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Club Sprint HTCAV Broadford Feb 5 FunPhillip Island Classic VHRR Phillip Island 9-11 March HistoricRound 1 State PIARC Phillip Island 21-22 April VSCRC Winton Historics Austin 7 Club Winton (Short track) 26-27 May HistoricRound 3 State ASSA Sandown 21-22 July VSCRC Winton Fest. of Speed VHRR Winton (Long track) 10-12 August HistoricRound 4 State VMCI Phillip Island 13-14 Oct VSCRC Historic Sandown VHRR Sandown 10-11 Nov (TBC) HistoricIsland Magic PIARC Phillip Island 24-25 Nov(TBC) Other

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Historic Touring Torque May 2012

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After struggling to get out our March issue before Easter we are now trying to unlap ourselves with another late April/early May edition – let’s see how that goes!

And as the goodwife is twisting me by the ear and making me go to Europe tomorrow – (damn! Oh, alright then…) I am rather dashing this off… Perhaps the next issue, or even this one, will be edited by the extremely talented Mat Jager who if he comes out from under the doona after twisting his gearbox input shaft into a pretzel 300m after the start at Phillip Island may well delight us with his wit and clever prose. But you can never tell with a true artiste, he might be busy hacksawing his ear off.

Biggest motorsport event for our lot in the month of April was of course the Targa Tasmania, on which both I and Brian Dermott, aka the infamous Targa Tattle

columnist, report from separate points of view. Many thanks to Perfect Prints once again for the bulk of the action shots.

And thanks to Jim Jones for punting through a series of shots from the Island meeting that was on the same was weekend as the Targa finish. Unfortunately we didn’t have a dedicated writer down there to cover the action so a few jottings must suffice from the hazy memories of Messrs Clempson, Taranto and Co who used the occasion to have their version of The

Hangover, presumably in celebration of Hollywood’s sale of the green Mustang to the Hansen family in Perth…

The driving standards issue keeps growing and now has even reached the ear of the CAMS CEO, please see the separate article on that as well. We as a club, together with our aligned clubs in other states have kicked some goals over this and it remains our duty to keep vigilant to make sure that competitors realize historic racing must be approached with an appropriate mindset.

In the US for example the codes of conduct issued by some strict motor racing bodies have extraordinarily strict rules. Can you imagine exclusion from the results for spinning or being sent home for leaving the track? And being chastised if you open up too big a lead? Only the Yanks could take it that far… but still, they have some very odd

ideas about lots of things and have never really been a Proper Chaps motor racing nation. Anyway, there’s an article on that issue as well.

My only motoring at all in the next four weeks will be in an as yet unchosen small sedan from Mr Avis in Italy for a few days. I’m looking forward to holding it flat on an Autostrada and being passed by a Ferrari or Lambo – or Fiat Van – doing 100kmh more than me… We’ll see.

Baskerville - be there!

Our Tassie member and boss of the Hobart Sporting Car Club, Peter Killick, has been in contact with a plea for entries for the Baskerville Historics in October. It’s the 30th anniversary of historic touting car racing in Tas, at a track that is one of the best driver’s circuits in Australia - imagine Bathurst the size of Winton...

Peter and the local members are fighting a tough battle to save Baskerville so it’s worth considering - support the cause and make sure you get a run there. Peter is trying for strong subsidies on the ferry - stay tuned!

RalphE

BREAKING NEWSA Bulletin was released last week in

response to the shortage of suitable tyres for large cars on 15” diam wheels with 8” width. The important inclusion is the paragraph

The use of a 225/50 aspect ratio tyre is permitted for use only when fitted to a 15 inch diameter x 8 inch wide rim. The tyre must be of a Make and Model currently nominated on the approved tyre list (below) for Group N and S. This will be permitted from 1 May 2012 to 31 December 2012 (inclusive).

The approval of these tyres will be reviewed during the specified period to see if suitable 60 aspect ratio tyres again become available. No doubt this will also open up the tyre debate again as well.

Go to our website for the full bulletin.

David Twigg

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Historic Touring TorqueMay 2012

Driving StandardsThe saga sweeps on

Since the publication of the last magazine there has been a fair bit of action.

But first, for those who have not been following the trail, the story so far. Since the middle of last year the Club has adopted a stance on raising driving standards and has undertaken measures to make competitors aware of the need to modify on-track behavior. These have included the drawing up of a code of conduct or competitors, the briefing and coordination of promoters, officials and stewards at race meetings and so on.

While the overall standards have improved there have nonetheless been serious incidents at the last two historic meetings. After the last, at Phillip Island, competitors have become dismayed at the willingness and ability of the governing body to dispense appropriate justice. A serial offender, already technically on probation but without an endorsed licence book to that effect was given what was seen by fellow competitors as a slap on the wrist, deemed by them unlikely to effect the required behavioural change.

