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The Monthly Newsletter of the A good variety of cars took part in the BOI Performance EcoDrive an AC Cobra, Glad s Peugeot 308HDi and a Lancia Delta Integrale were just some of them; of these three, the 308 was the most economical! NEXT CLUB NIGHTS 8 pm Monday 4 th August 8 pm Monday 1 st September 8 pm Monday 6 th October Photo courtesy of Glad Fish Club nights are usually held on the first Monday of each month at Services Central, 6B Henry St. Pakenham; enter through double glass doors leading off the car park and follow signs. For further information on (or to offer suggestions for) meeting activities contact PAC Meeting Co-ordinator meetings@pakenhamautoclub.org.au August 4 th 2014 Guest Speaker from Victoria Police Road Traffic Branch. Services Central 8:00pm.

August September October Monday 1 * Club Night: Visit: Andrews Autos Michael Street Pakenham, 8:00pm Friday 1 5 3 Saturday 2 6 Rallysprint Mt Pokepunkah, NECC Mt Porepunkah 6-Hour Regularity/Race, (Ovens) PIARC Phillip Island Sunday 3 7 * M khana, VMC8, SEAC 5 Mt Gambier Saleyards (bitumen) * Sprint, G5S-6, NCCA Touring Assembly Drive for Sandown Life, HRA Monday 4 * Club Night; Guest: Police Road Traffic Branch Services Central Club Calendar 4 * Rally Pyrenees Rush, VCRS6, FFCC Avoca M khana, AMC, Nirimba Sydney (bitumen) 8 6 * Club Night; Guest: TBA Services Central, 6B Henry St, Pakenham Saturday 9 Trial Moornappa Mountain Rally, HRA5, HRA East Gippsland Sunday 10 * M/khana, G5NS-6, NCCA Clayton (bitumen) Monday 11 15 * 13 * Autocross, VCAS9, CCRMIT Maffra Trial Ivan s Folly, PCCV Heathcote 14 * M/hana, G5NS-7, HSCC McGregor Rd (dirt/grass) Committee Meeting OilRag articles due 11 * Autocross, VCAS10, RSM Mafeking Rover Park * Come & Try M khana Day, PAC McGregor Rd 12 * M khana, PAC McGregor Rd 13 Saturday 16 20 * Rally Spring 200, VCRS5, FFCC Murrindindi 18 Sunday 17 * Sprint, G5S-7, PIARC Phillip Island 21 19 * Rally Akademos, VRC4, MUCC Murrindindi * M khana, VMC7, HAC Colac (bitumen) * M khana, G5NS-8, TCCA/ FFCC Werribee (dirt/grass) * Autocross, VCAS8, KCC Kyneton Monday 18 * Committee Meeting OilRag articles due 22 20 * Committee Meeting OilRag articles due Saturday 23 27 Rallysprint Bagshot, HRA6, HRA Bagshot M khana, Come & Try Huntly Saleyards Sunday 24 * Hillclimb, GCC Bryant Park 28 26 25 * M khana, VMC9, HSCCV Huntly Saleyards (Bendigo) (bitumen) Trial Daryl Tunbridge, BLCC Ballarat Saturday 30 TRE Winter Classic, BLCC Ballarat 31 * Sprint, G5S-8, HSCCV Sandown Hillclimb, I/Club2, MGCC Rob Roy * Khanacross, GCC Bryant Park 2 * Event counting towards annual Competition and/or Activity Award Colour coding of series PAC-run event G5 Non- Speed VCRS VRC VCAS G5 Speed VMC I/Club Rob Roy

Club Nights Monday 4 August Guest Speaker from Police Road Traffic Branch Venue our new home at Services Central, 6B Henry St, Pakenham at 8pm Guest speaker from the Police Road Traffic Branch. The police officers who attend will discuss their role in our community, they may even breathalyse us! They will answer any questions, particularly in relation to Road Traffic. This is an opportunity for all of us, especially junior members, to meet members of our local police force and to better understand what they do for us. We will finish up with supper. Visitors welcome. Club Night Monday 7 July Pub Dinner & Mid Year presentations Twenty-nine club members and friends enjoyed the choice of a delicious a-la-carte meal or a Monday Special Kiev cooked by club member Scott Allan at the Pine Grove Hotel, Upper Beaconsfield. The following trophies, for five events run at the McGregor Road Complex, were presented. Mitch Garrad scooped the pool, taking out an award in every event. PAC G5 Khanacross 15/12/13 1 st O/R, 1 st E, Bill McCarthy; 1 st A, Nick Lanham; 1 st C, Donny Popovski; 1 st D, Ian Williams; 1 st J, Mitch Garrad; 2 nd A, Ray Garrad; 2 nd D, Frank Rogan; 2 nd J, Lachlan Sinclair. PAC Khanacross 19/1/14 1 st A, Alan Burns; 1 st B, Nigel Beddoe; 1 st D, Angela Bloomfield; 1 st E, Aaron Wuillemin; 1 st J, Mitch Garrad. PAC G5 Khanacross 15/3/14 1 st O/R, 1 st E, Blair Jones; 1 st A, Nick Latham; 1 st B, Shannon Fitcher; 1 st C, Bruce Rawlings; 1 st D, Ian Williams; 1 st J, Mitch Garrad. Guest