HOLDEN TORQUE the Holden Club TORQUE magazine Magazine of the Holden Sporting Car Club of Victoria September page September 2013 The club to enjoy Motorsport.. COMING EVENTS : September 22nd Go Karts with HSV Club 23rd HSCCV General Meeting October 5-6th SEAC, AMC motorkhana Mt Gambier, SA 20th VMC Motorkhana Pakenham
TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 2 Committee and Club Information President Bruce Lethborg president@holdenclub.com 0499 272 774 Vice President Ray Cardwell vice_president@holdenclub.com Secretary Phil Slater secretary@holdenclub.com 0432 955 743 Treasurer Justin Howe treasurer@holdenclub.com Motorkhana & Grp5 Rep Needed group5@holdenclub.com Public Officer Ray Cardwell public_officer@holdenclub.com Stock Rep Martin Carabott stock@holdenclub.com 0419 666 595 Webmaster Alex webmaster@holdenclub.com Motor Racing & Rally Rep Needed racing@holdenclub.com Editor Cameron Chivers editor@holdenclub.com Classic Historic Registry Phil Slater 0432 955 743 Membership/Point score Bruce Lethborg membership@holdenclub.com 0499 272 774 Social & Special Events contact committee CAMS State Council Rep Club Photographer Greg Black Julie Stokes cams_rep@holdenclub.com photographer@holdenclub.com Magazine Articles and advertisements to be published in the magazine can be submitted via e-mail to the Editor at editor@holdenclub.com. Microsoft Word format is preferred for text, pictures as jpg (no larger than 1200x900). Each months items must be received before print night (refer Calendar). Quarter page ads are free to members. Advertising is otherwise charged at $10 - quarter page, $20 - half page, $35 - full page per edition Website Why not visit our website. Find us at: www.holdenclub.com for more information on the club or up to date information on our various events. Club Meetings Meetings are held on the 4th Monday of each month, except December at the Golden Gate hotel, Coventry St, South Melbourne, 7.30pm for an 8.00pm start. All members and their friends are very welcome. Meals are available prior to the meeting at bistro prices. Correspondence All should be addressed to: The Secretary, Holden Sporting Car Club of Victoria Inc, GPO Box 791, Melbourne, Vic 3001 or via email to: secretary@holdenclub.com Disclaimer The views or comments in the magazine are not necessarily those of the committee, the editor or the publishers of the Holden Sporting Car Club of Victoria Inc. s magazine. We accept no responsibility for the accuracy of the information printed and or quality of any thing advertised or mentioned in this publication. Copyright in any item here remains with its owners.
TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 3 August 3-4th Phillip Island 6hr Phillip Island 3-4th NCCA, John Mott Sandown 11th NCCA, motorkhana Grp5 Rnd 7 POSTPONED 12th HSCCV committee meeting 17-18 PIARC, Island Sprint Phillip Island 18th HAC & FFCC, VMC Rnd 7 TBA (includes JRace Junior Training) 19th HSCCV magazine distribution September 8th FFCC, Sprint Grp5 Winton 8th PAC, motorkhana Grp5 Rnd 8 Pakenham 9th HSCCV committee meeting 15th SEAC, VMC Rnd 8 Mt Gambier, SA 16th HSCCV magazine distribution 23rd HSCCV General Meeting Golden Gate, Cnr Clarendon & Coventry, Sth Melbourne (8pm) October 5-6th SEAC, AMC motorkhana Mt Gambier, SA 11-13 V8 Supercars, Bathurst 1000 Bathurst 14th HSCCV committee meeting 21st HSCCV magazine distribution 20th VMCi/PAC VMC Rnd 9 Pakenham 27th TCCA / FFCC, khana Grp5 Rnd 9 Werribee November 3rd HSVOC / HSCCV, sprint Grp 5 Sandown 5th FFCC, Cup Day sprint Sandown 8-10 Historic Sandown Sandown 9-10 PIARC, ASSC Phillip Island 10th non speed spare date 11th HSCCV committee meeting 17th HAC, interclub motorkhana TBA 18th HSCCV magazine distribution 24th HSCCV, VMC Rnd 10 TBA 25th HSCCV Annual General Meeting Golden Gate, Cnr Clarendon & Coventry, Sth Melbourne (8pm) 30th PIARC, Island Magic Phillip Island 30th HSVOC / HSCCV Christmas Party Como Gardens December 1st PIARC, Island Magic Phillip Island 8th TCCA / FFCC, khana Grp5 Rnd 10 Werribee Dates & Venues subject to change. See HSCCV website calendar for latest details.
TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 4 Hi ALL, Welcome to the HSV vs Holden Sporting Car club challenge WHAT: Go Karts WHERE: LeMans Go Carts in Dandenong WHEN: September 22 @ 10.40 am, Need to be there at 10am COST: $75 pp We are limited to numbers so the first 46 to enter are in,we are running two groups BBQ ON THE DAY Drinks can be brought from establishment, All those interested can email me at Clubsport_1565@bigpond.com Regards Carl 0414 458 120
TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 5 Sandown 500 V8 supercars by Cameron Chivers Over the weekend I was lucky enough to get a tour through the FPR Jeld Wen Falcon garage. The run down of the cars performance and stats was provided by team owner Charlie Schwerkolt. With the up coming endurance races Alex Davidson will be able supported by his co driver is John McIntyre. Some supercar stats: There is 1.67km of cabling in the car Cost $520,000 to build The team costs $2.5 million a year to run one car The engines are rebuilt every 3000Km Cost of engine rebuild is $25,000 with a total of 10 each year The only factory parts are bonnet, roof, boot lid,. Headlights, side mirrors All door panels are plastic The FPR JELD WEN Falcon in action Charlie Schwerkolt explaining the finer detail of a V8 supercar.
TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 6 Sandown 500 V8 Supercars by Cameron Chivers One of the mechanics undertaking a wheel alignment. The cool suit The independent rear end 640 HP
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TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 8 Non Speed GROUP 5 EVENTS 2013 (Updated 30/4/13) (Bold is Confirmed). 1 February 2nd March 10th FFCC / TCCA PAC Group 5 Clubs & Contact Nos. Werribee Practice event all welcome Pakenham 2 April 6th FFCC / TCCA Werribee (Saturday Twilight) 3 April14th HAC / PAC Pakenham 4 May 5th PAC Pakenham (Khanacross) 5 June 2nd HSCCV Sandown Racecourse (Bitumen) 6 July 7th PIARC Sandown Racecourse (Bitumen) 7 August 4th NCCA Sandown Racecourse (Bitumen) 8 Sept 8th PAC Pakenham 9 October 27th TCCA / FFCC Werribee November 17th HAC Interclub Lardner Park 10 December 8th TCCA / FFCC Werribee November 10th Spare Date CRBCC Andrew Ward 0488 999 176 andrew@airanddust.com.au (Scorer) Damian Johnston 0418 540 600 dj8@bigpond.com FFCC Nicholas Charrett 9758 4208 / 0412 175518 ncharrett@yahoo.com.au Darren Colgan 0430 245821 colgan@optusnet.com.au HAC John Rosengrave 0425 722 706 johnros@melbpc.org.au HSCCV Phil Slater 0432 955743 phil.slater@me.com Bruce Lethborg 0499 272774 fixwell@iprimus.com.au NCCA Stuart Stevenson 0417 051 162 noclue0@hotmail.com PIARC David Bellenger 0429 015 566 david.bellenger@optusnet.com.au Matt Balcombe 0438 826 415 matt.balcombe@piarc.com.au PAC Glad Fish 0410 148058 motorkhana@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Leon Prosser 0407 552047 president@packenhamautoclub.org.au TCCA David Batcheler 0418 568 213 cotku1@gmail.com
TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 9 Secretary s Report September 2013 Hello and welcome to September. I dragged the Honda out of mothballs to compete at the PI- ARC sprint at Phillip Island on the 18 th August. Smithy was also there in the Yellow beast doing some good times (the only way that I passed him was when he accidentally switched his fuel pump off) as well as the new Vic V8s racing series. It is very interesting to watch a race where you know most of the competitors. I especially liked the wet race where Steve Jones Torana finished on the podium and Pirate Pete Stewart finished at the pointy end of the field. It was my first time at the Island with the Honda and