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MG MOTORSPORT SEASON FOR 2010
For the regular and not so regular MotorSport participants, now is the time to check the car out ready for a big season, with events from early February to the last Super Sprint in late October. In total we have 28 events on the MotorSport calendar.
We have the added bonus this year of our Club hosting the MG National Meeting at Easter, which means we have the opportunity to join in with other MG owners from Australia wide, and have fun at the Motorkhana and a sprint at Mallala.
For those new to the sport or those considering joining in, not sure what you have to do to prepare your car or what does it cost? Give me a call on 8338 7542. It’s not as expensive as you may think.
The car must be road worthy, no obvious oil leaks, good road tyres, have a lap/sash seatbelt fitted, and have a secondary bonnet catch fitted. This only needs to be a length of cord with a toggle catch, and does not require drilling of any holes on your car.
A CAMS approved fire extinguisher (approx $30) - fitted to the car, within reach of the driver. Usual place is on the floor in front of the passenger seat.
CAM’s Licence: Issued on the day for $45- which can be offset against a full licence of $95- for a year . In most cases a medical is not required.
Entry fees:
Motorkhana: $25- Note: No racing helmet required.
*Sprints: $75-
*Hillclimb Collingrove: $95-
* The Club has 2 helmets for loan on the day for first comers.
The first event on the calendar on Sunday 21st February, is an awards and picnic day at Peter Lehmann’s, Tanunda, with parking and display of cars on the lawn area. Bring along your own food & drinks or purchase gourmet platters from the winery on the day. This is a great opportunity to mix and socialise under the magnificent gums at the winery.
Other car clubs will be there, Alfa’s, Triumph’s, Mazda, Nissan, Clubman’s, & Jaguar to name a few.
Interested in coming on the day for a drive to Peter Lehmann’s?
( SEE MORE BELOW)
We are organizing a run through the hills 9.30 am for 10.00am departure for those interested, arriving at approx 11.15am at the winery. Starting from the Arkaba shopping centre car park, entrance off Fullarton Road.
Please contact Fred Neild on 83387542 or email fredneild@hotmail.com if you wish to come along or need more info.
The following week on Sunday the 28th February the MSCA in conjunction with the Alfa Club is holding a Skills Enhancement Day at Mallala,
(SEE MORE BELOW)
Cost is $160-, which is excellent value. I’ve been through this course, together with two of my teenage children, and the skills learnt on the day in a controlled safe environment were invaluable in teaching how to control your car in an emergency situation. Unfortunately in most cases, we learn “on the job” and suffer the consequences. More information is in this magazine and on the MSCA website www.mscasa.com/ .
The first Motorkhana at Monarto will be on the 7th March,and will be run by the MG Car Club, incorporating for first timers a Come & Try event, where experienced club competitors will guide you around the various courses. There should be a strong contingent of MG’s present as this is the only time to run the various courses prior to the MG National Meeting at Easter.
See you all at Peter Lehmann’s where I should have a new item of regalia for the motorsport group on display.
Fred Neild
MotorSport Committee
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2010 Calender of Events
21 Feb * |
Marque Sports Car Assoc
Picnic / Display & Awards Day |
MSCA |
Peter Lehmann Winery
Tanunda |
28 Feb |
Skills Enhancement Day |
MSCA |
Mallala Motorsport Pk |
7 Mar ** |
Motorkhana Rnd 1 & Come & Try |
MGCC |
Big W Monarto |
7 Mar |
Multi-Club Hillclimb Rnd 1 |
SCCSA |
Collingrove |
28 Mar ** |
MSCA Super Sprint Rnd 1 |
