Top motorcycle action as Ken Redfern remembered at Croft

The Ken Redfern Trophy Meeting takes place on Saturday and Sunday with a capacity field set to take to the track.

Redfern was one of the sports biggest stars until he was killed in a road accident near his home at Hutton Rudby in 1973.

He enjoyed a good deal of success at Croft as well as finishing second to the legendary Giacomo Agostini on consecutive weekends in 1969 at Mallory Park and Cadwell Park.

A race in his memory has been contested every year since 1974, with names such as Kork Ballington, Joey Dunlop, Jamie Whitham and Guisborough's Dennis Hobbs among the winners.

This year, there's a star-studded entry with a number of top British Superbike stars in action.

Splitlath Aprilia's Hudson Kennaugh, from South Africa, as well as Newcastle team-mate Chris Burns are scheduled to be in action and the British Superbike pairing will be joined by the likes of Scottish Superstock front-runners Jimmy Storrar, Adam and Liam Lyon and David Paton.

Runaway Superstock 600 leader Josh Day makes the trip up from Cirencester where he will be joined by the likes of James East, Geoff Lapworth, Craig McLelland, Matt Bilton and Mike Booth.

Also expected to challenge will be Ulsterman Nikki Coates and former Laird of Croft, Jon Ingram.

Local challengers include Chester-le-Street's David Bell and Jonathan Nell, from Northallerton.

In addition to the feature race, the North East Motor Cycle Racing Club event also includes F125, Classics, Pre-injection 600, Moto 70/80s, 125GP, F400, Mini-twins, F600, ThunderBikes, four-stroke twins and singles, non-injection 1200, Open sidecars and Open solos action.

Qualifying gets underway at 9.30am on Saturday with Sunday's action commencing at noon. Adult admission is 12 each day with accompanied children aged 15 and under admitted free.

There is free car parking and free paddock access too and for further information, visit www.croftcircuit.co.uk or call 01325 721815.