A quartet of local drivers will be fighting to determine the outcome of the West Country's most significant championship titles at the Castle Combe Circuit's MG Raceday on Saturday.

The final round of the Melton Concrete Products Formula Ford 1600 championship sees Bradford on Avon's Ed Moore looking favourite to claim his second overall title, but with Saltfords Steven Jensen able to snatch it from his grasp if things dont go to plan.

Meanwhile, in the Pre 90 class, Chippenham's Adam Higgins could pick up a title in this, his rookie year, leading as he does by just one point from Kington St Michael's Jim Hamilton.

For most of the year, Moore has looked invincible and easily able to win another coveted Formula Ford title.

Engine problems in the last two races have allowed Jensen to make inroads into Moore's previously massive lead.

Consequently, it is now mathematically possible for Jensen to pick up the overall title, as well as the Class B crown he already has in the bag. Nevertheless, Jensen needs to win the race outright with Moore lower than seventh,.

For Higgins, son of former quadruple champion, Bob, his debut season has developed from a steep learning curve into a situation where he must now be favourite to take the honours.

Although he only has a one point lead over Hamilton, he has been able to beat him in the last three races, even when qualifying some way behind. Both men will also need to watch out for Alan Slater though who, while three points further adrift, could still be champion if things go his way.

Other West Country drivers likely to feature in the race include Bratton's Ben Norton in the Spectrum, Castle Combe's Andrew Jones in the Ray and Bridgwater's Josh Fisher in the Mygale.

Castle Combe's other home grown championships have two rounds left to run, so the championship title battles are not quite so defined at this stage.

Nevertheless, the competition is still as hot, Calne's Tony Hutchings, the reigning National Mobile Windscreens Saloon Car Champion, being particularly under pressure.

After an engine failure at the last round, Hutchings has dropped to second place in the overall points, so must win his class with his MG ZR this time if he is to stay in contention.

Chippenham's Will Di Claudio is neck and neck with him in his Class D Peugeot 106.

Meanwhile the faster Class A cars have lost out in the overall points race due to unreliability in the intensity of competition, with Nailsworths Keith Murray in the 4WD Audi A4 always right on the pace, but losing out to mechanical gremlins.

Class B should be a duel between the SEAT Ibiza Cupra of Stonehouse's Bill Brockbank and the Astra of Bristols Mark Wyatt.

In the savesometax.co.uk Castle Combe Special GT Championship, Bath's Guy Woodward is fairly safe in Class A in the Jade Trackstar, but namesake, Guy Parr, also from Bath, is back with his Radical SR8 which could be hard to beat.

Westbury's Shane Marshall in the Mallock P21 is the leading class B driver, with Cirencesters Rob Clarke on the pace in the Radical Clubsport.

Two incredibly closely matched drivers in class C are Bristol's Tony Michael in his Westfield SE and Trowbridge's Mark Funnell in his Lotus Exige. Michael is ahead on points but Funnell beat him on the road last time.

Salisbury's Nigel Mustill should beat them both if his awesome Opel Omega V8 Star stays reliable this time.

Class D for production based saloon and sports cars includes Castle Combes Keith Sprules in one of five Ferrari 360 Challenge cars on show.

The various races for MGs which gives the meeting its name, include almost every example of the marque. The majority of local drivers appear in the Lenham Cars MG Midget Challenge, with Chippenham's Peter Collinson the most successful, having finished second in class at his home track last year.

Melksham's Vincent Cainey, Weston Super Mares Adrian Moore and Shepton Mallets Martin Hillard are other Class B runners.

The MG Trophy championship caters for the more modern MG models in four classes. Purpose built MG ZR race cars running on slick tyres and putting out 190bhp will be running alongside the former MGF Cup race cars. Tetbury's Nick Barfoot has his MG ZR 180 and Weston-super-Mare's Ross Woodhouse an MG TF.

The MG Car Club's BCV8 championship race has classes catering for almost standard MGBs up to fully race prepared 4.2 litre V8s. Tom Jones from Brent Knoll in Somerset won here last year in a different championship in his MGB Roadster. He runs in Class B for Road Modified cars, as does Simon Cripps from Kingswood with his MGB Roadster.

The Drayton Manor Park MG Metro Challenge saw former Lyneham resident Barry Lake winning this race last year. Strouds Tony Dowler is out in the modified class.

The Peter Best Insurance Challenge includes Swindon's Dan Ludlow in his Metro GTi.

Frome's Andy Vowell picked up two class wins in the Triumph Sports Six Club and Henry Recruitment Thoroughbred Sports Car Championship races at Castle Combe last year with his Triumph Spitfire Mk3. Bristols Steve Small also won his class in a TR7 Sprint.

Finally, the Power Torque Morgan Motor Company Challenge is a 30 minute race and includes Bristol's Andrew Potter in his three litre lightweight Morgan Roadster.

Saturday's action starts at 8.40 am with qualifying, racing getting under way from 1pm.

Admission prices are £12 for adults, £6.00 for oaps, £2-50 for paddock transfer, while accompanied children under 15 are admitted free.

For further information, visit the Castle Combe Circuit website on www.castlecombecircuit.co.uk