Sports Car Report #03.10

HRSCC TAUPO

Well it was time for our annual picnic meet again and due to a booking mix up we were down to racing on Sunday only. However we did documentation on Saturday afternoon followed by a BBQ for dinner so all very social. Racing started at 9am on Sunday. We had 5 grids so everyone got practice and 5 races plus we ran a couple of flying fair wells. Not bad for 1 day. It was good to see the vintage cars there this year and hopefully we will see them again next year. 7 sports cars entered the historic grid which was a good turnout. Everyone had a good day on a slippery track. It was good to see Ray Hawke out on the track in the MER for the first time. Also Craig laing was there with his lovely Cooper Climax powered Buckler which I hadn’t seen before. The Buckler just went all day with no problems Gavin Bateman came all the way from Wellington to run his MK4 Mallock which was once again in top condition and fitted with a 1650 consol engine as was the case originally. His day went pretty well with no real problems and as the day progressed he was climbing up the field. Ray Hawke had a couple of small problems with the MER a water hose came off and an on track incident saw the MER without a nose. But no real damage, Ray was improving all day. Bill Stone came in after one race with the gear lever in his hand rushed into town fixed it and was back racing and only missed one race. Bill Roghan had a oil pressure issue with the Mogal and the way the flywheel moves we think it may have broken a crank. Still I’m sure Bill will have it fixed in no time. Brian Service had a bit of an oil leak in the Mallock easily fixed and a good days racing. I had no problem all day and aside from some slip and slid, which we all had, I enjoyed the day.

Next meeting Is TACCOC Hampton Downs the long awaited first historic meet on the new track.

Alan Service
Sports Car Co-ordinator
McRae U2
Albo@woosh.co.nz.

Alan and Brian service. Mallock U2 and McCrae U2