MSCA |
Mallala ( Flags MGCC ) |
3 Apr * |
MG National Concourse |
MGCC |
Elder Park |
4 Apr ** |
MG National Motorkhana |
MGCC |
Big W Monarto |
5 Apr ** |
MG National Super Sprint |
MGCC |
Mallala |
24 Apr ** |
Multi Club Hillclimb |
SCCSA |
Collingrove |
25 Apr |
Motorkhana Rnd 2 |
MMCC |
Big W Monarto |
26 Apr |
Come n Try Hillclimb |
SCCSA |
Collingrove |
16 May |
Hillclimb Winter Cup Rnd 1 |
SCCSA |
Collingrove |
23 May |
6 Hour Regularity |
MSCA |
Mallala |
20 Jun ** |
Motorkhana Rnd 3 + Come & Try |
NDCC |
Big W Monarto |
4 Jul |
MSCA Super Sprint Rnd 2 |
MSCA |
Mallala |
11 Jul ** |
Multi Club Hillclimb Rnd 3 |
SCCSA |
Collingrove |
25 Jul |
Hillclimb Winter cup Rnd 2 |
SCCSA |
Collingrove |
1 Aug ** |
Motorkhana Rnd 4 |
SDCC |
Big W Monarto |
8 Aug |
Advanced Driver Training |
MSCA |
Mallala |
28 Aug |
Come & Try Hillclimb |
SCCSA |
Collingrove |
29 Aug ** |
Multi Club Hillclimb Rnd 4 |
SCCSA |
Collingrove |
29 Aug |
SA Motorkhana Championships |
MKAP |
Big W Monarto |
12 Sept |
Hill Climb Winter cup Rnd 3 |
SCCSA |
Collingrove |
19 Sept ** |
MSCA Super sprint Rnd 3 |
MSCA |
Mallala |
25/26 Sept |
SA Hillclimb Championships |
SCCSA |
Collingrove |
2 Oct |
Lobethal Grand Carnival |
SCCSA |
Lobethal |
16/17 Oct |
Australian Hill Climb Champs |
SCCSA |
Collingrove |
24 Oct ** |
MSCA Super Sprint Rnd 4 |
MSCA |
Mallala |
18 Dec |
Officials Appreciation Day |
MMSP |
Mallala |
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RUN TO PETER LEHMANN’S WINNERY , TANUNDA
The Motorsport committee is organizing a social run to Peter Lehmann’s winery, Tanunda, to coincide with the Marque Sports Car Association picnic & presentation day.
This is purely a picnic day , where we can drive our cars onto the lawns at the winery, usually under the shade of the large gums, and enjoy food & wines from the winery.
You can BYO your own food & drinks if you wish.
Date: 21 February 2010
Departing from the Arkaba shopping centre car park.
Time: 9.30am for a 10.00 departure.
We will take a run through the hills arriving at Peter Lehmann’s at approx. 11.15am.
Please contact Fred Neild on 8338 7542 or email fredneild@hotmail.com if you wish to come along.
FRED NEILD
MOTORSPORT COMMITTEE |
Mallala Motor Sport Park – Skills and Enhancement Day
Organized by MSCA with assistance from Alfa Romeo Owners Club SA
Sunday 28th February, 2010
Scrutineering from 8.00 am – 8.45am
Driver’s Briefing 9.00 am
The Event will consist of various low speed exercises :-
Straight line braking
Braking in a corner
Braking in a constant speed bend
Evade & recover
Advanced slalom
Detailed information on the MSCA website www.mscasa.com
These exercises will be followed by higher speed laps under the control of an in-car instructor. (Helmets required for this section)
Maximum entries 40
Entry fee $160
Entries close Feb 26th
All drivers must hold a current drivers licence
Catering: Lunch provided in entry fee, extra meals $12 each, plus the canteen will be open.
Entries now available
Enquiries: Phone Peter Axford 8362 2333 wk, or Mobile 0418 841 329 |
MGCC ECONOMY RUN
AND HOW TO GET 131 MPG
On a nice a Sunday morning 8 MGs and 1 other left for a quiet drive to Morphett Vale via some nice twisty roads to see who could use the least amount of fuel, there were a few simple questions along the way. The winner Graham Loader found that MGZRs can run on the smell of an oily rag as he achieved the amassing figure of 131.94 MPG, lots of luck to anyone to better.
The competition year has now finished and planning for next year is moving forward. The big thing for next year is the National Meeting at Easter with a Concourse, Super Sprint and Motorkhana with all the details on the Nat meet web page
natmeet2010.mgccsa.org.au
there will be practice for these events early in the New Year, all dates will be in the next magazine.
