Despite being wet in most areas of the region on Saturday, it was fine in Stratford which allowed Stratford Speedway's race meeting to go ahead.
Four events were on the race card, including the Taranaki Superstock and Saloon Champs, King of the Mountain Modified Champs and Midget City of New Plymouth Classic.
A large field of 22 Superstocks were on hand to contest the Taranaki title, including some of New Zealand's most popular drivers - The Rees clan.
Peter Rees, a former New Zealand champion in both the Stockcar and Superstock classes won the Taranaki champs with a brand new car. Rees won races one and three and finished second in the other to be a clear winner ahead of his son Ethan. Taranaki driver Regan Gernhoefer was third after beating Blair Uhlenberg in a run off.
Richard Dreaver looked likely to successfully defend the Taranaki Saloon champs. However, an incident early in the third race put an end to his chances after Hawkes Bay driver Sam Croy spun in front of Dreaver who had nowhere to go, with the end result being Croy upside down and Dreaver sustaining enough damage that he couldn't continue.