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Lap Records Tumble at 2019 Autumn Historic Warwick!
With the district at its driest for many years, a very welcome day of patchy rain on
Saturday was readily accepted, and Warwick turned on its usual brilliant Autumn
sunshine on Sunday, allowing for spirited racing and the re-setting of several Lap
Records on the challenging 3km circuit.
Perhaps the highlight of the meeting was the first visit to Morgan Park by the famous
Ansett Elfin MS7, well-driven by Tom Tweedie to a new lap record for Group Q Sports
Cars (1970-‘77) of 1min:15.346sec, a gain of 3.6 seconds on the previous number.
Anthony Paynter brought his Stag Formula Vee from Western Sydney and twice
lowered the lap Record for Group Va (‘65-‘74), shaving 4 seconds off and leaving it at
1:34.600, and winning his Class in all 4 races. Nigel Jones, also from Sydney, reduced
the Group Vb (‘75-‘85) record by 0.9 second to 1:34.361, taking three of the four Class
victories.
In Group N Historic Touring Cars, the Nb (pre-‘65) up to 1300cc record was lowered by
Ipswich driver, Adam Duce, a regular winner in Sports Sedans delighted with his first
outright win in Nb.
The Nc (1965-’72) 3500-5000cc record fell to Graeme Wakefield’s new 1967 Mustang on
its debut, so we’ll expect to see more good things from Graeme this year.
In a very busy weekend of racing, regularity trials and supersprints, an enthusiastic
crowd saw 44 on-track events in total, with very few minor incidents despite lots of
fast, tight racing among more than 150 entrants. HRCC welcomed drivers from
Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and all parts of Queensland. Several hardy
drivers had competed at Mallala (SA) last weekend, Warwick this weekend, and expect
to run again at Winton (Vic) in less than 2 weeks.
After each event excited drivers were quick to gather to share their experiences and
analyse who passed who, when and where, with plenty of laughter and frivolity. The
camaraderie enjoyed in Historic Racing is often quoted as the best part of the scene,
but, as always, “it’s about the cars!”
AUTUMN HISTORIC WARWICK is one of two annual
National Meetings at Morgan Park organised by the
Historic Racing Car Club of Queensland, (HRCC), and
supported by dozens of enthusiastic volunteers.
The major HISTORIC QUEENSLAND meeting will be on 13-
14 July, celebrating 50 Years of Formula Ford, 55 Years of
Ford Mustang and 60 Years of Mini, and featuring the
genuine Bathurst Legends from 1973-‘92. HRCC is
expecting close to last year’s 280 entries with huge fields
and more exciting racing.
Peter Walsh
HRCC Vice President
Thanks to all the volunteers who enabled
the race meeting to be a great success.
Thanks to Trapnell Creations, John Carson and Ian Welsh for these Photos
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