Supersprint Round 5 at SMP GP
20 September 2016 / Words by Bryan Shedden, Photos by Rob Wilkins
The Grand Prix circuit at Sydney Motorsport Park was the venue for Round 5 of the CAMS NSW Supersprint Championship on Sunday 21 August. We had 20 Club members competing for the Championship, in addition to a few non-Championship entrants looking for some experience on an alternate track. With 119 drivers in total, the registration process in the morning was painfully slow with over an hour of standing in a queue so we could sign-in. But this is the price we pay for our motorsport thrills and we soon had our minds focussed where they should be - the track!
Crisp blue skies were the order for the day, with a cool start and topped out at 20°C. Beautiful! Despite the high number of drivers, the day was run very smoothly and we each had the opportunity for five runs of four laps each. An oil spill on the track slowed things down in the middle of the day, but otherwise it was great conditions for some fast laptimes.
Chris White continued his winning ways as our fastest MX-5 driver and was 1st in 4B (1:46.482). Class podiums went to Bryan Shedden 2nd in 1B (1:54.939), Keith Monaghan 3rd in 1B (2:04.202), Phil Donnelley 3rd in 1C (1:59.935), Scott McGarry 1st in 2A (1:56.732), Jason Russell 2nd in 2A (2:00.246), Gus Elias 3rd in 2B (1:55.159), Ralph Thompson 1st in 3B (1:49.539), Daniel Gardner 2nd in 2B (1:51.208), David Lawler 2nd in 4B (1:48.815), and Greg Bunn 3rd in SVB (1:53.998).
ARDC extended their lead in the Club Championship scoring 505 Club Championship points on the day. ARDC are now on 2,298 points and are just 112 points ahead of the MX-5 Club of NSW. With only two rounds to go, can we claw it back?
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