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SUNDAY - Final Race Day

4.25 pm - Possum Bourne has a flat... Tajima (Japan) wins ahead of Rod Millen (NZ) & Rhys Millen (USA)

2.11pm - Monsta Tajima has scratched his second car, the twin engined one. He is still competitive with the Vitara...

2.00pm - Motorbikes have gone, reported good track conditions

12.30 - Weather, although not brilliant, looks as tho' it will hang in there. No rain, but a cloud cover from about 1600m. Competitors will be on a dry track, hidden in cloud for a fifth of the race, and burst through to clear skies for the finish.

Saturday

1.00pm - "Monster" Tajima broke rear gearbox in the twin engined Suzuki. He is currently waiting for his second run in the Vitara - The 1000horsepower beast which has won this event for the last two years.
Also caught out saying "hopeless... very slippery" in response the light rain that has been falling since midday.

4.00pm - Rodney Atchinson in his VW Beetle has crashed and delayed proceedings for a few minutes, although going on to complete course. No injury reported...

5.05pm - Possum Bourne in the Sabaru WRX555 is the quickest by far - 10 secs ahead of Rod Millens' Toyata Truck and Tajima's Suzuki.

5.10pm - Weather report is good... It'll be a great days racing tommorow.

6.00pm - Possum says "most of the course is actually better than it looks... Gate ten-twelve is terrible, but towards the end it gets clear again." In response to how he felt, he replied "there is more in reserve."

Thanks to Tony of Graffix, Tony Bunyan and Graham Veith for the technical support.