Roy Richardson clocks 2' 58" on his 3rd lap and closing in on that lap record.

Roy Richardson seems to be breaking away from Mike Hose at Cross Fourways on lap 5, (25/30 yard gap).

Bill Wark and Tom Jackson then Roger Hurst in 3, 4 & 5.

6th lap - Richardson and Hose still way out in front with Wark and Tom Jackson in 3 and 4.

Only 14 riders on the same lap as the leader.

7th lap - Cross Fourways - Richardson makes a slight break from Hose, then a bunch of backmarkers follow them through including David Brasier and Peter Large

End of Lap 7 Richardson is over 7 seconds up on Hose.