The track was in perfect condition thanks to the moonlight efforts of Tom Burk, who was reportedly working on the track while the rest of the Dirt Circuit Club was sleeping.

Burk was to resume racing at this meeting after a bit of an extended layoff, so a fast track was in order.

Openwheelers fronted the starter for the first race of the day and as soon as the flag dropped, Shane Petry took the lead and was never challenged and was not far from lapping the field.

Next field out was the four cylinder class and this was the one that everyone was waiting for - Burk’s return to racing.

It was expected Burk would be going hard and fast and was in fact challenging for the lead at the esses when he suffered the indignity of a rollover.

Ambos were at the scene within moments and Burk crawled out unscathed, thanks to the stringent safety measures taken for race drivers.

A few strong blokes were rounded up to push the car back onto its wheels and apart from a big cloud of smoke when it was fired up again there was little damage, which allowed Burk to continue his racing for the rest of the day.

This included a re-run of this class.

The Street Stock class, all drivers from Whyalla, provided some excitement when one of their number when bunny hunting out into the bushes and found himself well and truly bogged.

Modifieds always manage to produce good racing and Michael Scott led all the way to win his first race of the day.

Although he was kept busy fending off strong challenges from some of the other drivers.

Jess Petry drove her father’s Openwheeler in the women’s competition, which she contested with Allyssa Moore and Margaret Hosking.

The re-run that was held after Burk’s rollover resulted in Burk finishing safely in second position for that race.

However in the later race during the day Burk had another gremlin strike, much to the amusement of the crowd.