Colin Waite with his Heatway Rally Skoda at the 2016 Speedshow Photo Courtesy Geoff Ridder Photography

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1 JULY 2016 Colin Waite with his Heatway Rally Skoda at the 2016 Speedshow Photo Courtesy Geoff Ridder Photography P O Box 27063, Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand 1440 Phone: (09) Facsimile: (09) Auckland Car Club s Monthly Magazine Race, Rally, Clubsport and more

2 CONTACTS LIST President Ted Jarvis Vice President Mark Sheehan Brett Davy Secretary/Treasurer Craig Holmes Membership Ross Henderson Clubsport Martyn Wells Race Brett Davy Club Captain Aaron Clarke Chief Scrutineer Mark Sheehan Club Rooms Hire Steve Morris Club News Committee Members MotorSport NZ Licence Examiners Mike Dias Ross Henderson Brett Davy Martyn Wells Natalie Waite Brett Davy Savio Steves Gavin Ivers Aaron Clarke Peter Borman Note: All calls to the above numbers are to be BEFORE 9:00pm CLUB ON-LINE Web: Facebook: CLUB NEWS ADVERTISING RATES The Club thanks the following for their support: Single Issue 12 Issues Paid Monthly 12 Issues Paid in Advance Quarter Page $50.00 $37.50 $ Half Page $ $75.00 $ Full Page $ $ $1, Rates include display on the club s website. Contact: clubnews@aucklandcarclub.org.nz

3 CLUB INFORMATION 44 Stoddard Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland Licensed Bar, Lounge, Large Screen TV Regular Club Night The club rooms are open every Thursday night from 7:30pm until 10:30pm. License examiners are usually available to assist new Members with license exams. Several members of the Executive Committee are usually available to discuss any issues or provide assistance. Club Rooms Hire Rates The Members Lounge is available for hire for special events such as birthday or anniversary parties, meetings, bingo/housie, quiz nights, training courses, etc. The Members Lounge has a fully equipped bar and a small food preparation and serving area. Special hire rates are available for Club Members. Commercial organisations and community groups receive discounts for multiple events or long-term commitments. Please direct enquiries to Steve Morris clubrooms@aucklandcarclub.or.nz ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Club s annual general meeting was held on Thursday 14 July As the number of nominations did not exceed the number of positions available, all candidates were acclaimed. As a result, the Club s 2016/17 Executive Committee consists of: President Ted Jarvis Vice-President Mark Sheehan Secretary/Treasurer Craig Holmes Vice-President Brett Davy Club Captain Aaron Clarke Members: Ross Henderson Steve Morris Natalie Waite Martyn Wells Mike Dias Savio Steves Gavin Ivers A minor change to the Club s rules was approved at the meeting. The eligibility age for Senior Membership will be raised from 60 to 65 years. Once this change has been accepted by the Registrar of Incorporated Societies, a copy of the rules will be placed on the Club s web site.

4 PRESIDENT S LETTER We had our AGM and I welcome Brett Davy as one of our Vice Presidents. Also, all of our existing Executive Members are on board for another Term together with New Executive Members being Gavin Ivers and Savio Steves. Prize giving is being delayed until Saturday 27th September due to not receiving all the trophies back in time. It will be held on the Saturday night at Auckland Car Club rooms, downstairs at 44 Stoddard Road. If you are a prize winner, please attend with your supporters; it is free to come to and light refreshments are being served together with a cash bar - all Members and friends welcome. Talking of upcoming events: Put in your calendar the 1st Race Meeting is only a month away on 3rd September at Hampton Downs. All out classes will be running, help us by entering early. 19th November at 1:00pm opening for a 1:30pm start, we are having our second induction of 20 people to the Roll of Honour. If you know someone that you can suggest, please contact myself. This event is for current or past Members, all are welcome. A light supper will be served and a cash bar, also, we will have a Special Guest Something that was highlighted to me the other day was our Membership is increasing every year. We have over 500 Members who hold competition licences and we are the only Club with that sort of ratio. The Club is concerned that the Technical Department in Motorsport in Wellington is being restructured and the Technical Manager s position has been disestablished. While we have been assured Motorsport is putting the appropriate resources put in place to ensure that there are no changes to the technical services provided, we are concerned and will wait to see how this works out. Kind regards, Ted President Auckland Car Club CHRIS AMON New Zealand lost one of its finest motor racing drivers with the death of Chris Amon. Along with Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme, Amon formed a three-pronged New Zealand challenge on the tracks of Europe and America. The highlight of Amon's success in sports car racing came with the 1966 win at the Le Mans 24-hour race in a Ford GT40 Mark II with McLaren as his partner. Amon never won a championship F1 grand prix, but did win eight non-championship GPs. His other major wins included the Silverstone International Trophy, the 1000km Monza, the Daytona 24 Hours, the Tasman Series. Amon started 96 F1 races, achieving five poles, led 183 laps in seven races, reached the podium 11 times and scored a total of 83 championship points. Amon was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.

