The season finale for 2002/2003 couldn't have gotten any better. Spectators and competitors were treated to some excellent sunny weather and great close racing. With over 60 vehicles entered the pits were fairly crowded. It was great to see so many new faces at the race track, some competitors coming from as far away as Mildura and South Australia to try out the traction at Ballarat.

With the club looking to make further improvements to the race track, the 2003/2004 season is shaping up to be a cracker. Watch this space!

Super Gas - Matt Forbes
6 cars entered for the first round of Super Gas. At the top of the qualifying ladder was Matt Forbes with a 6.40 on a 6.40, behind the wheel of Chris Johnson's 'Mopar Rent-a-Car' Gallant. The first round match ups saw the Gemini Coupe of Stuart McBain hole shot Kym Oberauer in his Datsun 120Y, the Subaru Vortex of Neil Hendry drive around the Torana of Steve Carey and Matt Forbes take the win over Collin Griffin in his Toyota Celica.

With an uneven field in the semi finals, Matt Forbes took the bye while Stuart McBain defeated Neil Hendry. The final was a close affair with Matt Forbes taking the advantage from the start line and recording a win when he crossed the stripe. (View the bracket sheet).

Competition Car - Darren Wagner
Shaun Tunny in his LJ Torana top qualified in 16 vehicle Competition Car bracket, running consistent 5.70s all day.

After two rounds of racing, the semi finals came down to parings between Graeme Blaby in his A40 ute and the Mazda RX7 of Glenn Latter, and Darren Wagner in the HX Holden up against Adam Murrihy in his HQ Coupe. The first paring saw Blaby from Mildura take the win, while South Australian Darren Wagner took out the second paring.

The tow from South Australia was well worth the effort for Darren and the team, with Wagner staying in front of Graeme Blaby to take the win in the final. (View the bracket sheet).

Super Sedan - Derek Wills
'Practice makes perfect' as the saying goes, with regular Ballarat competitor Derek Wills taking the win in the Super Sedan bracket. A surprise casualty of round two was Andrew Francis is his Toyota Celica who was coming off a win at the Mildura Tri Series round.

The semi finals were won by Derek Wills in his FC Holden over the VB Commodore of Adam Moody, and Graham Collet in his LJ Torana over the XE Falcon of Daniel Foster. With a 1 second handicap on the tree, Derek Wills was able to chase down the fleeing XE Falcon to take the win. (View the bracket sheet).

Super Street - Dales Bridges
As a testament to the 'run what cha brung' attitude, the Super Street bracket fielded all types of cars with all forms of motivation. From rotaries, turbo 4s and 6s to the ever green small block chev…Super Street had them all.

Semi final 1 saw the Holden Rodeo of John Joore take the win from Jackie Loveday and her Holden Ute. While is semi final 2, it was the Mazda RX4 of Dale Bridges who took the win over Stephen Stanton in his HX Holden. In the final paring of Super Street it was Dale Bridges who took home the winners trophy and prize money. (View the bracket sheet).

Street Bike
An excellent turn out of 6 street bike competitors raced heads up in a round robin format. At the end of the day both John Burns and David Peddlesden were on 4 wins each and decided to split the proceeds.

Best Presented - Graeme Blaby
The best presented ward went to Graeme Blaby and his Austin A40 ute. The Mildura based racer had a good day also grabbing the runner up trophy and prize money in the Competition Car bracket.

Best Burnout - Shaun Woodhouse
The best burnout prize money went to Shaun Woodhouse in his VT Commodore for a start line to finish line smoky. It's amazing what you can do when you replace your slicks with stockies.

Kym Oberauer
B.D.R.C