Lotus Club Queensland
Dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of the Lotus experience
Login
Register
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Membership
    • Member Login
  • Events
    • Calendar
  • Motorsport
    • Lakeside DTC Timed Laps
    • LAKESIDE DTC RESULTS
  • Magazine
  • For Sale
    • Merchandise
    • Classifieds
  • Posts
  • Galleries
  • Directory
    • Suppliers & Parts
    • Advertisers
  • Archives

Morgan Park Round 2 Black Truck



On Thursday my mate Peter Stevanovick fitted the new roll cage padding that is required by CAMS. $49 a 900mm length and it does not go right around the pipe.

Another interesting weekend. Leave home on Friday after coffee with the boys and my mate Graham is following in his MGB. We go over Cunninghams Gap (mountain ranges) and the MGB blew a head gasket. We drop off to Errol Stratford’s place in Warwick and they fix it while Allan and I go and get the Cortina booked in at the track. If you check the pic with the MGB you can see four BDA escorts in the background, so the MG was in good company.

After the bad smash with the mini at Lakeside in Round 1 we bought Allan a new helmet with the Hans device – $850. It has a brace that goes over your shoulders and some straps onto the helmet. Check out the pic.

Most of the family came again to cheer Allan on in the races. Alice, Diane, Leila, Andrew, Kelly, Anitta and grandson Ross. Ross is learning to drive now at 14 months of age. I caught the little bugger in a Formula Ford parked next to us.

Saturday morning Allan qualified 4th out of 18 cars in the Na, Nb and under 2 litres Nc cars. He had a V8 Falcon Sprint, 2 litre BMW and Craig Thompson’s Lotus Cortina in front of him and a black Ford V8 Mercury Comet behind him. Spent most of the weekend chasing the Comet.

Race 1 on Saturday he came 4th, Race 2 on Sunday 3rd, (Craig Thompson’s Lotus Cortina broke a gear lever and never finished the race) Race 3 another 4th (after this race we replaced the water pump as the seal collapsed and leaked about half the water out the radiator and it got hot). We also found out on Monday that we had a broken wire in the alternator and that is why we had to push start the car for the last race). The last race he never finished as the motor got hot and he came in after 3 laps but not before coming together with an XU1 Torana. Some damage on the front passenger side guard.

Some clown (who will remain nameless) forgot to put the earth wire back on the thermo fan after having the radiator out and it was not working. Yes that’s right it was me and yes I know I need a good arse kicking. Ahhhh, well nobody is perfect. I suppose that is all part of the fun.

Plenty of cars smashed at this meet, about 9 or 10 Group N cars. That’s it for now till the next race meting.

Saundo (Grumpy Grandad)

Bray’s Model Day Räikkönen happy under the radar

Related Posts

gear-banner

Events, Gallery 2020, Homepage, Lotus Cortina, Racing

GEAR Club Nov 2020

group-n-banner

Gallery 2018, Lotus Cortina, Racing

A Catch Up with Group N

greg-bob-dance-clarks-lotus25

Articles, Lotus Cars, Lotus Cortina, Racing, Technical

Jim Clark’s Cortina

Random images

Lotus-line dtc-oops-missed Car breakdown _MG_5047 as Smart Object-1 Tim-Shane-Best-Lotus7-and-Caterham Singer-Int James 7-Peter Observing-from-the-sideline Jenny-and-Norma Jon-bowling-with-Chris-Judy-Sue-Dick The Pits IMGP3420 MotoK Such_a_stunning_butterfly IMG_6516 IMG_3912 IMG_3900 McL_25 IMG_8425 IMG_4850 121_2196_IMG Mt-Cotton-Hillclimb-Sep17-14 172_THC22_2022-16 20220220_093730 20210911-Leyburn-B-2199-By-Trapnell-Creations David-Yule David-Yule-all-prepped-and-ready-by-Emma-Morley IMG_2464 paul-torrisi's-exige Evans Wheels nathan-02 Mt-Cotton-Hillclimb-Sep17-15 img_1086 Steve Lunch at Mavis's Kitchen Europa's _MG_9168 as Smart Object-1 _MG_9164 as Smart Object-1 IMG-0168 IMGP0208 Leyburn 2016 jm Leo_Geogehan_Lotus_Type59 IMG_0204 0067 Group_Shot IMG_5162 IMG_5078 IMG_7335 122_2242_IMG IMG_8491 img_1048 IMG_0288 0077 Ploughman's Lunch F1000017 main-3 Our-hosts-Grant-Petra-and-owner-Nick On-the-uphill-run Mar-main-116 The-treetop-walk Mar-main-46 main-28 Club_Lotus_Dec_08_008 IMG_4491 IMG_4415 IMG_6551 Jeff_Leigh_Norma_Peter_Daryl_Moira_Greg P1060560 IMG_1983 P1060227 20090822_081 P1050527 IMG_3945 P8310115 IMGP7376 P1090170 P6220130 IMG_6352 IMG_8099 IMG_8051 121_2182_IMG rack1 main-7 P1020915 tonys-eleven-1 three-very-different-means-of-transport IMGP8190 20200801_121900 main-8 Raw Vyv-&-Friend BBQ Dick IMG_6153 Dick R last runs IMGP8546 IMAG5966 main-105 main-116

Recent Articles

  • Morgan Park Sprints R4
  • Kev’s Big Day Out
  • Duratec Elise – better late than never
  • Gold Rush Hill Sprint – 2022
  • Marburg Pub Run – 4 Sept 2022
  • Unique +2 Road Trip to Brisbane
  • Leyburn 2022
  • August 2022 DTC

Latest Gallery Images

20220220_093834 20220220_093818 20220220_093827 20220220_093743 20220220_093812 20220220_093730

Search articles by category

Archived articles

Lotus Club Queensland
© Lotus Club Queensland   |   Site by Black Eye Studios