Daybreaker Rally - Geartech Series:

Saturday 11 October

11 October 2008

Stage No	Name	Distance	1st car starts	Status	Description
1	Tararua Road	4.93kms	06:26		(S. Murray - 3:23) A short, sharp, downhill, warm up. Tight and twisty on narrow road. All gravel.
2	Kopikopiko Road	13.61kms	06:59		(New Stage) Fast flowing, predictable, hard base metal stage.
3	Ridge Road North	7.19kms	07:38		(S. Murray - 5:27) Fast, flowing start. Tightens. Then downhill on narrow road. Fast finish. All hard base gravel.
4	Saddle Road	10.23kms	08:52		(L.Scott - 5:30) Steep up and down over the Tararua Range. Famous hillclimb road. Fast but difficult. All tarmac.
5	Manfield	13.45kms	09:28		(G.Inkster - 6:36) 5 laps of the 3km circuit. Fast and furious. All tarmac.
6	Pakihikura	42.47kms	11:08		(G. Inkster - 31.41, 640m shorter than last year) The longest, toughest stage! Start at Sandon Block - finish on Beaconsfield Valley Rd. Classic rally roads. Fast & flowing in parts, but many tight bits. Three tarmac pieces. Finish line now on straight to remove tricky finish line corners (Diggles Dangle!). 95% gravel.
7	McBeth Road	7.65kms	12:11		(S. Murray - 5:36) Short, sharp, tricky stage. Starts tight & twisty. TV and huge crowd on hairpin left. Climbs to ridge top to fast road with off camber corners. All hard base gravel.
8	Tunipo Road	8.9kms	13:20		(G. Inkster - 6:01) Starts with steep, narrow hillclimb. Then faster, flowing road. Fast, but tricky stage. All hard base gravel.
9	Utuwai	19.89kms	14:01		(13:00 S. Murray) Fast start, steep, tight gorge in middle. Fast, flowing to finish. 97% hard base gravel.
10	Ridge Road	34.3kms	15:02		(C.West - 25:50) No Daybreaker would be complete without it! The sting in the tail! Tight, twisty, hard-base gravel roads along the ridge tops. Tough stage that has caught many over the years. All gravel.