The Canterbury Car Club has edged ahead in the race to win the coveted 2022 Dave McCahan Canterbury Interclub Trophy at the Ratec Motorsport Inc. Leeston Autocross on Saturday (2nd April).
Even with Ratec’s Byron Kelsall (Subaru WRX) winning the round to claim the coveted 20-points, the Canterbury Car Club claimed first blood with second placed Steve Hall (Yaris GR), third placed John Rathgen (Pulsar GTi-R) ably supported by Ben Gill (WRX) 6th, Adrian Harris (Moke) 8th and Tony Chapman (Swift Sport) in 10th, scoring a total of 76 points.
The Ratec team of Kelsall, Allan Coker (GR Yaris) 7th, Dwight Parlane (WRX) 11th, Nathan Burrowes (Legacy) 12th and Bruce McArthur (Corolla) 19th earned 57-points. Autosport Club and Ashburton Car Club scoring 38 and 36-points respectively.
Kelsall excelled in the early slippery conditions grabbing a more than 4-second lead over Daniel Males (Mini) from the Ashburton Car Club with Rathgen in third and Hall in fourth. After the second course Hall had moved into second and was closing the gap on the leader. It was all on for the third course but Kelsall held on with Hall and Rathgen taking the other podium places.
The Ratec Motorsport club would like to acknowledge the generosity of the farmer who loaned them the large paddock to run the Motorsport NZ approved event.
Points after 1 of 8 Rounds:
Canterbury Car Club 76
Ratec Motorsport Club 57
Autosport Club 38
Ashburton Car Club 36
The next rounds are:
Round 2: June 11th – Ashburton CC – The Levels Dual Car Sprint
Round 3: June 25th – Canterbury CC – Ruapuna Seal Autocross
Round 4: July 24th – Autosport Club – TBA Gravel Sprint – more soon.
Round 5: August 7th – Canterbury CC – Ruapuna Dual Car Sprint
Round 6: September ?th – Autosport Club – Grass Autocross – Venue tba
Round 7: October 15th or 16th – Ratec M/Sprt – Banks Peninsula Hillclimb
Round 8: November 11th – Ashburton CC – Scotty’s Gravel Sprint
There are usually 4 tarmac events and 4 loose surface events.
The winners are decided by the top 5 place-getters for each club earning points from 20 down to 1.
The tussle for the 2022 has begun!
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