Thus a movement to protect themselves took place with talk of a petition to be sent to promoters advising that a mass withdrawal of entries could take place if the competitor

in question was accepted as an entry. The HTCAV believed it had a duty of care to stand by these drivers, at the March meetings around a dozen raised hands indicated support for this, other phoned-in support raised the primary count to about 20 with no further polling taking place.

But taking into account points raised at the meeting it was felt that the Club should not have to act as the policeman and that strong representation should be made to CAMS that the time was well past nigh for something to be done about driving standards and the curbing of rogue drivers in particular. It was also made clear that the driver in question was the case in point who exemplified the more general problem (and the Club has no special interest in his vilification).

As a result contact was made with the historic touring car associations in NSW and SA and their full support was received. A letter was written to the Historic Car Commission and an article was written in the HTCAV magazine March/April issue. This was passed on to Graham Howard of Auto Action who published and commented on it, and a letter was written to the CEO of CAMS, Mr David Morgan.

In the meantime the HCC had raised the issue as one of the key talking points of its April meeting, and Mr David Morgan made it a point of attending that session, to which I was invited courtesy of our members Bob Cracknell, Chairman of the HCC, and Bill Cutler, Group N and Victorian rep.

It’s clear that the standards issue is not a Group N issue alone although we are probably at the top of the naughty list. Historic Formula Ford is another category where close and competitive racing often results in big stacks. But Group S races hard and close yet accidents are few. Do Group N drivers feel safer, all tucked up in their roll cages? After all, driving standards seem to fall as safety and car preparation standards rise over the years. Are they hoping that young Mr Walkinshaw is

scouting for fresh talent among the ranks of punters who think that rubbin’ is racin’? Have they perhaps forgotten that V8Supercars do not even run under CAMS regulations? Or is it just that without moderation behavioural standards have fallen and certain practices become accepted as the norm?

In any event, it was clear to the HCC meeting that steps need to be taken immediately to address the driving standards issue in Australian historic motorsport.

As far as the rogue drivers issue is concerned, the regulations clearly provide for promoters not to accept entries without being obliged to explain and as such any movement by a club or group of individuals to request action is within specifications, so to speak.

As far as the prevention of incidents at race meetings and the appropriate reactions when an incident occurs – several steps were identified. The regulations provide everything necessary as they stand, but the ranks of observers and disciplinarians have grown in number over the years but they seem to either be without power or unable or unwilling to use it, and they are definitely uncoordinated in communication and effect. From corner marshalls up to driver liaison personnel, to driving standards observers then to clerks of course and finally to stewards – are they all on the same page?

Bill Cutler holds the view that a short meeting prior with all of those persons in the same room before an event begins would sort any confusion – good idea. As well, it was pointed out that there needs to be more made in the Supp Regs – bold and upfront, not buried in the small print – with regard to the responsibilities, rules and attitudes necessary for historic racing… and then the job should be right, guv’nor.

In the end, there has been an efficient and gratifying response to the concerns of the historic touring car clubs. The issue is more than on the table, it’s agreed to and being acted upon. In no way do we want to emulate the absurd nannyism of the Americans, just to introduce more respect and responsibility into our great branch of the sport. As was put forward before – how many times times did you see Peter Brock run into someone? He was half alright, wasn’t he?

Let’s hope that more cars and competitors come out to play as a result of these actions, confident that the chances of remaining unscathed at the end of a race meeting are very high indeed. Well done to everyone here and interstate who have got behind the issue and put it on the front page.

RalphE

Phillip Island. April 21-22Round 1. Victorian State Circuit Racing Championship


With the editor off doing other things and the bulk of the non racers more interested in the business of earning themselves sore heads in a reputed marathon of imbibulation, there is little that can be verified in the following.

However the small amount that could be scrounged indicates that Tony Hubbard was in cruise control mode in the front, although photographic evidence shows enthusiastic application of the brake pedal going into MG, and also had a an oil problem. Robert Marshall in the ex-Miceli GT HO has been driving well, but an oil line blew covering some with muck and adding an interesting challenge to driving skills by staying on the line thereafter, the fearsome power of the Jager Falcon was such that it twisted its input shaft like its owner’s snotty hanky and that Fast Johnny Luxmoore went cross country at Turn 1 to arrive sneakily at Turn 2.

Best racing of the weekend was apparently between Len Read and Ms Helen Lindner in Minis, closely attended by John Eeles’ Mini in one race and Simon Browning’s Cortina in another. But special mention goes to Angelo Taranto efforts in Improved Production, in the A9X he displayed and drove at Broadford. Ang qualified 7th, was 4th by Turn 1 but spun at MG in the first event, and subsequently off the back off the grid worked his way back up to 7th overall. Good job mate!

OK, no more reporting – please enjoy the photos!

Driving StandardsThe saga sweeps on

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Targa Tasmania 2012The Rookie’s Report

Well, I can tick that one off the bucket list. Wow – what an event! It has to be the biggest, most involving and exciting experience available to the average motorsport punter. Having experienced two and three-day rallies was a good intro but Targa Tasmania is way more in scope and challenge.

