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NSW Motor Racing Championships Dean appearance as part of a Motorsport Australia Chapman round for the first time.
Operations Manager All these categories will be joined on Sunday Wakefield Park Motorsport by the Superkarts.
Welcome to Wakefield Park for the opening A big thank you to our Events Administration round of the Motorsport Australia NSW Motor Officer, Ruth Walsh, who will now be the Racing Championships. main point of contact for all Wakefield Park- promoted race meetings - you can read more This weekend, we have a good assortment of from Ruth in the following pages. tin-top categories on the program; the Holden brand may be dead at the end of this year, but As always, I’d also like to acknowledge the the venerable HQ Holdens live on, and have tireless efforts of all of our officials, as well as attracted a quality field this weekend which our hard-working team of office personnel and includes several former champions. maintenance crew.
We also have Improved Production Over I hope you enjoy your weekend at Wakefield and Under 2 Litre, the exciting and powerful Park and look forward to seeing you again Sports Sedans and Group N Historic Touring soon! Cars, while one of the fastest-growing one- make series, the Mazda RX8 Cup, makes its Dean
Publisher: Chequered Contents Flag Media Officials...... 4 Editor: Lachlan Mansell Schedule...... 6 Images: Riccardo Benv- Event preview...... 8 enuti, Scott Walker, Darryl Fernance Sports Sedans...... 10 Feedback: Email HQ Holdens...... 11 [email protected] Mazda RX8 Cup...... 12 Historic Touring Cars...... 13 Improved Production Over 2 Litre...... 14 Improved Production Under 2 Litre...... 15 Superkarts...... 16
Lap records...... 18 Circuit map...... 19
2020 Motorsport Australia NSW Motor Racing Championship Rd1 3 Officials of the Meeting
Chief Steward John Buckley Stewards Robert O’Toole, Peter Lambie Event Director Dean Chapman Clerk of Course Nick Goring Assistant Clerk of Course Kate Epplestun Secretary of the Meeting Ruth Walsh Chief Timekeeper Scott Campbell Chief Scrutineer Lance Smith Deputy Scrutineer Bill Jones Judges of Fact - Start/Finish Scott Campbell, Nick Goring, Kate Eppelstun, Glenn Nichols Judge of Fact - Noise James Osmond Judge of Fact - Pit lane speed Scott Campbell, Nick Goring, Kate Eppelstun, Mark Bushell Chief Flag Marshall Glenn Nichols Medical Team Ambulance Service Australia
4 2020 Motorsport Australia NSW Motor Racing Championship Rd1 Wakefield Park is proudly sponsored by:
2020 Motorsport Australia NSW Motor Racing Championship Rd1 5 Event Schedule Saturday, 29 February Time Category Session Duration 9:00 Sports Sedans Practice 10 mins Improved Production Under 2 Litre Practice 10 mins HQ Holdens Practice 10 mins Improved Production Over 2 Litre Practice 10 mins RX8 Cup Practice 10 mins Historic Touring Cars Practice 10 mins Sports Sedans Qualifying 15 Mins Improved Production Under 2 Litre Qualifying 15 Mins HQ Holdens Qualifying 15 Mins Improved Production Over 2 Litre Qualifying 15 Mins RX8 Cup Qualifying 15 mins Historic Touring Cars Qualifying 15 mins Lunch 30 mins Sports Sedans Race 1 12 Laps Improved Production Under 2 Litre Race 1 8 Laps HQ Holdens Race 1 10 Laps Improved Production Over 2 Litre Race 1 8 Laps RX8 Cup Race 1 10 Laps Historic Touring Cars Race 1 7 Laps Improved Production Under 2 Litre Race 2 10 Laps RX8 Cup Race 2 12 Laps Improved Production Over 2 Litre Race 2 10 Laps HQ Holdens Fundraiser Passenger Laps 30 mins Sunday, 1 March
Time Category Session Duration 9:00 Superkarts Practice 10 mins Sports Sedans Race 2 12 laps Superkarts Qualifying 15 mins Improved Production Under 2 Litre Race 3 12 laps HQ Holdens Race 2 12 Laps Superkarts Race 1 8 laps Improved Production Over 2 Litre Race 3 12 laps RX8 CUP Race 3 10 laps Historic Touring Cars Race 2 7 Laps Sports Sedans Race 3 14 laps Lunch 30 mins Superkarts Race 2 10 Laps Improved Production Under 2 Litre Race 4 14 Laps HQ Holdens Race 3 14 laps Historic Touring Cars Race 3 14 Laps Improved Production Over 2 Litre Race 4 14 laps Superkarts Race 3 12 Laps RX8 CUP Race 4 14 Laps Historic Touring Cars Race 4 7 Laps Superkarts Race 4 14 Laps
6 2020 Motorsport Australia NSW Motor Racing Championship Rd1 From the Race Secretary Ruth with in terms of scheduling, garage Walsh allocations or anything I can do to make sure your race weekend experience is as Events Administration Officer enjoyable as possible, please don’t hesitate Wakefield Park Motorsport to get in touch with me.
