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The MG Car Club of Canberra will be holding round 1 of their regular Motorkhana series at the Sutton Road Driver Training complex Sunday, 26 May 2013.

For those that don't know, Motorkhana is a timed event normally held on a large flat surface, like a carpark, with a number of cones defining parts of the circuit. At the start of the day, drivers are given a several maps and need to drive as fast as they can through the designated course.

The quickest way around the course is to be smooth and retain the most amount of traction but some people do decide to slide around the track. It's not the quickest but definitely a fun to do it and a good show to watch. The organisors do not mind if you do this as long as you stay to the course and stay in control of your car.

This is probably the closest thing to legal drifting that Canberra has available.



Contact the MGCC Sporting Secretary if you are interested in competing - http://www.mgcccanberra.org.au/Committee/Committee.htm

Passengers are allowed but you will need to fill out a indemnity form on the day.

i will defenatly be a spectator to check it out.

it is a shame there isnt mor stuff like this round canberra - i know we all want to throw our cars around in a good enviroment - plus we aint all pro drifter and want to go to the big drift days - me personally i would like to but need to start at something smaller like this and skid pans.

lets hope the government can see these days as a good thing.

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