Tim Edmonds |
Results Car MPG TMPG
Graham Loader MGZR 131.94 100.66
Chris MGB 56.41 54.77
Peter & Sharon Coulson MGF/TF 47.01 38.82
Tim Edmonds MGZT 36.03 37.33
Geoff Glasson MGB 36.03 34.98
Berry Treffers MGB 33.52 32.55
Laurie Houghton & Jo Midget 41.73 28.59
Bev Waters MGBGTV8 29.3 25.26
Mailiny & Chris Hunt Nissan 44.7
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Championships
Collingrove 17-18 October
For the first time in many months the Barossa Valley was bathed in sunshine and not raining for the premier hillclimb event on the calendar, albeit the trailer park was a bit of a quagmire but the pit area was ok and the track was good, volunteers had been hard at work cutting some of the long grasses surrounding the track so the site looked a picture.
There were in excess of 90 entries which included 10 MGCC members, there were a number of interstate entries including the National Hillclimb Champion, Peter Gumley from NSW and Kevin Mackrell from Victoria driving his awesome 4WD 6.5 litre V8 powered Datsun 260Z
The field got through 4 runs on Saturday and while a further 4 runs were expected for Sunday only 3 were run after someone took out the timing strip at the finish line, causing about an hours delay.
Four members, Warren Litchfield Sue Day, John Tamke and Andrew Beattie contested the Open Sports Car class, Warren was initially awarded first place in error as the last round was not factored in the final results, John Tamke took out the class win with a PBT of 37.09.
Marque Sports 3001—6000 was won by John Kemp I being the only other competitor, what ever happened to all the Porsches???
John Payne and Stan Ward won their respective classes.
John Muldoon made a welcome return to the hill after a season or so in his Bowen P6 open wheeler.
The highlight of the weekend was watching Peter Gumley in his supercharged Volkswagen powered purpose built Wortmeyer hillclimb special set a new track record of 28.95 seconds. (Times will be in Nov issue)
Note: Winter Cup 3 Re-Run
Now on 15 November, your existing entry is valid
Laurie Houghton
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VALE
MARCUS CHAMBERS
Marcus Chambers, has recently passed away just short of his 99th birthday.
Marcus was the first BMC Competitions Manager based in Abingdon, working with John Thornley and he held that post with conspicuous success for some seven years.
Here is a link to the UK MGCC site giving a brief obituary of Marcus. http://www.mgcars.org.uk/midgetspriteclub/MascNew/ClubNews/2009/08/marcus-chambers-1910-2009.html
As a young man growing up in England in the 50's I do recall the name well and was very much in favour of his and his team's efforts as they sent a succession of BMC products, including MGs, to take Johnny Foreign! This, of course, culminated in outright victory in the Liege- Rome-Liege and Alpine rallies, albeit in our 'rival, an Austin-Healey.
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August 29th & 30th
Winton Raceway Victoria
The MG Car Club of Victoria Racing Register were once again racing at Winton .
In the past few years Adrian Ackhurst and Rodney Gibb have competed in a number of races in Victoria at a number of tracks including Phillip Island , Sandown .
This time with the event being held at Winton a few others racing MGF`s decided to join them and have some fun on another track other than Malalla. So it was the Croweaters challenging the Vics on their home turf .
Our cars were transported by Rodney Gibb in the “AAA” racing transporter and delivered to the track ready to go racing .Entries from S.A were Rodney Gibb MGF Cup car , Adrian Ackhurst MGF cup car , Rod O’Malley MGF, Neil Williams MGF and Troy Dontas MGF .
The real surprise for the weekend was a field of some 38 entries in our race , mainly MG`s but we also had two triumphs racing as well .Saturday consisted of practice 15 minutes , qualifying 15 minutes and then a 6 lap race .Sunday three races one at 10 laps and then two at 6 laps so a very busy weekend in fact our group being the biggest entry list had more races that any of the other categories .
The weather was a real concern especially being at Winton which at this time of year is either cold or wet but we were very fortunate cloudy and cool on the Saturday some light showers and then Sunday sunny with a few light showers .So great for racing on a dry track .
The race was held on the long track what an experience , times for the MGF`s were about 20 seconds longer than Malalla so when we did the 10 lapper I am sure most were looking for the chequered flag .
The amazing thing as I mentioned earlier was the 38 entries what a wonderful promotion of the Marque, the form up area only takes 24 so we had 12 cars lined up in the pit area as well an amazing site .
The Field consisted of MG`s mainly MGB`s but also a number of Midgets , In Victoria although they are in the same race there are a few categories ,such as open class, fast road and Historic .So we have MGBGT with V8`s , roadsters with V8`s , MGB`s with 4 cylinders, MG Midgets , MGF Cup cars and then MGF`s so quite a mixture .