Six days involving competition, with the last five days getting increasingly more complex and challenging. More than 600 kms of competition, with eight starts per day on amazing stages, from those very like a six km hillclimb up to a monster 60 km mountain thrash. Misty mountains, rainforests, English style lanes complete with cowpoo corners, rugged Australian bush – this event has everything, and lots of it.

We saw 220 kph once or twice, around 170kph many times and enjoyed the massive acceleration every minute of the way. But most of the time the eyes were bugged out looking for the next crest, next corner, next braking point, next piece of surface change, or verdigris slime where the trees never let the light in, or where the next bump is. Targa is bumpsville and if you commit too hard then come across a decent dip it can launch the doings into the scenery without apology. It’s a bit like being a batsman in front of a high-speed bowling machine, swatting away each new challenge as it comes to you from any direction and at any speed. On the very last stage it was so slippery it was irrelevant whichever pedal you pressed - the car became a sled…

There were times when I felt I was driving a bit like a girlie and upped the ante a bit only to have something warn me to put the dress on again – like slew marks on a corner with a car up a bank or in a tree, often joined by another for company. Mostly those cars were AWDs so I saved fleeting sympathy as we whizzed past for the occasional crumpled classic and then spent the rest at the end of the day when stories of our mates’ and club members’ bad luck such as the Dermott’s oil pump chewing on a cam gear tooth, the Batten’s piston ring breaking and techo whizbangery going awry on the Freestone 48/215 Supercar.

The organisers felt that the event was getting

too easy so this year they added a day and upped the transport stages (one day was over 600km in total) – and apparently the only crews to complain were from the modern lot in their all-singing, all-dancing Evo 10s etc – not a peep out of the classic competitors who have to be made out of sterner stuff.

I’ll leave it to you to read Brian’s excellent report that takes you through day by day and just pepper in a few observations – I am always mindful of the difference between rallying and racing and trying to bridge the two so that racers can get a bit more of an understanding.

For example, ten laps around Phillip Island is considered a fair journey at ten tenths. But after a couple of days rallying at eight tenths things crop up that wouldn’t be an issue on the track. Ouch, my lower back is getting really sore… I’m getting a cramp in the left buttock – this is only Day 2 of proper competition, how can I do three more with a failure of the clutch bum? Answer - the driver’s seat is turned in by a mere centimeter, that’s all it takes. Once it’s aligned again all that padding can be thrown out and the seat of the pants can come back into proper function.

The wipers need much flicking on and off. I’d never thought much about ergonomics in a competition car but when you have to look and reach for the wiper every time, it’s crucial to find a mod on the run – a piece of thin black rubber hose squeezed on to the switch – it’s too floppy, ah, here’s a stick that will stiffen it, plenty of those in Tas! The little stick is still in

place and I shall gratefully protect its heritage with all the dedication of a hairy greenie up a tree.

When the navigator says “crest – air” it’s time to take stock. That nasty feeling when the road is slimy and the rears spin up on the crest and the

car turns slightly to the right in mid air… visions of barrel rolling (not again!) on landing pop into the mind. Airy is definitely hairy, so I thwarted the assembled photographers by slowing and only getting few inches under the tyres…

Little things can mean so much – such as the brand new 9v battery in the intercom failing when out in the donga. So phrases like “five right” and “nine right” – the calling of corners than could mean an approach speed of many tens of kms difference – become confused in the static and the excellent Neil Gibson, my terrific navigator from Adelaide had to make do with shouting himself hoarse and holding up as many fingers as he could manage until we could find a sleepy general store and buy two replacements.

The little old Ford is a strong bastard and was surprisingly economical considering its 347ci capacity. Planning fuel stops and service points is critical especially on days when the crew has to drive almost 1000km to get around the road closures to be there when you pop out the other end of a stage. As the rally went on we found we could afford to run less fuel – critical if you have 100 litres sitting over the back axle, which lightens the front end and affects turn-in on slimy downhill corners.

On the very last day the rack was getting very dodgy as it had been working hard – hooray for the shims made in an instant by Gus and Gary from a XXXX can – what was that doing in the truck chaps? As well the right hand exhaust rear of the muffler came adrift on the 60km Mt Arrowsmith stage, trapped by the axle it whanged away on the road for the last half of the stage.

Having upped the exercise and gone off the grog for a month in preparation, the beer when we finished was one of the most rewarding things on the whole rally. The second and third were just as good…

Many thanks to Neil, Gus and Gary and Kath his wife and our team cook and of course to the Dermotts for their encouragement, advice and tour planning. It was a magnificent experience.

RalphE

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Pic courtesy Katherine Sellers

Editorial Perana sneaked through the mist to 15th outright.

Never has a snag and a beer tasted so good.


