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May 2013

In This Issue...Important Info

Hamilton Car Club Meetings

Coming Events for Club Points

Other Upcoming Events (non HCC points)

Hamilton Car Club Ngutunui Hillclimb

2013 MTA Rally of Maramarua

Manfield Classic 2wd Rally

Monthly Club Draw

New Members

For Sale

Hamilton Car Club Polo Shirts and Polar Fleece Sweatshirts

Hamilton Car Club Honours Board

Welcome to May already,

Last month was a busy month with the return of the V8’s back to Pukekohe. The track looks like it has finally joined the new millennium, and special thanks should go to the Hamilton City Council for making most of this happen by basically giving away the infrastructure that Hamilton ratepayers funded. Some great racing, with the weather holding out.

The biggest event for the club was the MTA / Hamilton Car Club rally of Maramarua - a winning formula for competitors, spectators, and organisers, with the jump past the service park providing great entertainment. Again another huge thanks must go to Mike and his team for making this happen again.

Sandi has another tarmac event with Kairangi Loop, on the 19th of this month. This is a challenging piece of road that has claimed a few that have tried too hard in the past. Sandi has planned the event with the tightest but flowing section in the middle as the course, and again based out of the school.

The club’s new container has been positioned by the basement and now provides a secure home for the club’s autocross cars. Thanks go to Chris for making this happen. We are looking for ideas and people to help run some junior events for our younger members and maybe attract non-member juniors as well. If you have any great ideas please let someone on the committee know.

Well that’s it from me. Now it’s time to go and get the rally car ready for Kairangi Loop and then think about some more circuit racing over winter.

Happy controlled skidding!

Steve Wilcock

Important Info

Have you renewed your membership yet?If not: Your membership is now overdue, so please get your renewal forms in so that you can continue to compete in our upcoming events.

Fire extinguisher mountingPlease note that an important amendent to the motorsport manual has taken place from January 2013:

Mounting / Location: Extinguishers shall be installed in accordance with the following:(a) For hand-held extinguishers, a metal retaining system incorporating a quick release metal strap/s shall be fitted (a minimum of two(2) metal straps shall be required from 1 January 2013), secured to the structure of the vehicle by a minimum of two(2) self locking threaded metal fasteners (bolts) with panel washers. All hand-held extinguishers shall be positioned within easy reach of the occupant/s while in their normally seated position.(b) For mounted (plumbed in) systems, each storage cylinder shall be installed with a minimum of two(2) metal straps and four(4) self locking ISO 8.8 M6 bolts with panel washers or in accordance with the manufacturers mounting instructions.The occupant(s) shall be able to trigger the extinguisher system while in their normally seated position. For closed vehicles, an external triggering device located at the base of the windscreen may also be fitted, and(c) Extinguishers shall be mounted so the gauge is visible at all times.

Day LicensesIf you need a day license at an event you must remember that there is now a set of questions that you need to answer. There are 10 questions and you need to get at least 8 of them correct. The Drivers Guide booklet that came out with this year’s motorsport manual has the answers.

Kairangi Loop Bent SprintThe date for the Kairangi Loop bent sprint is Sunday the 19th of May, and covers 4.1km of some of the best tarmac in the Waikato. More details to follow at club night.

Find us on FacebookKeep up to date with news, events and photoson the Hamilton Car Club Facebook group page:

www.facebook.com/groups/147616585317405

Hampton Downs Dual SprintsHamilton Car Club and Motorsport Bay of Plenty are planning to run a round of Dual sprints at Hampton Downs on Sunday the 18th August 2013.

I need numbers on who would be keen to entry. It is a great day to test your skills on the track. Please let me know if you would be interested by contacting me at editor@hamiltoncarclub.org.nz.

The regs and entry form will follow shortly.

- Sandi

Date Event Venue

Hamilton Car Club Meetings

Coming Events for Club Points

Wednesday 8th of May,

7:30pmClub Night Vaile Road Clubrooms

Tuesday 21st of May,

7:00pmCommittee Meeting Vaile Road Clubrooms

Wednesday 12th of June,7:30pm

Club Night Vaile Road Clubrooms

Tuesday 18th of June,

7:00pmCommittee Meeting Vaile Road Clubrooms

Saturday 29th of June

Taupo Car Club Dual SprintsWinter Series Round 2

Taupo Motorsport Park

Sunday 19th of May Kairangi Tarmac Bent Sprint Kairangi Road, Waikato

Thank you to Steve HoneyA big thank you to Steve Honey from K Road Auto Spares for donating shocks and a replacement windowfor one of the club cars!

