Now the Australian Championships have been run and won, time to catch up on a few race reports. On Sunday 18th August club meeting was held. It was a great day as always with 67 entries.
Novice
With only 2 drivers for the day, only qualifying was run as drivers competed in finals with the 2wd Stock class so results were called on qualifying.
Qualifying 1 went the way of Lily McKendry (7 laps/5:34.155), which was good enough for TQ overall for the day. Husayn Omar was second (6 laps/5:06.457).
Husyan Omar went quickest in round 2 (7 laps/5:39.275). Lily McKendry was second for the round (6 laps 5:26.011).
Novice Race Results
1st – Lilly McKendry (TQ)
2nd – Husayn Omar
Fastest Lap of the Day – Husayn Omar– 43.376 seconds (Q2)
2wd Stock
With the largest field for the meeting, 25 drivers were lead in the first round of qualifying by Chris Milton and overall TQ (9 laps/5:11.205), from Glen Andrews (9 laps/5:21.734). Glenn Welch rounded out the top 3 for round 1 (9 laps/5:23.291).
Glenn Welch took the second round (9 laps/5:12.071). Michael Martinez finished second for the round (9laps/5:18.972), with Mark Doyle taking third in the round (9 laps/5:20.984).
Glenn Welch took top honours for the day with 1st, 2nd & 1st after some close racing in each final. Michael Martinez took second overall with 3rd,1st & 5th, with Mark Doyle coming home third with 5th, 3rd& 2nd.
2wd Stock Race Results
1st – Glenn Welch
2nd – Michael Martinez
3rd – Mark Doyle
4th – Glen Andrews
5th –Chris Milton (TQ)
Fastest Lap of the Day – Glenn Welch – 33.236 seconds (A1 Final)
2wd Modified
9 entries fronted to get some valuable laps under their belts before the upcoming Australian Championships scheduled for October with three of our very best young drivers duking it out all day. Round 1 went to Matthew Couper (10 laps/5:18.088). Jarod Ment finished second for the round (10 laps/5:22.141), and Lachlan Donnelly was third (10 laps/5:30.881).
Lachlan Donnelly topped the timesheets and took overall TQ (10 laps/5:15.415). Jarod Ment finished second for the round (10 laps/5:21.850). Matthew Couper finished third for the round (10 laps/5:24.487).
It was Matthew Couper who took the win with mixed results across all three finals to take the day with 2nd, 1st & 3rd. Lachlan Donnelly finished second with 1st, 2nd & 2nd. Jarod Ment finished the day in third with 8th, 3rd & 1st place finishes.
2wd Modified Race Results
1st – Matthew Couper
2nd – Lachlan Donnelly (TQ)
3rd – Jarod Ment
4th –Lachlan Williams
5th – John Philpott
Fastest Lap of the Day – Matthew Couper – 30.423 seconds (A2 Final)
4wd Stock
19 entries ran with Chris Milton taking top spot in round 1 of qualifying (10 laps/5:14.797). Samuel Muffett followed in second (10 laps/5:17.225), from Glenn Welch in third (10 laps/5:20.615).
Glenn Welch went fastest in round 2 and overall TQ (10 laps/5:11.761), from Chris Milton in second (10 laps/5:12.969), and Samuel Muffett in third for the round (10 laps/5:15.061).
With some close racing and a mix of the results, it was Samuel Muffett whom took out the day with results of 1st, 2nd & 1st. Glenn Welch ran second with 2nd, 1st & 2nd place finishes. Michael Martinez finished third with 3rd, 3rd & 9th..
4wd Stock Race Results
1st – Samuel Muffett
2nd – Glenn Welch (TQ)
3rd – Michael Martinez
4th – Craig Hawkins
5th – Mark Doyle
Fastest Lap of the Day – Samuel Muffett– 29.961 seconds (A2 Final)
4wd Modified
6 entries laid down some fast laps with Matthew Couper setting the fastest time for the round (11 laps/5:25.254). Lachlan Williams was second (10 laps/5:13.947), and Bradley Chuter third (9 laps/5:10.417).
Mathew Couper topped round 2 and set overall TQ (10 laps/5:24.893). Lachlan Williams was second (10 laps/5:10.793), and Bradley Chuter was third (10 laps/5:26.550).
Matthew Couper came away with the win running 1st,1st & 5th in the three finals. Lachlan Williams finished second with 2nd, 2nd & 1st, and Jon McMillin coming in third with 4th, 4th & 2nd place finishes.
4wd Modified Race Results
1st – Matthew Couper (TQ)
2nd – Lachlan Williams
3rd – Jon McMillin
4th – Bradley Chuter
5th – Stuart McMahon
Fastest Lap of the Day – Matthew Couper – 28.300 seconds (A2 Final)
Run What You Brung (Open)
5 entries showed up to get some laps in some trucks with Lachlan Donnelly setting the fastest time for the round and taking overall TQ early (10 laps/5:23.479). Jarod Ment was second (9 laps/5:03.748), and Samuel Muffett third (9 laps/5:10.921).
Jarod Ment topped round 2 (10 laps/5:33.502). Lachlan Donnelly was second (9 laps/5:02.164), and Samuel Muffett was third (9 laps/5:11.215).
Lachlan Donnelly came away with the win running 4th, 1st & 1st in the three finals. Samuel Muffett finished second with 1st, 2nd & 2nd, and Simon Shaw coming in third with 2nd, 3rd & 3rd place finishes.
Run What You Brung (Open) Race Results
1st – Lachlan Donnelly (TQ)
2nd – Samuel Muffett
3rd – Simon Shaw
4th – Andrew Kerek
5th – Jarod Ment
Fastest Lap of the Day – Lachlan Donnelly – 31.240 seconds (A2 Final)
Thanks to all for attendance on the day. Our next club race day is scheduled for Sunday 15th September and will be the second round of our 2024 Club Championship, we hope to see you all there.
Follow the below link for the full race results

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