it really took me a while to come to grips with it. It didn t help that the weather was all over the place. It finally dried out enough for me to set some reasonable times but I think that there is still more to be found. We have our first HSCCV/HSVOC event coming up at Sandown and we need competitors and officials. For Club Permit holders your time is running out and you will need to have officiated or supplied an official at least one event for you to get your Club Permit reviewed. Group 5 and Motorkhana News The final round of the Group 5 speed series is being run on Cup Day by FFCC and is usually a great event to compete in although there is one day that I would rather forget. I hope to be competing in it again this year. The AMC is coming up in SA on October 6 th and the 9 th round of the VMC is on October 20 th at Pakenham. The next Group 5 motorkhana will be held at Werribee on October 27 th. It looks like a busy October if we include that little race at Bathurst. Phil Slater
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TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 11 While one is in Italy by Ian Smith The title for the article...while one is in Italy is apt as it covers something most of us petrol heads have in our bucket lists. On our recent overseas holiday we toured most of Italy...from Pisa to Florence, Rome, Naples and the Amalfi coast. In the middle of all that, we had some time in Bologna as Jan wanted to do Italian cooking classes while we were there and we found out that Bologna has the best cooking schools in Italy. She booked and attended a good one. I know, I tasted the results yumm! I also found out that Bologna is the centre of the Italian motor industry with Ducati, Ferrari, Pagani, Maserati and Lamborghini either in Bologna or in the surrounding suburbs or villages around Bologna. Can t miss a chance like that! I looked at arranging visits to any/all of these places- either their factories and/or museums and then it started to get all too hard. Pre-pay for visits, collect visitor vouchers, arrange a hire car (we arrived by hi-speed train), arrange maps and parking plus driving no, racing on Italian motostradas to get around and also avoid other drivers who have scant regard for road rules ( I have driven in Italy before!) meant nup! the easy way will be to go on an arranged tour. A scan of the Bologna Tourist Board website shows a number of motoring tour companies, so I select a few and go and look at what they offer on their sites. I find one (My MotorLand) that offers a variety of tours a ½ day RED tour to Ferrari at Maranello outside Bologna or a whole day RED tour to Ferrari and of course Ducati. Or an Italian Production whole day tour covering all 4 car makers. Of interest to me was the BLACK AND RED whole day tour with visits to the Lamborghini tourist area, museum and Lamborghini Production facilities at Sant Agna outside Bologna followed by a trip off to Ferrari s museum at Maranello via their test facilities at Modena. I book a tour with them before leaving Australia..it s all organized! I get collected at our digs in Bologna by my Italian driver and (English speaking) guide, Rossella and I find I am on a tour of..one! Yep, me myself and I am the only person that day. And that works in my favour when, after arriving at the Lamborghini Tourist facility (across the road from the Lamborghini factory and museum) and after having a coffee and watch crazy Yanks pay LOTS of Euros for 15 minutes in a Lamborghini (there was a choice of 6 see pic shows two), I am collected by one of the senior Marketing/Customer service people from Lamborghini and taken to the factory.
TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 12 After a viewing of the technical diagrams, pictures and posters in the factory foyer plus an manufacturing briefing and explanation (which is all the large tour groups get) I am ushered into this shiny sparkling clean production area that makes Lamborghinis. AUDI owns Lamborghini and have sunk billions of Euro into this factory to make it state of the art and it shows! First stop inside is..engine Assembly and I am watching technicians putting V10 and V12 engines together for the current range of Gallardo and Aventador plus offshore boat racing engines. (NO Photos allowed unfortunately) Next stop Transmission assembly then into the Interior area watching seats being made (they have LOTS of electrics in them) and I actually get a chance to inspect and pick hides for use in the interiors. They only use female(!) inspectors to find faults in the leather hides and these are marked on the hide with a china pencil either a circle around a large fault or a X on a small one. Then a computer scans the hide, recognizes the faulty areas and then works out how to cut the hide to fit an interior with minimum scrap or waste (it amounts to only a few % of the total area of each hide). More manufacturing areas and more parts and assemblies are shown being put together. Then to the actual vehicle assembly line where I watch all these parts and sub-assemblies come together. It is here that I get an explanation about how the CF monocoque shells are made and tailored to fit the add-on aluminium engine and suspension frames. After this, it is watch the final inspection checks on each car (there are some strange colour combos here e.g. Matt black paint with bright orange suede interior!) before each gets a fluids fill and then engine start. Each car gets a minimum of 200kms on the roads surrounding Sant Agna to check assembly quality, leakages and of course PERFORMANCE before being shipped off for sale (with most customers either Americans or Chinese!) I get nearly 1½hours in the factory (instead of the usual 30 mins for large groups) and am then let loose in the museum out the front of the factory. It is the museum one actually sees from the road (as seen in this pic) and inside.. (this is part of the upstairs area) After Lamborghini, next stop Ferrari! Arriving in Modena from Sant Agna, it is not hard to spot the Ferrari factory, which on the day I am there is getting an extension to its wind tunnel (which is also used by the F1 team). I cannot visit the factory as I am not having a Ferrari built (you need to put the $ down and buy to get in!) but the nearby Maranello museum and its surrounds just up the road are impressive.
TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 13 You certainly know you are at Ferrari as this is at the car park entrance at Maranello and after a lunch in the restaurant adjoining the Ferrari museum and Ferrari test U-drive facility (anyone want to test drive a Ferrari?) I head off into the Ferrari Museum.
TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 14 Lamborghini is primarily road car based where as Ferrari pushes its motor racing roots! You see this as you walk past the Museum admissions counter and the theme continues as you walk around Ferrari red race cars everywhere!
TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 15 Finally arriving back in the UK before getting on a new Boeing Bomber (777 style) to come home I saw these something we would not see here. My Italian bucket list has been filled.
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TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 18 For Sale $5,000 1975 Gemini 1600cc Coupe CD Player & Sunroof only mods. 445,000kms original motor. Contact Rosalyn Knudsen on 97724115 Rosalyn contacted me as she wants to sell the car to a motoring enthusiast and not a hoon.
TORQUE the Holden Club magazine September page 19 HOLDEN SPORTING CAR CLUB of VICTORIA Inc. PO Box 791, Melbourne Victoria 3001 Please tick MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION or RENEWAL Name(s):... Address:.....Postcode:... Phone: Email: AH BH Mob...... Occupation: Date(s) of birth... Vehicles:... CH Plate & Car details. Membership No(s):.Introduced by: (New members) I am interested in: Motorkhana...Race:.Rally...Sprint/Hill climbs I hereby certify that I will abide by the rules and regulations of the Holden Sporting Car Club of Victoria Inc. and also the National Competition Rules of the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport with which this club is affiliated. Signed:. Date:. Membership fees (please mark clearly): Single: $50.00 full year from January 1 Family: $70.00 full year from January 1 Junior (under 18) $25.00 full year from January 1 Associate (Bona fide members of non CAMS $25.00 full year from January 1 affiliated car clubs only with proof of membership) Membership runs for 12 months from the 1st of January to the 31st of December after July 1 pay 50% less for 6 months Payment: Cash $. Cheque $. or bank payment via EFT to HSCCV s account ANZ BSB 013-250 Account 1016-73941 IF paying EFT, please quote membership number or family name as payment reference please make cheques payable to Holden Sporting Car Club of Victoria Please send this form (and cheque or EFT receipt if applicable) to: The Membership Secretary Office Use: HSCCV Inc. Date received:. PO Box 791 Melbourne 3001 Licence processed:. CAMS level 2 licences are available at meetings or at some events or from CAMS directly