MG Motoring 2019 Volume 59 Issue 3 | Page 11

May 2019 Lindsay driving the P Type had to retire early when he discovered he had prob- lems with his supercharger after com- pleting only a couple of laps which would have been very disappointing for him. It was good to see some our 2018 MG Class winners back out on the track cir- culating comfortably, and father and son Martin & Thomas Ball amongst the group. Competitors John Davies Lancer Evo 8 1:17.20 6th outright Jason Edwards Lotus Exige 1:19.64 14th outright Gary Bolt MGB Super Special 1:24.12 Dick Manning MGF 1:29.00 Nick Micklem MGZR160 1:32.73 Thomas Ball Datsun 280ZX 1:33.65 Martin Ball Rover 3500SDI 1:37.28 Alan Cardnell MGB Std 1:37.45 Alfred Smith MGF 1:46.35 Lindsay Hick MG P Type 1:52.61 Officials Murray Stephenson Come n Try organizer & Instructor Gary Bolt Come n Try Instructor Tim Edmonds Scrutineering Berry Treffers Starter/Finish flag marshal Steve Bowra Flag Marshal Mike Greenwood Flag Marshall Craig Steel Flag Marshall Laurie Houghton Flag Marshall Ken Burke Flag Marshall Bev Waters Timing Pit Crew & Spectators Jamie Manning Alexander Hick Scott Stephenson Faye Edwards Sandra Cardnell Jan Dinan It was a warm and tiring day for many, and for the last run of the day, only 46 entrants took part. We really appreciated the help from our club volunteers – great effort everyone. Bev & Murray SA MOTORKHANA CHAMPIONSHIPS Round 1, March 24 th T he Motorkhana was held at the Mal- lala Skid pan, and the volunteers on deck at the start of the day to help set up the courses and assist with documenta- tion of entries, followed by timing and running the courses, was very much ap- preciated. 5 different courses were run with 2 runs at each test with the fastest time count- ing. Tim experienced three (WD) wrong directions throughout the day which is very unusual for him. (Sorry Tim!) I think it must have been the pressure he was put under from his son Ben who was competing at his first Motorkhana in his WRX and did exceptionally well, and wanting to compare times after each run . Faye had her own cheer squad with rival lady competitors Sonya Flynn and Ka- rein Heimsohn cheering her on at the end of the courses. The excitement when she finished each run was great to watch, arms in the air and a shriek of delight because she got it right. She is looking more relaxed these days driving the TD, but still gets heaps from son Ja- son who keeps urging her to go faster. She hasn’t quite got the back wheel off the ground yet like Jason, but getting closer. Jason, as always, driving the TD to its limit, beat Tim in the same class on this day. Wes put Chris’s new MG ZS through its paces to see how it compared to the MG1100. He was kept busy driving the two cars but got through unscathed, as Chris sighed with relief. As we watched him line up for his run in the ZS, he closed the windows and sun- 9