The Pembroke Autograss Club recently held round two of the British Autograss Series at its superb venue near Lamphey, Pembroke. The track was in excellent condition and was regarded as the fastest race surface throughout the whole of Great Britain, and held up for all of the 20 hours of on-track racing. There were 564 drivers competing in the 22 different classes, consisting of three heats and a final. Home honours got off to a grand start with the youngster from Johnston - Nathan Rees PAC57 taking the class one final, and he did not put a wheel wrong. Nathan achieved two firsts and a second in his three qualifying heats, but was the runaway winner to get the finals started. Nathan has been the British Autograss Junior Champion for the past two years. This has only been achieved on one previous occasion, so moving into the senior section has certainly not altered him and he is currently leading his British class by 62 points and is the overall British Series leader by 22 points. Also doing well in class one was Mathew Morris PAC5 with one heat win before retiring from the meeting. Samuel Davies PAC12 achieved a second and two thirds in his qualifying heats and ended up having a run-off for the last two places in the class one final, but although Sam was leading this run-off, engine grumblings started, with Sam missing out on the final. Moving on to the ladies class one, Michaela Bevans PAC5 was level pegging with Robyn Keep going into their final, with both achieving maximum heat wins. The final went full distance at the first attempt, with Michaela finishing a close second to the St. Neats car from East Anglia of Robyn Keep. Michaela is lying in second place at present in the British Series, just 12 points behind the leader, and with another three British rounds to enter during the 2005 season. In ladies class two, current champion Joan Bevans continued her winning ways by taking this final. She was second going into the first corner, but sailed past the leader, Kirsty Robinson from Scunthorpe, and went on to take a clear win. In qualifying, Joan only achieved two seconds, and had a mechanical breakdown in their second heat of qualifying. Joanna Moss PAC45 in a class four mini pick-up was top points qualifier, but after completing the majority of the final in fourth position, she lost her position and finished fifth, ahead of another PAC lady driver, Hannah Thomas PAC91, who qualified following a seventh, fifth and a third in her qualifying heats. Moving into the powerful class six - Michaela, racing her dad's two-litre Vauxhall Nova, won two of her heats and broke down in her first. Following this first heat disaster, she soon charged back into contention by winning not just her very competitive class final, but also won the overall ladies champion of champions title - all at the tender age of 17. Michaela is hoping that her success will continue well into the 2005 season, with British and National success. In ladies class nine, Heather Evans PAC41 drove her open-wheeled special to cross the finish line in a very creditable fourth place. Moving on to the juniors, which consisted of 63 starters, PAC was well represented, with Andrew Lewis PAC16 picking up a dreadful black flag in his first heat, but picked up some well deserved points in his following heats with a fourth and a second, but obviously not enough points were achieved. His brother Mark PAC17 made the junior B final, just missing the A final by a single point. Mark achieved a second, sixth and a first in his three qualifiers and finished third in the junior final. One of the PAC race cars which is gaining a large following is the 'Moggie' 1000 of Chris Jones PAC77. Chris competes in class three and has already achieved some good results and has qualified for this year's men's National Championship to be held in Yorkshire. Following the outstanding success of round two of the British Autograss Series, the PAC are returning to normal this Sunday, July 17, with an autograss meeting which will consist of men, ladies and junior racing, on the excellent Lamphey racetrack. Many of the top competitors will be present and the racing will obviously be fast, and some thrills and spills are expected. The action starts at 12 noon. Apart from the class and open races, there will also be many extra special races. See you Sunday for some close and exciting autograss racing.