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Meanwhile in the top Junior class, KF3, Bradley Hicks made pole position his with a best lap of 36.741, 0.210 quicker than runner-up Andy Schofield from Cambridge and 0.212 quicker than Auckland's Paul Blomqvist who was third.
In changeable weather conditions which saw the track dry but drivers battle strong winds in the two Time Trials then rain as the first races were about to start, Bray won the day's two KZ2 class heats, the first from Bay of Plenty's Daniel Dufty and Australian visitor Matthew Hayes, the second from Dufty and defending title holder Ryan Grant.
Young gun Bradley Hicks also won his first heat in KF3 but in the second he was beaten to the chequered flag by Andy Schofield with Blomqvist third and defending CIK Trophy of NZ class title holder Arie Hutton fourth.
In the Challenge Cup support classes New Plymouth's Alex Geary was the stand out performer, qualifying quickest and winning both his heats. Rhys Tinney qualified quickest in Junior 100cc Yamaha and like Bradley Hicks claimed a win and a second place in the heats, Logan Brown was the quickest qualifier in Junior Restricted 100cc Yamaha but both races were won by Cameron Smith and Karl McNicol heads into Sunday's heats and finals after being quickest Cadet in qualifying then sharing heat race wins with Jacob Cranston.
KZ2
Heat 1
1. Daniel Bray 13 9:09.144; 2. Daniel Dufty 13 9:16.600 +7.456; 3. Matthew Hayes 13 9:17.372 +8.228; 4. Richard Huston 13 9:18.143 +8.999; 5. Jason Farmilo 13 9:23.898 +14.754; 6. Kevan Storr 13 9:29.144 +20.000; 7. Graeme Smyth 13 9:29.563 +20.419; 8. Snow Mooney 13 9:32.185 +23.041; 9. Richard Moore 13 9:32.806 +23.662; 10. Thomas Curran 13 9:33.796 +24.652
also 18. Ryan Grant 12 Laps DNS: Matthew Grant, Scott Reddish, Ethan de Jong
Heat 2
1. Daniel Bray 9:00.041; 2. Daniel Dufty +5.203; 3. Ryan Grant +6.152; 4. Graeme Smyth +7.316; 5. Matthew Hayes +10.043; 6. Karl Wilson +10.580; 7. Jason Farmilo +10.909; 8. Matthew Grant +12.927; 9. Richard Huston +5.877; 10. Ethan de Jong +17.696; DNS.Richard Moore, Shaun Wotherspoon
KF3
Heat 1
1. Bradley Hicks 13 9:15.191; 2. Andy Schofield +8.498; 3. Paul Blomqvist +11.707; 4. Aaron Marr +12.268; 5. Arie Hutton +15.661; 6. Matt Butchart +19.762; 7. Hayden Pedersen +22.406; 8. Luke Dobbs +23.285; 9. Reid Harker +26.153; 10. Ricky Capo +26.659; DNS. Patrick Davy, Lee Derrick
Heat 2
1. Andy Schofield 9:16.879; 2. Bradley Hicks 0.887; 3. Paul Blomqvist 8.513; 4. Arie Hutton 10.105; 5. Aaron Marr 10.512; 6. Hayden Pedersen 18.752 8.240; 7. Reid Harker 19.437; 8. Luke Dobbs 21.154; 9. Michael Scott 22.023; 10. Matt Butchart 22.609. DNS; Aaron Wilson, Joel Herbert, Lee Derrick, DQ Callum Quin, Patrick Davy
Senior 100cc Yamaha Light
Heat 1
1. Alex Geary 6:33.409; 2. Ryan Cappleman +4.619; 3. Phillip Watkins +6.599; 4. John van Bommel +6.742; 5. James Gorham +11.326; 6. Daniel Picard +12.860; 7. Daniel Rine +13.031; 8. Jamie Gaskin +14.100; 9. Mark Shillingford +15.845
Heat 2
1. Alex Geary 6:37.659; 2. John van Bommel +2.543; 3. James Gorham +2.883; 4. Phillip Watkins +3.349; 5. Ryan Cappleman +4.065; 6. Jamie Gaskin +8.801; 7. Mark Shillingford +10.749; 8. Daniel Picard +11.449; 9. Daniel Rine +16.113
Junior 100cc Yamaha
Heat 1
1. Rhys Tinney 6:38.475; 2. Hayden Pedersen 6:38.891; 3. Aaron Marr +0.779; 4. Liam Lewis +5.174; 5. Harry Wheelans +5.525; 6. Jaden Hardy +7.448; 7. Travis Day +12.922; 8. Mitchell Ward +16.855; 9. Charlotte Oram +17.334
Heat 2
1. Hayden Pedersen 6:41.467; 2. Rhys Tinney +0.044; 3. Aaron Marr +1.071; 4. Harry Wheelans +4.336; 5. Jaden Hardy +5.982; 6. Liam Lewis +8.261; 7. Travis Day +9.609; 8. Charlotte Oram +10.719; 9. Mitchell Ward +14.821
Junior 100cc Yamaha Restricted
Heat 1
1. Cameron Smith 6:54.014; 2. Kurt James + 2.199; 3. James Munro +6.584; 4. Jamie Smith +9.437; 5. Logan Brown 2 Laps; 6. James Webb 7 Laps
Heat 2
1. Cameron Smith 6:54.040; 2. Kurt James +4.176; 3. James Webb 9.797 5.621 3; 4. Logan Brown +10.811; 5. Jamie Smith +11.498; DQ James Munro
Cadet
Heat 1
1. Karl McNicol 7:15.754; 2. Jacob Cranston +0.472; 3. Zachary Thompson +2.632; 4. Jordan Lum Cadet +3.246; 5. Thomas Batt Cadet +4.870; 6. Lachlan Smith +5.002; 7. Jakob Flynn +6.196; 8. Kaleb Ngatoa +7.801; 9. Jarod Fisher +8.676
Heat 2
1. Jacob Cranston 7:18.234; 2. Zachary Thompson +3.197; 3. Thomas Batt 3.613; 4. Jakob Flynn +5.970; 5. Jarod Fisher +7.882; 6. Lachlan Smith 8.055 0.173
7. Jordan Lum +9.047; 8. Kaleb Ngatoa +9.747; DNS Karl McNicol