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The Bulletin The official publication of the Ballarat Light Car Club In this issue: 3 Calendar 5 Presidents Report 16 APRA Report March 2020 7 Autocross Round Two Events postponed over COVID-19 outbreak
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The Bulletin
The official publication of the Ballarat Light Car Club
In this issue:
3 Calendar 5 Presidents
Report 16
APRA
Report
March 2020
7 Autocross
Round Two
Events postponed
over COVID-19 outbreak
2 JAN 20 The Bulletin
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Disclaimer.
Barney Haddon - President, Property Officer, Club Plates
[email protected] Mobile : 0437 167 790
Noel Peers - House Chair
Mobile: 0408 033 895
Wayne Drew - Secretary
Mobile : 0407 348 433
Wayne Holness - Motorsports Complex
Mobile: 0408 343 238
Michele Bayley - Treasurer
[email protected] Mobile: 0437 959 928
Sam Rozitis - Motorsport Complex
Mobile: 0417 533 988
Andrew Bayley - Bulletin Editor, Media Officer
Mobile : 0408 265 662
Les Noonan - Key Manager
Mobile : 0401 056 089
Ben McKee - Sports Sub Committee, Junior Development (via Sports Sub) [email protected] Mobile: 0418 313 695
Paul Gladman
Mobile: 0428 380 302
Ross Barnett - Membership Secretary
[email protected] Mobile: 0412 104 434
Graeme Scott
Mobile: 0439 717 571
Photography credits:
The Haupt Celica slides into the bottom corners of the Autocross track - John Tonks
Inside Photos:
John Tonks
Non Committee Positions
AX Series - TBA
MK Series - TBA
KX Series - TBA
VCRS - Terry Brain
Club Plates– Rick Pope
Hillclimb Panel - TBA
Property Officers:
Sam Rozitis, Andrew Bayley,
Wayne Holness, Noel Peers
Committee 2019/20
Got photos and event reports you want to see in the Bulletin?
Send them to: [email protected]
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Club Calendar 2020
March
April
10th to 11th Easter
Sat 25th Sun 26th Off Road Rush BLCC Complex Helpers Please
May
Sun 3rd AX Rnd 4 CDC 3 BLCC Complex Director required
Sun 10th Mothers day
Frid 29th Club night BLCC Clubrooms Club night
Sat 31st MK & KX Rnd 1 & Rnd 1 BLCC Complex To be confirmed
June
Sat 6th Sun 7th Hill climb VHC 5 CDC 4 One tree hill Ararat ACC
Sun 21st Sprint day CDC 5 Winton Sunday
Frid 26th Club night BLCC Clubrooms Club night
July
Sun 5th MK & KX Rnd 2 Rnd 2 CDC6 BLCC Complex Director required
Frid 31st AGM BLCC Clubrooms Club night AGM
August
Sun 2th MK & KX Rnd 3 Rnd 3 BLCC Complex
Director required KX
Britney Haddon MK
Sat 9th Sprint day CDC 8 Winton
Frid 28th Club night BLCC Clubrooms Quiz night
September
Sun 6th MK Rnd 4 CDC 7 BLCC Complex Director required
Sat 12th Sun 13th Off Road Rush BLCC Complex
Sun 20th KX Rnd 4 BLCC Complex Director required
Frid 25th Club night BLCC Clubrooms Club night
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President’s Report
Well last month meeting was the Trophy night which was one of the better nights. To all of you that did not
come and would have got a trophy, to please collect them. They will be over at the track, so if you are not at
the next event they will be recycled. Thank you to Wayne Holness for the guest speaker Mark.
Mark’s talk made people discuss the information and take notice and what his job involved. He gave us a
great insight into what is involved in his role and position in relation to road trauma. It made my son and
myself discuss the examples and photos that were used in the talk. Great guest speaker, Thanks Mark.
Thanks Noel and his team for the parking the cars at the swap meet on both days. Thanks to the people who
did both days and everyone else that helped.
It makes me disappointed that I must make following announcements:
The Mt Leura Hillclimb that is on the calendar for the 28th and 29th March, the event will not go ahead as
planned this month. It is postponed due to the COVID-19. We need to protect the health and safety of all
involved, Volunteers, competitors, crews and the general public. Thank you for your understanding and
thanks for everyone’s support helping organise this event.
The Friday night meeting will also be cancelled, and we will hope to have a meeting in April, stay tuned.
The autocross that was to be on 19th April will also be rescheduling till further notice.
The Club and its committee hope to get back on track as soon as the health crisis risk has diminished.
THE PHONE BOOKS
The phone books have arrived to be delivered. We only have to put them in letterboxes, so if you would like
to take a walk around the streets and delivered these in to letterbox, please contact Noel. This is a good fund
raiser for the club and good for your health.
LAND
Land this month we have had around 3 or 4 properties that we have investigated but no go.
