As it was the club’s first outing since COVID-19 lockdown laws came into place in March, it was also its first time running in conjunction with Motorsport Australia’s Return To Race strategy.
“Things ran really smoothly and some of the changes that we had to make because of restrictions, we will implement permanently because it made the event run better than we could have imagined.
“I was also so pleased with the camaraderie amongst our members. For example, when two competitors had issues with their cars, many others offered their own so those two wouldn’t miss out. That sort of behaviour is just fantastic and it made us really proud.
Competition wise, it was a tight battle at the top as Ben McKee edged out Richard Gay for the win after his three fastest times equalled to a total time two seconds faster.
Across the first four runs, each driver posted the outright best time on two occasions, but it came down to the final run where McKee steered his Subaru Liberty to the fastest time within the whole event, while Gay could only watch from the sidelines as he didn’t go on the final run.
Paul Gladman comfortably rounded out the top three, while the battle for fourth came right down to the wire as Stacy Elson’s total score was just four tenths better than Pokey Haddon’s final tally.
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