One of just a pair of summertime Monday evening sessions took place in dry conditions with some excellent racing on display across the four formulas on show. 

Saloon Stock Cars

As has been customary for some years, the Devon Championship was the first event of the evening with a more than respectable entry of 18 cars on track.  Ultimately, the race was a flag-to-flag victory for 2019 Champion 799 Joe Powell with the star graders’ progress being delayed as 720 Archie Brown and 277 Jack Grandon became embroiled in a battle further down the pack with 27 Jason Kingwell also involved.  Brown finally escaped to make his way up to second, as 7 Pat Lines held on after a fine start to complete the top three after 84 Carl Boswell dropped out of the running on the back straight.  Grandon found himself facing the wrong direction even before reaching the green flag at the beginning of the first Allcomers with Lines leading the field away.  As the laps ticked by, Lines looked set to take the win.  However, as the lap boards appeared, he encountered a reversing 111 Thomas Ruby who had spun out, allowing 677 Warren Darby to close and ultimately pass him for the win.  The second Allcomers saw an explosive start amongst the star graders heading into the put bend which saw 902 Buster Jnr hitching a lift on the rear of Grandon’s car mangling some of the bodywork in the process.  Lines again held the early lead with Boswell quickly on his tail.  Once in amongst the backmarkers who had been delayed in those opening exchanges, Boswell made the better job of finding a route through and he pulled clear for the win with Lines coming off second best in his battle with Kingwell for the runner-up spot.

ORCi Stock Rods

A two from three heat format was adopted to determine the starting positions in the evening’s National Championship.  285 Martin Walker was an early spinner in heat one, with the family’s luck not improving as 286 Martin Walker Jnr was turned around on the pit bend and when 779 Ross Sweetland joined him, that brought out the yellow flags.  275 Jeremy Hatch maintained his lead on the restart with former British Champion 612 Leon Stewart taking to the outside line to get the better of fellow countryman 46 Stewart Paterson at the flag.  909 Justin Washer was an early retiree from the second heat.  415 Sean Gillett led until just past the halfway mark when he was passed by Scot 216 Cameron Doak after which Gillett’s challenge ends in a clash with 914 Callum Faulconbridge.  As Gillett headed out of the race, Faulconbridge was given a black cross.  Doak sprinted through to victory, with newly crowned European Champion 944 Callum Hosie and 77 Tom Larcombe as the placemen.  The third heat was an exciting affair which saw a five-way battle for the lead that lasted all the way to the last lap.  51 Aiden Vincent stoutly defended from Faulconbridge, Stewart, 213 Simon Bassett and 522 Chris Mikulla.  Come the last lap, Stewart made his challenge, but in doing so he sent Vincent around and out of the places and Faulconbridge was also left tumbling down the order.  9 Chris Drake inherited the win after Stewart was penalised for his over ambitious manoeuvre, being demoted to third.  The National Championship saw the three visiting Scottish drivers qualify towards the front, but former British Champion Drake had secured the pole position start.  Stewart made a good start from the front row of the grid but as he got part way down the home straight he appeared to temporarily lose some drive which allowed Drake to edge into the lead.  Dramatically, Stewart dropped to fourth and then found himself on the defensive heading down the back straight from Hosie.  In the blink of an eye, Stewart was sent spinning, coming to rest heavily (and backwards) into the marker tyres on the entry of turn three, bringing out a yellow flag to allow the medical team to assist the Scotsman out of his car.  After a lengthy pause, the race restarted and heading onto the back straight Drake left a gap on his inside which Doak was quick to spot and move into to secure the lead.  With just over five laps to go Doak was clear, with Paterson running third behind Drake until he found himself in a spin.  It was Hosie who was adjudged to have been the cause by surging for a gap which wasn’t there to be claimed, leaving Paterson out of the race with significant bodywork damage.  Whilst the race continued Doak saw his hopes of a low pressure run to the flag dashed when Walker Jnr lost a wheel with two laps to go, bringing out another bout of yellow flags.  Doak made a good restart however and led the field to the chequered flag with Drake and Bassett finishing in second and third respectively.  Hosie finding himself relegated down the order for the indiscretions during the race, and also felt the wrath of Paterson, as the pair exchanged anything other than pleasantries in a frank discussion on the infield.

Heritage F2 Stock Cars

The annual visit of the Heritage teams saw some close and eventful racing during the course of their quartet of races.  728 Graham Bunter showed no mercy in spinning 107 Dan Chiplin out of the lead in the opening heat to take the win.  The second heat included an early stoppage with 137 Paul Arden rolling wildly in the west bend.  76 Mike Whitehouse overhauled Chiplin for the lead when the race got back underway. Whitehouse defended his lead robustly from 135 Jim Cannon as the lap boards come out with 22 Will Yarrow closing in also.  As the race reached its conclusion, Cannon nudged the leader with sufficient force to send him into a half spin.  Cannon nipped through for the win with Whitehouse eventually across the line in fifth.  555 Dave Speed and 520 Ian Harris tangled near the start of the Final on the pit bend as 580 John Perrett took over the running at the front chased by octogenarian198 Alan Nicholson.  Eventually, Nicholson grabbed the lead, but with a lap to go Yarrow shoved him wide to win with Nicholson second and 734 Richard Johnson third.  The Allcomers race concluded the evening’s events with Speed winning ahead of the ageless Nicholson.

Reliant Robins

The Plastic Pigs were on fine form with rollovers reaching a double figure count with ease by the end of their three events.  919 Oscar Berry was the first to turn turtle in the opening heat, and after the restart he did a complete up and over and back onto his three wheels to continue before a third rollover by him brought another race suspension.  With 66 Taylor Mitchell and 669 Immy Loader adding to the rollover count, it was 14 Mackenzie Loader who took the win.  Immy Loader was again on her side in heat two as Berry completed a one and a half somersault on the back straight in a spectacular effort.  154 Joe Odhams tried his best to hook Mackenzie Loader out, but it was the youngster who again held on for the win.  With his two previous victories, Mackenzie was a marked man come the final with Odhams and 210 Ryan Brooks both doing their best to end his chances of a hat-trick.  They succeeded too, as 36 Toby Loader just got to the line in time, to head home Mackenzie Loader at the flag, with Brooks and Berry the only other finishers.