Best Ever Easter Bathurst. • Easter Bathurst • Phillip Island Statie • Targa Tasmania • Eligibility Crackdown • Flag Furore • Hello HANS
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May 2013 Best Ever Easter Bathurst. • Easter Bathurst • Phillip Island Statie • Targa Tasmania • Eligibility Crackdown • Flag Furore • Hello HANS Pic courtesy James Smith General Meeting 8pm Wednesday May 29 Bells Hotel Sth Melbourne Torquing Heads 2012/2013 Work Ph Home Ph Fax Mobile Email President Chris Ralph 0418 318 934 [email protected] Vice President Jervis Ward 9690 4321 9690 4323 0409 137 629 [email protected] Secretary Dean Bryant 0417 012 526 0417 012 526 9551 5859 0417 012 526 [email protected] Treasurer David Floyd 9574 7733 9877 2243 9561 8731 0402 257 541 [email protected] Competition Nick Cascone 0409 959 072 0409 959 072 [email protected] Membership Jervis Ward 9690 4321 9690 4323 0409 137 629 [email protected] Club Plates Gordon Cox 9467 8900 9435 5235 9467 4590 0418 506 650 [email protected] Committee David Brown 9762 8722 9762 9829 0413 208 081 [email protected] Eligibility David Twigg 0414 875 922 9466 9737 9702 9635 0414 875 922 [email protected] Eligibility Len Read 5977 8771 5977 8771 0408 548 133 [email protected] Engine Sealing Ken Zinner 9568 0363 9568 0363 0412 171 603 Are you joking.com.au AHTCA [email protected] Editor Chris Ralph 0418 318 934 [email protected] Club Mailing Address PO Box 16 Chadstone Centre Victoria 3148 2013 Competition Calendar Championship point score rounds for your best 5 Event Organisers Location Date Type Round 1 State Series PIARC Phillip Island April 6-7 State Round 2 State Series MG Car Club Sandown May 18-19 State Round 1 Golden Oldies Austin 7 Club Winton Short May 25-26 Historic Round 3 State Series ASSA Sandown July 20-21 State Round 2 Golden Oldies August 10-11 VHRR Winton Long Historic Round 4 State Series VMCI Phillip Island October 21-22 State Round 3 Golden Oldies November 8-10 VHRR Sandown Historic Island Magic PIARC Phillip Island Nov 30 - Dec 1 Other Plus one interstate round of your choice And as well: Graham Slater Fun Day (non-champ) Calder February 24 Phillip Island Classic (non-champ, >3ltr cars only) Phillip Island March 8 -10 Australian Historic Touring Car Challenge (Muscle Car Masters) Sydney Motorsport Park Aug 30 - Sept 1 Calling the hounds to Baskerville This year’s Baskerville historic meeting plans to run an is on the poster reprinted on page 13. It’s a great little track and the interesting Group N Mini only race as a memorial tribute to well- hospitality and fun provided by the organisers is first rate. known Mini racer Chris Ellis who tragically passed at the beginning Henry Draper is chasing up Mini competitors, why not have a of the year. As well, Under and Over 3-litre races are planned for chat to him on Group N. 0438 714 821 or email [email protected] So if you’re a Mini racer start making plans now – all the info He’ll certainly tell you where to go… You need it? Call Coxys! 31B Clements Ave, Bundoora & great Club pricing Ph 9467 8900 or 0418 506 650 Coxy’s Revolution Racegear. Whatever you need he can get it and at great Club pricing. Page 2 May 2013 Historic Touring Torque PresEditoro Mallala and no doubt had their usual master cylinder problem added to the woes excellent time with Rob Southouse, son in and meant driving Day 4 with no clutch, law Phil Barrow and mate Rod Wood and a starting on the line in 1st gear. On the last full family support team. day they had no starter after lunch so they couldn’t turn it off again until the Wrest State Round in April Point car park. They were the last of the The first point score round for the year finishers having missed 11 stages. saw former Club Champion Gary Edwards easily the fastest car after the Leo Tobin’s Well done also to Warren Bossie from Mustang continued its unbroken grave NSW, former chair of the AHTCA who (sorry) run of tiny reliability problems. entered as a rookie in his Group Nc Torana and finished 33rd. But when too much power was a problem in the slippery Sunday morning race it was Eligibility Stephen Pillekers who took the win, his first Just as driving standards came under the ever, congratulations. As well, we saw the spotlight in 2011-12, it is now the turn of debut of Phil Pearmain in his 1957 Mk1 Jag eligibility matters to be reviewed. Welcome to the second full-size that he has been building for some years. The The article starts the process and