| Rally Wairarapa - Xtreme Series: | Day 1: Saturday | 12 April 2008 |
| Stage No |
Name | Distance | 1st car starts |
Status | Description |
| 1 | Manuhara Rd 1 | 21.09kms | 08:50 | Completed | Fast smooth flowing roads. Enjoy this one but watch for Left hander onto the bridge at 11km. |
| 2 | Rimu Rd | 9.42kms | 09:30 | Completed | Steady decent on great hard packed surface, tight in places. Slippery if wet. |
| 3 | Waihoki Valley Rd | 20.06kms | 09:55 | Completed | Start up hill, mid stage fast and flowing, some tight sections, good solid gravel base with tarseal sections. opens after bridge to finish. Enjoy. |
| 4 | Horoeka Rd | 35.43kms | 11:30 | Completed | First 5km narrow uphill, opens to fast smooth flowing roads followed by 13km of tight & twisty over the Puketoi Range. Opens to finish but keep alert for the odd tricky corner. |
| 5 | Manuhara Rd 2 | 21.09kms | 12:50 | Completed | Fast smooth flowing roads. Enjoy this one but watch for Left hander onto the bridge at 11km. |
| 6 | Pori Rd | 15.13kms | 14:45 | Completed | Uphill, fast, flowing and predictable. Downhill tightens & narrows. Solid metal base. |
| 7 | North Rd | 13.65kms | 15:45 | Completed | Fantastic stage. Hard gravel base, fast and flowing. Important to read the road as you see it, you don't want to be caught out. |