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Club Motori Italia Supersprints: March, 2021 (Midday Session)

 

Club Motori Italia's March 2021 Supersprints were held at the Baskerville Raceway, north of Hobart, Tasmania, on a very pleasant early autumn day.  29 drivers competed in a field of predominantly Japanese marques - leading to some conjecture that the M of CMI might stand for Mazda (😀) - plus a good showing of Italian cars or vehicles belonging to host club members, as well as a sprinkling of German, British, Korean and Aussie makes.  

The midday session saw some quite spirited driving, with a couple of close tussles playing out between Michael Watt in his Mazda 3 MPS and Richie Thrimm and Chris Haugland, alternately sharing another Mazda 3; Phil Blake behind the wheel of his OT1600 versus Grant Woolnough in his Cortina; and Ian Bridge taking on James Quinn, with the former in an RX2 and the latter in an MX5.  Thanks for the show!    

Allan Van Dullemen was driving his Starion like he'd stolen it, only to withdraw with mechanical issues a short time later.  However, that didn't stop him from taking out equal first place overall, a position he shared with Richie Thrimm in his Mazda 3.  Congratulations!  

Geoff Storr in his Alfa GTV, Philip Sawers driving an XU1 Torana, Greg Hall at the controls of his Datsun 240Z and Bruce Heron piloting his trusty Triumph Dolomite all made it look easy, lapping consistently and smoothly.  Angus Haydon, in a R31 Skyline, and Gary Lucas with his angry little Sprinter, both also looked to be on-song, as was the screaming yellow Suzuki driven by Darryl Bennett.  

It was good to see some family fun, with several cars entered with related drivers.  Nick and Charlie Hay ran in their 316i BMW, the Hobarts - Richard (morning session) and Warrick - shared a silver MX5, while Robert and John Madigan competed in their lovely rosso / oro (red and gold for non-CMI readers) Alfasud.  Robert also won the Italian A class while John took out the Driver of The Day award, so a double podium day for Team Madigan!   

At the end of the day, the class and category winners were:

Class / Category     Driver / Car

Class A                     Gary Lucas (Toyota Sprinter) 

Class B                     Richie Thimm (Mazda 3) 

Class C                     Angus Haydon (R31 Skyline) 

Class D                     Allan van Dullemen (Mitsubishi Starion) 

Class E                     Greg Hall (Datsun 240Z)

Italian A                     Robert Madigan (Alfasud) 

Italian B                     Geoff Storr (Alfa GTV)

Driver of the Day       John Madigan (Alfasud)

Best Presented          Gary Lucas (Toyota Sprinter).

(Results courtesy of CMI.)

For full results, please go to http://cmitas.org/blog/2021/03/cmi-baskerville-supersprint-6th-march-2021-results/?fbclid=IwAR01FMscqk11i9p3pDj5aZAsbJAcrIv1hleU08_06Ks3lmu-lnTC8QL3694 .

Please enjoy the rest of the photos!  Arrivederci for now! 









































































U M P H

(uppermiddlepetrolhead.blogpot.com.au.)










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