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August 2022 DTC

By Bride Moran.

It was a lovely warm day, spring was just around the corner. The DTC entry list was low on numbers which meant we had lots of runs in store. I’d be lying if I said we weren’t just a little bit nervous.

Today was the first day out in our rebuilt race car. What if it has all been for nothing! Only today would tell. Gideon had kindly sequenced Andrew to have a run first. So out he went, and boy did it go! Screaming at 13000 revs like a lunatic, first gear all the way.

Next up it was me…. I might have been a bit overwhelmed. Eyes the size of dinner plates and a WD (wrong direction) for my first run. That’s okay, plenty more runs to go. I’m getting my harness, helmet and gloves all sorted for my second go round, when Gideon shows up. He’s got a stupid grin on his face and the laminated A3 track map with him. Helpfully he explains where the start line is etc. I’m sure I politely said thank you and then drove up to the start line. Second run is a navigation success, and I’m getting a bit more used to this thing. My third run is a 3+ second improvement!

Andrew’s next run was a bit exciting for him I’m sure. Stuck throttle, kill switch and coast back to the pits through some traffic cones. We sit out a couple runs taking panels off and carefully checking over everything. The culprit being the pedal box, one of the few items that survived the fire. Some suspect dust indicating that a rock or clump of dirt had gotten stuck under the accelerator return.

Not to worry, we’ll send Andrew out first again to be sure. And seems everything is working well. That’s means I’m up. It’s another nervous run, and just to be sure I never went full throttle. I finished the morning session with a 53 flat. A bit far from Lindsay’s blinder of 46 seconds! But I’m happy none the less. It goes and it’s fun!

The afternoon session is a bit less exciting, thankfully. I have a bit of capacity to watch the cars around us have a run. There are always a few competitive dual entrants to enjoy. And Michael Blessas had a very pretty new toy (Andrew and I are both a bit jealous). He was making the most of his Series 1 Exige by entering both events and getting double runs! He had no need to even get out of the car between runs. It turns out to be a good day for all. I improve my time by almost 8 seconds on the long track, and somehow Andrew tops the times. Looks like this rebuild project had been worth all the weekends and long nights.

I guess we better hurry up and finish the body panels for the last round of Morgan Park, and give it a real test.

Results – Short Track
Driver Vehicle Time
Lindsay Close Lotus Exige S Blue with black stripes 46.786
Gideon Street Lotus Exige 420 FE Green 47.069
Chris Ching Mitsubishi Evolution 6 RS White 47.083
Michael Blessas Lotus Exige Lotus Mustard Yellow 47.253
Andrew Row Dominator TS400 Red 47.642
Dick Reynolds Caterham Super 7 Red 47.737
Jon Young Caterham S3 Yellow/Alu/Green 48.695
Jeffrey Graham Mazda MX5 Silver 48.923
Andrew Steele Lotus Exige S2 Grey 49.248
Phillip Rowen Renault Rs 250 Megane White 49.808
Ash Lowe Arrow Clubman Orange 50.14
Patrick Mewing Lotus Elan BRG 50.47
Jake Gulliver Arrow Clubman Orange 51.195
Sheldon Arkinstall Porsche Cayman S Silver 51.322
John Swarbrooke BMW E46 M3 Orange 52.125
Darren Roe Ford Shelby Daytona Coupe Blue 53.045
Bride Moran Dominator TS400 Red 55.047
Tanzin Lenihan Hyundai Excel White 59.28
Kaylyn Richardson Hyundai Excel White 61.857
Results – Long Track
Driver Vehicle Time
Andrew Row Dominator TS400 Red 53.626
Michael Blessas Lotus Exige Lotus Mustard Yellow 54.2
Gideon Street Lotus Exige 420 FE Green 54.256
Chris Ching Mitsubishi Evolution 6 RS White 54.267
Lindsay Close Lotus Exige S Blue with black stripes 54.407
Dick Reynolds Caterham Super 7 Red 55.815
Ash Lowe Arrow Clubman Orange 56.523
Jeffrey Graham Mazda MX5 Silver 56.806
Andrew Steele Lotus Exige S2 Grey 57.101
Patrick Mewing Lotus Elan BRG 57.818
Jon Young Caterham S3 Yellow/Alu/Green 57.932
Phillip Rowen Renault RS 250 Megane White 58.174
Jake Gulliver Arrow Clubman Orange 58.478
John Swarbrooke BMW E46 M3 Orange 58.819
Bride Moran Dominator TS400 Red 58.968
Sheldon Arkinstall Porsche Cayman S Silver 59.544
Darren Roe Ford Shelby Daytona Coupe Blue 61.37
Tanzin Lenihan Hyundai Excel White 67.577
Kaylyn Richardson Hyundai Excel White 68.637
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Andrew Steele
Gideon Street
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