MG Car Club of South Australia
roof, probably to reduce drag, and took
off with his usual measured/methodical
approach. I am sure the power steering
was a great advantage, but he has dec-
ades more experience in the 1100. (See
Wes’s comparison report).
Dave Beams never ceases to amaze
with his rapid precision, and is great to
watch him putting his car through its
paces.
Results:
Dave Beams Delta S (NM) 2 nd in Class
F and 8 th outright
Jason Edwards MGTD 3 rd in Class B,
14 th outright
Tim Edmonds MGBGTV8 4 th in Class
B, 17 th outright
Wes Bray MGZS 3 rd in class D and 19 th
outright
Wes Bray MG1100 5 th in Class B and
22 nd outright
Faye Edwards MGTD 6 th in Class B and
23 rd outright
(Ben Edmonds WRX 11 th outright).
Thank you to our other Club volunteers
Murray Stephenson
Steve Bowra
Berry Treffers
Chris Bray
Bev Waters
Working together as a team is important,
and a special thanks to Adrian Flynn
and Ashley Dunn (Motorkhana Panel
members) for their assistance too, and
to Ben Edmonds for the accompanying
photos.
Despite a 60% chance of rain, we got
nothing but strong winds later in the af-
ternoon Feedback from all the competi-
tors has been positive, and I think we
will see the Come n Try entrants back
for future events.
Bev & Murray
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Faye
Tim
MOTORKHANA COMPARISON OF
MGZS AND MG1100 – By Wes Bray
E
ver since the purchase of a 2018
MG ZS there has been a question
in the back of my mind. Which MG, the
ZS or 1100, is a faster car in a motork-
hana. The motorkhana at Mallala on
March 24 gave me the chance to investi-
gate this question as I was given per-
mission to run both cars.
My main worry with the ZS going into
the event was getting the car moving off
the line. The automatic gear box, com-
bined with the turbo charged engine,
means that getting the ZS moving can
be difficult. Experience has now shown
that provided I use the Sports setting the
ZS can get moving with no problems.
Once I got both cars onto the courses it
became obvious that the ZS has much
better acceleration than the 1100 and,
even after 10 runs in each car, I was still