Sunday 18th of August

Dual Sprints combined with Motorsport Bay of Plenty

Hampton Downs

Date Event Venue

Other Upcoming Events (non HCC points)

Saturday 17th of August

Taupo Car Club Dual SprintsWinter Series Round 4

Taupo Motorsport Park

Sunday 26th of May

Motorsport Bay of Plenty Rotoehu Forest Rally Sprint (gravel)

Rotoehu Forest, Pukehina

Sunday 16th of June

Motorsport Bay of Plenty Ohauiti Road Hillclimb (tarmac)

Ohauiti Road, Tauranga

Saturday 3rd of August

Taupo Classic Rally Club 2013 GoPro Tarmac Rally Series

Taupo Motorsport Park

Sunday 30th of June

Taupo Car Club ClubmansWinter Series Round 1

Taupo Motorsport Park

Saturday 27th of July

Taupo Car Club Dual SprintsWinter Series Round 3

Taupo Motorsport Park

Sunday 28th of July

Taupo Car Club ClubmansWinter Series Round 2

Taupo Motorsport Park

Saturday 8th of June

Taupo Car Club Dual SprintsWinter Series Round 1

Taupo Motorsport Park

Sunday 9th of June

Taupo Car Club 3 Hour EnduranceRace Series

Taupo Motorsport Park,Track 1

Sunday 18th of August

Taupo Car Club ClubmansWinter Series Round 3

Taupo Motorsport Park

Saturday 21st of September

Taupo Car Club Dual SprintsWinter Series Round 5

Taupo Motorsport Park

Sunday 22nd of September

Taupo Car Club ClubmansWinter Series Round 4 (final round)

Taupo Motorsport Park(track 1)

Saturday 28th of September

Taupo Classic Rally Club 2013 GoPro Tarmac Rally Series

Taupo Motorsport Park

Hamilton Car Club Ngutunui Hillclimb- Photos by Julie Mitchell and Darcy Meier

2013 MTA Rally of Maramarua, 20th of April- Brent Shaw

Round 1 of the 2013 Rally Xtreme Challenge Series was held in the Waikato’s Maramarua Forest on Saturday the 20th of April, in conjunction with the Hamilton Car Club. Like last year, I volunteered as a marshall for the event and I was stationed at the intersection of Aranui and West Roads where stages 2, 5 and 8 passed by throughout the day.

Rain was predicted for the event, so I made sure I had plenty of warm layers of clothing, a waterproof jacket and a beanie.

However, venturing out into the forest at the crack of dawn, I was surprised and relieved that I was able to stand around in just a t-shirt as the sun shone through patches of cloud.

After double-checking that the arrows and taped areas were correct, it wasn’t long before the crackling sounds of rally cars echoed through the forest. There was an interesting selection of cars competing in the event, including this Porsche 911...

...as well as the usual Evos and WRXs. The first lot of cars came through without incident, other than 1 driver who attempted to go the wrong way and slid sideways to a halt and stalled. That was a good close-up photo opportunity missed, as I had been standing in that spot just a minute or 2 before!

Charlie Evans’ was back in force in his potent Mazda RX-7, which could be heard coming from a mile away.

Mark Parsons’ V8 Triumph TR7 made all the right noises too!

About an hour or so later the cars passed through again for the 19.2km long stage 5, which was a repeat run of stage 2. Minor damage to a couple of cars indicated that there had been a couple of ‘offs’ since I had seen them earlier in the morning.

The weather deteriorated rather rapidly as I waited for the third and final run of the day in my area with stage 8’s ‘Wild Wild West’. As I sat in the comfort of the van eating my lunch, a torrential downpour turned the track into mud.

Thankfully the rain passed quickly and blue skies returned for the remainder of the day. With a quick changeover of the flags and tape, I was ready to watch the action along with a few spectators who had turned up to check it out too.

The now-slippery track provided plenty of sideways action as the cars effectively made a u-turn off Aranui Road and back down West Road.

The Honda Integra of Grant Liston and Rob Scott locked up and flew past me, going straight through the tape before doing a 3-point turn to get back on track. They still managed to finish 10th overall though.

