Owners Club of Qld. Inc. Magazine January / February 2013 www.hsvowners.com.au Print Post Approved PP 424022/00902 Jan / Feb 2013 Issue PATRONS Mr Phil Harding 2011 Mr Darren Bowler 2011 Mr Peter Brock 1982 – 2006 Mr Tom Walkinshaw 2007 - 2010 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 - 2012 PRESIDENT Les Gray Ph. 0427 719 495 VICE PRESIDENT Craig Barrass Ph. 0411 344 517 SECRETARY & Mandy Sloan Ph. 0407 771 374 MAGAZINE EDITOR TREASURER & Peter Woods Ph. 0428 723 612 MOTORSPORT LIAISON MEMBERSHIP Brad Yarrow Ph. 0409 054 272 SECRETARY COMMITTEE Colin Humphreys Ph. 0411 594 048 COMMITTEE Richard Winters Ph. 0418 746 215 COMMITTEE Tod Poole Ph. 0404 722 444 HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. Magazine January/February 2013 3 We Drive Excitement! HSV Owners Club of Qld MEETINGS The HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. meets at 7:00pm on the last Friday of each alternate Merchandise month for a 7:30pm start, usually at a HSV Dealership. Please refer to the calendar of upcoming events in this magazine for confirmation of the next meeting location. We’ve made it our New Year’s Remember to turn off mobile phones before entering the meeting and keep personal resolution to clear last year’s stock! distractions to a minimum. POSTAL ADDRESS Contact Mandy Sloan for a great deal on HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. Classic Dress Shirts and Classic Polo Shirts. PO Box 10050, Adelaide Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 Most sizes available. EMAIL ADDRESSES President: [email protected] Vice President: [email protected] Secretary/Editor: [email protected] Treasurer: [email protected] Membership Secretary: [email protected] Webmaster: [email protected] WEB SITE The Club’s website address is www.hsvowners.com.au Classic Polo Shirt Items or photos for inclusion on the web site are welcome. Please email these to Classic Dress Shirt [email protected]. CLUB MAGAZINE Don’t forget we still have Bucket Hats, Kids Polos Deadline for articles is the first Thursday of each month. Member’s advertising is and Wine Glasses in stock as well as our new range free. Please contact the Secretary via email ([email protected]) for non- member and commercial rates. of Mens and Ladies shirts, polos and jackets. LIFE MEMBERS The following people are Life Members - Colin McIlwaine, Eunice Parkes, Kevin Bonwick, Clynton Fox, Rod Sharp, Greg Sharp, Norm Powell and Rod Thiesfield. MAGAZINE COVER On this month’s front and back covers are photos of the 30th Anniversary at Lakeside Contact Mandy Sloan via Email: [email protected] or Raceway on Saturday 24th November 2012 and the Coffs Harbour Weekend Away on Phone: 0407 771 374 or see Mandy at the next Club event. 2nd - 4th November 2012. Thanks to Lawrie & Lyn Morrison for providing the photos. Please Note: Most items can be delivered by post. 4 HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. Magazine January/February 2013 HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. Magazine January/February 2013 5 will commence at 6:30pm which will be followed by guest speakers and our General Meeting at approximately 7:30pm. FROM THE Sunday 27th January 2013 - Sprints at Queensland Raceway (Book with Peter Woods as soon as PRESIDENT’S DESK possible as there are limited spots available). Sunday 17th February 2013 - Muscle Car Madness at Village Shopping Center, Logan Road, Upper Mt Gravatt. All profits from this car show benefit the charity ‘Cure our Kids’. Don’t think your car isn’t good enough to display! Give it a wash, blacken the tyres and bring it along. We need at least 55 cars!! Entry cost is $15 per car. Phone Craig Barrass on 0411 344 517 if you would like to join us. The cars will be judged and there will be trophies up for grabs (Please note: you do not have to have your car judged if you do not want to). There are plenty of dress shops and a Coffee Club in the shopping centre for the ladies to enjoy! Sunday 24th February 2013 - First Official Cruise for 2013 to Toowoomba Golf Club. Don’t miss this one! Please Note: Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday night 22nd March 2013. You should have received your Committee nomination forms in the mail. Don’t forget to nominate your Committee and return the voting forms to Club Secretary, Mandy Sloan. Motorsport Update The new year brings big changes for the V8 Supercar season with new manufacturers joining the pack. However, I am confident there will still be plenty of Holden v Ford