Speaker, long-time member Tim Craig, then told us about The Variety Bash. Tim is participating in The Bash with friends who have done this on several previous occasions. We look forward to a further report from Tim when he returns. Club Night Monday 1 September. Visit to Andrews Autos. Confusion over dates meant that our visit to Andrews Autos last year didn t happen as planned. We have rescheduled the visit this year and checked and cross-checked the date! Mark it in your diary now. Details next OilRag. PAC Motorkhana 20/4/14 1 st O/R, 1 st D, Ray Garrad; 1 st A, Rob Sanderson; 1 st B, Brett Isbel; 1 st J, Mitch Garrad; 2 nd A, Leon Prosser. PAC G5 Motorkhana 18/5/14 1 st O/R, 1 st E, Michael Exell; 2 nd O/R, Blair Jones; 1 st A, Stephen Lanham, 1 st B, Bob de Bont; 1 st C, Shane Walters; 1 st D, Ian Williams; 1 st J, Mitch Garrad. Glad 3

Editorial 4 A Few Words From Nick Wright Editor I have been working on improvements to the club membership database program. This means that we can now include details of the date your membership is due to be renewed when we send out email copies of the OilRag. Hopefully this will reduce the number of members who become unfinancial simply because they don t realise their membership was due! We also have the facility to send reminder letters to those who get a snail-mail OilRag. I just have to coordinate this aspect with Hilly who does the printing and posting. I d like to welcome Rob Sanderson to the Committee Rob joined in time for our last meeting. My latest competition event, the Goldfields Rally (based in Dunolly) was quite successful in that I finished up as the leading HRA Standard Car Class (SCC) competitor. Mitch, my usual navigator, was away in Perth playing floorball, so I had a new navigator for the event. PAC member Shane had only done one event before (actually only half an event after a car breakdown). He kept me on the right road all night and I kept the car on the road for most of the night we did have a good laugh when I managed to drive round the wrong side of the same tree on the second run through one stage. It was bitterly cold and we had left spare wheels outside at rally HQ/service park; as we drove in at the end, we found they d turned into an igloo! At least 3mm of ice completely covered all exposed sides. We finished in the top ten out of 24 starters which included some pretty fast machinery at least one VRC-competitive WRX and several other 4WD turbo rally cars as well. This result took me back to the top of the SCC series points for the year to date. Motorkhana/Khanacross There were many PAC members (and several exmembers) competing in the Goldfields with varied results (PAC people in Small Caps): Crew O/R Grade Class SCC Graham Wallis/Phil Nicholas 4 1 D 2 C - Nick Wright/Shane Walters 10 2 E 1 D 1 D McCready/Stuchberry 17 7 E 5 D - Day/Kidgell DNF Musgrave/Ahern 8 4 F 4 C - Next SCC event will be an autocross at Avalon; it is on the same day as I am already committed to a VMC event as scorer. Ray and Shane will compete in the autocross to try to take some points away from the other competitors for me! The SCC rules are in a state of flux, but I believe that the scoring system will allow each competitor to drop their worst round or two so I hope to be in good shape at the end of the year. Have you joined pacautoclub@yahoogroups.com yet? This is the PAC egroup where members share views and get information and last minute updates on events. Please send your articles, photos, etc. to editor@pakenhamautoclub.org.au for inclusion in the next issue of OilRag. from Glad Fish Non-Speed Co-ordinator June and July have been quiet months at the McGregor Road Complex due to rain making the grounds too wet for competition. Recent Events Sunday 6 July G5 Motorkhana North Altona Group 5 Motorkhana held by Ford Four Car Club (FFCC) and Toyota Car Club Australia (TCCA) on bitumen at Toyota Australia car park off Grieves Road, North Altona. Non-Speed News Nick This was a great event at a new venue close to the CBD. Six PAC members competed. Matthew Dulak 1 st Class A Emily Dulak 5 th Class A Nicholas Charrett 7 th Class A (See Nicholas s article) Russell Dalton 3 rd Class C Tim McGill 9 th Class D Seth McGill (who attended our last Come & Try Day) was 3 rd Junior, in his first competition day, beating seven other juniors, well done Seth. continued on page 5

