The Bulletin

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April 2017 The Official Publication of the

Ballarat Light Car Club

This Month’s Guest Speaker : Dale Butterfield

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Truline Steering and Suspension Specialists

2 April 2017

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2016-17 COMMITTEE POSITIONS Keith McElroy President : Bulletin editorial oversight :ex officio all sub-committees president@blcc.net.au

Home : 5330 1717

Mobile : 0407 324 732

Chris Hall Vice President : Chair Club Plate Review working party

clubplates@blcc.net.au

Mobile: 0438 094 684

Noel Peers Secretary : House Chair : Relocation Sub-committee secretary@blcc.net.au

Mobile : 0408 033 895

Geoff Boyd Treasurer : Chair Treasurer’s Sub-committee treasurer@blcc.net.au

Mobile: 0408 210 846

Michele Bayley Membership : Treasurer’s Sub-committee

members@blcc.net.au

Mobile: 0437 959 928

Arron Secombe Media Officer : Online compliance : Bulletin editorial panel : VCAS Rep

editor@blcc.net.au

Mobile: 0419 539 083

Les Noonan Key Holder : CAMS Rep : Relocation Chair Sub-committee

medialiason@blcc.net.au

Mobile : 0401 056 089

Barney Haddon Motor Sport Complex Coordinator : Hill Climb panel

Junior Development Sub-committee : Relocation Sub-committee

mscomplex@blcc.net.au

Mobile: 0437 167 790

Ben McKee Sport Sub-committee Chair sportssubchair@blcc.net.au Mobile: 0418 313 695

Darren Whyte Assistant House Chair : 4x4 Sub-committee

Mobile: 0448 417 506

Wayne Holness 4x4 Sub-committee Chair : Property Officer : M S Complex assistant 4x4@blcc.net.au Mobile: 0408 343 238

Gary Harrowfield Junior Development Sub-committee

garyh@vic.chariot.net.au Mobile: 0418 508 244

3 April 2017

Dale Butterfield: Truline

4 April 2017

Stewards Event Secretary Scrutineers

• Barney Haddon • Michele Bayley • Chris Hall (Rally)

• Roy Parkinson • Samara Dunne • Noel Peers

• Les Noonan • Chris Stevens • Darren Wythe (Rally)

• Ashley Mabbitt • Damian Faulkner • Ben McKee

• Steve Wilson • Rod Hall • Ian Brain

• Damian Faulkner • Arron Secombe • Arron Secombe

• Richard Gay • Mick Goossens • Mick Goossens

• Andrew Bayley

(Assistant)

• Richard Gay • Ross Stapleton

• Mark Bennett • Clare Bennett • Robert Stevenson

• Chris Stevens

• Wayne Webb

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 Paul Hocking

Darren Wythe Peter Ellis

David Stewart Reg Johnson

Wayne Drew Richard Gay

Gary Harrowfield Rob Prosser

Greg Pitt Rod Hall

John Bourke Russell McKenzie

MEMBERSHIP REPORT with Michele Bayley

New members

Non Committee Positions AX Series — TBA

MK Series— TBA

KX Series— TBA

VCRS— Gavin Porterhouse

The Bulletin

Editorial Panel

Keith McElroy Arron Secombe

Andrew Bayley Kate Bailey

Chris Stevens

5 April 2017

President’s Report

Welcome to the beginning of a new era for the club. It was pleasing to see the large number of club members

who attended our March club night, electing a new Committee of 12. This committee has now met and

allocated various positions and tasks to carry out the functions of the club. You will see some of the roles listed

on the Committee details, page 2. I believe that you as club members have chosen an excellent group of

Committee people and I am happy to report that at its first meeting this group very cooperatively and

enthusiastically offered themselves for the various roles and have hit the ground running on many of the tasks

in front of us. I expect to see an increase in the activity around the club and, if you have not already offered,

you may be approached in the near future to participate in small subcommittees or working parties in various

aspects of the club’s operations.

