Festival of Sporting Cars - 3rd August 2014

22 August 2014 / Words by Craig Durrant & David Lawler, Pics by Steve Green

In the middle of a bitter winter, Sydney Motorsport Park turned on a perfect day for racing on the South Circuit, which has no garages and carports. From a 1 degree start the day warmed up, the wind remained light and the sunshine switched on – magic conditions.

There were three MX-5s racing in Historic & Invited Sports/Touring/Racing Cars (quite a mouthful), with another two in regularity.

David Stone – very fast despite being on old slicks he had borrowed, begged and possibly stolen with two of one type on the left and two of another on the right - led the MX-5s in qualifying to take 2nd place on the pre-grid for the rolling start of the first race.

Race 1 was won by a Formula Ford with a Caterham 7 second (this is FOSC, always a mixed bag), David third, Matilda fourth followed by another Caterham and then Craig sixth in a field of 22 cars.

In Race 2, Matilda led the MX-5s in 3rd despite a tangle with the one of the Caterhams, behind the Formula Ford and another Caterham, with David 4th and Craig 5th.

The Caterham took 1st in race 3, Matilda second and David third, with Craig's car back on the trailer by this time.

In the regularity events, club members Neil Tribe and Yemin Win were competing. Regularity races are harder than many people realise, and so it was great to see Neil taking two 2nds and a 4th, while Yemin had a 6th and 11th. Well done.

Once again FOSC put on a great day, with a wonderful mix of machinery and some beautifully presented cars. The South Circuit again proved too much for some of the vehicles with several blowing engines.