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Its
obviously difficult to write an account a track day that you werent at,
so forgive me if this account lacks the colour and movement of an
eye-witness. This years Annual Spring Track Day continued the tradition
of the event by being held in excellent weather conditions. The club hasnt
experienced a wet day at Sandown for this event in the past 7 years
I have been involved with running them. Long may it continue.
Unfortunately this year we were without the services of
Brett Marriott who just prior to the event elected to close his business.
The Maserati Club of Australia and many others I am sure will sorely miss
the splendid service Brett provided. We wish him luck in whatever he
chooses to do next. Despite the limit of 85 entries imposed by the club to
ensure the safe operation of the event, we once again had a full field.
Based on an analysis of the results there were some quick times recorded
on the day. Leading the way was Mike Roddy in his powerful Jaguar
XJS with a 1:19.80, not his quickest time at the circuit, but nonetheless
the only one under the 1:20 mark. Congratulations Mike! We will look
forward to the Historics and the Marque Sports race to see whether you
manage to better it then.
Competition for FTD was fairly intense at the sharp end of the field with three different cars in contention for the days honours. In the end it was the Mazda RX7 of Rohan Ambrose (1:21.66) from Sam Markov in the Nissan GT-R (1:22.13) followed closely by Luke Warwick in father Maxs Porsche GT3 (1:22.51) - less than a second separating all three. Not far behind was John Kennedy (1:23.28) in the Mitsubishi GTO and Len Cattlin (1.24.79) who continues to get quicker in his amazing Mustang Fastback. It was a day for quick times it seems. Brian Power in his Porsche RSCS (1.25.66) squeaked narrowly ahead of Tom Warwick (1:25.92) in the Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge who was in turn just narrowly ahead of Francis Placentino (1:26.20). Toms drive in particular should have been pretty satisfying. With the time recorded Tom has landed himself the 2001 Barry Williams Memorial Trophy for the quickest time recorded at Sandown at a Maserati Track Day. The trophy is awarded annually by the Ferrari Club of Australia in memory of Ferrari and Maserati Club member Barry Williams. Congratulations Tom. There were, as usual a whole range of good performances on the day. Upholding the family performance on the day was Georgia Warwick. Whilst not as fast as brother Luke her time of 1:27.86 in the Porsche GT3 was pretty quick for someone who seldom appears at a race circuit. Amongst the other standout times recorded on the day was Travis Melottes (1:28.65) in the 3 litre Holden Commodore; the 1:30 of Alan Pettett in the PRB Clubman, Andy Sawyers 1:32 in the MG and Robert Pettets 1:31 in a standard WRX. Chris Stephen (1:37.53) and Barry Finlay (1:40.34) created some interest in the Falcon GTs as did Peter Ruyg in the Datsun 1600 (1:32.54) which seems to be going better every time it appears. David Floyd tells me there were no incidents on the day and my thanks to him for what appears to have been a successful and enjoyable day for all concerned. Special thanks also to Andrew Ogg, Chris & Dee Stephen, Carol & Tracey Williams, Greg Aimers and Edd Adamson, together with all those other volunteers that made the clubs Annual Spring Track Day a safe and successful event.
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