The Rookie Bangers arrived in big numbers once again, with some excellent racing all evening. It was action galore in the opening heat with crashes and spinners galore. Garvagh’s Stephen Boyd took the win ahead of Marc Morrell, before former Stock Rods World Champion Morrell took his first Bangers win in the second heat after an impressive drive. Josh Goligher and Ian Crowley filled the places.

The final was another thrilling race, with reigning Points Champion William McFaul getting out front early on. He then got himself involved with a backmarker and lost his chance, allowing the chasing bunch to take over. Lucas Goligher, Josh Goligher and Boyd contested the lead over the final laps, with Boyd taking the win in a thrilling finish ahead of Lucas Goligher and Sean Ryan.

The inaugural staging of the Moffett Shield for Junior Productions was a great success, with another fine field of cars taking to the grid. Daniel Stewart won the opening heat over Callum Doak, before the Portadown lad repeated the feat in the second heat with Doak again second ahead of Ryan Berry.
The final was lined up on aggregate points, which brought the star drivers closer to the head of the grid. Rathfriland’s Jack Morrow wasted little time in getting his nose ahead, and he romped home a clear winner to receive the magnificent shield from the Moffett family. Stewart was second and received the best white/yellow grade award, with Berry and Doak next in the result after a total of three disqualifications as driving standards slipped.

Once again the 1300 Stock Cars entertained all evening, with hits and places exchanged constantly throughout all of the races. Young Ty Richardson was the star of the heats, the novice grabbing both heat wins without being challenged. It was a different story in the pack with some frantic racing, with Robbie Wright and Simon Lamont getting second and third in the opener before Stephen McCready and Wright followed Ty home in the second heat.
An automatic elevation to yellow grade for the final saw Richardson’s initial advantage reduced, but he still looked odds on for the win before mechanical trouble intervened. That opened the race right up to the squabbling pack, with McCready getting the deserved win after a great drive ahead of Lamont and Jonathan Brown.

A whole host of visitors arrived to take on the local youngsters in the Ninja Karts King of Aghadowey, and it was Norwich based Jenson Fish who raced to victory in the opening heat over Shaun Boyle from Scotland and another English driver Murray Hall. Heat two saw Fish look odds on for another win until he clipped a spun kart on the final bend, handing the win to Jack Connor from Scotland ahead of Hall and Boyle.
The King of Aghadowey final was a controversial affair, with a number of disqualifications handed out for contact and a late race red flag adding to the drama. In the final analysis it was Hall who was crowned King of Aghadowey after a splendid drive ahead of Ryan Abernethy Jnr and Layton Cairns, as the young Ninja stars once again thrilled the crowds.

The Lightning Rods saw World Champion Nigel Jackson debut his new BMW, but it was Dean Catherwood in his BMW who impressed all afternoon. He led home Stuart Agnew and Martin O’Flaherty for a great heat one win, before he just held off O’Flaherty to take the second heat as well.
With an automatic upgrade for the final, it was never going to be plain sailing for Dean running from further back on the grid. But he had every intention of grabbing the feature race silverware too, and he duly led them home to complete his hat-trick ahead of Jackson and James McKinney.

The all-action Thunder Rods completed the line up, with well in excess of 20 cars coming to the grid for heat one. It was Rab Preston who took the victory in the opener, demoting newcomer Warren Graham to take the win. Clifford Gordon then took the second heat after a great drive ahead of Darryl McAleese and Zach McCombe.
McCombe’s third place in that second heat on his first night of racing signalled his undoubted ability, and he duly hit the front in the final and pulled clear to take a decisive and deserved victory. Gordon just couldn’t get close enough to the flying McCombe and had to settle for second ahead of Ryan Fleming and Preston.