VIDEO: Gresford billycart derby's biggest year 

Updated April 13 2013 - 3:50pm, first published March 30 2013 - 6:00pm
CHAMPION FAMILY: Junior champ Aidan with dad and derby winner Nigel Foote at the Gresford billycart derby.
CHAMPION FAMILY: Junior champ Aidan with dad and derby winner Nigel Foote at the Gresford billycart derby.
READY, SET: Junior champion Aidan Foote behind the wheel.
READY, SET: Junior champion Aidan Foote behind the wheel.
RACING: Jackson Proctor, 16, left, from Newcastle, and Rachel Layzell, right, from Clarence Town, at the Billy Cart Derby at Gresford on Saturday. Picture Jonathan Carroll.
RACING: Jackson Proctor, 16, left, from Newcastle, and Rachel Layzell, right, from Clarence Town, at the Billy Cart Derby at Gresford on Saturday. Picture Jonathan Carroll.
FULL FLIGHT: Rachel Layzell, from Clarence Town, at the Billy Cart Derby at Gresford on Saturday. Picture Jonathan Carroll.
FULL FLIGHT: Rachel Layzell, from Clarence Town, at the Billy Cart Derby at Gresford on Saturday. Picture Jonathan Carroll.
BUILT FOR SPEED: Cameron Hoddle, 14, at the Billy Cart Derby at Grestford on Saturday. Picture Jonathan Carroll
BUILT FOR SPEED: Cameron Hoddle, 14, at the Billy Cart Derby at Grestford on Saturday. Picture Jonathan Carroll
NO HANDS: Will Cooper, 16, in his converted cot  at Grestford on Saturday. Picture Jonathan Carroll
NO HANDS: Will Cooper, 16, in his converted cot at Grestford on Saturday. Picture Jonathan Carroll
 SCARY COMPETITION: Luke Anderson in the Widow Maker, up against Paul Herman, right, at Grestford on Saturday. Picture Jonathan Carroll
SCARY COMPETITION: Luke Anderson in the Widow Maker, up against Paul Herman, right, at Grestford on Saturday. Picture Jonathan Carroll
SILVER STREAK: Phillip Foote from Morpeth in the silver billy cart, he is racing Michael Taylor from Bar Beach, in the Heritage billy cart at Grestford on Saturday. Picture Jonathan Carroll
SILVER STREAK: Phillip Foote from Morpeth in the silver billy cart, he is racing Michael Taylor from Bar Beach, in the Heritage billy cart at Grestford on Saturday. Picture Jonathan Carroll

A MINIATURE  heritage caravan, a pig, a cow, a cot, a coffin, several trucks and stainless steel wagons flashed down a 400 metre track to glory at the Gresford billycart derby.

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