Non-Speed News Motorkhana/Khanacross continued from page 4 Altona G5 Motorkhana CoC s View On July 6 I ran a G5 motorkhana for FFCC/TCCA at a new venue in Melbourne. With Toyota Australia s support we ran our first real motorkhana in their Altona car park. When I say a real motorkhana, we did a demonstration motorkhana at their Ekinden family day a few months ago where we took Toyota workers and family members for demonstration rides. During the day we signed up over 145 passengers and most had multiple rides. Anyway July 6 started early for me having to pick up 4 of my FFCC scout junior drivers on the way to the event after packing the car and all the gear required to run the motorkhana the night before (200 witches hats, 150 poles, 150 flags, paperwork, chairs tables etc. etc.). Being restricted on the time we could access the venue, I had prearranged more than is normal at a G5. I had already contacted and allocated officials and everyone knew what they had to do even before they got there. We even booked in these officials (who were also competitors) and scrutinised their cars, on the trailers, in the business car park opposite, to save time. As soon as the gate opened at 8:40am we were in and with everyone doing their job magnificently we were fully ready to rock by 9:15am. By the time of the drivers briefing we had 71 entries in total with all cars scrutinised and ready to go. Due to the huge field (probably the biggest bar the HAC Interclub motorkhana in over 10 years) and only 2 test fields, I ran through the day without lunch breaks. Normally a rule of thumb is around 20-25 cars per test area, so we were going to struggle, but by the end of the day we had got all competitors through 8 tests and were packed up in time to have the venue cleared by the 4pm deadline. We ran a few normal tests throughout the day, but as the Altona venue is long and a little narrow, we specifically designed some new tests to keep people well away from the kerbs and light poles at the field boundaries. The custom tests were designed to be similar to normal tests, but follow a pattern and be smooth and flowing, mixing a little speed and some tight bits to provide a few new challenges for the regular motorkhana competitors. Cars on the day ranged from my scouts and I in the Fester (Festiva!) to Toyota 86s (both new and old) and MX5s in abundance. As director my objectives were well and truly achieved, with Toyota more than happy with us, all competitors with huge grins on their faces, and another new venue bedded in. A big thank you to both Tamara (TCCA) who as my former co-director came out and ran the book-in table with our squad of volunteers, and then Bob (MX5) who took over when Tamara had to leave for work mid-morning. As per any event run by any club it is the volunteers who run these events for us, and we can never thank them enough. One new TCCA volunteer who timed for us all day was trying to work out what car he could use at the next G5 motorkhana as he had never even been to a motorkhana and he enjoyed the passenger rides he scored at the end of the day. I am more than happy to say that my biggest issue all day was trying to find Fester to have my next run. With 70 odd cars parked in the pits, and my scouts always running after me, I could never find where they parked the damn car after their run! The next G5 motorkhana is to be run by NCCA at another new venue at Laverton on 10 August (Sup Regs are available). Laverton is slightly different in that it is concrete, and opposite to Altona in that its two test areas will be shorter and squatter. I am again codirecting, this time with Stuart as the main director and we have devised some tests to suit the test area which should be a bit more fun. Hope to see you there. Nicholas Charrett (PAC motorkhanaerer) Sunday 13 July PAC Khanacross Unfortunately this multiclub Khanacross was cancelled due to the wetness of the grounds. Saturday 19 July VMC 6 Bendigo This was a Saturday event, on a sealed surface, at the Bendigo Livestock Exchange. This venue is only available on Saturdays, which unfortunately does not suit some of us. However nine PAC members competed, maybe one of these competitors will write an article next time they compete, just to let the rest of us know about the fun they are having. Here are their results in class, listed in outright finishing order. Nicholas Charrett 7 th A Ian Williams 1 st D Matthew Dulak 4th A Mark Szutta 3 rd B Emily Dulak 10 th A Alex Szutta 4 th J Denise Szutta 5 th L David Isherwood 5 th C Christian Szutta 6 th J. continued on page 6 5

