Sporting Triumphs – Jan/Feb 2012 Report
Happy New Year. I trust everyone had a safe festive season and enjoyed some motoring in your Triumph(s).This time of year is a very quiet time on the motor racing circuit scene. Most competitors use this time of year to do major overhauls, carry out maintenance jobs or perform planned major improvements to their machines.I know that Neil Martin was planning to do some major maintenance on the brakes and other components of his TR7 V8 in preparation for the upcoming 2012 racing season.
The 1st event on the “Sporting Triumph” calendar is the Annual Marque Sports Car Associations picnic and presentation day on the 26th of February at Serafinos Winery, (formerly McLaren’s on the Lake) Mc Laren Vale.
Each car club is required to put on a display of their Marque on the day. As we are the current champions I am keen to once again win the prize for best display.I’m hoping to see you there on the day with your Triumph to join our display and have a relaxed picnic day under the trees. Please see the advertisement for this event in the January edition of Trak for further details.
Another date to put in your calendar is the 6th of May for the 6 hour regularity relay team event. Last year the TSOA finished on the podium in 3rd place against some strong competition. This year we will once again be looking for competitors to form a team and club members to form a pit crew for this event. There are numerous duties to be performed on the day. If we get enough volunteers these duties can be shared and provide breaks for each person on the day. I’m sure last year’s crew would agree with me, that this was a fun day.
Until next month . . . . Cheers,
Rick Staehr
Coming Events
February 18th –S.A. State Motor Racing Championship Round 1 Mallala
February 25th – MSCA Picnic and Presentation Day Serafino Winery (formerly McLaren’s on the Lake) McLaren Vale
February 25th – Modern Regularity -Mallala
March 1-4 – Clipsal 500 Adelaide
March 4th – Campbelltown Swap Meet Campbelltown Oval TBC
March 4th – Mt. Barker Swap Meet
March 9th-11th – Historic Motor Racing Phillip Island
March 15th -18th- Australian Formula One Grand Prix Albert Park Melbourne
March 25th – MSCA State Super Sprint Series Round 1 Mallala