Top qualifier, Damien Harris had his hopes of winning go up in flames in what was a severe fire allowing newbie Peter XIberras through for the win with a 4.733 to 5.074.

After watching his brother go down to a flaming Phil Read, John Lamattina also caught fire in a one sided contest against a tractionless Terry Sainty. John took the win in 4.900 seconds at 239.36 mph.