Former V8 Supercar driver Gath Walden had a great run in his Commodore in the Super TT races

Round 1 of the 2012 Motor Racing Australia Series was held at Wakefield Park on Sunday, January 29.

Categories racing at the meeting were Super TTs, Mazda MX5s, Minis, Superkarts and Sports Sedans, as well as a regularity event.

The Super TTs and Mazda MX5s were combined, and divided into two groups. In Group A, Stephen Anslow took victory in all three races. Darren Pearce finished second in Race 1, but Bob Brewer finished second in Races 2 and 3 after a DNF in Race 1.

Group B, meanwhile, was taken out by Matthew Reid in his Mitsubishi Evo. Parry Anastakis put in a fine effort in his Peugeot 205, finishing in the top three in all three races.

The Mazda MX5s were separated from the Super TT cars for a trophy race, which was taken out by Jake Shelly, ahead of his father Steve Shelly. Shane Otten led for nine of the 10 laps but retired on the very last lap, allowing the Shellys through for their 1-2 finish. Neil Halls came home in third position.

Porter's Mosler taking the lead from Macpherson's Lotus

In Sports Sedans, Andrew Macpherson entered two cars: a Lotus Exige for himself and a Mosler MT900 for Ben Porter. Porter claimed victory in Races 1 and 3, while Macpherson took the spoils in Race 2. Dave Loftus (Toyota Starlet) was third in the first two races, before being relieved of the final podium position by Garry Stevens (Mazda RX7) in Race 3.

John Walker won all three races in the Minis, as Chris Adlam, Hans Riehs and Alan Ross battled for the minor places. Regular frontrunner Henry Draper unfortunately failed to start any of the three races after qualifying second fastest.

The Superkart races produced a mixture of winners. Greg Bass won Race 1, Mark Fenessey  won Race 2, and Jeff Reed won the final two races. In the non-gearbox kart class,

A big field of Superkarts kicked off the first event for 2012

Alan Dodge won Race 1, Graeme Taplin won Race 3, and Mark Robin won Races 2 and 4.