COFFS Harbour & District Sporting Car Club have held the third and final round of the Bonville Service Station and LPO Bush Khanacross Series, during a big day of racing on Sunday, 2 November at Raleigh Raceway.
A club spokesperson gave a recap of the final round of racing.
“The event was run on some tight twisty forest roads at Raleigh Raceway, and after the large storm that went through on Saturday afternoon, despite a reconnaissance lap, there was some parts of the track that caught out a few of the competitors on the first couple of runs with the recovery vehicle called into action,” they said.
“Given the great spring day though, as the event progressed the grip continued to improve, which allowed all competitors to continue to explore the limits of the increasing adhesion.
“Khanacross events are designed to allow drivers of all skill levels to participate in a motorsport event in a controlled environment, but a bit of competition is always interesting and there was plenty of that at the pointy end of the field.
“Phil Isaac in his rare all-wheel drive Ford Falcon was the clear outright winner on the day, but there was then only two seconds separating second to fifth outright.
“Junior Harvey Nicholson driving an AWD Subaru Impreza finished second outright, 0.55 seconds ahead of third-placed David Opie in his Suzuki Swift 2WD, who was 1.50 seconds ahead of Martin Smith, then Jonathon Summersell was fifth just 0.05 behind Martin.
“Martin and Jonathon were both in Nissan Pulsar N13s.
“Kia Hancock in a Mazda 3 was second in Juniors, with Riley Mannington in his first event third in another Mazda 3.”
Coffs Harbour & District Sporting Car Club’s next event is on Sunday, 23 November, and is a Paddock Khanacross.
The majority of the club’s events are grass roots events that are ideal for anyone who would like to participate, no matter what level of driving skill they have.
Juniors aged 12 to 17 are especially welcome, and if you would like to be part of the fun, search for Coffs Car Club.
By Aiden BURGESS
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