RACE TO THE NSW 6 HOUR REGULARITY RELAY BEGINS

THE JOURNEY to the 2023 NSW 6 Hour Regularity Relay has begun with entires open to compete in the popular grass-roots racing event.

The six-hour race will be held on the same piece of tarmac Supercars race on at Sydney Motorsport Park’s Grand Prix circuit on April 29-30.

Entries opened on Monday and a strong field is anticipated after 33 teams participated in the 2022 edition won by the Panorama Mountain Men team.

The race itself is a unique spectacle with teams consisting of multiple drivers and cars. Victory is not secured by being the fastest, but by being the most consistent.

After Saturday practice, each driver sets a nominated lap time between a 1:50.0s and 2:23.0s window and points are rewarded for lapping as close to the time as possible.

Bonus laps are rewarded for maintain regularity, while penalty laps are imposed when the driver goes faster than their nominated lap time. 

The winner will be the team that completes the six-hour journey with the highest lap score.

The race is run by the NSW Road Racing Club, which has been around since 1961 and it has grown to become their marquee annual event in the last decade.

NSW Road Racing Club chairman Ross Elliott said many teams are already keen on returning to the event where almost anything with four wheels goes.

“There has already been a bit of interest, so we just hope it will fill the field,” he told Auto Action.

“We can run up to 40 teams and each of them can have three to six cars and drivers.

“It is open to all cars. We have Datsun 1600’s, Mini’s, Capri’s, Flacons and Holden’s, all sorts of cars people can relate to.

“A lot of drivers use their daily driver in it because you are allowed to do it on a club licence.”

Elliott said the club is determined to keep the “best grass-roots event” growing in memory of a former club stalwart.

“The event was the baby of Kerry Butchers, who passed away after 2019, so we are trying to keep it moving for him,” he said.

“It is the best grass-roots motorsport event you can compete I think. It is a good event to be involved in.”

Teams looking to enter can do so HERE

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