Well it might not have been the biggest meeting, but there were enough entries for a successful afternoon of racing. Entries in the Street and Fast Street dominated mostly, but there were also enough Bikes and 4x4's to ensure a great afternoon. Unfortunately there were no Quick Et or Young Guns in attendance which are certainly one the spectator's favorites.
Quite a few first timers at Ironbark Raceway with Len Sharp making the trip from Miles to compete in the Bikes class and youngster Roree Winkle making her debut in Grandfather Dave Carney's car. For those who did compete they had a ball with a maximum of six runs for the afternoon in fairly quick succession.
A big thank you to Sheree Ivory and Paul Welsh for making the trip from Millbank to not only compete but to also help with the computers in the tower and implement the seeding procedure in the elimination rounds, something that is a first for the club. We anticipated that there would be a few hiccups but it ran pretty smoothly.
Only Three Burnout cars in attendance and with the usual carnage on the pad only one was able to get through the three rounds. I think it is underestimated how tough the burnout competition really is and if there is a mechanical problem it is sure to be brought to the fore. Hopefully we can see some quality cars at the next meeting scheduled for the 15th of July as there is no meeting for June. Some competitors will be making their way to Winton for the Winton Motorsport Association who are hosting a meeting on the 17th of June plus we will be travelling to St George on the 3rd of June to hold the club's monthly General meeting with our St George members.
With May being Mental Health Awareness month the club promoted this by running a raffle with TradeMutt products and also a big thankyou to Tony and Josh Lambert for providing some TradeMutt shirts for the club to sell. We also had Carmel Pascoe from Under Your Hat Life Coaching and Mentoring providing help with mental health well being and there was some very positive feedback.
With only three cars competing in the burnout competition David Wilkinson proved to be a clear winner over David Wright who was runner up.
In the Bikes class first timer to the track Len Sharp on his 900cc Kawasaki took the win over veteran Steve Dillon on his Harley Fat Boy.
Peter Wilson and Byron Hafemeister would find themselves on the start line in the Street class but it would be the well experienced Peter Wilson in his Commodore wagon that would take the honors.
In the Fast Street class Daniel Kenyon in his immaculate HJ holden Monaro and Damo McHugh in his trusty Commodore ute would battle it out. Unfortunately Damo red lighted handing the easiest of wins to Daniel.
In the 4x4 class Jett Williamson with his trademark burnouts on the start line and Thomas Pascoe in his Rodeo battled it out for honors. Unfortunately for Jett it was one too many burnouts as his trusty Nissan Patrol wasn't able to continue with a serious coolant leak on the start line, which proved to be an easy win for Thomas.
Winners. Best Reaction Time. Damo McHugh with a time of 0.002 Bikes Winner Len Sharp. Dial in time 7.40 Reaction Time 0.321 Speed 96.29 ET 7.743. Runner Up Steve Dillon Dial in time 8.70 Reaction Time 0.086 Speed 81.73 ET 8.569 Street Winner Peter Wilson Dial in time 9.00 Reaction time 0.396 Speed 72.52 ET 9.031 Runner Up Byron Hafemeister Dial in time 9.20 Reaction time 0.378 Speed 75.78 ET 9.375 Fast Street Winner Daniel Kenyon Dial in time 7.20 Reaction time 0.098 Speed 94.39 ET 7.220 Runner Up Damo McHugh Dial in time 7.75 Reaction time -0.064 Speed 91.32 ET 7.691 4x4 Winner Thomas Pascoe Dial in time 10.77 Reaction time 0.929 Speed 51.21 ET 11.159 Runner Up Jett Williamson Dial in time 11.40 Reaction time .000 Speed 0.00 ET 0.00
Bracket | Winner Runner Up |
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Fast Street | Daniel Kenyon Damo McHugh |
Street | Peter Wilson Byron Hafemeister, |
4 x 4 | Thomas Pascoe, Injune Jett Williamson |
Bikes | Len Sharp, Miles Steve Dillon, Roma |
Burnouts | David Wilkinson David Wright |
Best Reaction Time | Damo McHugh 0.002 seconds |