June 2019
repeated the loop before crossing the
finish line. According to the announcer
on the day, that was a first for the
Mount Cotton track. Congratulations
Faye – you have beaten Jason to that
record. Tim was pushing hard, going off
the track on his second run, but still
beating the time of his first run. Jason
was pushing hard and locked up the
back wheels for about 20 meters head-
ing down the hill, but was able to control
the car enough to keep the car on the
track, out of the macadamia nut shell
barrier, and be the fastest pre-MGA car
of the day.
Easter Monday – Motorkhana
Monday’s Motorkhana was held in the
car park at the Sleeman Sports Com-
plex in Chandler. The course was not
flat, with a considerable and varied
slope across the car park. Once again
the overnight and morning rain meant
the track was damp, but at least it was-
n’t raining for the early starters. The
same could not be said about the after-
noon starters.
The competition involves taking the car
through three different obstacle courses,
with the competitors’ best time out of the
two attempts on each course counted in
the overall time. There was a field of
83 competitors with four South Austra-
lians in the competition. Yes, that is cor-
rect – four. Tyler competed in his first
ever Motorkhana event and was the
only South Australian not to do a
wrong direction in the competition,
with Faye and Jason both achieving one
each, and Tim’s three costing him dearly
overall.
Tim off-road at the hill climb
Jason locking up the back wheels at the hill climb
The South Australian competitors in the
hillclimb faired well in the field of 63,
with Tim finishing third in his class and
6 th outright, with a time of 54.61sec,
Jason finishing first in his class, and 41 st
outright, with a time of 65.69sec and
Faye second in her class and 60 th out-
right, with a time of 76.38sec.
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Tyler, with a determined look on his face, during
his first ever Motorkhana
The Motorkhana results for the South
Australian competitors were Jason, in
his 1952 MG TD, was first in his class
and 8 th outright, with a time of 74.92sec,
Tim, in his 1974 MGB GT V8, was sec-
ond in his class and 28 th outright, with a