News

24th Cobra Nationals 2017

18 August 2017 / Ian Combes

The MX-5 Club has been asked if we would like to participate in the 24th Cobra Nationals. It is a three day track event held at Wakefield Park on 29,30 September and 1 October 2017.

NSWRRC Regularity Relay 2017 at SMP GP Easter 2017

Easter 2018 6hr Regularity Relay

02 August 2017 / Stewart Temesvary

NSW Road Racing Club will be running the third annual 6 hour regularity relay at SMP GP circuit on the Easter weekend next year - 31 March 2018 and 1 April 2018. Most of the teams that competed in 2017 will be back in 2018 to try and stop the MX-5 Club from repeating the success of 2017 where the two RPM Chapter teams (Blue Mountains Mazda and Panorama Mountain Men) took out first and second place. The event is run over two days with Easter Saturday being devoted to practice and Easter Sunday being the event. Entries for this event open on Tuesday 8 August and teams are currently being organised.

2017 NSW Supersprint Round 5 - photo by Rob Wilkins

NSW Supersprint Championships - Round 5

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.

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Hillclimb Round 2 Results

18 July 2017

Results from the Hillclimb at Ringwood Park on 9 July are now available.

Entries open for the next club track day on 20th August

05 July 2017 / David Lawler

The next track day is happening, 20th August at Wakefield Park

Wakefield Park club track day 11 Dec 2016 - photo by Rob Wilkins

Updated Classes for 2017/2018 Club Track Days

03 July 2017 / Ian Combes

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.

Wakefield Park track day 11 Dec 2016 - photo by Grant Webber

2017/2018 Track Day Entry Fees

28 June 2017 / Ian Combes

Our entry fees for track days at Wakefield Park and SMP-South have changed from July 2017. Please read on for an explanation ...

TB Cup

07 June 2017 / Ian Combes

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.

Hillclimb Round 2 - Entries open now.

25 May 2017

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2017 MX-5 Club Hillclimb Championship Round 1

10 May 2017 / Words by Andrew Digney, Photos by Grant Webber & Jacob Motum

Read all about it! The first Round of the MX-5 Club Championship for 2017 was a smash hit!

Entries now open for June track day

08 May 2017 / David Lawler

Entries are now open for the Saturday 24th June track day at Sydney Motorsport Park South Circuit.

Help celebrate the 20th Anniversary of MX-5 Club motorsport

07 May 2017 / Ian Combes

Come and help celebrate 20 years of MX-5 Club motorsport on the 26th November at Wakefield Park!

2016 Victorian 6 Hour Relay - Five Teams - photo by Tammie Hotz

2017 Phillip Island 6 Hour Regularity - Driver needed!

30 April 2017 / David Lawler

This is a spot available for a driver in an MX-5 Club team for this years Victorian 6 Hour Regularity Relay at Phillip Island.

Entries now open for May motorkhana

09 April 2017 / David Lawler

Entries are now open for our first of three motorkhana this year, at Sydney Motorsport Park on Saturday 20th May.

Wakefield Park track day 11 Dec 2016 - photo by Grant Webber

Entries now open for May track day

06 April 2017 / David Lawler

Entries are now open for our May trackday, at Wakefield Park on Monday 15th May.

2017 NSW Supersprint Rd 2 Supplementary Regulations

25 March 2017 / MX-5 Club of NSW

Supplementary Regulations for the 2017 Supersprint Rd 2, which is being run by the MX-5 Club of NSW.

Six Hour Regularity Relay at SMP GP

20 March 2017 / Stewart Temesvary

NSWRRC is holding a 6 hour regularity relay over the Easter weekend of 15 & 16 April on the Grand Prix Circuit at Eastern Creek. Our club has already entered four teams with a total of 17 drivers, but it is not too late for anyone else to enter.

Historic Sports and Racing Car Association (HSRCA)

20 March 2017 / Ian Combes and Richard Cardew (president of the HSRCA)

Opportunity to be involved in race meeting run by HSRCA

Wakefield Park track day 11 Dec 2016 - photo by Grant Webber

Club Track Day at Wakefield Park

28 January 2017 / Words by Bryan Shedden, Photos by Grant Webber & Rob Wilkins

2016 was a crazy mixed up year for club motorsport. Would you believe that 11 December was our first Sunday track day at Wakefield Park in 2016?! Thankfully it was a beautiful day with a full field of 77 drivers enjoying plenty of fast laps.

Nulon National 2017 R1 - Team MX-5 - photo by John Karayannis

Nulon Nationals Round 1

27 January 2017 / Words by Scotty Gibbs, Photos by Rob Wilkins & John Karayannis

The 2017 Nulon Nationals got off to a very early start this year with a motorkhana on a scorching Sunday on 8th January. Scotty Gibbs is our new team captain for this year and he assembled a highly competitive team for Round 1.