Well my first visit to Waikaraka Park last weekend was quite successful, after spending most part of a stinking hot day preparing the car at Ray Stewart's workshop we headed of to the track to check out what we were up against.

Initially I was quite nervous and wasn't to sure of what car setup we should be looking at. After a walk around the track and a bit of a chat with the locals settled on a setup which proved to be reasonably quick and was very happy after the hot laps.

Race one was fast and bumpy, finishing 9th from grid nine, I couldn't make any passes but was happy with the car speed and everybody seemed on the case.

Race two saw us move from grid 6 to finish 4th, felt we were good for a 2nd or 3rd place finish but ran out of laps to make the pass.

I was 5th on points going into the top six pole shuffle, first up was Craig Cardwell and myself, we pretty much ran side by side for two laps but I managed to secure the faster line in the run to the chequered Flag. Next was Grant Flynn who I managed to get the jump on, this was another close one but I managed to hold Grant off. Then came Lance Jennings, here the local knowledge paid dividends for Lance as he knew the fastest way round and knew exactly when to shut the door. That left me with gird four for the feature and Lance went on to take pole with Brent Emerson off grid 2 and Shane McIntyre off 3.

I made a position or two in the first lap but got bumped back to fourth, which is where we finished. The track slicked off quite a lot and was very dusty. An amazing display of driving from Shane saw him drive around the outside of Lance and Brent to take a well deserved first place.

The whole night was an awesome display of close super saloon racing, with no yellow flags. Hopefully this sets the tone for the remainder of the series with the next round in Stratford in 2 weeks.