Persistent drizzle greeted competitors, officials, marshals and spectators as free practice got away at midday, followed by timed practice.
The opening race of the afternoon, delayed by half-an-hour due to the prevailing conditions was for the classics over 8 laps.
Marc Coggan was in the lead at the end of the opening lap from Rad Hughes and Peter Boast. A lap later Coggon was 6.3 seconds ahead of Rad Hughes with Pete Boast still third a further 4 seconds adrift.
At the half distance lap Coggon’s advantage had been reduced by over 1 second as positions remained static.
By the conclusion of the 6th lap Coggon still held a significant advantage over Hughes as third place man Boast was black-flagged forcing him to pull in and retire, elevating Gavin Lupton into third.
It was Marc Coggan who took the chequered flag some 33.810 seconds ahead of Rad Hughes with Gavin Lupton filling the final podium place in third.
Paul Owen got the hole-shot into Mere Hairpin for the second race for modern Lightweights up to 450cc and was still in front at the end of the first lap of eight, ¾ of a second ahead of Rhys Hardisty with Derek Clark third.
By lap four, Hardisty was ahead by 0.8 0f a second in front of Owen, with Clark maintaining a lonely third.
At the end of the fifth lap the lead had extended to 1.2 seconds and by the all important chequered flag Rhys Hardisty took his maiden Oliver’s Mount win by 2.1 seconds from Paul Owen and Derek Clark took third.
Next up was the first leg of the Barry Sheene Trophy for UK Classic F1b Superbikes.
Dave Bell secured the hole-shot into Mere Hairpin, but it was Dean Harrison who completed the front lap in front by 2.491 seconds from Peter Boast and Dave Bell.
The gap had extended to 4.807 seconds a lap later with positions static. Another lap and the distance had extended to 8.478 seconds.
At half distance Harrison still lead by 12.829 seconds with Boast 10 seconds ahead of Bell.
Lap 5 and the lead was still expanding, up to 30.690 seconds, and at ¾ distance it was up to 46 seconds. With Boast retiring, Hankin moved into third.
At the flag Dean Harrison took the race by 52 seconds as Kiaran Hankin slotted into third a further 5 seconds back.
Race 5 was for Modern Supersport machines in which Daley Mathison had pole position and he took the hole shot into Mere Hairpin and held the lead at the end of the first lap from James Neesom and Ivan Lintin. Mick Goodings, Billy Redmayne and Kiaran Hankin followed.
Positions remained the same at the end of the second lap, although Lintin was quickest with only 1.2 seconds covering the first three.
Lap three and Lintin was into second only 0.243 of a second behind the leader Mathison.
At the end of the fourth lap Lintin was ahead by 0.882 of a second from Mathison.
Next lap the lead had extended by 2 seconds, as positions remained unchanged.
Lap 6 and Lintin had increased his advantage to 5 seconds and at the end of the penultimate lap it was 6.978 seconds.
The red flag was shown during the last lap, so the results was declared at the end of the seventh lap – giving the victory to Ivan Lintin by 6.978 seconds, with Daley Mathison and James Neesom completing the podium.
The Modern Superbikes were next out, and it was Ivan Lintin who collared the hole-shot and held on to the lead by 1.8 seconds from Dean Harrison and James Neesom.
Lap 2 and the duelling rivals were 3.4 seconds apart with Neesom another 3 seconds down.
Harrison had pulled half a second back in Lintin by the end of lap three.
At half distance, only 1/10th of a second had been clawed back as Neesom dropped to 8 seconds back in third.
2/10ths was the reduced gap at the end of the fifth lap.
Ivan Lintin slips off at Drury’s Hairpin OK, handing the lead to Dean Harrison and as he crosses the line to start his seventh lap enjoys a 15 seconds lead from James Neesom, with Jay Bellers-Smith now third.
The end of the penultimate lap it was Deano from Neesom by 17 seconds with Bellers Smith another 22 seconds down.
At the flag Dean Harrison took the race win from James Neesom by 22.435 seconds with Jay Bellers-Smith third.
The final race of the day was for the Super Lightweight (SuperTwin) machines. Ivan Lintin was in Pole Position and made the hole-shot into Mere. At the end of the lap it was Ivan Lintin 2.5 seconds ahead of James Cowton, then Tom Robinson third 3 seconds adrift.
Lintin increased his lead by another two seconds on lap 2, whilst Cowton had out a further 7 seconds between himself and third place man Robinson.
Another two seconds were added to the leader’s advantage on lap 3. Meanwhile Rhys Hardisty was closing to two-tenths of a second on Robinson in third.
Half distance and the gap was still six seconds between Lintin and Cowton, whilst Hardisty was ahead of Robinson by just over two seconds.
By lap 6 the lead had increased to 7.703 seconds, then Cowton pulled 1.5 seconds back on the penultimate lap and at the chequered flag Ivan’s lead was down to 4.846 seconds with James Cowton second and Rhys Hardisty third.