The winner of the 2013 Rally of Maramarua was Dylan Turner and Malcolm Read in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8, with Sloan Cox and Sarah Coatsworth finishing in 2nd in their Evo 10. Third place went to Geof Argyle and co-driver Joelle Eyre in another Lancer Evo 8.

All rounds of the 2013 Rally Xtreme Challenge Series will be televised on TV3, so keep an eye out for coverage of this event in the next few weeks.

The Hawke’s Bay Car Club are organising Round 2 of the Rally Xtreme Challenge Series with Rally Hawke’s Bay, which is scheduled for Sunday the 2nd of June. Visit www.chrissport.co.nz to see the complete rally results for the 2013 MTA Rally of Maramarua.

- Brent Shaw

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2013 MTA Rally of Maramarua- Photos by Chris Wharepapa and Bill McEwan

2013 MTA Rally of Maramarua- Photos by Chris Wharepapa and Bill McEwan

Manfield Classic 2wd Rally, 27th of April- Bill McEwan

11:00am Saturday 27th of April found us lined up for the first stage of the Manfield 2wd Rally run by the Taupo Classic Rally Club. I had Josh Martin in the co-driver’s seat and Wayne and Brad helping as service crew.These events are designed to allow people to get out their old rally cars and compete in an event run in Rally format at a track which means the vehicle doesn’t need to be registered or hold a current WOF.

Classes were made up of 3 groups in different cc ratings.1. Classic, pre 19832. Almost Classicsa. 2wd 4AGE powered carsb. Limousine Class 94 door V8, V10 or V12 powdered3. Allcomers

They had a field of 28 cars of various types including Mark Parsons in the Triumph TR7 V8, a beautifully built MK2 Escort imported from the UK and fitted with a 2.5L Millington BDG engine, a V8 Hilux ute. The limousine class was won by a Lexus powered Toyota Corolla. Our Mk1 Escort was the oldest car in the field and we were seeded 25 out of 28 starters.

The rally consisted of 5 stages giving a total of 79.69Km of special stages and 1.48Km of touring. The stages used different configurations of the track in both directions with chicanes and extra corners setup where the different

tracks joined. These modifications made things more interesting and even proved too much for one Corolla which managed to clip a tire and ended up on its roof. With this being a rally and not a circuit event the stage continued with the next 2 cars attending to the incident. Once the car was back on its wheels it continued to the end of the stage.

Luckily we had no issues with the recently freshened motor in the Escort not missing a beat and the extra power was quite noticeable. Josh did a great job as navigator and we managed to complete the correct course on all stages which couldn’t be said for all entries. The lack of an intercom meant that instructions had to be yelled and with a half deaf driver this made things interesting. I look forward to listening to the comments captured on the in-car camera.

The Manfield event was the first round in a series being run by Taupo Classic Rally Club this year. The next round will be held in a similar format at Taupo Motorsport Park on August 3rd and the last round on Sept 28th. The last round will be an open rally which will include 4wd with the distance being increased to 120Km of special stages.

At the end of the day we finished 18th overall and 4th in Classic over 1701cc and now look forward to completing the whole series. Many thanks to Wayne, Josh and Brad for making the trip down and helping me at this event.

More information on the Taupo Classic Rally Club and their events can be found at www.classicrally.org.nz.

- Bill McEwan

Monthly Club Draw

The Club Draw sponsor for April wasn’t won, so the prize draw jackpots to $150. Make sure you are present at the monthly club meeting to claim your prize, or you’ll miss out!

For Sale

If you have a automotive item that you would like to include in the for sale section of the Hamilton Car Club Bulletin, email your details to editor@hamiltoncarclub.org.nz.

New Members

There are no new members this month.

Hamilton Car Club Polo Shirtsand Polar Fleece Sweatshirts

Mens P200 Polo – Black:

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$40, if you would like a shirt please e-mail Sandi at sandi@raglan.co.nz

I will order the shirt in the size you want.

Ladies P3325 polo – Black:

Sizes: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24

$40, if you would like a shirt please e-mail Sandi at sandi@raglan.co.nz

I will order the shirt in the size you want.

Polar Fleece Sweatshirts

Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XLKids sizes: 6, 8, 10 12, 14

$75 each (adults)

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