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MG Car Club of South Australia watch and support the drivers, Steve Bowra and Bev Waters that I know of, sorry if I have for- gotten anyone. as usual the Dick Manning support crew was there looking after the old fella and stirring up the competition, great to see the support for our racers and much appreciated by all. We also had a visit from Peter Mathwin who came out to look and see how the event was run and to pick up his two trophies from the Sa/Vic Challenge from the week before . nice job Peter and hope to see you out at the supersprints soon. See you next time with your helmet on Rob Hall Results John Davies Jason Edwards Scott Stephenson Craig Reudiger Rob Hall Dick Manning Nicholas Micklem Jeremy Browne Lindsay Hick broke in to the 1.30’s. not sure if this was a PB for him but a great effort. There were 2 new Competitors out for this event Nicholas Micklem in the MG ZR 160 after doing the sprint at the Na- tional Meeting I think it’s safe to say he is hooked and his times kept coming down all day. a fantastic effort in basi- cally a road car with road tyres. The other new member to enter was Jeremy Browne in an MGF (ex Dick Manning and Wayne Hough’s car). again, he was getting to grips with the car and steadily went faster over the course of the day. Overall a great day had by all, and also some MG Club members coming out to 1.16.16 1.18.74 1.25.23 1.26.19 1.27.15 1.28.75 1.32.84 1.33.67 1.40.27 MOTORKHANA – JULY 2 2017 From Wes Bray Round 3 of the State Motorkhana Series was held at the Mallala skidpan on July the 2 nd , The event was organised by the Nissan Datsun Car Club. There were 2 representatives from the MG Car Club, Wes Bray driving an MG 1100 and Scott Stephenson driving a Mitsubishi Mirage. Altogether there were 21 competitors representing 11 different car clubs. The temperature was cold as we drove out to Mallala but it was a clear sky. By the end of competition most competitors had discarded the warm clothing and were competing in shirt sleeves. The skid pan surface was dry apart from one 24