For the first time in several years the New Zealand electric championships returned to the Ruapuna raceway in Christchurch. At this event 13.5 turn brushless âśSuperstockâť was by far the most popular class, with a field of 30 drivers. XRAY was once again well represented on the track with 10 drivers, and off the track with excellent support from local distributor Zoom Resources.
Qualifying was incredibly tight at the top. After four intense rounds of qualifying the top three were separated by less than one second. XRAY claimed pole with Andrew Webber, and 3rd qualifier with Mark Harling. There was a gap of a few seconds from these drivers to the rest of the field. Five of the ten cars in the A final were XRAY.
1. Andrew Webber XRAY T3
2. Ivan Ho 3. Mark Harling XRAY T3
4. Karl Innes XRAY T3
5. Ian Rickerby 6. Grant Forsyth XRAY T3
7. Stephen Li 8. Kevin Davey XRAY T3
9. Jason Marshall
10. Scott Kendall
The title was decided over three finals. Ivan Ho proved too good on the day, taking out the first two finals to claim the 2010 New Zealand Superstock title. Mark Harling finished closely behind Ivan in these finals, and won the third final, to take second overall. Ian Rickerby claimed the final podium position.
1. Ivan Ho 2. Mark Harling XRAY T3
3. Ian Rickerby 4. Karl Innes XRAY T3
5. Kevin Davey XRAY T3
6. Grant Forsyth XRAY T3
7. Jason Marshall
8. Stephen Li
9. Scott Kendall 10. Andrew Webber* XRAY T3
* Andrew Webber was called away from the meeting and did not contest the finals.
