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And the winner is...

Laps of honour
Stuart Smith 391
Stuart Smith 391
Yet another one of many victory laps
Stuart Smith 391
Stuart Smith 391
Another one of many victory laps
Doug Cronshaw 396

Doug Cronshaw 396

9th August 1970 Heat and Final winner Doug Cronshaw 396. One of his 12 Final wins at Aycliffe.

Stuart Smith 391
Stuart Smith 391
One of many victory laps
Stuart Smith 391
Stuart Smith 391
One of many victory laps, this time in the former Doug Cronshaw car
Doug Cronshaw 396
Doug Cronshaw 396
Taking a lap of honour with Tony Neal 100 & Brian Powles 154 preparing to go back to the pits
Doug Cronshaw 396
Doug Cronshaw 396
One of Doug's 16 final wins at Aycliffe from one of his 2 in July 1972.
Frankie Wainman Snr 212
Frankie Wainman Snr 212
Silsden's Frankie "Smiler" Wainman, the 1979 world champion.
Mick Noden 306
Mick Noden 306
Rugby's Mick Noden 306 - Final winner.
Mick Noden 306
Mick Noden 306
Rugby's Mick Noden 306 - Heat winner.
George Ansell 375
George Ansell 375
King of Tar George Ansell 375 takes a heat win.
Len Wolfenden 190

Len Wolfenden 190

Winner of 14 Aycliffe meeting finals

Gerald Taylor 250
Gerald Taylor 250
Gerald Taylor 250 takes the North Eastern Drivers Championship in 1972,. The weekend before becoming the British Champion at Long Eaton the following Saturday.
Stuart Smith 391
Stuart Smith 391
Another victory setting off
Stuart Smith 391
Stuart Smith 391
One of many victory laps this one with an assist from Len Wolfenden 190
Stuart Smith 391
Stuart Smith 391
One of 66 victory laps for a final win at Aycliffe
Stuart Smith 391

Stuart Smith 391

One of many victory laps

Rod Falding 36
Rod Falding 36
One of his 11 race wins at Aycliffe
Willie Harrison 2
Willie Harrison 2
Rotherham's Willie Harrison 2 a veteran from 1954 and world champion in 1982
Willie Harrison 2
Willie Harrison 2
Rotherham's Willie Harrison 2 won 10 Finals at Aycliffe
Mike Holt 86
Winner of his heat and the grand final on 18th April 1971 in his light weight special
Tony Neal 100
Aycliffe regular and one time owner on a lap of honour
John Lund 53
On the pace car for a victory lap

Grand National Championship :: 26th October 1986

1st 53 John Lund
2nd 212 Frankie Wainman
3rd 33 Peter Falding