January/February 2009 edition - Motor Sport Club of Tasmania

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January/February 2009
Life members the Arnold’s and the New’s at the Dinner recently
Life Members and Patrons:
Terry Rowbottom, Terry Bracken, Rogan Peck, Rodney Peck, Lynette New, Jeff Mace, Graeme Page, Fleur Peck, Denis Viney, Craig
Arnold, Angela Arnold, Barry New, John Brock, Barry Oliver
2009 Committee
President:
Michael Luscombe
[email protected]
6330 1058 bh
0408 134 376
Vice Presidents:
Jason Milner
[email protected]
0408 140 819
Aaron Reader
[email protected]
0418 613 667
Secretary:
Matt von Bertouch
[email protected]
0408 003 212
Junior Secretary:
Kirsty McLachlan
[email protected]
Treasurer:
Tim Kulhanek
[email protected]
Public Officer:
Barry Oliver
Membership Officer:
Coby Sanders
[email protected]
0408 898 029
Junior Development:
Shon McIntee
[email protected]
0407 096 391
Club Captain/ Social
Events Co-ordinator:
Kevin Quigley
[email protected]
0407 499 956
State Council
Representative:
Jason Milner
[email protected]
0408 140 819
TRAP Representative:
Shane Russell
[email protected]
0438 366 156
Scrutiny Panel
Representative:
Shane Russell
[email protected]
0438 366 156
Officials Panel
Representative:
Aaron Reader
[email protected]
0418 613 667
Drift Liason Officer
Damien Roach
[email protected]
0400 563 199
Newsletter Editor:
Jason Milner
[email protected]
0408 140 819
Website Administrators:
Matt Von Bertouch
[email protected]
0408 003 212
Tim Kulhanek
[email protected]
0407 040 188
General Committee:
Damien Roach
Shon McIntee
Aaron Reader
Josh Hunt
Coby Sanders
Ron Legge
Kevin Quigley
Shane Russell
0400 102 809
Wayne McLachlan
Ricky Hunt
Paul Murfett
Kirsty McLachlan
CLUB NEWS
-Welcome the our newest members:- Marcus Walkem, Mark Young and Robbie Tynan.
current membership sits at 89.
Our
-The 2008 MSCT awards dinner was held in January. Coby has a report inside. Some photos
from the evening can be seen at www.msct.com.au
-The MSCT AGM was also held in January. We have some new faces on the committee this year
which is fantastic to see. A full list of committee members is inside the cover page of every
newsletter.
-On Feb 13-15, Rally Tasmania 2009 was held in the North West. Despite lower than average
entry numbers, MSR was committed to running this event, as this years event also incorporated
Round 1 of the ARC. To help them do that, the club once again put together a crew of
experienced officials to run 2 stages on the Saturday afternoon. The results can be found inside.
-Round 1 of the 2009 Pedders Suspension motorkhana series is being held on Feb 28th at
Symmons Plains. This is a grass event. Entry forms and regs can be found at www.msct.com.au
or call me, Jase on 0408 140 819.
-Round 1 of the 2009 Pedders Suspension khanacross series is being held on March 21st at
Powranna. Contact Matt von Bertouch for further info. Ricky Hunt has built an amenities block for
the khanacross track. The Taj Mahal of dunnies by all accounts….
-The 2008 Tasmanian Motorsport Awards Dinner is on Saturday 21st February in Hobart. The
guest speaker is V8 driver Jason Richards. Anyone interested in attending should contact the
State Office on 6224 0420.
-You may have heard or noticed on the calendar a gravel hill climb on April 18th. This is something
that Matt and I will put together and I will direct on the day. It will be run under normal hillclimb
regulations, and will be open to unregistered vehicles, and will require a 2S CAMS license. Stay
tuned for further info.
-Don’t forget the MSCT website. Here you will find up-to-date event info, photos, newsletters etc.
See it all at www.msct.com.au And if you have anything to put onto the website, then you can
email from the site.
-Also keep tabs on www.tasrally.com.au/forum/ All sorts of info can be found here relating to
motorsport in Tassie.
-A copy of the 2009 CAMS competition calendar is included.
-There is a CAMS bulletin included which may be of interest to some competitors.
-A reminder to ALL competitors and officials about behavior when arriving at and leaving events.
Several incidents recently have come to the attention of the club, and it has been decided that
harsh penalties will be dished out to those seen doing the wrong thing. This may include exclusion
from events!!
Jase out.
2009 MSCT Calendar
January 17th
MSCT Annual Dinner
Archers Manor
January 20th
AGM and Committee Meeting
Archers Manor
February 10th
Committee Meeting
Archers Manor
February 13-15th
Rally Tasmania
Northwest
February 28th
Motorkhana Round 1
Symmons Plains
March 10th
Committee Meeting
Archers Manor
March 21st
Khanacross Round 1
Powranna
April 14th
Committee Meeting
Archers Manor
April 18th
Gravel Hillclimb
Northeast Tasmania
May 9th
Tas Drift Series Round 2
Symmons Plains
May 12th
Committee Meeting
Archers Manor
May 23rd
Khanacross Round 2
Powranna
June 9th
Committee Meeting
Archers Manor
June 20th
Motorkhana Round 2
Symmons Plains
July 14th
Committee Meeting
Archers Manor
July 25th
Khanacross Round 3
Powranna
August 11th
Committee Meeting
Archers Manor
September 5th
Khanacross Round 4
Powranna
September 8th
Committee Meeting
Archers Manor
October 3rd
Auspine Rally TRS4
Scottsdale
October 10th
Drift Practice Day
Symmons Plains
October 13th
Committee Meeting
Archers Manor
November 7th
Tas Drift Series Round 5
Symmons Plains
November 10th
Committee Meeting
Archers Manor
November 21st
Khanacross Round 5
Powranna
December 5th
Motorkhana Round 3
Symmons Plains
December 8th
Committee Meeting
TBA
Round 1
2009 Pedders
Motorkhana Series
28th February 2009
Symmons Plains Raceway
On the grass, behind the officials car park.