Hi everyone! For all Wakefield Park competitors, make sure you LIKE the Wakefield Park Race Hope you’re all excited for this weekend’s Secretary page (separate from the main race meeting, which is our first major Wakefield Park page), as I will be using event under the new Motorsport Australia this to post information about upcoming branding. events, including links to online entry forms, regulations and other essential things you I’m back for another season as the Events need to know. Administration Officer here at Wakefield Park, which means I’ll also be the race Have a fun weekend, and I look forward to secretary and the direct point of contact seeing you at the track throughout 2020! for all Wakefield Park-promoted race meetings. Cheers,
As always, if there’s anything I can assist Ruth :)
2020 Motorsport Australia NSW Motor Racing Championship Rd1 7 NSW Motor Racing Championships Round 1 Event Preview
Something Old, Something New This weekend’s opening Motorsport Historic Touring Car Series is the Mazda Australia state championship round RX8 Cup, which makes its first appearance includes a mixture of old and new cars as a on the Motorsport Australia State and categories. Championship program.
At the oldest end of the scale, the Historic With last year’s champion Aaron Prosser Touring Cars will stage the opening round not defending his title, the field of potential of their 2020 championship as part of the contenders is wide open, with two of last event. The Wakefield Park track lends itself year’s big improvers - Jake Lougher and well to entertainment, with the relatively Lachlan O’Hara - among the favourites. short main straight allowing the smaller and less powerful, but more nimble cars Other contenders are likely to include to challenge the high-capacity, high- speedy Victorian Matt Butters and the horsepower V8 machines. consistent Ben Silvestro, while Jackson Noakes makes his debut in the category Driving his Ford Mustang, experienced after a high level of success in the Excel production car and historic racer David Racing Series. Stone will come into the weekend as the driver to beat; also entered in a Mustang is Other debutants in the category include Ben Wilkinson, while Kumho V8 Touring Car Jack Pennacchia, Ryan Gorton and Mark regular Jason Foley is entered in an XY GT Alder, while Andrew O’Keeffe, Aidan Riley, Falcon, as is Chris O’Brien. brothers Lachlan and Alex Cook return to the series, as does female racer Maisie Flying the flag for the smaller cars are Jerry Place after a crash at Sydney Motorsport Lenstra (Ford Cortina) and David Gray (Mini Park last year. Cooper S). The Improved Production field has been At the opposite end of the scale to the divided into categories for Over and Under 2
8 2020 Motorsport Australia NSW Motor Racing Championship Rd1 Litre cars; the Over 2 Litre division includes John Baxter and Scott Walker will both be some familiar faces like David Worrell fast, Luke Harrison has been a big improver (Commodore) and Stig Richards (Mazda in recent seasons, and another notable RX7) but also a number of newcomers. addition to the field is Layton Crambrook, a former series champion who achieved The main contenders in the Under 2 Litre success in other categories including the V8 field include Kurt Macready (Nissan Silvia) Utes Series. and