Young gun Michael Lyons won all four MSC F5000 Tasman Cup revival series races at the New Zealand festival of motor racing at the Hampton Downs circuit south of Auckland over the weekend but Steve Ross added the icing on the cake with a new lap record.
Lyons showed an inkling of what he could do at the two festival of motor racing meetings last year, and went one better this year by claiming pole position in the qualifying session on Friday then leading all four races from start to finish.
"The weekend has gone pretty well, hasn't it?" the 20-year-old Brit said. "Last year we weren't quite as well prepared and it was all a bit last minute. Also, I hadn't really driven the car much that year.
"This year we did most of the British championship, which we won, so we were better prepared with the car so it's great to be able to come out here and be able to do so well."
After winning both races ion Saturday, Lyons led home a fired up Ken Smith, Clark Proctor and series point leader Ross in the rain-delayed third race just after lunch time and 15-lap feature final later in the afternoon.
