Simon Allaway goes into the final race weekend of this years CNC Heads Sports/Saloon Car Championship with a six point lead over Carl Bennett, with a double-header and double points on offer.

Allaway has won all races other than two of the Anglesey races this season with his Lotus Esprit V8. He once again starts as the favourite for success at Oulton and has sewn up Class A already with the absence of Garry Wardle. Challenging Allaway in Class A are Ryan Nelson’s Ginetta G56 GTA, Jason Hennefer’s Ford Fiesta ST180 and Phil White’s BMW 325.

Bennett had dominated the last couple of rounds in Class D with his BMW M3. But having missed the last races, Chris Roberts is due back with his BMW M4 and mounts a serious challenge on Bennett’s title aspirations, and has still to play his joker. Class D is the best supported, with Zack Booth’s Renault Megane finally proving a glimpse of its pace at Anglesey and the return of Anthony Sullivan’s Mini JCW.

David Lawrence’s Seat Leon Cupra also proved a frontrunner on his CNC debut last time out at Oulton, while Marshal Groves’ Vauxhall Vectra could be a potential podium visitor too. David Jones’ Ford Focus, Andy Tate’s Renault Clio, Riccy Walker’s Mini and Paul Goodlad’s VW Scirocco will also be in contention, along with Jon Madoc-Jones’ BMW E46, Bob Claxton’s VW Golf GTi.

Class B has a number of drivers hoping to challenge Allaway for victory. The Modro brothers Connor and Alek in their Westfield’s have started to show results having solved their reliability issues. Alek is currently joint second in the class with Jamie Cryer’s Ginetta G20, but Bod Buckby’s Caterham leads the way by 16 points, but is the only one of the three to have played his joker.

Paul Masters’ Westfield has been out much this season after his early season engine failure, but will be out to finish the season on a high. Mark Primett’s Banks Europa, Simon Hutt’s BMW Z4 Silhouette, Deri Davies’ Darrian T90, Jon Price’s Vauxhall Tigra Silhouette and Baz Johnson’s Pontiac complete the class line-up.

While John Edwards-Parton’s Ford Fiesta XR2 is the only guaranteed starter again in Class C, Gary Warburton’s Mini Miglia is on the reserve list.

Up until fairly recently Paul Rotheroe’s Citroen Xsara VTS had led the Championship after dominating Class E. But a disastrous Anglesey cost him dearly and dropped him to fourth. His nearest challenger this weekend is likely to be Rob Phillips’ Honda Civic, while Cavan Taylor’s Renault Clio, Nick Haynes’ Ford Fiesta ST150 will be doing battle, along with shared cars for Georgina/William Bartlett (Renault Clio) and Richard/Matt Hibbert (Honda Civic Type R).

Rob Wakelin is due back out in his re-shelled Honda Civic to try and clinch Class F. But Jono Lee’s Mini Cooper and Helen Allen’s Ford Fiesta Zetec S are due to return too. Errol Taylor’s Toyota Yaris is also back out, while Louie Dobson is due to debut in a Honda Civic, having swapped from his Fiesta.

As well as Warburton, there are two other reserves, Tom Creswell with a Class A VW Golf TCR and Chris Coomer in a Class D Golf GTi.

Qualifying is at 8.45 on Saturday morning for 20 minutes, with race one at 11.25 and the finale at 15.40 both of 20 laps duration.

All the action can be viewed on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md9xtARVcIU