It was a mixed bag of all-sorts on Sunday. We had new & old competing, new & old in official & catering positions and new & old equipment - some of which failed!

But, as things generally do, it all came out in the wash & we hope that you had an enjoyable day.

An indication that the Top Half final round will be contested at Auckland in a fortnight was apparent in the sizes of some of the classes.

Cadet, once again, were the largest class on track. Thomas McLean, one getting some inside running prior to Top Half, trekked down from the Winterless North & showed a clean pair of wheels to the rest of the drivers. Jacob Smith, who has stepped up in recent meetings finished in second with Logan Brown, another serious Top Half contender in this class, in third.

By-the-by, we have two ‘Cadet Mums’ currently working in Race Control; check out the tower next time Cadets are on the track. If the windows aren’t too fogged up it may well be fun to watch.

T’was a classy field of JR’s on track this weekend. Aaron Wilson took the day from Kaitlyn Wonnacott & CJ Sinclair.

A pretty classy field of Junior Yamaha too! Levi Madsen-Prinn had a clean sweep, taking the days honours from Jamie Lane & Adam Davis.

Formula Junior saw Scott Reddish take the win from Jake Bonney & Michael Bird.

A really great field of Senior Yamahas this weekend - 12 in Club Class & 8 in Lights. Plus a lone Leyton in Heavys!

Deon Forrest, another driver with a clean sweep, took out Lights from Jason Butterworth - Jason getting a refresher ready for Top Half - and Scott Burkhart. Club Class went to Steve Fistonich from Michael O’Dell & Shaun Curran.

Our Lone Leyton won Heavys….

Our Rotax Class this club day was awesome as well with some old faces returning. Rotax Heavy went to Brent Gilchrist from Peter Ball, looking smart in the new Intrepid chassis, and Steve Cox, another driver recently switched to Intrepid.

Lights went to Matthew Griffin, who looked really quick on track, from Declan Hull and Graham Ball.

Open Class was a mixture - which is why it’s called Open I guess. As well as the normal shifter karts we expect in this class we had a couple of Rotax’s on ‘open’ tyres. It was the shifter karts & the associated horsepower that came through though. Alex McClennan taking the days win from Jody Vincent & Joel Thrupp.

Results

Cadet

1. Thomas McLean 2. Jacob Smith 3. Logan Brown 4. Joe Ganley 5. Brad WIlson 6. Alex Edwards

Junior Restricted

1. Aaron WIlson 2. Kaitlyn Wonnacott 3. CJ Sinclair 4. Nicholas Carpenter 5. Samuel Carpenter 6. Mitchell Brown

Junior Yamaha

1. Levi Madsen-Prinn 2. Jamie Lane 3. Adam Davis 4. Jack Barker 5. Djon Pye 6. James Wood

Formula Junior

1. Scott Reddish 2. Jake Bonney 3. Michael Bird 4. Shaun Varney 5. Sean Hurley 6. Shaun Morris

Club Class

1. Steve Fistonich 2. Michael O’Dell 3. Shaun Curran 4. Todd McCormack 5. Robert Rowe 6. Stephen Loomes

Senior Yamaha Light

1. Deon Forrest 2. Jason Butterworth 3. Scott Burkhart 4. Phillip Taylor 5. Nigel Kurtz 6. Lara Greaves

Senior Rotax Light

1. Matthew Griffin 2. Declan Hull 3. Graham Ball 4. Sean Sparg 5. Mike Barry

Senior Rotax Heavy

1. Brent Gilchrist 2. Peter Ball 3. Steve Cox 4. Josh Hookway 5. Cameron Dennis 6. Michael Cullum

Senior Open

1. Alex McClennan 2. Jody Vincent 3. Joel Thrupp 4. Matthew Griffin 5. Michael Wheaton 6. Brett Hollander

Next event at Rosebank in the final round of the 2008 Top Half Series on July 27th. This is open to drivers with a B Licence rating minimum. You may enter on the day - $50.00

Be aware, that if you have not done TWO of the previous Top Half rounds you will be running rear of field in ALL races. In saying that, Top Half is an awesome meeting & for experience cannot be beaten. So, if you can live with running ROF all day get out there!!

Next weekend our Shifter Series Team is heading to Hamilton for their next round - Good Luck to our KZ2 and Formula 125S guys. Also Good Luck to our Rotax Challenge reps who are at the same event.

There is also a club day at Hamilton for anyone who would like a skid.