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EDITION No. 61 JULY 2016 EDITION EDITION No. 61 LOTUS NEWS . NZ’s MOST FAMOUS LOTUS 18 . HETHEL THE SECOND TIME . LOTUS at McLAREN . THE LEGO CATERHAM . THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF CLUB LOTUS NZ Inc. and 1 - EDITION No. 61 — JULY 2016 THE CLASSIC TRIAL REGISTER EDITION The Official Magazine of Club Lotus NZ Inc. and the Classic Trial Register Club Lotus NZ Inc. PO Box 100 869, North Shore Mail Centre, Auckland 0745 Web - www.clublotus.org.nz Facebook - Club Lotus NZ You Tube— Club Lotus New Zealand Forum—www.thelotusforums.com President David Crandall—[email protected] Secretary/Editor Rex Oddy—[email protected] Treasurer Kevin Newton—[email protected] Membership David White - Bronwynne Leech, Peugeot 205 GT1i 4 has won the 2016 PPG Classic Trial Ladies Championship ahead of Robyn [email protected] Riding and three times winner Sheridan Broadbent. Bronwynne and Sheridan (Valiant Pacer) are pictured here at Motorsport Liaison the 2016 Festival of Motor Racing at Hampton Downs. Terry Riding—[email protected] Social Media Rich Miles—[email protected] General Committee Robin Stevenson, Nigel Brock, Geoff Sparkes Bay of Plenty Coordinator John Mallard—[email protected] Wellington Coordinator Mark Gregory—[email protected] Club Lotus NZ is a MotorSport New Zealand affiliated club EDITIORIAL This is my first issue as a proper Editor and receive in the future. now after nearly two years at the helm I The second prime reason was a prefer- Classic Trial Register can now rant on about issues. Anything I ence to hold something in your hand. TAC- 2004 Hunua Road, RD3, Papakura, Auckland 2583 write of course is my opinion and not that COC quote the magazine published by the of Club Lotus NZ or the Classic Trial Regis- combined Lotus clubs in Australia, a maga- Web - www.clublotus.org.nz/classictrial ter. zine concept on which EDITION is based, I have recently been reading the Editorial and the Aussies issues with electronic and Classic Trial Director Ross Vaughan— in the Autumn edition of Bespoke, The printed media. [email protected] Thoroughbred and Classic Car Owners Of the three Lotus Clubs that make up the Treasurer Club’s (TACCOC) magazine. The Editorial Lotus in Australia. Victoria issues both David Tolhurst sadly reports on the recent proliferation of printed and electronic versions of the mag- General Committee electronic newsletters published by car azine. Queensland polled their members John Miller, Syd Davis, Terry Riding clubs and addresses the merits and demer- and found 70% were happy to pay extra to its there of. receive a printed copy. We know the NSW Listed were a number of car clubs in New based Club Lotus Australia has given up on Zealand that have recently given up print- printed magazines all together so no con- ed newsletters in favour of electronic me- sistency there. dia. Club Lotus is one of the clubs listed. While I acknowledge the advantages of a There were two prime reasons why this hand held publication I do own an iPad and Front Cover picture option is not favoured by TACCOC. The first I tend to do my reading using such. I also Dave Gowenlock’s is the abysmal quality of proof reading that tend to be a bit of a magazine collecting recent trip around the appears in electronic media. TACCOC is not anorak, the only problem is that I cant find South Island. Dave’s Exige photographed quite sure why this is worse in electronic the article I want. The future—electronic here on Arthurs Pass. media, but on this point I apologise for media but with an index. Back Cover picture Back page from the what has gone before, what is stuffed up in December 1960 Motor this issue and for what you no doubt will Racing magazine. Cheers Rex 2 - EDITION No. 61 — JULY 2016 PRESIDENTS REPORT DIRECTORS REPORT Hello Greetings Welcome to Edition 61. I hope that you enjoy the content of this With the summer season now over most of the Classic Trial cars are issue. garaged awaiting the 2016/17 PPG Classic Trial Championship that commences with the Historic Racing Club Icebreaker meeting on There has been quite a bit happening with Club Lotus New Zealand the weekend of 10 – 11 September at Hampton Downs Motorsport over the past few months. Park. As with most of the 2-day race meetings we have the Classic Trials on the Saturday – practice and 3 trials over 2 days means a The new committee is now up and running. There have been some lot of sitting around and the 1-day out appeals to most of the driv- changes in roles, as well as some new committee members. Wel- ers. Our entry tickets will get us into the circuit on the Sunday if we come to Kevin Newton (treasurer), and