On a cool, overcast but thankfully dry winter Sunday in June, some 24 drivers attended the Club’s fourth round of the Yokohama/Traction Tyres Drivers' Championship at Broadford.  My flag-marshalling duties at the start/finish line all day afforded an excellent view of the action on the small, undulating and twisty Broadford track.  There was an eclectic mix of entries, BMWs actually in the minority, but only by one with several MX-5s, Alfas, a Ford Focus, Renault Clio, WRX, souped up Torana and even a Holden station wagon.  BMWs ranged from Rachael’s little 318is to Walter’s new M5.

With five of the flag points manned and Danny at pit exit plus Lucy in timing under Jo’s usual watchful eye in the control tower, the day ran smoothly with no major incidents and (almost) everyone had a lot of track time.  Sadly, Stan Armstrong’s return to the track after 18 months lasted only 2 laps after a valve failure in his new engine.  The Club also came through with catering at lunch, after the track café closed up shop early in the day.

All in all a great day, even despite some further hearing loss for me every time the Subaru went past (sans muffler!). The next motorsport round is at Winton on July 20^th, and will include Driver Training as well.  I would encourage everyone to consider entering as I expect a lot of track time for all once again.

Paul Kertes  |  Member #12
BMW Drivers Club Melbourne

Photo: Andrew Brown
Event date: 16 June 2019