QLD Club: Motor Sport Program

[mazlot]

So, are we going to organise a group get together at a Motorkhana and Hill Climb event, or is it going to be left to the individual ?

[JBT]

I think the hillclimb/motorkhana bits and dates are yet to be confirmed. I understood from the briefing on Monday that the plan will be released in the near future. Contact Mark for info if in doubt.

[mazlot]

i must have misunderstood his explanation will wait for details. Thought he said it was up to us to compete, and give him the results.

[JBT]

Hmmm...my understanding was yes, it would be up to individuals to enter events and get the results but that the motorkhana and hillclimb event dates would be nominated - maybe I got it wrong

[rwf]

So the mx5 club are not holding them

It's up to use to tag alone with other clubs

[JBT]

The MX-5 Club could not afford to hire and run the Mt Cotton hillclimb. It's easier and cheaper for individuals to enter a nominated MG CC organised event as they specialise in running hillclimbs. To my knowledge, there has never been an MX-5 club organised hillclimb event and there are only three or four MX-5s currently competing at Mt Cotton anyway. The Holden Sporting CC specialise in running motorkhanas, so the same applies to motorkhanas. Why do we need to reinvent the wheel?

Back on topic: Next MX-5 Club Track Day is on Monday 11 April 11 at Willowbank.

[project.r.racing]

Back on topic: Next MX-5 Club Track Day is on Monday 11 April 11 at Willowbank.

Curious as to how much track time this suggested driver ed. sessions will cut into?

[JBT]

Contact Mark on 0410 415 873.

[MINX]

Back on topic: Next MX-5 Club Track Day is on Monday 11 April 11 at Willowbank.

Curious as to how much track time this suggested driver ed. sessions will cut into?

I thought he said;

AM for noobies and training
PM for Regulars.

[Guran]

Having not seen any MX-5 video from Lakeside before ... guys, you have my pity . It doesn't look like a particularly entertaining track for an MX-5. Maybe I'm not appreciating something that you can't see in the video, but a corner or two at the end of two long straights (with a few wiggles in between) ... seems a bit ho-hum to me. Is QR at Ipswich any better? Why is it that the club doesn't seem to do supersprints at Morgan Park? That looks like a much more entertaining circuit.

[JBT]

It doesn't look like a particularly entertaining track for an MX-5. Maybe I'm not appreciating something that you can't see in the video...

Correct, you are not appreciating something you haven't experienced. Willowbank is boring by comparison. Morgan Park is good but 150 km from Brisbane.

[MINX]

Maybe it looks boring because i am such an excellent, smooth , cool driver!
Maybe you are not seeing the elevation changes and variable off camber, multi apex corners.
And the 180kph kink in the main str8.

It is a very challenging, entertaining track. QR-Willowbank is very subdued compared to Lakeside.
And Morgan Park is over 2 hours drive each way from Brisbane.
Sort of eats into an afternoon session

[rwf]

Back on topic: Next MX-5 Club Track Day is on Monday 11 April 11 at Willowbank.

Curious as to how much track time this suggested driver ed. sessions will cut into?

I thought he said;

AM for noobies and training
PM for Regulars.

So is it a full day on the track or just afternoon

Would be good to have a whole day out there

[Guran]

Maybe it looks boring because i am such an excellent, smooth , cool driver!

Yeh, could be!

Maybe you are not seeing the elevation changes and variable off camber, multi apex corners.
And the 180kph kink in the main str8.

There don't seem to be many elevation changes in the video. But that is something that you don't see in videos. Oran Park was defined by plenty of elevation changes, and Eastern Creek, Phillip Island and Wakefield Park have their fair share too. As for the 180km/hr kink, somehow I doubt my stock NA6 would be up there to experience it. Turn 1 at Eastern Creek doing 160km/hr for 90 degrees is scary enough, so I can hardly imagine what that 180km/hr kink is like.

It is a very challenging, entertaining track. QR-Willowbank is very subdued compared to Lakeside.

Interesting. The QR track looks to be tight and technical in places, so I expected it would be more fun than Lakeside. Ah well, I must try to get up there some day and try them all!

And Morgan Park is over 2 hours drive each way from Brisbane.
Sort of eats into an afternoon session

Only two hours? Sydneysiders drive two hours each way several times each year for our club trackdays at Wakefield Park. Several come from as far as Newcastle - that's more like three and a half hours each way. Zan and Rod Menzel drive all the way from Barrington - five hours each way - and they're officiating not racing! Me, I'm an hour and a half from Wakefield Park and Eastern Creek, so 5:30am wake-ups are standard practice here.

[NMX516]

Guran most videos don't do Lakeside justice, it really is an awesome track. The fastest recorded lap time of Lakeside equates to the highest average speed of any race track in Australia, including Philip Island and Bathurst. Cars and drivers who are capable, apparently only brake twice per lap, and are on full throttle the rest of the time! Elevation changes are not dissimilar to those experienced at Philip Island. It is also fairly narrow, with very little margin for error, and combined with blind crests and turns, some off camber sections, and very little run off areas and two small gravel traps, it also holds the not so glamorous record of the most fatalities of any race track in Australia. It really is well worth the visit!!

And yes, we have it good up here with two tracks less than an hour drive from most parts of Brisbane. Morgan Park seems like a major hike by comparison, but those of us in the know are happy to take the trip to Morgan Park.