CASTLE Combe Circuit's 50th anniversary meeting provided a feast of fast racing, nostalgia and the opportunity for many old acquaintances to be remade.

A massive crowd witnessed some classic action from the TVRs, while the numerous displays and cavalcades around the circuit made a wonderful sight.

Busier than most was Mike Jordan who, as well as scoring double TVR Tuscan victories, competed at Donington Park in the Privilege Gt championship, courtesy of a helicopter ride.

Having won the last round of the circuit's National Mobile Windscreens Formula Ford 1600 Championship, Chippenham's Tim Reynolds placed his Vector MG94 third on the grid behind Salisbury's Robin Parsons and pole man John Hutchinson.

Bradford on Avon's Hugh Elliott took pole position and an impressive eighth overall on the grid, returning to Class B after a couple of months' absence in his 1989 Van Diemen.

Reynolds' race was short lived, the engine of his Vectra giving way on the opening lap. Hutchinson made a superb start and had a tremendous battle for the next eight laps with Parsons.

An accident with a spinning car hitting the barriers at the start-finish line caused the quartered black and yellow flags to be shown, bunching up the field considerably to an advised pace of around 50 mph. When the green flag was shown on the final lap, Hutchinson still managed to stay ahead, taking an impressive win after considerable pressure.

Hugh Elliott had a similarly fraught dice with Class B championship leader Barry Wort, the pair crossing the line almost together.

The smartone.co.uk Special GT Championship saw a potential challenger to the might of Bob Light and his awesome B6 Sport. Tony Sinclair, driving a Jade Sports Prototype, made a superb start from the front row of the grid and seemed to be holding off the 6.2 litre Chevrolet engined B6.

By Quarry on lap two however, the superior power from Light's 6.2 litre Chevrolet engine put the 2 litre Vauxhall unit in the Jade into perspective, the black beast powering into a lead which was held to the flag.

The scrap of the race however was between Class C contenders, Sam Alpass and Norman Lackford. The latter made a better start and spent the next six laps holding off Alpass, who eventually found a way through to a strong class win. Bath's John Barnard picked up ninth place in his first race this year in the ex-Bob Light LM3000.

Absent from the race was smartone.co.uk's Geremy Thomas, his Radical still out of action after the last meeting.

As some recompense, the Warminster man demonstrated his Brabham BT31 in the lunchtime parade, the 1969 Formula One car having recently been imported from Australia.

Built and previously owned by Jack Brabham, the car is the only one of its kind, featuring a 2.5 litre V8 engine.

Pewsey's Graham Reeder put in his usual solid performance in qualifying for the Pirelli Maranello Ferrari Challenge to claim third fastest, placing him on the second row of the grid.

A tardy start saw him picking up places as the pack went through Folly for the first time, only to be clipped by another car, causing all sorts of mayhem.

The local man managed to recover the car, but with its rear bodywork touching the tyre, he could only circulate at minimal speed, sending some expensive rubber smoke into the air.

The Boiling Point ARP Formula Three Championship race saw Cirencester's Neil Cox qualify in second place, finishing third in his Toms 036-1. Life company supremo Keith Baldwin, from Devizes, qualified eighth quickest in his Reynard 923, working his way through to finish sixth overall.

The Pagid Performance Braking Saloon Car Championship race saw Holt's Tim Hanlon qualify his Class B Peugeot 205 Gti on the outside of the front row of the grid, but a modest start saw him relegated to fifth by the end of the race.

At the front, Bristolian Mark Wyatt was truly dominant, leading all the way from pole position. Drive of the race was put in by Gary Prebble, who held off much faster cars to claim third overall in his Rover Turbo.

Shepton Mallet's Duncan Rickards qualified and finished sixth overall in his Astra. Jonny Webb, from Devizes, and Midsomer Norton's David Mears again finished second and third in Class B.

Radstock's Julian Howell went out on with engine failure in his Mimi after qualifying on Class C pole position, despite this being his first Combe race of the season.