Perfect weather greeted entrants of the NSW Production Sports Car Championship at Oran Park. Once again our category was almost last of the blocks so there was ample time to get ready for qualifying. Unfortunately, no matter how much time you have life dishes up little surprises. During lap two of the session, the Sysfig Racing 911S began violently overcorrecting after each turn. It very quickly worsened, almost bringing me into the tyre wall under the bridge at the exit of turn two, then at the next corner sending me into the kitty litter. I soon realised that I had a flat left rear tyre, forcing me to coast into the pits. That was qualifying.

New Dunlop race rubber was fitted to the left rear wheel prior to race 1 on the Saturday afternoon however as few clear lap runs were conducted during qualifying, my starting position was right at the back of the grid. After launching start where a number of places were gained, I miscalculated the braking zone on the second lap through turn 1 at about 170km/h and decided it would be better to keep straight dusting off speed and head through the gravel trap rather than force a turn at too high speed. I thought I may be able to creep out although the 911S was bogged in no time forcing out the safety car. With the race only 6 laps, by the time I was hauled out by the tow vehicle I was unable to catch up to the back of the field the race was over. It's back of the grid again for the next race.

A solid start once again Sunday morning race 2 making a few positions ducking deep on the inside into turn 1 and holding position. Lap 2 and into turn 2 Stannard (Porsche 993 RS) dived in on the inside of Bolinowsky (Porsche GT3) resulting in the both spinning and joined in a car park situation by Anderson (MX5) and most other C class competitors. I was able to bypass the chaos on the inside making up around 4 positions. The A class cars of Pye (GT3 Cup) and Adams (Robnell Cobra) passed me during the course of the race after a black flag penalty, while I continued fighting to stay ahead of the angry mob behind me. On the last corner onto the straight of the last lap, I was needlessly turned around by an prior incident fast recovering RX7, with the rest of the field passing me by. Back of the grid again and no penalty issued by the stewards for the incident.

Trophy race and second last from the back of 26 starters, the 911 launched again (I love the carbon Kevlar clutch) getting me in front of most C and D class cars by the first few corners of the GP circuit. After a fierce race with a few scars received on the back end of the 911S, I managed to hold my position with a gaggle of MX5’s and Lotus? behind me and ended in 15^th position overall. A good recovery, although disappointed at not being able to get further up the class B field. At the end of the weekend I had both rear Simmons rims damaged, very few class B points although the action between all classes ensured it was worth the effort.