Wheelspin April 2016 Milchester Motorsport Complex Car Display www.tcac.com.au TOWNSVILLE CITY AUTOSPORTS CLUB Inc. ABN 16 507 002 943 P O Box 7697 GARBUTT QLD 4814
PRESIDENT Greg Wright 0417 609 577 New Committee VICE PRESIDENT Greg van Dinter 0418 782 827 heartbeat52@msn.com SECRETARY Kerry Cobbing 0411 491 350 greg@gvdbuildingdesign.com TREASURER Ken Long 0428 750 318 klong@bigpond.com CLUB CAPTAIN Wade Hickey 0413 290 786 wahickey@westnet.com.au SOCIAL DIRECTORS Bruce McCarthy 0439 533 355 EDITOR Geoff and Kay Nicol 0417 614 663 geoff.kay1@bigpond.com COMMITTEE MEMBERS Pete Trezona 0438 737 278 Paul Southey 0438 709 132 Sam Woodger 0408 985 084 CLUB MEETINGS 2nd Monday of the month 11th April; 9th May; 13th June; 11th July; 8th August 12th September; 10th October; 14th November; 12th December
Editor s Report This is the second magazine on it s way. Thank you to those who sent in results. We were hoping to have a paragraph from the Come and Try Day so I put something together. We enjoyed ourselves out there. The next one is Sunday 8th May (Mother s Day). A Director is needed for this event. Please let me know ASAP so I can put the paperwork in. Remember: Club membership is now due. By the list Stumpy has, we have about a dozen financial members. North Queensland Khanacross Series gets under way Labour Day Weekend at Proserpine. I m going. Then a fortnight later is Wowan Rally - it s good to hear a few cars from here are going. The Rocky boys will be happy to have some competition. They are keen to do Ingham. I now have the terratrip so Cardwell is the next rally in June. Until next time Heckler
HILLCLIMB RESULTS 3RD APRIL 2016
COME AND TRY DAY CHARTERS TOWERS We packed the car club ute with all the gear you need except the kitchen sink and the toilet paper. We got the portable dunny and had to drive no more than 50kph through Charters Towers to get the track. The track looked good with a few saplings and grass tufts. That ll hold well. The Hickeys arrived in their 2 cars the red mazda and the black skyline all ready for Wowan. We set up camp and talked the normal dribble. Ash arrives with his kids in tow, borrows Hickeys trailer and comes back with his carton of beer pulsar. He discovers it has a flat front wheel and hastily takes it off to fix at home. Soon it was lunch time. Subway for lunch when Brucie arrives with his starion ready for a test run. Then Paul with his Mitsubishi. About 4 o clock we pack up camp and head back to the Big 4 for a swim in the cool water. At 6.30 we meet at the Enterprise for a very filling meal and an early night. One team went to the Drive-in to relive old memories and to create a memory. Up and ready to go. At eight Leon was wondering where we were. Leon had bought a cheap Subaru from Bowen and was ready to try it out on the khanacross track. He brought his mate Josh. Ash came back with the tyre and brought his mate Lance. Loclin arrived ready for a play in the Hickey s cars. All ready to start. After a driver s briefing and some rules for the new ones, test one is on the way. The Wasleys arrive with Ruff and Tuff. Soon the saplings are gone and so is the grass. After test 5, Paul and Brooke were out with overheating engine and Leif had a knock in the rear somewhere. We had fun in the dust and dirt. There were the competitive ones - checking the times and egging each other on. Ask Jenna about the number of bollards she hit in one test. Loclin soon got the hang of things but preferred the air conditioned skyline to the open windowed mazda. You could soon pick out the competitors who had windows and who didn t. After 7 test, it was lunch time. Hot dogs thanks to Brucie for cooking them. Khanacross time. A quick look lap and then off we went. Two laps of the track and some had extra laps like Leon and Loclin. A successful time had by all. Ash wanted to know when we were coming back. Loclin was going home to make his own track. (We ll have to keep an eye on him.) Leon was keen to go racing again. The test run for Wowan for Hickeys and Brucie worked well as they both went home to work on their cars. Thanks to all helpers on the day. And also to Leif, Wade, Wendy, Greg H, Brett, Goof, Kay and Heckler who worked hard at the working bee. A BIG thanks to Leif who has been able to drag the track and pad prior to the event. Thanks for forwarding on these times, We had a great time. The front wheel drive Pulsar did much better than expected. Lance.
