Sunday dawned very very cold with a -4degree frost. So a big thank you to the organisers who braved the chilly conditions to set up the sprint.
A smaller field than usual didn’t diminish the competitiveness and we had a great day racing.
Matt Summerfield won the first two runs comfortably. A puncture nearer the end of the final run and missing first gear, sawMatt end up second for the day and Josh Marston taking the win by just under 6 seconds, Brad Harris was another 5.5 seconds behind in 3rd.
The Escorts of Brent Rawstorn, Brent Tiney, Dave Pettigrew and Sean Sands were again music to our ears coming through the forest, and certainly makes marshalling enjoyable.
Taylor Jansen drove very well to finish first in his class, so brother Matt should keep a close eye on his seat in the Subaru!
Race Results
| Place | Driver | Car | Class | Class Place | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #0 – 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1 | Josh Marston | #2 – EVO 8 2000 | 4 | 1 | 4.23.69 | 4.20.12 | 4.10.39 | 40 |
| 2 | Matt Summerfield | #22 – Impreza 2000 | 4 | 2 | 4.17.09 | 4.16.44 | 4.15.94 | 36 |
| 3 | Brad Harris | #1 – EVO 2000 | 4 | 3 | 4.31.26 | 4.18.96 | 4.21.44 | 32 |
| 4 | Michael Tall | #5 – EVO 4 2000 | 4 | 4 | 4.52.86 | 4.37.14 | 4.27.70 | 0 |
| 5 | Brent Tiney | #10 – Escort 2000 | 3 | 1 | 4.36.32 | 4.33.46 | 4.47.58 | 29 |
| 6 | Brent Rawstorn | #6 – Escort BDA 2000 | 3 | 2 | 4.48.84 | 4.43.19 | 4.38.24 | 0 |
| 7 | Sean Sands | #4 – Escort 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.49.99 | 4.45.22 | 4.43.62 | 0 |
| 8 | Dave Pettigrew | #3 – Escort 1600 | 2 | 1 | 5.03.72 | 4.48.02 | 4.43.74 | 0 |
| 9 | Ross Teesdale | #11 – Corolla AE86 2000 | 3 | 3 | 5.05.92 | 4.50.05 | 4.47.52 | 26 |
| 10 | Fred Merkin | #21 – Corolla 2150 | 3 | 4 | 4.57.19 | 4.52.52 | 4.50.71 | 23 |
| 11 | Peter Yerby | #15 – Datsun 1500 | 2 | 3 | 5.11.47 | 4.57.57 | 4.53.67 | 21 |
| 12 | Murray Lancaster | #16 – Mazda 323 2000 | 3 | 5 | 5.03.51 | 4.54.39 | 4.54.12 | 0 |
| 13 | Taylor Jansen | #13 – Datson 1200 | 1 | 1 | 5.27.18 | 5.14.33 | 5.04.11 | 19 |
| 14 | Rex Ford | #9 – Datsun 180B 1900 | 3 | 6 | 5.15.04 | 5.04.6 | 5.13.5 | 17 |
| 15 | Hamish Anderson | #7 – Suzuki 1300 | 1 | 2 | 5.35.37 | 5.21.52 | 5.11.31 | 15 |
| 16 | Nick Anderson | #14 – Suzuki 1300 | 1 | 3 | 5.36.63 | 5.26.47 | 5.13.45 | 13 |
| 17 | Bruce McMillan | #20 – RX3 2060 | 3 | 7 | 5.43.00 | 5.31.03 | 5.16.47 | 12 |
| 18 | Robert Doig | #17 – Corolla 1300 | 1 | 4 | 5.23.5 | dnf | dns | 11 |
| 19 | Chris Cunningham | #18 – Lada 1500 | 2 | 4 | 5.28.28 | 5.29.15 | 5.26.41 | 10 |
| 20 | Chris Herdman | #12 – Starlet 1300 | 1 | 5 | 5.27.51 | dns | dns | 9 |
| 21 | Philip Anderson | #19 – Suzuki 1300 | 1 | 6 | 5.45.97 | 5.27.9 | dnf | 8 |
| 22 | Scott Cunningham | #18 – Lada 1500 | 2 | 5 | 5.40.31 | 5.36.79 | 5.31.63 | 7 |