Saturday afternoon and early evening qualifying was punishing for riders and their bikes. With 5 to 8 miles of adrenalin pumping action, including an Extreme Qualifying section of a mile of lung bursting effort. The final laps were captured under floodlights which added to the challenge. Sunday saw 2 race classifications with the morning round being a 2 lap race and the afternoon 3 laps of grueling action. To give a little perspective, the laps each consisted of the arena course of man made obstacles including crossing 2 skips, tractor tyres, log jumps, boulder formations, loose rocks, steep hill climbs, near vertical wet rock faces, water filled ruts, jumps and tight single track over a course distance of some 10 miles.