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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne;VALUE=DATE:20260117
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne;VALUE=DATE:20260119
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URL:https://smartiesracing.au/events/2026-revival-sandown/
SUMMARY:2026 Sandown Revival
DESCRIPTION:Both Michelle and Michael attended the inaugural Sandown Reviva
 l.  Michael was stationed in Race Control whilst Michelle competed in the
  Regularity class.\n\nMichelle's weekend was off to a rough start with Fer
 nando failing scrutineering.  Along with several other competitors\, Fern
 ando failed scrutineering due to seatbelts that did not meet requirements.
   At many hillclimb events\, seatbelt requirements are lower as only one 
 car is on track at a time\; additionally\, at historic circuit events many
  cars are exempted from seatbelt requirements due to their historic nature
 .  Unfortunately Sandown Revival was neither a hillclimb not an historic 
 event\, so seatbelts were mandatory and needed to meet stringent requireme
 nts.\n\nMichelle and one of the other competitors made a quick trip to a m
 otorsport supplier and both purchased new seatbelts before returning to th
 e track to install them.  Michelle had her belts installed in time for th
 e afternoon session\, but having missed regularity practice she had to gue
 ss at a time to nominate.\n\nSandown Revival originally planned to run all
  regularity vehicles in a single 30 minute session.  Due to the speed dif
 ferences between cars\, this was changed to 2 x 15 minute sessions.  On S
 aturday the group split was set at 1:58 per lap which resulted in 8 cars i
 n the class Michelle was in.  With a nominated time of 3:00 and lap times
  between 2:50.5 and 2:53.4\, Michelle come in 7th place with one vehicle n
 ot finishing the session.\n\nOn the Sunday Michelle was able to get on tra
 ck for the practice session where her fastest of 6 laps was set on lap 4 w
 ith a time of 2:25.1.\n\nMichelle nominated a time of 2:23\, the same time
  as nominated by Rachael Brown who has significant experience in regularit
 y events in her Morris Special.  As Michelle is still learning about circ
 uit racing she elected to follow Rachael for the entire session and they c
 ame in 4th and 5th with Rachael thinking she'd adjusted the engine advance
  a little too far for the afternoon.\n\nWith a view from race control\, Mi
 chael thinks that Michelle and Rachael will provide some significant compe
 tition for each other at future events.\nMore than Track Action\nAs well a
 s all the on-track action\, Michelle wanted to show support for the Sandow
 n Revival organisers and thank them for the event entry by joining the fas
 hion show.  With a large break between the regularity practice session an
 d the actual competitive event on the Sunday\, Michelle went to the Member
 s' Reserve for the awards in the middle of the day.  Apparently this was 
 even more nerve wracking than preparing to go circuit racing for the first
  time!\n\nHaving disclosed to the judges that she was primarily at the eve
 nt to race\, and with both judges being racers as well\, Michelle feels th
 at winning the Upcycled Fashion award may not have been fully deserved\, b
 ut all of the regularity competitors said she was the rightful winner.\nRe
 sults\nFor both the Saturday and Sunday\, event competitors were given 50 
 points at the start of the session.  For every 0.5 seconds over time they
  lost 1 point and for every 0.5 seconds under time they lost 5 points.\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Circuit
LOCATION:Sandown International Motor Raceway\, Racecourse Drive\, Springval
 e\, Victoria\, 3171\, Australia
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