20 July 2017 / Words by Ed Cory; Photos by Rob Wilkins
The quest for the "Four-peat" continues (four consecutive wins for the MX-5 Club in the Club Championship), with Round 5 adding a mighty 9 points (!) to our lead over the Australian Racing Drivers Club – now 63 points, 1907 to 1844. Thanks to the 18 Club members competing we added a total of 416 points to our tally.
05 July 2017 / Painted and donated by Kerry Shepherdson
Renowned Canberra-based artist, Kerry Shepherdson, has specially painted and generously donated an MX-5 themed painting for auction at Sunday, 23 July, Canberra Chapter Charity Lunch - why not make a bid on the painting pre-auction?
In the spirit of providing fair and even competition, the class structure for the 2017/2018 competition year has been revised and a new class introduced - Super Clubman.
Twenty seven participants and sixteen cars including a Porsche and VW GTI had an early morning met at Cessnock Tourist Centre for our 450km inland run through historic towns and villages.
A day of wet weather didn't stop our intrepid Mid North Coast Chapter members from enjoying a great drive to Barnett's Bakery at Crescent Head and then to South West Rocks for lunch.
08 June 2017 / Words by Gary Williams, Photos by Jan Gibson & Gary Williams
For many people, Sunday is a day of quiet contemplation - particularly Sunday morning. A time of gently rebuilding the intensity of energy that will be called for in the coming week. Not so for club members on this very social weekend in the Hunter region by the Illawarra Chapter.
The TB Cup (Tiger Beetle Cup) is a Knockout Sprint Event being held in NSW that involves production sports coupes and roadsters whose engine sizes are 2.0 litres and below driven by amateur drivers only. MX-5 Club members have been invited to enter.
22 May 2017 / Article: John Evans, Photos Karl Mittman
Another KAOS 300, eagerly anticipated, immensely enjoyed and now relegated to history!
What makes a perfect MX5 day?
The road, the weather, the company, all our ducks were in a row!!
21 May 2017 / Words by Wayne Lang, Photos by Wayne Lang & Graham Rochester
It was a very sad day for our club this week when long-time member and friend Mike Walkden-Brown died peacefully at his home Wednesday evening. It was agreed by all, that Mike would want us to proceed with our Sunday run to Harrington regardless of his absence, which we dedicated in his honour.
17 May 2017 / Article: Josh Fitzgerald Photos: Grnat Webber
The air was fresh for the 7:00am meet at Cessnock McDonalds, but to our surprise not fresh enough to keep 22 cars and 37 attendees away from an early morning blast to breakfast down the Putty Road.
