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Owners Club of Qld. Inc. Magazine Owners Club of Qld. Inc. Magazine October 2016 www.hsvowners.com.au Print Post Approved PP 100003818 ZUPPS OFFER A October 2016 SERVICE Issue 15% DISCOUNT PATRONS Mr Tim Jackson 2014 Mr James Courtney 2014 FOR HSV CLUB MEMBERS Mr Jonathan Webb 2014 Mr Peter Brock 1982 – 2006 Mr Tom Walkinshaw 2007 - 2010 HONORARY MEMBER - Mr Mark Beresford 2014 MEMBERSHIP Membership, of the HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc., is restricted to owners of HDT improved vehicles of G.M. origin, which are I.D. plated, or are eligible for same, and owners of HSV improved Commodores, or Statesman models, which are I.D. plated. Associate membership is also available. The Membership Fee is $75 per annum, which is due and payable on January 1st of each year. New members also incur a joining fee of $15. COMMITTEE - 2015 ZUPPS ASPLEY HSV HSV Specialist Technicians PRESIDENT Les Gray Ph. 0427 719 495 PH: 07 3246 8000 State of the art Diagnostic VICE PRESIDENT Craig Barrass Ph. 0411 344 517 1454 Gympie Rd, Aspley Equipment SECRETARY Melissa Geeves Ph. 0408 707 365 (subject to availability) TREASURER & Peter Woods Ph. 0428 723 612 ZUPPS BROWNS PLAINS HSV Loan Vehicle PH: 07 3802 4000 Courtesy Shuttle Bus MOTORSPORT LIAISON 34-48 Anzac Ave, Hillcrest Air Conditioned VIP MEMBERSHIP Brad Yarrow Ph. 0409 054 272 Customer Lounge with SECRETARY ZUPPS MT GRAVATT HSV Free WIFI COMMITTEE Alastair Mitchell Ph. 0449 155 968 PH: 07 3877 0000 COMMITTEE Ian Huddleston Ph. 0407 610 674 1310 Logan Rd, Mt Gravatt COMMITTEE Andrew Roberts Ph. 0400 556 662 COMMITTEE Sonya Wells Ph. 0402 405 579 COMMITTEE Steven Voll Ph. 0407 469 147 More Cars. More Choice. zuppshsv.com.au HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. Magazine October 2016 3 We Drive Excitement! MEETINGS HSV Owners Club of Qld The HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. meets at 7:00pm on the last Friday of each alternate month for a 7:30pm start, usually at a HSV Dealership. Merchandise Please refer to the calendar of upcoming events in this magazine for confirmation of the next meeting location. Remember to turn off mobile phones before entering the meeting and keep personal distractions to a minimum. POSTAL ADDRESS HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. PO Box 10050, Adelaide Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 New Polo Shirt Mens and Ladies Sizes EMAIL ADDRESSES President: [email protected] $35 Classic Dress Shirt Vice President: [email protected] Unisex Secretary/Editor: [email protected] Cap Treasurer: [email protected] $20 Membership Secretary: [email protected] Webmaster: [email protected] WEB SITE The Club’s website address is www.hsvowners.com.au Items or photos for inclusion on the web site & for the magazine are welcome. Please New Dress Shirt email these to [email protected]. Mens and Ladies Sizes Lightweight Jackets Unisex $45 CLUB MAGAZINE $75 Deadline for articles is the first Thursday of each month. Member’s advertising is free. Please contact the Secretary via email ([email protected]) for non- See Sonya for a special deal on Classic Dress Shirts. member and commercial rates. LIFE MEMBERS The following people are Life Members - Colin McIlwaine, Eunice Parkes, Kevin Bonwick, Clynton Fox, Rod Sharp, Greg Sharp, Norm Powell, Rod Thiesfield and Les Gray. Bucket Hats Kids Polos Keyrings Jackets Unisex $20 $30 $10 MAGAZINE COVER $90 On this month’s front & back cover is from the Happy Laps at Lakeside. A Big Thank You to Andrew Roberts for the photos. Available in various styles & sizes from Sonya Wells. Email [email protected] or phone 0402 405 579. 4 HSV Owners ClubHSV of Owners Qld. Inc. Club Magazine of Qld. Inc.October Magazine 2016 HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. Magazine October 2016 5 such a dynamic impact on each and person that enters this building.It has the feeling that Peter Brock’s spirit and enthuasism is there looking over this facility and cars. The only FROM THE part of the night I could fault is why Rod Nash,Rod is a Ford bloke and certainly did not deserve the lime light at any function that celebrates the achievements and life of the King PRESIDENT’S DESK of The Mountain. Craig Loundes or John Bowe would have been a more befitting guest speaker. Those statements are my opinion only. Having said all that it was a great night Hi Everyone and I hope everybody that attended had a very enjoyable time. We have had some Great and Interesting Events over the past month firstly starting with MOTORSPORT UPDATE the Tekno Coffee and Cars Sunday 14th August. It again was a great Social morning and Points