David White (membership). wish to watch more racing. Geoff Sparkes has also re-joined the committee – bringing a wealth of experience as a past president. I have taken over from Rex Oddy Due to low entry numbers at last years HRC Brass Monkey meeting, (who is now secretary & continues as editor of Edition). Certainly this years meeting, usually held in mid-July, was cancelled. The big boots to fill. However the team is full of energy & enthusiastic, Classic Trial Register used this event for its Winter Championship. so the momentum will carry on. Just when we thought it was going to be a no go Winter Champion- ship, the Commodore Car Club invited us to boost the numbers at New Zealand is again without an official Lotus dealer. Simply Sport- their August meeting at Pukekohe Raceway. If any readers are in- Cars in Sydney are the Australasian master agent and are looking to terested in trialing their car in this event it’s not too late to enter. appoint someone over here, however it will be a case of wait and Not being a Sanctioned Series, a MSNZ Log Book is not needed. If see. The strengthening of the New Zealand dollar against the pound you are interested, entries are now open on the Auckland Car Club since Brexit will certainly allow cars to be quite a bit more afforda- website. Any new drivers to Classic Trial would need to check their ble. Hopefully something develops here. cars eligibility with me first. ([email protected]) If you check out the club website you will see that there are plenty The Register is holding its annual Luncheon and Prize Giving at the of events leading right through to 2017. In addition to these Horse and Trap, 3 Enfield St, Mt Eden on 21 August from 11am. Wednesday Wanders are organised each month, and there is always This year we will be having an AGM prior to the luncheon. For the a good showing of members at the Caffeine and Classics event at first time we will hold an election for Officers and discuss where the Smales Farm in Auckland each month. Well worth checking out if CT Register is heading. Terry Riding, a Register member and MSNZ you have not been along before. Also, if you haven’t already done Steward, will go over his discussions with MSNZ involving a possible so don’t forget to look at the club facebook page. There is also now North Island MSNZ recognised Championship. All interested parties a dedicated forum for New Zealand owners on the Lotus Forums. are welcome to attend the AGM and luncheon. (email numbers to me) As a final note, it looks like this years Twighlight track evening will be morphing into a Saturday event at Pukekohe. This will again be With the rising cost of circuit hire we may find that in the future run by Playday on Track, and should prove to be an enormous there will be more meetings at Pukekohe Park Raceway and Bruce amount of fun again. McLaren Raceway at Taupo. While the new extension at Hampton Downs Raceway is now completed, it appears it will only be used Best regards for International meetings and for the use of Tony Quinn’s GT Club members. Two Register cars, Paul Couper’s Westfield 11 (2min 00) David and my Alfa (2min 26) have been round this new track. Paul, a GT Club member, at the wheel of both cars! I had the privilege of being the passenger in the Alfa for the few laps and I can tell it was an amazing ride with some tricky bends (especially with someone else driving your car on road tyres!) I suppose we can only hope there might be a relaxation of this decision and we get a chance to drive on this great track. The corporate boxes above the existing garages are now completed and there is a viewing platform at the end over- looking turn 5 and the main straight. This position truly offers the best vantage point of the circuit. The Register is always on the lookout for new drivers and anyone with a suitable car would be welcome to join us at any of the new seasons meetings. Cheers Ross Left—The new turn 5 viewing area at Hampton Downs Left above—Paul Couper in his Westfield Eleven at Hampton Downs. Not a corner that comes to mind 3 - EDITION No. 61 — JULY 2016 4 - EDITION No. 61 — JULY 2016 LOTUS NEWS HETHEL EDITION EVORA 400 DRIVES 50TH ANNIVERSARY HOME Limited edition Evora 400, celebrating 50 years of Hethel factory Exclusive heritage colours 0-60 mph in 4.1 seconds; maximum speed of 186 mph A significant anniversary requires a significant car and, Lotus is mark- a special commemorative build plate, the Hethel Edition Evora 400 ing 50 years since the founding of its famous factory with a limited combines high performance with Lotus’ legendary chassis develop- Hethel Edition of its benchmark Evora 400.
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