Fathers day saw a good field of 32 on a lovely spring Queensland day take the track with most of the usual suspects, although a (relatively) new E class runner was there to challenge, with Bondy having a run in the very fast McMillan EVO 9.  All the fast cars were on the track at the same time, except for Bondy (sharing) so the resultant times were not quite on exactly the same track, with 4/5 getting a water truck on the last run. Run 4 saw only 0.07 between Moffit, Bond and McMillan in the closest class of the day, although Troy did do a "much" faster run at 44.55 on run 3, to take OR and FTD.  Well done Troy:). Some other notable performances included Barry Clark being fastest 2wd in the BMW, Wilhelm Link proviong a Volvo S40 is anything but boring taking 2nd in D Class, and Stephen Heatherman getting the very green RX7 to its full potential for the first time in about 2 years in C Class, Chloe Cullen proving the Type R Civic is a reasonable beast taking Ladies in her best run for a while, Maddy Dyba getting her (I think PB) of 51.6 and Jordyn Rieck being well pleased with a 49.2 being her best (also note that run 5 saw 49.69, 49.29 and 49.53 being pretty consistent for any experience level, let alone a Junior). Thank to all the flagggies and other officials in the spring heat and Cam inthe Canteen.

A windy Sunday saw reasonable field of 36 line up, with a very competative E Class field.

Mick McMillan took the win, but Troy Moffitt grabbed the fastest lap 43.43 (run 6 of 7), to better Mick's 43.60 on the same run. Alan Weinart kept them honest in third.

Best 2WD on the day was Bondy in the A Class Pulsar, just pipping Parkesy in the same car but fastest 2WD time was Barry Clark, with a 1:34.4 last run. 7th to 9th OR behind the 6 4WDs.

Scott Ward in the big block Pulsar was best JNR with a 1:38.2 last run, and 5th quickest B class car. Next was William Harris in a BMW and Connor McLeod in the Lancer, who had to swap into Dad's Lancer due to a lack of fuel for the last run. Stephanie Muston ended up best of the ladies with a run 4 time of 1:41.7 being the best time for the class. Chloe Cullen got close in the Fiesta with a 1:42.3, and almost bested that, in the Bond/Parkes Pulsar, after the Fiesta needed towing, with a 1:42.5 last run.

Best presented went to Peter Mapstones Red AU XR8:)

AGM was held at lunch, and a report will be posted shortly on that.

Two post event corrections:

Greg Woodbridge had 40 secs added for run 4, where only 1 lap was recorded, so his time is slowest in class plus 5 for that run, and Eva Hatje with a similar issue on run 6.  B Class was not affected but D Class placings are re-arranged with Peter Mapstone first (as announced) but Paul Trenear now second and Mark Phillips third, as Greg unfortunately dropped to 4th (from second).

Good field of 38 (again) with some very close class results including a tie for C Class between Leigh Randles (BMW 130i) and Kristiaan Amos in the Cameron McLean VL C'dore.   Unfortunately Michael Suhr had a double roll in The Mitsi Colt, and had to be taken for a collarbone check, and was very sore.  Hopefully not major.  The club wishes him a speedy recovery. Thanks to everyone for following protocol, and to the team from Proston (Brad Hurford, Krystle Power) for recovering the vehicle on their tilt, and putting it on its' car trailer. Much appreciated.

Good day with 38 starters and some good close times in most classes. Managed to get 7 runs in, so plenty of track time.

New event with 4 lap runs, but only the fastest lap time counts.

Three runs done prior to a downpour, so most got in 12 laps.

Best time is highligted for each competitor, DNF/DNS given 5:00.0.

Thanks to Donny, Coggo, Woody and Parkesy for getting the track/equipment ready:)

Results for 26 May, with small field of 22, but 8 runs for all:)

With the passing of John Connell (Jan 2019), it seems prudent to load the office bearers that have graced the club since its' inception in 1954.

For those that have been around the club a long time (Donny Power for example), there are many names/memories since that time.

It is worth noting that John was the longest serving President of the club, holding office between 2002 and 2017, and in that same period Jan Connell was Treasurer.  In the time since Ron Nielsen, Nev Thompson and David McDonald held the Pres, Sec and Treas positions, the club has been fortunate to have a no of people serve multiple terms, although none as long as John and Jan:

Errol Bognuda held one of the key positions for 8 years,

Graham Burrows also 8 (and went on to serve many years with the Ipswich Kart Club)

Agnes Byrne contributed 10 years,

Tom Gillespie and Allan Ransome gave 5,

Robyn Slattery 9,

and current Treasurer Peter has done a couple of stints over the years.

Note that the above does not take into account other position/work carried out for the club and just an example of some peoples efforts for the club.

I started in the club in 2002 (maybe late 2001) and John and Jan welcomed myself and the family into the club with open arms (as did all the club), and some of my memories include Jan, Betty Wedding and (my wife) Sue sitting in the tower with stop watches for the timing:). Competing at many eveents around SE QLD, John was always promoting the club, was keen to mix with other IWMAC members at the meetings and would always offer advice if asked (and sometimes if not), and has always been keen on assisting the younger members.  He and Jan also started motorsort in the days when you could rally a Monaro, when people like Peter Brock and Colin Bond were youngsters.  He had some very intersting stories to tell.

Below is the current version of a presentation from the 50th Anniversary showing the key positions over the years. Of course it does leave some long term workers off, like Donny and Kevin Parkes (VP for I don't remember how long), so please take these comments as just the tip of the iceberg in the clubs history.

Paul Bond

Yellow highlighted times are those that have missed laps, so are the slowest in class plus 5 secs as the time for the run.