the experienced Justin McClintock (Honda Civic), while former champion Ryan The yellow Camaros of Steven Lacey Jagger should also be fast in his Holden and Birol Cetin will resume hostilities in Barina. Long-time Improved Production the opening NSW Sports Sedans round; racing brothers Mark (Renault Clio) and Phil their closest challenger looks to be Grant (Honda Integra) Larmour are on the grid, Doulman in his Falcon while the Trans Am as are Craig Wildridge (Ford Escort) and Corvette of Stuart Inwood will also be fast, Graham Bohm (Honda Civic). as will the ex-HRT VZ Commodore V8 Supercar of Warren Millett. While the Holden brand may depart the Australian marketplace at the end of the In Superkarts, the outright front-runners will year, a quality field of 20 HQ Holdens be the 250cc National Class entries of John shows there is plenty of life left in the long- Dunn and Tony Moit; in the 125cc Gearbox standing racing category yet. Class, Mark Robin and Aaron Cogger will be the primary contenders, while the 125cc Multiple champion Brett Osborn will enter Non-Gearbox Class is shaping up to be the weekend as the favourite, but he will no closely fought between Mark Vickers, Alan doubt be seriously challenged by brothers Dodge and Anthony Dykstra. Chris and Jason Molle, who were his closest rivals last year. - Lachlan Mansell
2020 Motorsport Australia NSW Motor Racing Championship Rd1 9 Sports Sedans
No Sponsors Driver Car 1 Lederer Shopping Centres /Real Dairy Steven Lacey Chevrolet Camaro Australia 2 Tyrepower Blayney Phillip Ryan Nissan 280zx 9 J.S. Racing Brad Shiels Fiat 124 Coupe 15 Silk Laser Clinics Rouse Hill Grant Doulman Ford Falcon 27 Proit & Billy's Motorsport & Automotive Birol Cetin Chev Camaro Services 51 Rural and Civil Earthworks Stuart Inwood Corvette Hoerr C5 69 Jett's First Nick Smith Mazda Rx7 88 Wake Up Warren Millett Holden VZ 357 Kanwell mufflers Theo Cambouris HOLDEN VL Cambouris COMMODORE 376 Turbo Charlie Charles Spitteri EVO 8 525 T Light Hire Mick Bullis Chev Corvette
10 2020 Motorsport Australia NSW Motor Racing Championship Rd1 HQ Holdens
No Sponsors Driver Car 1 Osborns Transport/Boys From The Bush Brett Osborn Holden HQ Racing 2 Command Digital Signage Chris Molle Holden HQ 5 C and B Engines Glenn Deering Holden HQ 6 Better pools and spas Layton Crambrook Holden HQ 7 Sydney Veterans Lodge Duane Cambridge Holden HQ
10 JLC RACING Jason Johnston Holden HQ 17 Kerway Asphalting Luke Harrison Holden HQ 26 Nationwide Plastics Darren Parker Holden HQ 30 Better pools and spas Pedro Marusic Holden Hq
32 COMMAND DIGITAL SIGNAGE Jason Molle Holden HQ 33 Stockwells Racing Team Amanda Saunders Holden HQ 36 Tyrepower Gregory Hills /DTC Transport Scott Walker Holen HQ 39 MHA Euro European Car Specialists David Proglio Holden HQ 42 Command Digital Signage Adam Leach Holden HQ 47 Stockwell Building Supplies Gordon Macleay Holden HQ 51 Osborns Transport/ Baxters Coaches John Baxter Holden HQ 53 Osborne Yuille Wayne Potts Holden HQ 76 Australian Quality Clotheslines Matthew Breedon Holden HQ 77 For Sale Matt Barker Holden HQ 92 S & K Auto Electrical Glenn Miller Holden HQ 96 JLC Racing Peter Lynch Holden HQ 122 EVCG Jarrod Harber Holden HQ Mazda RX8 Cup
