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
Daryls-Caterham-and-a-stunned-crowd

ICC Round 6 Lakeside DTC 2016

The Challenge framework is that each of the participating clubs sponsor and manage a competitive round; Lotus Club Queensland played host to the penultimate round at our home event, Lakeside DTC, the format being timed laps.

Having a home ground advantage, primed our enthusiasm with a solid LCQ entry list, aiming to trounce the opposition; and each other when the visors went down.

Since our last DTC event, the venue was reconfigured to incorporate an Extreme Rallycross circuit. This entailed mixing the existing bitumen circuit with a series of dirt legs and jumps. With some trepidation we viewed the configuration, particularly as the Rallycross event had sprayed a fair layer of dust and dirt over the bitumen roadway and tyre bundles and concrete walls had been erected where there were once green pastures.

Dick Reynolds, well known for his competitive spirit, was reportedly caught re-running videos of his previous runs looking for an edge to oust Daryl and of course the entire Porsche Club. Dick was completely dismayed to find that the Rallycross guys had re-jigged the circuit so much that Dick’s corner “tells” had been completely obliterated.

54 entries were received from 15 clubs, our biggest ever field with an impressive number spectators to boot, a great family day.

With the club rivalry at fever pitch, a full field of Porsches lined up to take on the Lotus boys.

Dick and Jeff Jackson seamlessly worked through scrutineering, the odd number plate was zip tied, headlights taped, Daryl’s driver briefing was more like reading the riot act and we were ready to roll at 9.00 am.

With Mal Kelson (taking life calmly) and Matt Plowman (holidaying in New Zealand) being non-starters, the crowd was a little subdued until Ken Philp decided to spice things up by brake testing a tyre barrier, after the finish line of all places!

Not to be outdone, Daryl checked out a culvert on the side of the track, luckily no immediate damage but pretty funny to watch.

Kelly Pitt attended but played no part on keeping Garry’s tyres hot, even so with his red hot Elise on the rev limiter most of the lap, Garry managed to set the fastest time of the day, well done Garry.

The day ran smoothly, no technical glitches, the new staging lights worked a treat, Kris gave his newly acquired Elise a “what for”, Paul Torrisi sliding across the finishing line on most runs, Mike Moore manned the timing booth all day.

Check out this link to a typical run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcbx37u7IJg

The top 10 final results were in; Lotus Club 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 9th, a solid points tally which puts the club in the box seat for the championship.

LCQ is still 1st outright in the Club Challenge and in the individual stakes, Dick is second outright, Shane is third, Tony fourth and Ken fifth.

Off to the final round; a Motorkhana hosted by the HSCCQ on the 27th September.

He did a what
Martin
Shane
Kens Tyres
Kens broken nose
Ken
Jon
Jenny, Moira, Chris and Jon
Marshall Tony
Mick, Daryl and Rob
The Hill
A contemplative Martin
Garry
Dummy Grid
Drivers briefing
Dick\'s scrutineering
Martin and Rob
Paul
Tony
Brains trust

[Show slideshow]
1 2 ►
ICC Rounds 5 & 6 Night and Observation Runs HRCC Winter Noosa Hillclimb 2016

Related Posts

mp-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Morgan Park Sprints R4

gold-rush-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Gold Rush Hill Sprint – 2022

leyburn-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Leyburn 2022

Random images

image_181 MG_8948 MG_8794 IMGP1266 IMGP0983 IMG_3906 IMG_4853 121_2170_IMG lw01ka2 20130630_130424 btiu-14 image_165 IMG_5057 IMG_5053 113_1302_IMG 112_1294_IMG IMG_7423 10e 17_IMG_9592 PICT7264 The Uphams 20220220_093743 unnamed Geoff-Nobles-Elise-still-king-of-the-mountain-by-Emma-Morley Lotus-Evolution IMG_1408 Pits model-t Jon - all pumped Jenny soaking up the atmosphere IMG_6866 Phil, Jon, Martin and Daryl _MG_4783 as Smart Object-1 meeting-still-underway 10-Mike-W.jpg 7-Elise-S1-vs-S2.jpg Go-or-Stop- IMGP4339 John-Barram-Cheetah dear-old-austin 2006_08_27_Gympie_Skid_Pan0066 main-14 Mar-main-109 Mar-main-63 main-10 Inside-the-Outpost-Cafe-for-lunch Heading-further-up-the-mountain-to-OReillys Ready Darryls-Exige- At-The-Exclusive-Auto-Centre-1 Elises_at_the_ready IMG_1581 IMG_0339_1 IMG_0249_1 lec_0179 Jeremy_and_James_Self_portrait F1000025 F1000015 P1080251 IMG_9149 0211jm Fire-in-the-Sky Club_Lotus_Dec_08_028 074_74 161_161 IMG_3875 IMG_8138 IMG_5124 IMG_5119 IMG_7340 122_2265_IMG IMG_8508 IMG_8447 20090822_070 P1060270 P1060294 20181109_155734 IMG_1805 27-JM-34 during Bob Keys ownership Perplexed Dick Sevens Dick on the tools Timing Crew New-alloy-skin Catching up Peter-Drane-tries-the-English-Wheel-by-Craig-Wilson the-blingster IMG_8485 Ready for the Concours Award-winners The Eagle Rock Cafe in Laidley IMG_8206 IMG_0170 Railway-Museum-Vulcan-Iron-Works mk1-lotus-cortina-2 main-46 Perfect for comfy racing main-97 IMAG6014 Door-Prize-Lucky-Rob-and-presenter-Shane

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