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Lakeside DTC – 20 Oct 2019

The Winner of the Day – Paul Stokell

By Des Hill.

Well, as a first timer to the event I was unaware of how much fun you can have in 50 seconds. I prepped the car, got up at the crack of dawn to make the journey from the Gold Coast to what seemed to be far north QLD to arrive on the north side of Brisbane bright and early to start my day of unknown excitement.

The field was looking good, we had a strong turnout of around 27 flying the Lotus/Caterham badge along with a good mix of others making up just under 40 competitors.

You know the competitions going to be fierce when they start stripping their road tyres off and fitting slicks. Then the big gun casually turns up, with more trophies than he can count, Paul Stokell swaggers on in to join the fun of the day. The regulars to the DTC are definitely worried now.

Timing tent was ready, track was ready and after a quick driver briefing by Daryl we were in our cars and lining up. All was ready.

So it was my turn, cars warmed up, I’m sitting at the start light and the light goes GREEN… Off I go up the hill like a squirrel chasing a runaway acorn, round the top curve and back down the hill, into Europa corner where I realise cold tyres on a cold track can be a wild combination. Now a couple of tight lefts before the Lungren Round, breath in as we dodge the water on entry and around we go, back up the rise to Wilson Spin, very appropriate name. Now onto the Elanesses where I got a chance to see the track through my passenger window on turn 7, woops and then onto the finish.

What an absolute rush.

A big thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to Paul Stokell in his Exige winning with a blistering time of 44.85 followed by Graham in his 78 Cooper Special, then Evan, Gideon and Lindsay also in Lotus Exiges making our top 5 positions.


The last Lakeside Raceway Driver Training Centre Timed Lap event is run and done for the year and we have a new Lap Record for the LCQ traditional DTC course.

By Daryl Wilson.

Paul Stokell decided to enter for a shakedown run with his 2014 Lotus Exige v6 prior to the Targa High Country in Victoria. After a couple of sighting laps Paul put in a scorching 44.856 seconds.

As far as I can remember that is the first time anyone has been under 45 seconds for the DTC Timed Lap, so the gauntlet is well and truly set now for anyone to wants to try to beat Paul’s time!

The competition was quite strong with Graham Sorenson in his 1979 Cooper Special less than 0.19 of a second behind Paul and Evan Molloy in his 2001 Lotus Exige HPE another 0.463 of a second further back.

The day was predominately a Lotus Only day with 40 starters of whom 34 were Lotus Club Queensland members and 6 other regular competitors from other local car clubs.

We had five (5) runs of the usual LCQ course in the morning, then changed things up in the afternoon and ran the longer Sunshine Coast Motorsport Club designed circuit for a further 4 runs, being a total of 9 runs for the day.

Paul Stokell headed home at lunch time so it left Evan Molloy and Graham Sorenson to fight it out for glory on the long track with Evan pipping Graham by 0.527 of a second.

New member Gideon Street in only his second drive at the DTC put in a very creditable performance to finish just behind Evan and Graham on each of course and should be well pleased with his effort on the day.

Another highlight of the day was Aston Greensill long time co-pilot of his dad Wade Greensill having his first drive in Wade’s 1994 Lotus Elan M2 at the DTC. Aston has been to club events with his dad almost since he could walk and it was great to see the smile on his face after each run.

Well done to everyone for another successful day and end to a successful year, see you in 2020 for another exciting year at the Lakeside Raceway Driver Training Centre Timed Laps events.

See lists of full results for Sunday 20 October and the Overall Personal Best results since September 2011. below.

Results Lakeside DTC – Course 1 – Sunday 20 October 2019

Car Driver Make Best
27 Paul Stokell 2014 Lotus Exige 44.856
18 Graham Sorenson 1979 78 Cooper Special 45.050
33 Evan Molloy 2001 Lotus Exige HPE 45.513
2 Gideon Street 2013 Lotus Exige 46.880
11 Lindsay Close 2007 Lotus Exige S 47.108
25 Phil Hart 2012 Lotus Elise 47.425
14 Euan McGarry 2014 Caterham Super 7 47.475
7 Dick Reynolds 1988 Caterham Super 7 47.963
12 Andrew Row 2005 Lotus Exige 48.086
3 Jason McGarry 2017 Lotus Exige 48.288
9 Jon Young 1988 Caterham Super 7 48.475
8 Shane Murphy 1968 Lotus Super 7 48.710
38 Michael Sorrell 2016 Ford Focus RS 48.776
23 Sion Bowen 2017 Lotus Elise 49.457
13 Michael Blessas 2012 Lotus Elise 49.577
19 Daryl Wilson 1998 Caterham Super 7 49.615
4 Pat Richards 2004 Lotus Elise 49.643
6 David Robertson 2013 Subaru BRZ 49.850
35 Clive Wade 1997 Lotus Elise HPE 49.856
1 James Driscoll 1976 Jaguar D-Type Replica 50.320
26 Des Hill 2006 Lotus Exige S 50.344
36 Freddy Grande 2018 Mazda MX5 RF LE 50.395
28 Peter Cox 1990 Mazda MX5 50.576
29 Joshua Luckel 2008 Mazda 2 50.904
22 Cris Johansen 2000 Lotus Elise HPE 51.575
16 George Row 2005 Lotus Elise 51.861
21 Steve Lennox 2008 Lotus Europa 51.966
40 David Yule 2013 Lotus Elise S 52.003
15 Steve Blackie 2010 Lotus Elise CR 52.126
39 Robin Smyth 1971 Ford Escort 53.163
37 Abigael Engelbert 2018 Mazda RX8 53.983
31 Phillip Brook 2015 Lotus Evora 54.007
32 Alex Molocznyk 2013 Lotus Elise S1 54.514
30 Steve Foss 2019 Kia Picanto GT 54.659
5 Wade Greensill 1994 Lotus Elan M2 56.186
24 David Croaker 2006 Lotus Exige 58.787
17 Matthew Foss 2019 Kia Picanto GT 59.581
20 Aston Greensill 1994 Lotus Elan M2 60.536