Some of the high priority items for attention include sorting out aspects of our club rules and their lodgement

with Consumer Affairs Victoria, club insurance needs and policies, the functioning of the H plate system and

activities within our club and the operations of the Sports Sub-committee who organise those events which

form the backbone of our club.

The Sports Subcommittee has already met, under the excellent leadership of Ben McKee, and has replaced all

missing and postponed events for the remainder of the year. You will find an updated calendar on page 3 of

this Bulletin and in most cases also the name of the contact person for particular events. This information will

be repeated exactly on the club website for those who wish to find the information from this source. We will

make every endeavour to stick to this calendar and regain the trust of members in the scheduling of our events.

The Bulletin, as our official publication, is very important to communication within the club. An editorial panel

is being assembled and so by the next issue we hope you will see results of their efforts. Unfortunately, lengthy

delays by Australian Post in delivering the Bulletin (17 days last month!) meant that this issue has been rushed

straight to the printer in the hope that you will receive it before the April monthly meeting. In future we will

ask for contributions early in the month so that the Bulletin may go to print by the middle of the month. Postal

delivery schedules are no longer reliable enough for us to time the arrival of the Bulletin exactly in time to

remind you of our monthly meetings, so please come up with another strategy in this electronic age.

The committee has decided that our monthly meetings on the last Friday night will try to have an activity

scheduled to follow our brief business part of the meeting. I am very pleased to tell you that this month on

Friday, 28 April we will have as a speaker Dale Butterfield, the principal of Truline Steering and Suspension.

Dale is hugely experienced in preparing cars at club level and for serious events, anything from Redline

Speedway up to and including Bathurst. You will find this presentation interesting, informative and you may

leave with some ideas on how to make your car go faster on dirt or tar without buying a heap of extra

horsepower.

Our May meeting will be the postponed Trophy Night with all of the trophies from 2016. There will be

speakers at this event who may surprise you with the motorsport deeds of some of our older members from the

club. We have quite a history, so be sure to attend this meeting to hear some of it.

Our June meeting will see the return of the annual Quiz, so start organising your teams ready to take on this

challenge. Our meeting at the end of July will return to the traditional format of an AGM including an election,

a Dinner and exciting Speaker.

Keith McElroy

President

ps. You are welcome to contact me or the Committee on any issue. In my case, because I live in a zone of poor

mobile reception, try my landline number first and then my mobile number if I am not home.

6 April 2017

NEWS IN BRIEF

Phone Book Fling Is Here !

If you are able to help please contact Noel Peers on 0408033895, We need as much help as

possible to get these phonebooks out and about. This is one of our major fundraisers for the

year. Many hands make light work

7 April 2017

Past Events:

C of C message to officials

Thank you for your valuable contribution to what we can now say has been a clearly successful first up ARC Eureka Rally. We had no need to send in the Medical Intervention Vehicles to any rally cars stopped on stages. We had no reports of breached stage security. These aspects were a great relief to the organising team. Competitors were very pleased with the selected course and the event organisation. Apologies for the dust out there, but the mild weather was unusually kind to us for March in Ballarat, and did the

make the weekend more enjoyable for all.

Congratulations to the lucky winners of the officials prize draws. I look forward to your continued assistance with

mounting an even better Eureka Rally in 2018.

Ross Runnalls.

Clerk of Course

Officials Coordinator message to officials

I would like to thank you for your huge effort to make the Eureka Rally a massive success. The event takes nearly 350 officials for the weekend this includes Road Closures, Time Controls , Service Park Set Up/Officials, Course Cars , Admin , Security, Refuels, Set Up officials the list goes on. Without a officials such as yourself events don't run. The Eureka needs officials from 6 am Tuesday until 6 pm Sunday evening. With officials offering Assistance everyday. I would like to thank the rest of the directing team Ross Runnalls (COC) Scott Spedding (Road Director) Katie Philips (Corporate/Admin) .

The second worst job to Officials Coordinator would be equipment officer , and Ian Ellis ran that shed to perfection.

