Malpas rider Chris Mort showed the opposition a clean pair of heels at Anglesey this weekend in the MAL Formula 600 class with three first class wins to jump up to second overall in the standings, just behind Sam Hornsey.

Ulsterman Richard McNeill and Craig Sproston on the CB Tuned Yamaha were the best of the rest on the podium to claim vital points and also shift themselves up in the points table, whilst Ben Field took another podium to keep himself in the mix.

In the Morello Services GP1 class, defending champion Phil Crowe was forced to share the victories in Wales after a damp start to the proceedings threw up a surprise result, with Scotsman Michael Robertson claiming his first Thundersport victory ahead of Joel Morris and Ian Mackman on the Kemtile Suzuki.

In dry but windy conditions on Sunday, Crowe had found his form again to stretch away from the pack, finishing ahead of Robertson and Mackman who had fought hard for second spot.

In the final race of the weekend, Mackman made sure the spoils were shared after seeing off the challenge from Robertson and 2009 Champion Peter Baker made his long awaited first podium visit of the season in third.

In the Supertwins, Morris took all three wins but Knight Road Racing’s Scot Adam made the most progress in the championship, after closing the gap down to defending Champion Lee Reveley to just two points with Reveley struggling mechanically all weekend.

The Aprilia RRV450 Challenge is new for 2011 but the names at the front are all very familiar as former Aprilia Superteen Champion James Folkard of Liverpool cleaned up with four wins from four.

The Minards Pavlou Solicitors rider was made to work for the first two after Jake Dixon had set the pace on Saturday but on Sunday, Folkard’s blistering starts were too much for the chasing pack and he enters Cadwell park with a healthy lead.

Other than Sam Cox making his first podium visit of the season in race three, Jake Dixon and Connor Tagg were the two riders that posed the biggest threat to Folkard and despite posting a new lap record, Reading’s Tagg will need to get off the line quicker if he’s to keep with the #43 machine this season.

Motrac Racing’s Joe Francis won the opening two races of the Aprilia Superteen class to rejuvenate his early charge to the season. Brad Jones and Tom Oliver shared the second and third place finishes on the first day to leave Oliver in a commanding position overall.

On Sunday, the races were a tighter affair and Birmingham’s Alistair Dayus put pay to a forgettable Saturday by winning race three in fine style ahead of Bradley Jones and Ross Twyman.

For the final race of the day it was a straight fight between Dayus, Francis and Oliver and having been labelled Mr Consistency already, Tom Oliver proved he wasn’t a one trick pony with a toughly fought victory from Dayus and Francis.

With no Dipash Chauhan (Broken Femur), Simon Neary looked to Nick Crowe’s nephew Jason as the pair looked to extend the huge Euro F600 Sidecar Championship lead that Simon and Dipash had earned already.

This weekend though, Simon was matched for pace for the first time after Conrad Harrison and Lee Patterson, sponsored by Printing Roller Supplies finished just a second behind the pair in race one, with Dave Atkinson and Phil Knapton taking third.

But in race two, Neary and Crowe came under intense pressure as not only were Atkinson and Knapton that little bit closer but Bill Currie and Kevin Morgan had also made headway and set a new lap record in the process of chasing the two teams in front.

As it was though, disaster struck for Atkinson and Knapton on the final lap after they lost drive going into Target corner, whilst Currie lost his passenger Morgan on the same lap as they approached Rocket in, gift wrapping Neary yet another win.

This left Harrison and Patterson to take second, whilst Steve Ramsden and John McWhir on their Jacobs Yamaha claimed third.

In the final race of the day with Atkinson and Knapton not making the end of lap one and Currie/Morgan not making the start, Neary and Crowe cruised to victory ahead of Harrison and Patterson, who took a solid 60 points over the weekend with Wayne Lockey and Owen Clements taking third.

The LMB Streetfighter class saw Keith Smith take three of four ‘A’ category wins this weekend to extend his Championship lead even after falling in the final race on lap one to leave 2009 Champion Andy Denyer to take glory.

Sean Goldsmith was back again to race in the ‘A’ class to pick up a few podiums along with Steve Bradbury but Denyer and co. will need more than luck to hunt down Smithy this season.

In the ‘B’ class, it’s all getting too easy for Barry Utting as he took yet another four wins ahead of the likes of Nigel Davis, Trevor Fyfe and Rob Pragnell. He must be the only series leader we know that is actually calling for competition!

And in the ‘C’ class, Tony Hughes keeps himself on track to go one better than last season after winning all four races in the Supermoto series ahead of Brad Davey, Duncan McMillan and Mick Everitt.

Banbridge rider Marty Lennon returned to the Thundersport series this weekend to share the four wins with Reading’s Connor Tagg in the Alto Digital Thundersport GP2 class, after championship leader Ricardo Ballerini fell in race two, breaking his collar bone in the process and denting his title hopes of 2011.

Josh Daley was ever present on his Kawasaki ZXR 400 to close the gap on Ballerini and there were solid results for Adam Palfreman, Chris Harrison and Ian Popplewell, who all made the overall GP2 podium too, but it was Tagg that inflicted the most damage and left Wales as the new series leader.

In the Mintwins, Ian Popplewell was unstoppable as he collected four from four to make it twelve from twelve overall in 2011. Wayne Bridges, Sam Nicholson and Nathan Hutchinson are trying with all their might to keep with last year’s runner-up but are having to settle for second and third place finishes for now.

Ian Raybon won three from four of the Nitro GP3/450 races at Anglesey to lift himself up to third overall in the standings. The Isle of Man rider was in fine form but was unable to prevent James Robinson from claiming one of the wins and the new championship lead.

Aaron Hay continued to stack up the points with three from four podium finishes to move up to second overall and Martin Jones visited the rostrum once in what was a mini rejuvenation of GP bikes in Wales.

Sam Ludgate won his first Thundersport GB race on Saturday in the BSN Superstock 600 class after Championship leaders Tom Meehan and then Paul Wishart both fell in exactly the same spot in tricky conditions.

Coming in behind the Pontefract rider was Adam Robinson, who went on to spoil everyone’s party on Sunday by doing the double and end the weekend as the new series leader.

Wishart put intense pressure on the young Helmshore rider but Robinson showed supreme maturity too fend the Scotsman off whilst newcomer Jamie Harris was the only other podium visitor after Ludgate backed his win up with another trophy in race two.

Nathan Pallett and Curtis Wright put in improved performances, with Wright’s ride earning him the rider of the day in race one having qualified in 18th, but it was misery for GTE Hornsey rider Tom Meehan, whose double DNF and a tenth place finish left the man from Shrewsbury feeling dejected and keen to put things right at Cadwell Park.

With no Steve Tomes attending the round, Andy Lawson had the perfect opportunity to hold a comfortable lead in the Bridgestone Thundersport 500 Championship if he was to follow the form that sent him to the top of the leader board in the first place.

However, after great rides from Colin McCabe and Darryl Harrison in particular, the Scotsman’s lead at the top was not to be as great as he’s hoped thanks to landing himself a ten second jump start penalty in race one and not finishing race three.

Kyle Wilks, Adam Palfreman, Domonic Clegg and Scott Campbell all visited the podium as they scrap for top ten championship positions and although Lawson was relieved to win at least one race, the glory belonged to Harrison who bagged 90 points out of 100.