Craig Rainer maintained his overall lead in the Ford Saloon Car Championship after another successful weekend at Angelsey.

Reigning champion Rainer, from Crawley Down, finished first in class B in both races and second overall which left him ahead in the championship as well as opening up an impressive lead in the class B standings.

In both races the Wealden Racing team driver had more than a ten second lead over his class B rivals.

He had qualified second behind the class A Sierra Cosworth of Graham Wait for the first race and that is how it finished, with Rainer recording the fastest lap of the race for class B.

For the second race he qualified behind Wait and another class A man, Bob Ross. A tremendous scrap followed with Ross spinning off before rejoining to challenge for honours again but Rainer held on to finish second behind Wait.

The third round of the championship is at Donington Park next weekend.

In the third round of the Hot Hatch Championship at Brands Hatch, Hove's Mike Webb finished tenth in class and 13th overall.

From an entry of 25, Webb qualified 14th and he was running well in the race before being hit from behind by a car that braked too late.

It sent Webb into a spin and he rejoined having lost four places. As the red mist set in, he forced his way through the field but an early finish to the race when the red flags came out on race ten meant he had to settle for 13th overall.

The first round of no less than three British Motocross Championships were staged at Winterpick Farm, Plummers Plain just outside Horsham last weekend.

The British Fourstroke races saw ex-champion Craig Pratley (Witney) start his campaign to regain his No. 1 plate by winning his first two races and finishing third in the last which was won by Scot David Campbell, riding a 450cc Honda.

In the Under-21 class, it was Jordan Rose on an Italian built TM machine all the way as he dominated all three of his races.

Stuart Brown and passenger Luke Peters showed why they are in fourth place in the world championships by completely dominating the sidecar class with three wins from three starts.

The next meeting at this track will be on May 11.

Meanwhile, Lloyd Biddulph has started the year well by winning one winter karting championship and coming third in another.

The 11-year-old from Franklands Village is hoping to use this year as test time before entering SuperOne next year.

His father Doug has taught himself mechanics to assist Lloyd on race days and the season will be as much a learning process for him as his son.

The Biddulphs have a low budget which means they will have to pick and choose which races to attend this year. However, after being signed to MRS Racing Management and, with sponsorship recently secured from Art d Signs, Pukka Parties and Becks Burgess Hill, the future looks bright.

Thirteen-year-old George Tilley is hoping to get into regular competition after winning the Aldershot Go-Carting for Fun tournament for a second year in succession.

Tilley qualified through four heats and beat 34 adults to win the title. He also was clocked as having the fastest lap time for the day.

George, who attends Greenfields School at Forest Row, has bought a Fiat car which he is now hoping to use in dirt track racing.

His stepfather John Wood said: "He is really good and so confident."

The Autosport Caterham Eurocup gets under way today at the German Grand Prix circuit of Nurburgring and Clive Richards will be on the grid.

Richards, who was not expecting to race this season, will be at the wheel of his Colards Motorsport-prepared Caterham R400 for the start of the ten-round championship which is a showcase for the Kent-based manufacturer's latest supercar.

Last season Richards, from Itchingfield near Horsham, swept all before him in the Eurocup's Roadsport class, winning the championship title to add to the crowns he won in Caterham racing in 1994 and 1997.

Though the competition in the more powerful R400 class will be stiffer, Richards is still hopeful of some good results.

He said: "I will not only be racing but also preparing cars for two other drivers so it's going to be a busy weekend."

The field assembling for the first two races is the most competitive seen in the Eurocup's three-year history, with 20 cars on the grid and perhaps as many as nine different potential outright race winners.