Due to the persistence of a few SEAC Club members, all the hurdles were cleared to enable the fourth round of the 2021 Motorkhana Series to be held at the Glenburnie Saleyards Complex last week.

Kevin Raedel and his small band of helpers came up with a set of tests for the day, that on paper, looked to be a bit of a handful.

The day started with the usual official “stuff” and a small field of competitors took on the layouts for the day.

First two layouts were “Paddy” and “Reverse Garage” and were both reversing events.

Running against the clock, each competitor pushes to the limit and this can be the undoing when reversing quickly resulting in hitting track markers or “wrong direction” penalties, of which there were a few.

“Double Kidney” and “Dollar” tests were set up next and were enjoyed by all, some a little too much.

Afternoon tests were variations to the popular Spiro Slalom and proved to be quite testing with only a few marker penalty or wrong directions being listed.

Tony Wallis, who has been down from his Adelaide Hills base with a variety of competition vehicles over the past few years and is extremely quick in everything with wheels, turned up with his latest “toy”, a very well put together Honda powered FWD Special.

Wanting to get some seat time, it worked out well to come to the Mount for a run and test the limits of the pretty green car and it got a good work out.

As is normal when Wallis competes, he proved to be the one to beat in all but one of the tests where a pedal mix up resulted in a bit of a spin, costing him extra time and places.

Of the local group, Phil Wilson and Ken Trimnell traded places all day for second and third spots with Bruce Hamilton showing some style in one test and not far off the pace in many others, using a borrowed car after breaking a driveline in the first test in his Falcon.

Wallis finished well clear of the field in outright scoring with a total of 407.76 seconds.

Wilson did the normal slide job in his Toyota Soarer and gave Wallis some pressure all day but could not catch him, finishing with a total of 481.43 seconds to be the runner-up.

Ken Trimnell also pushed the limits and had a couple of moments along the way to a total of 495.42 seconds for third outright.

Damien Wilson punished the Nissan Silvia at every test and totaled at 515.22 seconds for his efforts.

Rising from a long spell away from competition, Ashton Slotegraaf drove his old car with a totally different style, showing extremely good car control to be at the pointy end of the competition through the day.

His effort for the day ended with a total time of 550.01 seconds and fifth outright spot.

Bruce Hamilton made the sixth spot in his “borrowed” Magna, after breaking the Falcon earlier in the day, with a total of 559.69 seconds.

Geoff Wilson enjoyed the outing in the Magna a little too much at times, but came home seventh.

Tristan Crowe was another that had the enjoyment level turned up a bit high, but scored well in the cone penalty department resulting in a total of 583.62 seconds.

Next in the outright line, Chris Hortop filled ninth outright with his effort of the day including a few penalties, totaled at 602.27 seconds.

Josh Munn turned the Datsun 180B SSS inside out to get through some tests and after some encouragement from the car’s previous owner, Trevor Moore, put in a few good runs rounding out the top 10.

When the Handicap scoring system is applied, Phil Wilson is moved up to first (404.40) ahead of Wallis (407.76) and Trimnell in third (435.97).

Damien Wilson (448.24) stayed in fourth, while Bruce Hamilton moved up to fifth (470.14) followed by Geoff Wilson up to sixth (472.90), Slotegraaf dropped back to seventh (484.01), Crowe stayed in eighth (490.24), Beare (521.48), while Hortop completed the top 10 (530.00).

Next Motorkhana is listed to be run on 28th November at a venue to be advised.

Class Placings Points are Class B – Ken Trimnell; Class C – Damien Wilson; Class D – Phil Wilson; Class F – Tony Wallis; Class Junior – Ashton Slotegraaf; Class Ladies – Suzann Kent; Class M – Geoff Wilson.

SEAC Park was primed for a double dose of Rallycross and Autocross racing this weekend, but due to the new COVID-19 restrictions, the events are unlikely to go ahead.