General Minutes - April 2012Opened 8.13pm.15 people in attendanceApologies: Jervis, Deano, Twiggy, Familie

Sneddon, KZ, Eddie Dobbs, Nick Cascone Leo Tobin, Hot Chicken and the unassembled multitude

Guests: Nil (Guests? Hardly any members…)Minutes of previous meeting: Not availableDiscussion of minutes from previous meeting;

NAMove minutes be accepted and seconded: NASec’s report and correspondence: Not presentTreasurer’s report:Forecast of a possible small loss, but everything

under controlDiscussion on Treasurer’s report:Discussion rested on the costs of trophies and

drinks – were they too expensive for club funds?John Smallman suggested saving meaningful

parts such as conrods and synchro rings etc and mounting them polished on inscribed blocks as unique awards for presentation. All agreed was a good idea that would save money.

The cost of drinks and nibbles, even if coming in at a small loss, was not regarded as a problem.

Move of acceptance of Treasurer’s report: Michael Hibbert, seconded Last Johnny.

President’s report:Driving standards:The president brought the meeting up to date

on the progress: the article written in the magazine

had been taken up by Graham Howard in his Auto Action column, letters had been written to the Historic Commission and to the CEO of CAMS, David Morgan. As a result Mr Morgan was to attend the April meeting of the HCC to which the President was also invited.

Discussion: Ian Watt observed the problem was not an

issue at state rounds but at larger historic meetings.Bill Cutler observed that the system already

catered for control of the problem but that the system was not being maximized and that a concerted effort, such as a meeting before an event, should be made to get Flaggies, Driver liaison people, DSOs, Clerks of Course, promoters and Stewards into a meeting to get a full briefing and driving standards focus. As well mention could be made at OLTs that historic meetings need a different mindset.

Christmas party: deemed too early to get excited about yet

Shane Tobin “Club Liason Officer” was off on a big trip and Social Secretary Andy Clempson, no longer actively involved in competition after the sale of his car would look after and transport the trailer to meetings. Hooray for Hollywood.

AHTCA report: NAVice president’s report: NAEligibility/State council: NACommission report: Meeting in two days.Competition report:

Phillip Island event: Best racing between Len Read and Helen Lindner in Minis, Bill Trengrove ran 8” rims for the weekend, Mat Jager broke an input shaft, Rober Marshall blew an oil line and Tony Hubbard won as he pleased despite having an oil problem AND Angelo Taranto did very well in the his A9X in Improved Production.

The president gave a brief Targa Tasmania report.Membership: Comp 175, Social 49, Life and

Honorary 7, Nonfinancial 34. Treasurer indicated about another 10 renewals were in the mail

Newsletter: would be hurried outPointscore: In the next magazine for sureGeneral business:Michael Hibbert – was there movement on

tyres? Bill Cutler indicated that a proposal for Bridgestone 50 series on 15” wheels used until end of year was before the Commission. It was noted that that Goodyear Bluestreak on 15” rims was only 54%. The whole foreseeable sup[ply problem of 160% aspect ratio tyres would be flagged at the HCC meeting.

Amusing note: Our cars are no longer required to carry fire extinguishers. But if you choose to it is very naughty to have one that is not stamped with the right date, even though it may work & you are not even required to have one in the first place…

The meeting closed at 9.50 with a video of Over 3 litre racing at Phillip Island, a sneak preview of an item for HTCAV promotion produced by Craig Miles’ brother Greg. Many thanks for this high quality work!

The 21st running of Targa Tasmania is over. By far the longest and toughest stage rally ever conducted in Australia on sealed roads and open to classic cars was contested by 68 classics, 25 of them (37%) pre 73 touring cars. Although this was down by nearly half on 2011, with 608 competitive and 1786 touring kilometres to cover in 6 days, this was always going to be a momentous event, especially for the service crews who had to travel nearly twice as far to keep fuel and repairs up to the cars when often the only roads were shut. It was variously hectic and hairy, fine and sunny, wet and foggy, early mornings and very late nights. The roads were incredible - old favourites like Cethana and Arrowsmith interspersed with surprises like Sideling reverse (thick, impenetrable fog for the 8R 600) the mad and dizzy Castra and the scary, treacherous Woodsdale.

An old style, tough and testing marathon of high speed driving. And a very open one, with many top ten performers

from last year not there - such as the Woodward Monaro, Cattlin Mustang, Miedecke Perana, Scotty Kent Mustang and Drew Kent Falcon - although Drew with daughter Ella was running in the shorter four day Classic Florio and putting in times which would have earned them a top five spot.

There were some new faces though - including all the way from California the intrepid architectural hardware manufacturer, Doug Mockett. Doug was navigated by the exotic Anjelica Fuentes Garcia in his Oldsmobile Rocket 88 fresh from the Rally Panamericana. Built by Phil, an ex Lotus F1 mechanic from Norwich, this was a mighty monster of engineering (along the lines of the ‘Outright cars’ with bright blue braided pipes and gleaming canisters, which Historic F1 racer and collector Doug drove with skill, gusto and commitment until he was caught out by a streaming wet Weldborough Pass.

