Darren Hossack has won the 2010 Clem Smith Cup with a last to first drive, at South Australia’s Mallala Motor Sport Park.

After damaging his new set of tyres for the weekend during qualifying, Hossack was forced to start his Audi-Chevrolet from the rear of grid with four new tyres for the feature race.

Undeterred, the former champion scythed through the field, taking advantage of a spin by rookie James Sera (Saab-Chevrolet) to take the win.

“Finally, it’s been one that’s been hard to win for some reason,” Hossack said.

“It would have been interesting had James not spun, but he did a really good job regardless.

Hossack won all three races for the weekend, although multiple karting champion Sera was very impressive during his circuit racing debut, finishing second overall.

Sera, only qualified for his full racing licence the week prior at Sandown, made the huge leap 40 BHP Sprint Kart to Dean Randle’s 740 BHP Saab- Chev.

The opportunity to drive the Saab came after Randle attended Sera’s Kart shop earlier this year.

“Dean asked me if I would like to have a drive in his car and of course I jumped at the opportunity” said Sera.

Third place overall went to wet weather specialist Trent Young in a Mazda RX7.

:with Shannons Nationals Media Release