Thirteen-year-old Wayne Ryan stunned his opponents at Pembrey in the Aprilia Dunlop Superteen class by taking pole position and winning three of the four races at the Welsh circuit.

Race One looked to be the perfect start for Wayne, he led the race at points but traffic on lap eight meant he had to settle for third overall behind newcomer Danny Murphy, the win went to Australian Matt Davies, who recorded his first overseas win on his first visit to the circuit, sound familiar?

With Championship leader Andy Reid lacking punch and his two nearest rivals Connor Tagg and Lee Jackson having an unfortunate qualifying, the door was left wide open for the young Aussie to pick up yet more wins, but it wasn’t to be.

In Race two, Davies went down into the first corner and this time Wayne Ryan made no mistake of getting away and glided to victory with ease ahead of Nick Anderson and Ben Gautrey.

Race Three and four both had similar patterns on the Sunday, Wayne got away but the young Aussie Matt Davies was right with him and was a constant threat to Wayne’s lead but Ryan was successful in both races, lifting himself to third overall.

The Bridgestone Thundersport 500 class is new for 2009 and so far John Butcher has been the one man to talk about having taken the majority of the wins. His nearest challenger came in the form of Jonathan Harrison, who knew he had to at least dent Butcher’s chances this weekend with a win or two.

Harrison and Butcher went on to have some epic battles and with Matt Bainbridge joining in the fun also, the three made every podium throughout the weekend with Harrison and Butcher sharing the wins with two each, and Bainbridge hitting a season best second place finish to boost his points tally.

The GiMoto Streetfighter ‘A’ class were joined by the Supertwins at Pembrey and with some interesting battles all the way down the field, the Supertwins largely dominated the races as Clint De Tarnowsky and Michael Price were both back to their best form.

In the Streetfighter ‘A’ category, bar a hiccup in race one, Jamie Wilkins won three from four races in the class, but he again paid the price for not finishing as Andy Denyers’ three second place finishes and one win, meant that he closed the gap at the top to just nine points ahead of Chris Matthews in third and Keith Smith in fourth.

Brian Greenfield, who had led the Supertwins going into Pembrey, saw his lead slip away as three wins from Michael Price moved him ahead of Greenfield by just eight points whilst South African Clint De Tarnowsky moves up to fourth behind Stewart Bradford after he pulled together his best results of the season so far.

The Pirelli Superstock 600 class has the makings of a great Championship fight and after race one and two, it was easy to see who they all had to catch as Daniel Miles extended his lead in the Championship with two great wins in race one and two.

The men giving chase were John Simpson, Leon Jeacock, Sam Parry and Tom Gazzard as the quartet looked to be the only riders capable of making a serious challenge.
Having received a jumpstart in race two, Parry was eager to put things right and even Dan Miles struggled to keep with him, leaving a jubilant Parry to win his first race of the season and slotting himself nicely in the battle for second overall with 14 points covering seven riders now with Miles leading by 61 points.

Welshman Phil Bevan was in town for the CIA Insurance GP1 races, and he along with Peter Baker put in some stunning rides to take the top two steps in every race over the weekend at Pembrey.

Irishman Rory Clarke also came back to form with two podiums, but neither he or the likes of Stuart Hall, Gary May and Rob Hoyles could catch the pair at the front, as Bevan snatched two of the three wins.

Baker could have perhaps pushed a little harder to fight for the other two wins, but all in all, the pace he was setting was far quicker than his Championship contenders and he extends his lead to 43 points now with Gary May promising to put up a better fight at Oulton Park when he takes to the saddle of an R1.

Although Gary struggled in the GP1 race, he was a force to be reckoned with in the Metzeler Formula 600 race, taking three wins from three in what was his last ever meeting on the famous R6 that has brought him so much glory in the Thundersport GB series since its birth.

He had to fight for the victories though, race one saw Darryl Cox finishing just under three seconds behind him. Jenny Tinmouth came even closer in race two with just six tenths to split the pair across the line, and Michael Price was the third rider to take the second step on the podium in the final race of the day, but was always a tenth or two away from Gary on each lap.

The E2E Solutions GP3 class had a list of riders as long as your arm that could win this time around, and when Championship leader Fraser Rogers fell in race one, busting his wrist in the process, the battle begun.

With a race stoppage in the middle of all the fun, a two part race had got under way with Fireplace Warehouse rider Joel Williams having led the first part by two seconds.

After a bad start, Williams fought his way through to eventually win his first race of 2009, just ahead of Sam Hornsey who himself had to fight off Simon Low who finished third.

Race two saw Joel Williams’ bad luck return as he found the kitty litter, leaving Simon Low to grab another third and Sam Hornsey taking his first win and cutting Rogers lead down to just five points.
Tom Carne, Williams’s team mate in the Fireplace Warehouse team, took his personal best finish also with a second overall and a win in the GP3 Cup class.

The final race of the day had it all, Rogers was back at the sharp end despite carrying injury, as he and Hornsey were joined by Adam Blacklock for a three way battle for victory.
With the trio all over each other, Hornsey grabbed race win number two ahead of Rogers and Adam Blacklock was made to settle for third, despite only finishing two tenths behind Hornsey who now goes joint first in the title hunt along with Rogers.

The BSN.com Junior Powerbike race had five races in one with the Minitwins, Streetfighter B & C class and the Moto 450’s all out to play at once, and the mix of machinery didn’t disappoint.

Rob Elsmere and Rik Ballerini had last raced against each other 13 years ago and the two legends of club racing gave the crowds every reason to watch with some racing that was as good as the old World Superbike days.

The pair swapped positions in all four races around 60 times to take two wins each and leave both of them wiping away tears of laughter after the races, having had what looked to be a lot of fun.

Sam Coventry and Alex Heaton were the best of the rest in the Junior Powerbike class as they were constantly hampered by the Moto 450 class. Steve Tomes was a different class on the 450 machine, taking all four wins ahead of another well known name on a Suzuki 450, Mike Edwards. With Darren Smith also involved and Will Hodgson set to fit again soon, let’s hope the class can grow from strength to strength, as the experienced riders made a point to the youngsters about how good this class can be.

Tim Jones had the best of the Minitwins action with four wins from four, with Paul Turner, Andy Ward, Richard Willshire and Clive White all making podium appearances too, cutting Leigh Hutchinson’s lead at the top.

In Streetfighter ‘B’ Ian Popplewell could only manage one podium at Pembrey, leaving Barry Utting to just sneak ahead of him in the overall standings. The pair will have to look out for the father/son team of Mark and Craig Morley though. Both were extremely fast and Craig even managed third overall in the final race of the day with a stupendous ride.

And finally, Jonny Egan, Jordan Whatling and Graeme Marshall all celebrated wins in the Streetfighter C class, as they too had fun amongst the all the action.