Teretonga Serves up Superb Motor Racing
Teretonga Park in Invercargill served up another great day of motor racing action on Sunday. The meeting, presented by
Downer, saw seven different classes in action.
In the South Island Formula 1600 races Bailey Paterson of Christchurch won the round from Kurt Peterson of Auckland and
Robert Toshach of Christchurch after two of the frontrunners tangled in the last race. Paterson had won the first when
he pipped Riverton driver Ethan Anderson on the line to win by .030 of a second. The second ended under a safety car
with Anderson winning from Paterson with Jordan Michels third. In the final race Southlanders Michels and Anderson
clashed, ending both their races with Josh Bethune of Auckland taking the win from Paterson.
Sam Wallace of Christchurch crossed the line in the lead of all three Pro 7 Saloon races only to incur a ten second
penalty in the first which dropped him to fourth. However he still did enough to win the round from fellow Cantabrians
Hunter Rowland and Toby Marsh.
Paul Clarke of Mosgiel just managed to head off Corey Ross by one point to win the round in the Pre 65 Saloons with
Wayne Tuffley of Invercargill third. Just three points separated the three Ford Mustang drivers after three races.
Dion Dawson of Invercargill in a Saker GT won the first two Noel McIntyre Drainage Clubmans Saloon races from Brian
Scott of Dunedin in a C5 Corvette. However Scott did not start the class race and Dawson retired, leaving victory to his
brother Kyle Dawson in a Nissan Skyline. Kyle also won Class 4 while other class winners were Todd Blackmun in Class 1
(Star Car), Bradley Dawson - Class 2 (Toyota Trueno), and Dave McLean of Gore - Class 3 in his Honda Integra. Dion
Dawson returned to win the Flying Farewell but it was Kyle Dawson who was the overall winner on the day from Jeremy
Dawson (Chev Camaro) and Blackmun.
Ed Harrison was the man to beat in his Toyota Levin in the first appearance of 2K Cup cars at Teretonga. Harrison won
all four races including a 30 minute Enduro to win the round from Mark Tily of Dunedin (Toyota Celica) and Gav Thompson
of Rangiora (Toyota MR2).
Former New Zealand Champion Blair Sutherland of Alexandra made a winning return to the NZ Six Saloon class to win all
three races and the round from fellow Commodore drivers Alvin Frew of Waikouaiti and Josh Hack of Alexandra. While the
Mini 7 races featured small fields the racing was good with Doug Drake of Christchurch winning all three.
The next meeting at Teretonga Park is the Speedworks Events Motorsport NZ Championship meeting from 19-21 January.
ENDS