Phillip Island Historics

[alfagtv58]

Whatever the outcome, I doubt Group N will be happy to let this happen for much longer.....

Pos Car Driver                   Vehicle              Cap   CL Laps     Race.Time Fastest...Lap 1    29  Jason Humble          Mazda RX2            2292  I     6    11:38.3531   5 1:53.2121* 2    31  Ben Read                Mazda RX2            2063  I     6    11:38.4113   6 1:54.6848 3    19  Wayne Seabrook      Porsche 911S         2247  I     6    11:38.6125   3 1:54.5427 4    39  Jason Black             Ford Escort RS 1600  1666  H     6    11:39.7774   3 1:53.6173 5    80  Steve Land             Ford Capri           2994  I     6    11:42.1742   4 1:55.0241 6    22  Gary Bonwick          Mazda RX2            2063  I     6    11:43.4383   4 1:54.0504 7     6  Bob Sudall               Mazda RX2            2063  I     6    11:50.3088   3 1:55.6686 8    96  Bill Attard              Mazda RX2            2062  I     6    11:51.1925   4 1:54.9720 9     4  Kirk Davis               Mazda RX2            2063  I     6    11:53.4153   3 1:55.9311 10   71 Wayne Rogerson      Mazda RX2            2063  I     6    11:56.1711   4 1:56.2663 11   94 Ben Wilkinson            Mazda RX2            2063  I     6    11:59.1583   6 1:56.1537

[Sheldon McIntosh]

Yeah good point.

But then again, wouldn't Group Sc (at least under 2000cc) look like this.....


1   60                                          Michael Byrne            Lotus Seven S4       1560  A     6    11:47.5709   3 1:56.2371
2   86  Get Concreted                    Daniel Gatto              Alfa Romeo GTV       1962  A     6    12:21.9480   2 2:00.5016
3   58                                         Phil Baskett               Alfa Romeo GTV       2000  A     6    12:22.4770   2 2:00.7693
4    2                                          Nick Taylor               Alfa Romeo Spider    1980  A     6    12:38.3682   6 2:02.0259
5   43                                         Hung Do                   Alfetta GTV          2000  A     6    12:40.4142   6 2:02.8028
6   64                                         Urs Muller                 Alfa Romeo GTV       1962  A     6    12:40.7805   6 2:02.0982
7   57  Statler & Waldorf Racing       Colin Connaughton     Alfetta GTV          1962  A     6    13:03.0018   2 2:06.4585
8    7                                          Gary Pearce              Alfa Romea GTV       1962  A     6    13:03.8304   2 2:07.5704
9   23  Amethyst Lodge                 Graeme Noonan          Lotus Super 7 Series 1558  A     6    13:08.9788   4 2:07.1595
10   31  Veloce Racing Assc             Paul Newby               Alfetta GT           1846  A     6    13:11.7810   6 2:08.1851
11    3                                          Neil Choi                  Alfa Romeo           1962  A     6    13:27.2564   2 2:07.7706
12   49                                        Glenn Campbell            Alfetta GTV 2000     1962  A     6    13:28.8584   3 2:10.4913
DNF  15                                       Christopher Blanden      Alfa Romeo GTV 2000  2000  A     5    10:40.0355   4 2:04.9336
DNF  89  Veloce Racing Assoc           David Harris               Alfa Romeo 105 GTV   1962  A     4     8:49.09

[alfagtv58]

And thats why Group S is looking to go to an over 2 litre and under 2 litre format....which first time used produced this @ Sandown last year

Pos Car  Competitor/Team                Driver                   Vehicle              Cap   CL Laps     Race.Time Fastest...Lap

