West Coast Speedway Fireworks, South Island Super Saloon Championship and Club Championships

The wait was worth it as the weather was perfect at Greenstone Park for the Smiths Speed and Spares South Island Super Saloon Championship, Club Championships and Fireworks display.

The opening display from the professional fireworks company was ‘Ma and Pa Kettle’ who wandered onto the track in a car looking lost but it was soon obvious they were part of the act when sparks started erupting from various parts of the car and the resulting fireball when escorted infield by two stock cars.

This was followed by a brilliant display of colour and loud booms which echoed up the valley in the perfectly calm Greymouth evening. The display had the large crowd enthralled to the end of the show.

The best local performance in the Club Championships was the Stock Cars with local drivers Dwayne Honey, Tony Oliver and Jason Smith picking up the first three places.

Glen Redmond took a clean sweep of the ministock class with 3 straight wins and Jayden Gerrard missed first place in the Youth Ministocks by the toss of a coin.

Super Saloons

The Smith Speed and Spares South Island Super Saloon Championship was contested by drivers from Timaru, Nelson, Blenheim and Christchurch. The first two heats were run to determine the starting grid for the last event. Shane Carey was leading on points at this stage and took the pole position with Ray Stewart in the second spot. The final was a tight race and finally taken out by Stewart.

Results

1^st 34 T Ray Stewart

2^nd 21 N Ian Burson

3^rd 12 N Shane Carey

4^th 17 C Greg Keegan

5^th 8 N Basil Jones

Stock Cars

A good field of 14 stock cars raced for the club championships. Dave Kokshoorn started out well with a win in the first event with Honey in second place. The next race Honey was beaten to the finishing line by Smith and again in the last race by Oliver who already had three third placings.

Results

1^st 82 GM Dwayne Honey 38 points

2^nd 38 GM Tony Oliver 37 points

3^rd 43 GM Jason Smith 33 points

Youth Ministocks

Racing was so completive in this class that we ended up with three drivers, Alex Boreham, Jayden Gerrard and Callum Evans in first equal place. A toss of the coin had to determine the places as there was not enough light for a run off and Boreham won the toss with Gerrard in second and Evans in third place.

Results

1^st 56 T Alex Boreham 29 points

2^nd 48 GM Jayden Gerrard 29 points

3^rd 36 GM Callum Evans 29 points

Ministocks

Redmond took a clean sweep of this event to add the Club Championship to his ever increasing list of outstanding achievements for the season. Second place with two seconds and a forth was Chris McSherry from Westport.

Results

1^st 65 GM Glen Redmond 33 points

2^nd 61 Y Chris McSherry 28 points

3^rd 91 C Andy Hawsey 26 points

Production Saloons

Dave Leitch from Nelson started well winning the first race but hit the wall in the second race won by Gill Simpson of Westport. The third race was won by the overall winner Scott James from Nelson.

Results

1^st 88 N Scott James 25 points

2^nd 21 GM Gill Simpson 21 points

3^rd 6 N Dave Leitch 17 points

Street Stocks

A clean sweep for Christchurch driver with the first three places in the class. Best local was Michael Knipe in 5^th place overall.

1^st 17 C Blair Leigh 17 points

2^nd 55 C Keith Anderson 15 points

3^rd 19 C Chris Leigh 11 points