Porsches go back-to-back in Club Challenge
Monday 27 May, 2019
Photos: Angryman Photography
The Porsche Club of Tasmania have won its second consecutive CAMS Club Challenge – Tasmania after an action packed event at Baskerville Raceway.
As 28 drivers battled across six teams in the hill climb challenge, it was the defending title holders made up of Keith Johnstone, Kerry Luck, Peter Haworth and Peter Nunn who were too strong for the rest of the competition.
With the aim of the event to beat the track record for each driver’s respective class, all four of the one-make club’s drivers beat their class record - Haworth crossing the line more than three seconds ahead of the record.
Just as impressive was the fact that all four drivers also finishing in the top five outright individual positions, with outright third place going to the North West Car Club’s Leigh Ford.
Unfortunately the Honda Civic pilot’s effort wasn’t good enough to help his team get past the Porsches.
Made up of Aaron Bugeja, Adrian Hodgetts, Hamish Ferguson and Gary van der Drift, the team ended up in third place behind eventual runner-ups, CMI.
It was close battle between the two teams, with Robert Van Der Niet leading CMI alongside Allan Van Dullemen and Omar Hasan in his Mitsubishi Lancer to a well-deserved second place.
In fourth place outright, it was the Light Car Club of Tasmania with its fastest driver, Holden Gemini pilot Ashley Board falling just short of the class record and placing eighth outright.
Finishing above the Gemini driver in the individual scores was CMI non-Italian team leader Scott Wyman with his Honda Integra Type R DCS, his seventh outright helping his team to a fifth place finish.
The final CMI team, CMI Italian, rounded out the six-crew standings with its best driver in Geoff Storr placing 18th outright.
The next CAMS Club Challenge will be in South Australia at the Collingrove Hillclimb on 22 June.