on his very trick Ducati 1098 with Steve's younger sibling Sam rounding off the top three. Steve capitalised on his pole during all the races he entered and walked away with convincing wins, the final encounter being won by Hooker with other decent rides from Dion Robinson, Greg Allsop, Andrew Rouse, Sam Neate and Sean Moss.