After the action of Round 1 of the NZ OSCA Championship competitors were eager to get to Levels Raceway for Round 2 the following week. Again the front row was a Greenslade and Knowler benefit but as the race progressed a train behind Greenslade in the form of Knowler, Jones, Rooney and Cronin were ducking and diving trying to make headway of the car in front. As the field came into the hairpin for the last time yellow flags were out which Knowler adhered to almost too much. Jones saw an opportunity and as they came into the last corner with the yellow flags relinquished Jones took to the inside and pushed passed taking Rooney with him with Cronin not quite having enough track left to make the pass. The crowd were on their feet as this was a great finish to an already exciting race. Just a few car lengths back was Hatton followed by Burgess, Cundall, Washbourne and Hart rounding out the top ten, all trying to battle the heat as well as the other fellas on track.

Laine Etwell made good on his pole position in race two after being disqualified from qualifying then having a rubbing is racing moment in the first race which didn't leave him with a fast lap. He shot away to take the win with Greenslade making light work of the traffic to get through to second. Burgess had done a great job also getting through to third just holding out the V8's of Rooney and Hatton. Hart started in the first group also and held onto sixth but by the narrowest margin as Jones, Due, Knowler, Ross and Cundall finished in that order with the group just 3 seconds behind.
 

The V8's of Washbourne, King Turner and Amanda Tulloch who made her OSCA debut in her Tier 2 Falcon rounded out the top fifteen.
Race three's handicap was spoiled a little by some yellow flags that were being displayed a little too long which hindered a few passing opportunities but didn't stop the on track action as King Turner held on to cross the line by a thread to the closing pack of Due and Hatton who finished just a second behind. Unfortunately both King Turner and Due had run foul of the handicap rules which dropped them back to 9th and 13th respectively and gave the win to a very happy Hatton with his first win in the Hatton Horsefloats Camaro. Stewart was second closely followed by Cronin who got the better of a race long duel with Jones which saw them swap positions a number of times. Tulloch held onto a very respectable fifth with Burgess, Knowler then Greenslade all in hot pursuit. The top ten all finishing within seven seconds so a great effort by the handicapper. Just a few seconds back from Greenslade was Hart, Etwell and Cundall all crossing the line within 0.7 of a second.

So after two rounds of the 2008 NZ OSCA Championship it is Andy Greenslade with the points lead and Cameron Jones 2nd with Tim Rooney 3rd. The North narrowly lead the South in the island title with the remaining two North rounds to go in March. The South Island Championship's final two rounds doubled as the first two rounds of the NZ Championship and has given two time Champion Lawrence Knowler another Overall title so congratulations to him. Raymond Hart won GT2 with Laine Etwell taking the GT3 title and Garth Somerville GT4.
 

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