DONE & DUSTED

Coming into the final round of the Enzed Central Muscle Cars (CMC) season there was a simple calculation for those up the top of the points ladder: finish the weekend with no issues. Doing that would cement the championships for 2019.

Dean Perkins, Steve Doughty, and Mark Holland were leading their respective sections of the category, those being Groups 1A, 1B, and 2. Doughty’s task was the easiest of the three. Simply finish one race and the 1B title was his. Even qualifying high was not necessary. For Perkins and Holland, though, it was more difficult: they had to finish a minimum of three of the four races; if they didn’t, Grant Dalton, Angus Fogg, Paul Boden, and Bruce Kett would fight for the spoils.

There were no tricks coming into the weekend with regard to the racing format — the routine wasn’t changed, so each driver and team knew exactly what had to be done. After the Friday practice sessions, the only head-scratching that was going on throughout the field was about the tyres and how they could make them stick better on the slippery Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park surface.