News : MX-5 Club of NSW

Entries are now open for the next club track day

10 October 2016 / David Lawler

Our next track day is at Winton, with double points available in the track day championship. We will also be contesting 2016 Interstate Challenge between the MX-5 Clubs from NSW & Victoria.

Wakefield Park MRA 14 Aug 2016 - photo by Rob Wilko

Supersprint Round 6 at Wakefield Park

03 October 2016 / Words by Bryan Shedden

The penultimate round of the 2016 Supersprint Championship was held at Wakefield Park on 11th September. Can we reverse the 112 point gap to ARDC in the Club Championship? You bet we can! And a 12 year old Class Record was beaten in the process.

The starting grid at Wakefield Park club track day 19 Feb 2012 - photo by Tiit Saul

Wakefield Park track day results

03 October 2016 / David Lawler

The final results for the Club track day at Wakefield Park on Monday 12 September are now available. The pointscore and lap records have also been updated for the new 2016/17 season.

Daniel Gardner on the Gardner Circuit at Sydney Motorsport Park - photo by Rob Wilkins

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.

Signing the One Millionth MX-5 in Philadelphia USA

MX-5 Fan Fest in Melbourne

20 September 2016 / Mazda Australia

Mazda Australia are hosting an MX-5 Fan Fest on 21 January 2017 at Sandown Raceway in Victoria. The one-millionth MX-5 is doing a tour of the world and it will be in Melbourne in January for this event. You will have the chance to sign the car and be part of history!

MX-5 Club Come and Try Hillclimb

16 August 2016 / Article: Andrew Digny Photos: Grant Webber & Rob Wilkins

The MX-5 Club of NSW held its first Hill Climb event at Ringwood Motorsports Complex just north of Newcastle on the 13th August. Read all about the action here.

2016 Victorian 6 Hour Relay

07 August 2016 / Story by Bryan Shedden, Photos by Tammie & Evan Hotz, Bryan Shedden

Two days at the Island with perfect weather. Could it possibly get any better than this? It could if we could bring home a trophy or two. Read on to find out how our five teams fared.

Entries are now open for the next MX-5 Club track day

03 August 2016 / David Lawler

Entries are now open for the next club track day, in September at Wakefield Park.

Entries are now open for the September motorkhana

25 July 2016 / David Lawler

Treat Dad this Fathers Day with a day on the skidpan! It is the 3rd and final round of the 2016 club motorkhana championship.

David Lawler ahead of Luke Kovacic at the Supersprint at SMP-GP on 10 Jul 2016 - photo by Rob Wilkins

Supersprint Round 4 at SMP Brabham

14 July 2016 / Words by Bryan Shedden, Photos by Rob Wilkins

Leading into this round, ARDC's lead in the Club Championship was surely out of reach. Or was it?

Marulan Driver Training Day July 2016

06 July 2016 / Story: Andrew Digny Photos: Grant Webber

To be honest I wasn’t sure what such a small track could provide other than as it is named, ‘a driver training centre’. I stand corrected...

Luke Kovacic at Supersprint Round 3, 2016. Photo by Rob Wilkins.

Supersprint Round 3 at SMP Druitt

01 July 2016 / Words by Bryan Shedden, Photos by Rob Wilkins

Round 3 of the CAMS NSW Supersprint Championship was held on the Druitt (North) circuit at Sydney Motorsport Park on Sunday 19 June. It was a wet and wild day for our drivers.

Supersprint Round 2 at SMP GP

17 June 2016 / Words and photos by Bryan Shedden

Round 2 of the CAMS NSW Supersprint Championship was held on the Grand Prix circuit at Sydney Motorsport Park on Sunday 15 May. A clash with the Nulon Nationals at Bathurst hillclimb meant that our team numbers were down for the day, yet we fielded a strong team of 20 MX-5 Club drivers, which was an excellent effort.

MX-5 ladies in Motorsport development program

Ladies Motorsport Development Program (Part 2)

23 May 2016 / Photos: Guy Coles, Words Steph Katz

Steph gets some one-on-one coaching at a motorkhana and Marulan Driver Training Centre.

Jamie Martin at the Marulan Regularity on 1 May 2016 - photo by Rob Wilkins

Keeping it Regular

08 May 2016 / Words by Bryan Shedden, Photos by Rob Wilkins & David Lawler

On 1 May we held our first club regularity event at Marulan to fill a gap in our motorsport calendar. And what a fantastic day it was!

NSWRRC Ladies Development Program

12 April 2016 / Words by Steph Katz

Steph Katz jumped at the chance to have a go at the Lady’s Motorsport Development Program run by NSWRRC and sponsored by CAMS. Read on for her story of how it went.

Wakefield Park Noise Limits

23 March 2016 / David Lawler

Newly introduced noise limits at Wakefield Park may affect some MX-5 Club members with race cars at club track days.

NatMeet Theme Night - photo by Tom Wilde

Team NSW does NatMeet

13 March 2016 / Words by Bryan Shedden, Photos by Peter Hilkmann, Tom Wilde, Josh Fitzgerald & Grant Webber

NatMeet XII at Launceston, Tasmania on 13-18 February 2016 attracted a record participation of 184 people and 106 MX-5s. Read on for the story of how 63 of our Club members ticked a few boxes on their bucket list.

NatMeet bus ride to Team NSW dinner - photo by Bryan Shedden

NatMeet - Team NSW Dinner

13 March 2016 / Words by Maree & Steve Ecclestone, Photos by Bryan Shedden & Helen Green

After two days of wonderful MX-5 drives around the Launceston countryside, NatMeet lunches and dinners, it was time for the NSW members to have their own function and see the city lights of Launceston.

NatMeet - Gowrie Park run - photo by Grant Webber

NatMeet - Targa Roads Touring

13 March 2016 / Words by Peter Hilkmann, Photos by Peter Hilkmann, Josh Fitzgerald, Grant Webber & Tom Wilde

The theme for NatMeet XII was "It’s all about the Car", and for us MX-5ers ... Tasmania is all about the "Targa Tasmania Roads". And let me tell you right from the word GO ... we were not disappointed with plenty of Targa Roads to explore, before, during and after NatMeet.