Official Magazine of the North Shore Sporting Car Club Volume 62 | Nov 2014

Summer Tarmac Twilight Rallysprint Becomes a Reality

Also in this issue...

V8 Supercars Announces 2015 Calendar

HSRCA Tasman Revival Meeting

Isuzu Motorsports Celebrates ‘Famous Five’ as the Whole Team Completes 2014 Safari

North Shore’s Molly Taylor in Funds Chase for Remaining WRC Rounds

www.nsscc.com.au Wheelspin 1 November 2014 COMING EVENTS

15 November Mini Dulla Rally (SKDAC) Shallow Crossing

20 November Rd 2 Summer Tarmac Twilight Rallysprint Dragway

22 November CAMS NSW Presentation Night (RAC Club City)

1 December December Club Meeting Roseville Club

18 December Rd 3 Summer Tarmac Twilight Rallysprint Sydney Dragway

22 January Rd 4 Summer Tarmac Twilight Rallysprint Sydney Dragway

29 November Hills District State Khana Hampton ( contact Hills District)

15 February CAMS General Assembly Wentworth Hotel Sydney

19 February Rd 5 Summer Tarmac Twilight Rallysprint Sydney Dragway

19 March Rd 6 Summer Tarmac Twilight Rallysprint Sydney Dragway

18 April NSSCC Caves Classic DRS Rally

21 June NSSCC State Khana Colo

11 July NSSCC Rally of the Bay Batemans Bay

NEXT MEETING MEMBERSHIP Monday 1 December 2014 at 8pm ENQUIRIES Roseville Memorial Club Pacific Highway Roseville Michael Kent [email protected] Dress Requirements Neat casual clothing, collared shirt, shoes, no thongs Ph: 0417 251 253

CLUB CONTACTS ON THE COVER President: Jon Thomson E-mail: [email protected] | Ph: 0418 641 959 Vice President: Brett Middleton E-mail: [email protected] | Ph 0408 261 043 Club Captain: Howard Grove Email: [email protected] | Ph.0408 313078 Club Treasurer: Nigel Walters Email: [email protected] | Ph: 0418 160133

Secretary: Michael Kent Peter Reynolds in full fight at our first Summer Tarmac Email [email protected] | Ph 0417 251 253 Twilight Rallysprint

Wheelspin 2 November 2014 FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK Jon Thomson