Motorkhana/Khanacross continued from page 5 Coming Events Sunday 31 August GCC Khanacross, Bryant Park Venue: Colac Livestock Centre (bitumen surface) is at 55 Colac- Ballarat Road, Irrewarra (Colac). Map References: Melway 926 J7, GPS -38.3196, 143.6282. Facilities: Country style catering for breakfast, lunch and snacks during the day. Toilets, showers and good shelter available at the venue. Supplementary Regulations: available on www.motorkhanavic.com.au Non-Speed News Sunday 17 August VMC 7 While McGregor Road ground is too wet to use, PAC will use the GCC Khanacross (Note changed venue) at Bryant Park as a round of our club Victorian Motorkhana competition. It will be an opportunity to Championship round 7 is compare how they run events with how we run ours. to be run by Huntingdale I received the following email from John Bryant, Gippsland Car Auto Club on Sunday, 17 Club. Your club is more than welcome to come to our khanacross. August. A new venue at Colac The event is actually held at our hillclimb track (Bill Schulz Drive, Livestock Centre, just 140 km Yallourn), in the asphalt pit area and on the track. We don t bother SW of Melbourne will be used, sending entry forms out it is an enter on the day affair $20 for in lieu of the previously listed seniors and $15 for juniors. venue at Wodonga TAFE. Be there about 9.15 to book in; competition commences around 10.15. BYO food and drink, toilets on site!! Sunday 7 September VMC 8 Mt Gambier You need to think about this one now as you will need to book accommodation in Mt Gambier the night before the event. We usually drive home after the event as they always finish by mid-afternoon. Sunday 14 September Motorkhana The next event at McGregor Road Complex is a multiclub motorkhana run by Holden Car Club. PAC members are eligible to compete. Come and Try Days The next Come & Try Days are scheduled for 11 October, 15 November and 13 December. Why don t you find a young friend to introduce to Motorsport in a safe, fun environment at one of these Come & Try Days. Further information: gladfish@netspace.net.au. Club Merchandise Glad I am sorry if you missed the June/July specials. Just one Super Special for August, Winter jackets, navy with red lining $28, reduced from $48, only a few left, first in best dressed. We also have the following regular items Short Sleeve T-Shirt $12.50, $15.00 Fleecy Vest $25.00 Ladies T-Shirt $16.00 Caps; Navy $11.50 Long Sleeve T-Shirt; 100% $15.00, $17.00 Wide Brim and Bucket Hats; $10.00 cotton Navy Polo Shirt; Aussie made $23.00 Polar Fleece $36.00 Polo Shirt; Striped collar and $23.00, $25.00 Beanie $11.50 cuffs Dress Shirt; Pale Blue $28.50 Glad Wind Cheater $20.00, $23.00 6

Tarsem Singh, representing the club-plate members in his Humber Hawk and Nick and I driving my Peugeot 308, participated in the Fiat Car Club EcoDrive. We were disappointed that there were not more of our Permit Scheme members participating, however it was their loss. It was a great event, starting in the comfort of the BP Officer Outbound Service Station on the Pakenham by-pass road. The finish location was at La Porchetta Pakenham for lunch, and a delicious lunch it was too. Team Freame, (several of whom competed at our last event at McGregor Road) ran a very efficient event. We were given clear, written instructions to follow, with a Melways reference for every turn to be made. It would be very difficult to get lost. The chosen route was most enjoyable, Other than Non-Speed News Sunday 27 July Fiat Car Club EcoDrive HRA Powerplay Rally Sprint There were nine PAC competitors in this event. Alan Upton and Mitch Garrad in a Datsun Bluebird won their Class. Shannon Fitcher in a Datsun 1600 was first in Grade. Anthony Alexander and David Everingham in a Hyundai Excel were third in Grade, Peter Morrison and Sue Wasson also in a Hyundai Excel