A wet day greeted everyone for the second round of the Burger Fuel Series but the enthusiasm wasn’t dampened. Special thanks go to Brett, Rebecca & Sue for taking on the starting duties - Brett with a broken collar bone & several ribs! Thanks again to Michelle who joined the team in Race Control who were again back on the manual system. The timing system is expected to be back up & operational in time for our next meeting.

Great racing was put on by the Cadets; Amy Smith turned the tables on round 1 winner Alex Edwards by winning this round and the series overall.

It must’ve been the weekend for the girls to step up to the plate because Kaitlyn Wonnacott sure gave Kaleb Currie a run for his money in Junior Restricted. Kaleb hanging on to the days win on countback & thus ensuring his win in the series also. Jonathon Buxeda Took third for the day with Joe Ganley third in the series.

In a very diminished Formula Junior class, Daniel Connor finished the series in front of Samantha Lewis. Junior Yamaha was a much closer battle between Reid Harker & Shaun Grocock for the series win with these two lads going into this round with tied overall points. Rollo Davies, who did not contest round 1, won the class for round 2 from Shaun & Reid and Shaun won the series.

Club Class was also one with diminished numbers; Michael Andresen & Luis Cachero finishing 1-2 in both round 2 & the series.

With the absence of Nigel Kurtz, the series leader from round 1, Yamaha Light was thrown wide open. Jason Butterworth won round 2 & subsequently the series from Scott Burkhart. Louise Franklin didn’t have as good a day as her first round but points wise it was enough to hold out for third place in the series. In Yamaha Heavy Leyton Kendall had the measure of brother Dion this time round; winning both round 2 and the series from Adam Davis.

Rotax Lights’ Sean Sparg & Shaun Varney had battled it out in round 1 and the close contest continued in the final round. It was Shaun Varneys turn for the round win but Sean Sparg held on to his narrow points margin & won the series.

Rotax Heavy, again the largest class on track, saw epic battles all day with drivers trying to gain supremacy. The days win went, narrowly, to Nick Moyle from the two Garrys - Cullum & Claxton. Overall for the series it was Garry Cullum from Nick Moyle & Cameron Dennis.

The Burger Fuel 500 Grand Prix, with a $500 prize purse was contested by the Rotax heavy class and a very popular win was achieved by Cameron Dennis.

The $500 class winner prize draw went to Kaleb Currie in Junior Restricted.

Results - Round 2

Cadet

1. Amy Smith 2. Alex Edwards 3. Brodie Cox 4. Bradley Wilson 5. Lachlan Smith 6. Connor Wilson

Junior Restricted

1. Kaleb Currie 2. Kaitlyn Wonnacott 3. Jonathon Buxeda 4. Logan Rogers-Jenkins 5. Luke Dobbs 6. Joe Ganley

Junior Yamaha

1. Rollo Davies 2. Shaun Grocock 3. Reid Harker 4. Callum McDonald 5. Nicholas Carpenter 6. Samuel Carpenter

Formula Junior

1. Daniel Connor 2. Samantha Lewis

Club Class

1. Michael Andresen 2. Luis Cachero

Yamaha Light

1. Jason Butterworth 2. Todd Jolly 3. Scott Burkhart 4. Danny Keene 5. Louise Franklin

Yamaha Heavy

1. Leyton Kendall 2. Adam Davis 3. Aarron Cunningham 4. Shaun Curran 5. Dion Kendall

Rotax Light

1. Shaun Varney 2. Sean Sparg 3. Michael Bird 4. Shaun Morris 5. Andre Elliot 6. Craig Mills

Rotax Heavy

1. Nick Moyle 2. Garry Cullum 3. Garry Claxton 4. Cameron Dennis 5. Michael Cullum 6. Colin Lewis

Next Club Day is the Enduros!! November 15 th.

This event has been subject to several changes & development since its re-introduction to the club calendar a few years ago. This year there are still further refinements! Keep an eye on the web site & check the Friday Blurbs - the info sheet should be with you in the next week or so.

Between now & then the North Island Champs are being contested in Manawatu - Good Luck to all who are heading away to this event.

The following week there is a contingent of Auckland members heading across the ditch to Melbourne for the Horse Power Heaven event in the KZ2 class.

Graeme Smyth, Ryan Grant, Richard Moore & Steve Brown will be showing the Aussies what we’re made of on this side of the Tasman.

The event is being conducted on Saturday October 31 st and November 1 st; keep an eye on the web site for updates over that weekend to see how the lads are getting on.