———— Holden TORQUE ————————————————————— March 2007 page 2 Welcome to the March 2007 Edition of In this months magazine: Club Stock: page 17 Executive Torque - News from the President, Vice President, Secretary & Treasurer: page 3 C.O.M.E. Racing visit: page 17 Club Calendar : page 8 Motor Show, Motor Khana & Grp5: page 18 Motor Sport and Rally: page 12 Special Events: page 21 PI Historics reports: page 15 Membership & Pointscore: page 22 Editors ramblings: page 16 February General Meeting minutes: page 23 Club Website: page 17 Membership form: backpage ———— Club TORQUE - Committee 2007 and Club Information ——————————— President Wayne Paola Vice President Glenn Mason [email protected] [email protected] 0431755297 Secretary Kylie Kastelic Treasurer Peter Stewart [email protected] [email protected] 0404066616 0407361426 Motorkhana & Frank Rogan Public Officer Ray Cardwell Group5 Rep [email protected] Stock Rep. Glenn Mason SocialRep Frank Rogan [email protected] [email protected] MotorRacing & Greg Black Editor Kim McConchie Rally Rep [email protected] [email protected] 0438934522 ClassicHistoric Richard Wales Membership/Point David Davies Registry (03) 9803 7690 score 0410 712 289 Special Events Alan Davies CAMSStateCouncil Rep Wayne Paola [email protected] 0400188249 Magazine Articles and advertisements to be published in the magazine can be submitted via e-mail to the Editor at [email protected] . Microsoft Word format is preferred and each months items must be received by midnight on the second Thursday of each month. Quarter page ads are free to members; advertising is otherwise charged at $10 - quarter page, $20 - half page, $35 - full page Website Why not visit our website for further information. You can also download all competitive supplementary regulations (entry forms) via the site. Find us at: www.holdenclub.com Club Meetings Meetings are held on the fourth Monday of every month (except December) at Bells Hotel, cnr Moray and Coventry Sts, South Melbourne, 7.30pm for an 8.00pm start. All members and their friends are very welcome. Meals are avail- able prior to the meeting at bistro prices. Correspondence All correspondence for the Holden Sporting Car Club of Victoria, Inc. should be addressed to The Secretary, Holden Sporting Car Club of Victoria Inc., GPO Box 791, Melbourne, Vic 3001 Disclaimer The views written are not necessarily those of the committee and the producers of the Holden Sporting Car Club of Victoria Inc.’s newsletter, “Holden Torque”. We accept no responsibility for the accuracy of the information printed and quality of any item or service advertised or mentioned in this publication. printed by Maroondah Printing (03) 9879 1555 ———— Holden TORQUE ————————————————————— March 2007 page 3 ———— Executive TORQUE - President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer President - W. Paola Home Cleaning services trailer membership packs, flags, on Australia Day weekend in witches hats, tents, stop watches, Hi all to another installment of Bayswater, for sale, and still in tubs of stock for sale, utensils Holden Torque, this one for dark blue. etc etc. It’s intended use is basi- March 2007. cally, wherever the club attends A ring around to all committee events where the above men- I hate to say it, but, wow, what a members followed, with photo- tioned items are needed, such as month. For those of you that graphs sent out where possible track days, khana’s, social out- attended the last general meet- from our mobile phones. They ings or display days such as ing, thanks for coming. We had wanted $2000.00 for it, but once Brocky’s Big Day out, so the something like 45 members in everyone agreed it was the best trailer will go. We want to use it attendance for a promised sur- design we could ask for, Peter as a moving billboard to pro- prise, and judging by the sounds the Great made them an offer. A mote the HSCCV. Get member- emanating from the audience, counter offer followed, then an- ship up, participation in activi- all we rapt to see the unveiling other, finally settling on ties up, and most of all, club of the HSCCV trailer. The com- $1700.00 pride up. Should the trailer have mittee have been working on a a name? How about a competi- couple of projects over the last Pete picked it up a couple of tion to come up with a name for few months, and I guess this was days later, and that weekend, we it? the biggie. got all committee members over to agree on a colour, and a plan The HSCCV trailer belongs to Just to fill you all in, in case you to get all the work done in time the members of the club. It’s had missed all the action. Over for an