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Also in This Issue... North Shore Members Shine in 2014 Australian Official Magazine of the North Shore Sporting Car Club Volume 63 | Dec 2014 North Shore members shine in 2014 Australian Rally Championship Also in this issue... Summer Twilight Tarmac Rallysprints Go From Strength To Strength Fourth for Molly in Junior WRC final at Wales Rally GB Tips and Traps of Modern Engines www.nsscc.com.au Wheelspin 1 December 2014 COMING EVENTS 1 Dec. December Club Meeting Roseville Club 18 Dec Rd 3 Summer Tarmac Twilight Rallysprint Sydney Dragway 22 Jan. Rd 4 Summer Tarmac Twilight Rallysprint Sydney Dragway 2 Feb February Club Meeting Roseville Club 15 Feb CAMS General Assembly Wentworth Hotel Sydney 19 Feb Rd 5 Summer Tarmac Twilight Rallysprint Sydney Dragway 2 Mar March Club Meeting Roseville Club 19 Mar Rd 6 Summer Tarmac Twilight Rallysprint Sydney Dragway 18 Apr NSSCC Caves Classic DRS Rally 21 Jun NSSCC State Khana Colo 11 Jul NSSCC Rally of the Bay Batemans Bay DEC CLUB MEETING MEMBERSHIP Come and join us for the last Club meeting of the year ENQUIRIES at Roseville Memorial Club on Monday 1st December SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER - Molly Taylor Michael Kent Just back from the Wales Rally GB where she finished [email protected] 4th in the JWRC class. Ph: 0417 251 253 Come and enjoy a cold beer, a great meal and a chat with fellow club members. Dinner from around 6.30pm. Club Meeting from 8pm 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 313 078 Club Treasurer: Nigel Walters Email: [email protected] | Ph: 0418 160 133 Secretary: Michael Kent North Shore member Richie Dalton on his way to winning Email [email protected] | Ph 0417 251 253 the Australian 4WD Rally title at Rally Victoria last month Wheelspin 2 December 2014 FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK Jon Thomson Two down and four to go with our and the fun you have out there on the At our December club meeting we will Summer Tarmac Twilight Rallysprints and track, in a rally stage, behind the wheel be paying tribute to our ARC heroes what a huge success they have been so or bantering with fellow competitors can’t and also to Molly Taylor, another club far. Following our very strong 43-car field happen without the manpower to make member who has proving herself on a at the inaugural event in October we have the events run. So think about putting world stage and she will be at the club followed that up with a bumper 76-car in some time to help as an official at our meeting to regale us with tales of her field for our November event, just four shy events. exploits at Wales Rally GB a few weeks of our capacity limit. ago. It should be a great night, get there As a club we have grown tremendously early enough to have a bite to eat in the These have been a tremendous boost in recent times and that is fantastic and bistro at the Roseville Memorial Club with for the club and our membership has I reckon we can lay claim to being the the club meeting and videos set to get flourished as a result. It is absolutely premier rally oriented car club in Australia, underway at 8pm. fantastic to have so many new and something that is born out in part by returning members in the club and we the results for the 2014 Australian Rally We would love to see you there for a look forward to having you all participate Championship. Every category contested night of fun and chat. Which brings me to in a range of events over the next year from the outright championship to the the need to think about re formatting our or so. Classics, the 4WD Series and the Junior meeting in 2015. For sometime we have been thinking about moving our meetings We are already planning a second Challenge saw at least one NSSCC member in the winning team. Club to a time that is perhaps more in keeping season of the Summer Tarmac Twilight with our busy 21st century lifestyle. Rallysprints for 2015-16 we will be running member Dale Moscatt who sat beside Scott Pedder in the Renault Clio was We are looking at ways of holding our two gravel rallies at Hampton and our meetings as a Cars and Coffee event on state round at Batemans Bay and several crowned ARC champion co-driver, his second ARC title, another North Shore a Sunday morning from 8am to 10am. khanacross including a round of the state The increasingly popular Cars and khana series. Ideally it would be great to member Richie Dalton captured the 4WD title in his Lancer Evo IX, Neal