NSW Supersprints 2019 Rd 6 - 2019 Season Wrap-up

06 November 2019 / Words and photos by Joe Kovacic

The final round 6 for the 2019 NSW Supersprint Championship was hosted by the ARDC Club and held at Sydney Motorsport Park Gardner GP Circuit on Sunday the 20^th October 2019.

A sunny and warm spring day greeted all 85 competitors of which only 5 drivers represented the MX5 Club of NSW. This is our lowest ever amount of competitors for a NSW CAMS Supersprint round. Thank you to our 5 drivers who competed gallantly against a barrage of ARDC Club drivers.

Congratulations goes to Luke Kovacic 1^st Place Class 6B time 1.44.61, Ralph Thompson 2^nd Place Class 6B time 1.48.27, Ken Hardy 3^rd Place Class 2B time 1.57.26, Marty Voormeulen 4^th Place Class 5C time 1.53.64 and Ian Coombes 5^th Place Class 5C time 1.55.62.

Congratulations goes out to the following MX5 Club Drivers on their 2019 Season Class results:

Class 1B -  1^st Keith Monaghan  25pts

Class 2A -  1^st Jamie Martin  125pts          2^nd Andrew Digney  22pts

Class 2B -  2^nd  Ken Hardy   102pts           5^th  Malcolm Steel  69pts        6^th Mark Kavanagh  34pts

Class 2C -  9^th  Jamie Collins  20pts

Class 5C -  2^nd Marty Voormeulen 85pts    6^th  Mike Kelsey  20pts           8^th Ian Coombes  16pts

Class 6A -  5^th  Greg Bunn  20pts

Class 6B -  2^nd Luke Kovacic   116pts         3^rd  Ralph Thompson  96pts   4^th Russ Maxwell  84pts

Class 6B -  6^th  Dave Alland  36pts              9^th  Ed Cory   18pts

Class 6C -  4^th Jason Russell  64pts

Another congratulations goes to the following MX5 Club Drivers on their 2019 Season Type results:

Type 1 -  7^th  Keith Monaghan  16pts

Type 2 -  9^th  Ken Hardy  38pts                    15^th  Malcolm Steel  27pts       16^th Jamie Martin  24pts

Type 5 -  16th Marty Voormeulen 22pts

Type 6 -   2^nd  Luke Kovacic   98pts              6^th  Ralph Thompson 72pts      9^th  Russ Maxwell  48pts

Congratulations goes out to Luke Kovacic who was a most successful driver gaining 2nd place in Class and Type. Congratulations also goes out to Jamie Martin and Keith Monaghan for 1^st place in Class. Also thank you to Ken Hardy and Luke Kovacic who competed in all 6 rounds.

Congratulations goes to the ARDC who walked away with the Club Championship on 2703 points ahead of 2^nd Place HSV Club on 1264 points and 3^rd Place The MX-5 Club of NSW on 1000 points.

Next year there will be some Class rule changes to the championship. Hopefully we can encourage more competitors to register for the 2020 NSW Supersprint Championship and reinvigorate our proud Motorsport tradition. Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to all.