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NEXT MEETING FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK

Its March already (almost April) and the year is skipping away at a rapid pace with our first event, a Monday khanacross amongst the trees and hills of the HDCC grounds at Hampton run and won (see separate story). 4th April 2011 A lot of work went into the organisation of the khanacross with Howie Grove putting in all the ground work and Ben Cullen again doing plenty of hard yakka as event secretary. Thanks also to all the officials West Ryde Hotel who braved the dodgy weather to come up and enable the event to run including Ross Middleton who 1021 Victoria Rd drove all the way from Bowral to hold the stop watches and record times, our new club secretary Lisa Emerson, Janice and Lynn, Rob Edwards and Tom Quirk, without you we couldn't have had the fun that we West Ryde had on the day. Thanks also to Michael Batt, Mick King and all the HDCC people for renting us the 7:00pm Hampton grounds and running the food van. It was a great club motorsport day and let's hope we see you there for our final khanacross of the year in November. Dress Requirements Shoes, Socks and Shirt. With the State Election decided and a new government in power it is still opportune for you to take the opportunity to contact your local member or candidate to remind them of the weight of numbers that come No thongs or T-Shirts from the realm of motorsport. We are seriously under catered for when it comes to motor sport and driver training facilities. While I would be the last person to advocate taking funding away from other sports, (I love all sports) the fact is motor sport has not received its fair share of funds in recent times. That is unless Website you count the ridiculous overspend on events like the Homebush street race, which brings little benefit to www.nsscc.com.au this state but does deliver big windfalls to V8 team owners and the V8 Supercar coffers. Imagine if the estimated $45 million the Homebush race cost could have been invested instead on a series Membership Enquiries of 'Driver Training' facilities in various parts of the state. Perhaps a 1.5 km tarmac track, a large vehicle manoeuvring area and a gravel perimeter road on a 20 hectare piece of waste land close to a range of Lisa Emmerson regional centres, perhaps one near Wyong, Port Macquarie, Coffs, Tamworth, Dubbo, Bathurst, Wagga, 0411 140 596 Albury and say Windsor, each one costing around $5million. Would that not be a better way to spend the [email protected] $45 million? Particularly given the money would stay in the state and generate revenue in rural areas. Couple those with new tracks that are on the drawing board at Newcastle, Nowra, Muswellbrook, Lucas Heights and a second club circuit at Bathurst as well as a new extra track at Eastern Creek and all of a sudden we might have some places to stage motorsport events. So take a look at the sample letters we attached to the February Wheelspin and say it loud and say it proud, start badgering the local members and IN THIS get something happening not just fro motor sport but safer drivers.

ISSUE On another subject I am sure all of our thoughts are with Bruce Garland who suffered a heart attack recently and has successfully undergone bypass surgery. As one wag said at least it proves Bruce has a heart! Bruce in typical Garland style told Wayne Elven he is still going to hold it flat till it blows! But seriously get well soon Bruce and take it easy. It hasn't been a very good 2011 so far for him following the Frustration for Taylor crash and back injury in the Dakar and being air lifted back home. Let's hope his fortunes rise for the and Smart in British remainder of this year. Rally Don't forget our other events this year Top 10 Finish for Aussies in World 22nd May Sunday Riverside Oaks Khanacross Debut 10th July Sunday Riverside Oaks Khanacross th CAMS Officials 18 September Sunday Riverside Oaks Khanacross Training Sessions 19th November Saturday Hampton Khanacross

From The Editor You will also be able to read in this issue about Molly Taylor's bad luck in her final shakedown in Britain ahead of her opening WRC drive as well as what happened in that first Academy outing at the wheel of the There’s Memories in R2 Fiesta in Portugal. Them Thar Hills - Tales of a Saturday Good Luck for the rest of the Year Molly! at Hampton For the rest of you I want to really implore you to start writing some stories for Wheelspin and also put in NSSCC Hampton any for sales or wanted ads you might have. Khanacross Results - 12th March 2011 It looks like we will have a new secretary to replace the long serving Peter Hagstrom and we also have a candidate to help with other key club administrative duties. We will have confirmation in the next Wheelspin FRUSTRATION FOR TAYLOR AND SMART IN BRITISH RALLY

Overheating problems put an early and disappointing end to Australian rally driver Molly Taylor's first event for the 2011 season in Europe.