After the Prologue, when we had only just beaten him, I asked Doug about the weight of the car - he said it was kinda lighter, the body had been dipped. “Dipped ? Yeah - you drop it in a bath of acid and halve its thickness.” If Mr Mockett comes back with something more suitable and does a proper recce - Aussies watch out.

The Prologue to seed the field was a two stage combo of the dodgy Lilydale stage added to the traditional Georgetown round the houses point and squirt, which had the effect of pushing the old tin tops further

back than usual compared to the more agile Porkers and Zeds - only the Wilsons Perana, the Freestones Old Model and the Ullrichs getting in the top 20 of the Outright Classic.

Once the first day of real competition started, the weather was warm and sunny and competitors buried the slipper as they thought of the eight tyres this year waiting for the weather to get nasty. Which it did in the afternoon and Kyeena started in sunshine, turned cold and windy at half way and finished in a slippery slidy slither in lashing rain along the river road.

But if there is one mesmerising stage from Leg 1 it was Holwell and its 1100 meter long straight to a leap over a daunting blind crest. 2010 hero Paul Batten in the old Volvo PV544 liked the look of it and decided to see how far the old red

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Peter & Sari Ullrich had a great Targa - 6th outright and 3rd on handicap.

The magnificent NASCAR-engined 54 Olds ran as high as 15th before bonking a bank.

The Priddle-Guymer Zephyr finished 35th.

The super-quick Battens pinged a ring on the first day.

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bomb would fly at 180 kph - but all the photographers hunched the other side were running too hard so we don’t have a shot to show you. Very sadly, not long after, the old thing did a piston - and so we were deprived of the treat of the Battens challenging for the lead in the driving rain on the West Coast.

The Battens demise further opened up the Classic Competition and when the Freestones Holden 48/215 stopped and had to be trucked home, that was 11 recent Top Ten competitors who were not in it. Later at the Silverdome, I spotted one of the young Monaro Motors mechanics: “What happened?” I asked. “It was the MHD” he said. “The what?” Motec talk on a 1948 Holden still seems strange, even if it does have a 375 bhp dry sump red motor.

Leg 2 was cold and wet and foggy, a perfect test over the diesel smeared dank and dangerous roads around the North

West through St Helens. This is true Targa Country - wild and remote roads twisting through dense stands of eucalypts. This year, we’re doing it all backwards and across the top of the Sideling the fog is like London in the 40’s. Thank heaven for pace notes and the Terratrip, which creates the illusion that you can see as you accelerate hard into a blanket relying on the navigator counting down to know when to turn into the corner. Our LC loved the fog and wet but something was still not right - last night

we fixed the cracked block with Seal well and today we were fouling plugs. Chug a lug. Later it turned out a brand new Weber float had a hole. But we were still going, while poor Bob Edwards overnight engine rebuild by Gary Edwards engine builder Trevor Simkin had not held and the

gorgeous Falcon Sprint was out.

At the end of the day, as the Targa field noisily occupied the centre of Launceston for Targa Fest on the last night of hoists and benches before heading to the wild West Coast, the field was getting some structure. Way out front of the HTCAV competition was the controversial baby blue Perana of Queenslanders Donn Todd and camshaft man Dean Tighe, in third place overall. Next, in an incredible performance by an LMS Alfa GTV were young chargers and engineers

Colin Byrne and Paul Stoopman, with nearly three minutes on the Wilson’s Perana and nearly 4 on the Ullrich’s 700Nm Jensen. Neither of the big banger crews were worried - the mighty straights of the West Coast highway were

still to come.

Next and more worrying for everyone was the presence of Northern Territory education guru Andy White and London based economist Ash Yelds, who had to make a dash to Hobart to fix a sticking overdrive clutch in the innocuous looking Volvo Amazon, but were now in the groove.

Our Dear Leader Ralphie was firmly in the top 20 and learning to ignore the temp gauge and worry more about the high speed shimmy as Lin and I stressed about an unhappy LC while looking over the shoulder at the Steuart’s incredible LMS Ford Anglia 105E going gangbusters. Although Ross was whingeing about being limited to 7,500 rpm. And later diagnosed our sinking Weber float so helping us keep well ahead of him. Such is Targa Camaraderie.

Leg 3 starts with a bang as we all lined up for Cethana early. A long delay closing the road gave time for the rain to clear and

Astoundingly quick Byrne Stoopman Alfa hit trouble in the last two days.

Bob Edwards had all sorts of engine woes in the ripper Sprint.

Henry and Ros Draper were hot, finished 5th in the Handicap.

A penalty pushed the $450K V8 Supercar back to 20th.

Ross and Jill Steuart cranked their Anglebox right up - 23rd outright, 4th on handicap.


the road to start to dry so there were patches of wet especially across the top where the long 9R could not be trusted. So times were down for most but not the guns - Colin Byrne’s LMS Alfa amazingly splitting the Wilson Perana from the Freestone supercar.