Finally, as the President of this great club, I have in all my time in the club and reading minutes from 1949 to
present, I have never had to postpone event and meeting for health reasons, COVID-19. I have for total fire
bans and that was a first also. Please stay safe and look after yourselves, family and friends. I will see you all
in time and we will get through this.
Thank again for being so understanding,
Barney.
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The Bulletin
Editorial Team:
Andrew Bayley
Stewards Scrutineers Event Secretary
Barney Haddon Chris Hall
(Rally)
Michele Bayley
Roy Parkinson Darren Whyte
(Rally)
Chris Stevens
Les Noonan Noel Peers Damian Faulkner
Damian Faulkner Ben McKee Rod Hall
Richard Gay Ian Brain Mick Goossens
Mick Goossens Richard Gay
Ross Stapleton
Chris Stevens
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Club Driving Instructors
Arron Secombe Keith McElroy
Barney Haddon Leon Pegg
Ben McKee Les Noonan
Chris Hall Mick Goossens
Damian Faulkner Paul Gladman
Damian Quirk Reg Johnson
Darren Wythe Richard Gay
John Bourke Rob Prosser
Wayne Drew Rod Hall
Garry Harrowfield Russell McKenzie
It ain’t the end of the world, but it sure feels like it!
Once again, welcome to the Bulletin for another month, things are looking
pretty quiet in the world of motorsport and shall probably do so for a while.
One upside to all of this is that there has been no evidence of any viruses being
spread by working on the race car in the shed, which at least gives us all
something to do in the uncertain off-season ahead.
So, we’ll work through this, just remember that we’re doing this to protect the
vulnerable members of the community, so that once it comes back to racing, we
can all go racing together.
Chin up, and see you at the track sometime.
Andrew Bayley
Also, phone books still have to go out!
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Autocross Round 2 On a sunny March 1st we ran the BLCC Autocross Rd2, DCD1 with a field of 39 starters, the weather was
kind to us and the track was, thanks to Sam Rozitis, in good shape. Sam had been out on the Saturday
finishing off some areas that had suffered rain damage the week before.
The track was kept as open as possible although we did have one or two soft spots and rocks that were coming
to the surface at the bottom of the bomber strip going into the left hander.
Once again Ben McKee took out top spot with Darren Watkins and Paul Gladman second and third
respectfully, it may be time for you boys with all that turbo power to turn up the boost and see if Ben can be
moved from that top spot. Fourth and fifth went to our first two wheel drive finishers in Sam Rozitis, taking
his little front wheel drive Mirage to its limits, and Ben Fawcett in the rear wheel drive BMW 325Ci. Ben
will definitely be one to watch when he gets that car sorted. Sixth and Seventh went our first juniors, Jordan
McDonald J2 and Sam Casser J3.
Good to see Sam back behind the wheel after having a bit of time away from the track. It was also good to see
we had eight juniors running on the day, at all levels, from some front runners in Jordan and Sam to beginners
who were all showing an improvement and a lot more confidence by the end of the day. In the ladies we had
Kasey Rowland in her Subaru and Michelle Sargent in the Excel that did suffer one or two problems on the
day but Michelle managed to fix things and continued in the event. We managed to get six runs in for the day,
although we were a little tight on time when it came to run six. The water trucks made an appearance on two
occasions to try and keep the dust down.
A big thank you to the people who helped make the day happen as with out their commitment these events
would not run, Michele Bayley, Barney Haddon, Ben McKee, Ian Brain, Rod Hall, Andrew Bayley, Gareth
Prosser, Bruce Bayley, Damian Quirk, Oakley Haddon, Ken Rowland and the great team of Bernie, Tracey
and Marty in the Dusty Diner. Also a thanks to Ambrose Haddon for helping me clean up the track at the end
of the day even though he was suffering from a big night the previous evening, that's commitment to your
club, thanks mate.
Rob Prosser
Sport Sub Committee
Committee
Meetings
2020
Starts 7:30
All welcome.
Secretary: 0407348433
Barney: 0437167790
Contact for details.
April Wednesday 8th Monday 13th
May Wednesday 6th Monday 11th
June Wednesday 3rd Monday 8th
July Wednesday 8th Monday 13th
August Wednesday 5th Monday 10th
September Wednesday 9th Monday 14th
October Wednesday 7th Monday 12th
November Wednesday 4th Monday 9th
December Wednesday 9th Monday 14th
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News
COMING EVENTS
POSTPONED FOR
FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
EVENTS MAY RESUME IN MAY
IF SITUATION IMPROVES.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Is it almost time for our big fundraiser?
Delivering phone books.
Call Noel Peers on 0408 033 895 if you can help.
ODDS & SODS
Les Noonan wins Bikes on Latrobe voucher.
Peter K. (Barney’s Boss) “donated” a stack of
new road cones.
