Club President: Brett Warren All Holden Day 2017 Raffle Tickets Now Available. Vice President: Adam Pohl Treasurer: Nicole Coverdale Other Club’s Regular Runs: 2nd Monday:GeelongStreetRoddersCruizin @ Secretary: Ross Ardiri Geelong Museum of Motoring & Industry Mackey St North Geelong 6pm, Chrome Bumpers welcome, $5 entry—all makes Run Coordinator: Gabrielle Roberts More info: Ray 0400 932 444 or www.geelongstreetrodders.com.au during daylight savings, October thru to March Club Permits: Adam Pohl 1stTuesday:Peninsula Cruise Night, Peninsula Homemaker Centre Web Co-ordinator & Cnr Nepean Hwy&BungowerRds, Mornington Newsletter Editor: 5:30pm - 9 ish between October & May Clive Roberts Alan Newton 0417 389 114 or Bill 03 5975 7665 Friday or Saturday:Weather permitting Club Caretaker: CalderPark Legal Off Street Drags& Burnout Competition. Brett Warren Check www.calderpark.com.au for the next session. 2nd Friday:Johns Rod & Custom Cruise Night – Club Phone: Berwick from 6pm Meet at John’s – 0414 856 967 74 Beaumont Road, Berwick.Ph: 9796 2251 Club Email. General Meeting: fxhzholdencarclubgeelong@gmail. st com 1 Monday of each month 7:30pm (exc. Jan) “Bay Room” Cnr Boundary Rd & Bellarine Hwy. Newsletter Email: [email protected] East Geelong 3219. www.fx-hzcarclub.com P.O.Box 81, Geelong Vic 3220 Members, The Holden day is fast approaching, don’t forget as a member of the Club if you have Club Plates you must help out on the day this is part of your obligation, so if you haven’t got a job as yet please call the club phone or make sure you see one of the committee staff on the day, we do need all the help we can get on the day, this will make it a great day for everyone. Judges – Adam Hearsum still needs a few volunteers for judging on the day if anyone can assist. Please contact the club phone if you can help for a couple of hours there. Holden Day Raffle tickets – Now being distributed.... SELL, SELL, SELL! All members present at our FEB meeting have received their books and we ask all remaining members to please text or call Gabrielle on the club phone to arrange getting your Raffle Books to start selling. We will be having an extra committee meeting prior to Holden day we will set a time and date and notify all the relevant people with a club text very soon. Club Run to Portarlington Australia Day, we had a brunch BBQ of Egg, Bacon & Hash Browns, then setup to watch the cars from Cotton On cruise past. We had a great spot on the foreshore, with an uninterrupted view of the road, UNTIL we were invaded by about 30+ MG’s and assorted vehicles, who said that we were in there spot, which we found out they use the spot we were in every 4th Thursday of the month as a meeting spot, they weren’t there for long and moved on to have their lunch. We had about 10 cars with around 20 members attend, all in all a great Australia Day. February 2017 12th Feb Torquay Rotary MotorShow: Torquay Foreshore - Elephant Walk 10-3pm 12th Feb 30th Annual Picnic at Hanging Rock Car Show th 18 Feb Newstead Swap Meet @ Newstead Racecourse 7-5pm Also Show N Shine 19th Feb WDCVC 19th Annual Vintage Classic Car & Bike Show: Wyndham Civic Centre th rd 26 Feb 3 Annual Car, Truck & Bike Show: Central Park Ave Craigieburn 10-3pm 26th Feb 6th Annual Showcars Melbourne: @ Moonee Valley Racecourse th 26 Feb Shelford Duck Race & Family Day 11-5pm March 2017 4 th Mar 13th Annual Geelong All Holden Day 6 th Mar Club Meeting 7:30 12 th Mar N.C.C on the Bay Car Show: Seaworks Williamstown 12 th Mar All GM Show N Shine Day Apex Park, Wangaratta also hosting FE/FC State Titles 19 th Mar Werribee Swap Meet: Werribee Racecourse 26 th Mar 11th Annual Koroit Swap Meet + Show n Shine Victoria Park. Koroit 26 th Mar Nathalia Show n Shine + Swap Meet Nathalia Rec Reserve Park St April 2017 nd 2 April E.J Whitten Foundation Car Show: Hogans Rd Oval Hoppers Crossing 9-2pm 3rd April Club Meeting 7:30 th 9 April Merideth Mancave Madness + Swap Meet + Car/Bike Show : Meredith Golf Club rd 23 April Melton Swap Meet: Tabcorp Park Items in red are Geelong FX-HZ Holden Club organised club runs or events. For more information, call the Club Phone on 0414 856 967 …Thanks to Tasman Market Fresh Meats Newcomb… … Official Supplier for Geelong FX-HZ Holden Club Runs… New house plan. 2016 Motorsport Season Wrap Up 9. January 2017 11:41 by Rare Spares in General, Rare Spares // Tags: Rare Spares, Motorsport, Supercar series, Touring Car