Brisbane,
Queensland –
Lakeside Motor Racing Enthusiasts
is taking its next meeting to inner Brisbane to reach more of the motorsport
faithful, share the history, and discuss the opportunity to return motor racing
to Lakeside International Raceway.
The club has
received support from car and bike racers around the world. And while they react
with disappointment upon hearing the current circumstances, they are equally
quick to offer assistance and share fond memories from the first four decades of
motor racing at Lakeside. LMRE hopes to discover more heroic trackside stories
that were a common sight at the heritage listed circuit and defined the culture
of motor racing in Queensland.
The best story
will be published on the website (www.lakesideraceway.com)
and enthusiasts from all disciplines of motorsport are encouraged to bring along
items of memorabilia for display.
The casual
meeting will be hosted by the Motorcycle Sportsmen Club at 35 Crosby Rd, Albion
on Monday, 31 May at 7:00pm.
Food and
drinks will be available with $5 pizza and a cash bar.
LMRE president, Ian
Milton said,
"It's
an opportunity to make ourselves more accessible so that people can see for
themselves who we are, ask us questions and offer any suggestions they may
have."
Please find below a story of Jim Clark competing
in the Tasman Series at Lakeside by David McKay:
"I was looking forward to watching Clark in action at Lakeside where the
organising club's patron, Sid
Sakzewski, had put up a thousand quid
inducement for the first 100 mph lap. The best 2.5 litre racers in the world
had all had a shot at it over the past couple of years
- Brabham,
McLaren, Surtees,
as well as local flyers Youll,
Stillwell, and Matich -
and the present record stood at 57.7 set by Matich a year ago.
With Moss no longer racing, Sid's
grand looked pretty safe until Clark came on the scene and immediately
started lapping in 56's,
finishing with a neat 55.0. The "straight" at Lakeside has a definite corner
at three-quarter distance which warranted the respect it was was accorded by
the 2.5 litre brigade .There was always the reassuring momentary lift off the
throttle, no safety fences then and an
off-line car would somersault forever and a day given the usual entry speed of
145 mph.
So it came as a shock to hear the bellow of the Lotus exhaust on full song
past the control tower and on through this dangerous corner. I had been
walking back from the pits to the paddock and remember stopping and listening.
Surely not on full throttle.
I
waited for the dark blue helmet to appear again,
no doubt about it, no sign of a
comforting lift, foot flat all the
way. As if to prove it, two small
puffs of dust hung in the air, one
where Clark's left front wheel had clipped the entry on the inside and another
further on where the right rear had been fractionally wide at the exit. Bloody
hell !"
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Objective
LMRE’s
goal is to re-instate club level
motor racing at Lakeside International Raceway as soon as possible and
assist whichever body will best achieve that outcome.
We are not seeking the future ownership or management of the circuit.
Next Meeting
Monday, 31
May 2004 @ 7:00pm
at Motorcycle Sportsmen Clubhouse - 35
Crosby Rd, Albion.