Geoff Boyd and George Davidson , are the map masters no job to big or to small to draw or design. A big thanks to our Officials Sponsors :

• Kennards Hire Rally Australia

• CAMS

• Arron Windus Motorsport

• Eclipse Ford.

• JAX Tyre's Ballarat.

Arron Harry Secombe

Officials Coordinator

8 April 2017

Windus wins opening VRC round for 2017 Ballarat local Arron Windus and co-driver Steve Fisher won the opening round of the Focus on Furniture Victorian

Rally Championship in a Subaru Impreza WRX at the Eureka Rally. The finished 19 seconds clear of Glen Raymond

and Kate Catford in another Subaru.

Kicking off the season with a two-day event, Brendan Reeves, with co-driver Ben Searcy (Subaru), took the early

advantage, winning all four morning stages to open up a 37.2 second lead over Glen Raymond/Kate Catford

(Subaru), with Windus/Fisher a further 25 seconds adrift.

Following the first service break, Reeves continued to stretch ahead, before running out of brakes on SS8 and retir-

ing from the heat.

Raymond's lead inheritance would be short lived when a fuel pump cost him more than a minute on SS9, and the ever-consistent Windus became the new rally leader. Windus/Fisher went on to claim the heat win, 53 seconds clear of Raymond, with Marcus and Scott Walkem (Mitsubishi) rounding out the top 3. Windus and Walkem, who were running ahead of the main VRC contingent on the road, encountered thick dust on the opening stage on Sunday morning, losing precious time to Reeves, who was back for heat 2 following overnight repairs. A bent lower control arm further compounded Windus' morning, but his impressive speed was enough to secure victory. Grant Walker/Steph Richards in an Escort RS1800 were first 2WD home and an impressive 6th outright. Nathan Berry/Rian Calder showed fantastic pace all weekend to take the honours in the new Fiesta Rally Series and 8th outright, while Anthony Alexander/Paul Dobson were first Hyundai Excel home in the OurAuto Rally Series. - Craig O’Brien (with Permission)

Phone Book Fling Is Here !

