The third stage of the Nations Cup got underway on June 9th. While the top drivers in other regions seemed to struggle to accumulate points during this stage, Australia's Nik_Makozi kept his tally ticking over: 2,377 points in Round 21, 2,417 points in Round 23, 2,454 points in Round 24, and 2,404 points in Round 27.

Nik_Makozi has seemed to be in unstoppable form, but then it suddenly all went wrong. On the final race of the stage, a Gr. 2 race on Mount Panorama, Nik_Makozi struggled terribly during qualifying and had to start from sixth place on the grid. Most drivers had opted for the GT-R, but Nik_Makozi had gone for the RC F, and this may have been the cause of his troubles. He was able to improve his position slightly during the race itself, but still missed out on the podium, finishing in fourth place.

Australia's Adam_2167 was able to take advantage of Nik_Makozi's misfortune to score 2,783 points and close the gap on the leader.

At the end of the stage, Nik_Makozi retained first place overall, but his poor performance in the last race meant that he'd had to sweat for it. Perhaps a new pretender is set to challenge for the throne? We shall have to wait and see...

Rank	Driver	DR	SR	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Rd. 11	Rd. 12	Rd. 13	Rd. 14	Rd. 15	Rd. 16	Rd. 17	Rd. 18	Rd. 19	Rd. 20	Rd. 21	Rd. 22	Rd. 23	Rd. 24	Rd. 25	Rd. 26	Rd. 27	Rd. 28	Rd. 29	Rd. 30	Total
1	Australia Nik_Makozi	S	S	1991	2258	2022	1743	2107	2196	2384	2632	1882	2588	2162	2073	-	1490	0	1785	1923	2255	2277	-	2377	1543	2417	2454	0	2248	2404	1989	1567	2457	19713
2	Australia Adam_2167	S	S	2186	-	1443	2144	2227	1937	2517	2444	2363	1512	1801	2349	2158	1940	2225	1891	-	2131	1774	2221	1949	0	2038	2324	2350	2206	1614	2154	653	2783	19357
3	Australia MINT_GTR	S	S	2057	2102	1792	2264	1053	0	1903	2821	2114	2451	2027	2211	-	-	1977	-	-	1816	1933	1961	0	1794	-	2206	-	2381	-	-	-	2620	19068
4	Australia AE_Kenomos	S	S	-	1881	2361	2116	2096	2066	0	2256	-	2315	2041	1520	2031	2204	1854	-	-	2005	-	0	2244	-	2014	1937	1978	1984	2277	-	-	2294	18067
5	New Zealand sidawg2	S	S	1800	2132	1968	1730	1965	2124	951	1127	1368	1890	1914	1647	1777	-	2101	-	-	1880	2150	-	2112	-	2282	2195	-	2116	1816	1204	1958	2947	18058
6	Australia CAR_Bass	S	S	2315	-	2493	1827	1755	1593	2119	1880	-	2016	-	2488	1650	2327	1910	-	-	0	1996	-	1980	239	2148	2089	-	-	-	-	-	0	17995
7	Australia TRL_holl01	S	S	189	1991	-	2241	1872	2257	2252	2068	2238	2143	0	1883	364	1626	1483	2028	1178	-	-	-	-	2153	1918	-	1794	1802	2150	1707	1698	1478	17502
8	New Zealand Lion-Face	S	S	1756	1880	2230	1906	-	1808	-	1692	1989	1965	2049	2001	1904	1597	2303	1670	1927	2122	2024	1548	1732	1961	1678	2066	2226	2089	1644	2107	1959	2131	17274
9	Australia ART_Noble	S	S	1639	1254	1574	373	1572	1657	1722	1464	1492	1746	1793	1796	1523	1592	2175	1431	-	1754	1644	1727	1320	1846	1558	1973	1855	1587	2024	1900	2090	1641	15659
10	Australia AE_schnickoman	S	S	595	1659	1393	2025	1404	1768	1774	1316	1616	1528	1576	1688	1457	1714	1804	1575	1820	1504	751	-	-	1749	988	1489	1371	1509	1897	1774	1751	1968	14830