Sydney's Emily Duggan took the win, her first in the Excel category, from Adam Bryan, while Tom Muller and Nick Fillipito were third in the one-hour race which allowed both solo drivers and shared entries.

The highest placed Bathurst finisher was Terry Nightingale, who placed a creditable sixth outright.

Nightingale drove in the two-car BAR Construction Racing Team owned by Brett McFarland. He also competed in the race and with his father Phil McFarland as co-driver, finished 15th.

The McFarlands are setting up a 'rent an Excel race car' business and as such, had Nightingale in the car Brett won last year's state championship in.

The car the McFarlands drove was one they have just purchased, virtually straight off the street, and they used the weekend to assist in setting it up.

The other drama the team had were the new rules in the category that now allows competitors to use an updated suspension package. They used the older spec standard set-up, which was much slower.

"I have had so much fun and enjoyment, laughs, smiles and it was just plain awesome," Nightingale said.

"We finished up in sixth place for the enduro, being the first car home with the older spec Pedders suspension. It was quite difficult trying to keep up with the lead pack on the older suspension, but made it all that much more challenging and fun.

"Thanks so much to Brett McFarland and Phil for an awesome prepared car and great hospitality and giving me the opportunity.”

The next best of the Bathurst drivers were Mike Ridings and Nick Hough, who placed eighth in their RPH Motorsport car that resembled something from a Mad Max movie. They sustained a broken windscreen in an earlier race, and to continue had to remove the front and rear windscreens along with the boot lid.

While happy with his finish in the enduro, Ridings was much more impressed with one of the 10-lap support events he contested.

"Woo hoo," he said on facebook. "First race win at Wakefield Park! It's taken a while, but finally I've done it.”

In 14th was Michael Golding who, in his first year, is impressing more every time he climbs aboard the Bathurst Towing Excel.

Two other Bathurst drivers were unfortunate retirements, with Josh Knox forced out after just two laps with a mechanical problem in the CS Mechanical Repairs Excel.

The most spectacular incident of the race involved Bathurst's Kerry Janssen who, with just 10 laps remaining, rolled his Wurth, Clancy Motor Group Excel.