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  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 di