5 DAVE AND SUSIE S BIG ADVENTURE Dave and Susie s Big Adventure tells the story of a restless middle aged couple who, with time on their hands and a sense of daring, decide to take on the ultimate road-trip: to drive from New Zealand to England in their HiLux. Follow their progress as they make their way across the Australian outback, up the Malaysian peninsular and then through Laos to the China border. Enjoy the ride along the Silk Road to Kazakhstan and into Russia and then into Europe as they hurdle the obstacles placed in their way by bureaucrats, officious border guards and dodgy policemen. Experience atrocious roads, mountain passes and extremes of temperature through the west of China and the old USSR. If you are planning such a trip for yourself or just want to come along for the ride, this is the book for you. Part 2 of Dave and Susie s Big Adventure tells the story of our intrepid travellers return to New Zealand after their daring drive to England via Australia, South East Asia, China, Kazakhstan, Russia and the EU. Not content merely to ship their Hi Lux Surf home, they elect instead to ship it to Buenos Aires to begin their next adventure that takes them to Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia and Chile to connect with the Pan American Highway. This famous road takes them all the way to the USA and on to Canada and Alaska where they drive up the Dalton Highway to Deadhorse and the Arctic Ocean. Finally, they drive south to California to ship home to New Zealand, completing their around-the-world adventure. Join them on this exciting, sometimes dangerous drive through some of the most interesting and beautiful countryside on earth. Available on Kindle, itunes and KOBO. 2016/17 RACE SEASON Round 1 Saturday 3 September 2016 Hampton Downs Round 2 Saturday 15 October 2016 Pukekohe Round 3 Sunday 13 November 2016 Pukekohe Round 4 Saturday 11 February 2017 Hampton Downs Round 5 Sunday 12 March 2017 Pukekohe Round 6 Sunday 9 April 2017 Hampton Downs NEWSLETTER EDITOR The club is looking for an Editor for the club s newsletter. The newsletter is issued monthly and is currently put together using Microsoft Word. A small honorarium is offered. If you are interested, contact the Secretary at or secretary@aucklandcarclub.org.nz.

6 AUCKLAND CAR CLUB PRODUCTION RACE SERIES Season 1 Final Results. Class A cc Class B cc Class C 3500+cc 3rd Place Steve Elliott 3rd Place Christopher Wright 3rd Place Peter Ball 2nd Place Colin Abah 2nd Place Raymond Dufton 2nd Place Bruce Needham 1st Place Dado Moharic 1st Place Nigel Nichols 1st Place Graham Ball The next trophy is for a driver that has made incredible gains over the season. He has improved his own time by almost 15 seconds and has even managed to beat his more experienced brother s times by 5 seconds in his first seasons racing. our Most Improved Driver of the Year Robert Parker. The next trophy is for a guy that never gives up. No matter what has happened, without fail he has arrived (sometimes with a new car). He shows so much dedication that not even his own wedding would stop him from coming to the track. Our Most Persistent Driver of the Year Aidan Kersley. Overall Series Points Rotary Class Winner Bruce Needham 3rd Place Winner Dado Moharic 2nd Place Winner Nigel Nichols 1st Place Winner Graham Ball We have our normal groups running at each round. Group A cc Group B cc Group C cc Rotary class will run in A,B,C and at the end of the season the Rotary winner will be announced Rules 1. Road tyres or Semi Slick allowed but at least 1.5mm tread depth across ¾ of the tread width and around the whole circumference of the tyre. 2. Race harness and sports type seat. 3. Breakout times - Hampton Downs 1:14 / Pukekohe 1.16 new track (1:08 old track). 4. Motorsport NZ license (we can help with this). 5. Role cage recommend but no required if the car was valid WOF. Breakout times means that you must not go faster than the stated lap times or a time penalty will be applied for each lap the stated lap time is broken.

7 2016 CRC SPEEDSHOW Auckland Car Club was in attendance at this year s CRC Speedshow with four cars on our stand. Production Muscle Cars, Production Racing Saloons and Clubman's Sport Car Racing classes had cars on display. We also had Colin Waite s Heatway Rally Skoda there which attracted a lot of interest. The three race groups had representatives on their stand promoting their classes for the upcoming season and signed up some new competitors for the upcoming season. We also signed up some new members and our spinning wheel competition was a great success giving away numerous prizes and spectator passes for the coming season. 2015/16 SUMMER SERIES PRIZEGIVING Due to difficulties we encountered getting trophies back and organizing new trophies, unfortunately we have had to defer the 2015/16 Summer Series prizegiving to Saturday 27 August. The prizegiving will be held at the Club Rooms starting at 7:30pm. FOR SALE TD-05 turbo to fit 2.0 litre Mitsubishi star end motor. Two manifolds (top and bottom) with gasket. Contact John at (09)

8 ALL CLASSIC JAPANESE SERIES 2015/16 SEASON POINTS SUMMARY GROUP 1 Pos Driver Car Paul Crispe Adam Hood Lance Somervell Tim Allen Linda Grey John Harvey Clint Harvey Mark Collier Bob Morton GROUP 2 CRX Mazda MX5 Pos Driver Car Alec Newald Holly Boyd James Fenwick Bryce Richards Grant Richards Corolla Corolla Mazda MX5 Mazda MX5 5/09/ /10/ /11//2015 TAUPO 9-10/1/ /02/ /03/ /04/2016 SEASON TOTAL TOTAL BEST 6 ROUNDS /09/ /10/ /11//2015 TAUPO 9-10/1/ /02/ /03/ /04/2016 SEASON TOTAL TOTAL BEST 6 ROUNDS

