{"id":206611,"date":"2018-04-17T21:42:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T11:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=206611"},"modified":"2020-08-05T11:18:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T01:18:32","slug":"sunshine-brings-out-the-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/04\/17\/sunshine-brings-out-the-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine Brings Out The Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Steve Hood, from Kingaroy, brought along his 1920s Case traction steam engine which is always a popular exhibit at South Burnett events<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The badly damaged Commodore is removed from the track on Saturday afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 18, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was plenty of excitement both on and off the track at the third annual Wondai Sprints held at the weekend.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s crowd numbers were down – possibly due to the weather – but the warm autumn sunshine had people flocking to the track on Sunday.<\/p>\n

There were 125 vehicles nominated for the sprints.<\/p>\n

As the times laps progressed several withdrawals occurred because of mechanical issues and a couple through accidents.<\/p>\n

The biggest prang occurred on Saturday afternoon when a Brock-replica Commodore came to grief against the concrete crash barriers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The driver was taken to Murgon Hospital by ambulance for observation.<\/p>\n

A Lotus Elise also sustained damage in another coming together with the barriers.<\/p>\n

The fastest vehicle over the weekend was driven by\u00a0Vikki Paxton, from Yatala, \u00a0who repeated who 2017 win in her four-litre open-wheel Dallara F301.<\/p>\n

Paxton has been on the podium at all the Wondai Sprints, coming third in the inaugural event.<\/p>\n

Motors in Motion president Kevin Krosch said it had been a terrific weekend, and he was especially pleased with the growth in entries for the show’n’shine.<\/p>\n

He said the decision to move the event from winter to autumn looks to have paid off, however the timing for next year’s event will depend on dates available from CAMS (the officiating body for motor sport in Australia).<\/p>\n

Off-the-track excitement occurred on Saturday afternoon when a Cessna 172 with a fuel blockage had to make an emergency landing on a grassed area at the back of the circuit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The landing went so smoothly some observers thought it was planned.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident (see separate report).<\/p>\n