MG Car Club of South Australia
From..Bev Waters ........Photos from Michelle Edwards
teering at corner 2, and later in the day
MSCA Super Sprint Round 5 Mallala
his son Tyler went out in sympathy to
Nov 10 th – Bev Waters
see what the attraction was and spun
he last motorsport event for the
360 degrees. The Junior Development
club for 2019, and much fun was
Program officials clapped him for his
had by all.
consideration.
Most would have RSI from swatting flies
Garry ran out of brakes at turn 5 a few
which surrounded us throughout the
times and went on an excursion, but
day. I don’t think it was Dicks BBQ cook-
back on the track quickly throwing up a
ing, as it affected everyone. I even saw
bit of dust with it. Dick spun on corner 1,
one official with a ‘bee protection type
no doubt forgot you don’t swat flies
hat’ walking around.
while driving, and managed to finish the
event only running on 3 cylinders. Tho-
A lot of focus was on our junior driver
mas, Martin and Alf don’t appear to
Tyler Edwards driving a Hyundai Excel,
have any trouble with their cars or stay-
one of the Junior Development Cars,
ing on the track, and would be great
with the full family in tow and no doubt a
contenders for a regularity event, and
little nervous.
His first lap driving at
Steve and Craig continue to lower their
Mallala was 1:44.05 which is a good
times. Tim retired early – those flies
time in itself, and continued in the low
must have affected everyone, even in
40s for a period of time, and gradually
the timing tower we were cussing.
got down to 1:38.47 by the end of the
day. That is a great time for a ‘first
There was a lot of skulduggery going on
timer’ - Congratulations on an impres-
around the MG shed, with items disap-
sive performance.
pearing from Rob’s spares and Dick
Tyler is now very keen to get out there
always getting the blame (must be his
in 2020 in his MGZR to see how that
reputation), but others were behind the
performs.
devious actions.
Close competition continued with our
It was great to see Rob Hall back at the
members throughout the day, and
track, and was a little nervous and hav-
thanks to my ‘observers’ at the shed
ing to use his first laps as familiarization.
keeping me informed on all the action.
Dick bought along a spare computer for
Laurie was missed, and hopefully we
Robs’ car and a spare carby for Tim to
will see him back next year.
help them go faster, but the ‘trust factor’
was not present and the offers not taken
Thank you to all our supporters on the
up!
day Hayden Reynolds (MGTF160), Mi-
chael Bug, Faye Edwards, Michelle and
Jason was our faster driver on the day,
Aiden Edwards, Geoff Burls and Paul
5 th outright with 1:19.52 and Garry was
West.
our fastest MG 1:24.22. The event itself
ran smoothly with very few hold-ups, but
Merry Christmas to all, and look forward
many tried to extend the track in several
to your support at events in 2020.
places. Jason continues to go orien-
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