.2008 SUPERKHANA SERIES UPDATED July 7 2008
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We've got another great year ahead of Superkhana events planned for 2008. If you haven't competed for a while, you'll enjoy our new streamlined events and fabulous courses. And if you've never participated, these are ideal events for first-timers - we always have a few. If you're not sure, come along and have a look at one of our events - it's free. The Speed Dome is at the Eastern end of Eddie Barron Drive, in Midvale. Spectator entry is free and there is an excellent, shady viewing area with refreshments available on site. Take a look through the Superkhana web pages and see the fantastic variety of cars which has competed over the years. And the cost is still the same - just $65 for the best value motor sport day you'll enjoy. There's no need to modify your car, which will be checked prior for roadworthiness. Drivers need a good quality helmet. long sleeves and a competition license - many car clubs can issue a CAMS license and we can issue AASA Licenses on the day for $50 for a year's License. It's all straightforward and the easiest way to enjoy your motor sport.
2008 Superkhana dates:
August 31
October 5
November 2
December 7July 6 Superkhana - results
A huge field of entries, quite unexpected by the organizers, turned up to a cold but dry start after two weeks of rain. The mid-winter Superkhana turned out to be on a lovely sunny day, which was just as well as the big field meant some waiting. During the wait there was plenty to entertain with some spectacularly good driving as well as plenty of mistakes. An unprecedented number of competitors made Garage errors during the day. Perhaps it was the low temperature (it had got down to 0.7 degrees the night before) and tyres weren't warming up enough... Wet areas in the surrounding grass meant that two errant cars had to be towed out - something which has never happened before at the Speed Dome.
There was a vast range of cars among the vehicles entered - apart from the excellent array of Porsches.
Franz Esterbauer turned in some especially impressive times, taking first place. If not for a spin, Simon Lingford would have been in second place, but Rod Willis impressed all present in his supercharged MX5 taking it into second place. A serious attempt by Chris Caruso in the big V8 Jaguar saw none of the wheelspinning, tail-sliding antics many are used to, which took him into third place. Well done all.
Other drives of note included Craig Strong driving his 7-litre Cobra into 11th place outright. While it has plenty of mumbo, these cars are notoriously hard to drive in anything other than a straight line. Cade Bell's driving of the white Porsche 911 was also great to watch.
Provisional results are shown below.
August 31st is the next Superkhana - entries will open soon.
Superkhana July 08 1 penalties 2 penalties 3 penalties 4 penalties total 7 Franz Esterbauer 2004 Mitsubishi Evo8 MR 44.66 44.53 44.27 44.66 178.12 42 Rod Willis 1990 Mazda MX5 S/C 48.12 47.82 47.62 48.07 191.63 3 Chris Caruso 1976 Jaguar XJC 5.7 48.65 47.65 48.12 47.25 191.67 71 Craig Lampard 1995 Porsche 993 C2 48.78 47.53 48.22 47.44 191.97 16 Neil Richardson 2006 Suzuki Swift 48.56 48.52 48.26 47.85 193.19 26 Jarrod Ferrari 2006 Mitsubishi Evo9 49.07 48.96 48.31 48.37 194.71 75 Deryck Graham 1995 Porsche 968 RS 50.25 48.39 47.94 48.25 194.83 19 Simon Lingford 2005 Mitsubishi Evo9 46.31 57.36 45.88 46 195.55 10 Wayne Flanagan 1998 Subaru WRX STi Type R 49.41 49.69 47.67 49.22 195.99 44 Craig Strong 1990 RMC Cobra 50.1 48.33 50.34 47.94 196.71 69 Cade Bell 1974 Porsche 911 RS 49.34 56.02 G 45.35 46.28 196.99 51 Danny Cerro 2005 Mitsubishi Evo9 56.5 2xC 47.55 46.56 46.75 197.36 21 Denis Conway 2005 Subaru WRX STi 47.29 55.4 J 47.13 47.66 197.48 72 Paul Kluck 1995 Nissan Micra 49.87 49.25 49.72 50.19 199.03 60 Brad Petricevich 1993 Nissan Skyline GTR 59.37 G 48.28 48 47.15 202.8 24 Darren Wiese 1990 Mazda MX5 S/C 59.1 G 48.5 48.22 48.38 204.2 49 Gary Jacobs 2006 Porsche Cayman DS 51.5 51.04 51.03 51.25 204.82 68 Luke Poyner 1979 Toyota Celica RA40 52.28 52.02 51.31 51.53 207.14 34 Bill Wright 1978 Porsche 911 52.93 52.09 50.94 51.5 207.46 58 Piotr Zmigrodzki 2000 Proton Satria 59.68 G 49.56 49.88 51.19 210.31 70 Gerry Willems 2002 Porsche 986S 54.41 52.16 52.54 51.72 210.83