Masters, TCM, automotive world, automotive, Bathurst, John Bowe, Aussie Motorsports, Australia driving roads, Australian cars, Australian classic cars, Automotive Enthusiasts, Automotive industry, classic cars, Festival of Motorsport, 2016 Racing, Racing, Car Racing // Comments (0) When it comes to the automotive world, it definitely goes without saying that we at Rare Spares are suckers for Motorsport. Whether it be the iconic Supercars (formally V8 Supercars) or the Touring Car Masters, we can’t get enough of fast and furious four wheeled action. Here we will take a look back at some of the series my exciting moments and how they finished up. Last year the Supercar series went through, some big changes, one of which was dropping the V8 name from the series to make way for turbo charged vehicles. However, the year was not without incident. Who could forgot the Red Bull poster boys Jamie Whincup and Shane van Gisbergen fighting at the front throughout the season, until the second last round in New Zealand where one punted the other, sending Van Gisbergen sliding off the road. This Supercars season also saw the first full-time female racer in decades enter the series. Simona De Silvestro was a former Indy Car racer and with her impressive wild card entry in the 2015 Bathurst, she was locked into a three year deal in the Australian category. Some other big moments saw HRT move to Triple Eight with Holden choosing the team over Walkinshaw Racing, ahead of the development of their new 2nd generation Supercar. The biggest story would have to go to the events that took place at the Bathurst 1000. Will Davison and Jonathon Webb were named the Bathurst champions after a dramatic end to the race in October. Whincup was stripped of his first place result due to a 15 second time penalty that was applied post-race. The series ended up being taken out by Van Gisbergen after an extraordinary display of skill and ability throughout the year. The Touring Car Masters also provided nothing short of a thrilling series once again, with high horse power and classic metal never failing to impress. One of the most memorable moments would go to the man Glenn Seton taking out the title for the first Trans-Tasman challenge. The Touring Car Masters and Central Muscle Cars went head to head at Mount Panorama for an incredibly exciting race which saw the Thunder Road Racing Team Australia driver claim his third TCM race win at Bathurst and fourth of the season. The series also provided some valiant efforts with Eddie Abelnica ending a 64 race streak without a Touring Car Masters race victory, thanks to a brilliant performance at the stunning Phillip Island GP Circuit. Abelnica powered his Melbourne’s Cheapest Cars XB Falcon hardtop to the win from fourth on the grid, passing Glenn Seton, Jason Gomersall and John Bowe in an outstanding display of steering. The Touring Car Master season title went to none other than Rare Spares ambassador, John Bowe, after he recorded his eighth race win of the year with an 80 point lead ahead of second place winner, Eddie Abelnica. With such an exciting season of Motorsport behind us, we are lucky to have such a vibrant and passionate automotive scene and with 2017 in full swing, we cannot wait to see what this year will bring! JUST HOLDENS MAGAZINE Issue 27 - HX LE MONARO Anniversary Edition. Learn the whole story from within Holden how the most luxurious Monaro all was designed and built. PLUS... - Special HOLDEN MANUFACTURING EDITION with 20 pages of stories and old photos from inside Holden's factories of the 1940s, '50s and '60s - The best XU-1 Torana ever built by the mighty HDT - GM-H secrets of the HQ ONE TONNER design - Poster of genuine HT GTS 350 MONARO ...and so much more! http://www.cargoodies.com.au/ We are now updating our Database to make sure we are in line with all the prerequisites for Vic Roads. With photos of the 1. Front, 2. Driver’s side, 3. Rear, 4. Driving position (side on with the driver’s door open) 5. And where possible, any identifiers such as chassis number & engine number. Motorcycles. 1. Left side, 2. Right side, 3. Rear 4. And any identifiers such as engine number and frame numbers. Could all members with club plates please send in photos of their cars or bikes to the newsletter editor. [email protected] or bring them to the next CLUB meeting. In electronic form i.e. A USB stick, or CD. 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