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Meeting Reports: Report and Photo's By Colin Casserley.
Northampton: 12th April
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James
Neachell (322) survived a last bend attack from
Matt Newson (16) to score his first final win of
the 2008 season.
Danny Wainman (212) led the early laps of the final on a track still wet from an early rain shower until a yellow flag negated his lead, on the ensuing restart Neachell wasted no time in getting to the front and opened up a straightaway lead, but as the track began to dry out Mat Newson began to close in. With five laps to go Newson was on Neachell’s back bumper and seemingly waiting his time to pounce. As the duo took the one to go signal Neachell opened up a slight gap but on the final turn Newson made his move slamming into the Neachell machine, Neachell managed to hold on but Newson spun out of the race on the slippery stuff just off the racing line. Paul Hines(259) inherited second place after Chris Cowley (37) failed post race weigh-in. Scott Davids (462) And James Neachell won the heats with Chris Fort(3) winning the consolation. Carl Pickering (141) won a hectic grand national Results:
Heat one: 1 Scott Davids; 2 Timmy Aldridge; 3
Paul Harrison; 4 Frankie Wainman, Jr; 5 Mark
Gilbank; 6 Ed Neachell 
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Belle Vue: 13th April
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Nigel Whalley (198) survived
two late race restarts to claim his first ever final win at
Belle Vue on Sunday night.
Danny Wainman (212) took the early lead before Whalley overhauled him midway through the race. On the final restart Whalley pulled away from Stuart Smith, Jr (1) to claim the victory. Earlier in the evening Scott Davids (462) held Whaley at bay to take the first heat.Davids chalked up another win in heat three. Mark Poole (276) drove a superb race to claim the second heat which saw the return after a break of some 15 years of Rob Squire(192) to the drivers seat. Joff Gibson (249) won the Grand national for the second consecutive Belle Vue meeting Results:
Heat one: 1
Scott Davids; 2 Nigel Whalley; 3 Neil Scothern; 4 Frankie
Wainman,Jr; 5 Rory Foster; 6 Danny Wainman
Heat two: 1 Mark Poole; 2 Stuart Smith, Jr; 3 F Wainman,Jr; 4 Rob Squire; 5 Scothern; 6 Andy Powell Heat three: 1 Davids; 2 Joff Gibson; 3 Tom Harris; 4 Ed Neachell; 5 Peter Falding; 6 Smith, Jr Final: 1 Whalley; 2 Smith, Jr; 3 Paul Hines; 4 D Wainman; 5 Dave Berresford; 6 Scothern Grand National: 1 Gibson; 2 Wainman,Jr; 3 Craig Finnikin; 4 Squire; 5 Smith, Jr; 6 Scothern 
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