unveiling at the next gen- registered in the club name, and the last couple of years, the com- eral meeting. This gave us two is insured in the club name. It mittee had wanted to put some weeks exactly. We wanted to will be kept at Pete’s factory for money into something to raise keep costs down wherever possi- the foreseeable future, while our profile from just another ble, so the preparation was to be other works are carried out on car club, albeit a Holden club, to handled in house, including the it, such as fitting it up. Should “The Holden club”. This started stripping of fittings such as anyone that has not seen it yet when we introduced Kris lights, chrome handles and re- want to do so, just let one of the Lethborg’s three profile logo, flectors, and naturally the spare committee know, and it can be and developed further with the wheel(nothing worse than over arranged. In the meantime, it advent of the of the FFCC v spray on the tyres). Peter, Greg has already has its inaugural HSCCV speed series. All this, K, Frank and Dave did the rub- run, being to the Phillip Island and good management of the bing down in one night. The Historic’s on March 11th. It’s clubs finances, brought us to the man with Scottish ancestors next run will be the Club Mo- point where we were ready to showed his heritage by coating torkhana, so come along there to take the next step in promoting the tin box with a hundred coats see it if that is easier. the club. Ideas were floated, of primer out of a can, then get- with one of those being a trailer ting one of his mates to paint Also in the last month of course, to carry our stock and equip- her up in two pack for the cost was the FFCC v HSCCV Inau- ment for running events such a of a slab. Finally, a customer of gural Presentation Dinner. 60 Motorkhana’s and Hill Climb’s, his did all the sign writing people were in attendance at the and at the same time be used as ($200.00), a visit to VIC ROADS Sandown International Hotel- a promotional tool. The idea, for rego and,wala, or whatever Motel for a Gala night. The once agreed upon, started to the magician is meant to say, a champagne flowed as freely as develop further once we realized beautifully finished, Holden the guest’s mingled, the jokes we could afford it. All commit- Sting Red trailer, sign written were flying and the trophies tee members were involved in with Kris’s superb logo. were a handed out. Chris Lox- the decision, and a plan was ton did especially well, which agreed upon at the January We plan to install the club BBQ shows how highly regarded he is committee meeting. This in- as a fixture to the trailer, a in both clubs. Debbie Coatman volved a fact finding mission, mounting place for a donated from the FFCC did most of the which was cut short when Peter Colour TV and a DVD player, a (Continued on page 4) and myself spotted an ex James mains power point, slots for new printed by Maroondah Printing (03) 9879 1555 ———— Holden TORQUE ————————————————————— March 2007 page 4 ———— Executive TORQUE - President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer (Continued from page 3) but way tougher!! They just about for me. organizing along with Darren make the ground shake and Drive well, drive safe, Colgan. Congratulations to all your guts vibrate. They are so Glenn. the recipients of a trophy, and raw and animal like, and to see generally to all those that con- so many in one event, unreal. ______________________________ tributed to the success of the Secretary - K. Kastelic 2006 FFCC v HSCCV speed se- There was also the Jackie ries. Every one had a terrific Stewart Tyrell which won the Well we successfully unveiled night, the food was just brilliant, F1 World Championship in our new club trailer at the last the music worthy of a Travolta about 1973 (?), and the Denny general meeting. This trailer is or an Astair, so hopefully we Hulme Yardley Maclaren from a marketing tool and a valuable can get a few more members around 1975 (I think). There asset for the club. If you didn’t next year to attend and get up were two cars, driven by two of get to see it, it is in your face red for trophies. A tradition has to the greatest drivers in history, with the club silhouette logo on start somewhere, and this one right there in front of me!! And three sides and our valuable starts here. I could actually pour over them, club sponsors logos around the TOUCH them even. Ohh I was base. It had its first outing to Not long to go to the 6 Hour, so in heaven!! To be able to be so Phillip Island for the Historics start organizing yourselves into close you can actually touch his- last weekend.