9 April 2017

ARC Final Classifications

Sponsor Driver

Grp

ARC Heat 1 Heat 2 Bonus Total

Pos No Co‐Driver Nat Cls Vehicle Reg

1 4 Toyota Genuine Parts S Toyota Y 40 30 70

Harry BATES ACT 2000 Corolla S2000

John McCARTHY QLD

2 5 Coffs Coast Rally Team P5P Mitsubishi Y 34 34 68

Nathan QUINN NSW Lancer Evo IX

David CALDER NZ

3 2 Tankformers AP Peugeot Y 22 40 1 63

Eli EVANS Vic 4 208 Maxi

Glen WESTON Qld

4 30 A Windus Motorsport P Subaru 30 22 52

Aaron WINDUS Vic 5 Impreza WRX Sti

Steve FISHER SA

5 3 Trigonia Crayfish Whisperer P5P Mitsubishi Y 26 20 46

Marcus WALKEM TAS Lancer Evo IX

Scott WALKEM VIC

6 1 Subaru do Motorsport P Subaru Y 18 26 44

Molly TAYLOR NSW 5 Impreza WRX Sti

Bill HAYES WA

7 6 Contel Communications P Subaru Y 20 16 36

Craig BROOKS TAS 5 Impreza WRX Sti

Steve GLENNEY TAS

8 8 Australian Truck Performance P5P Subaru Y 14 18 32

Tony SULLENS NSW Impreza WRX Sti

Kaylie NEWELL NSW

9 9 Maximum Motorsport P5P Subaru Y 10 14 24

John O'DOWD WA Impreza WRX Sti

Ken SHEIL WA

10 7 Maximum Motorsport P5P Subaru Y 16 7 23

Brad MARKOVIC WA Impreza WRX Sti

Toni FEAVER WA

11 19 Ryde Auto Group P4P Mazda Y 12 10 22

Adam KAPLAN NSW RX7

Aleshia PENNEY NSW

12 11 Kosciuszko Automotive Rally Team P5P Subaru Y 7 12 19

Andrew PENNY NSW Impreza WRX

Kirra PENNY NSW

13 17 Kurt Wylie P Subaru 8 8 16

Kurt WYLIE TAS 5 Impreza WRX Sti

Bernie WEBB NSW

14 16 Alliance Motorsport P5P Subaru Y 9 6 15

Peter DUNN NSW Impreza WRX Sti

Dennis NEAGLE QLD

15 10 Rockhampton Volkswagen P5P Subaru 9 9

Wayne STEWART VIC Impreza WRX Sti

Michael PRENDERGAST VIC

16 15 Gunnawyn Motorsport P Ford 6 6

Ross ALLAN VIC 2 Fiesta

Scott ALLAN VIC

12 High Country Motorsports P Subaru Y 5 5

Chris HIGGS NSW 6 Impreza GC8 WRX Sti

Daymon NICOLI WA

10 April 2017

VICTORIAN HILLCLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 5

BRYANT PARK

Improved Production up to 1600

TRYDEL 2017 Victorian Hillclimb Championship. Current Class Results.

B4 Sports Cars 2WD Open/Closed over 3001cc

C3 Sports Sedans 2WD 2001cc and over

C1 Sports Sedans 2WD up to 1600c

C5 Sports Sedans 4WD 3001cc and over

C6 Improved Production 2WD up to 1600cc

C9 Improved Production 2WD 3001cc and over

D1 Historic Other (Groups J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R)

D2 Historic Group N up to 2000cc

Name Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Best

Time

Class

Place

Outright

Mick Goossens 94.05 93.00 90.76 89.91 89.91 7 50

Driver Geelong Rob Roy Bryant

Park

Mt. Leura Bryant

Park

Shepptn Ararat Total Place

Glen Latter 15 20 - 35 2

Driver Geelong Rob Roy Bryant

Park

Mt. Leura Bryant

Park

Shepptn Ararat Total Place

B Grinsted - 17 - 11 - 28 5

S Grinsted 17 - - - - 17 6

Driver Geelong Rob Roy Bryant

Park

Mt. Leura Bryant

Park

Shepptn Ararat Total Place

Joey Viccars 15 - - - - 15 =7

Driver Geelong Rob Roy Bryant

Park

Mt. Leura Bryant

Park

Shepptn Ararat Total Place

R. McKenzie 11 - - 13 - 24 5

Driver Geelong Rob Roy Bryant

Park

Mt. Leura Bryant

Park

Shepptn Ararat Total Place

M Goossens 6 15 15 10 - 46 3

Driver Geelong Rob Roy Bryant

Park

Mt. Leura Bryant

Park

Shepptn Ararat Total Place

K Parkinson - 17 - 13 - 30 5

M.White 10 - - - - 10 =8

R. Jefferies 9 - - - - 9 =9

Driver Geelong Rob Roy Bryant

Park

Mt.

Leura

Bryant

Park

Shepptn Ararat Total Place

G. Ball - - - 20 - 20 =3

Driver Geelong Rob

Roy

Bryant

Park

Mt. Leura Bryant

Park

Shepptn Ararat Total Place

G. Scott 15 17 - - - 32 2

11 April 2017

2017 Daryl Tunbridge Trial.

Save the Date (20 May) and Call for Officials: Daryl Tunbridge Trial and Steve Richards Memorial R4S Novice Trial