After a couple of new stages including the crazy Castra road we all got to Oldina, which has to be the perfect tarmac rally stage - every kind of corner and trick through a plantation with few houses on a perfectly smooth road. But for us, the red lights came on before the end as the oil pump was jammed by a large tooth off the camshaft and that was the end of our TT12. Everyone else headed off south on the long drive to Strahan along some more classic stages like Hellyer Gorge and a new favourite Plimsoll, where Ralphie hammered into eighth position.

From the end of Leg 3, Targa would move towards the big power cars which were consistent and reliable - like Bathurst with 30 laps to go, Targa really starts on Leg 4 with a huge 157 kms of stages the length of the Island. And so when the Todd/Tighe Perana had to stop for a fuel

pump at the end of Sheffield, the time lost pushed them way out of contention. But another Perana was ready to take over as the Wilsons moved into the HTCAV lead and P6 overall, closely followed by the amazing Byrne Stoopman Alfa. The Ullrichs had a good day to peg P3 and the White Yelds Amazon hung on to a 1 1/2 minute lead over the Ralph/Gibson Perana. Everyone was exhausted, brain dead and knackered as the long transport stages bore down on the fitness and health of both crews and cars. As the field filed into the cold and wet parc ferme in Strahan, service crews rushed to fettle so they could get on the road to Queenstown to be up and away before the roads were closed for the last epic day.

Leg 5 started dry and as the Strahan stage flowed through, a brilliant effort faltered as the throttle linkage on Colin Byrnes’ GTV Alfa collapsed and they were parked - but were able to fix it just in time to squeeze through the stage before the sweep in last position with a 12 minute penalty. They struggled to keep going slowly at the back of the field through Arrowsmith until they were able to get a permanent fix

after Tarraleah. The frustration of the crew showed as they put in two fantastic drives coming third outright and leading the HTCAV field on the treacherous Woodsdale stage and Grasstree Hill. A final 15th outright was a small reward for an epic drive and we’ll look out for these guys on future Targas.

So our HTCAV winner for 2012 is the Wilson brothers original and beautifully prepared Perana, two minutes ahead of twice Club Champs Pete and Sari Ullrich in the Chrysler engined Jensen. A thrill for all of us is that the Andy White and Ashley Yelds took our Club P3 in the Amazon, which was always driven right on the edge by a master of the art. Andy might thank his new extractors and soft Dunlops, but Ashley will attest to the talent of this once a year driver. Chris Ralph will recount his terrific first timer effort elsewhere - but the regulars are full of admiration for this achievement. When as we left the workshop in Moorabbin looked unlikely. “There’s no point going on” said Chris “It’s won’t run below 100C”. But he and the hilarious Neil Gibson persevered and our President did the Club proud on stages he had never seen before.

Just as praiseworthy was the performance of Ross, Jill and Harry (as in Potter), the one litre Anglebox. With a crew weight more suited to the V8’s and 12’s which Ross started with, this self prepared little LMS wonder in innocuous white put in some astonishing performances, coming 24th outright on the Riana stage of evil repute in soaking wet conditions.

A big tribute this year to our service crews, without whom 403 and 484 would not have started or run more than half the stages - Team Orange Gary Hughes and Gus Muscara and team Green Stuart Clark and Charlie Hughes and the incomparable Katherine Sellers who always had food ready and looked after the blood sugar levels and hydration of everyone with such a bright smile.


A deer rushed out and smote the Kenny-Jackson Jag on transport to the first stage!

Bernie and John Wilson were the top placed tourer with a 6th outright.

Super rapid Andrew White and Ashley Yelds’ Amazon was 2nd on handicap and 13th outright.


2012 Championship after 2 of 4 rounds Round 1 Round 2 Cumulative to Targa Wrest Point Targa Tasmania Round 2HTCAV 28-29/1 17-22/4 Pos No Driver Nav Car Class Points Points Points

