THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF THE MAZDA MX-5 CLUB OF NSW NEW ZEALAND | NEW ENGLAND | GREAT OCEAN ROAD | PHEASANT WOOD AUTUMN 2019 Print Post Publication: I00006993 Autumn Cover Competition GAYE MORGAN JOSH FITZGERALD CURRAN BRENNAN GIULIA SCHIEMER STEPHEN SNEESBY ALAN VUONG JEFF MITCHELL DAVID GAZZARD JASON HARVEY JOHN DOHNT RICHARD HERRING JOHN HAWLEY INSIDE EDITOR DESIGN AND PRODUCTION PUBLICATIONS OFFICER MEL KELLER [email protected] News CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Membership Report 05 Member News 06 Jean Cook Keith Monaghan NatMeet News 09 Bryan Shedden Mel Keller Peter Hilkmann Helen Green Features Stewart Temesvary Jamie Martin Josh Fitzgerald Matt Tarrant Elaine Gazzard Restore or Preserve 10 Barry Luttrell Jenny Luttrell John Purcell Southern Exposure 11 Vicki Bottomley Wendy Parsonage Easter 6 Hour Relay 14 Julie Austin Rhonda Evans Ian Combes NotMeet 2019 18 Sharon Cassidy John Hansen Paul Nudd Great Ocean Road 20 Tony Heathwood Tonia Ciacchi Club Trackday 1 24 Joe Kovacic Giulia Schiemer Kim Ranger Chris Wyatt Barbara Wyatt Brian Clayton Events Bob Judd Andrew Lord Jan Gibson Trevor Gillett Steve Wakeling Ian Bottcher South West Rocks Run 24 Cecelia Wakeling Jill McDonnell MX-5 Cup Round 1 25 Jennifer Keenahan Robert Downing Daylight Saving Run 26 Southern Breakfast Run 26 CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Supersprint Round 1 27 Club Trackday 5 28 ROB WILKINS Canberra Picnic 29 Richard Herring Jason Harvey Ranger’s Twisters 30 Giulia Schiemer Alan Vuong Across the Mountains 30 Curran Brennan David Gazzard Mazdas at Milton 31 Gaye Morgan Jeff Mitchell John Dohnt Shannons Wheels 31 John Hawley Josh Fitzgerald Bungedore Ramble 32 Stephen Sneesby Jean Cook Motorkhana Round 1 33 Peter Hilkmann Chris Cameron Wingedilly Highland Fling 34 Rod Nicholas Wayne Lang Picton Go Karts 34 Tony Heathwood Tonia Ciacchi Shoalhaven River Cruise 36 Bryan Shedden Joe Kovacic Driver Training 37 Jill Wicklander Kim Ranger Jan Gibson Kerry The Escarpment Run 38 Smith Brendan Barr Jason Brown Gillian Challenge Bathurst 39 Fletcher Anda Clayton Rob Sedman Steve Dorrigo Weekend 41 Wakeling Graham Rochester Bill Short Brian Coffs Harbour Yacht Club 42 Clayton Jamie Martin Peter Rodgers MX-5 Cup Round 2 43 Pamela Martin Illawarra Picnic 44 Sussex Car Show 45 ADVERTISING Supersprint Round 2 45 LESA BUNN Iandra Castle 46 [email protected] Comboyne - Byabarra 47 Mazda MX-5 Club of NSW Inc. PO Box 729, Cronulla NSW 2230 nsw.mx5.com.au COMMITTEE President [email protected] Keith Monaghan 0418 976 279 President’s Vice President [email protected] Lesa Bunn 0423 276 152 Treasurer [email protected] Julie Sando 0438 538 837 Report Secretary [email protected] Wesley Hill 0422 035 893 Club Captain [email protected] Keith Monaghan Michael Soulos 0413 113 399 Membership Database [email protected] Autumn - a great time to own an MX-5 Bryan Shedden 0422 340 010 Membership The club has continued to run a be able to offer both Historic and Ken & Maggie Liston (02) 9872 1639 large number of events. These have Classic Vehicle Registration. been well attended and enjoyed by The Historic Vehicle Registration Competition Secretary [email protected] all those that participated. I would system has some very stringent Ian Combes 0433 159 726 like to thank all the volunteers for requirements that the club to meet Publications and Club Torque Editor their help in running the events for to be part of that scheme. Mel Keller [email protected] the club. This has required us to set up new 0421 069 019 Natmeet 2020:- registration for bylaws, develop procedures and Regalia [email protected] the event has opened with a great enlist volunteers to help run and Christine Cameron 0414 497 976 uptake with people attending from maintain the system. every state and the ACT. If you have We are very close to getting this BreakFast Club Coordinator [email protected] yet to join in on the potential fun, running and when the approvals Peter Battisson 0417 269 325 please register now, see page 9 for are received we will notify our Andrew Lord 0414 323 726 details. members. Canberra Convenor [email protected] The motorsport season has started I have developed and distributed James Schiemer 0428 777 231 with a flourish which included the 6hr draft procedures and by laws Giulia Schiemer Regularity Relay and the Interstate to our committee for comment. Hunter Convenor [email protected] Challenge. In the 6hr all our teams These will be modified as needed Barry Luttrell 0411 231 107 placed in the top half of the event and be put into place so our Jenny Luttrell and congratulations must go to the registration can be submitted and Blue Mountains Mazda team for their approved. Illawarra Convenor [email protected] 2nd place. They missed first place by The Club will set