Can AC Racing (Greg Allsop/Richard Charlton) make it three wins in succession in round four of the ACU/Towergate National 1000 Championship at Snetterton on May 23 and 24?

Their victory at Pembrey may have been more than a shade lucky, but fact is that the points’ table shows them leading the competition by 26 points from their closest rivals, Team Army 1 (Peter Brown/Laurence Williams), the Clubman 1000 squad.

The race in Norfolk is even more difficult than usual, six-hours long instead of the usual three-hour format. For many teams that means adding a third rider to their ranks. AC Racing have the talented Steve Neate with them.

Clubman 1000 class winners at Pembrey, Team Army 1, will rely on just their regular duo of Brown and Williams to do the job.
 
Team Edge RST 2 add former British Superstock 1000 champion, Hudson Kennaugh and Robin Hooker, who raced in the Le Mans 24 hour race in April, to their usual line up of Gary Johnson and Mick Brown. A lot will depend on whether Brown’s broken collar bone, sustained at Pembrey, has recovered enough.

Go Racing Developments (Andy Carpenter/James McBride), down in 17th place in the championship after a terrible start to the season, will rely on their regular partnership. They know they must start scoring big points, soon.

Seton Tuning, another team desperate for points in the National 1000 class, have a strong line-up for round four. Joining Mark Clark and Andy Goddard, will be team owner, Phil Seton.

Team Edge RST 1 (Nick Edgeley/Jonny Towers), who won the National 600 class in Wales, but who are only fifth in the standings, have also listed Gary Johnson as their third rider.

Fast Past Pits, the newcomers in the ACU/Towergate National Endurance 600 series, missed the Pembrey event, but return for the Snetterton race, with a very different from usual line-up.
Harry Truelove will be joined by the highly experienced and fast Lee Wilson.

Team Army 2, who leads the National 600 class by 15 points, add Sam Cox, the 23-year-old Londoner, who is contesting the British Supersport EVO championship, to their regular duo of Wayne Morgan and Richard-Spencer-Fleet.

Team Army 4, the top Rookie 600 team, will run Andrew Day, Paul Godfrey and Leon Wilton.

More Moto (Byron Beckett/Chris Kent), third at present in the National 1000 class, rely on their regular pair for this Snetterton race.

Tech 5 Racing (Nick Ford/Matt Stevens), at present second in the Clubman 1000 class, have added the experience Arron Bird to their squad.

Gaz Evans, normally in 2 Fat 2 Tall, will line up with injury hit Sorrymate.com team, who have Colin Norris and Warren Verwey, recovering from big crashes.

Parish Brothers Racing (James and Chris Parish) made an impressive  Endurance racing debut at Pembrey. Winners of the Clubmans 600 class there, the brothers return for round four with Alan Harland joining them for the six-hour event.

Liquidskinz Hydrographic (Stuart Fitton/Martin Tromans) hold a 23point lead over Mild Hogs Racing (David Hall/Patrick Hurst) in the Towergate Clubman 600 class.

Dan Gregory joins Fitton and Tromans at Snetterton, while Mild Hogs stick with their usual two man squad.

T. Watson Bikes (Rick Dickinson/Tom Stephens) had a tough meeting at Pembrey and dropped from second in the main championship to fourth third, 33, 30 points behind the leaders.
They will rely on their two man squad to do the job
Team Big Lads (Joe Connolly/Bob Barton), leaders in the Modern Classics class, add their regular number three, Laurie Sands for the weekend.

Newcomers GRS Racing (Karl Smith/Glen Rixon), who are second in the championship hope to do the job on their own.

Team Leanangle.co.uk (Nigel Baldwin/Martyn Bollards), second in the Rookies 1000 class, add Gary Bollands for this up-coming race.

Gavin Bartlett stepped at the last minute to replace the injured John Kilcar in the Full On Racing team at Pembrey. Kilcar is fit again now to resume his place alongside Terry Fuller and Bartlett.

Graham Hornby took advantage of the injury to Mick Brown to move to the top of the Moto Grand Powerbike 1000 points’ table in Wales. He has 134 points, 34 more than Lee Wilson, who returns to the championship at Snetterton.
Brown hopes to fit enough to race and reduce the 53 point gap on Hornby.
To add spice to the proceedings Steve Neate and Rick Dickinson are also in the line-up.
 Paul Barker holds a comfortable 68 point lead over James Vevers in the Moto Grande Pre National 1000 class. Craig Kennelly remains third in the points’ table, 103 behind Barker.
Dave Wymer has stretched his lead in the V&M Motogrande Powersport Rookie 1000 class, He now has 286 points, 106 more than his closest rival, James Young.
Andrew Cockburn increased his lead in the Pro Moto class at Pembrey, taking his points’ tally to 275.
Jack Bleakley stayed top of the Motogrande Powersport 600 class after Pembrey. He 207 points, 42 more than Gaz Evans.
Sam Cox will add extra talent to the line-up.
Things are hotting up in the MotoGrande Pre-National 600 championship, with James Parish the new leader on 179 points, but only 29 points separate the top five,
The other Parish brother, Chris, is up to fifth in the points table
Kevin Clive retained his lead in the V&M Motogrande Rookie 600 class, at Pembrey. He now leads Mitch DuCran by 37 points and Jack Harvey by 39.
Desmo Due Class A Championship leader, Dallas Hornblow, stayed on top of the points’ table, but his lead in the series is now down to eight over Andy Claridge.
Scott Wilson was unbeaten in his Class B races giving him a clear 66 point lead in the championship over Miles Watson-Cort.  
Despite only scoring points on the Saturday, Owen Richardson moved to the top of the points’ standings in the Modern Classics Superbike class.
He has 117 points, 17 more than Laurie Sands.
The absent Paul Baleta is third, with Jason Edwards now down to fourth on 85, three ahead of Pattinson.  
Joe Connolly tops the Modern Classic Superbike EVO points’ table on 201, with friend and Team Big Lads colleague Bob Barton on 173 and Duncan Appleby third with 97.
Martin Morris had a good two days at Pembrey to move to the top of the  Formula One championship. He has 125 points, five more than Darryl Hodder. Brian Gibbs slipped back to third on 95.
Local racer Robert Eagling will be in action in the weekend’s four races.
Ross Walker stays leading the Formula Two class on 100 points, 50 more than Jack Harvey.
Jon Bolsover was absent from Pembrey, but remains the leader in the Modern Classics Supersport EVO class, on 195 points.
Adam Shepherd is second, with 80.
Nick Wainwright stretched his lead in the Modern Classics Supersport Pre-I class. He is on 240, 83 more that David Stiff.
Corey Wilson tops the Lightweight class on 120 from Rob Garland with 100.
Teenager Kade Verwey stays leading the Formula 400 class.
Jonny Towers remains the leader in the Super Twin class.