After a three hour delay to the start of the final night, of the Hotline 40 Auto Parts Australian Super Sedan Title, the race meeting concluded with a thrilling finish in the A Main, at Speedway City with Jamie McHugh winning the National Title.

McHugh chased Dave Gartner who led for 35 laps before making an outside pass coming out of turn four. Wayne Randall finished third, ahead of Matt Pascoe, who stormed home in the concluding stages, passing Phillip Townsend, Kevin Purton and Keith Higgs to take fourth place in the last two laps.

Defending Champion, Darren Kane withdrew with oil pressure issues on lap twenty six, with the race having only two stoppages.

A frutstrating delay at the start of the night preceeded racing, when a heavy shower of rain, turned the track in to a water logged venue of mud.

As officials surveyed the weather, it was decided that there would be enough break in the showers to possibly get the meeting completed.

Cars and graders packed the track, graded it, hot lapped it, packed it and graded it again, over a three hour period before the first event finally hit the track at 9.00pm CDST.

With more rain on the way, officials took the unprecedented move of calling off the C Main, after a further check of the radar, and also learning that a good proportion of the cars that had qualified for the C Main, would not be available.

Graham Stewart and Frank Does were the first two cars from those in the C Main, that were available and were added to the back of the B Main field.

A spate of minor incidents in the 20 lap B Main would see the demise of Peter Lyall, Lucas Roberts, Jarrod Harper, Steve Jordan and Sam Hughes. On lap six, Tony Barklimore would head the fence coming out of turn four, ending his strong run around the outside of the field.

The final fourteen laps went without incident, with South Australian Shane Best leading throughout, downing Lucas Roberts, Kodee Brown, and Michael Nicola in a high speed freight train, as the four qualified for the main event.

With rain closing in, and the Street Stock support event delayed after a bad crash, the race was started without fanfare.

Dave Gartner took the lead as all cars successfully negotiated the opening turns, followed by Jamie McHugh, Darren Kane, Matt Williams, Kevin Purton, David Nichols and Wayne Randall. The race quickly settled down, with no changes in the opening ten laps, before Randall started to move forward with Keith Higgs.

Gartner led McHugh and Kane narrowly as they opened a gap on the remainder of the field headed by Williams, who had his hands full with Purton, Higgs and Randall.

Fifteen laps into the race, the first of two stoppages occurred when Kodee Brown and Michael Nicola collided at the back of the field, ending Browns run.

The restart saw Gartner continue to lead as the field flew around the Speedway City venue, in a spectacular race. Gartner continued to be pressured by McHugh and Kane, as Randall, Higgs and Purton waged their own battle with Matt Williams for fourth place.

On lap twenty six Steve Vaughan hit the fence very hard in turn four, bringing on the caution lights for the second time. Darren Kane withdrew with oil pressure problems at the same time, ending the defending champions race while in third place.

The crowd could sense a home town victory as Gartner continued to hold the lead over McHugh, Williams, Randall, Higgs and Purton as the race entered the final ten laps.

Williams would soon after be passed by Randall, Higgs and Purton, while Phillip Townsend, Brad Smtih and Matt Pascoe started to make their moves, in the concluding stages.

Gartner and McHugh would clear away from Randall, as it became evident with six laps to go that it would be a two driver battle to the chequered flags, and National Title glory.

McHugh made his move with five laps to go, passing Gartner on the outside exiting turn four. In the battle for the minor placings Matt Pascoe stormed home, passing Keith Higgs and Kevin Purton on the outside to move into fourth.

Gartner stayed with McHugh to the end, but Jamie McHugh would win an epic night of Super Sedan racing to win the title for the second time in three years. Dave Gartner drove a great race to finish second, while Wayne Randall would finish third for the second time in a National final. Matt Pascoes late charge around the field was also full of merit to finish fourth, while Keith Higgs and Kevin Purton who were with the lead group throughout the 40 laps would finish in the top six.

Earlier, the final round of prelimaries were won by Wayne Randall, Steve Latham, Brad Smith and Dave Gartner. The final heat would be won by Kodee Brown in record time, which saw the popular West Australian receive a great reception from the crowd, after lowering the existing mark by three seconds, a night after rolling in spectacular fashion.

The constructors award was won by the Sweet Chassis, while the Grenville Anderson award was won by new National Champion, Jamie McHugh.