News : MX-5 Club of NSW

Festival Of Sporting Cars races Amaroo

10 June 2014 / Words by Craig Durrant

The Festival of Sporting Cars saw a depleted field of MX-5s racing in the one day event on the South Circuit at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Club Track Day - 1st June 2014

09 June 2014 / Words by David Lawler, Photos by Greg Unger

A report on the wet and very slippery club track day at Wakefield Park on 1st June 2014.

C1 Speed indoor electric karting at Albion Park Rail

Illawarra Karting Challenge

06 June 2014 / Words & photos by Bryan Shedden

The Illawarra Chapter held its Chapter Karting Challenge at the brand new indoor karting centre at Albion Park Rail. C1 Speed opened for business at Easter this year and is one of the first venues in Australia to offer electric karts. They're awesome fun!

Charity Brunch at Peppercorn Cafe Mulgoa - photo by Keith Monaghan

Charity Brunch at Mulgoa

05 June 2014 / Words by Jonnie Badger & Jan Gibson, Photos by Keith Monaghan & Bryan Shedden

What a beautiful day for the Illawarra Chapter run to the MX-5 Club Charity Brunch at the Peppercorn Café, Mulgoa. A total of over $2000 was raised for the RFS. A very good effort!

Actions talking loudly

05 June 2014 / Words by David Lawler

An extraordinary act of generosity by a club member has inspired our Competititon Secretary to put fingers to keyboard and highlight the good deed.

Lesa Bunn wins Deckspeed drive in MX-5 Cup

04 June 2014 / Words by David Lawler, Photo by Greg Perry

At the recent club track day, Lesa Bunn won the competition to drive the Deckspeed sponsored & prepared car at the next MX-5 Cup race

The Sun Run to Noosa Mk II

01 June 2014 / Words and photos: Ken Keeling

Following an apparently successful Sun Run to Noosa last year, we planned a similar holiday run of four days via the roads less travelled for this autumn and timed to be a “positioning run” for Natmeet at Caloundra.

Upper Hunter Rodeo Charity Run

29 May 2014 / John Morgan

Hunter gets off to a galloping event

The Gundaroo Gourmet Gallop

28 May 2014 / Words and photo: Ken Keeling

The Canberra Chapter’s Gourmet Gallop Mk II to Gundaroo was held on Sunday 27 April, with 10 cars and 20 gourmands lined up at our Blamey Square rendezvous at Russell.

Shannons Wheels

28 May 2014 / Words by: Bob Judd. Photos: Bob Judd and Roger Amos

Each year, the ACT Council of ACT Motor Clubs arranges a show and shine day for its member clubs to raise money for a local charity.

Convenor’s Run and BBQ

28 May 2014 / Words by Bob Judd; Photos by Tony McDonald

Once a year, you, our honoured Chapter members, surrender to us, your honoured Convenors, an entire hard earned day of leisure.

MX-5 Cup Round 3 - Wakefield Park

23 May 2014 / Words: Craig Durrant, Video: Scott Walker

A dozen MX-5s competed in Round 3 of the MX-5 Cup, held at Wakefield Park on the weekend of 17-18 May. Check out some great video action from Saturday's Race 3.

Jean Knows Cars video interviews of Bob Hall, Tom Matano and Derek Jenkins in April 2014 for the 25th anniversary of the Mazda MX-5

Meet the Mazda MX-5's Proud Parents

20 May 2014 / Jean Knows Cars

Video interviews with the fathers of the Mazda MX-5, Bob Hall, Tom Matano and Derek Jenkins. Filmed at the New York Auto Show, April 2014.

Dorian group buy announced

16 May 2014 / David Lawler

The club has organised a group buy of Dorian transmitters with a discount of around $100 off retail.

NSW Supersprint Round 2 at Sydney Motor Sport Park

12 May 2014 / Story by Ed Cory & David Lawler
Photos by Andrew Edgar & Bryan Shedden

Way to go MX-5 Club! We outscored the ARDC at their home track.

Most of our NatMeet XI attendees assembled for a group photo

We are the Champions ... of NatMeet!

06 May 2014 / Words & Photos: Bryan Shedden, Photos: Phil Mayo, Trackphotos

For those who came in late, NatMeet is the biannual national meeting of the MX-5 Clubs of Australia. The 2014 event was hosted by the MX-5 Club of Queensland at the Sunshine Coast. It was the 11th NatMeet and marked the 25th Anniversary of the Mazda MX-5. And we came home with the National Championship for our Club!

NatMeet Track Day at Lakeside Park

06 May 2014 / Words: Phil Ashton, Greg Bunn Photos: Trackphotos

The drivers for the NatMeet Track Day awoke early on Monday morning to be greeted with heavy skies, drizzly rain and a BOM radar image that didn't look good. Not the best conditions for racing around Lakeside Park that's developed a name as one of the most dangerous tracks in Australia.

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