No Sponsors Driver Car 4 TPR, Promaz Automative Jack Pennacchia Mazda RX8 10 Noakes Motorsport Jackson Noakes Mazda RX8 11 Prep'd Motorsport Alexander Cook Mazda RX8 13 AOK Racing Andrew O'Keefe Mazda RX8 17 Brayden Slater Mazda RX8
19 Occsafe, Narcotect Aidan Riley Mazda RX8 21 Ric Shaw Racing Thomas Shaw Mazda RX8 23 Butters Motorsport, Continental Matthew Butters Mazda RX8 Appliance Repairs 24 Lachlan O'Hara Racing, Occsafe Lachlan O'Hara Mazda RX8 Australia 28 Ryan Gorton Ryan Gorton Mazda RX8 34 Mark Alder Mark Alder Mazda RX8 44 JustinTime, Autosloss Justin Barnes Mazda RX8 51 Arrow Air Conditioning Jason Galer Mazda RX8 55 55 By Sportique Sam Silvestro Mazda RX8 66 Allstars Racing Jake Lougher Mazda RX8 69 Lachlan Cook, Prep'd Motorsport Lachlan Cook Mazda RX8 77 EMCON & GMP Elliot Malouf Mazda RX8 80 Maisie Place Motorsport Maisie Place Mazda RX8 85 S-Sport Racing Ben Silvestro Mazda RX8
12 2020 Motorsport Australia NSW Motor Racing Championship Rd1 Historic Touring Cars
No Sponsors Driver Car 15 T F Maintenance Jason Foley Ford XYGT 26 O'BRIEN SMASH REPAIRS CANBERRA Chris O'Brien FORD XY FALCON 41 n Jerry lenstra ford Cortina mk1 GT 76 Jax Tyres Mittagong David Stone Ford Mustang 80 Anglomoil/Paynter Doxon Tony Land Ford Capri
181 CDE Structures David Gray Morris Mini Cooper S 189 Ben Wilkinson Ben Wilkinson Ford Mustang
2020 Motorsport Australia NSW Motor Racing Championship Rd1 13 Improved Production Over 2 Litre
No Sponsors Driver Car 18 Flirt Adultshop James O’Brien Mazda RX8 22 Extinguished Fire/DBA/Road & Peter Hennessy BMW E36 Race Performance 25 TCB Racing David Worrell Holoden Commodore
27 Aurora Motorsport Craig Alcorn Holden VL Walkingshaw
36 BC Coatings./Sydney Cove steven engel Mitsubishi Evo 7 Property/Lockbox Technologies
40 Commodore shop Cardiff Peter Burns Holden Commodore VN
42 Stig Richards Motorsport Stig Richards Mazda RX7 turbo
47 Beers R Us / Kurtles Kustoms Andrew McMaster BMW E30
69 Graeme Shea Graeme Shea Mazda RX7
144 TMN Plumbing scott Tutton Mitsubishi lancer evo 3
232 MGR RACING MAYAN REDDY BMW M3R
840 Herbert Racing Darren Herbert Mitsubishi Evo 5
14 2020 Motorsport Australia NSW Motor Racing Championship Rd1 Improved Production Under 2 Litre
No Sponsors Driver Car 9 HP Motorsport Henri Price Honda Civic
19 Sprintparts Matthew Larmour Mitsubishi Mirage Cyborg 28 Yager Performance Matt Dwyer Toyota Celica 30 SMSF Graham Bohm Honda Civic 37 Wildridge fabrications Matthew Wildridge Ford Escort 41 R Jagger Ryan Jagger Holden Barina
42 Sprintparts Philip Larmour Honda Integra Type R 43 Sprintparts Mark Larmour Renault Clio Sport 44 Nulon Products Australia Justin McClintock Honda Civic
54 Wildridge Fabrications Craig Wildridge FORD ESCORT
55 Nova Air & Electrical Michael Sherwell Toyota 86
81 bryan van eck bryan van eck Toyota Corolla
90 R Berson Robert Berson Ford Escort Mk2
93 Van Vorst Racing Joshua Van Vorst Toyota Corolla Seca SX
96 Mike Hughes Finance Kurt Macready Nissan Silvia
127 Self David Haines Toyota Corolla
2020 Motorsport Australia NSW Motor Racing Championship Rd1 15 Superkarts
