The luckless Eastwood pulled off the circuit on lap two, but bigger news was the fact Wrathall was once again in the lead, and surely speeding his way to a guaranteed pole position in the final. As the Preston ace pulled away, Goodfellow held station in second and Hawksworth and Moore closed in behind, with Mudd and Hibbert lying fifth and sixth and looking ready to join in with five laps remaining.
Hibbert dived past Moore for fourth place at the end of lap four and immediately set his sights on Hawksworth ahead, who in turn was homing in on Goodfellow. Hibbert was again the first to make a move, depriving Hawksworth of third position just prior to the start of the final tour, and the order would remain that way to the line, with Wrathall coasting home to a second victory from three starts and Goodfellow holding Hibbert, Hawksworth and Moore off for second and Mudd filling out the top six. The unfortunate Borton’s race ended a lap early when he locked up and went straight on at the back of the circuit, beaching his kart and in the process delivering a hammer blow to his chances of securing a strong grid position for the all-important final.
