News : MX-5 Club of NSW

NSW Supersprint Championship round 3

27 May 2018 / Ian Combes

Entries for round 3 of the NSW Supersprint championship are open.

Club Track Day Round 6

27 May 2018 / Words by Lindsay Green, Photos by Rob Wilkins

Wrap up from Round 6 of the club trackday championship at SMSP Amaroo on 22 April.

Renault State Motorkhana on 20th May

13 May 2018 / Words by Ian Combes

Come and try your hand at a motorkhana at the NIRIMBA TAFE!

Hillclimb Round 1

13 March 2018 / Words & Photos by Andrew Digney; Photos by Rob Wilkins

Round 1 of the 2018 Hill Climb events was run on Sunday and results are now available. 28 drivers entered and 26 participated - don't you just hate getting sick the day before?

Motorsport 20th Anniversary - photo by Rob Wilkins

New Facebook Group for MX-5 Club Motorsport

22 February 2018 / Ian Combes

Having recently celebrated 20 years of MX-5 Club track days, we felt it was overdue that our motorsport community finally had their own Facebook Group. If you are involved in any of our club motorsport, this is the place for you. Motorkhana, Driver Training, Club Track Days, Club Hillclimbs, Supersprints, Regularity, MX-5 Cup ... everything!

Club hillclimb July 2017 - photo by Grant Webber

Perpetual Hillclimb Chapter Challenge

18 February 2018 / Words by Andrew Digney

Due to the discontinuation of the Jinba Ittai Go Kart Challenge, this year we will launch the Perpetual Hillclimb Chapter Challenge. Round 1 of the 2018 Hillclimb series is on Sunday 11 March at Ringwood Park and spaces are still available. Come and have a go. Do it for the pride of your Chapter!

The Pink Ladies are Doing it for Cancer

15 February 2018 / Words by Tammie Hotz

The Pink Ladies of MX-5 are a team of five MX-5 Club ladies who will compete in the 6 Hour Regularity Relay at Eastern Creek on the Easter weekend. We are putting our driving and strategy skills to the test to raise funds for the Cancer Council. Let's KISS CANCER GOODBYE! Please donate.

Interstate Challenge 2017 - photo by Rob Wilkins

Club Track Day & 2017 Interstate Challenge

17 December 2017 / Words by Ian Combes, Photos by Rob Wilkins & Keith Monaghan

The track day at Sydney Motorsport Park Amaroo Circuit on 18th November 2017 was the Interstate Challenge with the MX-5 Club of Victoria & Tasmania. Being on one of our home tracks, we felt quietly confident of wresting the trophy back from the Victorians.

NatMeet 2018 Update

14 December 2017 / Hans Oldenhove

NatMeet XIII is now less than four months away and there have been some minor revisions. Please read on for the latest news release. There are still opportunities to attend NatMeet XIII in the Barossa Valley SA in April 2018.

Motorsport 20th Anniversary

03 December 2017 / Words by Bryan Shedden, Photos by Rob Wilkins, Mel Keller, Josh Fitzgerald & Julie Farquhar

Motorsport has always been an important key to the success of the MX-5 Club of NSW, with our club members competing since the beginning in 1990. Our first club track day that we organised entirely on our own was at Wakefield Park on 20th January 1997. It is now 20 years since that major step for our club and on the weekend of 25/26 November 2017, we celebrated in some considerable style.

Challenge Bathurst 2017

03 December 2017 / Story by Stewart Temesvary, Photo by Steph Williamson, Jamie Martin & Neale Bayliss

The second annual running of the Challenge Bathurst event at Mount Panorama was held from 16th November to 19th November 2017. Super Sprint for the fastest cars on Thursday & Friday was followed by Regularities on Saturday & Sunday. Several club members came home with some impressive silverware.

Alfa Relay 2017 - photo by Bryan Shedden

Alfa 12 Hour Relay 2017

27 November 2017 / Words by Bryan Shedden & Stewart Temesvary, Photos by Tammie Hotz, Gillian Fletcher & Bryan Shedden

Two teams from the MX-5 Club of NSW competed in the Alfa 12 Hour Relay at Winton in October ... and one of them claimed a historic win!

Wakefield Park Track Day Parade Lap - photo by Tiit Saul

20th Anniversary of Motorsport Event Schedule

22 November 2017

View our jam-packed schedule of track events for the 20th Anniversary of Motorsport Sunday November 26

Motorsport 20th Anniversary Spectator Events

10 November 2017 / Mel Keller

Hot Laps, Trackday Tours, Race Car displays - for spectators, there'll be so much to see and do at our MX-5 Club 20th Anniversary of Motorsport event.

Jamie Martin at the Supersprint at SMP GP 15 Oct 2017 - photo by Rob Wilkins

Supersprint Champion Club FOUR-PETE

19 October 2017 / Words by Ed Cory, Photos by Rob Wilkins

The MX-5 Club of NSW has won the Club Championship in the CAMS NSW Supersprints for 2017, and with it the fourth title in succession, the first Club to do so.

Hillclimb Round 3 Results and Final Standings

29 September 2017 / Josh Allen

The final round of the 2017 MX-5 Club of NSW Hillclimb Championship is done and dusted. The results are now available.

Supersprint Round 5

31 August 2017 / Words by Ed Cory, Photos by Grass Roots Photos

Sunday 27 August saw 20 Club members competing in Round 5 of the NSW Supersprint Championships at Sydney Motorsport Park's South Circuit. As well as some great individual performances, the MX-5 Club of NSW extended its lead to 161 points in the Club Championship.

Supersprint at Wakefield Park

28 August 2017 / Bryan Shedden

The Mini Car Club of NSW is hosting Round 6 of the CAMS NSW Supersprint Championship at Wakefield Park on 9 September. Our next club track day is not until November, so if you're keen for a run before then, this is a perfect opportunity for you. Entries from non-championship competitors are very welcome.

Hillclimb Round 2

22 August 2017 / Article: Keiran Taylor, Photos: Grant Webber

Keiran is a stay-at-home mum of two toddlers and treated herself to some "mummy me time" at the Ringwood Park hillclimb. Read on for her story. Entries for the final hillclimb round of 2017 are now open!

20th Anniversary of Motorsport dinner

19 August 2017 / Ian Combes

Bookings are now open for our 20th anniversary motorsport dinner on 25th November in Goulburn.