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-banner

Time ‘trials’ at Noosa Hill Climb

Story by Sam Murphy, pics by Shane Murphy & Vyvyan Black.

The Noosa Hill Climb Classic & Sports Car Challenge was run again on 10-11 November 2018 and LCQ was well represented with regular stagers, Dick Reynolds, Jon Young, Vyvyan Black, Zaid Latif and Shane Murphy (President) joined by Patrick Mewing, Paul Carrol, Peter Quinn, Pat Richards and rising young gun and Noosa rookie, Sam Murphy.

The Sunshine Coast turned on great weather for the occasion with a fast, dry track all weekend.

The proceedings kicked off with a street parade and welcome drinks on Friday evening – the social side of the event, an essential part of the fun and an opportunity to compare notes from past years and learn the latest tips and tricks from Dick Reynolds for a fast run on ‘The Hill’.

At the drivers’ briefing on Saturday morning competitors were warned of the introduction of a new Swiss timing system for the weekend and some commissioning issues were expected.

This slowed the progress of the run sheet somewhat, as antennas, wiring looms and sensors were adjusted to pick up cars crossing the finish line.

Disconcerting for all runners was the lack of times after four runs on Saturday with benchmark performance missing to analyse the results relative to prior years, fellow competitors and car setup changes for Sunday.

Luckily, there was plenty of action off track to keep the LCQ racers and WAGs distracted with a spirited discussion held on the social media policy of the Club’s Facebook page and a crisis management centre set up to monitor Jon Young’s temperature gauge as it edged up from ‘miffed’ to ‘peeved’ by the close of Saturday running.

Fortunately, by Sunday evening, results were produced which included a clean sweep by the LCQ – reaching the podium in all classes entered:

• SC to 2ltr: Dick Reynolds, 1st Place, 1:05.57
• SH to 2ltr: Patrick Mewing, 1st Place, 1:05.80, Shane Murphy, 2nd Place, 1:06.10
• SM to 2ltr: Zaid Latif, 3rd Place, 1:04.21

While there were some challenges with the timing system, plenty of fun was had by all and attendance by more LCQ Members from across Australia is recommended.

Whos out There
Pat
Paul, all Primed
Paul on the Grid
IMG_2410
Paul ready to Go
Sam on the run
Sam on the Grid
Zaid and Co
Dick and Zac
Winner Zaid
Winner Dick
Winner Jason McGarry
Winner Patrick
Trophy time
Beer time
Shane and the loot
181111 Cover
181111 Winter Results

[Show slideshow]
◄ 1 2 3
Morning Run to JH Classic Restorations A meeting with three trophies

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

lw01mg1 MG_8940 MG_8909 MG_8875 MGP2189 IMG_6188 IMG_8982 IMG_8783 IMG_8727 IMG_4860 02 lw01comp IMG_7015 IMG_6734 image_218 image_147 lot_020 IMG_5059 IMG_5053 Patricks-26R-Elan-replica David-Yule IMG_0507-5 Group-7.1-Craig-Chalmers-leads-Steve-Lennox-in-the-Europa-S-lineup-A-Stevens Lotus Team 1 Top Gun Phil _MG_9155 as Smart Object-1 IMG_0068 Leo_Geogehan_Lotus_Type59 Scott img_1051 IMG_4896 12-Over-hill-and-dale Greg 23-Three-amigos MG_6561 11-Dick-Ken-Qld-Auto-Museum pair-of-sunbeamers history-in-a-line P1080261 DSC03844 IMG_3633 IMG_5176 IMG_7362 image_011 main-5 main-14 Daryl_s_Caterham IMG_7601 MG_6932 Ploughman's Lunch Ploughman's Lunch 1426860242_c16c000a1c_m_1 1426856780_db91e674e6_m_1 DSC_5342 img_0949 img_1590 PICT7253 4_IMG_9521 28c IMG_7425 IMG_4348 IMG_7791 PICT7308 1914_Model_8_Humberette 156_156 075_75 IMG_3307 IMG_6635 IMG_8042 IMG_3250 IMG_6349 IMG_8065 IMG_8044 Packed and Ready 20200315_110210 Drivers Briefing Barista-in-the-Mist-Milla-Milla IMG-3983 Ready-for-the-next-run 3-Lotus-Elan-ad One-of-the-better-bridges-in-the-Gobi High Hopes At-Binna-Burra-Resort Shane and Jen IMAG5987 IMG_6149 Restorers-of-the-best-car-of-show-with-the-Lotus-7-in-the-background DSC_0355 Carlton-engine-bay alex-photo-2 P1020958 IMG_0068 Display-7 Zaid and Shane - Scrutineering Line Up main-31 scott-evora-2 Competition line up Territory Guard main-35 Shane

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