prior to Sandown good to catch up with Jonothan Webb , Greg Markham, Will Davison and the Tekno crew. The display of stunning cars including theMaclaren Race cars,the V8 Super Car No 19 1. Jamie Whincup 2109 6. Will Davison 1554 and an impressive arrangement of very high end Euros including the Porches and a 2. Shane Van Gisbergen 1972 7. Chaz Mostert 1535 Stunning Rolls Royce as well as the many HSV’sand Holdens including Race cars on 3. Craig Lowndes 1911 8. Tim Slade 1518 display. The Motorama Team headed up by Joel Mullins were cooking up a storm for 4. Mark Winterbottom 1836 9. Michael Caruso 1512 breakfast and the Coffee Vans were working overtime as is always the case when there 5. Scott McLaughlan 1749 10. James Courtney 1434 is an early morning start. I know Jonathon has always said he would not encourage his son to be a race driver, however Judd is showing all the signs of being very excited What a shakedown the Teams in V8 supercars have had with the HRT being taken and enjoying himself around the cars and dads advice may just be falling on deaf ears. from Walkinshaw Racing and given to 888 for 2017. Will be interesting to see who will become the face of HRT, Wincup or VanGisbergen,can’t see a lot of positive support for Saturday 20th August Lakeside Sprints was again well supported with 13 cars on either in 2017. We all are hoping for a HSV Dealer Team to emerge in 2017,at least the track during the event. Lakeside is always a challenging event and a great drivers HRT fans have somewhere to go,can’t see a huge exodis to 888. We all have to watch track as was the case in the early days of the touring car championships held and see what transpires over the coming months. there with many of the iconic drivers such as Peter Brock,Cameron McConville, Mark Skaife,John Harvey,Allan Moffattand Dick Johnson just to mention a few,all fighting UPCOMING EVENTS it out to get Championship points. Peter Woods has to be commended for a top quality Continually on Social Media the Club Events are publicized as well as in the magazine. Motorsport pogramme during the year and needs full support from Club members each time to enable Peter to continue bringing these events to the Club.It would be great New Events are continually being introduced just to mix it up a bit in 2016 so keep your to see some of the Club ladies on the track,remember its not a race, you can enjoy a eye on the Facebook Page or the Club Web Page. Lets all get together and have some great track day,hone your skills at your ownpace.Furthermore here is the opportunity fun, at the next Events. Thank you for your support of the events and look forward to to really enjoy how good your HDT or HSV performance car is in a totally controlled catching up real soon environment. Les Gray President Sunday 21st August Gold Coast Car Show at the Mudgeerabah Show Grounds. Once again a sensational day having our many and varied models of HSV’s on display at a show with over 800 cars on display. This was a great opportunity to spend the day walking around looking at the many different Brands on display as well as the weird and wonderful. This would have to be one of the biggest events in Queensland with enormous support.Thanks to all of the Club members that joined us and placed their car in the HSV Owners ClubDisplay.It is also a great social catch up day. Saturday 10th September Peter Brock Memorial Dinner held at the Dream World Peter Brock Display purpose built museum. What a night this was with Bev Brock, Peter Champion, Dick Johnson and Rod Nash. Peter Champion has to be commended for organizing Dream World to display the Brock Cars in this purpose built facility with 6 HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. Magazine October 2016 HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. Magazine October 2016 7 Gold Coast Car Show 21st August 2016 Well what a chilly start to the day but a beautiful one just the same. The meeting point at the Hyperdome was attended by fourteen beautiful cars and another four joined the cruise down to the show at Mudgeeraba. Once the club cars where park in formation from new to old, it was all hands on deck to get the display happening with an array of banners and flags to complement the cars. Thank you to all members that help setup and pack away our display. There was a lot of interest in our club cars from the public that never ended all day. A thankyou goes out to a new club member Clayton Rutherford for bringing along his VN SV5000 in Racing Green what a beautiful car (Very Jealous) and also to Michael Royal with his VT Senator Thank you guys and welcome to the HSV Owners Club.
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