PROPOSED CALENDAR FOR 2016 April 22-24 Motorkhana Burdekin May 1-2 Nth Qld Khanacross Proserpine May 7 Come and Try Day Club House May 8 Come and Try Motokhana Talbot Park May 14 Wowan Rally Wowan May 22 Khanacross Talbot Park May 29 Hillclimb Mt Stuart June 10-11 Cardwell Rally Cardwell June 17-18 ARC Sunshine Coast June 25-26 Nth Qld Khanacross Mareeba July 16 Motorkhana Charters Towers July 23-24 Nth Qld Khanacross Talbot Park July 31 Hillclimb Mt Stuart August 20-21 Rallysprint Charters Towers Sept 10-11 Iron Man Motorkhana/Khanacross Sept 17-18 Australian Khanacross Proserpine Sept 25 Hillclimb Mt Stuart Oct 1-2 Ingham Rally Ingham Oct 15-16 Nth Qld Khanacross Mossman Oct 30 Motorkhana Talbot Park
2016 SERIES IS NOW OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS The series event director is Andrew Horn ph. 0407 161 175 Email: andrew.2allura@yahoo.com The series co-director is Steven van der Brug ph. 0418 772 820 Email: steve.eclat@bigpond.com OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF AFFILIATED NQ MOTORSPORTS CLUBS The North Queensland Khanacross Championship started in 2009 as a competition concept for all dirt based motorsport clubs in our region and to interact and promote khanacross events in North Queensland. Last year saw drivers compete in four events from Cairns to the Whitsundays for the chance to win the 2015 championship plus compete in their set class standings. This year will again consist of 4 rounds from the Whitsundays to Mossman! PRIZEMONEY FOR OUTRIGHT 1st, 2nd, 3rd plus all CLASS winners GENEROUS TROPHIES IN ALL EVENTS AND SERIES WINNERS *** 2016 SERIES CALENDAR *** RND 1 - WSCC Tonker Park, Proserpine - 30th April - 1 May RND 2 - FNQMSC Rallysport Park, Mareeba - June 25/26 RND 3 - TCAC Talbot Park, Nth Townsville - July 23/24 RND 4 - DSMSA, Mossman - October 15/16 For more details: http://nqkhanacross.webs.com/
Race dates of Marque Sports Club Apr-16 May-14 Jun-11 Jul-02 Aug-13 Round 1 Bitumen Sprints Round 2 Bitumen Sprints Round 3 Bitumen Sprints Round 4 Bitumen Sprints Round 5 Bitumen Sprints Sept 3-4 Reid Park Bitumen Sprints Oct-22 Round 6 Bitumen Sprints QRC Rallies for Year 2016 QRC 1 April 2 TBA QRC 2 May 14 Wowan QRC 3 June 18 Imbil QRC 4 Aug 20 Border Ranges QRC 5 Sept 24 Benakin WRC Nov 18-20 Coffs Harbour
WANTED: Members willing to bring their cars for the displays and to race at the Come and Try days May 7 and 8. Competitors to compete in Wowan Rally May 14. Start planning as the Rocky boys are coming to Ingham again this year. Let s support them! HELP!! (from CQMS) The Central Queensland Motor Sporting Club Inc. is again hosting a Round of the Queensland Rally Championship at Wowan on Saturday 14th May 2016. We require assistance with Control Officials, Road Closures, and Spectator Marshalls. Even if you are competing, please ask you family and friends if they would like to assist If you can assist, could you please complete the attached form and return it by email to secretary@cqmsc.asn.au as soon as possible so that we can ensure that we have enough officials. The form is on the next page.