Oulton Park is the venue for this the third round of the NG Championships and, as ever, it will reward with great racing.

Experience of Oulton really is an advantage so expect 13-time NG champ Phil Bevan to be up the front in the Superbike races on his ZX10. He will not have it all his own way though as Roo Cotton, Mark Compton and Darren Rumley are in good early season form.

This meeting is also ideal for all of the BSB runner to get some track time before the national series rocks up here, that is why the whole of the Ice Valley by Motosave trade BMW Team are on the entry list, headed by Peter Hickman.

Some of the most frantic action will come from the 600s. National Evo 600 series runner Dave Manley on his R6 will be out to get the better of a strong grid that sees Max Symonds, Sean Montgomery, Paul Jeffery and Peter Carr who are all proven championship winners from other classes on the entry list. Add to them Oulton regulars Billy Mellor and Chris Mort and this will be one of the races of the day.

The pint-sized teenage sensation Mark Clayton will be out on his RS125, he tops the point’s table at this early stage ahead of Asher Durham and Joe Thomas. With Anthony Alonso and Jordan Weaving on their Moto 3 mounts.

Simon O'Donnell and Richard Hughes already look like they will be head and shoulders above the rest in the Streetstocks class, with O'Donnell on an S1000R BMW and Hughes on his trusty Blade.

Wayne Axon heads up the new to NG Super Twins class, but in the Sound of Thunder it's not so easy to pick one front runner.

Darren Rumley on his KTM RC8 will start as favourite, but Paul Willis, Sean Smith and Dave Mackay all had issues at Brands Hatch and are already chasing Rumley. Other Thunder class men that could spring a surprise are Andy Payne on his Aprilia and James Harrison on the all new 675.

So with all the main classes plus Streetstock, Pre-Injection, Mini Twins, Super Twins… it all stacks up to eight-hours of on-track action.

Raceday (Saturday) timetable:

8:30am – Practice and Warm-up

P1 Solos 10min

P2 Solos 10min

P3 Solos 10min

P4 Sidecars 10min

P5 Solos 10min

P6 Solos 10min

10:30am – Qualifying Races - 6 laps

1 Powerbike

2 600cc

3 GP125 / Formula 125 / Formula 400

4 250GP ACU National – 15 Minutes Timed Qualifying

5 Streetstock / Pre Injection

6 500cc

7 Mini Twin

8 Open – 15 Minutes Timed Qualifying

9 Sidecar

10 Sound of Thunder / Super Twin

13:30pm to 14.00pm – Lunch Break

14:00pm – Championship Finals - 7 laps

11 250GP ACU National (10 laps)

12 Powerbike

13 600cc

14 GP125 / Formula 125 / Formula 400

15 Streetstock / Pre Injection

16 500cc

17 Mini Twin

18 Open (8 laps)

19 Sidecars

20 Sound of Thunder / Super Twin