There was action aplenty at Teretonga over the weekend.

Saturday started with Steve Ross of Dunedin in his Jaguar TraNZam XK winning both the OSCA Super Saloons races. In the first he passed early leader Paul Brooks of Ohoka in a Nissan 200SX S15 to win with Michael Gallagher of Ashburton in a Mazda RX7 third while in the second he came from the back of a reverse split grid to claim his second win of the day.

This was followed by the South Island F1600 with saw Louis Sharp of Christchurch in a Spectrum 015 taking the victory from the experienced Matthew Hamilton of Christchurch in a Van Diemen RF88. Invercargill driver Alex Crosbie put in a fine performance to mix it with the leaders to eventually finish third in his Ray GR21 ahead of Zac Christensen of Rolleston in a Ray GR20.

Jordan Michels of Invercargill won the Noel McIntyre Drainage Club Saloons race after beating fastest qualifier Liam MacDonald off the line and leading all the way. Brian Scott of Dunedin in a Porsche 997 was second and Rachael Beck of Invercargill third in her new Ford Mustang after MacDonald limped home with a flat tyre.

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Corey Ross of Rolleston won today’s Pre 65 Saloon race in his Ford Mustang ahead of Wayne Patrick (Christchurch) in a Ford XP Falcon and Piers Mingham of Ashburton in a Ford Anglia while in the Mini 7 South race Peter Scobie of Dunedin, Justin Neill of Christchurch and Kaiapoi driver Bailey Paterson crossed the line virtually side by side.

Warren Reynolds of Christchurch (Honda Integra) just pipped Greg Mitchell of Darfield in a BMW Alpina 88 by 0.006 seconds after a great race long battle in the 2K Teretonga Challenge with Corey Ashworth of Ashburton third in a Toyota Celica.

Scott O’Donnell of Invercargill in a Ford Capri held off the field in an exciting Historic & Classic Pre 78 Saloon race after fastest qualifier Rodger Cunninghame did not start. Nick Cross of Queenstown was second in his Alfa Romeo GTV and Leon Hallett of Mosgiel third in his Ford Galaxie. Mark McGuinness of Wellington spun out of the lead group in spectacular fashion in his Alfa Romeo GTV.

Bradley Dawson won the PRO 7 & 8 Class race from Sam Wallace of Christchurch with Kris Mackie third while Eddie Iraia of Timaru in his Honda Civic EF9 held Dawson off when he later drove his Mazda RX 8 in the SS Cup race with Gerald Hargreaves of Temuka third in his Toyota Altezza. Cody Welch of Omakau won the NZ6 Saloon race in his Falcon from David Worgan of Ashburton. 

Steve Ross of Dunedin in his Jaguar TraNZam XK on his way to the top step of the podium in the OSCA Super Saloons in Sunday’s wet race. Photo: Ron Veint  

Sunday dawned wet and when the oil was spilt early on Sunday afternoon the day ended a little earlier than scheduled.

Up until that stage there had been some great racing with Sunday’s races punctuated by several Safety Car interventions due to incidents.

Steve Ross of Dunedin in his Jaguar TraNZam XK took the top step of the OSCA Super Saloons podium after winning both of Saturday’s races before finishing second to Paul Brooks of Ohoka in his Nissan 200SX S15 in the rain on Sunday morning. Brooks was second overall for the round after earlier securing a second and third while Ashburton driver Michael Gallagher was third.

Southlanders were to the fore in several classes with Jordan Michels taking a clean sweep in the Noel McIntyre Drainage Club Saloons at the wheel of his Ford Focus V8 to podium ahead of Brian Scott of Dunedin (Porsche 997) and Dan Barlow of Queenstown in a Ford Capri. Liam MacDonald suffered a puncture in Saturday’s race which cost him dearly in the points.

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Bradley Dawson of Invercargill took the top step of the podium in the Pro 7/8 Class after a clean sweep on debut in the class. Kris Mackie of Christchurch was runner-up with two seconds and a third with Sam Wallace of Christchurch third overall.

The South Island F1600 field only had one race but it featured a colossal battle which went the way of Louis Sharp of Christchurch in a Spectrum 015 from the experienced Matthew Hamilton of Christchurch in a Van Diemen RF88. Invercargill driver Alex Crosbie put in a fine performance to mix it with the leaders to eventually finish third in his Ray GR21 ahead of Zac Christensen of Rolleston in a Ray GR20.

Invercargill drivers Scott O’Donnell and Murray Kelman shared the Historic & Classic Pre 78 Saloon race wins but at the end of the weekend Mark McGuinness of Wellington (Alfa Romeo GTV) stood atop the podium ahead of Leon Hallett of Mosgiel (Ford Galaxie) and Nick Cross of Queenstown in another Alfa.

Corey Ross of Rolleston in a Ford Mustang made a clean sweep of the three Pre 65 Saloon races to take the round win from Wayne Patrick of Christchurch, (Ford XP Falcon) and Piers Mingham of Ashburton (Anglia).

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Corey Ashworth of Ashburton won the 2K Teretonga Challenge in his Toyota Celica from Warren Reynolds and Greg Mitchell while Eddie Iraia of Timaru took the SS Cup honours in his Honda Civic EF9 from Bradley Dawson (RX8) and Jordan Rae of Temuka (Honda Civic).

Mini 7 South produced close racing, particularly in the dry, with Justin Neill of Christchurch prevailing from Rolleston driver Justin Ashwell and Paul Bennison of Christchurch.

Omakau drivers Cody Welch, with two, and Tony Herbert (one) shared the NZ Six Saloon race wins.