The Sydneysider and her Queensland-born co-driver Rebecca Smart had entered the Rallye Sunseeker this past weekend, the first round of the British Rally Championship.

While they had hoped for as high a placing as possible, the main aim was to bed down the brand-new partnership between the two Australians, to fine-tune their pace noting system and the processes they will need to tackle the first event of the WRC Academy sub-series at the in Portugal next month.

“It was so frustrating,” says Molly.

“We were just starting to find our feet and things were falling into p l a c e w h e n t h e temperature warning light came on during the last stage (SS4) of the first loop.

“The problem is, the [Ford] Fiesta R2 has no temperature gauge, so I had no idea how hot it was – whether it was just a warning or if the engine was really hot and we were in danger of cooking it. All I could tell was that we were dropping power and going into limp mode.

“So we replaced the fan during service straight after that stage and went back out again. But we were only about a mile into stage five when the light came on again, so rather than risk damaging the engine, I made the call to pull out.

“We won't really know what the problem is until the guys strip down the car this week, but for sure it was frustrating. Apart from that, the only real issue I had was that I was rusty, because I haven't done an event since September.”

Aside from the drama and the disappointment, Molly says she and Smart were reasonably comfortable in the car on their first outing together, although they hadn't had enough time to build up to full commitment. That, they hope, will come next weekend.

Let's keep our fingers crossed for a better performance in the opening WRC academy event in Portugal which will probably have occurred by the time you read this.

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W H E E L S P I N 5 TOP TEN FINISH FOR AUSSIES IN WORLD RALLY DEBUT

Australian rally crew Molly Taylor and Rebecca Smart have finished eighth outright after making their debut in the first event of the 2011 FIA WRC Academy Cup, the .

The event started in Lisbon on Thursday, March 24 with a timed special stage through the centre of the city, before moving to the forests of the beautiful Algarve region in the south of the country.

The pair took it slow and steady initially, finishing the morning stages of Day One in 10th of the 18 Cup starters. The afternoon was not so kind – a spin on SS6 cost around 20 seconds, and then the Pirelli Star Driver scholarship winner flipped the Ford Fiesta R2 in the very next competitive stage after clipping a rock on a corner about six kilometres in.

“In one way it was not so good, because it happened in front of some spectators – so not exactly the sort of driving demonstration you want to give people!” Molly laughed.

“But in other ways we were really lucky it happened there, because they were able to help us get right way up and going again. And because we'd had a good run in the morning we only fell back to 13th for the day.”

After a fantastic job by the M-Sport mechanics who repaired the slightly battered car overnight, Molly and Rebecca had a consistent morning on Day Two, hampered slightly by a wheel alignment problem which they believe was a result of the roll.

They took it cautiously on the afternoon stages too, finishing the day in a solid eighth spot, giving them eighth outright for the weekend and four valuable points in the championship tally.

The Academy Cup competitors did not contest Day Three of the event (Sunday, March 27), instead spending the day analysing their performances with Academy staff.

“Portugal is known to be a rough event and there was major carnage among our fellow competitors as well as the WRC guys, so we're actually really pleased we made it through,” Molly said.

“We had so many dramas before the event that it was almost a relief to actually start. We did have some butterflies, but it was good to get going and it was really exciting to be out there – so we did enjoy ourselves!

“The crowds were amazing, and so encouraging – and we were really lucky we had some around at the right place at the right time. If they hadn't been there, it would have been a struggle to get going again and get a result.