After a huge BLCC contribution towards the success of the Eureka Rally, we can now look forward to hosting and/or competing in our own grass roots event. The Tunbridge is Round 2 of the Victorian Club Rally Series. It and the Steve Richards Memorial will be kind to standard cars over 130km competitive and 50km transport around Talbot, with challenges for drivers and navigators. With only 5 weeks to go, we are desperate for one key official: Officials Coordinator. The role can leverage the great work our club has recently contributed to VRC and ARC events, and will be very well supported by our new Clerk of Course team: Terry Brain and Simon Pilepich (Melton Motor Sports Club). Please contact Terry on 0417369780 to discuss either role, and what remains to be done towards running our event. Assuming this role can be filled in the next few days, we will also need officials to assist in the forest or at Rally HQ in readiness for a 5:30pm start to competition. Please register via Tunbridge@blcc.net.au with your name and mobile phone, preferred role/s and whether you intend to camp in the forest or at HQ. Camping is available at Rally HQ (Talbot Reserve) for a small fee, and the Football/Netball Club will be catering. The famous Talbot Farmers' Market is on Sunday 21st, and the Talbot Provedore will have a special deal for BLCC members on the Saturday and Sunday (chef Christopher Howe is a BLCC member). Thanks in anticipation, Terry Brain Clerk of Course 0417369780

Just Announced This Year’s Naming Rights Sponsors :

Ballarat

12 April 2017

Officials Training and Assessment:

All CAMS graded officials licences (except gold graded licences) follow the same three step process for initial application and upgrade. CAMS officials training is recognised under the Australian Sports Commission's National Officiating Accreditation Scheme (NOAS).

• 13 May 2017 – Club Chief – Melbourne (CAMS Office)

• 13 May 2017 – Bronze Scrutineer – Performance Exhaust, Vermont VIC

2017 RICCIARDO’S RACERS CALENDAR LAUNCHED

Australian Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo launched the 2017 Ricciardo’s Racers calendar at the Australian

Grand Prix.

Ricciardo’s Racers, a CAMS initiative aimed at encouraging junior participation in motor sport, enters its third year in 2017 and will expand with a series of beginner and advanced courses. Aimed at young Australians aged between 12–17, Ricciardo’s Racers junior drive days are led by experienced and professional Australian racing drivers such as Tony D’Alberto, Elliot Barbour, Andrew Jones and Karl Reindler. “I think that’s the great thing, you can do it in a safe environment,” Ricciardo said. “What a lot of people don’t understand is that it then reflects onto

your road skills and your awareness on the road becomes so much better.” The introductory course is best suited to those with little to no motor sport experience, with the course outlining basic car control, acceleration, braking, cornering skills and concluding with a hot lap by the qualified instructors. With interest from previous participants, an advanced course will feature for the first time in 2017 for those who have previously taken part in a beginner course. The advanced course will cover advanced skills, skid pan activities and a competitive motorkhana event. “From a race car, you’re always looking ahead to read things. So you can read if someone’s crossing the road, or if there’s an accident,” Ricciardo said. “The racing stuff also helps, I believe, road safety.” Ricciardo’s Racers will tour throughout Australia from June, commencing at Sandown Raceway in Victoria and concluding in November at Symmons Plains.

Past participants have continued their motor sport involvement as a result of the program, with some Ricciardo’s Racers graduates taking part in events such as motorkhanas, autocross, karting and even circuit racing. In 2016 alone, 680 new Ricciardo’s Racers licence holders joined CAMS. There was also a grand total of 1354 junior licence holders in 2016. “Even to hear those numbers, it’s pretty overwhelming for me,” Ricciardo said. “I appreciate the positive influence and the encouragement I can have on younger kids. It’s cool to know that people are trying to follow in my path. CAMS CEO Eugene Arocca said it was an honour for CAMS to have Daniel Ricciardo’s name attached to such an important programme in encouraging junior motor sport participation. “It’s fantastic that young Australians have the opportunity to participate in a structured, professional and safe motor sport program such as Ricciardo’s Racers,” Arocca said. “CAMS is honoured that Daniel Ricciardo has given his personal endorsement to name the program after him. Many young Australians look up to Daniel as a role model of sport, and we look forward to the next generation of young Australians participating across all levels of our sport.” For more Information on how to get involved in a Ricciardo’s Racers junior drive day, and to see a calendar of events, please see the Ricciardo’s Racers page on the CAMS website.

