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
noosa-boys-banner

Noosa Hill Climb Nov 2016

Year’s end and we’re back for the Southern Cross Sheds Summer Noosa Hill Climb.

By Dick Reynolds

Jason McGarry (Caterham), Shane and Jenny Murphy (Lotus Seven S2), Jon Young (Caterham), Zaid and Gail Latiffe (Exige), Peter Quinn (Elise), Pat Richards (Elise), Peter Boel (Lotus 23B) and Rob Manning (Mitsubishi FTO) plus yours truly (Caterham) lining up once again.

Jason arrived very early and set up our pits in a great location, out under the eucalypts. The Elise guys domiciled ‘around the corner’ and Peter nestled in with the race cars out front. The usual teething problems with any big event occurred. But mostly, we had to endure delays through accidents on the track. Unfortunately, this prevailed for most of the weekend.

With 160 or so entries there were lots of cars and no shortage of competitive spirit. Declared a “fast” track, the competitive spirit, quick cars and over-enthusiastic driving meant quite a few offs resulting in some severe car damage. Thankfully, little in the way of injury. The guys running the event performed admirably to ensure we still carried on – well – admirably! The first run is a so-called sighting run. Check out the track, sort the car and generally get into a bit of a groove.

First competitive run:   Final quickest times:
Dick Reynolds 64.41   Peter Boel 63.62
Jason McGarry 65.96   Dick Reynolds 64.41
Zaid Latiff 66.40   Zaid Latiff 65.88
Peter Boel 66.45   Jason McGarry 65.96
Jon Young 68.47   Jon Young 67.47
Peter Quinn 68.76   Peter Quinn 68.17
Pat Richards 69.25   Pat Richards 68.67
Shane Murphy 69.47   Rob Manning 69.44
Rob Manning 72.73   Shane Murphy 69.47

The weekend progressed with all the usual shenanigans – what happens on the track stays on the track! The only mechanical failure was Rob having a front-end collapse in the FTO. No offs that I am aware of.

Stand outs:

  1. The coffee man as usual- “Small flat white, double shot, thanks mate!”
  2. Fantastic Noosa Beach and HRCC Car Club organisation;
  3. Track marshals, timekeepers, officials, ambulance, tow truck and all;
  4. Lotus Club camaraderie;
  5. The RSL bus;
  6. Jon’s PB;
  7. Jason’s fantastic assistance with all things;
  8. All Club members under 70.00 – no mean feat!
  9. Hankook 185/550/13 soft slicks.

A great weekend and terrific event not to be missed, with all getting home safely. Perhaps you can join us next year?

20161105_082215
20161105_082233
20161105_091741
20161105_091901
20161105_100109
20161105_100120
20161105_103008
20161105_111852
20161105_111913
20161105_073640
20161106_094150
20161106_094219
20161106_144520
20161106_144551
20161106_144643
20161106_144656
20161106_145405
20161106_145748

[Show slideshow]
◄ 1 2
ICC Regularity Oct 2016 ICC Round 9 – Motorkhana

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

img_1572_2 Waiting Timed-Lap-line-up MG_6018 Parking-at-Polly's-Country-Kitchen An-even-deeper-conversation 3.Downtown-Esk Morning_tea_pits Cameron_s_Elise IMG_9043 IMG_4904 IMG_7135 image_277 image_164 IMG_8938 IMG_8931 IMG_3665 DSC_1543 PICT7303 PICT7263 IMG_1977 20220220_093649 lunch-stop-at-the-top-of-Copperload Luke-and-Margaret-Lindemanns-V6-by-SDPICS Cam-Anderson-by-SDPICS Glass-House-Mtn-Tavern_gw Mike-Moore-with-Cris-Meg-Johansen Martin-OBrien-chased-by-Clive-Wade-photo-by-Trapnell-Creations 20180916_072314 Complimentary Mother's Day morning tea IMG_4861 gw_Pato at Morgan Park Organisers-Norma-Peter_gw _MG_9186 as Smart Object-1 _MG_9159 as Smart Object-1 IMG_1915 5. Lotus attraction _MG_4514 as Smart Object-1 Matt Plowman - Special award 3444 Clive-stocking-up-on-Rockford-wines Ploughman's Lunch Mar-main-119 Mar-main-0 Inside-the-Outpost-Cafe-for-lunch Jason-HP-Elise John,-Clive-and-Tim Mike-G-and-his-Talisman- main-45 P1010419 IMG_0440 P1060566 1426854264_0b044007d8_m_1 Marchelli Bianci Elan S1 Bambino on steroids IMGP8578 IMGP8564 IMG_9205 img_1052 20130511_101731 img_1584 PICT7260 Daryl_with_his_Cat P1060283 20090822_088 183_183 161_161 P1060554 P1050430 Carolyn,Jenny-and-Chris IMG_4067 P1020814 IMG_8103 image_089 DSC03823 IMG_8021 IMG_8027 Barry-Bates-in-the-Thompson-Ford-leads-John-Barram-in-Lotus-Seven-Don-Thallon-MRC-F-junior-and-Warwick-Mcbean-in-the-Nota-Tace Chilly-start-at-Kenmore Karting-Days award-tony-galletly IMGP8276 _MG_1766_gw 20170709_104743 Brains Trust The Green machine Jason-McGarry Paul, Peter and Pat DSC_4130 Jones-Cellar-Door-sales unnamed-4 img_2022 off-to-school MG_3908 Race-prepped-Porsche-356 steve-01 main-75 main-52 Lotus-Sprint-Results-24042011 IMAG6050 Winters Morning in a Seven

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