The Official Journal of the Historic Racing Car Club (Queensland) Inc. January, 2021 Need parts or service for your Race or Road Car? HHRCC is in the process of compiling a parts and service booklet. We could use your help. See page 6 TTT & SuperS prints 20th & 21st Feb, 2021 Got your TTT Morgan Park Raceway entry in yet? Entry Save some$$$ ’s with an early bird entry NOW OPEN CLiCK HERE Read about it on page 4 Don’t miss the February General Meeting and Adjourned AGM See page 5 Find us on:facebook 1 www.hrcc.org.au Contributions for upcoming issues of HISTORIC TORQUE are welcomed. Please email MS Word & digital photo contributions to [email protected] Alternatively, post articles to The Editor - Historic Torque, POBox 353, Red Hill Qld. 4059 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 -2020 President Alan Steel 0421 349950 [email protected] Vice President Chris Robertson 0403 868375 [email protected] Secretary Peter Gilbert 0408 742737 [email protected] Treasurer John Tupicoff 0408 197344 [email protected] Committee Greg Dalliston 0418 983307 [email protected] Committee/Membership/Conc. Rego Jim Goulden 0400 525865 [email protected] Committee Ian Welsh 0400 630482 [email protected] Committee Vacant State Council Delegate Alan Don 0401 952448 [email protected] Club Merchandise Vacant Group Leaders - Groups A & C (Heritage Touring Cars) David Paterson 0423 392824 [email protected] Group F ( Historic Formula Ford) Geoff Karger 0417 636106 [email protected] Group V (Historic Formula Vee) Alan Don 0401 952448 [email protected] Groups J, K, & L (Historic Sports and Racing) Craig Carlson 0418 191648 [email protected] Group N (Historic Touring Cars) Claude Ciccotelli 0415 136098 [email protected] Group S & T (Historic Production Sports Cars) Peter Richards 0408 957966 [email protected] Groups M, O, Q, R (Historic Sports Cars) Mike Gehde 0413651867 [email protected] Groups M, O, P, Q, R (Historic Racing Cars) Barry Wise 0415 318913 [email protected] Group U (Historic Sports Sedans) Mark Stockwell 0414 407490 [email protected] Regularity Greg Dallison 0418 983307 [email protected] Co-ord & Committee Rep for Group Leaders Peter Gilbert 0408 742737 [email protected] Historic Torque Editor and Photographer Ian Welsh 0400 630482 [email protected] Club Photographer Pete Trapnell 0418 737912 info@trapnellcreations Concessional Registration Officer Jim Goulden 0400 525865 [email protected] Historic Eligibility Officers Bruce Richards 0419 675020 Peter Herlihen 0414 474408 � Phone � Email � Mail Correspondence 0424 321072 [email protected] Contact PO Box 353, Call for all general Your email will be HRCC enquiries. You may be responded to by the Red Hill, redirected to the Queensland. 4059 appropriate club officer. appropriate club officer. HRCC welcomes these new members Members Membership Stephen Ziu Ford Escort and Mazda MX5 Full, Senior, Social, Honorary, Life 166 Vicky Wei Riley/XT GT /Nissan 300 Associates 47 Gary Nolan HRCC Total Membership 213* (As at 10/01/2021) *Membership renewal in progress Find us on:facebook 2 www.hrcc.org.au Editorial Happy new year to all HRCC members and friends. Positive thoughts for 2021 to be a much less disruptive year than the last one and that Historic Motorsport around the country gets back on track. Off track, 2021 starts with sadness from the passing of Brian Shead, the man behind the highly successful Cheetah racing cars. Brian, like Garrie Cooper, Frank Matich, and Brabham, were all excellent engineers as well as drivers that sought to improve their designs at every opportunity. They were passionately driven to make the best open wheel race cars in the country and In Brabhams case, it was the world. They leave behind an immense legacy for us all to enjoy through Historic Motorsport. I am not so sure that history will afford such admiration to the current crop of supercar engineers where performance gains are more in the realms of data analysts. Stay safe and healthy Ian Welsh 2021 Membership Renewal Reminder Hello HRCC Members, It’s Jim Goulden here letting you know that club membership for the 2021 year is now due for renewal. Many members have already completed the renewal, thank you. For those who have not yet got around to it, the simplest way is to do it online through the club’s membership system. Just go to the HRCC website –www.hrcc.org.au and select the “Log In” menu button. That will take you to the Member Log In Screen. To log in, use