With the stadium on the route of a charity fun run on the day of the meeting, start time was moved back to 4pm, and while this no doubt inconvenienced a few people, it did have the major advantage of meaning that at least some of the racing would be in darkness and under the Owlerton floodlights.

Final:
1st – Craig Finnikin
2nd – Neil Scothern
3rd – Frankie Wainman Jnr

With Easter coming just a week before May Day this year, Startrax decided against two Bank Holiday Mondays at Belle Vue in consecutive weeks, and instead moved to the much-underused Sheffield venue for their May Day fixture.

Final:
1st – Andy Smith
2nd – Craig Finnikin
3rd – Tom Harris

The meeting opened with an 18 car heat, which included Andy Smith on Hoosier tyres.

After a fairly lacklustre season by his usual standards, Frankie Wainman returned to top form in fine style with a convincing victory in the first of the World Championship Semi-Finals.

World Championship Semi-Final #1

The first of the all important Semi-Final rounds to decide who makes it onto the grid for the 2010 World Championship Final

Also on the bill: Ministox & Heritage Stockcars
Racing starts: 1:00pm

DRIVERS LIST inside

Official Semi Grids announced. See inside for full details.

The decision to run a meeting at Sheffield on a non Bank Holiday Monday night had raised a few eyebrows when it was first announced, but it turned out to be probably the best meeting to have been staged at the track for quite a few years.

Heat 3 of the recent World Championship Qualification Round at Sheffield saw a massive roll-over for Mal Brown #34