action and it will be stronger than ever. Two Teams will Shine in 2013 - The Holden Racing Team’s Garth Tander and James Courtney will come out fighting. - Tekno Autosport’s Jonathon Webb made a great impact on the 2012 V8 Supercar season. He also will come out fighting in 2013 in a Car of the Future! Predictions for 2013 - HRT’s James Courtney will win multiple podium places during 2013. - TEKNO Autosport’s Jonathon Webb will win multiple podium places during 2013. I hope James and Jono read this! No pressure at all, just make the podium or I am going to look like a goose and yes I can just imagine your thoughts on my ‘goose’ comment! We are looking forward to the 2013 V8 Supercar season and the new round which will be held in Texas. We would like to the following drivers who attended Club events during 2012: - Holden Racing Team and Walkinshaw Racing - James Courtney, Cameron McConville, Nick Percat and Russell Ingall. - Tekno Autosports - Jonothan Webb and Michael Patrizi. We look forward to having you with us in 2013 and wish you the best of luck for the new racing season. Again, we thank all members of the HSV Owners Club of Qld for your support during 2012 and we look forward to seeing you at the next event in 2013. Les Gray, President 6 HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. Magazine January/February 2013 HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. Magazine January/February 2013 7 HSV OWNERS CLUB OF QLD. INC. GENERAL MEETING MINUTES Go-karts $2,100 and $2,525 ($425). Social Outings $2,620 and $2,910 ($290). New membership Card Printer $2,084. Old card printer became inoperable and was traded 29.03.12. MINUTES of General Meeting of the HSV Owners Club of Qld. Inc. held Friday night, November 30th 2012 at Motorama HSV Springwood. Peter advised that the accounts will be ready for audit early in 2013 and will be available for the 2013 AGM. The meeting opened at 9:16pm. A motion to accept the Treasurers Report was moved by Lawrie Morrison and seconded by Norm PRESENT: 86 members as per the attendance book and 10 guests. Powell. APOLOGIES: Greg & Colleen Sharp, Paul & Leanne Ferguson and Luke Camilleri. GENERAL BUSINESS: NEW MEMBERS: Will Giles with a Maloo R8, Neville Moonsamy with a VE Clubsport and Rex Peter spoke about the 30th Anniversary event at Lakeside on 24.11.2012. The vast majority of us Chapman with a VE Senator. celebrated the Club’s 30th Anniversary. We were joined by James Courtney and Phil Brock and they participated in the happy laps and as our guest speakers. I feel quite confident in MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING: Published in the December 2012 Magazine of the HSV saying that this would be our best attended event in the Club’s history when you take into account nd Owners Club of Qld posted to Members on 22 November 2012. Accepted by Rod Thiesfield and those that participated in the regularity as well as the happy laps and dinner. We had quite a number seconded by Ray Yarrow. of guests that came for the motorsport and happy laps but could not join us for dinner. BUSINESS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES: Nil. Peter passed on thanks to Keith and Karen Muller for graciously picking up Phil Brock from the Novatel and bringing him to Lakeside. Phil also drove the car and I will not talk about the fact that they CORRESPONDENCE got lost on the way. I think it is more likely that Phil just wanted to spend a little more time behind the INWARD: New Membership Applications, Club magazines from other states, Invoice from Redback wheel of a mint VC. It also turns out that Keith and Karen’s car was actually test driven by Pin prior to Print, Correspondence from Westpac Bank and Various web enquiries. delivery and is shown on the build sheets. OUTWARD: Emails to new members and Responses to web enquiries. The day kicked off at 2:00pm with 16 competitors (15 Males and Mel) taking part in the regularity event. We had space for 30 and were hoping to get close to that number. There was plenty of action A motion to accept the inward correspondence and adopt the outward was moved by Bob Bennett and for the many spectators to view and all the participants had a heap of fun. Some of the regulars who seconded by Rod Thiesfield. run slightly quicker than the 65 second fastest allowable nominated time for regularity were a little disappointed they could not push faster than this but this time was set to help ensure everyone’s BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE: Nil.