MG Car Club of South Australia
Peter Hall Memorial Six Hour Regularity – Sunday 7 May
unday 7 May was a fine and clear
S day for some good fun motorsport at the Peter Hall Memorial Six Hour Regularity . This event was a pet project of Peter Hall and it is great to see it run again with a full field of twenty six teams . The event is well run by the MSCA and teams regularly come from Victoria and Deniliquin to compete . Team Emgee this year consisted of Rob Hall as Team Manager , Drivers John Davies ( Toyota 86 ), Dean Hosking ( Toyota 86 ), Jason Edwards ( Lotus Elise ), Murray Stephenson ( Honda Civic ) and Chris Hunt ( Clubman ). Again , not one MG to be seen . Chris has been a regular competitor with MGCC in the past and it was great to see him back after an absence . His Clubman was a recent purchase and much of his practice time was learning how it worked . Sadly , not one MG in the team ! Our expert support crew consisted of Faye Edwards , Rob Hall , Dick & Jamie Manning , Michael Bugg , Curley , Leigh Harris and Tim Edmonds who was working as a scrutineer and supporter . A grid of twenty six teams entered with a number of Victorian teams and included a variety of cars from old sports cars , clubmans , sedans , some registered and some race cars . For many teams this is the only time we see their cars so it is entertaining getting used to the drivers and vehicles . As with 2016 a swarm of Hyundai Excels turned up and Scott Stephenson , an MGCC member , had put together a team including his Bathurst conquering Excel , Helen Stephenson ’ s , a Honda Integra , a Barina and an HQ Holden . They finished ninth due to some mechanical issues . The objective of the Regularity event is for a team of up to six cars and drivers to carry a sash for six hours and score as many laps as they can within certain timing guidelines . Based on the drivers ’ nominated times a target number of laps is calculated by the organizers . The final result is measured against that target . We all had some practice time , although I only had one lap to check the track still went clockwise , and final times were nominated by 10:15am . As usual , practice was frantic but a good opportunity to bed in some brakes and practise sash changes and for Chris to get used to his new car . Moving approx 150 cars on and off the track in an hour is quite an effort . Each driver must complete more than 10 % of the target laps and no driver may do more than 30 % of the target so , given our target was approx 250 laps , was to send each car out for at least 25 laps on the first stint to complete the 10 % and then do a second stint later . Jason started for the team and once he got clear track set about banking regular bonus laps . Having one of the quickest cars on track and nominating below his capacity traffic did not cause too much grief when he got amongst it . Twenty six cars around Mallala is heavier traffic than we normally see at a super sprint . The team ran in order through John , Chris , Dean and Murray with each initially intended to do approx 25 laps but it was hard to call in a driver who was run-
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