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
MG_8811

DTC – May 2014

The preparations for this event began nearly four weeks ago. In fact, it was 20/01/2014 when Daryl Wilson began to sort the dates for this year’s events.

Due to the popularity of the Lakeside Driver Training Circuit (DTC) track, we could only get three events for the year, the first two being on Saturdays.

A quick vote at the February meeting and we had agreed to the dates, assuming a reasonable turnout on the Saturdays.
1. Saturday 10th May 2014
2. Saturday 5th July 2014
3. Sunday 24th August 2014.

Now, Daryl sent out the usual email to attract entries, and in no time we had enough to fill a small cab – Prius maybe! Goodness! – what to do? Simple, rouse on the Lotus guys and ring the Sunshine Coast Motorsport Club and see if they’re interested.

Interested, bloody hell, they swamped us with enquires. Bit keen up that way. Then, sure enough, the Lotus people began to show some interest.

To keep a long story, short, we ended up with 41 entries. 17 of which were Lotus Club members, and the remainder – 24 for the numerically challenged – from all over.
Now that is a great turnout, covering our costs and manageable on the day.

So, to the day in question.

Mildly sunny and not too cold, track warm enough for some good times, and a possible rain-storm later in the day.

Daryl busied himself setting up the timing, Jeff Jackson and I set about scrutineering all the cars and Jon Young, Matt Plowman, Shane Murphy, Clive Wade and others set about arranging witches hats, cleaning things and generally running around organising. We had a few tents this time, so it all took on the look of a Bedouin camp of sorts. Drivers briefing was short and very clear; drive fast and be careful.

The runs started about 9.00am and we managed to fit in seven on the day. Matt Plowman (Scura) immediately threw down the gauntlet with a 47.415, Gary Pitt (Elise HPE) a 46.870, Paul Tredenick (new member in his PRB composite) a 46.933. There then followed a brace of Elises and Exiges, with one lone Caterham (me) and a Chrysler Sigma (Tim Hill, President of the SSCMC) somewhere in there.

Shane Murphy and Ken Philp spent the day sorting their Sevens, Jay Bowden likewise getting used to his new R spec tyres. Ian Martin, Evan Molloy, Lindsay Close, Martin O’Brien, Vern Madden and Michael Walsh kept the Lotus ‘Moderns’ flag flying, with Ken Philp, Daryl Wilson, Jay Bowden and myself punting the oldies so to speak.

It was nice to see a couple of Escorts in there, along with a Ford Sierra Cosworth, an Audi A3, 2 x 240Z’s, a gaggle of Nissany type things, a WRX Subaru Brumby!, Ferrari 250 GTO (Yeah! Right!), Porsche 911 Carrera, MX5’s and a couple of partridges in a nearby pear tree.

By the last run, we were all pretty content with a great day’s racing, having completed seven runs, and only suffering two breakdowns. Jay Bowden with a broken diff and Paul Tredenick with a misfire in his very expensive Toyota Twin Cam engine. A few left early, either busy, tired or protecting the car.

Matt Plowman once again won the day in his outrageously quick Scura, closely followed by Gary Pitt in the HPE and then Paul Tredenick in the PRB, posting an earlier time sufficient for third place.

I would like to mention a few particular performances. Liam Philp borrowed the ‘old man’s’ Caterham and promptly bettered his time – don’t let him near the car Ken! Tim Hill punted his ugly, but effective, stripped down Sigma into 9th place. Robert Turner easily out-smiled anyone with a spirited run in the Carrera on road tyres. Gloria Wade took some great photos which will be on the web. Jon Young helped for most of the day, sans a car – thanks Jon!

And lots of people, particularly Kelly Pitt, helped with the timing. Can’t wait for the next one!

Dick Reynolds

MG_8830
MG_8940
MG_9087
MG_9140
MG_8892
MG_8884
MG_8875
MG_8867
MG_8933
MG_8945
MG_9094
MG_8791
MG_8811
MG_8806
MG_8804
MG_8802
MG_8939
MG_9105
MG_9099
MG_8795

[Show slideshow]
1 2 ►
Black Trucks/Isuzu Ute Qld Cup – Round 3 Lakeside Timed Laps July 2014

Related Posts

skidpan

Events, Gallery 2014

Skid pan day you say?

A-very-relaxed-afternoon

Events, Gallery 2014

Christmas Bash – November 2014

dtc-oct14

Events, Gallery 2014, Racing

DTC Lakeside Oct 2014

Random images

IBT4_Coffee_break 10. Vintage vehicle 1 Ormiston-12 _MG_4787 as Smart Object-1 Shane & Ken Shanes-Lotus7-2 17-Elise-garages.jpg Master-Chefs 5-Andrew-Ewan-Crossing IMGP3145 P1020844 Timing Sheet IMG_8799 IMG_8788 IMG_6501 breakfast McL_02 IMG_8430 121_2170_IMG 121_2151_IMG IMG_4452 Mike-Moore-and-Cris-Johansen-S-Messenger 20220220_093714 20210912_092811 IMG_3323 Shane-and-Fabian Pat-Richards Greg-Chris-Craig-Rob Gabi-James-Kinghorn-with-Candy-Robert-Costa-and-a-friend-with-a-great-bow-tie Aston-Greensill-rocking-the-black-and-gold IMG_9824-Different-generations-at-Lakeside-6 img_1106 Group-8.12-Lifting-a-wheel-at-Eastern-Loop-A-Stevens Group-1.1-first-laps-A-Stevens Gail and Alex - The Timing Crew Happily reviewing the day's events Rhys Watson 2013 Renault Megane RS265 - 1 Lunch Time _MG_9182 as Smart Object-1 James Exige_pic4 Nurburgring_car_park_2001 DSC03843 0211jm IMG_5195 img_9455 image_164 IMG_9136 image_069 IMG_8462 Fire-at-Camp Campfire-Dinner-1 IMG_6742 Mar-main-71 Everyone-ready-to-go-back-to-Canungra-for-lunch Dick-is-one-relaxed-driver main-8a IMG_3780 Peter_Boel IMG_4876 IMG_0285_1 Greg_and_Chris_Bray_Elan IMG_7992 IMG_8617 image_001 IMG_3334 IMG_4196 IMG_5307 IMG_6627 IMG_7879 IMG_7836 IMG_7795 P1060548 P1060290 IMG_5632 IMG_3875 IMG_3244 IMG_7979 IMG_3058 IMG_8047 IMG_7067 IMG_8035 Jason-McGarry Start_at_the_Servo_with-_no_Coffee image1-3 John and Debbie's Evora 1 Lunchtime-_Parking image0-1 Pat-Richards-trying-to-work-out-why-Geoff-is-so-fast-by-Bridie-Moran Exiges-through-the-ages Timing Crew IMG_4602 Bulkhead-fittings the-mighty-falcon Wild Victoria moto-guzzi IMG_6163 IMAG5947 triumphant IMAG6015

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