Octagon January, 2016

Andrew (-29). Climb 4 resulted with Flavio
ahead (-13) with Shaun and Lindsay (on
-14), Bill (-15), David (-16, a result of being
1.06 seconds faster than his nominated
time) and Andrew (-34 points). From the
final climb Lindsay claimed victory with 17
points from Shaun, Bill and David all on -18
points as Flavio dropped to -29 by recording
a time some 3.34 seconds slower than his
target time and followed by Andrew with a
score of -36).
SEDAN CAR CLASSES
In the Production and Invited Cars up to
1600 cc Peter Rekers won the round with a
54.22 seconds run in his Suzuki Swift GTi,
from Daniel Zeimer (Toyota Corolla, 55.04)
whilst the 1601 cc to 2 litre class went
to John Jones in his Toyota 86 in 50.22
seconds. Paul Buccini (BMW 135i turbo) set
a new class record in the over 2 litre class
by bettering his record set last meeting from
46.85 to 46.70. Next in the class was Martin
Egglesfield (Ford Fiesta ST turbo, 49.62),
followed by Allan Ridgewell (Skyline R33
GTS Turbo, 51.00), David Jackson (Mazda
RX-7, 54.34), Chris Balhatchet (BMW 325i,
58.20), Chris Balhatchet (Nissan Skyline
turbo, 58.38), Ray Balhatchet (BMW 325i,
58.64), Jan Bucifal (VW Passat, 59.61) with
Steve Blake (Nissan Skyline turbo, 60.76
seconds).
Doug Tapper won the Modified Production
over 2001 cc cars with a 47.56 time in his
Nissan Skyline R32 turbo with the next
four in the class covered by 1.01 seconds.
These were Cameron Hurman (Mazda RX
7 turbo, 49.58), David Mowles (Mazda RX
7 turbo, 49.82), David Jones (Suzuki Swift
GTi turbo, 49.94) and Noel Preston (Holden
Commodore, 50.59). David Jones had
broken 2 drive shafts in his Suzuki Swift this
year so his starts are a little easier than in
“launch mode”.
Shane Merrick took the under 2 litre class
in his Datsun 1200 Coupe with a 47.76,
followed by Duncan Harrison (Toyota
Corolla, 49.95), Dave Sidery (VW Beetle,
50.70), Andrew Tuite (Holden Barina,
55.58), Richard Taylor (Hyundai Excel red,
56.01), Georgina Taylor (Hyundai Excel
red, 59.73), Karl Reinke (Hyundai Excel
green, 61.48), with Joanne Reinke (Hyundai
Excel green, 62.23). Dave Sidery did not
have a happy Saturday with a couple of
non-finishing runs. The problem was traced
to him installing a new alternator which
upset or interfered with the ECU by sapping
performance; however, some repairs
overnight restored the usual zing to the
German power plant.
Mark Pryor lowered the class record for
the Hyundai X3 Series which he set in July
from 51.53 to 51.51 seconds with Gloria
McAndrew recording a 55.56 second run
from Ross McAndrew in 56.10 seconds.
PRC Rally Cars went to John Gibson
(Mitsubishi Lancer, 51.55) who took the
class win from Ray Evans (Ford Escort,
53.58) whilst the All Wheel Drive Forced
Induction class went to Stewart Reid in
the Audi Quattro turbo (44.65) with Greg
Rekers recording a 51.66 time in his Audi
TT turbo.
The Improved Production classes saw
Jonathan Manning (Leyland Mini, 55.81)
take the under 1600 cc class ahead of Paul
Selimovic (Hyundai Excel, 57.65), Karlie
Buccini won the 1601 to 2000 cc class
(Proton Satria, 53.14) from Ian Dalgliesh
(VW T3 Fastback, 58.18) with Ken Graham
(Datsun 1600 SSS) winning the over 2
litre class in 46.04 from Pauline Graham
(Datsun 1600 SSS, 46.39).
Tyson Cowie (Ford Escort, 47.45) was
quickest in the Sport Sedans under 2
litre engines from Daryl Morton (Morris
Cooper S, 49.77), Craig Harrison (Daihatsu
Charade, 52.28) and Jason Martell (Ford
Escort, 52.39). Mark Trenoweth (Jaguar
XJS, 44.16) won the over 2 litre class with
Garry Ford (Ford Escort V8, 44.47), Alex
Daniels (Ford Escort turbo, 45.58), David
Malone (Torana GTR XU1, 46.84), Michael
Crowe (BMW M3, 47.18) and Dylan Mazzer
(Triumph Dolomite Sprint, 54.79) filling the
other placings.
HISTORIC GROUPS
Class wins went to Barry Smith (Ford
V8 Special, Group K, 61.70), Stephen
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