Round 7: Derbyshire Trial (Lancashire & Cheshire Car Club), 27 April

Former champion and current championship leader Ian Bell won the Derbyshire sporting trial from John Fack and early leader Simon Kingsley.

After the dry and low scoring morning rounds, Kingsley led on eight marks from Bell, Fack and Andy Wilks (RCAP) all tied on ten marks lost. Bell had the better afternoon round after showers made the ground slippery to take the win by two marks.

The top live axle car was Josh Veale (Sherpa) in fifth place ahead of reigning champion Tom Bricknell (Crosslé) in sixth. Richard Sharp (Cartwright) won the Novice Class from Ian Fullwood (CAP), while Mike Readings (Sherpa Indy) won the Intermediate Class from Bryan Walker (Jedi).

Results1 Ian Bell / Russell Sharp (Hamilton) 22 marks lost2 John Fack /Maxine Fack (MSR) 24 marks lost3 Simon Kingsley / Jo Edwards (Crosslé) 26 marks lost

Provisional championship standings1 Ian Bell – 71 points2 John Fack – 503 Andy Wilks – 45