Lotus Club Queensland
Dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of the Lotus experience
  • Home
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Monthly Meeting
    • Join the Club
    • Stay informed
    • Membership Application
  • Events
    • Current Events
    • Day Run Sign On Form
    • Articles
    • Lotus 2019
  • DTC
    • 2021
      • DTC Live Results – March 2021
      • DTC Live Results – Feb 2021
    • DTC Results Archive
    • DTC Entry
    • DTC Articles
  • Calendar
  • For Sale
    • Classifieds
    • Merchandise
  • Technical
    • Expert Panel
    • Model Info
    • Driving
      • Paul Stokell’s Driving Events
    • Autokhana Layouts
  • Links
    • Suppliers & Parts
    • Video Links
    • Lotus Racing
    • Lotus Cortinas
      • Lotus Cortina Articles
      • Lotus Cortina Videos
  • Galleries
    • All Galleries
      • Gallery 2020
      • Gallery 2019
      • Gallery 2018
      • Gallery 2017
      • Gallery 2016
      • Gallery 2015
      • Gallery 2014
      • Gallery 2013
      • Gallery 2012
      • Gallery 2011
      • Gallery 2010
      • Gallery pre-2010
    • Articles
  • Magazine
    • Magazine 2021
    • Magazine 2020
    • Magazine 2019
    • Magazine 2018
    • Magazine 2017
    • Magazine 2016
    • Magazine 2015
    • Magazine 2014
    • Pre-2014
      • Magazine 2013
      • Magazine 2012
      • Magazine 2011
      • Magazine 2010
      • Magazine 2009
mp-banner

Morgan Park B Series Rd 1 – 2018

My First Super Sprint

and I’m now tasked with putting pen to paper!

By Tony & Sandra Seymour, pics by Gloria Wade & Vyvyan Black.

Approaching the B&B in Canning St, Warwick following Darryl Ringuet in his flash new Exige Sport 350, and sort of admiring the ‘older houses’, my wife Sandra says something along the lines of “it’s not here is it?” and we are then ushered to Area 51, sounding like some sort of quarantine area.

Well, to our surprise, we find a lovely renovated house perfectly presented, and I must say, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay, even if Darryl did have ice cold air con in his room, which I will be checking on next time. Yve, our hostess, also had the newly renovated cottage (the Love Nest) on display, which looked great and must surely be reserved for the fastest (edit by El Current Presidente: Bad luck T&S–not going to happen).

Practice on Friday was a very wet affair with only a few going out, me included, which only served to make me even more nervous… and with rain forecast all weekend.

Sandra and I got to meet everyone on Friday night and despite a lot of champagne disappearing a great meal was produced (edit: by all those lovely girls who tag along with their loving husbands/partners). My wife, amongst others, never drew breath. A pretty funny night, but we eventually got rid of non-Area 51 people around 10:30, offering Darryl a locked door and the option of staying, or not.

Saturday morning and thanks to Jason P’s “Farmer’s Almanac” the rain stayed away; only slightly calming the nerves. Watching the first group; Chernobyl (sorry typo) I mean Geoff Noble, came by rather soon but my reaction was the same. And then exiting the car looking like he’d just had a ham sandwich thru the sweeper so calmly.  Myself on the other hand, was not so cool; nearly choked myself on the Hans Device, and, couldn’t stop shaking and sweating like a pig on exiting.

But to the first group Geoff, followed by Matt (with gearbox selection issues), then Jason, Darryl, Liam, Clive, John, and Rob. Some great times and happy faces with Clive getting under 1.30 (on wet tyres) and Jason into the 1.26’s. Geoff on the other hand could only manage a 1:17.3 with Maree saying it was because he didn’t have his race suit on (well, who eats a ham sandwich with a suit on?).

Then on Sunday, exiting the pits, Liam managed to smoke a cone sideways, before finally managing to find the race track–not advisable I would have thought. It did nonetheless lighten the car producing better times. Could we see a Caterham with no guards next time?

On to the second group; Mitch and I led, followed by Andrew, Ken and some MX5’s etc. Mitch was kind enough to lead, with my first lap being a PB (being my first time) and then a PB in every run after too! With Mitch R, doing the same , so I never caught him…. I now understand why Darryl calls him a “little shit” and quite frankly I must agree. Andrew also dropped his times by 3 seconds over the weekend, and, being another newbie, looked very satisfied.
 