It has been a truly hectic time over the very challenging cross country rally and this will continue to struggle to last couple of months at North Shore. we take our hats off to the effort those have real contenders in the World Rally Getting our Summer Tarmac Twilight guys put in. Championship. Lets hope CAMS can see Rallysprint Series up and running and all through the dust and give rallying hopefuls I had the pleasure of spending two weeks of the organisation that goes with that has a leg up. in the bush with Kumho tyre engineers been truly challenging, but tremendously testing and evaluating a new off road A couple of days after the Rallysprint I had satisfying. mud terrain tyre the company is launching the real pleasure of attending the fantastic It has taken four years to get this off the around the world and in Australia next Motorclassica in Melbourne . This is ground, going back and forth with Sydney year. A couple of weeks out there Australia’s biggest classic car Concours Dragway, CAMS, NSWE Sport and Rec. make you realise just how big a country d Elegance filling the beautiful Melbourne and the Western Sydney Parklands Trust. Australia really is and how tough it is on Exhibition Buildings with a myriad of Finally a few months ago approvals were every component in the vehicle, from the delightful cars and motorcycles from given and the Summer Tarmac Twilight driveline to the body and most particularly across the ages. It is a mighty show and Rallysprint Series was go. the tyres. They take a beating from the the outside grounds are filled with an array stones, the washaways the rocks and the of car club’s and their cars . Out of the An entry of 43 cars for the first event mulga roots. Fortunately we did not have blue and quite unexpectedly I was blown was outstanding and I am sure we will a single puncture during our 4500km trip away when North Shore club member and build on that over the next few months around north western NSW from Bourke former NSW Rally champ Miles Sandy’s as the remaining five rounds of the Series tot Tibooburra, up into Queensland across name was called out as a class winner unfold. I have to say a huge thank you to the Strezlecki track and to Innaminka with his beautiful 1971 Ferrari 365 GTC/4 to all the team who put in so much work before heading south into the Flinders taking the floret for best Modern Classic and effort to make the event happen Ranges and back to Broken Hill before a Euro against a brace of other Ferraris, including Col Fletcher, Russell Dixon, Brett dash back to Brisbane. Maseratis, Jaguars, Astons, Porsches and Middelton, Michael Kent, Phil Morley, Brett the like. Well done Miles. Wright, Scott Fletcher, Tom Quirk and Well done to one of our junior club Margaret and Ross Middleton to name members, Kris Muller who had the Well that's about all from me for this but a few, well done, without you the first opportunity to travel to Melbourne in month. Unfortunately I can’t make it to our event would not have been such a huge the recent school holidays to be a part November club meeting I have a family success. of the CAMS young driver development event to attend but looking forward to program. A promising khanacross seeing you all at the next Summer Tarmac Congratulations to Neal Bates who swept driver, Kris has battled hard to get some Twilight Rallysprint at Sydney Dragway on all before him in the inaugural rallysprint in recognition for gravel driving specialists Thursday 20 November. his ARC winning ST205 Celica partnered in the development program and this In the meantime take it easy and enjoy as usual by Coral Taylor, they beat home is a focus that we will be pushing hard yourselves. David Finnimore in his Evo 9 Lancer with with CAMS. Without some focus on Steve Marlin taking third in his Evo Lancer. Molly Taylor partnered with Adrian Coppin Of course the Rallysprint Series is a Single Club event to minimise the fuss and red tape and that has obviously seen an influx of new members to the club and we welcome all of you. We hope you enjoy North Shore as much of the rest of us do and with a mass of new members we hope a few of you will also get involved with our other events and in 2015 we will have a range of motor sport events including our Tarmac Twilight Rallysprints in January February and March, around four or five khanacross events at Colo, a DRS rally round at Hampton, our premier rally, the Rally of the Bay on 11 July and somewhere in there we want to have a supersprint at the new Luddenham circuit in Sydney’s West. It will be a busy year but will be the biggest for NSSCC in many years. At our September meeting we were regaled by Bruce Garland with his exploits in the last WA based Australian Safari. Bruce, along with another NSSCC member John Doble who co-drives for Steve Riley. Both Bruce and Johnny Doble had challenging events. It is no where near as tough as the Dakar Rally but it is still a Miles Sandy and his Ferrari 365 GTC 4

Wheelspin 3 November 2014 DAVE FINIMORE REFLECTS ON THE SUMMER TARMAC TWILIGHT RALLYSPRINT

Has it really been 20 years since I was Evo 9 RS a few years ago which has only that got my blood pumping, and then last a member of NSSCC ? done 1 tarmac rally and the occasional seeing the great era of Neal v Possum in hillclimb. the 90’s that kept me inspired to compete. I don’t think there is such a thing as a In the last few years Neal and I became former rally driver, it is just that people When I saw that NSSCC had got the friends and always enjoy a good chat sometimes go on a long transport Day-Night Rallysprint up and running, it about rallying over the years and how stage. It never really leaves your mind was time to rejoin the Club and it really things have changed, both good and bad, for long, the thrill of competition and the was great to see a few familiar, if slightly and it’s especially great to see he and friendships forged in the forest always weathered, faces in the crowd at the 1st Coral back in that magic GT4 once again. stay locked away in the back of your Round. I sure look forward to catching head, and quickly come forward when up more over the Summer as well, as the From the first stage the GT4 pulled you read, see or hear a real rally car. Club holds many great memories for me 3-4 seconds on me, and that gap At the end of 1995, I sold my trusty as a young guy back in the early 90’s, I remained constant on each run as we 1600 after securing a NSW Rallysprint never missed a monthly meeting at the slowly lowered our times into the night. I PRC Title, and basically went on a long Golf Club for about 5 years. thought I might have been able to close transport stage for 10 years until I got my the gap a little on the last 2 stages as hands on a Evo 6 RS and did numerous It wasn’t without a slight bit of irony that at the dark hit hard and Neal had no driving tarmac events around Australia. A light the 1st Round I got 2nd to Neal Bates and lights, whereas I had grabbed some roll over heading up Mt Buller saw the Coral Taylor…..It was seeing Neal in his small LED’s the day before, however end of that car, and along came a nice 1600 take on the big guns in the Alpine that confidence was soon zapped when he casually walked over to tell me his time, which was a 2.04 versus my 2.07. I reckon he would have pipped me with no lights at all at that point ! Also great to see such a range of machines come out and support the concept as well, and judging by the crowd of interested spectators, these events should easily sell out going forward. Sitting behind both Richie on rally tyres and the Kaplans in their HSV tyre shredder added to the fun of the night for me, along with seeing Ric’s Mini in the flesh. With so many cool cars having a run, the Club is on a winner, so a big congratulations go to Thommo, Brett and the many others that are part of making this all happen! Can’t wait to do it all again next month. It’s good to be back…. Dave Finnimore

