Feb 2011 - MG Car Club Newcastle

February 2011Elizabeth went out with a cautious father’s warnings to be careful, etc., only tosee her do a 31.48! I followed, sliding around to a 31.52 (my day was not lookinggood!)Full of confidence, and after cooling tyres in the shade, Elizabeth seized the initiativeon the cooler tyres, and went for it – pushing the car and herself to the limitof adhesion to record 31.02. I struggled and certainly tried my hardest to finishon a best of 31.13.Congratulations Elizabeth – Fastest Time of the Day at a very hot and tryingevent and beating your father for the very first time!Another successful female Club member was Kimberly Atkins (WRX) with a timeof 34.79 showing the guys in SV T 4WD over 3 litres how to do it by winning theClass which included a Mitsubishi Evo 9 and another WRX. Well done Kimberly.Marea Semken (MGF) not only came 4 th in Marque Sports but recorded a theoreticalbest only a couple of tenths off 3 rd (Lotus Elise) with 37.30 actual, but a36.92 theoretical – you can do it Marea!Commiserations go to Andrew Bowen, who unfortunately had an accident on hisfirst run. Hope the Silvia is back on the track soon.It was great to see a return of Stephen Butcher and the very professional StingerFormula V Team with Dylan Thomas 3 rd Outright (32.49) and also the NewcastleUni SAE Team back again with Clint McDonald recording a 34.12 best.Keith Hammond is following in Dad’s footsteps, quietly getting quicker in theDebron coming 5 th outright, right in the midst of some very experienced competitors.While many of us were complaining that we weren’t going as fast as we usuallycan, Glen Parsonage was quietly getting down to the business of breaking therecord for Marque Sports U/2 with a 34.05.All in all, a great start to the year.Peter Robinson—Publicity OfficerPage 21