“The car's handling was a bit nasty after the rollover, but we managed to work around that, and the main thing is that we finished and we got some points. Our first event – woo-hoo!”

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6 W H E E L S P I N W H E E L S P I N 5 Molly and Rebecca are among 18 crews contesting the FIA WRC Academy Cup, a sub-series of the WRC, which replaces the previous Junior WRC category and has been designed to give young drivers a strong foundation in all aspects of competing at the elite level. All are driving identical Ford Fiesta R2s prepared by World Rally Championship specialists, M-Sport, and fitted with a Pirelli control tyre.

Six of the drivers were successful in the Pirelli Star Driver Shoot-Out, winning a fully-funded scholarship to compete this year, Molly being one of them.

The next event on the Academy schedule is Rally d'Italia Sardegna over the weekend of May 5-8, but the Australians are also contesting a number of other rallies, including Round Two of the British Rally Championship – the Bulldog International Rally in North Wales this coming weekend. They are also running a Ford Fiesta R2 in the BRC.

CAMS Officials Training Sessions

It is easy for us all to bash CAMS, the governing body of our sport but without it our chosen past time would be anarchic and difficult to manage. CAMS is a very highly credentialed training organisation these days and held up as a guiding light by the world governing body of motor sport the FIA with many Australian officials used at F1 Grands Prix and WRC rounds because of their. Without officials we would have no organised motor sport and gaining some qualifications could open up a whole new world of opportunity for you as a motor sport enthusast. Below is a list of upcoming CAMS courses so take a look and if you are interested in boosting your skills and gaining some more knowledge contact Daniel Milazzo at CAMS state office and let them know you want to be a part of it

Daniel Milazzo 1300 883 959 Sport & Club Development Officer - NSW 0458 979 381

Month Date Course Location Venue

April Sat 9th Course Presenter Sydney Sports House

May Sat 7th Club Chief Regional Seeking E.O.I.

May Sat 7th Scrutiny Sydney Eastern Creek

June Sat 4th Silver Sydney Sports House

July Sat 2nd Timing Sydney Sports House

August Sat 6th Stewards Sydney Sports House

W H E E L S P I N 7 From The Editor

Hi All,

My name is James and I am very much looking forward to meeting you all over the next few months. If I don’t remember your name, please don’t be offended, I am really bad with names and will most probably have memorised your phone number first. I have not been involved with the NSSCC in the past, although was looking at getting a little more involved with some form of motorsport, after leaving ExtremeDriving in April last year and missing the action and adrenalin of a passion I find difficult to explain to my mother.

I would like you to welcome me into the new role as editor of your club magazine and ask that you don’t criticise too early as this is the first magazine I have compiled. I hope to offer any knowledge and expertise I may have learned throughout my working career to help add to the club.

Please, if you would like to advertise any cars, spares, parts or even yourself, I am open to all advertising opportunities as well as stories. I would like to start a competition through the magazine with a tri-monthly prize. The photo sent through which is voted the most popular over the three months will receive 1,000 free business cards donated by myself. To the left is one I prepared earlier in my roadcar.

More to come on this in the next issue. Please send any infor ma tion you would like published to [email protected].

Thank you all very much and I look forward to seeing you Monday.

8 W H E E L S P I N THERE'S MEMORIES IN THEM THAR HILLS - TALES OF A SATURDAY AT HAMPTON

Motor Sport history is marked with many more anonymous and forgotten sites and people than the ones that are remembered and revered.

Over the years I've been to many such historic motor sport places where I have just stood and closed my eyes conjuring up images of motor sport event long since done and dusted.

Places like the Tarrawingee circuit just outside Wangaratta, the Barry Way, Big Badja and Braidwood to Nowra road all stages on the critical last night of that famous first and toughest London Sydney marathon in 1968, the Gnoo Blas track at Orange or at the Gordonville Ford just outside Bellingen where thousands would gather to watch the Southern Cross protagonists tackle the deep water of the Bellinger River.

