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
regularity-banner

Porsche Club Sprints & ICC Round 6

By James Driscoll, photos Shane Murphy.

The call to action came from Dick Reynolds on Facebook for Lotus Club members to do their duty for the InterClub Championship as the usual participants were racing at Morgan Park Sprints. I put my hand up dutifully.

Saturday 1st Sept my pit girl (wife) and I loaded up the Jaguar D Type in the car trailer and headed for Queensland Raceway at Willowbank. As we arrived, we were ushered to a pit by Shane Murphy, next to the other Lotus members. 

Seeing as it was my first time ever doing sprints, I felt that I would need an interpreter to assist me with drivers’ briefing as I am hearing impaired. The interpreter would sign to me in Auslan what was being said and made sure I did not miss out on anything. 

By 9am the drivers’ briefing was done and everyone was ready to race. Dick Reynolds in his red Caterham and Shane Murphy in his ‘Green Machine’ went on the National Circuit in Group 1 which consisted of two warm up laps and 4 racing laps, then one warm down lap before heading back to the pits for Group 2 which was mainly Porsche Club members.

Time for Group 3, which was myself in the Jag, Evan Molloy in his supercharged silver Exige and Sam Murphy in his blue Exige. I went off the track at turn 4 after sliding on the kerb but quickly corrected the car. Sam ended up breaking his front splitter on a kerb. There were two rounds on this layout which is as used by the V8 Supercars. 

The next two rounds all competitors used the shorter layout which is the Clubman Circuit. It was great to see some healthy competition going on as Shane and Dick battled to see who would perform the best on track! Phil Hart and Daryl Wilson came to cheer us on – nice of them to come along especially as it was Daryl’s birthday! Evan had a great battle with a rival for first place and did very well. I could not catch either Sam or Evan – too fast for me! On the last race, I ended up doing a full spin-out exiting turn 2 in 5th gear and praying I wouldn’t hit the gravel trap. Phew! I didn’t!

We all were done by 12:30 and everybody went their separate ways. We gained some points for ICC and are currently sitting in first place only by just. The Porsche Club are nipping at our heels, so come on everyone help our Club win the championship! 

Packed and Ready
Dick and Daryl
Buckle Up
James
Dick on the tools
Loose Mirror
Dick
Phil and Daryl
Evan in Pit Lane
Evan
The D-Type
Lotus Pack
The Geeen Machine
Sam Murphy
Sam
Shane and Dick
The Crew
image3
image4

[Show slideshow]
A Big Tick on the ‘Bucket List’! All British Day 2018

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_7071 5-Andrew-Ewan-Crossing MG_6052 3.Downtown-Esk MG_8811 MG_8802 Scene_from_the_tour_bus IMG_6244 IMG_8796 McL_30 IMG_4861 11-Eastern-Yellow-Robin IMG_6990 image_061 IMG_4203 IMG_7610 IMG_8885 11_Chef_Mal P1060548 IMG_1366 191_191 053_53 _MG_9147 as Smart Object-1 IMG_3503 Mt-Cotton-2007 ICC-Dick-at-Top-Hat Cresting-MT-Roland Darryl-Ringuet-using-all-the-track-photo-by-Trapnell-Creations Telltale IMG_1974 James col-and-tassie-friend boots-up img_1088 Seven support Daryl laying down the Law Rob Verne 20160522_104652 Tony-and-Trophy-before-the-event nose-bugs Singer-Ext 28-Liam-on-the-eastern-loop IMG_4896 main-18 Jan-main-20 Retail-therapy-in-action Clive-at-Breakfast- Gathering-at-OReillys-3 img_1588 main-14 Jason-and-Joe main-27 IMG_3822a Jan-Welcome IMG_0354 IMG_4891 IMG_4860 IMG_0037 IMG_0484 2006_08_27_Gympie_Skid_Pan0064 lec_0181 Bambino on steroids Goodwood_Car_Park1 IMG_5159 Ferrari_s_covering_the_lines IMG_5689 P1050434 P1050431 P8310114 IMG_8152 MG_4634 DSC03852 0078 IMG_8518 GIC2 IMG_5146 IMG_5117 IMG_5084 image_095 image_025 122_2254_IMG 003_3 GIC14-Horseshoe-throwing-success IMG_6171 190820-Replica-Program IMG_0900 IMG_8192 photo-7 09192021-copy2 The D-Type Grandstand-Khanacross gostwyck-chapel-photo-by-vyv IMG_8199 Norma-Sharon-Daryl-and-Craig-enjoying-afternoon-tea-by-Gavin-Goeldner 20200815_075724 Shane with no hub caps IMGP8557 IMGP8633 main-87

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