13 April 2017

Hello Members

As we are all aware the Club needs to be up to date with all compliances; one of these compliances is the online component. This includes but not limited to Facebook, Emails, Twitter, Website, Team App, The Bulletin and so on. I have completed a draft and would like feedback on this, so I can complete this policy and have it accessible to BLCC members. Please read the below :

These guidelines apply to Ballarat Light Car Club members either financial or social who create or contribute to BLCC Social Media. Whether you log into Twitter, Instagram, Team App, Website and Facebook page, or comment on online media stories — these guidelines are for you. While all Ballarat Light Car Club members are welcome to participate in Social Media, we expect everyone who participates in online commentary to understand and to follow these simple but important guidelines. These rules might sound strict and contain a bit of legal-sounding jargon but please keep in mind that our overall goal is simple; to participate online in a respectful, relevant way that protects our reputation and of course follows the letter and spirit of the law. 1. Your honesty will be noted in the Social Media environment, if you are writing about BLCC or associated partners (CAMS, Motorsport Complexes, Other Car Clubs and Events Series.). If you have a vested interest in what you are discussing, be the first to say so. 2. All statements must be true and not misleading; all claims must be substantiated. 3. Post meaningful, respectful comments — in other words, please, no spam and no remarks that are off-topic or offensive. 4. Use common sense and common courtesy: for example, it’s best to ask permission to publish or report on conversations that are meant to be private or internal to The Ballarat Light Car Club. Make sure your efforts to be transparent don't violate Ballarat Light Car Club privacy, confidentiality, and legal guidelines. 5. When disagreeing with others' opinions, keep it appropriate and polite. If you find yourself in a situation online that looks as if it’s becoming antagonistic, do not get overly defensive and do not disengage from the conversation abruptly: feel free to ask the Media/Online Compliance Officer for advice and/or to disengage from the dialogue in a polite manner that reflects well on Ballarat Light Car Club. 6. If you want to write about CAMS, State and Local Government departments, Motorsport Complexes, Other Car Clubs and Events Series, make sure you behave diplomatically, have the facts straight and that you have the appropriate permissions. 7. Please never comment on anything related to legal matters, litigation, or any parties Ballarat Light Car Club may be in litigation with. 8. Never participate in Social Media when the topic being discussed may be considered a crisis situation. Even anonymous comments may be traced back to your IP address. Refer all Social Media activity around crisis topics to Media/Online Compliance Officer. 9. Be smart about protecting yourself, your privacy, and Ballarat Light Car Club confidential information. What you publish is widely accessible and will be around for a long time, so consider the content carefully. Google has a long memory. NOTE: Mainstream media inquiries must be referred to the Media/Online Compliance Officer. Thank You Arron Harry Secombe BLCC Online Compliance.

Feed Back Required :

GUIDELINES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA PARTICIPATION AS PART OF THE BALLARAT LIGHT CAR CLUB INC.

14 April 2017

Coming Club Nights

April Club Night: The BLCC will host a

trade night with Dale Butterfield from

Truline Suspension. Dale has a world of

knowledge in suspension, handling and

getting the balance of a vehicle correct.

Don’t miss out on a true craftsman of his

trade as Dale discusses suspensions and

more.

May Club Night: Will be a night to

remember with guest speakers Geoff

Boyd and Gary Harrowfield as they wind

back the clock. Prior to the speakers we

will celebrate 2016 winners of our Series

and the Club Drivers Championship.

June Club Night: Get ready to have your

mind stretched as the “Quiz Night”

returns with your favourite hosts : Keith

McElroy, Rod Hall, Dave Jowett and Paul

Gladman. Always a great night.

15 April 2017

CDC 2

16 April 2017

17 April 2017

18 April 2017

19 April 2017

Victorian HillClimb Championship Rnd 4 BLCC CDC Rnd 3

4 &5 March 2017

20 April 2017

891 La Trobe St, Delacombe VIC 3356 (03) 5336 4605

NEXT MEETING :Friday 28th April