The Sonic Evo 9 GT has scored the coveted 1st outright position at the Australian Evonationals for the 2nd year on the trot. This year things were much closer with David spears just 2/1000ths of a second behind after adding the combined top times for the 4 events: Wakefield Sprint / 700m drag / Airport [...]
This was my first state championship and up against some of the most fearsome machines in Australian motorsport it was a little daunting. I can’t recall of another evo competing in sports sedans in NSW or any other state sports sedans comp recently so it was a little special to represent the evo fraternity and [...]
The weekend of the 10th and 11th of March 2012 saw the Sonic evo campaign 2 supersprints on the trot at Wakefield Park Raceway, the 10/3/12 was a NSW Porsche Club supersprint, the 11/3/12 an Interclub supersrpint run by the NSW WRX club. I went with one goal, to get a PB! Part 1 – [...]
Been a bit lazy so this just a little late! My debut in the MRA series on 30th Oct 2011 was very successful, qualifying on pole and winning all 3 races! Can’t get much better than that. MRA (www.motorracingaustralia.com.au ) is a diversified race series run at Wakefield Park Raceway and Winton Raceway. There are [...]
The 2011 World Time Attack Challenge aka Superlap was a fantastic event, hands down the best time attack event i have ever competed in to date. The quickest and most amazing cars from around Australia and the world converged on Sydney’s Eastern Creek Raceway for 2 full days of motorsport.
April 11th, 2013 
Michael You could call it a downgrade, i call it an interlude and a bit of cheap honest fun…
My wife just gave birth to our third child, we’re building a new business that’s consuming wads of cash so the evo is up for sale. Problem is i still need a motorsport hit, so what to do?
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January 5th, 2013 Michael I decided to write this blog post out of the blue after watching the movie ‘The Social Network’… maybe it was because i just got the screaming shits with the really annoying actor playing Mark Zuckerberg, i don’t even know the actor’s name but if Zuckerberg really is such a complete know it all, antagonistic, arrogant wanker then he can suck on my Facebook…
What is the Facebook Algorithm? It’s the thing that gets you hits on your posts, it’s the thing that decides which of your friends see your coveted posts and it’s the thing that decides more people should see your posts if you pay some money. It has to do with how much you comment and ‘like’ on your facebook, how much you don’t, which friends of yours you do like and comment on and which you don’t and how much each of them comment and like, in the end it’s just one big maths exercise.
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July 2nd, 2012 Michael The Sonic Evo 9 GT has scored the coveted 1st outright position at the Australian Evonationals for the 2nd year on the trot. This year things were much closer with David spears just 2/1000ths of a second behind after adding the combined top times for the 4 events: Wakefield Sprint / 700m drag / Airport strip motorkhana / Wakefield Super Special Stage.
Going into the weekend i was worried whether the clutch and gearbox would last the event, the gearbox has been a bit notchy for a while and the clutch hasn’t been replaced since i bought the car, 2.5 years and over 30 events ago. with this in mind i went into the event with just two things in mind; to look after the car and to get a 1.02 at Wakefield.
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June 8th, 2012 Michael This was my first state championship and up against some of the most fearsome machines in Australian motorsport it was a little daunting. I can’t recall of another evo competing in sports sedans in NSW or any other state sports sedans comp recently so it was a little special to represent the evo fraternity and AWD enthusiasts at large.
The weekend started well, i spent only 3 x 20min sessions on track on Friday just making sure the car was ok and ready for competition, It went ok doing regular 1.41′s and 1.42s in moderate traffic.
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March 28th, 2012 Michael This is Part #2 of my supersprint weekend. Part #1 can be read here.
Part 2 – Interclub Supersprint
Sunday was going to be my day, i was praying the rain would stay away to ensure i could scrub in a fresh set of Hankook semislicks and hopefully have a crack at that elusive PB. The previous day i had used the 2nd hand Porsche Cup Michelin slicks all day and due to cutting the day short at 3pm for timed sessions i didn’t get a chance to get any laps in on the green Hankooks. My plan was to break out the Hankooks first thing on Sunday when the track was cool and really go for it. Having gotten my eye in the day before i was right on the gas from the first flying lap, pushing the car for all it was worth. As a result my first session saw a 1.04.08, a good start and .2 quicker than my best lap from the previous day but alas still .4 off my PB at Wakefield.
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March 15th, 2012 Michael The weekend of the 10th and 11th of March 2012 saw the Sonic evo campaign 2 supersprints on the trot at Wakefield Park Raceway, the 10/3/12 was a NSW Porsche Club supersprint, the 11/3/12 an Interclub supersrpint run by the NSW WRX club. I went with one goal, to get a PB!
Part 1 – NSW Porsche Club Supersprint
The Porsche club supersprint was fun with a number of serious Cup cars in attendance. The track was not in the best condition, with standing water on various sections after the previous week’s torrential downpour and subsequent floods in the area. As a result T2 had standing water all day, slowing laptimes considerably. The weather however was uncharacteristically perfect, with sunny clear skies all day, actually it was quite hot with the track temp up around the mid forties celsius just after midday.
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March 12th, 2012 Michael Been a bit lazy so this just a little late!
My debut in the MRA series on 30th Oct 2011 was very successful, qualifying on pole and winning all 3 races! Can’t get much better than that.
MRA (www.motorracingaustralia.com.au ) is a diversified race series run at Wakefield Park Raceway and Winton Raceway. There are classes for pretty much any spec car, from le mans type sports cars (Radical / Saker etc), Alfa’s, MX5s, min’s, superkarts, future racers and Super TT (Super Tin Top) cars. they have also recently introduced a Sports Sedan class which i will cdouble enter into next time.
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