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LOTUS CLUB VICTORIA February 2016 VOLUME 22 ISSUE 1 COMMITTEE PO Box 79, Hawthorn Business Centre, VIC 3122 LCV Website: www.lotusclubvic.asn.au President Damian Hartin [email protected] FEATURES Vice President Cris Johansen [email protected] Treasurer Kevin Neville [email protected] 04 Barefoot Bowls — a very LCQ Christmas Secretary John King [email protected] Other members David Buntin [email protected] 06 SA Lotus Talk: SA Lotus Ian d’Oliveyra [email protected] Christmas Lunch Alec Spyrou [email protected] 08 LCV AGM Awards 09 Club Member Profile: Damian Hartin, LCV President LOTUS CLUB QUEENSLAND 10 Quokka Talk: WA Lotus scene 12 2015 Interclub Challenge Awards COMMITTEE 16 Julia Street, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 LCQ Website: www.lotusclubqueensland.com 13 Lotus 2015: Supports the work of the Country Fire Service President Clive Wade [email protected] 0418 196 570 Foundation Vice President Geoff Noble [email protected] 0419 643 365 Secretary Jon Young [email protected] 0417 745 790 14 Team Lotus Formula 1 Drivers: Treasurer Daryl Wilson [email protected] 0418 711 227 Mario Andretti Social Coordinator John Barram [email protected] 0458 321 458 16 MSCA 2016 Calendar Release Magazine Shane Murphy [email protected] 0413 616 169 17 Restoration of the Tuft’s Lotus Coordinator Eleven Webmaster Vyvyan Black [email protected] 0417 646 202 18 LCQ December Club Meeting CAMS Delegate Greg Bray [email protected] 07 3206 1395 & Presentation Night 20 LCQ New Years Early Morning Run 22 The Europa Mann REGULARS 02 President’s Message 03 President’s Waffle 25 Classifieds For any last minute updates check your state’s website! Damian Hartin’s Exige. www.lotusclubvic.asn.au www.lotusclubqueensland.com LOTUS & CLUBMAN NOTES FEBRUARY 2016 [ 1 ] President’s Message By DAMIAN HARTIN, President LCV Welcome to a new and exciting 2016 from a But enough preaching to the choir. To date, On the 7th of February, MSCA are holding new and excited Lotus Club Victoria President. I have partaken in activities that have been their first Super Sprint meeting for 2016 at Sandown. If you haven’t been to a track day yet, For those of you who don’t know me, my foray organised and run by others, I have appreciated I encourage you to go and spectate. Sandown is into Lotus ownership started about seven years the efforts that they have made and I have nice and accessible and it’s a good opportunity ago with no real expectations and a limited decided to throw my hat into the ring to give to see a number of Lotus in their natural appreciation for what the Lotus marque and something back. So here I am. When I have a environment as well as having a chat to the fraternity was. Since then, I have continued to look at the size of our membership in Victoria, attendees who can answer any questions you be amazed at just how accomplished these cars I am mindful of the numbers of people I see may have if you’ve ever considered partaking are and how fantastic the community of people at various activities and more so the number one of these days. is that enjoy them. I don’t. As such, my first item for attention is getting to know you all. I will be looking to So, I look forward to the next 12 months as the Having never been on a race track before, initiate some new communication channels LCV President, where I hope to grow the Lotus it seemed somehow appropriate that my Club of Victoria both in member participation 2007 Exige spend some time there. Boy, did I with you and invite everyone to share their and member size and more actively engage underestimate that! Over the next three years opinion with me on what it is you enjoy about with each of you. I drove to race tracks, spent the day doing our car club and what it is you would like to see Super Sprints with the likes of the MSCA and us do better. Quote for the month (guess it without Google): other groups and then drove home, all in the Keep an eye out for a new member survey, It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Exige, truly remarkable. In that first year of some new social media channels and some new Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for ownership, I managed a total of sixteen track slowing the car down. ways in which we can get you all out enjoying days, including some that were in NSW, all your Lotus as a part of the LCV community. driven to and driven back from. So, what events do we have to look forward During these last seven years, I have managed to in January and February? By the time you to make a great number of friends in the read this we will have had our first restaurant Lotus community, all over Australia, all with a common interest and respect for our little evening for the year at Bouzy Rouge and will cars. From social gatherings, scenic tours and be preparing for our first club night at Richard weekends away to Super Sprints and State Mann’s shed (9th of February) and our first EMR level racing, the Lotus has never let me down. to Mornington Peninsula (14th of February). The number of cars and the number of parts There’s possibly no better time of year to get has grown a little over the years, but so has your top off (Lotus style), so I encourage you all my appreciation and enjoyment. to make a trip out for these events. WELCOME NEW LCV MEMBERS: Steven Harrison [1969 Europa] Digby Smith [1976 TVR 3000M] Mandy Smith Kathleen Upfold Bridget O’Connor Liam O’Connor [ 2 ] LOTUS & CLUBMAN NOTES FEBRUARY 2016 President’s Waffle By CLIVE WADE, President, LCQ Well, here we are again, another year, lots is writing an article (he volunteered) for this at every event…THANK YOU ALL! more to do, and, no time to do it, welcome month’s magazine, so I won’t take the wind out Of course our more competitive members to 2016. his sails. don’t only do the DTC’s, no, they are already Happy New Year. Face Book is proving to be quite a success in polishing their wheels for either the Hill Climbs disseminating late reminders to members. at Mt Cotton, the Inter Club Challenge, or the May it be happy, rewarding and prosperous. We’ve had quite a few positive comments Morgan Park Sprints. As always, spectators are YEA!! Lotus & Clubman Notes has returned to thanking FB for the late notice. So if you haven’t welcome to come along, say hello, have a tea print on ‘real’ paper. A big thank you to Peter joined our FB group, please do so. Send (Past or coffee, and join the comradery that these Murray and Peter Hill of LCV for bringing it President) Dick Reynolds an email (david@ events foster. back. reynoldsdesign.com.au) requesting to join. So all up, the club year is certainly shaping up to Our FB page is a closed group so you can be 2016 is going to be a bumper year for LCQ. have a bonza year. ensured it’s private. And if you haven’t got a FB Our committee has been feverishly putting account it’s not too difficult to set one up, even And on a final note, we already have 4 members together a schedule to ensure all members will I managed. If you don’t like giving details like who have volunteered to arrange and run a have something to do. We have been collating your birthday, give a false one, its great getting formal day run. Considering there are only 9 or a library of day runs, booking DTC’s, discussing so many birthday wishes for 1 Jan 1905 (which 10 runs in a year, we are covered for at least the timing for the skid pan day, and making sure was my experience this year, loved it, and thank 40% of the events already. What we don’t we have minimal clashes with the myriad of you to all those wonderful well-wishers). have is a social coordinator, so please, with the external events, especially the B Series Morgan AGM approaching (1 March) please consider On the subject of social runs we endeavour to Park Sprints and MG Mt Cotton Hill Climbs, taking on the role of either social coordinator or post details in the following order; ensuring that our competitive members can also coordinator’s assistant, they are very rewarding attend our social side.