1 471 Wilson Wilson 1971 Ford Perana 4MSH 54810 54,8102 383 Ullrich Ullrich 1963 Jensen CV8 3LMSF 51765 51,7653 411 Todd Tighe 1971 Ford Capri Perana 4MSH 13,760 33495 47,2554 222 White Yelds 1961 Volvo 122S 2LMSD 45675 45,6755 484 Ralph Gibson 1970 Ford Perana 4MSH 42021 42,0216 487 Byrne Stoopman 1971 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 4LMSB 37758 37,7587 361 Steuart Steuart 1962 Ford Anglia 105e 3LMSB 29841 29,8418 408 Pfingst Loth 1971 Holden LJ Torana 4MSE 0 23751 23,7519 501 Large Dredge 1972 Ford Falcon GT 5MSH 23142 23,14210 355 Priddle Guymer 1963 Ford Zephyr 3LMSE 20097 20,09711 486 Byrne Newbold 1971 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000 4LMSB 19488 19,48812 233 Draper Draper 1961 Morris Mini Minor 2LMSA 18879 18,879 13 438 Ogg Farrell 1970 Alfa Romeo Guilia GTV 1750 4MSB 18270 18,27014 210 Waldron Gregory 1955 FIAT Abarth 750 2LMSA 15225 15,22515 410 Kenny Jackson 1971 Jaguar XJ6 4MSG 14616 14,61616 302 Jenkins Goode 1965 Morris Mini Cooper 3LMSA 13398 13,39817 372 Bruce Bruce 1967 Morris Mini Cooper S 3LMSA 11571 11,57118 364 Edwards Wright 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint 3MSF 10,535 0 10,53519 230 Davison Davison 1955 Austin A30 2MSA 9135 9,13520 276 Utber Kaye 1961 Vauxhall Cresta 2LMSE 8526 8,52621 388 Killick Killick 1965 Ford Cortina 3LMSC 8,385 8,38522 416 Chaplin Harwood 1971 Datsun 1600 4LMSB 6,665 6,66523 316 White White 1963 Austin Mini Cooper 3MSA 5,590 5,59024 425 Reading Russell 1971 Triumph 2.5 PI 4LMSD 4,515 4,51525 389 Clark Clark 1965 Cortina 3LMSC 3,225 3,225DNF 301 Bryson Milich 1964 Hillman Imp Rally 3LMSA 0 0DNF 405 Kent Krawczyk 1971 Ford Falcon GT 4LMSH 0 0DNF 434 Miedecke Willson 1970 Ford Capri Perana 4MSH 0 0DNF 474 Rogers Moss 1971 Ford Falcon GT 4MSH 0 0DNF 215 Freestone Freestone 1948 Holden 215 2MSF 0 0DNF 244 Batten Batten 1961 Volvo PV544 2MSE 0 0DNF 288 Mockett Fuentes Garcia 1954 Oldsmobile Super 88 2MSF 0 0DNF 403 Dermott Dermott 1971 Holden Torana XU1 4LMSE 0 0DNF 614 Storr Caplice 1978 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV 6SSA 0 0

So its all over.

Of our 24 starters, 6 DNF’d and only Doug Mockett’s rocket hit something. Usual words for the event are epic, heroic, legendary. Yeah, sure. Also words like cost, time and effort. Also elation, frustration, gutted. All I know is that as one finishes, you start planning the next - the sheer visceral thrill of driving your old car flat chat on fantastic roads for nearly a week can’t be realised any other way.

Brian


Beefy Large-Dredge Coupe boomed through to 30th.

The poor Dermotts had a cam tooth snag the oil pump on Day 3.


Any Questions re pointscore: please contact Dean Bryant on 0417 012 526 or [email protected]

2012 Pointscore Hist State Hist State Hist State Hist Isl I’state Total 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 Mag rd PtsDriver P Is P Is Wint S Sand FOS Wint P Is Sand P Is

NC Over 5000cc Tony Hubbard 40 37 77Rod Hotchkin 19 19Karl Wittick 0Michael Miceli 0Darren Smith 0John Allesi 0Keven Stoopman 3 3Andrew Tickner 0Darren Collins 23 23Robert Marshall 25 21 46Matt Jager 3 33500-5000cc Rob Burns 0JohnMann 0Fraser Ross 46 46Leo Tobin 35 32 67Les Walmsley 0Michael Bugelly 0Stuart Barnes 0Craig Miles 3 3Michael Hibbert 0Peter Burchell 0John Harrison 27 27James Frolley 29 29Ian Cromarty 29 29

3001-3500cc Andrew Williams 27 27Angelo Taranto 0Steve Coad 0Douglas Growcott 29 29Lawrie Nelson 3 3Alan McKelvie 15 25 40Tim Fettel 29 29Stephen Pillekers 24 24Gary Edwards 0Dylan Innes 0Gordon Cox 0Scott Slater 46 46Stephen Bell 0David Landry 0Mark Brewster 35 35Andrew Mumford 15 15 2001-3000cc Ian Watt 24 24Ben Read 0Brendon Hare 0Ant Read 0Brian Beasy 0Robert Hare 30 30Mark Johnson 37 37 1501-2000cc John Smallman 38 31 69Mark Schatz 0Russell Pilven 15 15Vince Parisi 31 31Chris Ralph 0David Noakes 0Justin Brown 0David Brown 0Spencer Rice 0Jerry Lenstra 3 3Dean Bryant 0Mick Stupka 31 31 1101-1500cc

Hist State Hist State Hist State Hist Isl I’state Total 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 Mag rd PtsDriver P Is P Is Wint S Sand FOS Wint P Is Sand P Is

NB Over 3000cc Andrew Cannon 0Bill Trengrove 34 0 34Andy Clempson 0David Moran 22 22Grant Bingley 27 27John Clarke 0John Harrison 0Geoff Taylor 0Alan Shearer 0 2601-3000cc John Bourke 0Phil Shepherd 34 34Steve Watt 27 27Douglas Juniper 0 2001-2600cc Eddie Dobbs 0Rob Southhouse 0 1601-2000cc 1301-1600cc Nick Cascone 0John Luxmoore 32 27 59Paul Watson 0Simon Browing 34 34John Bendell 0Ted Perkins 29 29 1001-1300cc Anthony Ramadge 0Ted Brewster 27 27Helen Lindner 34 34Ian Pringle 40 40James Holloway 15 15Peter Melick 33 33Len Read 24 24John Eeles 26 26Henry Draper 0Michael Holloway 0Roger Howard 0

Under 1000cc Michael Stupka 31 31Jerry Lenstra 0


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No-one owns a number, but we understand how nice it is to have a regular one on your car.