were fifth in Grade. Graham Wallis in a Peugeot 205 was seventh in Grade. Unfortunately Eli Evans did not finish due to mechanical problems. we went through some heavy forested area, some open grazing areas, and some small villages. The roads were all sealed, some narrow country roads and some wider. There were enough hills to make fuel economy a challenge. We were deemed the fourth most economical participant (out of 27) while Tarsem was one of three who chose not to measure their economy but just enjoyed the drive. Glad Forest Rallies Continue during Winter Nissan Night Moves Tim Stuchbery and Sue McCready performed well in a Ford Falcon. Goldfields Introductory Trial Best PAC competitor was Graham Wallis, fourth outright. Nick Wright changed seats and drove the event with a new navigator, Shane Walters; they finished first in class. Tim Stuchbery and Sue McCready also swapped seats to qualify as novices, finishing fifth in class. Glad Goldfields Introductory Trial from Glad Fish from Glad Fish An extremely useful (Not!) signpost discovered in NZ an easy way to get lost on a rally First of all I would like to thank Nick Wright for giving me the opportunity to navigate for him in this event. This was my second attempt at navigating in a rally and I am happy to say we finished in one piece. I made a few minor distance errors and we overshot a few corners but thanks to Nick s experience we got back on the right track without losing too much time. It was a great night and a lot of fun. As someone who would rather be in the driver s seat for an event like this, I would have to say that I learnt a lot more about what is involved in rally from being a navigator and I know it will help when I compete as a driver next year. I recommend to anyone who wants to get involved in rally events to have a go at navigating. I m looking forward to my next event as a navigator later in the year. Shane Walters 7

It All Adds Up Scorer s Report PAC members have competed in over 29 events this competition year. I have not scored 13 events that were on the PAC calendar, because I have not received results for these events. If you have competed in any of the following events please send results to me so that you can get the points that you have earned. VCAS 12, 4, 5, 6, & 7. G5 Sprint Phillip Island June. GCC Hillclimb July. Cooper Memorial & Bega Valley Rallies VMC Deniliquin April G5 Motorkhana in June. Competition Championship from Glad Fish A total of 91 club members have scored points. The top ten are Mitch Garrad 138, Graham Wallis 80, Ray Garrad 78, Ian Williams 76, Nicholas Charrett 61, Shane Walters 61, Nick Wright 55, Rob Sanderson 49, Brett Isbel 45, Shannon Fitcher 42. Activity Award Even more 135 members have gained points. The top ten are Nick Wright 94, Glad Fish 88, Leon Prosser 70, Mitch Garrad 65, Peter Morrison 60, Ray Garrad 56, Rob Sanderson 49, John Hill 47, Sue Wasson 44, Graham Wallis 43 Glad Drive For Life Take a Challenging Drive in the Yarra Valley and Contribute to a Really Great Cause Entries are now open for the 2014 Drive for Life to be run on Father s day 7 th September. Now in its third year, Drive for Life raises funds for suicide prevention education in Melbourne and regional Victoria. Our aim this year is to fill the field of 50 cars and raise $5,000 to directly fund a series of workshops for families to be conducted over the next six months. Anyone with a passion for motoring can enter. All that is required is for the vehicle to be road registered or club scheme permit, a current driver s license and a navigator/observer who can follow a set of route instructions. (You can even bring passengers to help with observation clues). Drive for Life is not a speed event as it is run on public roads. No special licensing is necessary and all road rules must be followed. This year the event becomes an official round of the Historic Rally Association s Touring Championship which will see some of the state s top historic rally navigators and drivers keen to score points on the day. These drivers need a CAMS competition licence to compete in the championship. The event will be run in two Divisions: Division 1 HRA Touring Series Championship. Division 2 - Social Tour. Drive for Life will start from Westerfolds Park, Templestowe and tour through sections of the Yarra Valley, ending in a lunch and charity auction. Event and entry details are available online at www.driveforlife.net.au Drive for Life is a joint initiative of the Drive for Life Suicide Prevention Association and the Historic Rally Association. 8