They're not the really famous places like Mt Panorama or Phillip Island or the Bunnings stage near Perth, but they're special all the same, places that make the images of motor sport heroics coming rushing back and the hairs on he back of your neck rise a little.

So it is too with places like Hampton where we staged our first NSSCC event of the year with a khanacross through the snaking tree lined tracks cut into the native forests in the valley far beneath the Hampton Half Way House Hotel.

Back in the day this was a place thousands of motor sport fans would come to in late October for their second International rally fix in a matter of weeks. This was the base for the KLG International Rally of the Hills, a 300 mile or around 500km two day rally with International status that attracted the Mitsubishi, BMC, Holden, Datsun and Ford works teams at various points through the 60s and 70s.

Standing in the middle of the Hampton grounds the other Saturday for our khanacross I remembered one of those heroic drives like that of Wayne Bell in 1975 when he started the KLG as car 70 and finished third to Andrew Cowan. What a history those forests and roads around Hampton hold but too often we pay those great motor sport shrines scant attention.

It was a great place for the opening event of the year and while not to many people were aware of the history of the Hampton grounds they were having an awful lot of fun sliding their machines around the challenging and technical roads that made up the khanacross course.

Everything from Mick King's thundering 5.7 litre Gen 3 GM V8 engined Nissan Skyline to Jake Elvin's VW powered buggy pounded around the four tests before the rain came and turned the tracks into skating rinks. Even though the rain halted the afternoon's proceedings most runners completed 12 runs (three on each of the four tests) meaning the $50 entry free was still good value and it was a helluva lot of fun.

In all there were 26 entries and Jake Elven did a fabulous job not only taking his class and the junior categories but also winning the event outright against plenty of experienced drivers in impressive machines. Well done Jake on a great job and a great win in challenging conditions. Make sure you do yourself a favour and mark down November 19th in your diaries and enter our final khanacross of the year, which will be back at Hampton once more. In between get some training in at our three Riverside Oaks events on May 22, July 10 and September 19

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Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Car No. NSSCC Class Name Total Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 1 Run 2 Run 3

12 Y J/C Jake Elven 00:43:72 00:42.65 00:43.50 01:30.19 01:29.84 01:31.97 01:21.00 01:20.00 01:31.00 01:13.00 01:13.00 01:12.00 04:44.49 4 Y A Brett Middleton 00:44.31 00:51.00 00:42.22 01:39.31 01:52.79 01:35.69 01:22.00 01:21.00 01:28.00 01:14.00 01:12.00 01:13.00 04:50.91 5 A Mick King 00:44.04 00:42.22 00:42.94 01:38.41 01:34.87 02:12.47 01:24.00 01:21.00 01:41.00 01:15.00 01:13.00 01:24.00 04:51.09 14 C John Taylor 00:44.69 00:44.00 00:42.84 01:42.00 01:39.03 01:37.78 01:22.00 01:14.00 01:14.00 01:12.00 04:54.62 17 Y C Andrew McMaster 00:44.87 00:44.22 01:39.50 01:24.00 01:22.00 01:24.00 01:13.00 01:14.00 01:11.00 04:56.72 34 A Doug Wallace 00:46.40 00:44.94 00:45.84 01:37.91 01:34.35 02:11.90 01:26.00 01:26.00 01:30.00 01:18.00 01:16.00 01:15.00 05:00.29 35 A Michael Batt 00:51.43 00:45.78 00:42.78 01:41.28 02:18.72 01:27.00 01:25.00 01:24.00 01:17.00 01:18.00 01:13.00 05:01.06 111 A Peter Dunn 00:45.75 00:56.13 01:36.72 01:41.28 01:24.00 01:48.00 01:15.00 01:48.00 01:28.00 05:01.47 19 A John Taylor 00:45.59 00:48.25 00:45.78 01:37.34 01:38.93 02:14.82 01:27.00 01:30.00 01:40.00 01:17.00 01:19.00 01:16.00 05:05.93 6 A Terry Gunter 00:44.97 00:45.53 00:44.56 01:42.25 01:38.47 01:38.53 01:30.00 01:43.00 01:43.00 01:18.00 01:17.00 01:15.00 05:08.03 7 A Cliff Ferguson 00:46.19 00:48.00 00:45.43 01:40.47 01:40.94 01:38.72 01:30.00 01:32.00 01:45.00 01:24.00 01:24.00 01:30.00 05:18.15 21 Y A Hugh Daly 00:46.31 00:57.72 00:45.19 01:43.15 01:30.00 01:34.00 02:00.00 01:20.00 01:34.00 01:30.00 05:18.34 11 A Gavin Herman 00:47.40 00:47.28 00:49.60 01:44.31 01:42.09 01:49.93 01:31.00 01:29.00 01:53.00 01:20.00 01:25.00 01:30.00 05:18.37 10 A Paul Key 00:49.07 00:49.00 00:46.22 01:44.23 01:41.97 01:49.91 01:31.00 01:29.00 01:43.00 01:23.00 01:23.00 01:28.00 05:20.19 1 Y B Jon Thomson 00:51.81 00:47.25 00:58.56 01:48.91 01:48.32 01:43.97 01:30.00 01:34.00 02:43.00 01:21.00 01:21.00 01:49.00 05:22.22 9 J/B Sam Walters 00:51.18 01:03.60 01:51.09 01:53.90 01:33.00 01:35.00 01:29.00 01:26.00 01:28.00 05:43.27 16 A Jonathan Cuniowski 00:51.22 00:52.66 00:59.78 01:57.81 01:59.78 01:34.00 01:01.00 01:22.00 01:36.00 01:35.00 05:45.03 8 A Staphen Newell 00:53.81 00:52.30 00:51.66 01:53.37 01:54.12 02:34.97 01:37.00 01:41.00 02:04.00 01:26.00 01:28.00 01:29.00 05:48.03 25 Y A Andrei Artamonov 00:48.62 00:47.41 00:56.78 04:19.13 02:11.53 02:11.35 01:31.00 01:49.00 01:52.00 01:21.00 01:19.00 01:33.00 05:48.76 3 B John Duff-Gordon 00:49.96 00:47.50 01:58.94 01:37.00 01:26.00 05:49.44 22 Y A Barry Russ 00:50.38 00:51.30 00:54.47 01:59.50 01:34.00 01:31.00 01:40.00 01:38.00 05:54.88 24 L/A Leilani Skuse 01:05.21 00:54.57 00:57.97 02:10.62 02:06.53 02:39.07 01:42.00 01:43.00 02:07.00 01:49.00 01:43.00 06:26.10 43 A Justin Henderson DNF 01:28.00 01:28.00 15 C Jeff Taylor 00:50.19 00:47.56 00:47.06 02:19.94 01:17.00 01:20.00 01:15.00 02:49.62 49 B Adam Bolton 00:45.00 01:26.00 01:18.00 03:29.00 23 A Jamie Skuse 00:57.46 00:54.25 00:55.47 02:18.00 01:35.00 01:30.00 01:31.00 04:42.25

1st Jake Elven 2nd Brett Middleton 3rd Mick King

Class A Brett Middleton Class B Jon Thomson Class C Jake Elven Junior Jake Elven Lady Leilani Skuse Committee Members President: Jon Thomson E-mail: [email protected] Ph: Vice President: Brett Middleton Email: [email protected] Ph: Club Captain: Howard Grove Email: [email protected] Club Treasurer: Robert Edwards Email: [email protected] Ph: Secretary: Lisa Emmerson Email: [email protected] Ph/Fax: 0411 140 596 Wheelspin Ed: James Stroud Email: [email protected] Ph: 0410 892 292 Committee Members: Chris Judson Ben Cullen Matthew Cullen Matt Want Nicholas Wright CAMS Delegate: Jon Thomson

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