Hello Race Fans,

The preliminary results are now in for the DMS Detailing Sprint at Wakefield Park!

There was not a cloud in the sky for the 8th EPCC.net.au event of the year – and what a day it was – there was understeer, oversteer, loose wheel nuts, plenty of kitty litter action and one competitor even put his car into the pond!

Just two more rounds to go now...be sure to get your booking forms in quick for the last two events.

A number of EPCC competitors may have been at the ATC and the BMW / Porsche Challenge however, it was still a full house with over 60 vehicles in the pits with everything from Alfa’s to VW’s and of course Andrie’s Radical Clubsport– without doubt the show stopping drawcard of the day.

Dave from Team Vodafone was on site and in car to help all competitors set new PB’s and give each entrant the best chance possible to take home their share of $1400 worth of prizes thanks to DMS Detailing and Sureflo Exhausts.

Joey with a new set of sticky Toyo R888’s was set to defend his win and ‘STIG’ title from the last Wakefield Park Event in a field of some seriously hot hatches including a 5 door Audi S3...and they weren’t making it easy for him.

Joey’s R26 was still the class leader though with a best time of 1:12.2460, narrowly ahead of Robert’s S3 on 1:12.4050 with Martin’s Meganne just a second of the pace on 1:13.3970...

At the end of the day though the handicap system had the results on their head with Desmo’s Polo Git and Anthony’s Clio Cup 2 tied for equal first on 25.6 pts with Joey narrowly missing out on the win with 24.8 pts in second and Sir Camel despite technical difficulties during the day coming home in third on 22.4.

Damien’s monster Lexus may have been out with gearbox issues (your gearbox would have issues to if it had 4ltr twin turbo bolted to the front of it) however, there were three more Lexus Sports Coupes on site to fill the gap going head to head with Germany’s Best – Tony in his BMW 135i and Doug in his Porsche Boxster in the Sports Coupe Class

Benzai was the class leader in his Lexus with a cracking time of 1:10.2990 with Jeff (also behind the wheel of a Lexus) just a second behind on 1:11.2040 with Tony doing Germany proud with 1:12.3190 on the board for the Bavarians in the E78 135i.

Benzai proved too fast for the rest of the class claiming the win with 15.2 pts with both Doug and Jeff on 13.6 pts in equal second place with Tony standing on the podium in third with 12 pts...four new competitors etching their names on the leader board and the history books this year.

Owen in his Jag XJ6 may have been the only person in his category (come on 4 door people) but you would not have guessed it by looking at him putting on some spectacular tank slapping action on almost every corner as he wrestled almost 2 ton of British Steel around the track to a personal best of 1:19.0110 and winning the converted “STIG” award of the day narrowly ahead of Belal...very close guys!

The ‘Circuit Breaker’ award – a bonus prize for the fastest lap set – was not on the table at this event as Andrie is a good 10 seconds clear of the entire field – even with only one hand on the steering wheel, one eye closed and both his feet tied together...that kind of happens when your vehicle is engineered to compete in LeMans – it is beyond fast!

So instead he spiced up the open class, created to cater for a growing field of JDM entrants wanting in on the fun...and the prize pool - $1400 worth why wouldn’t you!

Andrie obviously led the field with 0:58.4160 laps with the mad Mazda’s of Belal and Dion a respectable 17 seconds behind.

It was Dion in the Mazda RX8 though that stood atop the podium at the end of the day in the open class on 19.8 pts with both Owen (in the mighty Jag) and Dani (in the R33) coming in equal second on 19.2 and Andrie claiming the last step on the podium with a further 18.6 points to add to his tally (now leading the class).

Congratulations to all the above winners each winning a $200 Stage 1 Detail at DMS Detailing dmsdetailing.com.au/ - they can also upgrade to a Stage 2 Detail for only $100!

Andrie and Owen also win a $100 cash credit off any Sureflo Performance Exhaust product / service thanks to Greg and the Crew, visit them at surefloexhaust.com.au

Special thanks to Dan and the team from DMS Detailing and also Greg and the crew from Sureflo Exhaust for their support, Dave from Ian Luff Motivation Australia, the Circuit Club Team and Wakefield Park staff for another successful event.

Want to be part of all the action excitement and get your hands on some prizes at the next round?

Then join other enthusiasts at Eastern Creek on Saturday the 24th of October for the Euro Automotive / Euro Revolution Unitronic EC Sprint - $800 on the line this event so be quick with those entry forms!

Date: Saturday 24th October

Time: 7:30am – 4:30pm

Location: Eastern Creek Raceway, Blacktown

Cost: $270 [$270 payable to BMW Clubsport and $20 to EPCC] including driver training, motorsport photography*, in car and external circuit footage, light refreshments and lap timing.

Other: A Cams L2S Licence is required however, a day licence can be purchased for $45...there is plenty of time to obtain an annual license from CAMS, visit cams.com.au/ for more information.

So with $800 worth of goodies on the table contact motorsport@bmwclubnsw.asn.au to secure your spot today...or you may be left watching from pit wall.


For more information contact us via email at info@epcc.net.au