THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF THE MAZDA MX-5 CLUB OF NSW INC. Supersprint Champions! Stewart Temesvary 2014 CAMS Supersprint Type 1 Champion TEAM MX-5 WIN CAMS SUPERSPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP PRESIDENT’S PICNIC | PORT TO PORT NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS SPRING 2014 Print Post Publication:100006993 AUTOMOTIVE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC CENTRE WE PROVIDE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE YOU WANT 2wd or 4wd dyno-tuning & power runs Computer diagnosis, upgrades & re-mapping Auto electrical services, overhauls & re-wiring Fuel injection diagnosis, servicing & upgrades ECU diagnosis, repairs & upgrades Weight-corrected steering alignments & repairs Suspension testing, repair, overhaul & upgrade Exhaust modification, bending & upgrades Brake testing, overhaul, upgrade & machining www.acdc.net.au 23 Kemble Court Mitchell ACT 2911 Ph: 02 6262 2680 Mob: 0417 269 325 [email protected] THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF THE MAZDA MX-5 CLUB OF NSW INC. SPRING 2014 Editorial 7 BREAKFAST It’s coming up to my favourite time of year. Christmas is always the AGM CLUB same in our house. The Aunties are in the kitchen, cutting all the food into cubes and arguing about the right way to make custard. The Uncles will stand around the BBQ, agreeing that there is only 8 one thing to do with the lone remaining sausage. ”Let’s leave it, it’ll President’s Picnic be a diamond by dinner time.” And the cousins go to battle as they embark upon yet another year of the “Lego Wars”. Christmas is a 10 Karting time for a break in the routine. Normally, I will do anything to avoid Championships shortbread and fruit cake but come Christmas, I’ll eat them happily because they came in a hamper. It’s a time I find myself in Bunnings asking, in all seriousness, if they gift wrap. 12 New Year’s Eve is all about champagne, fireworks and making BreakFastMID NORTHClub COAST impossible resolutions. I love New Year’s resolutions because 14 you can promise anything and come New Year’s Day, no-one will Canberra remember. Every year, my resolutions are the same - I have washed my car once this year. In 2015, I will wash it twice. 18 Even if it doesn’t need it. There’s been a bag of old clothes in my boot for three months. In Sydney SYDNEY 2015, I will take them to the Vinnie’s bin. And actually put them in. I will stop telling people I have a “Mazda-arti”. Especially the guy at 20 the end of my street who has a “Maserati” and is clearly not fooled. Illawarra MOTORSPORT I will no longer red-line or practice heel-toe on the school run. So, this time next year, you will know that: 22 • My car still looks like it works down the mines, News Years • My daughter now prefers to take the bus Resolutions • And there’ll still be a bag of old clothes in the boot. There is one resolution that will be easy to keep in the coming New 24 Year. To get along to more MX-5 Club NSW events. With a jam- Hunter packed calendar, there are plenty to choose from. We’ve made it an easy resolution to keep with our 2015 social events planner on page 25 22 and motorsports planner on page 38. RPM Wishing you all diamonds by dinner time and a safe and happy festive season. 29 Mel Keller Motorsports Editor 34 Driver Training 38 Layout and Design: Rod Carter 2015 Motorsport Editor: Mel Keller Calendar Cover photo: Rob Annesley www.shotbyrob.com.au NSW MEMBERSHIP REPORT CURRENT MEMBERSHIP The membership number is down due to the renewal phase at this time of year. The months of October and November is the largest renewal phase with almost 35% of our members renewing in this period. Please check your membership cards to ensure you have current membership. TOTAL If not, please renew online or contact the membership database secretary at [email protected] NEW 669 MEMBERS [FINANCIAL] 39 NEW MEMBERS COMMITTEE Welcome! 2014 Judith Andrews Francesca Meliton President: Bryan Shedden Canberra Convenor: Richard Andrews Roslyn Middlemiss [email protected] 0422 340 010 Bricet Klören & Bob Judd [email protected] 0422 386 660 Jamie Bagala Faisal Muhammad Vice President: Glenn Thomas Geoffrey Barton Peter Pietak [email protected] Hunter Convenor: Mark Gray [email protected] 0477 090 538 Craig Berelle Danilo Poropat Treasurer: Julie Sando [email protected] Illawarra Convenor: Phil & Sandra Reid Andrew Blinn Matthew Reid [email protected] 0417 260 766 Scott Bodin Peter Reid Secretary: Wesley Hill [email protected] RPM Convenor: Lesa Bunn Michael Burns Rosie Rivas [email protected] 0423 276 152 James Collison Ruth Sanders Club Captain: Michael Soulos [email protected] 0413 