Monday night racing saw the return of the Saloons in the Saloon Speed Week series. After suffering damage and limping home in the first heat it was 1NZ Thomas Korff who showed his class with his round the outside passing to take the overall win. Also competing were 2NZ Scott Lansdowne and 3NZ Tom Roberts. It was 2NZ Scott Lansdowne who grabbed second overall, with 21a Steve Williams in third.
1NZ, 2NZ, 3NZ were also represented in the Manawatu Minisprint Champs with the consistent 2NZ Bayley Betts from Stratford taking the title. A run-off was required between current 1NZ Shane Dewar and Donald Kuriger for the other podium places but a tie was declared after the pair made contact heading to the start line and Dewar suffered a puncture.
In the Stockcars it was 15p Luke Miers who reigned supreme to win the Brent Lowe Memorial trophy after two rounds of qualifying and a one-race final for the 51 competitors that entered. The biggest hit of the night was in the opening race when Wanganui competitor 5v Jack Purcell took his clubmate 26v Kaelin Mooney into turn 1 hard and nearly rolled him.
Superstocks had their final hit out before the NZ Champs with 9p Brent Hyslop securing a win.
Auckland combination Jamie Moohan and Patrick Larsen won the opening Sidecar race. Other wins went to the Rob Miller-James Gerrard, Glen Murray-Emma Murray and Tony Hislop-Aidan Foothead combinations. The Adult Ministock races went to Will Hart and Steven Sowry.
666 Aaron Blackley won the ramp derby race and got a great ovation from the crowd.
RESULTS
Stockcars
Group One - Heat One: 84p Matt Webb, 15p Luke Miers, 18v Hailey James, 172p Daniel Burmeister, 277p Mitch Fairhurst, 26v Kaelin Mooney - Fastest Lap: 16v - 20.0351
Group Two - Heat One: 173p Greg Eden, 97p Byron Rowlands, 82p Roydon Winstanley, 226p Liam Metcalfe, 72p Tony Norman, 48p James Hickford - Fastest Lap: 82p - 19.1186
Group One - Heat Two: 15p, 79p Kyle Rowe, 172p, 5g Josh Prentice, 18p Luke Healey, 278p Kyle Taylor - Fastest Lap: 5g - 19.2798
Group Two - Heat Two: 175p Sam Prescott, 82p, 226p, 212v Blair Reeves-Smith, 6v Dion Mooney, 13p Lucas Hey - Fastest Lap: 173p - 19.0583
Final: 15p, 79p, 172p, 82p, 84p, 212v - Fastest Lap: 173p - 19.2314
Saloons
Group A v Group B: 2nza Scott Lansdowne, 12s Blake Hooper, 71c Willie Woodhouse, 17t Raymond Phillips, 21a Steve Williams, 7t Ivan Murdoch - Fastest Lap: 71c - 17.3443
Group B v Group C: 8k Kevin Williams, 27i Graham Williamson, 57p Calvin Honore, 8s Craig Korff, 2nza, 47t George Phillips - Fastest Lap: 27i - 17.7813
Group C v Group A: 1nzs Thomas Korff, 3nza Tom Roberts, 18k Chris Taylor, 47t, 8s, 45s Mark Hinton - Fastest Lap: 1nzs - 17.6691
Feature:1nzs, 2nza, 21a, 17t, 12s, 3nza - Fastest Lap: 1nzs - 17.6832
Minisprints
Heat One: 1nzp Shane Dewar, 3nzs Bayley Betts, 97s Campbell Stewart, 69s Mark Zehnder, 8p Nathan Jefferies, 2nzh Ben Vaughan - Fastest Lap: 1nzp - 15.3945
Heat One: 82s Cameron Hurley, 38s Donald Kuriger, 85s Erin Uhlenberg, 3nzs, 72h Elliot Heron, 8p - Fastest Lap: 85s - 15.6095
Heat Three: 2nzh, 72h, 1nzp, 38s, 3nzs, 8p - Fastest Lap: 2nzh - 15.5813
Superstocks
Race One: 71p Shane Mellsop, 44p Brendan Sharland, 321w Hilton Parker, 94p William Humphries, 37s Shane Denham, 557c Darrel Wallace - Fastest Lap: 71p - 18.1468
Race Two: 9p Brett Hyslop, 94p, 56p Kerry Podjursky, 557c, 95p Clive Elliot, 37s - Fastest Lap: 94p - 18.4739
Sidecars
Group One - Race One: 8p Rob Miller & James Gerrard, 97p Mike Zachan & Ben Franklin, 27b Craig Boaler & Ann Plummer, 5p Kieran Payne & Mikey O'Neill, 84p Jimmy Hotton & Nick Dunne
Group Two - Race One: 14a Jamie Moohan & Patrick Larsen, 21p Glen Murray & Emma Murray, 22g Jason Rees & Callum Innes, 7p Matt Stewart & Dean Harding, 17p Tony Hislop & Aidan Foothead, 10p John West & Gower Morton
Group One - Race Two: 17p, 27b, 7p, 5p, 84p, 10p
Group Two - Race Two: 21p, 97p, 14a
Adult Ministocks
Race One: 29p Steven Sowry, 55p Keegan Riddiford, 77s Craig Mason, 43s Roger Dettling, 44p Dylan Barclay, 882p Kallum Puklowski – Fastest Lap: 55p – 20.4229
Race Two: 32s Will Hart, 22p Brendon Hodge, 39s Nathan Nolly, 157p Jack Lammas-Martin, 43s, 882p – Fastest Lap: 32s – 20.4697
