Motorsport Weekly Roundup - 11th April 2023
11 April 2023 / David Lawler (image by Rob Wilkins)
Firstly, sorry for not producing a weekly roundup last week.
This weeks featured photo is from Rob Wilkins and shows Luke Kovacic in his Yaris followed by Paul Nudd and David Brown at the 2nd April NSW Supersprint.
12/4/2023: A correction to the description of the featured photo. The red NC MX-5 is driven by Paul Nudd, not Ralph Thompson as originally described.
Upcoming Events
NEW EVENT - Club Practice Day at Luddenham Raceway – Saturday 6th May
The club is organising a non-competition practice day at a Luddenham Raceway track day on Saturday 6th May. This will be an opportunity to drive the Luddenham Circuit, which will be a first for many club members, and also for us all to evaluate the track and facilities before deciding whether to run future competition track days there. Entries are open NOW, but are limited to 24 places with 12 already taken.
Further information is on the club website Practice Day at Luddenham Raceway.
MX-5 Multi-Club Track Day at The Bend – Sunday 23rd April
It is now less than 2 weeks until the MX-5 multi-club track day at The Bend. There are 19 MX-5 Club of NSW who will be attending, and for many, me included, it will be our first visit to The Bend track.
Further information and some relevant document downloads are available on the club website: MX-5 Multi-Club Track Day
NSW 6 Hour Team Regularity – Saturday & Sunday 29th & 30th April
Each year a good number of teams of MX-5 Club drivers compete at the NSW Road Racing Club team regularity on the GP circuit at Sydney Motorsport Park.
An online Information Session for team managers and drivers is scheduled for 7:30pm on Thursday 13th April. Further information about this session can be found in the event page on the club website: NSW 6 Hour Regularity Relay
Completed Events
NSW Supersprint - Round 2 - Sunday 2nd April
The 2nd round of this years NSW Supersprint Championship was held on the Sydney Motorsport Park GP Circuit on Sunday 2nd April. Despite the wet weather, a hardy group of 6 members of our MX-5 Club braved the conditions to compete in the championship for themselves and for our club.
Both Luke Kovacic and Jie Ren won their classes, and also their type competitions. Luke was also 4th fastest outright in his Yaris, beating a number of drivers in much more capable cars.
David Brown as 1st in his class, Ralph Thompson and Jimi Bloodworth were 3nd, and Edward Baker was 3rd in class.
Paul Nudd also competed as a non-championship driver.
The MX-5 Club sits 3rd in the championship, well behind the ARDC and HDT/HSV clubs, and just in front of Road and Track Drivers Club, Porsche Club NSW and BMW Drivers Club NSW.
An album of photos by Rob Wilkins from this supersprint is available on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/138178876@N06/sets/72177720307196043/