9 ALL CLASSIC JAPANESE SERIES 2015/16 SEASON POINTS SUMMARY GROUP 2 (CONT D.) Pos Driver Car Gavin Payne Bruce Clothier Linda Grey Denis Paul 10 Phillip Fendall INVITATION CRX Starlet Corolla Corolla Nissan Silvia Pos Driver Car Anthony Baker Cameron Slater Shaun Midgen John Franich Al Nicholls Chris Hillier Rod Pratt Glenn Gordon Datsun 240Z Nissan Silvia Sprinter Daihatsu Charade Mazda RX7 Starlet Datsun 1200 Coupe 5/09/ /10/ /11//2015 TAUPO 9-10/1/ /02/ /03/ /04/2016 SEASON TOTAL TOTAL BEST 6 ROUNDS /09/ /10/ /11//2015 TAUPO 9-10/1/ /02/ /03/ /04/2016 SEASON TOTAL TOTAL BEST 6 ROUNDS

10 Fellow Fiat 124 Spider and Coupe owners 2016 marks the 50 th Anniversary of the original Fiat 124 Sport Spider, which debuted at the November 1966 Turin Auto Show, in Italy also heralds the New Zealand market launch of the new Fiat 124 Spider, which debuted at the November 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show, in the United States. Fiat 124 Spider enthusiasts around the world are commemorating the Anniversary and various territory launches with numerous static displays and road runs. The collective celebration represents a unique opportunity for Kiwi owners to also mark the occasion here in New Zealand. Fiat 124 Spider 50⁰ Anniversario is a national golden anniversary convention of Fiat 124 Spider and Spider 2000 owners, to be held in Christchurch, November th, 2016, a Canterbury provincial holiday (Show Week) that is precisely fifty years after the November 1966 Salon debut of our favoured bella machina. In a recent development, Fiat 124 enthusiasts have requested that their sister Fiat 124 Coupes also be able to participate in the convention. It is now intended that the convention celebrations will be the most Southern gathering of Fiat 124 Spiders and Coupes in the world and certainly the largest ever gathered together in New Zealand. INVITATION TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST As a Fiat 124 Sport Spider, Spider 2000 or Fiat 124 Sport Coupe owner, you are invited to register your interest in this event (to date, some twenty-five Spiders and seven Coupes have registered interest and numbers are growing). All variants of the Fiat 124 Sport Spider, Spider 2000 or Fiat 124 Sport Coupe are invited to attend, no matter the series, rating, spec level, left or right hand drive: whether your example be Concours, mobile restoration, survivor, daily driver, in race trim or Abarth, the event is to celebrate these outstanding Italian roadsters and Coupes in all of their manifestations, not their individual condition. Don t miss your chance to meet with like-minded fiatista who share your appreciation of these classic Pininfarina/Fiat designs and your passion for the open road Italian style. You can register now with a brief expression of interest and we ll forward the latest update of convention news, plans and related matters. If you know of other Fiat 124 Sport Spider, Spider 2000 or Fiat 124 Sport Coupe owners who might appreciate the chance to register their interest in this event, please forward this invitation on be sure to CC in the address below, so we can follow-up at a later date. All other comments and enquiries are very welcome. We look forward to hearing from you. Tony Olsen, Event Co-ordinator Jonathan Kidd, Event Co-ordinator kiwifiatista@gmail.com Members: Canterbury Fiat-Lancia Club, Inc.

11 AUCKLAND CAR CLUB Inc. P O Box 27063, Mt Roskill, Auckland 1440 Phone (09) Fax (09) APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP I, and (First Names) (First Names) (Surname) (Surname) of (Full Postal Address, Including Postal Code) hereby apply to become member(s) of the Auckland Car Club Inc. If elected to membership, I/we will adhere to the Rules of the Club. I consent to the Club retaining my details for membership purposes and disclosure to MotorSport New Zealand. I acknowledge my right to access and correction of this information. Phone Number Residence Phone Number Mobile (Signature) Phone Number Business Address (Signature) Date of Occupation Birth Make and Model of Car Please indicate if you or one of your family or team is willing to help at events in one of these roles: Flag Marshall Documentation Scrutineering Hot Laps Promotion Other Other car clubs of which you are a member (if any) Date Ordinary membership, single, including $15.00 Joining Fee $ Family membership (incl. spouse/partner) (add) $10.00 Youth (Under 20)/Student membership, including $15.00 Joining Fee $60.00 In anticipation of my application being accepted, I enclose the sum of $ Fees include 15% Goods and Services Tax. Membership valid through to 31 March Meeting Date Date Approved Membership Card Number Direct credits to account accepted. Please include your name in payment reference. If paying by credit card VISA MASTERCARD Name of Cardholder Signature * Expiry / * Please include Card Security Code. This is the 3 digit number appearing on the back of your credit card.

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