On this day in 1979, 771 Mike Baines racked up a heat and final double at Hartlepool. The meeting was the second round of the NESSTOCK series. Having scored a heat and final double himself in the first round two months previously, 744 Warren Taylor was the points leader heading into the meeting, and although he gave gallant chase in the feature final, it was Mike who made the most of his white grade to land the chequered.
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