Race one

Mayes made a good start as the lights went out but Smith was fractionally better and headed the pack on the run to Riches Corner for the first time. As Smith built up a small lead, Mayes was forced to fend off Dominic Pettit's Dominant Motorsport car which latched onto his tail, with Russell McCarthy attacking Pettit. McCarthy's challenge was interrupted when he tried to dive past Pettit at Riches, half-spun and fell to the rear of the field.

Sean Huyton took up the cudgels but braked too late for the Russell chicane and thumped the rear of Mayes' car. Both spun and rejoined but the damage to Huyton's car was great enough to force him to the pits and retirement.

Pettit continued his pursuit of Smith at the front of the field with the gap shrinking between them and made his move for the lead on lap five to move ahead of Smith. Dominic began to escape but a resolute Smith fought back and carried championship leader Mark Davies with him, the championship leader working his way up from 11th on the grid after a troubled qualifying. With just five minutes of the race remaining, a frantic three-way lead battle involved Pettit, Smith and Davies but when Smith spun it became a straight fight between Davies and Pettit with David Jackson and Freddie Hetherington fast-approaching.

Jackson picked off Pettit for second with Hetherington demoting Pettit to fourth ahead of the recovering Mayes. With two laps to go Jackson hit trouble and retired while Davies bagged a fifth win of the season from Pettit and Hetherington. Mayes recovered for fourth while Gary Simms made a return to the championship to take fifth ahead of Andrew Smith.

"That was another really good race for me," said Davies afterwards. "I am pleased with another win and that is all good for the championship."

Race two

After his race one frustrations, Smith was determined to score a win in the second race of the day and led the pack on the opening lap with Mayes, Pettit and McCarthy slotting in behind. Freddie Hetherington, though, suffered damage on the opening lap after being caught up with George Murrells and Gary Simms and although Freddie continued, both Simms and Murrells were retirements.

Mayes took the lead on lap two with championship leader Davies up to fourth. A lap later and Pettit hit the front, only for Smith to move ahead and take his turn in the lead ahead of Mayes, Pettit and Davies, but a grassy moment at Russell dropped Pettit back to fourth.

With the leaders running nose-to-tail, their slipstreaming battle produced one of the best races of the season and when Smith hit the kerbs on lap 11 and lost momentum, Mayes powered past to lead. Smith wasn't finished though and drafted past again on the Revert Straight to secure the lead at the Esses.

When the leaders came up to lap Sid Coombs, Smith edged away by over a second to extend the gap from Mayes (after an impressive rookie weekend) and Davies. Sean Huyton secured forth ahead of McCarthy and David Jackson.

"That was a really hard race," said Smith. "Pole and a race win are really good so I am very happy."

Championship leader Davies was a little frustrated. "I am a bit disappointed but the racing has been unbelievable. The cars in the slipstream made it very exciting and it has been a good weekend, really, as I have extended my championship lead."