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V8 Supercars has refined its formats with the goal of maximum attack and multiple race winners with the release of the 2015 racing calendar. Building on a season where all manufacturers and multiple winners featured, V8 Supercars has made minor modifications to formats which include two signature events returning to their customary race distance. The Castrol Townsville 400 returns to its original 200km race format each day. The Clipsal 500 Adelaide and Sydney 500 at retain the 2x125km Saturday format, as daytime races.

The ITM 500 Auckland has returned V8 SuperTest at Sydney Motorsport in our sport,” Warburton said. “It’s about to its traditional November date as a Park on Saturday; followed by a live, giving the teams more time for the most SuperSprint event. ad-free, full team and livery reveal important test of the year and at the The New Zealand event moves into on in High-Definition, same time allowing maximum interaction a critical stage of the Championship second test, signing sessions, and engagement with fans.” immediately following the Pirtek Enduro True Colour Fan Track Walk and Cup, into a clear sporting space and an SuperShootout on Sunday. The Sunday SuperShootout will feature each car, driver and team against each ideal weather period. Across the year Network Ten will televise a one-hour other across a shootout lap, pit stop for there will be eight SuperSprint events highlights package of the SuperTest on tyres and a closing lap, with the fastest that include two SuperSprint races on Sunday afternoon. Saturday and the 200km Sunday race time winning the contest; as a pointer that featured this year. “It is a grand season opening launch, towards the best prepared teams ahead the style of which has never been seen of the 2015 Championship opener. The sharp Saturday sprint races are designed to encourage drivers to attack The two day format allows fans unprecedented access to their by alleviating the need to be conservative while trying to maintain tyre life. “Our heroes and their cars. For free. research shows that the existing formats have been highly successful,” Warburton FEB 7-8 - Sydney.com V8 Super Test - - Super Test said. FEB 26-MAR 1 - Clipsal 500 Adelaide - Adelaide Street Circuit - Super Street “The emphasis was on improving the racing product, and giving drivers the MAR 12-15 - 2015 Formula 1™ Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park - International opportunity to attack at all times without external factors preventing them from MAR 27-29 - Tyrepower Tasmania Super Sprint - Symmons Plains Raceway - Super Sprint being aggressive.” APR 17-19 - Perth Super Sprint - Barbagallo Raceway - Super Sprint Each SuperSprint event will include 120 minutes of Friday practice to incorporate MAY 15-17 - Winton Super Sprint - Winton Motor Raceway - Super Sprint team testing. Teams will be able to test at these eight SuperSprint events with one JUN 19-21 - Skycity Triple Crown Darwin - Hidden Valley Raceway - Super Sprint discretionary private test. JUL 10-21 - Castrol Townsville 400 - Reid Park - Super Street “It made sense that instead of testing away from the fans to combine Friday practice JUL 31-AUG 2 - Ipswich Super Sprint - Queensland Raceway - Super Sprint and allow teams the ability to adopt testing procedures as required,” Warburton AUG 21-23 - Sydney Motorsport Park Super Sprint - Sydney Motorsport Park - Super Sprint said. “That achieves two key objectives: more V8 Supercars on track for the fans SEP 11-13 - Wilson Security Sandown 500 - Sandown Raceway - Pirtek Enduro Cup and reducing the high costs to teams of testing away from race meetings.” OCT 8-11 - Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 - Mount Panorama - Pirtek Enduro Cup

