Spring time arrived early at Sydney Motorsport Park for the 5th round of the NSW state championship. Brisk morning lead to low 20’s degrees’ temperature and it was the brisk morning that greeted the Supersports field for qualifying. The radical SR8 of Neale Muston claimed pole position with a front row partner of Darren Barlow in the Stohr WF1. Second row consisted of Peter Paddon in a Radical SR3 and Peter White in a SR8. The format was qualifying in the morning and 3 races