The weather
made it an interesting first-time race event for new CAMS licence
holders
Peter White, John Corbett and Nic Stavropoulos who were each hoping for a dry
track for their first race meeting.
Radical Clubman Cup and Track Day regulars Michael Shaw, Trevor Gerber,
Andy Plummer and Chris Medland also were in attendance.
Both Q1 and
Q2 were very interesting to watch as Michael Shaw and Trevor
Gerber
pushed each other in the trying conditions to get the fastest lap.
All
Radicals finished Q1 ahead of the other style sports cars in the Formula
Tasman/LeMans
Sports category and did just as equally well in Q2. The
results
from Q1 & Q2 positioned Michael Shaw in pole for Race 1 with Trevor
Gerber
alongside him in second place ahead of the other five Radical
competitors.
Race 1 saw
lots of dicing, particularly between Shaw and Gerber, Medland
was
consistent with both White and Stavropoulos following closely.
It was John
Corbett's debut race in his Radical SR8RX (currently only
eligible to
race in the iRace events).
Andy
Plummer remained consistent through the terrible weather conditions and was
kept it on the black stuff.
Analyzing
the data from both Q1 and Q2 proved helpful when it came to
drivers
decisions for both Race 1 and Race 2.
Trevor
Gerber came 1st in Race 1, brilliant effort and one that would see
him start
the final race (Race 2) in pole position. It also gave the lead in
the points
to score a first place trophy!
Race 2 saw
a slow start off the grid for Gerber but it didn't take him
long to
work his way back through the field dicing back up the field with a synchronized
ballerina-like spin on turn 9 with White and Medland. Stavropoulos, Corbett and Plummer were lucky to escape
whilst Shaw was far infront.
Plummer had
a spin that forced him into the pits just before the last lap
which ended
him with a DNF whilst Medland had a mechanical problem which
forced him
out of the race on lap 7 with a DNF.
Stavropoulos,
White and Corbett remained consistent in pushing out the
laps and
each came home strong with Stavropoulos finishing fifth, White in
fourth and
Corbett in third.
After an
unfortunate start off the grid for Gerber he came home strongly,
finishing
in second place. Shaw's consistent
effort put him in
first
place.
The
trophies for Round 6 were awarded to:
Michael
Shaw and Trevor Gerber, equal first place
Peter White
- second place
John
Corbett Jnr - third place
With Peter
White also taking home the Drivers Excellence Award for the round
Michael
Shaw leads the Radical Clubman Cup championship on 200 points
Round 7 of
the Clubman Cup will take place at Eastern Creek on Friday,
23rd
September 2011