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PCNSW Supersprint No 1 2017


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Yesterday , Eastern Creek  ( Sydney Motorsport Park ) GP Circuit  , fine weather & 27 degrees cel , nice conditions & great circuit , big turn out of competitors ( booked and then some ) 87 cars competing in the first PCNSW Supersprint for 2017

There were a few spin -off's during the day ( particularly ) ofter the oil spill event , but luckily there were no cars hitting anything hard , like concrete barriers , I think because everyone just backed off after the oil spill event , during the morning track sessions one of the competitors cars sprung a oil leak( large wide spread oil spray ) & it was not the normal oil on track incident that might effect say 1/3 of the entire track , this oil release was a wide even spray that covered the entire racing line for the entire length off the circuit , the track was closed while there was the normal dust/cover the entire length of the circuit oil spray with cement powder 

The next session out onto the track was a dusty sliding event & the track got a bit better as the day went by but never recovered to a normal dry track condition , so basically we had a strange end of day track times where the competitors ( in the main ) had their best ( quickest ) times in the first two morning sessions ( if they got a clear lap )& the rest of the day was making the best of what was out there 

The Front engine'd Porsche guy's did quite well under the circumstances , below are some results from the "R" spec Tyre'd competing cars , meaning the cars competing on road legal tyres as compared to racing slicks which is a different thing all together 

Below, where I mention } 1st outright , I mean the quickest Porsche on the day with "R" spec road legal tyres ( NOT Racing Slicks ) 


1st outright and 1st in class 2 was Mark Croudace in his 997GT3                      = 1.43:363
2nd outright and 2nd in class 2 was Warwick Morris in his 981GT4                   = 1.43:715
3rd outright  and 1st in class 1 was Mark Bloxham in his 31 year old 3.0L 951  = 1.45:034
4th outright and 2nd in class 1 was Sean Buchanan in his 31 year old 3.0L 951= 1.45:122

And whats nice is all the above cars drove to the circuit on their tyres & raced and drove home , and if there was a class for competing Porsche's that were used 6 days a week driving to and from work , then Sean's 951 would have been first outright ( but there is no class that that )

The below is a small list of what came in behind these guys 

997GT3   ,   911RSR Replica ,   996GT3   ,   997GT3RS    , 981Cayman     ,   991GT3    ,  981GT4    ,  981 GT4    ,   996GT3   ,  987 GT4   ,  981GT4   

Sean normally does a 1.43 in his 951 on the GP circuit , but in the early sessions , these are the most crowded & its very easy to not get a clean fast lap because of just coming up to one car and slowing you for a few seconds ( that fast lap is gone ) , so its not easy for all competitors to not just get a clean lap in , but during that unexpected clean lap you also make no mistakes at all , this clean lap & no mistakes could take all day or not at all , thats the fun thing about SuperSprints , its not racing , its you and you're car against the clock 

What Sean & I was very pleased with is our customers Porsche's did very well on the day , Mark Bloxham in the car Sean built for him from scratch , his 1986 951 with a custom 8V 3.0L Vitesse Stage 5 ,E85 fuelled  road & track car , and just recently Sean updated Marks car with some very trick lower control arms & the very large custom front discs & hats & the massive custom brake callipers Sean installed & talking to Mark yesterday , its now very stable and the brakes now gives him much greater confidence going very deep into corners at ludicrous speed  chasing down GT3's  

Then we have Chris Moriarty in his 1991 951 , Sean built his engine from scratch , still a 2.5 , but with slightly oversize Wossner Pistons and high quality custom con-rods , Sean ( very recently ) installed into Chris's car a new set of Moton CS coil over "with remotes" shocks & Eibach springs & Chris completely destroyed his previous best time & won class 5 & Chris still has the dreadful tall 951 final drive & no 4 plate competition  LSD , Chris is going to be very fast once this is done 

Shane Navin in his Targa Tasmania version ( meaning its designed by Sean to do that sort of event ) 951 that Sean built for him a few years ago came in 2nd in class 5 

Then we had Michael Vinall in his 1985 2.5 944 won class 6   & Fred D'Cruz in his 1983 2.5 944 came in 2nd in class 6 

So all in all , Team Buchanan did OK yesterday , but more importantly is the smiles on the faces of these guys after a good track run , its priceless 

Bruce Buchanan
Buchanan Automotive 
 

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Great report Bruce. Felt like I was there! Miss those fun days with the Team and good competition at the track in our Street cars vs the Teutonic might of the Factory in the shape of the GT3 and Cup cars. Good times! 

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It was a shame the oil spill compromised everyone's efforts. Great to see the decent front engined presence there too and meet a few of you. It was helpful to look over what folks have been doing with their track street/track 944s too.

I'll be back at Eastern Creek tomorrow to see how some of the ladies are getting on at the interclub SS but it looks like it could be a bit wet.

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