It was a night to remember for the Stone kids at Arl-ington Stadium.

Between them, the brother and sister pairing from Robert-sbridge dominated the mini-stox racing, a formula for drivers aged 11 to 16 racing 1,000cc minis.

While 13-year-old Michael has enjoyed some reasonable success in the past, Jacqueline, who is 15, has never really got to grips with it at all.

But, quite out of the blue, she made third in one of the races last month and then followed with two wins at Northampton. So could she finally get a win on her home circuit?

She led the first heat right until the last bend, when her brother managed to squeeze past to take the win.

The same thing happened in heat two, although this time the clerk of the course ruled that Michael had jumped the start.

So he was penalised a place, and Jacqueline gained that long awaited first win.

Both were moved further down the back grid for the final, but they came through strongly again, looking as if they might finish in the top three.

Michael then went out in a big crash with track champion Murray Jones on the last lap as they battled for third.

Jacqueline, though, got safe-ly through to be second again, and if the pair can reproduce this form for the rest of the season they will give Jones a good run for this year's cham-pionship.

Eastbourne driver Mark Al-meida reached his 16th birth-day during the week, so now has to move on to another formula.

He could not quite make it into a trophy place on his last meeting, bowing out with two fourth places and a fifth.

Although slightly down on the previous week's entry of 50 rookie bangers, there were still enough of them for some lively entertainment.

While everyone managed to stay upright this time, Sea-ford's Phil Chapman was only saved from going over when his car, which was up on two wheels, hit another, and the impact was enough to put him back on all fours.

Chapman got the car going again to make third in the final.

Canterbury's Trevor Hook was the star of the night, getting two wins on his debut meeting and is going to be one to watch as this year's track championship unfolds.

The lightning rods Southern Championship was the night's main event, the big Sierras making one of their occasional appearances at the stadium.

This formula is popular in East Anglia, where the maj-ority of the drivers are based, but is beginning to catch on down south with a growing number of useful drivers.

One of them, Chris Woods, from Cuckfield, brought out his brand new car for the occasion, but a heavy crash in the championship race put paid to his chances.

English champion Paul Har-ris, from High Wycombe, was deemed guilty of causing the crash, so was immediately disqualified.

With the main opposition to Mark Cooper removed, the national champion went on to lead all the way and take the title.

The drive of the race, however, came from former stock car world champion Diggy Smith, who finished fourth after starting 13th on the grid.