 
Results Lakeside DTC – Course 2 – Sunday 20 October 2019

Car Driver Make Best
33 Evan Molloy 2001 Lotus Exige 54.333
18 Graham Sorenson 1979 78 Cooper Special 54.860
2 Gideon Street 2013 Lotus Exige 55.271
11 Lindsay Close 2007 Lotus Exige S 55.897
25 Phil Hart 2012 Lotus Elise 56.225
3 Jason McGarry 2017 Lotus Exige 56.423
12 Andrew Row 2005 Lotus Exige 56.881
38 Michael Sorrell 2016 Ford Focus RS 56.902
14 Euan McGarry 2014 Caterham Super 7 56.979
7 Dick Reynolds 1988 Caterham Super 7 57.200
9 Jon Young 1988 Caterham Super 7 58.446
4 Pat Richards 2004 Lotus Elise 58.818
8 Shane Murphy 1968 Lotus Super 7 59.123
6 David Robertson 2013 Subaru BRZ 59.489
35 Clive Wade 1997 Lotus Elise HPE 60.063
28 Peter Cox 1990 Mazda MX5 60.205
22 Cris Johansen 2000 Lotus Elise HPE 60.277
36 Freddy Grande 2018 Mazda MX5 RF LE 60.530
1 James Driscoll 1976 Jaguar D Type 60.788
29 Joshua Luckel 2008 Mazda 2 60.856
15 Steve Blackie 2010 Lotus Elise CR 61.098
21 Steve Lennox 2008 Lotus Europa 61.998
16 George Row 2005 Lotus Elise 62.315
26 Des Hill 2006 Lotus Exige S 62.321
39 Robin Smyth 1971 Ford Escort 63.081
32 Alex Molocznyk 2013 Lotus Elise S1 63.283
5 Wade Greensill 1994 Lotus Elan M2 65.446
37 Abigael Engelbert 2018 Mazda RX8 65.626
30 Steve Foss 2019 Kia Picanto GT 65.876
24 David Croaker 2006 Lotus Exige 67.374
31 Phillip Brook 2015 Lotus Evora 68.003
20 Aston Greensill 1994 Lotus Elan M2 70.076

 
Overall Personal Bests – September 2011 to October 2019

Driver Make PB
Paul Stokell 2014 Lotus Exige 44.856
Graham Sorenson 2003 Lotus Elise 45.050
Stephen Foss 2008 Westfield XTR2 45.098
Geoff Noble 2004 Lotus Elise HPE 45.143
Matthew Plowman 2010 Lotus Exige 45.334
Evan Molloy 2005 Lotus Exige 45.513
Garry Pitt 2002 Lotus Elise 45.616
Phil Hart 1999 Porsche GT3 46.037
Liam Philp Mazda/Caterham 46.264
Jason McGarry 1989 Caterham Super 7 46.306
Lindsay Close 2007 Lotus Exige S 46.346
Martin O’Brien 2013 Lotus Elise S 46.423
Dick Reynolds 1988 Caterham Super 7 46.509
Michael Blessas 2011 Lotus Elise 46.744
Andrew Row 2005 Lotus Exige 47.085
Ken Philp Europa/Caterham 47.127
Jon Young 1989 Caterham Super 7 47.165
Daryl Wilson 1998 Caterham Super 7 47.297
Joe Arico 2002 Lotus Elise 47.524
Clive Wade 1997 Lotus Elise 47.876
Mal Gray 2002 Lotus Elise 48.030
Shane Murphy 1968 Lotus Super 7 48.289
Sam Murphy 2008 Lotus Exige 48.765
Cris Johansen 200 Lotus Elise HPE 49.099
James Driscoll 1976 Jaguar D-Type Replica 49.167
Sion Bowen 2017 Lotus Elise 49.457
Pat Richards 2004 Lotus Elise 49.643
Steve Blackie 2010 Lotus Elise CR 49.748
Mal Kelson 1998 Lotus Elise 49.869
Steve Lennox 2008 Lotus Europa S 50.564
Mathew Croaker 2008 Lotus Elise S 51.668
George Row 1998 BMW Z3 51.861
Juan Renato Laporta 2013 Lotus Elise 52.552
Mike Driscoll 1976 Jaguar D-Type Replica 55.088
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