Lots of thrills and spills in the first 2 days of competition at the Hornet Nationals taking place at Stone SC.
Toby Bardsley-Dale and Richard Nurse currently putting together a very consistent series.
They have a five point lead ahead of Mike McNamara and Harry Chatterton, with Dick Garry and Sam Woolner in third place.
Chris Bines and Dave Gibbons won the opening race, before Bardsley-Dale and Nurse took control with two wins and then a second place behind race 4 winners, McNamara and Chatterton.
In race 5 Garry and Woolner stepped-up to take the win ahead of Strangler and Pippa Rogers.
Hornet Nationals 2019 – Results after Day 2, 5 races
1st TOBY BARDSLEY-DALE and RICHARD NURSE – – 7 pts
2nd MIKE McNAMARA and HARRY CHATTERTON – – 12 pts
3rd DICK GARRY and SAM WOOLNER – – 14 pts
4th CHRIS BINES and DAVE GIBBONS – – 16 pts
5th STRANGLER and PIPPA ROGERS – – 20 pts
6th MARK DELL and PAUL DELL – – 21 pts
7th TERRY CURTIS and TERRY PALMER – – 27 pts
8th NIGEL SKUDDER and KEITH HILLS – – 29 pts
9th TIM COOMBE and JAMES BEER – – 31 pts
10th DUNCAN WEST and ELLIE HUTCHINGS – – 33 pts
11th JO POWELL and RICHARD ROBERTS – – 34 pts
12th ALISTAIR McLAUGHLIN and MARK TAYLOR – – 35 pts
13th DAVID EDGE and MARTIN ARNISON – – 49 pts
14th KEVIN BURT and BARRY MILLER – – 51 pts
15th TOM GUY and ROBERT SMITH – – 54 pts
16th CHRIS BOSHIER and MATT RAINBOW – – 56 pts
17th GARY HAYLETT and TRACEY HAYLETT – – 65 pts
18th LUCY PRIEST and ALEX ROGERS – – 67 pts
19th ERIC STYLES and CATHERINE WESTBROOK – – 69 pts
20th MATT REEVES and PALOMA MEDINA – – 71 pts
21st ERIC MARCHBANKS and DAWN BARSLEY-DALE – – 88 pts
22nd RICHARD BARNES and IAN BULL – – 101 pts
23rd DAVE WOOD and FRAN WOOD – – 104 pts