up 2 systems: Jeff Rowe 0419 405 877 Pam Rowe only 1 point. The Interstate Challenge one for Historic Vehicle went down to the last session with Registration and one for Classic RPM Convenor [email protected] Victoria taking out the event. Well Vehicle Registration. The Historic Brigid Gallop 0428 114 401 done to the Victorian team. Vehicle Registration system is for Mid North Coast Convenor [email protected] I also have a new member to the standard vehicles with little or no Allen Martin 0418 218 073 family which is a modified NC. No modifications at all. Peter McDonnell 0417 575 454 more standard class. So goodbye to The Classic Vehicle Registration the faithful NB and now to setup the system is for modified vehicles South Coast Convenor [email protected] NC. that have been modified within the Brian Clayton 0466 790 856 Anda Clayton This is the last magazine that will guidelines of the motor registration be produced by Mel Keller and I laws. Sydney Convenor [email protected] would like to thank her for the great It will be up to the owner of the Bryan Hicks 0407 225 064 work she has done in producing the vehicle to assess which system magazine and developing it to the they run under and register for EX-OFFICIO REPRESENTATIVES high standard it is today. Well done that particular system. The Club Mel. will then assess the vehicle to that Competition Event Secretary [email protected] system before allowing the vehicle Barry Luttrell 0411 231 107 to be registered. Historic and Classic Vehicle MX-5 Cup [email protected] Registration System We will keep you informed via the Paul Nudd 0421 990 038 website on the progress of setting The Mazda MX-5 Club of NSW is in up these systems. Website Coordinator [email protected] the process of setting up the systems Any questions please email me at Bryan Shedden 0403 070 644 and regulations required to meet [email protected]. Club Historian the needs of the various bodies to Keith Monaghan Elaine Caldwell (02) 9451 1432 4 Club Torque Mazda MX-5 Club of NSW Inc. PO Box 729, Cronulla NSW 2230 nsw.mx5.com.au MEMBERSHIP As at 11 June 2019 02 NEW 27 Sydney MEMBERS NEW MEMBERS Welcomes 13 NEW Douglas Clark Kathryn Clark Sasha Cross RPM MEMBERS Marco Daniele Friend Di Santi David Downie Victor Ferrari William Gardiner Welcomes Sarah Goddard-Jones Darryl Hurter lllawarra Rosemary Hurter Robert Johnson Carolyn Skelton Lachlan Klumper Peter Klumper Benjamin Liu Kevin Skelton Welcomes Peter Lowndes Murray Makin Greg Maunder Lucas Mayer Stefan Mayer Aki Nousath Maria Nousath Olek Novak Julie Perrie Grizz Adams Sandy Dekleva Michael Phan Matthew Wong Xiu Mei Zhu Chris Feutrill Robert Fox Michael Laughlan Sandra Laughlan Karen Lowcock Wayne Lowcock Anthony Moore Susan Moore Fran Pritchard Alisa Tierney Graeme Tierney Hunter CURRENT Welcomes MEMBERSHIP Thomas Alchin David Berriman Michelle Berriman Paul Bower South Coast Clarissa Sagi James Sagi 1088 Welcomes Craig Bishop Graeme Childs Carol Rowe Frank Stevens 06 Anne Zattera NEW Mid North MEMBERS Coast Welcomes Canberra 05 NEW Roby Leckenby Welcomes MEMBERS Tony Martin Zach Martin Joanne Blackburn Denzil Bourne Michael Lawless Amanda Manning 03 Russ Manning Annemie Wilson NEW Peter Wilson MEMBERS 07 NEW MEMBERS A warm welcome to the MX-5 Club of NSW. New members are encouraged to contact their Chapter Convenor for local events and to visit our website: nsw.mx5.com.au for the full range of social, technical and sporting events. Membership Renewals - if you are having any difficulties logging into the Membership portal to process your renewal, please contact Bryan Shedden on 0422 340 010 and he will happily assist in resolving any issues. It rarely takes more than a few minutes and then you are good to go for another year. MEMBER NEWS THANK YOU WELCOME IT’S A WRAP his issue is my last Club Torque and what a ride it’s been. My Ttenure as Publications Officer has been blessed with the generosity of many Club members. Thank you to Bryan Shedden who patiently provided InDesign and website training and was always ready to answer questions, write reports and create pie charts. Thanks also to Peter Hilkmann for sharing his wonderful photography and to everyone who entered the Club Torque cover competition. Thank you to Joe Kovacic for being Club Torque’s trackside correspondent in addition to 30TH ANNIVERSARY MODEL ARRIVES his marshalling duties (see Joe’s reports on pages 27, 28, 40 and 45). Julie The rag top version of the 30th Anniversary edition MX-5 has arrived in Australia. Sando has been an invaluable source Of the 3000 units worldwide, only 30 anniversary editions will make their home in of support in managing our business Australia with 3 heading to the ACT, 10 for NSW, 2 going to South Australia and 4 to relationships with advertisers, printers Queensland, 10 for Victoria and 1 off to Tasmania.