it’s up magazine of the year. In it we report on the car ran well and finished all the races. Bathurst Group N races, the April State to members to add their comments and ideas round and Targa Tasmania, plus there’s Thanks to Phil Wisewould once again for which will all be put into the mix. Even the some really interesting information on the race photos. awareness that the heat will be on those cars that don’t comply may be enough to dissuade eligibility, safety, flag waving and more. Targa Tasmania people knowingly turn up to race with a Easter Fun Our members done good, as they say. massive cheater – and being outed. Congratulations to Peter and Sari Ullrich The Group N races at Bathurst were who won the Early Classic Handicap in Safety – HANS devices organized out of Hong Kong by the excellent their awesome 1963 Jensen CV8, detuned Thanks to the thinly-disguised ‘Wise Troy Williams who came back to have a to standard specs to spite the naysayers but Wally’ who has contributed the first of run in his Mustang. Initially entry fees still monstrously fast. Paul and Christine several promised article on technical and race looked steep around $1300 but that was to Freestone in the very much modified Holden compliance matters. guarantee our group a place on the card. 48/215 beat them home in the Classic Once fully subscribed, $500 was refunded An unfortunate death occurred in Outright by just seven seconds (standard cars to each competitor, which after a fantastic Queensland in February this year when an ex get a different weighting in the handicap), weekend’s motor racing must have left them Grp N Alfa taking part in a sprint meeting while Andrew White/ Ashley Yelds took the very chuffed indeed! hit something hard head-on. A HANS extraordinarily fast Volvo 122S into 11th. We device would have saved his life – the article I asked Ted Perkins, Peter van Summeren have pinched Ashley’s blog for our report, promotes the device and it’s interesting to and John Clarke for just a few lines each so I many thanks! note that Coxy has them on sale to Club could cobble up an article but such was their Cap’n Richard Woodward took time off members for only $675… enthusiasm I ended up with so much stuff from the 747 to haul the big yellow Monaro an editor’s edit was required. Many thanks It has to be said – how much is your neck into 17th, aided and abetted by my last for responding guys, thanks also to Coxy and worth? year’s nav, Neil Gibson. After losing a stage Peter Miles for the snaps and to James Smith with a thrown fan belt they fought back Flag waving for most of the race photos. magnificently. Bob Edwards in the beautiful The not-at-all thinly-disguised John Also at Easter Les Walmsley drove fellow Falcon Sprint replica also had problems to Clarke has been doing some flag waving Charger-punter Robert Braune’s BMW E30 finish 31st. along with his driving and has some sharp in the Festival of Sporting Cars event at Our Club Rally Champs for the last comments to make on the inconsistencies he Wakefield Park. Built for the Winton 300 two years, Bernie and John Wilson from has found which he has kindly sent in, for it has a small Lexus motor and “brakes off Canberra, DNF’d after the Perana broke the which many thanks. a truck”, was great fun to drive and cleaned inside of the 9” diff at the end of Day 2, and There are some points that he wishes to up in all the races. Les said he thought of me although fixed with the help of a local, then pursue and the aggressive old bugger’s beard as the BM passed Burke’s Charger. Aw, gee, had no LSD. is bristling big time… thanks mate! Two starter motor failures and a clutch Team Humpy made a foray to Easter Historic Touring Torque May 2013 Page 3 New relaxed CAMS licence 2013 outright and Golden Oldies champs, Saturday night so people can get away early requirements two invalid meetings would mean our on the Sunday. After drinks in the paddock Did you know that CAMS has again Golden Oldies would have only half the at end of play, all group N competitors will relaxed its rules regarding licensing? required meetings, hardly the result anyone be asked to go the 150m to the Hinxman Neither did I. A few years back they wants. Room of the ARDC Cubhouse for the extended the yearly check-up for drivers over And it would certainly not be fair on our celebratory dinner and prize giving for the 40 (most of us!) from one year to two. members and competitors who have booked Saturday events.