JSCC supersprint competitors skipped round 2 at Eastern Creek North but returned in force for Round 3 at Wakefield. Unfortunately, two months of preparation, waiting and anticipation to hit the track was "dampened" by some week-long rainy weather.  It wasn't a fun drive down to Goulburn from Sydney in the rain and we thought that the weekend would be ruined. But the closer we got to the track, the more the rain stopped.  This created a muddy drive through roadworks with all competitors cars looking like they had just finished a rally.

 JSCC members were back with Leon's EVO and Kieran's 350Z (Team Minidisc with pit crew Lowena and Wing in the parts carrying Honda Jazz). Tony's Celica made a return to the track after a 18 month hiatus. There was a full field of over 70+ cars in this CAMS NSW Supersprint Championship round.  The carports were occupied very early and the JSCC cars ended up in the comfort of dry garages.  After unpacking tools and semi-slicks, it was a race to prep the cars in time to get to scrutineering.  Semis, numbers, blue triangles, and mandatory racing suits for championship competitors were all ticked off and good to go. It was now time to finally hit the track!

 

 

Wakefield turned on hot weather and difficult conditions for fast morning laps (although the arvo was freezing).  JSCC had a big entrant list:

• Nissan 350z - Kieran
• Evo 8MR - Leon
• Evo 8MR - Chris
• Soarer - Kevin
• VW Polo GTi - Che

Natsoft results http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?01/04/2012.WAKE.SS

 

 

Track Report - Benson

What a beautiful day it was yesterday for the Final round of the Supersprint series. We came into this round with full of confidence after our strong result from Round 8 @ Eastern Creek. Round 9 showcased some of Australia's quickest cars around Wakefield Park. It was shaping up to be a good day!

Things didn't go to plan early in the day. With the morning session nice and cool for optimum lap times, we were searching for car set-up. We laid down consistent low 1:03's in the first two sessions of the day, with the R35 GTR's recording a blistering mid 1:01's lap times on their brand new slicks.

We knew its going to be a tough battle to beat the GTR at Wakefield Park, due to the characteristics of the track. Power and traction are the two biggest elements after car set-up for a quick lap time around Wakefield Park. We used what we had from last round, and suffered a lot of under steer. With some slight tweaks to the adjustable suspension and rear wing angle and still suffering from under steer, we managed to get the car to lap into the 1:02's bracket consistently. I was able to managed to string in the last three session's low 1:02's lap in every session with a new personal best time of 1:02.3

Overall, the team is very ecstatic with the result. Our goal was 1:01's for the day, but with its dying front tyres and understeer issues, we are very happy with the 1:02's. Next time when we are out there, we'll equipped it with some fresh front tyres and shoot for the 1:01 lap time. Car was very consistent and reliable. Check out its consistency for individual laps. It wasn't a one lap wonder! At every session, the car lap close its PB

Result - http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?26/09/2010.WAKE

1:02 lap in-car video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMH1jUm6yCA

BYP vs Marek's R35 GTR - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddGKiWrlaNQ

(Nelson - winner of 2010 NSW Supersprints in class 3B - click on pic for more...)

The 2011 NSW Supersprinting season is rapidly approaching. The documents and info below will allow you to compete in the 2011 season.

For those who competed in 2010 - you need to get your registration in ASAP to reserve your 2010 number for 2011.

Here is the 2011 Championship registration form.

Here is a document regarding the minor changes to the Championship rules.

Here is the 2011 NSW Supersprint Championship calendar.

Here are the 2011 NSW Supersprint Championship rules.

Here are the 2011 vehicle classification regulations. (very important)

So you will need the following to compete in the supersprints:

1. a membership of a CAMS affiliated car club (i.e. JSCC - click to renew/join)
2. a current CAMS L2S licence (click here for link to application)
3. a car with some minor mods (outlined here)

If you are new to supersprints - linked here is a guide that provides a fair bit of info.

However, if you want to be eligible for scoring points in the championship and therefore eligible for trophies - you need to register via the form above and pay the $50 fee to Bob Welsh.

If you do not register you can still enter and compete in any of the NSW supersprints, but registrants get preferential entry to events.

updated on 23.02.11

Wakefield Park Sunday 2nd May 2010

Report by Fergus Stuart, JSCC President.

After missing the last round with a bad flu, I was super keen for Wakefield Park.

As any dedicated crew knows a Wakefield day means an early start when living in Sydney.  The set off time was about 5am destination Goulburn by about 7.... The Drive down was made more interesting by the fog on the Hume...

The Mx5 club always puts on a well run race day, from scrutineering to briefing all on time and done without fuss.... as they know we are here to get on the track!