$30 Adult
$15 junior (under 17)
9:30-10:15 scrutineering
10:15 drivers briefing
For details please contact
Jason Milner
0408 140 819
OR
Visit www.msct.com.au
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WRC1-Rally Ireland.
Round 1 of the WRC kicked off with Rally Ireland recently. Aussie gun driver Chris
Atkinson is this year driving for the Citroen team as part of their Junior Driver program.
Atkinson, with Stephane Prevot on board, finished the very wet tarmac event in 5th place
despite having a very large spin on SS6, which cut a power pole in half. Fortunately with
the help of some spectators, the pair was able to continue.
By SS15 on the final day, they had worked their way into 4th position. But come SS16, the
second last of the event, the Citroen ran wide on a right hander and crashed into a stone
wall. Again, with the help of spectators, they continued on to finish the stage, only
dropping 1 place in the process.
The first 4 places went to Loeb, Sordo, Hirvonen and Solberg.
The WRC moves to the ice and snow of Norway for round 2 on Feb 13-15.
TARGA WREST POINT.
The inaugural Targa Wrest Point was won by Greg Garwood and John Allen in a Porsche
911 GT3 RS by just 3 seconds from Tony Quinn and Naomi Tillett in their new Nissan R35
GTR. Local pair Jason and John White finished in 3rd place in the Lamborghini, a further
12 seconds behind.
MSCT life member and all-round good guy Barry Oliver finished in 6th place with Jim
Richards in the Porsche 911 GT2.
Using Targa roads from previous years South of Hobart, the event attracted 115 starters.
WRC2-Rally of Norway.
Citroen driver Sebastian Loeb has won his second WRC round in 2 starts after winning the
Rally of Norway. Mikko Hirvonen was 2nd and Jari-Matti Latvala was third.
Aussie Chris Atkinson did not contest this round as part of the Citroen Junior Rally team,
although fellow Aussie Dale Moscatt made an appearance with the Junior team, co-driving
for Evgeny Novikov. The pair finished 12th.
MSCT 2008 Awards Dinner
Our annual dinner and trophy presentation was held at Archers Manor on the 17th of January.
A great night was had by all, thanks goes to our awesome MC Barry Oliver and to Alan and Jan
for taking care of us.
Congrats to all trophy recipients and a huge thank you to all those who helped make it such a
great night!
Coby Sanders
The Award Recipients.
The Scott Hewitt Memorial-
Leighton Burns
The Graham Page Patrons Trophy-
Jason Milner
2008 Club Man-
Matt von Bertouch
2008 Club Woman-
Coby Sanders
st
Most Outstanding 1 year member-
Ronnie Legge
2008 Male Competitor-
Adrian Burns
2008 Female Competitor-
Kirsty McLaughlan
2008 Club Drifter Award-
Damien Roach
1st Outright Khanacross-
Adrian Burns
nd
Leighton Burns
3 Outright Khanacross-
rd
Dennis Cooper
1st Class A Khanacross-
Ricky Hunt
1st Class B Khanacross-
Kevin Quigley
2 Outright Khanacross-
st
1 Class C Khanacross-
Adrian Burns
Radial Tyre Khanacross-
Dennis Cooper
1st Junior Khanacross-
Josh Hunt
st
Luke How
st
Danual Whiteway/Josh Hunt
1 Outright Motorkhana1 Junior Motorkhana-
Some happy campers.
See www.msct.com.au for some more dinner photos.
RALLY TAS 2009
Rally Tas 2009 kicked off on Friday the 13th in Burnie. The event consisted of 4 different
competitions;- Modern, Classic, Australian Rally Championship, and the Australian Classic Tarmac
Rally Championship.
The club had representation with 4 members this year, with 3 of those contesting the Modern
section. Hot favourite in the Modern section was Barry Oliver riding with Jim Richards in the
Porsche GT2. Also in the co-drivers seat in the modern competition was Timmy Kulhanek, sitting
in with Michael Hurford in a Mitsubishi EvoIX. Event co-owner Les Walkden even entered in an
Sti WRX with Daniel Willson on board. Shane Russell entered the ARC in his Evo1 with a codriver from the North Island.
After 15 competition stages, Jim Richards and Barry Oliver finished in 2nd place, just 4.4 seconds
behind the winners Tony Quinn and Naomi Tillett in an R35 Skyline. The Van den Berg brothers
finished in 3rd place in their Evo IX.
Next best MSCT member was Les Walkden in 14th place, with Tim Kulhanek not far behind in 16th
place.
Shane Russell started the event well, running inside the top 10 on day 1. Unfortunately a broken
diff housing on day 2caused him to lose heaps of time. He was able to rejoin the event for the last
stage on Saturday, and continue on for Sunday. He eventually finished in 10 place in the ARC
competition.
Other than the car that Les drove, Les Walkden Rallying had 2 other cars entered in the event.
Tony Longhurst and Linda Long finished 4th in the Modern competition in an Sti WRX, and
Brendan Reeves and Rhianon Smyth finished 4th in the ARC, also in an Sti WRX.
A full set of results can be found at www.rallytasmania.com.au/2009/index.htm
Powranna
(Behind the dragway)
$40 Adult
$20 junior (under 17)
8:30-10:00 scrutineering
10:15 drivers briefing
For details please contact
Matt von Bertouch
0408 003 212
OR
Visit www.msct.com.au