your ID and Password. ID is your Member number ( as per card, capitals and dash) and your password. Your password may be as it was first set up - the first three letters of your surname plus your postal post code ( lower case). You may have changed your password to a unique one since it was first set up though. Contact me to reset the password if you have forgotten it. Membership costs remain the same as last year except for Family which has been reduced to $35. HRCC Membership Fees for 2021 Member Type Full Senior Social Newsletter by email $50 $25 $25 Newsletter by post $90 $80 $80 Oily Rag mag and Newsletter by email $85 $65 $65 Oily Rag mag and Newsletter by post $125 $115 $115 Family Membership is an extra $35 and covers all family members with the primary member as a full member. The family member also receives the Newsletter by email. Payment can be made by credit cards, direct deposit (EFT), Payway and cheque made out to Historic racing Car Club(Qld)Inc. I recently sent out a reminder notice to all members by email, and in the post to members who have not advised of an email. That notice gives details regarding the payment methods. If any of your details have changed then please contact me so I can change club’s database. If any problems or you require help please call 0400 525 865 or email me [email protected] Jim Goulden, HRCC Membership PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MEMBERSHiP “GRACE PERiOD” ENDS ON 31ST JAN. IF YOU DON’T RENEW BY THEN YOU WiLL LOOSE THE BENEFiTS OF MEMBERSHiP. Find us on:facebook 3 www.hrcc.org.au Got your TTT entry in yet? Get the EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT If you enter prior to February 8, 2021. • TTT day$ 10.00 • Super Sprints $ 10.00 • Combined $ 20.00 Entry to the TTT and Supersprints is done through the Motorsport Australia MEE system CLICK here to log into the MEE system For more information, CLICK here to go to the HRCC TTT website page Find us on:facebook 4 www.hrcc.org.au NOTICE of a GENERAL MEETING and an ADJOURNED ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING to be held on Wednesday, 10th February, 2021 at the Memorial Hall AGM Mt Gravatt Showgrounds, 1644 Logan Rd, Mt Gravatt, Qld 2020 HRCCAnnual General Meeting Commencing at 7.30pm General Meeting Agenda • Treasurer seeks member approval to satisfy the requirements of the HRCC Constitution clause 46(3 & 4) regarding expenditure greater than $50,000 -“I seek approval for expenditure over the $50K limit (Clause46) for each Race meeting in 2021 as follows, Autumn Historic Warwick to be $90,000 and Historic Queensland to be $100,000” in accordance with Constitution Clause 46(3 & 4).” Annual General Meeting Agenda ▪ Elect Members to the Management Committee.The Nominations are - HRCCQ Position Nomination Proposed by Seconded by President Alan Steel Jim Goulden Alan Don Vice President Chris Robertson Peter Gilbert Peter Richards Secretary Peter Gilbert Jim Goulden Alan Don Treasurer John Tupicoff Jim Goulden Peter Finnigan Committee - Membership Officer Jim Goulden Peter Gilbert John Tupicoff Committee - Newsletter Editor Ian Welsh Peter Gilbert Peter Richards Committee Greg Dalliston Kirrilly Dalliston Rodney Burrows The current HRCC Constitution is available here -https://www.hrcc.org.au/index_htm_files/ HRCCQ%20Constitution%20Adopted%2020-10-2014.pdf • All HRCC Members are invited to attend and participate in these meetings. • HRCC Members who are unable to attend can participate by direct voting. Please contact the club secretary for more information [email protected] or Ph 0424 321 072 • Under the HRCC Constitution, only Finacial Full, Senior and Life members are eligble to vote. Members are advised the HRCC has public liability insurance to the value of $100 million. HISTORIC RACING CAR CLUB (Qld) INC. PO Box 353, Red Hill, Qld, 4059 www.hrcc.org.au Find us on:facebook 5 www.hrcc.org.au HRCC PARTS AND SERViCE BOOKLET Can you help? It might seem lifetime ago for some of us, but it was only last year the HRCC Management Committee, through club consultation, developed 10 Objectives to pursue. One of these objectives was to produce a reference online parts, tools and service booklet for ‘members only’ through the HRCC website, to refer to when they need something to get their car going or to get them back into competition. We are now calling for nominations from members, firms or individuals who supply such goods or services.