Ultimately the Chief Steward or Race Sectary of the meeting issue the numbers for each event. However the Club tries to allocate numbers to our members to save members money and angst. Many events do not allow triple digit numbers, so that leaves 180+ competition members vying for 99 numbers. We often supply a list of the HTCAV member numbers to promoters of Victorian meetings. In most cases they will give preference to the HTCAV member for those allocated numbers on the list over other entrants. The same rules apply interstate which is why you often end up with a different number when your race interstate.

As stated above we have more competitors than we do numbers. While not all competitive members require numbers, we have used all 99 and we still need to keep allocating more. To have a number allocated & retained you must Be a continous financial member and Use the number at least once every 2 years. These rules still do not

guarantee you exclusive usage of a number! They have been devised as way for the committee to make a fair judgement of when we can consider reallocating unused or infrequently used numbers. Other factors that may be considered re the 2 year usage rule are special circumstances that may prevent a member from competing at their intended meetings (e.g.. unexpected engine blow ups!)

Our solution to the above conundrum is “a” numbers. What we have begun to do is allocate new members a number that is already in use by another member. So if we have a new member join with a Mustang we would look to use the same number as used on a small car like a Mini or maybe Cortina. e.g.. Glenn Everitt newly joined has been given #52a (for his GT Falcon) while John Smallman retains #52 (for his BDA Escort). At most larger meetings these cars would not be in the same race, however if they did then John would use #52 and Glenn would have a different number allocated by the event organiser (hopefully 5 or 2 so major change is necessary)! Importantly nobody runs with the “a” on their car.

Pointscore Rules 20121. Only HTCAV financial competition members

are included in the pointscore.2. Points are awarded per race for finishers 1

through 6 dependent on the number of starters in each class. (See table below for details).

3. The Competition Calendar shows which events are eligible for points for a year.

4. Only HTCAV financial competition members are included as starters in eligible Victorian events.

5. Three points are allocated for participating (signing on) at an event.

6. One point is allocated for the fastest timed lap of the event, for each class, during racing but not including qualifying.

7. In a handicap race eight points will be allocated to each and every finisher of that race

8. Points are allocated for finishers, 1st through to 6th in each class, in each race of an event (to a maximum of 3 races). If an event has more than 3 races, the last 3 races only will be scored.

9. Championship Points are calculated from a competitor’s best 5 events during a year, which may include one nominated interstate event. Any Interstate, Group N, event where a CAMS Provisional Circuit (formerly known as C3) Licence holder can participate is eligible for inclusion.

10. At interstate events all class cars are counted as starters - not just HTCAV members.

11. It is the competitors responsibility to collect interstate results sheets and supply them to the competition secretary for inclusion in the HTCAV pointscore no later than November 15 of that year. Interstate events will be scored using the HTCAV pointscore system.

12. If a car commences qualifing, it is counted as a starter in all races wether it actually starts them or not.

13. If a car starts a race, but has a DNF, it gets 0 points, but is counted as a starter.

14. Where the grid is separated into fast and slow (Not Over and Under), The results shall be deemed as one large race with the faster grid being the first finishers and the slower thereafter.

15. If members change classes their points stay within each class but can be added for Total Points.

16. Members may race as many classes as they like at an event, but can score points in only one nominated class.

This one class may be nominated post event, but no more than 3 days after the event. It is a member’s responsibility to make the Competition Secretary aware of their nominated car. Points will not be allocated retrospectively.17. Other race series such as the VSRS

andVSCRC use different methods to score their series. This does not affect the HTCAV’s pointscore system.

18. Where there is no result deemed in a race, there will be no points allocated for that race. 3 points will still be allocated for participating at that event.

19. In the event of a Club Championship draw, there will be a count back. The competitor with the highest number of superior placings will be declared the winner

20. Certificate of Description (COD) cars will run in special classes “shadowing” the pointscore classes ie a COD 302 Mustang would run in “NC COD 3501-5000”.

Points Allocation - Per Race

No. of Finishing Position Starters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th6+ 14 12 10 8 6 45 13 11 9 7 5 4 12 10 8 6 3 11 9 7 2 10 8 1 9 ClassesNB Over 4500 NC Over 5100NB 3000 - 4500 NC 3501 – 5100NB 2601 - 3000 NC 3001 – 3500NB 2001 - 2600 NC 2001 – 3000NB 1601 - 2000 NC 1501 – 2000NB 1301 - 1600 NC 1101 – 1500NB 1001 – 1300 NC Up to 1100NB Up to 1000

Competition Numbers


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