Great event yesterday for the fourth round of the Coffs Coast Khanacross series. The paddock at Raleigh international raceway was in great shape and we had a smallish field of 10 starters. Hopefully this is due to the number of events around at the moment. A bit of a rough start with someone not assembling the timing equipment properly (sorry 😆).
Flowing courses soon had the dust flying and extremely close times with numerous cars competing for the outright win. The all wheel drives set the pace but some spirited driving in nimble front wheel drives continually threatened. The long power pulls up the hill made it challenging for all. As always the rear wheel drive cars were spectacular to watch and right there on the pace.
A short break for lunch ensured the grit was kept out of the sandwiches.
With no WD’s and only a few flags hit, the competition was tight all the way to the final run.
Although close, a definite winner emerged after setting the fastest time on all but one run, where a penalty was gained. It wasn’t enough to topple him from the podium though.
We noticed the lack of junior entries this round. However, Kai has improved rapidly, gained much experienced through many recent events and had the opportunity to be mentored by some fantastic drivers. He is now gauging himself against outright contenders and continues to impress.
Similarly in the ladies class we noticed the down turn in numbers. Tanya though, would be hard to beat, continually finding the limits of our club car. Two of her runs were completed on three tyres! I think there will be some further impressive times once she finds her own competition car or at least something consistently with four wheels. 😁
As always thanks to Mick, Scott, Riana, Bob, Peter and Felix, for there tireless efforts.
Thanks go to: The competitors for supporting the event and for helping setup, run and pack down.
Gianni for setting all the great courses and everyone who helped him.
Members of the Kemspey, New England and other clubs who travelled and supported our event.