MG Car Club of South Australia
MSCA Super Sprint Round 3 2017 From .. Murray Stephenson
n Sunday 16 July , Round 3 MSCA
O Super Sprint was run at Mallala . The day started out cold , got colder and ultimately we were blessed with a sprinkle of rain .
A field of seventy one drivers lined up for the day with eight MGCC members among them . MGCC members entered five MGs , an MGBGT , an MGB V8 , a ZR , a ZS180 and an MGF . The other cars were a Lancer EVO8 , Lotus Exige and Hyundai Excel .
Early in the day some reasonable times were being set although the cold track and strong wind meant few PBs would be achieved . Rob Hall is steadily getting faster in the ZS and Nick Micklem was enjoying himself in the ZR . Tony ’ s MGB GT looked and sounded great in his first sprint in a while . John and Jason were among the fastest as usual but no PBs in the conditions .
When the rain came during the second run Laurie put his car on the trailer as he only had slick tyres for the day and it was getting too exciting . Dick had fun in the MGF but a flat tyre and a spin messed up his run . Scott had the Excel going well and enjoyed the wet as usual harassing some quick cars . Most of our members had a spin or near spin but no damage .
MGCC also supplied flaggies for the day . Six of the eight flaggies were from MG with Michael Bugg , Craig Steele , Garry Bolt , Curley , Murray Stephenson and Sarah Stephenson freezing in the bunkers and Berry Treffers as the
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starter . There were plenty of yellow flags to wave to keep warm and Sarah was dancing to keep warm at her flag point with Sonya Flynn . They didn ’ t know until the end of the day that a nearby camera was giving race control great entertainment .
Thanks to the officials , drivers and supporters who came out for a great day . It was cold and damp but entertaining and great fun .
Driver Car Time John Davies
Mitsubishi Lancer EVO8
1:16.00
Jason Edwards Lotus Exige 1:18.66 Laurie Houghton MGB V8 1:24.16 Rob Hall MG ZS 180 1:26.61
Scott Stephenson
Hyundai Excel 1:29.12
Dick Manning MGF 1:30.10 Nick Micklem MG ZR 1:33.29 Tony Freckelton MGB GT 1:43.76
Tony Freckelton