Motorsport: NZIGP finale revs up in Waikato after stellar South Island run
Kroef is coming off a win at Teretonga Park Raceway and currently places second with 295 points.
The organisers said the competition for the lower placings would also see some serious action.
Several drivers, including Greg Kroef and Phill Ross, who share third place in the points, as well as Daniel Ludlam, Simon Ussher and Blair Gribble-Bowring, could all make it on to the podium this weekend.
Gribble-Bowring, a former drift racer, really found his groove this season as he beat Chris Pither's track record at Timaru.
Meanwhile, Ross notched up a race win, as well as a second and two third placings, and Ludlam had a hard-fought third place at Teretonga.
New to the series is former D1NZ racer Cam Vernon, who's purchased a Ford FG ute recently imported from Australia.
Other racers set to battle it out on the track include Dave Robb, who will give one of David 'Shaggy' Lowe's Ford Falcon BFs a run, newcomer Brad Wenzlick, who will be racing Lowe's other Falcon BF, Tyler Ward, and Stu Monteith, who is back in the #99 Holden after stand-in driver Jake Stoneman notched up two impressive podiums in the ute at Teretonga.
Racing, including qualifying events for the various classes, will start on Saturday at 8.30am, but the UDC V8 Utes season finale kicks off Sunday with a 15-minute qualifying session.
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