A full-on evening of racing tonight with several classes racing in different styles of events. Firstly the Superstocks Best Pairs was a very close fought deal with coin tosses required to settle the final three places. The pairing of 6c Andrew MacPherson & 29c Murray Greig won the coin toss over 21c Graeme Read & 99c Emerson Leech to finish champions with 73 points. 3rd overall with 66 points which was also decided by a coin toss were 10c Adam Hiddleston & 81c Blaine Blyth. The Streetstock Best Pairs event was a little more clear-cut. The combination of 81i Michael Arrus & 83c Shane Anderton were crowned Best Pair champions with a tally of 77 points. 19c Chris Leigh & 98c Chris Aspden finished with 71 points and the final podium placing was claimed by 54c Kirk Aldridge combined with 92c Robert McSherry. The Ministocks continued with the "rollover" program they seem infatuated with at present which sure is a crowd pleaser. 87c Glen Marsden & 25c Maurice King took out the top honours on 49 points followed by 10c Bob Roper & 61c Chris McSherry on 45 points. Emerging from the battlefield only 1 point behind was the pairing of 13c Karl Annan & 77c Kirk Page.

The second and final round of the A Grade Saloon Team Challenge was also on the programme. This was raced for between Dunedin & Christchurch teams. The drivers for Dunedin were 6d Rob Whaley, 46i Chris Hope, 96d Mark Newell, 94d Tony Williams, 81d Kevin Booth, 5d Marty West & (traitor) 8c Roger Nees. The Christchurch team consisted of 38c Malcolm McTaggart, 313t Johnny Cox, 24c Dave Walsh, 73c Mark Grocott, 51c Jason Campbell, 66c Allan Black & 10c Greg Ware. The first round was raced in Dunedin prior to xmas and the early points lead was taken at that stage by the Christchurch team. However the visiting Dunedin team did themselves proud tonight by taking out round two with some fast, clean & close racing. An in-car video of the final heat is available if you have the patience to download a 50meg file. It was taken from the drivers seat of the 8c Honda Prelude of Roger Nees. After a final tally of the points the local team emerged the overall victors and it was great to see the comraderie that followed-on into the club rooms after the meeting.