“It is just the whole thing, you do the drive from the airport and the excitement is building and then you get here and it is always fun.
“Then you get on track - this is easily the best place in Australia to race and there is nothing better than coming down over Skyline and down into The Cutting.”
While the WPS Bathurst 12 Hour entries weren’t on track, the Shannons Nationals categories of Saloon Cars, Holden HQs, Formula Vees, Improved Production and the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge provided plenty of action for the fans.
Tony Wallis, Lee Forrest and David Skillender were the top three for the round in Improved Production, while South Australian Shaun Jamieson won both races in his Holden Commodore VT to take the provisional round win in Saloon Cars ahead of Steve Kwitakowski and Clint Harvey.
The safety car interupted Holden HQ races were dominated by Queenslander Gary Bonwick who also took the Mercbits King of the Hill overall award ahead of John Wise, while in Formula Vee Ben Porter took the round win over Stephen Butcher and Michael Kinsella.
Twelve hour competitor Tony Quinn took the outright win over Bill Pye and last year’s champion Sven Burchartz in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge.
Tomorrow will see the girl power of the 2009 WPS Bathurst 12 Hour continue to grow this weekend, with a mother and daughter team set to start the big race in a first for Mount Panorama.
Kerry and 17 year old daughter Jade Tunks will unleash the 48 entries for the once around the clock encounter at 6.30am Sunday morning, with Kerry also set to bring out the chequered flag as the field crosses the finish line 12 hours later.
Kerry is no stranger to firsts either, becoming the first female chief starter for Mount Panorama in 2007 when she officiated the 2007 Bathurst 1000, which she also brought to a close with a wave of her chequered flag.
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