:tear::tear: Sorry to report that Corvettes of Melbourne have retained the bragging rights for another year, despite NSW Corvettes giving them a bit of a rattling!!
In the supersprint category, Victorian David Langmead in his 1986 black roadster stroker was in a class of his own on his home track. Yours truly in the killer custard yellow ZO6 held down 2nd place until the last session when Vic's Darren Pelacchi in the AC Delco '89 special posted his best for the day, beating my best by around 0.4 of a second. I'm particularly pleased with this result, as I had never seen this track until saturday. Our other Zo6 pilot, Shane Finn, finished fourth only another 0.4 seconds back. Fifth was a visitor from Canberra in a Ford GT40, followed by Joe Boschert from Canberra in his beautiful C4 ZR1. Our own Les Kernia aquitted himself well with a 19th overall in the pristine green C4. A total of 33 starters lined up for this annual interclub event, with just 3 from NSW, 3 from Canberra, and 27 from Vic.
In the slalom event, Shane Finn took the honours, as he did again in the go-to-whoa event. Congratulations Shane on a great driving exhibition.
The 300 meter drag was won by a Victorian C3 chrome bumper big block that absolutely blitzed all comers to take the prize.
Despite it being a very hot mid 30's day at Winton, there were no major casualties of either humans or cars, and everyone had a great time. The cool down at the motel later, with a swim and an ale or two was very enjoyable, as was the dinner and presentation that night.
Melbourne club president Darren Pelacchi, vice president Greg Webster, and all of their committee and members did a great job in organising this event, and were great hosts to their interstate visitors. The Melbourne club has only around 40 members, and 27 of those participated on the track on saturday, and they and their patners joined in the festivities on friday and saturday nights to make this a fabulous social club event.
It was disappointing to be one of only 3 NSW participants, as this event is not just for the quick but for drivers and cars of all calibers to get involved in. I sincerely hope that we can put on a show in 2010 that rivals the club spirit and enthusiasm shown by our Victorian counterparts this weekend, and brings many more of our members and their Vettes out for the weekend. It would be a great challenge for our events coordinators and committee to orchestrate a weekend away at Wakefield next year to involve as many as possible of our club members, in what can be a beaut social weekend as well as enjoying our Vettes in the spirit of their heritage!! :soap::soap:
PS. Les Kernya laid the longest rubber trails of the weekend in the go-to-whoa and the drags, demonstrating that even our Darling Harbour car of the show was bred to perform on Leadfoot Challenge Day!!
Thanks again to the Corvette Club of Melbourne for a terrific weekend:beer::ado:
