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The Official Journal of the Historic Racing Car Club (Queensland) Inc COMING EVENTS: Historic Lakeside Races Lakeside Park 17-18 September SEPTEMBER 2016 Southern Cross Sheds Noosa Hillclimb Summer Challenge 5-6 November See hrcc.org.au for event information SEPTEMBER General Meeting: Monday 19th September, SHANNONS Clubrooms, 305 Montague Rd, WEST END October General Meeting: Monday 17th October at Moreton Bay Sports Club, 175 Boundary St, TINGALPA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be held at VCCA, Carindale, 21 November p5. No meeting in December, see Xmas Party p6. HRCC is back at the Home of Queensland Historic Motor Racing, LAKESIDE! Seven grids of Historic Racing Cars and drivers from as far away as Victoria. THIS WEEKEND, 17 & 18 SEPTEMBER, COME TO LAKESIDE PARK TO RELIVE THE GLORY DAYS OF MOTOR RACING. See Formula Racing Cars, Sports Racing Cars, Production Sportscars (Groups S&T) and a full field of Group N Touring Cars, supported by two fields of Regularity Trials. Racing each day from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Plenty of parking with free access to the Pits. The cost of entry is $20 Sat / $30 Sun / Weekend Pass $40, kids under 13 free. Friday Practice is FREE for spectators. SORRY, HRCC membership card DOES NOT get you free entry. We don’t control the Gate. Club merchandising will be available all weekend. A taste of the line-up: the Mildren Waggott ‘Yellow Submarine’, BT29 Brabham, B29 Chevron, Sports 2000s, Formula Fords, if that’s not enough what about a De Tomaso Pantera all the way from Victoria to shake up the Alfa Romeo’s and Stan’s quick Porsche Carrera. You want more? Will Ford dominate the Historic Touring Cars? With 2 Mustangs, 5 Falcons against 4 GTR XU-1 Toranas among a full field of Historic Touring Cars at their best. Come and cheer on the drivers! ENTRY NOW OPEN www.hrcc.org.au Be a part of the 19th annual Noosa Hillclimb One of Australia’s best and toughest hillclimbs. The Southern Cross Sheds Noosa Hillclimb Summer Challenge 5-6 November 2016 Entry closes 21 October 2016 1 Contributions for upcoming issues of the Club’s monthly Newsletter are encouraged and may be sent to: The Editor, HRCC Newsletter, PO.Box 353 Red Hill Qld 4059, or email [email protected] MS Word documents as attachments and separate digital pics attached as jpeg files would be most helpful. Deadline: Last day of the month. Disclaimer: HRCC.Qld accepts no responsibility for the results of contributors’ advice, nor does it necessarily endorse any services/products/goods offered by advertisers. It is a requirement that all articles published are accompanied by the name of the author. Opinions expressed in the newsletter are not necessarily those of this Club, its Officers or its Editor. Comments/opinions made by the Editor are also not necessarily those of the Club or its Officers. Items originating from the newsletter may be reprinted but acknowledgement would be appreciated. Published photographs are the property of the photographers and may not be reproduced without their permission. HRCC(Q) Inc Club Officers (2016): Website: www.hrcc.org.au President Alan Steel (Deidre) 0421 349950 [email protected] Vice Pres. / Newsletter Peter Walsh (Mary) 07 33498000 0419 778007 [email protected] Secretary Peter Gilbert (Sandra) 0408 742737 [email protected] Treasurer: John Tupicoff (Monica) 07 33726941 0408 197344 [email protected] Committee: Chris Robertson (Kaelene) 07 33438560 0403 868375 [email protected] Committee / Membership: Jim Goulden (Wendy) 07 38006346 0400 525865 [email protected] Committee / Eligibility / Scrutiny: John Kingcott (Helen) 0438 886053 [email protected] Committee/State Council Delegate Fred Sayers (Del) 0427 577198 [email protected] Club Merchandise Officer Ed Williamson 0417 773042 [email protected] Club Photographers: Ian Welsh at Shifting Focus www.shiftingfocus.com.au Pete Trapnell www.trapnellcreations.zenfolio.com Groups A & C (Heritage Touring Cars) David Paterson 0423 392824 [email protected] Group F (Historic Formula Ford) Len Don 0418 734 952 [email protected] Group V (Historic Formula Vee) Allan Don 0401 952 448 [email protected] Groups J, K & L (Historic Sports & Racing) David Bruce 0417 770757 [email protected] Group N (Historic Touring Cars) Kevin Moore & 0410684551 [email protected] Grant Schneider 0421491261 [email protected] Group S (Historic Production Sports Cars) Peter Richards 0408 957966 [email protected] Groups M, O, P, Q, R (Sports) Mike Gehde 07 38414620 [email protected] Groups M, O, P, Q, R (Racing) Max Pearson 0418 751960 [email protected] Group U (Historic Sports Sedans) Adam Duce 0419 756950 [email protected] Regularity Greg Dalliston 0418 983307 [email protected] Co-ordinator / Committee Representative for Group Leaders: Peter Gilbert 0408 742737 [email protected] 2 HRCC Regularity Event at QRDC Round 5 13 &14th August 2016 There were 12 competitors early Saturday morning at Queensland Raceway ready and eager for the weekend to start but all had to wait for the dense fog to lift. A couple of competitors were there to test their cars for the coming Historic Lakeside in September. Greg Dalliston the Regularity Group Leader had organised 2 runs on the Clubman circuit and 2 on the Sprint circuit, Benn Gregory was the DSO for the Group (big thankyou to Benn). The Group made things easy for Benn by all being well behaved all weekend. Unfortunately Greg had to work on the weekend but Kirrily and Jessekah kept both Dalliston cars running beautifully all weekend. Rod Burrows was down from Mackay for the weekend -a big effort on Rod’s behalf. Practice had the Jag spin in turn 6 due to a brake issue and Greg Elliott’s Escort broke a cable and he had no replacement so that was his weekend. Each run had its moments for individuals but no breakdowns and no incidents. The quickest car on the Clubman Circuit was Ralph Jones in his Pontiac Silver Streak and on the Sprint circuit was Noel Wicks in the beautifully prepared XU-1 Torana. But the Real Regularity winners for the Weekend were Jim Goulden in the Ford Anglia 1st place followed by, Perry Dayas in his quick 911 Porsche Carrera and 3rd John Tupicoff in the Jaguar. Congratulations to all on a great weekend. John Tupicoff. BASKERVILLE HISTORICS ARE BACK The ever-popular Baskerville Historics returns in 2016 for their sixth running of the event, running at Baskerville Raceway in late September. Baskerville Historics has been conducted continuously since 2010 and is now run and promoted as a joint venture between the Hobart Sporting Car Club and the MG Car Club. Chaired by Peter Killick the organising committee is represented by 10 motor sport enthusiasts from a broad cross section of clubs and motor sport entities. The committee was thrilled to receive the CAMS Tasmanian Event of the Year award in 2015 and is determined to build on this success for 2016. Baskerville Historics is the anchor meeting to the fundraising efforts of the Baskerville Foundation which aims to raise sufficient funds to complete a number of essential circuit and infrastructure upgrades including a complete re-seal of the circuit. The 2016 meeting will see the achievement of this goal – the track re-surfacing has been booked for December 2016. The meeting is run as a 2+4 format and now includes a rallycross demonstration providing spectators with great variety. Entries are expected to top 250 in 2016 making Baskerville Historics one of the biggest meetings of its type in Australia. As a result of strong competitor entries the committee is adopting a three-day format for the first time which will ensure the best possible experience for competitors and spectators This year sees the appearance of five genuine Bathurst Holdens including Garry Rogers 2000 winner and the return of Bruce Gowans’ Toyota Celica Repco following an extensive restoration. Perhaps the most significant car to appear since the inception of Baskerville Historics will be the MRD Formula Junior, chassis number 1, to be driven by Tasmanian legend Greg Crick. This car is now universally accepted as being the first Brabham racing car and has the official designation Brabham BT1. Baskerville Historics 2016 commences with practice and qualifying on Friday September 30 with two packed days of racing on 1-2 October. 3 The Supp Regs for the Australian Hillclimb Championship being held at Bryant Park, Haunted Hills, Yallourn, Vic on 27-30 October have just become available for those of you who may be interested in entering the event. See: www.gippslandcarclub.com.au Australian Hillclimb Championship 2016 CAMS Queensland STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Rounds will be at Morgan Park on: March 12-13, May 28-29, September 3-4, November 19-20 See http://www.morganparkraceway.com.au/clients.htm Good fields of Group N Touring Cars, opportunities for Sports and Racing Cars. QHTCA Queensland Cup Events for 2016 RD 1 Lakeside Tribute 19th-20th March RD 2 Ipswich Festival of Cars 23-24th April RD 3 Autumn Historic Warwick 30th April - 1st May RD 4 2 Days of Thunder 11-12th June RD 5 Lakeside Classic 16-17th July RD 6 Historic Lakeside 17-18th Sept RD 7 Ipswich Classic 15-16th Oct The Historic Sports and Racing Car Association of New South Wales is very pleased to offer the 2016 Tasman Tour Down Under to international competitors. The Tasman Tour Down Under will offer event entry and transportation of cars visiting Australia for competition in a series of historic race meetings taking place in October and November of 2016. It will also include the option to continue on to New Zealand for meetings that will be held in January and February of 2016.