July Club Night in Pictures Photos courtesy of Nikol McKail G5 Khanacross 15/12/13 Award winners: Frank Rogan, Lachlan Sinclair, Mitch Garrad and Ray Garrad with CoC Peter Morrison G5 Khanacross 15/3/14 Award winners: Shannon Fitcher and Mitch Garrad Khanacross 19/1/14 Award winner Mitch Garrad with CoC John Hill G5 Motorkhana 18/5/14 Award winners: Shane Walters and Mitch Garrad with CoC Glad Fish Tim Craig entertains members with his talk about the Variety Club Bash and his participation later this year. Motorkhana 20/4/14 Award winners: Rob Sanderson, Mitch Garrad and Ray Garrad with CoC Peter Morrison Geoff Bower receives the Show & Shine award from VP Nick Wright 9

Website: www.pakenhamautoclub.org.au Club Contacts Postal: PO Box 31,, VIC, 3810 2014 Management Team Egroup: groups.yahoo.com/group/pacautoclub Elected Committee committee@pakenhamautoclub.org.au President Leon Prosser president@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Vice-President Nick Wright 04 2744 3821 vicepresident@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Secretary/Public Officer Peter Morrison secretary@pakenhamautoclub.org.au public_officer@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Treasurer Kim Dalgarno treasurer@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Membership Secretary Alan Bloomfield ah 9570 7905 membership@pakenhamautoclub.org.au 04 1733 0174 Cardinia Motor Sports John Hill ah 5625 4049 cmswg_delegate@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Working Group, Maintenance & Property Rally Co-ordinator Peter Morrison rally@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Non-Speed Co-ordinator Glad Fish 04 1014 8058 motorkhana@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Club Permit Co-ordinator Larry Kogge permit_coord@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Club Scorer Glad Fish scorer@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Junior Voice Lachlan Sinclair junior_voice@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Without Portfolio Rob Sanderson Appointed Officials Speed Co-ord r Leon Prosser speed@pakenhamautoclub.org.au CAMS Club Delegates Leon Prosser vacant cams_delegate@pakenhamautoclub.org.au cams_deleg_alt@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Social Co-ordinator vacant social_secretary@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Meetings Co-ordinator Glad Fish 04 1014 8058 meetings@pakenhamautoclub.org.au CAMS Officials Co-ord r Leon Prosser AOMC Delegates Larry Kogge Mick Kelly aomc_delegate@pakenhamautoclub.org.au aomc_deleg_alt@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Club Permit Registrar Graeme Begelhole bh 5997 5555 permit_registrar@pakenhamautoclub.org.au OilRag Editor Nick Wright 04 2744 3821 editor@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Publicity Officer Glad Fish 04 1014 8058 publicity@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Merchandise Manager vacant merchandise@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Web Master Leon Prosser webadmin@pakenhamautoclub.org.au Catering Glenda Garrad 04 2293 1605 catering@pakenhamautoclub.org.au is usually emailed to members in full colour. Some members have requested to have a black and white photocopy snail-mailed to them. is usually available in full colour on the PAC website (www.pakenhamautoclub.org.au) some time after it is mailed or emailed to members. To contribute articles and/or pictures to, please send them by email to editor@pakenhamautoclub.org.au. If you are of the pre-email generation, we accept typewritten or handwritten contributions; please mail these to: 10 About Editor, Nick Wright, 66 Blue Ridge Road, DEWHURST, 3808. is proudly brought to you by: Nick Wright Editing and layout Glad Fish Rounding up contributions Glenda Garrad Proof-reading John Hill Copying, collating and postage Members Contributing articles & photos

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