Bates and Coffee concept has a lot of followers and run a supersprint at the new Luddenham being held on Sunday mornings allows Raceway sometime next year. Coral Taylor, both North Shore members took the Classic Title yet again and in the members to come along with their car To do all of that we will need you, as Kumho Junior Challenge Tom Ryan and have a coffee and a chat, admire other members of the club, to pitch in and help. Fro Horobin, also both NSSCC members peoples machines and make any relevant We are the club, you are the club, we’re grabbed the crown. Congratulations to club announcements and be away to all in this together. The camaraderie, the them all and it was great to see so many enjoy the rest of Sunday with out taking laughs and the fun are all a reward for the club members represented at the highest up the entire day. hard work that goes into these events level of Aussie rallying. BOOK YOUR PLACE AT THE 2015 CAMS GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN 2 TICKETS TO THE 2015 FORMULA 1 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX CAMS would like to invite you to attend the 2015 CAMS General Assembly to be held at Sofitel Sydney Wentworth on Saturday the 21st of February. CAMS is once again bringing together clubs from across Australia to discuss a range of topics relevant to clubs, including the benefits of affiliation, membership engagement, track and driver development, CAMS Event Entry and Officials training and development. The day will also include a special guest interview with a high profile Motor Sport personality and a chance to win two tickets to the CAMS marquee on Turn 15 on the Friday of the 2015 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix*. Event Details Date: Saturday 21 February 2015 Time: 8:30am to 4:00pm Venue: Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Cost: Two representatives per club can attend free of charge, additional club representatives will be charged $65 per person. Catering will be provided for all attendees. RSVP: Wednesday 11 February 2015 Wheelspin 3 December 2014 NORTH SHORE SHINES IN THE ARC Its not to often that one club can claim In the ARC 4WD Series (it is not a a member of Brindabella SCC we will domination of the Australian Rally championship for some ridiculous claim him as one of our own now that he Championship but this year has seen reason) North Shore’s hard charging carries an NSSCC hard card in his wallet. North Shore Sporting Car Club truly blitz Irishman Richie Dalton carried the form Congrats to Neal a Coral for another the Championship series with at least he had show all year in his Lancer Evo 9 superlative performance. one club member in the winning crew in to take the title from South Aussie Henry each of the categories of the series. Nott. It was a great reward for Richie If that swag of ARC victories wasn’t who showed tremendous speed and enough the Kumho Australian Junior The ARC went down to the wire at Rally incredible development after a relatively Challenge was captured by newly Victoria with the outright championship short rally career. He put in some recruited NSSCC member tom Ryan who for two wheel drive cars being fought tremendous performances all year and was partnered by another North Shore out between Scott Pedder in his Renault was a deserving winner of the all wheel newcomer Fro Horobin. The Rallyschool Clio and Brendan Reeves in the Mazda drive category. Well-done Richie. put in a tremendous performance in their 2 of Rallyschool boss and North Shore Toyota Altera to take the junior Challenge. member Mick Ryan. The Classics have been a happy All in all it has been a tremendous year In the end Scott Pedder triumphed with hunting ground for Neal Bates and Coral for the Club in more ways than one and North Shore member Dale Moscatt along Taylor for the past three years with the with so many new members joining side him calling the notes, despite the tremendously fast Celica RA40 Classic up we expect big things across all pair having a big of on the power stage and 2014 has proven no different. Of competition fronts in 2015. on day one of the event. Fortunately course with the Summer Tarmac Twilight things got better for Pedder and Moscatt Rallysprints Neal has joined NSSCC, We salute all our North Shore Champions and they were able to hold off the hard while Coral has been a member of he and congratulate them on their charging Brendan Reeves. club for many years.
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