No Sponsors Driver Car 2 Sydney Asphalt Repairs John Dunn Anderson Marvick 5 TMR Tony Moit Anderson Mirage 7 Rotech Australia Jock Dos Santos Tony kart Redspeed 8 Taplin Racing Graeme Taplin Woodgate Racing EVO 29 Collective Energy Daryl Shand AVOIG ELISE 30 KTM Capital - Venom - Betta Warren McGrouther CRG Road Rebel Marquee 36 Aviog superkarts Robert Trimmer Stockman anderson 46 Colourite Painting Mark Robin Avoig Elise MK4 65 LOOSECUBES Jarrod Lethborg Kosmic Mercury 67 Stock Honda Racing Michael Doherty Stock Honda BRM 69 Collective Energy Mehmet Sinani Stockman MR2 71 Alan Dodge Alan Dodge Woodgate Racing Evo 74 Avoig Superkarts/ Aaron Cogger Avoig Elise RatPackRacing 76 L&J RACING Lee Vella Avoig Elise 80 AJL Racing Adam Stewart Anderson Mirage 85 AMD Anthony Dykstra IWT Scorpion 88 DSRacing Dylan Stephens BRM Superkart 90 Persas Mark Vickers Woodgate Evo
91 BLKSHAW SMASH REPAIRS, Stuart Robertson ARROW X5 BETTA MARQUEES
Wakefield Park Lap Records
Category Date Driver Car Cap Time Outright 20/10/2019 John Magro Dallara F308/11 2000 0:53.4547
Formula 3 20/10/2019 John Magro Dallara F308/11 2000 0:53.4547
Formula Race Cars 8/09/2018 Harrison Jones Dallara F308/11 2000 0:53.7045
Sports Sedans 18/10/2015 Jack Perkins Audi A4 6000 0:56.2669
Supersports 20/06/2015 Tim Berryman Radical SR8 1500 0:56.7805
Radical Cup 20/06/2015 Tim Berryman Radical SR8 1500 0:56.7805
Sports Racers 18/10/2014 Roger I'Anson West 998 0:56.8120
Production Sports 27/05/2018 Daniel Gaunt Audi R8 LMS 5200 0:57.4849
Oz Boss 25/02/2007 Ty Hanger Reynard 95D 3800 0:57.5504
Carrera Cup 5/04/2008 Aaron Caratti Porsche 911 GT3 3600 0:58.9927
V8 Supercars 6/04/2008 Steve Owen Holden VZ Commodore 5000 0:59.0351
Australian GT Championship 19/11/2017 Rod Salmon Audi R8 LMS Ultra 5200 0:59.1113
Formula Ford 6/04/2008 Paul Laskazeski Spectrum 011 1600 1:00.1986
V8 Touring Cars 3/04/2011 Terry Wyhoon Ford BA Falcon 5000 1:00.3279
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge 3/04/2011 Roger Lago Porsche 911 GT3 3600 1:00.7828
Wakefield 300 2/03/2014 Justin Ruggier Skelta G-Force 2000t 1:02.4926
Improved Production Over 2 Litre 22/07/2018 Michael King Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2000t 1:03.6626
MX5 Cup 24/08/2014 Matilda Mravicic Mazda MX5 1840t 1:04.8112
Production Cars 20/09/2014 Aaron Seton Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2000t 1:04.8226
Improved Production Under 2 Litre 12/04/2015 Jordan Cox Honda Civic 2000 1:05.1999
Aussie Racing Cars 5/04/2008 Ben McCashney Ford Falcon 1300 1:05.6777
Commodore Cup 3/04/2011 Geoff Emery Holden VS Commodore 4200 1:06.6504
Group A/C 1/04/2007 Craig Markland Nissan Skyline GTS 1990t 1:07.0363
Formula Vee 12/04/2015 Michael Kinsella Jacer F2K10 1584 1:07.0951
Saloon/Super Six Touring Cars 18/10/2015 Ben Grice Holden VT Commodore 3800 1:07.8774
BMW Drivers Cup 30/04/2017 Michael Holdcroft BMW E30 325i 2500 1:08.3705
Mazda RX8 Cup 20/10/2019 Aaron Prosser Mazda RX8 2354 1:09.3998
V8 Utes 28/05/2006 Kerry Wade Ford BF Falcon XR8 5400 1:09.6544
Pulsar Challenge 2/07/2017 Matt Boylan Nissan Pulsar 2000 1:10.1587
Group N 20/02/2000 Ross Donnelley Ford Mustang 5000 1:11.6300
Excel Series 19/11/2017 Brett Parrish Hyundai Excel 1500 1:13.1695
HQ Holdens 27/05/2018 Glenn Deering HQ Holden 3300 1:15.3402 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CAMPING TOLL BOOTH PEDESTRIAN PATH TOILET BLOCK VIEWING SPECTATOR TRAILER PARKING VIEWING SPECTATOR VIEWING SPECTATOR MEDICAL RACE CONTROL VENUE OFFICE TOILETS CAR / BIKE SHOW CORNER TRADE ALLEY/KIDS STALLS CAFE / FOOD TOILETS FACILITY CORPORATE PITLANE GARAGES UNITS ACCOMMODATION
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