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TUESDAY, 9TH FEB 2016

7:30PM

EASTERN CREEK TAVERN

Next Club General Meeting

Journal of the Historic Touring Car Association of NSW since 1980

Dec/Jan 2016

This year will be one to watch as competition starts to heat up!

Next Club Committee Meeting

TUESDAY, 23RD FEB 2016

7:00PM

W H I TE HEAT

ACTION-LINE 2 DEC / JAN 2016

Your Com m ittee 2

D ecem ber General M eeting M inutes 3

Pointscore 4

Race Num bers 5

7 T he Adventures of Ross M uller

12 FOSC Sum m er Invitat ion

10 Upcom ing Events

11 Classifieds

18 M arketplace

CONTENTS

N SW Executive Com m ittee

President & AH T CA D elegate

M arc Ducquet [email protected] 0455 021 109

Vice President

Chris Collett [email protected] 0408 208 526

Treasurer

Ray Dean [email protected] 0439 747 057

Secretary

Krista Broadhead

[email protected]

H SRCA Group Registrar

Steve Pitman [email protected] 0419 232 407

N SW General Com m ittee

M ark Broadhead

[email protected] 0412 947 553

Trent Ducquet [email protected] 0425 355 994

Brian Titheradge

[email protected] 0412 952 287

Paul Tierney [email protected] 0411 460 858

Appointees D r iving Standards Officer

Dr Graeme Towers

CAM S Eligibi l i t y

Wayne Rogerson [email protected] 0418 665 868

CAM S Eligibi l i t y & Technical Com m issioner

Vince M acri [email protected] 0416 025 332

Pointscore

Chris Dubois [email protected] 0409 047 529

Raffle Organiser

Ian Johnson [email protected] 0423 566 766

Editor, Journal Production & Website

Trent Ducquet [email protected] 0425 355 994

HTCANSW Patron: Colin Bond Life Members : Chris Dubois, Mike Dyer, Max Stahl, Ken Brigden, Terry Thompson, Dominic Truelove

Club Correspondence: Action-Line Contributions: [email protected]

Website: www.htcansw.org.au

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Front Page Photo: Throttle Jam Photography - Ben Wilkinson HSRCA Summer M eeting 2015

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Apologies: M .Ducquet, T.Ducquet

1. Acceptance of previous m inutes The previous minutes were accepted as being an accurate representation of the previous meeting Accepted by: R .Dean Seconded by: D.Wheatley

2. Treasurers Repor t - $18414.88, paid $564 Trophies

1. Presentat ion D inner- Requested suggestions / improvements for 2016 Dinner - Rooty H ill R SL Function Centre as proximity to Lillys was quite a distance for many that stayed at Rooty H ill - Food was reasonable, not great - R .Dean gave Sarah @ Lillys feedback that he had received from club members

2. H SRCA Race M eeting- Nov 28th Eastern Creek- S.Pitm an - Few incidents (M ini?s, Caprice, Mustang, S.Pitman-engine) - Otherwise great meeting - HSRCA provided Trophies= 1st, 2nd, 3rd and also Group N A Trophy - BBQ was good- thank you for help

3. 2016 Club Sponsorship - M .Ducquet in discussion with Chris Gabriel re PACE sponsorship - Confident may be for $10000, awaiting confirmation - Still looking around and in discussion with other possible sponsors. - (leave PACE stickers on vehicles for now)

4. 2016 M em bership - As there is no M agazine yet, emails have been sent regarding payment and cut off date for 2016 M embership (28th Feb 2016)

7- General Business - C.Collett spoke with W.Rogerson and was notified that Ex Alec M ildren Alfa Romeo has been restored in Wollongong. Another genuine Group N vehicle. W.Rogerson will be inspecting tomorrow. - 1st Event HSRCA point score round was N ov 2015 - FOSC point score round- Druit Circuit has been confirmed Feb 2016 - Waiting on final 2016 Calendar from M .Ducquet - R ichard Cardue looking into having special event @ Wakefield for larger vehicles that are not catered for at Phillip Island - Trophies that were miss-placed at Presentation Dinner should have been sent out to winning M embers. - Seems that?s some members have not received their Trophies yet? - Family M embership- M .Broadhead wants to encourage younger M embers into the Club that have interests in M otorsport. Want to maybe arrange Family Track day at Goulburn. K ids will go under Parent / Grandparent that has payed M embership, receiving their very own M embership Card. - Price quoted on marquee for M ini?s at M CM - 33m long $1320 - M .Broadhead (Statewide Car Carriers) offered $2000 to go towards this event.

