Adelaide rider Sam Willoughby set a record in front of his home crowd by being the first ever rider to win back to back titles in the Junior Elite Class. If that was not impressive enough alone both those titles where won with out Willoughby dropping one lap at either of these events winning every single heat. Friday evening Sam was having dinner with the family and the question was asked how he was feeling and if there was a lot of pressure for Saturdays race, Sam replied,
"I am really enjoying the track, I feel comfortable on my Yeti and the whole year I have been racing in every body elses back yards, now they have all come to mine. I feel better than I would normally do at an ABA round as I have my family, friends and fans here supporting me." Saturday morning the crowds started to flow in and fill up the Show Grounds seating in the stadium and the fog horns and cheers let all the riders know that their fans where ready for some hot fast racing. During warm up
Willoughby got out onto the track and right from