113 399 Mid North Coast Convenor: Peter Jurgen Conrad George Sanders Rodgers [email protected] Wendy Coonan John Siokos Membership Database: Keith Monaghan 0422 237 588 [email protected] 0418 976 279 Peter Coonan Jon West Sydney Convenor: Guy Coles Thomas Craddy Terry White Membership: Ken & Maggie Liston [email protected] 0419 914 443 02 9872 1639 Natalie Davies Gregory Unger Competition: David Lawler EX-OFFICIO REPRESENTATIVES Gavin Deriu Adrian Villis [email protected] 0403 070 644 Competition/Event Secretary: Chris Deckers Kate Virtue Zan Menzel [email protected] Publications: Rod Carter Ph/Fax 02 6558 4190 Lauren Freeman [email protected] 0418 442 328 Benjamin Funayama Track Day Coordinator: Mike Hicks Website Coordinator: Greg Perry [email protected] 0419 202 588 Eleanor Glissan [email protected] 0414 431 055 Kim Godley Club Torque Editor: Mel Keller Regalia: Pam Estreich [email protected] 0421069 019 James Hanrahan [email protected] 0459 253 272 Club Historian: Elaine Caldwell Mel Innes BreakFast Club Coordinator: 02 9451 1432 Heather Jacobs Adam Walker Mazda MX-5 Club of NSW Inc. [email protected] 0403 161 544 PO Box 402, Beecroft NSW 2119 nsw.mx5.com.au 4 Club Torque PRESIDENT’S BRIEF BY BRYAN SHEDDEN Welcome to our fourth and final desire to improve. The next step identifying who has gone missing. edition of Club Torque for 2014. is to establish a Sydney Chapter 5. 5. The registration sheets are Our 2014 AGM is out of the way and Committee so that tasks can be used to allocate “Member of the new Club Committee is firmly spread around and the job made the Year” (MOTY) points which focussed on the task ahead. so much easier. Several volunteers recognise our most active Grand Plans have already come forward to offer members. This is a prestigious Planning for 2015 is well underway. It assistance with organising runs and club-wide award and there are promises to be a special milestone for Chapter regalia. Hopefully this will also Chapter MOTY awards. the club with our 25th Anniversary. form the basis of a vibrant Sydney Correctly recording your Planning has already begun for a gala Chapter Committee similar to what membership number makes this celebration that will see us return to already exists in Canberra, Hunter job easier. Vicary’s Winery, Luddenham, where and Illawarra Chapters. Offers of 6. The MOTY data is analysed by 104 MX-5 owners founded our club help are always welcome and very the Committee to determine in 1990. It will be held in September much needed, so please contact Guy participation rates so that in conjunction with the President’s at [email protected] if you want we can learn what events are Picnic, Concours d’Elegance and the Sydney Chapter to survive and popular and identify areas for Bits & Bling. It’s going to be a prosper. improvement. huge event and we’re planning for Registration sheets 7. Participation levels are used unprecedented attendance. If the Every time you participate in a club by the Committee for pro rata stars align, we hope to have the ND run, it is a requirement that you allocation of funds to each MX-5 available for people to look complete the registration sheet chapter, to purchase thankyou over. with your name, member number, gifts for our organisers, leaders, etc. We would be nowhere The Committee will also be working rego, and contact number. Why? For without our volunteers and this on improving our club regalia offer, several reasons: is a great way of ensuring that establishing a business directory 1. It is a requirement of our CAMS they feel appreciated. with member discount offers, and permits which provide liability conducting a membership survey to insurance for the protection of At many of our social dinners, coffee gauge your opinion on how the club the club, our organisers and run & lies, etc, we have tended not to is travelling and where we should be leaders. worry about registration sheets as headed. 2. By signing the form, you are they don’t require a CAMS permit. acknowledging the conditions of However, several chapters log their Sydney Chapter participation in the event. attendance and factor it into their The Sydney Chapter has come a 3. It gives you an opportunity to Chapter MOTY awards. For some long way since July 2013 when it was check your membership card to members, these purely social events formally recognised as a regional see if you are due for renewal – may be their only activity with the Chapter. Guy Coles has done a you must be a financial member club. So in the interests of gaining superb job as Convenor, with a focus to continue enjoying the benefits a more accurate picture of club on building the social foundations of club membership.