The title was decided over three heats and a feature final at the meeting hosted by the Portland District Motor Sports Club.

In the end Josh Boyd took the spoils, but the racing was close throughout.

Portland’s Jaiden Healey opened his account by winning the group one opening heat from pole position, with Lismore driver Connor Reeves a close second and Grafton’s Sam Mooney third.

From grid spot four, Orange driver Jackson Goldie ran red hot to win group two from Newcastle’s Luke Eveleigh. New South Wales number one Brock Youngberry ran a very close third.

Lismore’s Boyd blasted out of fourth on the grid to win group one heat two over the only female competitor, Millie Fuller of Newcastle.

Luke Eveleigh was third while Goldie was unbeatable from pole in group two from Youngberry and Healey, who managed to break the lap record in his Honda.

Boyd dominated group one heat three from Youngberry, who shot out of the fifth grid spot ahead of Max Essai, while Healey came from the last grid place to win group two over Reeves and Tyler Burnham.

The stage was set for super exciting Australian Junior Sedan title decider with Goldie starting off pole. The rest of the grid, in order, was Healey, Boyd, Reeves, Youngberry, Eveleigh, Essai, Fuller, Mooney, Burnham, Jake Clark, Dean Giffin, Tyler Barnes and Noah Douglas.

The racing was fast and furious throughout, but with just four laps of the destined 20 left to complete, the new Corolla of Goldie made a spectacular fiery exit with the whole of the underside of the car engulfed in flames.

Goldie made a rapid exit from the barbeque and fled to safety as the fire crew extinguished the flames, while also in the excitement Clark had also driven infield with a flat tyre.

Boyd led the restart from Healey, Youngberry, Reeves, Essai and Burnham, but more drama came on the final corner.

Healey failed to turn during his three-car battle with Boyd and Youngberry, ploughing into the lapped car of Douglas and the unforgiving Armco fence while taking Youngberry along too.

The race was declared with Boyd taking the inaugural crown from Youngberry and Reeves, while the New Star class was won by diminutive pocket rocket Essai from Burnham and Mooney.   

Although the regular classes of racers had small fields, the racing was super spirited, and punctuated by a few panel-pounding crashes.

Andrew Blackley won two heats of the street stocker class with Shanyn Duggan the victor of the other driving her new purple Commodore.

However, it was her brother Mitch who ran riot in the feature over Blackley and Stuart Strickland, while Martin Blackley failed to complete turn four mid-race and crashed heavily into the fence.

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Great close racing also came from the four cylinder class with Keil Swadling winning the first two heats in his hot Honda and brother Joel heat three winner, but evergreen veteran Raymond Giffin came from the back of the pack to win the feature driving his new Mirage.

He won over Joel Swadling, John Spicer and daughter Bek Giffin.

The NSW grand prix midgets put on some incredible racing in their 11-car fields, with Australian number one Trevor Perry taking out two heats but trumped by ‘rocket’ Rod Saville who won one heat and the fabulous feature from Perry, Cory Takarto, Janelle Saville, David Bacon, Jackson Lea-Smith, Adam Buckley and Gay Bowyer.

Trouble plagued the modlite class as the six-car fields were finally reduced to two by the feature. Still, it was Rob Swain totally dominating William Butler overall.

Rounding out the competitive classes were the open wheeler quarter midgets.

NSW number one Rob Stephenson dominated the proceedings, winning two heats, and was the only car to see the chequered flag fall in the feature.

Scott Vander Draay and Tom Clark both drove well for minor placings, but unfortunately young Eathan Field was t-boned during the third heat by Steve Clark, causing the race to be abandoned.

Vintage sprintcars finalised the program with nostalgic demonstration driven by Jason Pruen, Paul Puckeridge, Matthew Ward, Keith Devinshire and Bob Newman, who unfortunately found the Armco fence in the opening heat.