We had a great dinner in town on Saturday night and a few good laughs with Sandra relating the story of how she refused to blow into the breathalyser because the officer had touched it, and bugger me, if we don’t get RBT’d Sunday morning on the way to the track. Fortunately, with the Lotus being so low the machine just appeared at waist height, and, thank God I thought.

Anyway, could I just thank everyone for a great weekend, and we are looking forward to meeting some of the others at the next round and hopefully we can have two full groups.
 
Cheers!

Edit: It is traditional for the (current) President to con newbies, using any excuse which comes to mind, into writing an article… Paid off too, didn’t it.

gw_Andrew
gw_Cat in the Lotus line up
gw_Darryl and Clive
gw_Elise & Exige production line up
gw_Garages of other competitors
gw_Geoff and Matt
gw_Greg heading for the bridge
gw_Greg in the marshalling yard
gw_Greg
gw_How low can you go_
gw_John and Darryl
gw_Ken Philip
gw_Liam
gw_Lotus line up
gw_Lotus reflections
gw_Lotus's garages
gw_Lotuses being let out of the gate
gw_Mitch
gw_Pato at Morgan Park
gw_Pato

[Show slideshow]
1 2 3 ►
December 2018 EMR Lotus Only Track Day – Qld Edition

Related Posts

gear-banner

Events, Gallery 2020, Homepage, Lotus Cortina, Racing

GEAR Club Nov 2020

dtc-banner

DTC, Events

DTC – 28th March 2021

noosa-hillclimb-banner

Events, Gallery 2021, Homepage, Racing

Noosa Summer Hillclimb 2020

Random images

20130814_080234
img_1574
img_1090
img_1100
img_1029
img_0945
20130630_134659
IMG_0073
IMG_0032
Ploughman's Lunch
IMG_0263_1
IMG_0306_1
main-8a
main-6
main-0
main-4
Lasso-challenge
Qld-vs-NSW
image_109
IMG_7351
IMG_7375
P9180006c1
P9190061c2
DSC03858
EMRc0412
IMG_0525
IMG_7998
P1010532
P1090167
P1090179
IMG_3307
IMGP7361
John_Lundgren_Lakeside
P1060270
P1060563
PICT7273
DSC05017
Norma_and_Jo
30_MG_2691
IMG_5220
IMG_4337
IMG_0922
IMG_0928
IMG_8616
IMG_7137
121_2149_IMG
122_2206_IMG
IMG_3901
IMG_3911
IMG_8737
118_1813_IMG
Inglorious_end_for_car_1
MG_8940
03
btiu-07
Greg-and-Colin
jag
1-Drivers-briefing-1
Smoky-conditions-from-bush-fires
Joe-keeping-Sally-Matt-entertained
2-Mike-W.jpg
Patricks-hockey-stick-solution
9-Arrival-at-Birches
Martin
Darryl Ringuet - Special award 3445
Catching up with one and all
_MG_5047 as Smart Object-1
Jenny, Moira, Chris and Jon
Liam
Phil
Organisers, Anita & Derek
Tyre Time
IMG_1971
Mick Sorrell 2016 Ford Focus
Breakfast
Group-6.1-Patrick-Mewing-Elan-26R-3
Aston-Greensill-rocking-the-black-and-gold
Garry-Pitt-heading-down-the-mountain-by-SDPICS
Josh-George-in-Lotus-Seven
The-McGarry-Team
Friday Tranquility
and-were-off
Morning Run
Deep-in-the-bush
IMG_9111
IMG_7747
cols-flat-2
The Murphy's
Cobra-1
Daryl-Wilson
display-evora
Lotus Pack
vyv-photo-12
e-type-v12
IMG_1429
Territory Guard
main-64
IMAG5949
IMAG6120
IMAG6205

Recent Articles

  • The rebuild of my 1965 Lotus Elan S2 SE
  • GEAR Club Nov 2020
  • EMR to Mt Glorious 05/01/2021
  • December Day Run
  • DTC – 28th March 2021
  • Noosa Summer Hillclimb 2020
  • Interclub Challenge MGCCQ – Hillclimb Round
  • Off-street parking in Cairns

Latest Gallery Images

The-Europas Shanes-Seven Europas-new-and-old Daryls-Seven Daryl-manning-the-timing IMG_20200621_104957

Search articles by category

Archived articles

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