I wasn’t 100% happy with the way the ute was handling, but I had full faith in the team and we fine-tuned overnight. Sitting 7th in Qualifying I gave it my all trying to get every last tenth I could find, I cut the curbs through the bus stop to close “bang bang!” I busted both rims on the right-hand side of the car. I pulled over safely to ensure I didn’t cause my tyres more damage, which unfortunately caused a red flag and meant I had to now start from the rear in race 1.

Determined to make amends I slowly carved through the field right from the start, I caught onto the back of 4th an 5th place from a long way back, but had run out of laps before I could pass them too. I finished 6th which placed me 4th for the reverse grid race and I knew I could win from there. I had a shocking start and spun the wheels, it was like I was standing still as everyone swallowed me from all around. I drove my hardest and made my way back to 7th, the boys were really rough and I was hit from just about every direction and we received a lot of damage from this race. I was disappointed, but we still had a race to go, every race so far I had moved forward, I could do it again.