This hugely popular winter series has always had a knock of getting away with things weather wise, but this one looked as if it was going to be a wash out as predicted. Everybody awoke to a steady stream of rain, which shortly before morning qualifying, took a turn for the worse....the miraculously stopped! The circuit never really dried out, but track times, and the quality of racing improved as the day went on.
 
Juniors saw a welcome number of new faces getting dialled in for the 2008 season, but it was the "establishment" who were to dominate. Wayne Ryan ended up a lowly 5th after running off the circuit, leaving the door open for Zak Corderoy to start the day with a win, with Joseph Francis bagging his best finish to date in 2nd in the terrible conditions. Races 2 + 3 saw Ryan back to normal with 2 wins, but Corderoy was sticking with him, and his 2 second places were enough to bag the top trophy, with Ryan coming 2nd overall, Jake Archer was Mr Consistent, with three third places giving him 3rd overall.
 
4.2hp Senior saw Sam Rumsam take a clean sweep of wins, leaving Sam Cherry, Ben Prati, Mark Biswell and Neil Tidy to scrap it out for the rest of the pots. Pole sitter, Neil Harrison was a DNS for the day. Prati and Tidy were scrapping it out for 2nd in race one, but races teo and three saw Cherry make a comeback with two second places for 2nd overall, Biswell, who DNF'd in race one, took third in races two and three, but it wasn't enough, with Prati doing enough for 3rd overall.
 
Jade Spencer set pole for the Air-Cooled class, but it wasn't to be her day, with a third in the last race being the best result of the day. Andrew Rumsam was once again the "kiddie", with another brace of race wins. This left Jack Keen, Neil Harrison and Jade Spencer to slug out the rest, things were tight between Keen and Harrison, who were level going into race three, but Keen's second place was enough, with Spencer demoting Harrison to fourth to secure 2nd overall for Keen, with Harrison 3rd.
 
Wayne Ryan had a better day of it in Production A, while usual front runner, Bradley Ray had a very uncharacteristic awaful day, with two DNF's after winning race one. Ryan's second in race one, and two wins meant he was top of the podium, in the meantime, just about everybody was fighting hard, with Ryan Brain and Bradley Hughes getting their first top three finishes in this class. But it was mainly about being consistent, with Ben Joseph [2nd overall], and Zak Corderoy [3rd overall] showing their greater experience.
 
Production Light saw three race winners, Tom Weedon, Jordan Simpkin and Matt Stringer, with only James Davis managing to get a whiff of a top three finish, the others all taking them, close racing for sure! Weeden was the most consistent, taking 1st overall, with 2nd overall going to Simpkin and the final trophy to Stringer. The Production Heavy class also saw three race winners, in the shape of Stephen Good, Ben Prati and Richard Holmes-Williams, Good was the man though, coming 1st overall by a mere 4 points over Prati, who in turn was a mere 3 points ahead of Holmes-Williams.
 
Pole Sitter, Mike Corderoy decided to sit the Super National class out on the Sunday, leaving Jordan Simpkin, Tom Weeden and Jack Keen to fight it out, and once again, three race winners! Simpkin was never out of the top two, which secured 1st overall, but things were so tight between Weedon [2nd overall] and Keen [3rd overall] that they were seperated by a mere point at the end of the day.
 
Supermoto Junior provided some top action, between British Champion Josh Brown, Lee Jackson, and top Conti Cup rider and grass-tracker, Joe Irving. Race one saw Jackson take the win, with Irving second and Brown third, however, Brown had other idea's for the remaining two races, pushing Jackson hard, and eventually getting the better of him both times to take 1st overall, Jackson having to settle for 2nd overall, despite some brilliant riding. Things looked not so good for Irving in race two, with Brad Thornton taking third place, but his comeback in race three was enough to secure 3rd overall.
 
Arguably, Pit Bike racing is really what winter racing is about, and since it started, has seen some of the UK' top road racers, motor-cross and Supermoto racers take part, this year is no exception, with huge grids, and some stunning racing. Cat A saw Lewis Burns take three race wins with Luke Potter and Scott Gullen having to scrap it out the for the final podium finishes, Potters two second places, despite a low finish in race three [with Jake Gowing taking third] were enough to secure 2nd overall, with Gullen 3rd.
 
Cat B race one looked as if the road racers were going to show everybody how it was done, with Paul Veasey taking the win from Alex Berkshire, Jim Lovel and Wes Steinschauer, with Dan Linfoot up there for good measure until he fell. However, a pile up in race 2 saw Veasey out for the day, then it came down to a straight scrap between Steinschauer, Berkshire and Lovel. "Wild" Wez Steinschauer took the remaining wins for 1st overall, with Berkshire 2nd with two seconds and a third from Lovels [3rd overall] two thirds and a second.
 
The Conti GP50 class saw the rider awarded "LCRRC Most Improved 2007", Andrew Fisher take a shock pole, even bigger shock was Bradley Ray down in 7th on the grid, however, race day dawned, and Ray didn't put a foot wrong with three wins for 1st. Lower down the field, Fisher bagged a second and third, but a DNF in race one saw him out of contention, James Robinson took hiw second podium of the year with 2nd place, while Devon Turner and new boy Bradley Hughes were tied on points for 3rd. The GP50 Auto's saw 2007 SEMRC cahmpion Jake Archer take 1st from Josh Owens.
 
The GP70 class saw 2007 British Champion, Adam Robinson taking it easy in appaling condition, with Kyle Harris taking his first race win. Tome Carne also looked as if he was threatening, but as the track dried, Robinson started to push hard, ending up taking both race wins and 1st overall, with Harris taking 2nd overall and Carne having to settle for 3rd, despite two second places, as a result of a crash in race two.

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