Warburton confirmed that there would be OCT 23-25 - Castrol Edge Gold Coast 600 - Surfers Paradise - Pirtek Enduro Cup no international events outside of New Zealand in 2015, but confirmed interest NOV 6-8 - ITM 500 Auckland - Pukekohe Park Raceway - Super Sprint was high in several countries, with Asia the focus for 2016. NOV 20-22 - Phillip Island Super Sprint - Phillip Island Circuit - Super Sprint

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Wheelspin 9 November 2014 HSRCA TASMAN REVIVAL MEETING The 1960s were special times for sports racing, sports cars and other open on the East Coast of Australia and invites Australian Motor Sport when our circuits wheelers. club members to the Tasman Trophy. and those in New Zealand reverberated Since 2006 the Historic Sports and Those members who arrive in marque to the sound of the 2 ½ litre Tasman Racing Car Association of New South cars will be admitted free of charge with openwheeler racing cars. Wales has recaptured those iconic days only passengers being asked for the from the ‘60s with the Tasman Revival price of admission. The original Tasman Cup attracted the and will be doing the same over the best cars and drivers from around the Please find below a promotional flyer for weekend of November 29-30 with the world to compete against each other your information. The same flyer is available holding of the Tasman Trophy at Sydney and the best both Australia and New at larger resolution should it be wished. Motorsports Park. As with the original Zealand had to offer. It was a time when Should you have any questions please Tasman Cup there are cars and drivers the likes of Clark, Stewart, Hill and Rindt do not hesitate to contact me by return coming from the UK, US and New lined up against the local drivers of the email or by calling 0417 673 065. Zealand as well as races for sports cars, calibre of Brabham, Gardner, Geoghegan sedans and sports racing. Best wishes and Matich. Tasman Cup meetings also contained races for the full range The HSRCA is keen on sharing the Patrick Quinn of competition cars including sedans, excitement with all CAMS affiliated clubs HSRCA Publicity

Wheelspin 10 November 2014 ISUZU MOTORSPORTS CELEBRATES ‘FAMOUS FIVE’ AS THE WHOLE TEAM COMPLETES 2014 SAFARI Five out of five is a good score in any game, but particularly when it means the whole team has crossed the finish line after the gruelling 2014 Australasian Safari cross-country rally. Sydney-based Isuzu Motorsports, run by North Shore’s own Bruce Garland, took out three class wins in the seven- day event which covered more than 3000km of the Western Australian outback. Another North Shore member John Doble took Third outright co-driving for Steve Riley in the wild off road Ute after leading for much of the cross country rally. WA’s Adrian Di Lallo and co-driver Rodger ‘Roj’ Pedersen were the best placed of the three official Isuzu Motorsports entries, their production- class Isuzu MU-X wagon in fifth outright and first in class in their home state event. Garland/Suzuki team have also come gateway to the Ningaloo Coast World ‘Roj’ Pedersen said the final day of the home well. Heritage Area – to Carnarvon, where the Gascoyne River meets the Indian event was the toughest stage of the “We’ve ended up with a really great Ocean, around 900km north of the West week. result with the team, and all the cars Australian capital of Perth. went really well – it’s just a fantastic “Two kilometres into the stage we lost feeling,” says Garland. The 2014 Australasian Safari kicked four-wheel-drive and it was pouring with off in Perth, with a ceremonial start, rain and muddy. Bucketing down and “Today was unbelievable with the rain on Friday night 19 September and really hard going. We brushed a tree and bucketing down. A whole lot of us got full competition began in Geraldton, got lost – so did most others actually lost and then Steve Riley [who had 424km north of Perth on Sunday, 21 – and we lost a lot of time trying to find been leading the event] got stuck in a September. the right way, but we made it. ditch and a bunch of us helped pull him out. We got soaking wet and covered Open to cars, buggies, bikes and “I feel really good now, you know, tired, in mud, but we still had a good time. quads, only 20 of the original 35 starters but it's a great feeling to finish Safari. That’s what Safari is all about. in the car category completed the Sitting next to Adrian, and the whole course. experience, it’s been awesome.” “All of the Isuzu Motorsports vehicles were better off than so many of the Isuzu Motorsports is a performance Thailand’s Olan Sornsirirat and others. They were all slipping and sliding parts company owned by Garland and Veerachai Thorangkoon – the third team all over the place today, or getting his long-time co-driver, Harry Suzuki. in the official ‘Isuzu trio’ – were second punctures all the time in the rough stuff, They also have support from Isuzu in class behind Di Lallo and Pedersen, but our Toyo tyres do the job for us, no operations in Japan, Thailand and and seventh outright in their D-MAX ute. matter whether it’s wet or dry.” Australia, and from Toyo Tires, Royal Purple Oils and Disc Brakes Australia. Team leaders Bruce Garland and Harry Competitors tackled three stages Suzuki came in 17th and took a class today, taking them from Exmouth – the win, despite missing two full days repairing their Dakar-spec Isuzu D-MAX OVERALL RESULTS AFTER DAY SEVEN (and being handed extra time penalties for failing to finish those days). 1. David McShane / William Hayes – Toyota Tacoma – 26:17:25 Their car was halted by an electrical 2. Greg Scanlon / Liam Nunns – Nissan Patrol – 27:25:48 fault 37km into Day Three while running in fourth place. Aside from 3. Steve Riley / John Doble ( North Shore member) – Holden VF – 27:35:03 the strong results posted by the official Isuzu Motorsports entrants, the two 17. Bruce Garland / Harry Suzuki ( North Shore members) – Isuzu D-MAX – 53:03:18 other Isuzu crews being helped by the

