Club Trackdays 2017-18 Season Summary

24 November 2018 / Words by Joe Kovacic, Photos by Bryan Shedden

After 8 successful Club Trackdays in the 2017-18 competition season the winners were presented at our Presentation day at SMP Garage Cafe on the 11th Nov 2018. Thank you to all our competitors and volunteer officials for another successful year of Motorsport. A special congratulations to Michael DeMaio, who not only did he compete in all 8 Club Track Days, he also placed first in every round and holds the club track records for both Wakefield Park and SMP Amaroo. Also a special mention to my son Luke Kovacic who competed in all 8 Club Trackdays in two different classes, placing first in every round and holding Club track records in 2 classes for both Wakefield Park and SMP Amaroo. Congratulations to all our lady competitors on a successful year in motorsport. Finally (HaHa) a special mention to myself Joe Kovacic for Grid Marshalling and also competing in Class 3 only to come 2nd in Class to my son Luke Kovacic. Congratulations to all our Motorsport Competitors and trophy recipients on the following results.

Point Score Champions 2017/2018
Class 1 Michael DeMaio Std Road-Reg NA & NB
Class 2 Bryan Shedden Std Road-Reg NC & NB SE
Class 3 Luke Kovacic Std Road-Reg ND
Class 4 Jamie Martin Road-Reg NA & NB Clubman
Class 5 John Karayannis Road-Reg NA & NB Super Clubman
Class 6 Gustavo Elias Road-Reg Modified NA & NB, max 100kw
Class 7 Andrew Digney Road-Reg Modified NC & ND, max 110kw
Class 8 Joshua Fitzgerald Road- Reg Modified Turbo MX-5
Class 9 Malcolm Steel Normally Aspirated MX-5 Race Car
Class 10 Russ Maxwell Turbo/SC MX-5 Race Car & MX-5 on slicks
Class 11 Richard Herring Non MX-5
Ladies MX-5 Lesa Bunn

Lap Records 2017/2018
Wakefield Park
Class 1 Michael Demaio 1:14.063 Magdalena Wilczynska 1:26.029
Class 2 Bryan Shedden 1:11.894 Kerry McLeish 1:26.075
Class 3 Luke Kovacic 1:11.195 Yuki Chau Kam Yu 1:21.926
Class 4 Jamie Martin 1:15.161
Class 5 John Karayannis 1:13.725 Anna Fraser 1:17.188
Class 6 Gustavo Elias 1:11.211 Heather May Koorey 1:39.078
Class 7 Greg Bunn 1:10.296 Lesa Bunn 1:12.912
Class 8 Luke Kovacic 1:09.785 Lindsay Green 1:15.436
Class 9 David Johnson 1:08.184 Gaynor Lawler 1:13.908
Class 10 Verne Johnson 1:05.173 Matilda Mravicic 1:05.897
Class 11 Stephen Wan 1:04.903 Kim Jacobs 1:11.743

SMP Amaroo
Class 1 Michael Demaio 1:09.867
Class 2 Bryan Shedden 1:05.983
Class 3 Luke Kovacic 1:05.580 Yuki Chau Kam Yu 1:14.855
Class 4 Jamie Martin 1:08.407
Class 5 Mat Fraser 1:06.303 Anna Fraser 1:10.860
Class 6 Gustavo Elias 1:05.583
Class 7 Andrew Digney 1:06.254
Class 8 Luke Kovacic 1:04.392 Lindsay Green 1:09.803
Class 9 Ralph Thompson 1:03.023
Class 10 Curran Brennan 1:02.591 Stephanie Rochford Cole 1:09.174
Class 11 Richard Herring 1:05.444 Aimee Kovacic 1:13.406

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