Qualifying
26 cars in three categories participated in qualifying with seven vehicles being part of the championship.
George Kulig set the pace for the field with a time of 1:14.3230 with Scott Nind taking second place with a time of 1:15.9740 and Jeff Stubbs third with a time of 1:17.3470.
Brett Mitchell was fourth with a best time of 1:17.7240, Danny Burgess was next up with a best time of 1:19.7520, Daniel Stubbs was sixth with a best time of 1:20.6520 and Robert Marchese rounded out the field with a best time of 1:23.5890.
Race 1
It was an early start for the field with the race scheduled for 8:50am.
Scott Nind took the lead followed by George Kulig and Brett Mitchell.
George Kulig taken back the lead from Scott Nind, following them was Brett Mitchell, Jeff Stubbs and Danny Burgess.
By Lap 5 the order was George Kulig, Scott Nind, Brett Mitchell, Jeff Stubbs, Danny Burgess, Daniel Stubbs and Robert Marchese.
George Kulig dropped down to fifth position while Daniel Stubbs and Danny Burgess had best laps on lap 6, Danny’s lap time was a 1:19.5330.
Jeff Stubbs fell down to eighth position after being as high as fourth position.
George Kulig passed Daniel Stubbs and then reeled in Danny Burgess on the second last lap to hold the third position.
George Kulig fell back behind Danny Burgess and Daniel Stubbs on the last lap.
Robert Marchese got his best lap of the race on the eighth lap with a time of 1:22.9130, Daniel Stubbs improved his best lap to a 1:18.7620.
Scott Nind won the race ahead of Brett Mitchell and Danny Burgess.
Race 2

Scott Nind was right behind two cars as they had contact, but the #16 Mustang was far enough away to avoid any contact.
Lap 2 had the order of Scott Nind, Brett Mitchell, George Kulig, Danny Burgess, Daniel Stubbs, Jeff Stubbs and Robert Marchese.
Lap 3 saw Jeff Stubbs go off the track and he got back on track behind Robert Marchese.
Brett Mitchell was in a contest with the #11 of Antonio Saint, this helped George Kulig close the gap on the #8 OzTruck.

The Super TT of Michael Ricketts was being passed by Robert Marchese on Lap 4 when Jeff Stubbs joined the party and went by them both on the main straight.
George Kulig got past Brett Mitchell as the overall leader put the race into the fifth lap.
Scott Nind leading the SCA field got past the MARC Mazda of Basile who was running third in his category.
Danny Burgess who was ahead of Daniel Stubbs on Lap 5 was six seconds back on Lap 6.

Jeff Stubbs got past Danny Burgess on Lap 7 but the driver of the #45 Dodge found himself facing the wrong way on the last lap to drop down the field.
Scott Nind made it two wins from two races in the #16 Ford Mustang
George Kulig finished second, but his weekend was over after the electric water pump failed on the #9 Chevrolet Monte Carlo,
Race 3

A warm day greeted the field that was now down to six competitors and the action got started under mostly sunny skies.
Brett Mitchell, Daniel Stubbs and Robert Marchese all recorded their fastest laps of the race on Lap 2.
The yellow flag came out on Lap 4 as the Super TT of Kiara Zabetakis was parked in the grass after a mechanical failure.

The race restarted on Lap 7 with Brett Mitchell getting a penalty for passing one of the Super TT’s too early and Danny Burgess got his right sides in the dirt.
Scott Nind’s fastest lap of the race was recorded on Lap 7 with a time of 1:15.2330.
Somewhere between the race restart and the end, the Super TT of Cory Gillett lost his bonnet.

It was Stubbs vs. Stubbs in the latter stages of the race as they battled for fourth position, the beneficiary of this battle was Danny Burgess who got to put some distance between himself and the battling pair.
Danny Burgess and Jeff Stubbs put their best laps in on the final lap with times of 1:18.6950 and 1:17.4040 respectively.
Scott Nind won the race from Brett Mitchell and Danny Burgess with Jeff Stubbs fourth, Daniel Stubbs fifth and Robert Marchese rounding out the field in sixth.
Race 4

The last race of the day was set for a seven-lap race, down a lap due to a series of cautions and red flags in other categories preceding the race.
The yellow flag came out on Lap 2 after the #20 Australian Trans Am pulled off the circuit and the race was cut down to five laps with the race restarting on Lap 4.
Scott Nind was comfortably in front of the SCA field while Brett Mitchell was in a battle with the Super TT of Cory Gillett who now had a bonnet back on his Nissan.
Jeff Stubbs was ahead of Daniel Stubbs in the battle for third, Danny Burgess was fifth and Robert Marchese rounded out the field in sixth.
The majority of the field had their best lap on the final lap with Scott Nind producing a lap of 1:15.0730.
Scott Nind won the race to win all four for the weekend with Brett Mitchell second, Jeff Stubbs third, Daniel Stubbs in fourth, Danny Burgess in fifth and Robert Marchese rounding out the field in sixth.
Wrap up
Scott Nind has the best Stock Car in Australia, and it turns heads wherever it goes, it is also becoming obvious that the more people see Stock Cars Australia, the more people like it from Stock Cars to SCA AUSCAR, everything in between and how nice everybody is to anybody who stops on by.
The field has just over a month to get ready for Winton Raceway, that round is for August 9 to 11 and it is all but certain to have a bigger field as Richard White will be there, Jake Frisch is likely to be in the #3, Mick Heppleston should be ready to go and some of the SCA AUSCAR runners like Troy Perichon and Lukas Gates are likely to be there too.
The Winton 300 will be happening there, and Australian Super Trucks, Sports Sedans, Super TT, the Excels and the Australian Drivers Championship will be racing too, drivers can enter for the round here.
Stay tuned with ASCN as we report on all the entries, the news and the action from Winton.





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