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STOCKCAR REPORT MONDAY 5th MAY.
 1st Choice Windows kindly sponsored Monday evenings stockcar meeting, which was held in brilliant sunshine.
 First cars on track were the white and yellow graded ministox, in which #100 Sarah Wade led from flag to flag, hotly pursued by her cousin #99 Dean Wade.
Cliona Collins #101 driving another well turned out mini made her racing debut and finished 3rd, with last weeks newcomer Alex Callister #118 finishing a close 4th.
A full grid of ministox for the remaining races saw some excellent racing and good driving skills on show.
Race 2 being the best race of the season so far, #46 Rhys Warrilow was leading  with a great dice for positions behind involving #18 Andrew Rothwell, #100 Sarah Wade and #99 Dean Wade, all raced hard but also raced with thought as they negotiated the slower cars.
#100 Sarah won race 3 finishing ahead of Andrew and Rhys.
Rhys made amends taking the lead off Sarah in race 4 but Sarah hounded him all the way to the flag, both cars crossing the finish line bumper to bumper.
The 1st Choice Windows trophies were awarded to 1st Rhys, 2nd Sarah, 3rd Andrew.
 Eight Formula 2 s took to the track but both #14 Craig Lee and #890 Dave Bennett suffered mechanical problems. #426 Mark Davenport made good progress from his white grade starting position and pulled clear, of the chasing #36 driven by Adam Smith.
The race was stopped with 2 laps to go #88 Dave Nisbet spun on turn 1 and was t boned by a close following Ray Corkish, the number 8 car finishing on top of the #88 cars bonnet, tearing a wheel off in the process.
 The result was taken from the last completed lap being 426 from 36 , #2 Gary Davenport and #43 Billy O Neill.
This finishing order was repeated in race 2. Mark also led race 3, racing in a clockwise direction this time, the repaired #8 car of Ray Corkish was on rails taking the lead as the lap boards were shown, Mark held on to 2nd followed by a hard charging Billy O Neill another driver adapting well to racing in this direction.
The overall trophies were awarded to 1st Mark Davenport, 2nd Adam Smith, 3rd Billy O Neill.
 #61 Shaun Brennan the driver having raced the most number of consecutive years of the current drivers had cured his misfire from last week and took the chequered in races 1 and 2 for the bangers taking the lead off #40 Jon Davies in the closing stages of each race. Jon held on to his slim lead to win race 3 ahead of Shaun, further back #30 James Caine and #79 Peter Kelly had a race long dual, tangling on the last lap, James recovered quickest to take 3rd ahead of Peter.
The 1st Choice Windows trophies were awarded to 1st Shaun, 2nd Jon 3rd James.
 The Reliant Robin racing turned into a Wades Truck Services demonstration of driving on the limit and occasionally just past the limit, as the drivers raised the inside rear wheels several times.
Driving duties were split between Shaun Cannan, Jonny Ashall, and Dave Tweedy. The last race was very entertaining as both Shaun and Jonny raced hard performing acrobatic displays lap after lap of close racing.
The first and second overall trophies were awarded to the Wades Truck Services cars. #26 Simon Bushe receiving 3rd after blowing an engine in race 2 as he crossed the finish line, sending a con rod through the side of the engine.
The next meeting at Onchan Raceway will be held next Monday 12th May starting at 7.45pm and will feature the new Production Rod class.
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