Make the necessary adjustments when required and the rewards will come ... just ask Hawke's Bay superstock driver Maddison Wise.
"Tonight's the first night everything has gone to plan. Previously this season the engine has been coughing and spluttering and our set-up wasn't right. We've changed heaps on our set-up," Wise said after he shared the Tony MacIntosh Memorial Trophy with Hawkeyes captain Steve Jude at the Meeanee-hosted Christmas Special meeting on Saturday night.
A five-time national karting champion during his younger days, Wise, 19, is in his second full season of superstock racing.
"I'm pretty stoked to share a title like this with a legend like Steve. This has to give me confidence going into next weekend's North Island championships in Huntly and then the nationals early next month in Palmerston North. They're going to be my first big meetings and I haven't set any high goals ... I just want to get a feel of them for the future," he said.
Wise won the third heat for his 16-strong class after recording second and fifth placings in his previous two heats. Jude recorded a second and two third placings.