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ISSUE 23 - November 2004 DLRA TIMES – August 2004 Page 1 of 10 Contents Cover – 2005 Speed Trials Logo 1 Newsletter Sponsors 2 Contents 3 Presidents Report 4 Rods Rambling’s 5 Start Line Report 6 Extreme Horsepower Show 6 Toyota Hybrid Hustles into History 7 Worlds Fastest Indian 8 Racers in Print 9 Newsletter Sponsors 10 On the cover; Artwork for the 2005 Speed Trails featuring Bob Ellis and his XP Falcon Coupe, the amazing V8 bike from the Silverton Hotel and Ray Charlton and his 32 Roadster Next door; John and Debbie Dawson’s 53 Studebaker. President Rob Carroll Ph/Fax 03 5472 4370 Secretary Rod Hadfield See below Treasurer Rod Hadfield Editor / Web Site Greg Wapling Chief Steward John Dawson Race Director Kevin Saville / Rob Carroll Starter Cled Davies Assistant Starters Mathew Saunders, Geoffrey Marden, Chris Hanlon Timer Peter Noy Assistant Timer Eric Smith Scrutineer Phil Arnold 1st Assistant Scrutineer Lennie Souter 2nd Assistant Scrutineer Steve Charlton DLRA PO Box 349 Castlemaine VIC 3450 Phone: 03 5472 2853 and Fax: 03 54721241 http://www.dlra.org.au info@ dlra.org.au Presidents Report may or may not coincide with the Victorian Rob Carroll Labour Day holiday, as has been the tradition in Hello and welcome to another newsletter. years past, but these dates will work in better As I wrote about in the last newsletter, we had a with Mt. Ive Station. working bee at the Mt. Ive camp in early October. I would like to thank Cled Davies and a mate of his, At the next race meeting (March 2005), some new Brian Love, Ray Charlton, Trevor Beck and his son- safety rules will be introduced, and everyone will be in-law Dale, Doc and Digger from Port Augusta, expected to comply with them. Andy Jenkins and the Moe Boys (Brendan, Whitey, Bruce and Brian) for making the effort to attend. START LINE Changes to start line procedures are detailed in At the working bee we modified one of the old Cled’s Start Line Report, so I won’t go into details toilet trailers. This will be handy for transporting here. cones, tech inspection tent and other track equipment, hopefully, without falling off the trailer, PUSH CARS as it did last March. Some mesh around it would be All push cars will be required to undertake a safety good, if anyone has some they don’t need. Approx inspection for tyre condition and brake operation. 2’ wide and 30 feet or so, or equivalent. Push cars will also be required to have the following items fitted; UHF radio, fire extinguisher, an oil spill kit, poly tarp, first aid kit and a flashing All the track equipment has been sorted out and light on the roof. The club is investigating the cost stacked in an orderly manner in the tool of flashing lights, we may buy a bulk lot to get the container. The doors on this container now have price down. If anyone has a contact to get them the props to hold the doors open on windy days. cheaper, please let me know. Same could apply to Some repairs to downpipes into tanks and the fire extinguishers and oil spill kits. gutters was also done. A lot of nails in the shearing shed roof were replaced with screws to PIT AREA make the roof sheets more secure. Some changes to be made to the entry and exit We also put a drain in the make ablution block procedure of the pits. Details of this have not been floor to allow the water to drain out instead of fully worked out yet, but when they are finalised, having a puddle on the floor all the time. the information will be in the newsletter. Speed of We now have 4 portable toilets at the camp, one ALL vehicles in the pit area will need to be kept to new unit on a trailer, 2 of the original units on walking pace only, whether they are being driven or new trailers and the fourth one is an original on towed or pushed (in the case of a race car). If you its same trailer. We also have another new race car or motorcycle cannot be driven at walking trailer, which we ordered a new toilet for which pace, you will need to tow / push it out of the pits. will give us a total of 5 for the race meet in March 2005. These changes are being introduced to minimise the We also have a second cool room at the camp. It risk of a claim on our public liability insurance and needs to be levelled and set up properly, but is to make the meeting safer for competitors and on site. At this stage it does not have a spectators alike. refrigeration unit fitted, but we are working on that as well. Thanks to Cled Davies for sourcing Please be advised permission will be required the cool room and thanks also to the Moe Boys before any more caravans or site hut type for dragging it over there from Bendigo. accommodation is taken to our camp. Mt. Ive Cled has also found a caravan that will be used owners Len and Joy, don’t want the permanent on the start line. He has had it repainted and camp expanding any larger. then towed it over in September. Read more about it in his Start Line Report. The next General Meeting (Vic) will be held at If you have not had the chance to view the video Aussie Desert Cooler premises on 30th January 2005 or DVD of our 2004 event, check the ad in this starting at 11:00am issue and get onto Stripey Dog to send one out to you. You will not be disappointed. The race meeting dates for 2006-2010 will be published in the next newsletter. These dates To all those that haven’t paid their auction monies from last year, could you please do so as it is a lot of work sending out accounts all the time. We have acquired at least four new toilets which will be a godsend making life a lot easier for Andy Jenkins and with one for the start line, one for the timing area and more in the pits it will upgrade our image. We have had quite a lot of new members join and among them is well known Hot Rodder Alan Fountain who is well into a belly tank, I have seen the pictures and it looks tops with all the good gear in it. Alan has never been to the salt but the bug has bitten him real bad. President Rob as called another general meeting before next March to discuss ideas he has. Rob has worked hard for the club and I hope he can continue on as President. Carol and I along with Norm Hardinge and Vicki Howard have booked a motel for next years Rod's Rambling’s: Bonneville meet, I have written to Bonneville Newsletter to advertise our next meeting. I phoned Rod Hadfield Gail and Al Phillips when I was in the States recently and it looks as though they will be in It’s getting closer and once Christmas comes March Australia for an extended stay next year, did they just seems to be a blink of an eye away, so keep on hear that I was going Stateside next year? those projects and try to avoid the last minute rush when things can get overlooked. Our cars will be on the way to the U.S. when you read this, we have acquired a 1988 Chev Duallie Thanks to those who attended the working bee, and a 44 foot 5th wheeler. I have made a frame to fit Rob Carroll intends to go over again at Christmas as inside to carry our display material, there is room to does Trevor Beck and a couple of others to tidy up live and for whichever car we are taking at the time. some unfinished work and to install more I intend to try and cash in on a sponsor to help with equipment that Cled Davies has located, he takes costs, I have spoken to Jay Lenno who kindly some beating, he is a real bower bird finding lots of offered us the use of his workshop. good things that will make life at the camp a whole lot easier. I met an old time Drag Racer from Australia, Denis Young, who has a business in Orange county The parts have arrived from the U.S. to fix the Mt. California making alloy flat trays for pickups, he Ive. grader which we agreed to do in return for the has a thriving business going there. use of the machines to improve the access road. I will also be based in Orange County and I am It has proved impossible to find another route to the currently looking for a factory to rent so if there are lake so an upgrade is the only alternative, thanks to any members coming to the States contact me and I Digger for the road reconstruction so far. could have somewhere for them to stay. My U.S. Phone number is: 0011 1 717 919 7685. The T-Shirts and posters depicting next year’s event along with stubby holders are now available for purchase. Start Line Report visibility to be improved out of sight and much Cled Davies confusion eliminated. Hello from the Start Line PS we’re also investigating the possibility of having a wind speed indicator at the start line for 2005.
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