Mark Burrows wins national off-road title again.
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Calendar Cont.
September
Sat 26th Grand Final
October
Sat 3rd Rally CRS Tunbridge BLCC
Sat 3rd Sun 4th Off Road Rush BLCC Complex
Thu 10th Sun 13th Bathurst
Sun 17th AX Day Night BLCC Complex Director required
Frid 30th Club night BLCC Clubrooms Club night
November
Sat 7th Sun 8th AX MK KX Cogs Carnival BLCC Complex Ben Mckee
Frid 27th Club night BLCC Clubrooms Club night
December
Sun 6th AX Geordie Fawcett Memorial AX
BLCC Complex Sean Payne
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Autocross Round 2
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Club Plate Scheme
NEW CPS APPLICATIONS
Once becoming a member of the BLCC and after a period of 3 months a member can apply to place a vehicle
or motorbike into the CPS
There are forms for the Club and Vic Roads to be completed as well as a series of 7 photos of the
relevant vehicle. A current RWC is also required.
A check list of documents required is available at the Club
Bring all documents to the Friday meeting and submit to our Permit Officer, Rick Pope.
Rick can be contacted at:
[email protected] or +61 419 550 718
After obtaining Club approval all documents are taken to Vic Roads by the applicant for processing.
You can apply for a 45 or 90 day permit.
A fee of $5 is payable to BLCC on application.
RENEWALS
As of May 23 2017 all CPS renewals will be carried out at the Friday night general meetings.
The procedure is as follows.
On arrival to the meeting, members will be able to place the Vic Roads renewal form on a marked table just
inside the door (accompanied by the $5 fee), to be signed by one of our signatories
(Rick Pope; Barney Haddon; Chris Hall).
At the completion of the meeting members will be able to pick up the signed form on departure.
Members will be notified if an inspection of the vehicle is required prior to signing.
If unsure that an inspection is required, call the Permit Officer prior to the meeting.
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(03) 5331 6666
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APRA
“Young BLCC member Josh Gay started his 2020 season the best possible way with a round win at the first round of the APRA / MRF state championship at the Australian Motor Racing series”
Josh racing his Nissan N14 Red pulsar went into qualifying at Winton Motor raceway with a new controlled MRF tyre, suspension changes, new electric water pump & power steering, new brakes & changes to the Winton circuit. With a lot to take in for the 15 minute session, Josh applied himself well, doing a new personal best of 1.42.0, over 1.1 seconds quicker than 2019 & qualified 3rd on the grid for race 1.
Josh was wrapped with the changes to the Pulsar, making it turn & rotate better, as well as brake better. This is thanks to the work of Ballarat business’s Pete Corcoran from Auto Projects, Justin Doherty from Doherty & Clark, Craig Signs & Mark Dawe from Morry Performance.
With 5 x 10 lap races over the two days and temperature in the 30s, was going to test the drivers & cars. The Apra pulsar race with the 2 litre sports sedan so a full grid fronted race 1.
Over the 5 races, Josh found the changes and updates, assisted him to fight of the lead of each race, leading in 4 of the 5 races with some very close racing in the controlled class of pulsars, with the highlight of winning race 2 by just 1 tenth of a second after 17 minutes of racing.
Josh had some great races & finished the weekend with a 1st & four 2nd places to have his first over all round win & lead the championship into round 2 at Phillip Island in May.
As this was a ARMS national round, there was a podium presentation & speeches for the podium place getters. “
Richard Gay
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Rally Calendar
March
21st VRC Rd 1 Mitta Mountain Rally
ECC & AWDCC Upper Murray
April
18th VRC Rd2 Ada River Rally WDCC Yarra State For-est
18th VCRS Rd1 Ada River Rally WDCC [email protected]
May
2nd VCRS Rd2 Victoria Cross Rally
HRA Murindindi
23rd VRC Rd3 Marysville Stages
FFCC Murindindi
classicrally-sportau@gmail. com
23rd VCRS Rd3 Marysville Stages
FFCC Murindindi
classicrally-sportau@gmail. com
June
20th VCRS rd4 Nissan Night-moves
NCCA Heathcote
July
August
22nd & 23rd VRC Rd4 ARC
Eureka Rush Vrroom Pty Ltd Ballarat/Beaufort
September
20th VRC Rd5 Valley Stages Rally
NCC Yarra Glen
craig@trulinecommercial . com.au
20th VCRS Rd5 Valley Stages Rally
NCC Yarra Glen
craig@trulinecommercial. com.au
October
3rd VCRS Rd6 Daryl Tun-bridge Trial
BLCC Beaufort
18th VRC Rd6 Akademos Ral-ly
MUCC Alexandra
November
7th VCRS Rd7 Snowy Moun-tains Forest Rally
AWDCC Bondo State Forest
21st VCRS Rd8 North Eastern Rally
NECC Bright
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