DECEMBER GENERAL MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday 8th December 2015 @ 8pm

Eastern Creek Tavern


David Wheatley 20.25

Greg Toepfer 17.50

Ken Lee 17.25

Brian Titheradge 11.50

Aaron Gabriel 8.25

Alex D'Onofrio 7.50


M ichael Rose 6.00

Steve Pitman 4.00

Graham Russell 4.00

Daniel Berry 3.00

2016

POINTSCORE

Nb NcBrad Tilley 21.25

Wayne Rogerson 20.50

Daniel Cotterill 20.25

Allan M ayne 18.00

Paul Tierney 17.75

Ross Muller 15.75

Peter O'Brien 15.25

Ben Wilkinson 14.25

Tony Land 14.25

N oel Roberts 14.00

John Burke 13.50

Fred Brain 12.00

Rod Wallace 11.00

M ark Lenstra 10.75

Craig Robertson 9.75

Steve Shepherd 9.00

Greg Schwenke 7.50

M artin M acri 5.25

Brian Jessop 4.25

Laurie Griffiths 3.00

Points are awarded to financial members only, and cover the three categories, N a, N b, N c.Your best six results will determine the finaloutcome. Class placings (as per CAM SM anual) are awarded points as follows;

1. Outright results count as 6+ starters (1st, 2nd, 3rd )2. Points are divided by the number of scratch races held at each meeting.3. 3 Points are allocated for entering andparticipating in a meeting4. 1 bonus point is allocated for the fastest lap in each class over the entire meeting.5. M embers flagging at a pointscore round are allocated 10 points per day, subject to amaximum of 20 points6. Written notification must be received byChris Dubois. (or at a club meeting).

