26 cars
Heat 1
1st	293 Nick Houghton
2nd	215 Geoff Nickolls
3rd	51 Nick Smith
4th	73 Rob Cowley
5th	110 Ray Scriven
6th	185 Lenny Smith
7th	291 Dan Squire
8th	391 Andy Smith
9th	20 Nigel Wainwright
10th	97 Murray Harrison
Heat 2
1st	515 Frankie Wainman
2nd	180 Ray Witts
3rd	335 Mark Woodhull
4th	391 Andy Smith
5th	242 Dave Nickolls
6th	73 Rob Cowley
7th	21 Mark Gilbank
8th	110 Ray Scriven
9th	185 Lenny Smith
10th	289 Allen Bedford
Heat 3
1st	180 Ray Witts
2nd	515 Frankie Wainman
3rd	212 Frankie Wainman
4th	247 Gary Castell
5th	21 Mark Gilbank
6th	293 Nick Houghton
7th	242 Dave Nickolls
8th	35 Neil Shenton
9th	97 Murray Harrison
10th	215 Geoff Nickolls
Final
1st	391 Andy Smith
2nd	515 Frankie Wainman
3rd	21 Mark Gilbank
4th	212 Frankie Wainman
5th	215 Geoff Nickolls
6th	335 Mark Woodhull
7th	35 Neil Shenton
8th	20 Nigel Wainwright

The rain started just before Heat One, and Nigel Wainwright (20) and Ray Scriven (110) made the running in the early laps. The slippery track caught out quite a few drivers, not least Gary Castell (247), Frankie Wainman (212), Andy Smith (391), and Murray Harrison (97), who all went out together on turn 2, causing a track blockage. Race leader Wainwright just about managed to get through without getting caught up, but lost the lead to Nick Houghton (293). Nick Smith (51) made full use of the front bumper in this race, with Rob Cowley (73) and early leader Wainwright on the receiving end. Wainwright also took a big hit from Dan Squire (291), which saw the number 20 car in the fence. Houghton raced to a confident victory, overtaking backmarker Andy Smith on the way.

Neil Scriven (11) led Heat Two for about 25 metres, until he was overtaken by his grandfather, Ray (110). Nick Smith span out Dan Squire, but put himself in the fence in the process. Smith got out of the fence, and Ray Witts promptly launched him into the Mark Woodhull (335) car in the process, and he ended up back in the fence. After getting stuck on Stu Finnikin’s inside rear wheel at Coventry the night before, Neil Shenton (35) did exactly the same thing again. Scriven (110) was still leading at this point, with Dave Nickolls (242) in second, and Lenny Smith (185) in third. Lenny gave Nickolls a big hit on the pit bend, but Nickolls held on. Stu Finnikin then squeezed past the 185 car on turn 2, but got wedged on Smith’s front bumper, taking them both out of the running.

Nickolls took the lead, then came in for some attention from the bumper-happy Witts, as Frankie Wainman Jnr (515) bounced over Scriven’s back bumper. The first three were then 180, 242, and 515, and they were nose to tail as they went past the starter. Frankie shunted Nickolls into Witts, both went wide, and the 515 car went through on the inside. Andy Smith (391) shoved Nickolls wide, which allowed Woodhull to come through for third place. As the lap boards came out, Witts seemed to be getting closer to Wainman, but he had to settle for second.

By the third heat, it was still raining and the track was now very wet. Neil Scriven was again the first away. Witts attacked Woodhull, but succeeded only in spinning both cars. When Scriven span out, Allen Bedford (289) found himself in the lead (or so I thought), with Geoff Nickolls a distant second. Despite his earlier spin, Witts was soon back up to third. Murray Harrison got past, but hit the parked 246 car. Witts then put Nickolls into the 246 car, but was still about half a lap behind Bedford. The starter then indicated that Witts was in fact in the lead, with Wainmans Junior and Senior in second and third. That was the order in which they finished.

Nick Smith (51) had barged his way to the front after only a handful of laps in the Final, but the race was red-flagged when Dan Squire hit the pit gate fence. On the restart, Smith bumpered Woodhull wide, but ended in the fence himself. Nigel Wainwright and Neil Shenton had brief spells in the lead, but the conditions were appalling, and both span out. In fact, every car on the track span out at some point, except for Andy Smith, who was the only one who mastered the conditions. He calmly worked his way through the field, using only the slightest of nudges to send other cars out into the loose shale. Witts was having difficulty in passing Geoff Nickolls, and eventually fired him into the fence to take second place. Nick Smith seemed to be on a mission to hit every other car on the track, and he was making a fine effort, even if he kept ending up in the fence himself.

Meanwhile, Witts had found himself once again behind Nickolls, who was now a lap down. Witts shoved the 215 car wide, went past, then landed a big hit on Wainman Snr. This slowed the 180 car, and Nickolls went past on the inside. As they entered the pit bend, Nickolls was alongside Nick Smith. Witts again shoved Nickolls wide, which in turn squeezed the 51 car towards the fence. Next bend, and again Witts went for the 215 cars back bumper. He made contact, bounced off, and found himself sideways going into the bend. Nick Smith then drove straight into the 180 car, and nailed it firmly to the fence. (It took ages to get it out afterwards). Andy Smith won the race by a whole lap, as he crossed the line, second placed Frankie Wainman Jnr was straight in front of him.

The GN was cancelled.