Motor racing featuring Noel McIntyre Drainage Club Saloons and the South Island Wings & Slicks racing cars takes place at Teretonga Park in Invercargill this Saturday.
Admission to the event is free with test sessions and qualifying before racing gets underway just before the lunch break.
Racing then resumes at 1.00pm after the break with the Club Saloons splitting into Group A and B initially before class racing and a Flying Farewell while the South Island Wings & Slicks cars will have four races.
Local drivers Liam MacDonald and Jordan Michels look set to square off in the Noel McIntyre Drainage Club Saloon races, MacDonald in his Ford Falcon and Michels in his Honda TCR, while Brian Scott of Dunedin in his Chev Corvette will also be to the fore. With a varied line up of cars battles should prevail throughout the field.
The South Island Wings & Slicks cars also have a varied field with several early model Tatuus FT-40 TRS chassis plus marques such as Reynard, Argo and Crossle. Southland brothers, Harrison and William McDonald will both race FT-40’s, Harrison having competed internationally in Europe. The class features cars with aerodynamic wings and slick racing tyres
The on-track action commences at 9.30am on Saturday.