July - Mazda MX-5 Club of Victoria & Tasmania
July - Mazda MX-5 Club of Victoria & Tasmania
July - Mazda MX-5 Club of Victoria & Tasmania
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Welcome to Park-enham!■ Words & photos: Bob de BontThe fourth round <strong>of</strong> the 2012NGK <strong>Victoria</strong>n MotorkhanaChampionship was held on17 June and hosted by thePeugeot Car <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong>.We were at Pakenham and it was cold andwet – again – but most <strong>of</strong> us didn’t care,the event was on bitumen at the PakenhamCouncil <strong>of</strong>fices’ car park (Ed: no truth thatthey had parking meters in the garages!).The day started out wet, nearly dried outwith some sun, rained and finished wet.The change <strong>of</strong> venue required a lot <strong>of</strong>organisation effort and credit must be givento those who helped to make it happen:the Pakenham Council for the use <strong>of</strong> thevenue at short notice, CAMS for providingthe necessary paperwork at very shortnotice, the <strong>Victoria</strong>n Motorkhana AdvisoryPanel for developing and authorising teststo suit the venue, the Peugeot Car <strong>Club</strong> <strong>of</strong><strong>Victoria</strong> with the help <strong>of</strong> the Pakenham Auto<strong>Club</strong> for running the event ... and lastly thecompetitors who brought a very positiveattitude to a cold, wet and challengingevent.There were 51 competitors entered for theday in everything from a stock Honda Accordto a wild old Datsun 1600 rally car, a couple<strong>of</strong> Austin Healy Sprites, a couple <strong>of</strong> old Minisand the custom Motorkhana Specials.The <strong>MX</strong>-5 <strong>Club</strong> was represented by fiveentries with Alex Hailstone entering herfirst motorkhana, along with Ben Sale inBen’s NA6, Troy Heasly and Dale Fitzgeraldin Troy’s NB8B, and Bob de Bont in his NB8B.The Szutta tribe had entered in their NB8Aand were representing another club.There were a total <strong>of</strong> eight tests for theday in a very tight and challenging areaincluding an uphill curving carpark on aslope boarded by kerbs. Straight Slalomincluded the curve and a round-about forthe top. Other tests were modified to fit intothe area and required some prior planning.I have never seen so many people walkingeach test before their run ... exercise at amotorsport event! The last couple <strong>of</strong> testswere newly developed and were a blast todrive.Pakenham Auto <strong>Club</strong> put on a great sausagesizzle/BBQ with c<strong>of</strong>fee, tea, burgers etc tokeep the people warm and fed during theday.By about 4pm the day was done and weeach packed up and headed home. ■››DaleAlexBob›22More photos: http://min.us/mkH3D1UP/1
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