1    60                                 Michael Byrne            Lotus Seven S4       1560  H     8    13:34.7369   3 1:27.1196*
2    66  Porschclassics.com.au          Alex Webster             Porsche 911S         1991  F     8    13:38.2832   7 1:31.9823
3    58                                 Phil Baskett             Alfa Romeo Alfetta G 2000  H     8    13:40.1695   7 1:32.6985
4    22                                 Bret McManus             MG Roadster          1860  F     8    13:41.7285   8 1:31.8289
5    14  Bernie Mylon                   Lyndon Arnel             MG Midget            1293  D     8    13:42.0320   7 1:32.4083
6    95                                 Troy Ryan                Austin Healey Sprite 1275  D     8    13:42.8365   8 1:32.5112
7    44                                 Lyndon McLeod            Alfa Romeo Alfetta G 1962  H     8    13:45.8481   2 1:33.4896
8    20  Veloce Racing Association      John Lenne               Alfa Romeo           1962  H     8    13:48.7339   2 1:33.3861
9    17  Veloce Racing Association      Colin Wilson-Brown       Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV  1822  F     8    13:51.0411   8 1:32.4280
10    7                                 Robert Haywood           MGB                  1868  F     8    13:51.7525   8 1:35.0075
11   75                                 Brian Weston             MG Midget            1275  D     8    13:51.8980   7 1:35.0053
12    8                                 John Stevenson           MGB                  1850  F     8    13:52.9646   8 1:35.3168
13   51                                 Kent Brown               MGB                  1867  F     8    13:58.3240   8 1:35.6195
14   43                                 Hung Do                  Alfa GTV             1962  H     8    13:59.1792   2 1:36.0892
15   36                                 Rohan Hodges             Lotus Elan           1594  E     8    13:59.8375   8 1:35.6605
16   30                                 Don Bartley              Austin Healey Sprite 1275  D     8    14:00.0581   8 1:35.5174
17   91                                 Greg White               MGB Roadster         1860  F     8    14:02.0766   2 1:36.9419
18    2                                 Peter Mohacsi            MG Midget            1300  D     8    14:03.2535   8 1:37.0640
19    3  Abbotsford Collision Centre    Rob Whitwell             MGB GT               1845  F     8    14:03.6446   8 1:36.6209
20   16  MJH Marketing                  Marcus Hancock           Alfa Romeo Alfetta   2000  H     8    14:04.2354   8 1:36.8021
21   29                                 Anthony Prowse           Alfa Romeo 105       1750  F     8    14:09.3351   8 1:37.2758
22   23  Amethyst Lodge                 Graeme Noonan            Lotus Super 7 Series 1558  H     8    14:09.5168   8 1:38.2204
23   31                                 Neil Choi                Alfa Romeo Alfetta G 1962  H     8    14:14.5726   7 1:40.5488
24   56                                 John Young               MGA                  1650  B     8    14:35.9515   2 1:42.3659
25   19                                 Fred Brock               Austin Healey Sprite 998   A     8    14:44.3505   7 1:47.0304
26   42                                 Greg Prunster            Austin Healey Sprite 998   A     8    14:48.2386   8 1:48.0674
DNF  35                                 S. Constantinidis        Alfa GTV 2000        2000  H     2     3:16.5712   2 1:34.0823

[Sheldon McIntosh]

Yep, that would be much better than present I think.  The Sa and b races were a little boring last week.

[hmd]

Story and pics on velocetoday http://www.velocetoday.com/archives/17905#more-17905

[Neil Choi]

Fantastic read, Alfa was well represented and several club members got great mentions.

[alfagtv58]

The last race for me (Group Sc)was awesome, 2 Porsches, 2 Alfettas and a 240Z nose to tail for the last 4 laps and changing positions regularly, about 1 second covered the 5 of us at the end 

This is a screen shot from the In Pit Lane you tube footage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoiEON6jwMM).  This typifies for me the last race that I was talking about earlier....all going hard, locked brakes, 3 abreast etc.....and it was like that for most of the race.  There is only a brief few seconds of this on the you tube clip, most of it is the Sports Cars (drooool).

[vin sharp]

Phillip Island was great event, especially with the turn out of so many Alfas. This in itself draws more attention, wanted or otherwise, to the marque in much the same way that the influx of Mazda rotaries to Group Nc has done.........
To that end, in subsequent conversations with officials of the event, competitors and other general spectators, it has been noticed that several Alfas were presented and competed in various inelligble forms  for various classes. It is suggested that from here on, Alfas will receive a certain amount of 'extra' attention regards being presented legally for competition classes. None of what has been mentioned is
"grey area" interpretation of regs. Wider than allowed wheels, lower profile tyres, vented brake discs, drilled suspension & brake components, coil-over suspensions and larger engine size were some of the very obvious things that were noted by many at a glance......these are black and white infringements and are pretty silly things to try and slide through. Why?.....1;because there are several "grey" areas that every marque benefits from, and if attention is drawn to a marque because of blatant silly things, that marque may well also have the grey areas severely tightened as well, while others are free to go on as is.   2; to knowingly present a car that is illegal can result in exclusion from the meeting, suspension or withdrawal of licences, and/or fines.  3; it makes everyone else who competes in that marque of car as 'suspect' in the eyes of other competitors and officials.
Advice is keep it tidy, as everybody is aware of what is plainly ok or not.......nobody wants to get Alfas 'labelled' and crunched while other makes go on as they are.