Supersprint Round 7 at Sydney Motorsport Park
06 October 2015 / Words and photo by Phillip Donnelley
Round 7 of the CMAS NSW Supersprint Championship was held at Sydney Motorsport Park, South Circuit last Saturday 3rd October.
There was a much smaller than usual entry list with only about 70 cars entered, including 13 hardy MX-5 Club members who must have missed the weather report!
With temperatures at over 30°C by 11am it was not a comfortable day to be inside a track car with the (compulsory) windows closed ... who thought that was a good idea?!
The smaller groups meant there were more runs than usual available, though not many cars did more than four or five runs, with overheated cars and drivers!
As usual the MX-5 Club was well organised with a large marquee and we set up camp in a group.
Results were again excellent as the South Circuit favours the nimble handling of an MX-5.
Class 1B Keith Monaghan 3rd.
Class 1C Phil Donnelley 2nd
Class 2A Scott McGarry 1st, Tony Williams 2nd
Class 2B Daniel Gardner 1st, Jon Fox 2nd
Class 2C Luke Kovacic 3rd behind the usual duo of Porsche GT3s.
Class 4B Chris White 1st, David Lawler 2nd, Ian Combes 3rd
SVB Mike Hicks 2nd
SVC Russell Maxwell 3rd, Craig Gartlacher 4th
The MX-5 Club again won the pointscore on the day from the ARDC by 334 points to 260 points.This gives the club an almost unbeatable lead with one round to go at the Australian Supersprint Championship round at Wakefield Park in November. This was another good effort by our supersprint drivers in very difficult conditions.