Wheelspin 11 November 2014 NORTH SHORE’S MOLLY TAYLOR IN FUNDS CHASE FOR REMAINING WRC ROUNDS North Shore Sporting Car Club member and Internationally renown rallydriver Molly Taylor has been forced to stand on the sidelines as friends and rivals competed in the last few rounds of the World Rally Championship. The 26-year-old Sydneysider was due to compete in the junior category of ADAC Rallye Deutschland in August , as part of a six-event rally program this year, but ran out of funding. The situation was made even more disappointing because of the third place she took in the JWRC during the Neste Oil Rally Finland three weeks ago, her best-ever result in the world championship series. “We’ve worked so hard this year and overcome so many problems, even during the event in Finland, that to be right on the pace and grabbing a podium finish was just the most amazing feeling,” Taylor says. the third event this year for the world’s Adidas Eyewear – and all the supporters number one female rally driver. who have given me a boost to make it “I was so looking forward to going this far. to Germany with the extra burst of She is contesting the junior WRC category confidence that you get from a strong in a Citroën DS3 R3T run by D-Max They have believed in me every step of result, but there just wasn’t enough Racing, an Italian company which manages the way over the last five years overseas funding there to do the job. motorsport programs across Europe for and helped me chase my dreams. customers driving Citroën rally cars. “Naturally I’m incredibly disappointed that “Now I must work as hard as I can to I couldn’t be there battling for another Aside from Rallye Deutschland, Taylor build on our result in Finland and take podium, but I’m determined that this is was due to contest Rallye de France- the next step forward. This is how I repay not where it ends. Alsace in October and Wales Rally GB them for their faith in me. If that means in November, but is now back home in I have to come back to Australia and We’ve accomplished so much this year Australia trying to raise enough money for knock on doors and work a couple of and I honestly believe there is a lot more Rally GB and for 2015. different jobs to make that happen, then in me. I just have to find the money to that’s what I will do. For the moment, I’m “I’m incredibly grateful to everyone who make it happen.” continuing to work and talk with the team has helped me make it to this point – the to see what we can get happening. I’m The event in Finland was round eight of CAMS Foundation, Speedie Contractors, definitely not a quitter.” the 13-round WRC series for 2014, but MIS Motorsport, D-MAX Racing, and

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