Class 1st 2nd 3rd

6+ Starters 18 15 12

5 Starters 17 14 11

4 Starters 15 12 9

4th 5th 6th

9 6 3

8 5

6

3 Starters 13 10 7

2 Starters 11 8

1 Starter 9Brad Tilley 21.25

Wayne Rogerson 20.50


Daniel Cotterill 20.25

Allan M ayne 18.00

Paul Tierney 17.25

Ross Muller 15.75

Peter O'Brien 15.25

Ben Wilkinson 14.25

Tony Land 14.25

2016

Overall Top Ten


Race # First Last Race

1 Club Champion 34

2 M ichael Kennedy 35

3 Dominic Truelove 36

First Last Race # First Last

Barry Jessop 69 Daniel Cotterill

Grahame H ill 70 Wayne Rogerson

Paul Truelove 71 Ian Sawtell

4 John Gilfillan 37 Ralph Clarke 72 Paul Tierney

5 Alan Lewis 39 Chris Dubois 73 Trent Ducquet

6 Ross Muller 40 Chris Collett 74 Dick Bryant

7 John Predl 41 Jerry Lenstra 76 David Stone

8 Lionel Walker 42 Robert Ingram 77 Trent Ducquet

9 Daniel Kennedy 43 Steven Thomas 78 Ian Wilks

10 M ichael Terry 44 Vince H armer 79 Alf Bargwanna

11 M ichael Anderson 45 Darryl Heydon 80 Steve Land

12 Andrew Bergan 46 Robert N icol 81 Bruce Stewart

13 Graham Russell 47 John Dyer 82 Cameron Worner

14 M ark Lenstra 48 N oel Roberts 83 Greig M alaure

15 Jason Foley 49 Ken Brigden 84 Graham Russell

16 Stewart Follows 50 Rod Brincat 85 Bruce Walker

17 Steve Travica 52 Geoff Rose 86 Santino DiCarlo

18 Allan Reid 53 Craig Stephenson 87 Phillip Taylor

19 John Sorraghan 54 Robert Owers 88 Greg Toepfer

20 David Roberts 55 Phillip Ward 89 John H arrison

21 Colin H iggins 56 Chris Strode 90 Ray Bailey

22 Peter Ward 57 John Dowsett 91 Steve Burke

23 M ax U llrich 58 Steve Pitman 92 Stephen Shepard

24 Paul Guntley 59 Alex D'Onofrio 93 John Burke

25 M ark Le Vaillant 60 Cameron Tilley 94 Jared Cox

26 Chris O'Brien 61 David Wheatley 95 Adam John

27 Peter O'Brien 62 Chris Collett 96 Adam John

28 Brad Tilley 63 Daniel Kennedy 97 H arry Bargwanna

29 Douglas Burton 64 John Tight 98 Daniel Sugden

30 Daniel Homann 65 Benjamin Tebbutt 99 Phillip Taylor

31 Craig Stephenson 66 M ichael Kennedy 100 Paul Palmer

32 Bill Callan 67 M ark Broadhead 101 Vince M acri

68 Trevor Hutchins


Race # First Last N am e Race

102 M artin M acri 136

103 Dean N eville 137

104 Robert H ayden 138

First Last N am e Race # First Last N am e

Phillip H aynes 174 Garnet Patterson

Chris Collett 177 Brian Wassell

Dennis O'Brien 178 Ken Lee

105 Robert H ayden 139 Lynn Brown 179 Barry Jessop

106 Bronte M ichael 140 M ichael Collins 181 David Gray

107 Kerry Hughes 141 Brad H arris 183 Colin Tierney

108 M ichael Anderson 142 James Goldsborough 185 John Wright

109 M athew Windsor 143 Ray Dean 188 Danny Berry

110 David N oakes 144 Geoff K ing 189 Ben Wilkinson

111 Allan Burke 145 Darryl H ansen 190 Ken Ballantyne

112 John Shuttle 146 Paul Tierney 191 Graeme H art

113 Alan M ayne 147 N athan Swain 192 Bill M cGuire

114 Darren Burnes 148 M ark Oberg 195 Thomas Dyer

115 Andrew Broderick 149 Peter M ouser 199 Dave Flood

116 Greg Schwenke 150 Ray Dean 200 Bruce Whitford

117 Richard Huer 151 Frazer Roberts 202 Greg Luca

118 Brian Titheradge 152 Scott Fleming 222 Keith Croft

119 Chris Gabriel 153 Trent Ducquet 270 John Battersby

120 M ichael Ryan 154 Rod Wallace 271 Paul Battersby

121 Ray Dean 155 Santino DiCarlo 276 Bill M agoffin

122 Steve Land 157 Warren Wright 279 Alf Bargwanna

123 Wayne Potts 158 Stephen Taite 283 Greg Tkacz

124 Bob Boulter 159 Laurie Donaher 308 Tom M ott

125 Bill M eeke 160 Brett Hobson 316 Stephen Beazley

126 N eil M arks 161 Colin Simpson 333 Troy Williams

127 Aaron Gabriel 163 M ark Oberg 350 Brian Potts

128 Peter M ackay 164 Ian Johnson 351 Robert N icol

129 Aaron Tebb 165 M ark Oberg 411 Rod Stait

130 M ike Walsh 168 M ax Hutchins 427 M arc Ducquet

132 Bob Munday 169 Tom Amos 777 Fred Brain

133 Bill Attard 170 Paul Knott 888 Joe Dominello

134 John Predl 171 Greg M eredith 971 Ian Johnson

135 Dave Probin 172 Warren Gay 991 Gary K ingcott


Day two started out fairly overcast and after a very hearty breakfast prepared by the lovely B and B landlady we were off to absorb more of the Goodwood experience. The previous day had left us a little shocked by some of the food prices so we decided to take a selection of sandwiches, drinks and nibbles obtained from one of the lay-by servos just out of Portsmouth.

Enroute to Goodwood it was obvious that Sunday was going to be a bigger day as there were many historic cars travelling on the highway, the drivers of which were either taking the opportunity to give their cars a good run or letting out their pent up racer frustrations.

Arrival at one of the many car parks confirmed that the day was going to be bigger as the parking area we were directed to was three quarters full and the time was just eight AM . Tractor drawn carriages were the preferred mode of transport from the distant parking area to the entrance gate.

Getting inside was effortless and we made our way to the unrestricted paddock to check out the pre race activities. On the way we came across an outdoor Holy Communion church service which was well attended and being administered by one of the racing Chaplains who then went onto do the track blessing. One point of interest was the hymns were being played by a small group of British Arms Band musicians dressed in full red coat kit. Quite a nice touch to the proceedings and bringing back some long forgotten memories from my time in the services. As the racing wasn?t to start until 10 AM there was plenty of time to take a closer look at the Spitfire and Hurricane displays and return to the Earls Court M otor

Show. On show in the Earls Court pavilion were 19 Ferraris spanning seven decades from the 166 M M Barchetta of 1950 to the 2015 488 GTB. Of course other marquees. were represented through Aston M artin, BM W, M aserati and Mustang.

It wasn?t just the cars with a high pedigree that were on show. One novel

crowed attraction was a 1960 Vauxhall Viva HA in stunning gold which was part of Vauxhall?s movie theme to recreate images of the ?60s and the James Bond Goldfinger movie via the Gold Viva name for the car. Spectators could have their photograph taken with the car and then have their image and name in light outside the cinema facade behind the car. This attracted many spectators.

