Track: Stratford
Date: 2 February 2007
Event: New Zealand Stockcar Grand Prix - Qualifying
Pictures & reporting by Mike Pollard

Stratford - 2 February 2007
New Zealand Stockcar Grand Prix - Qualifying
Pictures & reporting by Mike Pollard

Apart from the N.Z. Champs, the Grand Prix is the only chance that drivers from both Islands have to compete against each other for an SNZ Championship. Not surprising therefore, to see close on 100 cars present in an attempt to qualify for tomorrows finals.
5 x groups, with the top x 5 from each to progress, together with the highest point scoring 6th place driver.

Red group
Heat 1
1.#517s Mark Woods 2.#81a Rodney Smythe 3.#67w Kane Hargreaves 4.#84s Haydin Baker 5.#449r Steve McPherson 6.#35w Jason Kinsey

Heat 2
1.#35w 2.#67w 3.#46w 4.#517s 5.#74b Tony Palmer 6.#449r

Heat 3
1.#46w 2.#153e Sam Thompson 3.#221s Josh Hancock 4.#38w Tama Arapere 5.#67w 6.#81a

Green group
Heat 1
1.#2nz Richard Gaskin 2.#14r Steve Axtens 3.#68r Keith Spanhake 4.#116h Steve Halse 5.#48m Scott Gallop 6.#16m Dean O'Reilly

Heat 2
1.#34p Robert Mason 2.#2nz 3.#16m 4.#68r 5.#81r Damian Orr 6.#14r

Heat 3
1.#16m 2.#81r 3.#48m 4.#14r 5.#68r 6.#34p

Yellow group
Heat 1
1.#10m Alan McRobbie 2.#31v Daniel Matthews 3.#89w Dale Robertson 4.#91w Kyle Lane 5.#99p Scott Macintosh 6.#17p Shane Simpson

Heat 2
1.#17p 2.#13r Brendon Beazley 3.#91w 4.#10m 5.#89w 6.#31v

Heat 3
1.#91w 2.#124s Andrew Dodunski 3.#13r 4.#31v 5.#17p 6.#78b Andrew Powell

Black group
Heat 1
1.#226s Blair Luscombe 2.#86r Richard Keijzer 3.#8m Scott Fredrickson 4.#98v Gerry Linklater 5.#51w Dave Marshall 6.#12w Simon Hendry

Heat 2
1.#8m 2.#509s Chris Knight 3.#32p George Frear 4.#51w 5.#86r 6.#98v

Heat 3
1.#86r 2.#51w 3.#8m 4.#509s 5.#226s 6.#98v

Blue group
Heat 1
1.#15r Paul Mabey 2.#24s Tony Zehnder 3.#18v Tony James 4.#510s Jay Knight 5.#49p Steve Blackley 6.#29s Jarrod McBeth

Heat 2
1.#585s Daniel Coxhead 2.#510s 3.#18v* 4.#24s 5.#441a Andy Weir 6.#49p
(*docked 2 x places)

Heat 3
1.#585s 2.#510s 3.#54p Bevan Humphrey 4.#441a 5.#29s 6.#12e Zac Thompson

Run-off
1.#15r 2.#29s 3.#441a

Cars racing

Stockcars 93
Ministocks 19