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
mp-banner

Morgan Park Sprints Round 1, 2020

By Andrew Row

After anxiously watching the forecast all week, the weather gods shone through giving a dry track all weekend. So pleasing to see paddocks of green on the way up after the previous few weeks of rain. Still a green drought at this stage, but some welcome relief to the local communities.

The sprints draw more and more LCQ members along each year, with 17 Lotus runners this round. Not quite the full turnout of those entered, but an impressive lineup in Lotus lane. Some stiff competition turning up to keep Geoff Noble honest. Although he still cleaned up the Audi R8 LMS Ultra, that will be an interesting matchup to watch as the year unfolds.

First run on Sunday morning was dubbed by some as the run where “everyone beat Geoff, except Joe”. Was quite the shambles really. Red flagged when Matt Plowman spun, setting off his inertia switch. And in his haste to escape the approaching tow car, forgot to shut the boot lid after resetting it. So another quick stop at the back of the grid to close the air brake. After a second red flag for no apparent reason, it was onto the third attempt at completing the run. Geoff soon dropped off the pace with a broken shockie, leaving many to achieve a once in a lifetime dream to pass Geoff on track. Garry Pitt and Joe Arico celebrating the moment with some pirouettes.

With the track lacking grip after a couple of weeks of rain, most were well off their PB’s. Tony Seymour being the exception, his V6 Exige now well sorted and making good gains. Cris Johansen had a true gentlemen’s weekend at the track in his Evora, although not as quick as the S1. This round was Gideon Streets first Morgan Park in his recently acquired V6 after coming from a gravel rally background. Will be a man to watch in the future after already surpassing his expectations. He finished the weekend with that typical Lotus smile.

The social nights at Pit Stop were full of the usual beers and banter. Friday was off to the newly reopened pub down the road. Valentines day special, a Parmi and champagne for $17. How could a girl not be impressed by that. As Maree left us to fend for ourselves, it was take away on Saturday night. After long discussions to work through an order for Thai, it was found to be closed for Chinese New Year. Lucky the Chinese was open.

All in all another great weekend. Can’t wait till next round.

Full-house-of-Lotus-by-Bridie-Moran
The-quick-group-ready-to-roll-by-Bridie-Moran
Cris-Johansen-doing-it-in-style-whilst-the-S1-is-down-south-by-Bridie-Moran
Martin-OBrien-reckons-hes-cooler-with-his-pants-down-by-Bridie-Moran
Pat-Richards-trying-to-work-out-why-Geoff-is-so-fast-by-Bridie-Moran
Just-the-right-number-of-zip-ties-for-dynamic-flex-aero-by-Darryl-Ringuet
Garry-Pitt-chasing-Geoff-Noble-out-of-turn-2-by-Gideon-Street
Mitch-Ringuet-exiting-under-the-bridge-by-Gideon-Street
Mike-Goodfellow-heading-out-with-the-clubbies-by-Bridie-Moran
Gideon-Street-heading-under-the-bridge-by-Craig-Newell

[Show slideshow]
Shed Tour to Automotive Craftsmen 2020 Interclub Challenge

Related Posts

mp-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Morgan Park Sprints R4

kevs-banner

EMRs, Gallery 2022, Homepage

Kev’s Big Day Out

duratec-banner

Articles, Homepage, Technical

Duratec Elise – better late than never

Random images

image_282 MG_8875 DSC_0031 CRW_6425_RJ Cameron_s_Elise IMG_0053 IMG_6192 118_1814_IMG IMG_8729 IMG_8409 IMG_4856 Jon-bowling-with-Chris-Judy-Sue-Dick IMG_5308 IMG_7426 IMG_5219 26b 16e 11e DSC_1543 IMG_2599 IMG_1239e IMG-1001 Leigh-Elisa-Russell Vyvyan-Blacks-Elan-2-V-Black IMG_1413 20180916_071500 Vyvyan, Mitch, Margie Lloyd Jones 1969 Lotus Europa - 2 DTC-026 Con, Paul, Scott and Clive fiddling img_1579 Wybe & Greg DS7_3470_full concours-7 The-Seven-and-clones MG Bedford-Van sam-on-track jeff 4-Fourth-member-of-Team-2-Paul lec_0169 Jan-main-12 main-1 main-4 Gathering-at-OReillys-1 Cats-at-the-ready John-going-off-road-driving Attendees-at-the-meeting-2 P1010454 lec_0190 164_164 East_London_Feb_09_097a Ploughman's Lunch P1010080 IMG_0042 IMG_0019 img_1096 img_1053 img_1580_2 img_1574 Mar-main-1 P1060294 Winner_Greg_Chris_Bray_s_Elan IMGP7361 IMGP7328 P5250038 IMG_8056 IMG_8029 IMG_7996 IMG_5136 IMG_5070 image_018 Jan-main-26 Mar-main-6 Mar-main-88 122_2252_IMG IMG_8453 GIC1 DSC_0285 Rutherglen-Wine-Bottle-Water-Tower Ready-for-the-next-run Regrouping Dick Viewing-video-at-Gold-Battery-1 Porsche-911 joe's-1947-alfa-1 Wade-and-Aston joe's-1947-alfa-2 20181111_144549 sign on the deck IMG_0849 IMG_1899 main-28 IMG_9094 Jason IMGP8256 IMAG5943 main-76

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