After six decades, sporting car club still going strong
CLUB IN FOCUS
THE Warwick District Sporting Car Club has a full calendar of events booked at Morgan Park Raceway this year.
Early this year, the club spent more than $1.2 million on resurfacing and upgrading the 3km main track at the raceway.
Morgan Park Raceway has already hosted 500 competitors since the track was re-opened and track records are being broken galore.
The club has 90 members from across south-east Queensland and has operated at Morgan Park for more than 60 years. Racing was originally on a dirt track.
This weekend, the club will host round 1 of the Queensland Motor Racing State Championships and the weekend after round 1 for B-sprint drivers.
One hundred entries are expected for the state championships this weekend and 130 for the B-sprints.
The club has only three weekends without racing until mid December such is the interest in motorsport on the Southern Downs.
Club treasurer Mike Reynolds said the biggest events for the rest of the year would be the National Historics on July 1-2 and the Australian Superbike Championships on August 24-27.
"We are staging the Queensland and Australian Sprint Championships on November 18-19,” he said.
Anyone keen to volunteer at Morgan Park Raceway, even during the bigger meetings, is welcome to call the club.
WHAT: Warwick District Sporting Car Club
WHERE: Morgan Park Raceway
CONTACT: 0437471433