Another Vauxhall was also raising eyebrows. A 1926 Vauxhall 30/98 with Velox bodywork which was the personal transport for Lord M arch to the Saturday night Goodwood Ball. A VIP taxi service exists for the Revival to run people around and these are typically period Rolls-Royces and Bentleys.

The first on track entertainment was in the form of a parade of ?50s and ?60s all American ?Gasser? hot rods who took every opportunity to do burn outs and wheelies as they toured the circuit. The gassers were not only a track display as they were parked up near the main entrance and the rear of the Circuit Shop had been turned into a replica of the Best Dam Garage in Town

aka Henry ?Smokey? Yunick. The first race of the day was the Earl of M arch Trophy for the 500cc Formula Three cars of the period 1948 - 1959. There was some high spirited

THE ADVENTURES OF ROSS MULLER

2015 GOODWOOD REVIVAL PART 2

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racing going on between the N orton, Triumph and JAP engined cars with one roll over on the back of the circuit and a head on contact with the wall on the start line. Both drivers were a little shaken but otherwise no injuries. The next track event that had our interest was the track parade for Land Rovers to celebrate 50 years of the Defender with a hand picked collection of vehicles produced by Land Rover from 1948 through to 1966. All up there were 55 cars on parade with the most unusual being a replica of the very first Land Rover, a 1947 centre steer. The idea was that it could service both the left and right hand drive markets.

Part 2 of the Settrington Cup for Austin J40 pedal cars attached a great crowd and it was interesting to note that while these cars are not racing they are parked in a half scale pitt area.

One 25 minute race for the bikes followed and it was time for the St M ary?s Trophy Race Part 2 for Production Based Saloons. This was to be the race where the owner drives the car starting from their qualifying position and overall winner being determined on the aggregate result of both races. After such a sterling job in the Saturday race by Tom Kristensen it was now time for car owner Henry M ann to show his stuff. After a slow and cautious start from second grid position Henry M ann trailed the Lotus Cortina of M attt N eal for several laps before making a clean pass on lap three and cruising onto victory. He was followed home by the two Lotus Cortinas of N eal and Jordan making a Ford trifecta. I would encourage you to have a look at these races from Goodwood on youtube as they are quite interesting.

Another highlight of the day was the tribute to Bruce M cLaren which saw a great track display of some of the cars that were to take him through his career. Special guests included members of Bruce?s family and Sir Jackie Stewart was one of the recognisable face to take the 1967 BRM M cLaren M 5A for a lap in the parade. It was quite a coincidence that in 1964 Jackie Stewart should break the lap record set by Bruce M cLaren. Sadly, it was on the Goodwood circuit that Bruce was killed during testing in 1970. Another Battle of Britain air

display and several more races and it was t ime

to head towards the car park feeling exhausted

but not before having a quick look at the trade village just outside the main entrance. Here was to be found a great many trade stands displaying unique parts for the motor industry through to examples of high end restorations. Of course there were many race cars being offered for sale. N ext step was to find the car in the massive parking area. ?Which direction? I think its over that way?. Fifteen minutes later the car was located with a sigh of relief. Several minutes later after an easy exit from the parking area we were on the highway to Portsmouth.

There were no attendance figures announced on the Sunday but I have since heard that the total attendance for the three day was close to 150,000 and it sure felt like it trying to move around but still a very enjoyable and memorable experience, one that I can highly recommend.


Setterington Cup for Austin J40 Pedal Cars Parade of Autin J40's

Austin's fight for the lead through the chicane Goodwood race control tower

Lotus Cortina of Gordon Sheddon (BTCC) leads Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt towards the rear of race 1 grid


ARDC PRIVATE PRACTICE DATES 2016 SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK

- 1 April - Brabham Extended Circuit- 6 M ay - Brabham Extended Circuit- 3 June - Brabham Extended Circuit- 19 August - Gardner GP Circuit

- 30 September - Gardner GP Circuit- 11 October - Gardner GP Circuit- 28 October - Gardner GP Circuit

UPCOMING EVENTS

BATHURST MOTOR FESTIVAL - MOUNT PANORAMA

Organisers: Yeehah Promotions

Length: 3 days

Points: N o

21

FEB 2016

ROUND 2 - FOSC - SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK "DRUITT"

Organisers: FOSC

Length: 1 day

Points: Yes

27 - 28

FEB 2016

25-27

MAR 2016

HSRCA - WAKEFIELD PARK

Organisers: HSRCA

Length: 2 days

Points: N o


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