We must thank the Victorian Racing Register for the very warm welcome they gave us .On the Saturday a free BBQ lunch was organised by the wives and partners for all entries in the MG race what a wonderful gesture .
A number of discussions took place about the Vics coming to race at Malalla in the future , so if they do it would make a great display of the Marque. Thanks to all concerned for a wonderful weekend .
Results for all of us were quite good as well having some 38 entries , Rodney Gibb in 14th place , Adrian Ackhurst in 15th , Rod O`Malley in 20th , Neil Williams in 21st and Troy Dontas in 32nd , a few mechanical issues but nothing major .
Joyce Williams was operating a Video camera with some great footage , perhaps we can show it at the club one night .
Looking forward to a repeat in the future .
Neil
Pics by Paul Vernall, Vic
 
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Multi-Club Hillclimb
Sunday 23 August
Collingrove
As a non Club Championship round MGCC members were thin on the ground, with only 5 competing.
John Kemp. Margaret Lynch, Sue Day, Andrew Beattie, Chris Hunt.
John tells me he did a 34.47 run almost beating his PB on 2 year old tyres and had a big spin past the timing tower on his last run trying to improve.
Stan Ward was a visitor in his Elfin Clubman.
Multi-Club Motorkhana
Sunday 30 August
Big W Monarto
This was a Club Championship round and regrettably the only MGCC entries were Dave Beames with his M/K Special and myself in my MGBV8.
This round was run by the SDCC who were trialing their new Tag Heuer timing systems for the first time at a Motorkhana.
The event also included a Come & Try component and the turnout was excellent, I think 52 entries overall so there is a good chance some of the people who came and tried will return in due course as full competitors.
As the only MG I gained FTD and first in class, when you don’t have any competition that’s easy, still I had a lot of fun and will have even more when I get a hydraulic handbrake working
MSCA Family Fun Day
Sunday 6 September
As the name implies this was a fun day with come & try, novice sprint training, “media rides” parade laps and untimed sprinting.
A total of 92 people entered
Wayne Hough has made mention of his and Geraldenes experience in his Presidents report on page 6.
This was an excellent event and the MSCA have scheduled another one for early in 2010.
Present was Chris Bucknel driving his R Type MG, Chris is in the process of obtaining his full competition licence.
Wayne & Geraldene Hough, MGA and Barina, Hugh and Michael Weber MGF, Audris Smits MGB, Neil and Rick Williams MGF, Chris Hunt MGBGT and myself MGBV8.
Visitors included, Steve Bowra, Maris & Marcie Valodze, Sue & Bill Gilson, Harry Dickson, Rod Hall, Mailiny Hunt, Lindsay & …………
SA Motorkhana Championships
and Teams event
Sunday 13 September
Big W Monarto
A much smaller field than the multi-club 2 weeks earlier however as it was the Championship event mainly the regulars attended, once again only Dave Beames and myself were the only MGCC members.
11 tests were run on 2 lanes with only one run at each so all the hotshots were right up there at the front.
Dave Sakko ran his new timing system on one lane and if time had been on our side he could have had results at the end of the day.
ICWs traditional system was operated on the other lane with times manually loaded into Daves computer, results were emailed to everyone on the next day.
Coming Events
Lobethal Grand Carnival Sat, Sun 3/4 October
SCCSA Vintage Hillclimb Mon 5 October
SA Hillclimb Championships.
17/18 October.
MSCA Super Sprint Rnd 4, October 25th. A Club Championship event and the last for the year. Shed 47 booked
For anyone wanting some more track time the Austin 7 Car Club are running Regularity events in conjunction with SuperKarts on 8 Nov. and 6 Dec.
Info on www.austin7clubsa.com.au
MSCA 2010 Calendar
The MSCA are lodging the following Sprint dates for the 2010 season with CAMS.
March 7 Basic driver training
March 28 Rnd 1
May 16. 6 Hr Relay
July 4 Rnd 2
August 15 Rnd 3
Sept. 19 Advanced driver training
Oct. 24 Rnd 4
These are preferred dates and are subject to circuit availability and will not be confirmed until later in November
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HISTORIC SANDOWN
6th, 7th & 8th November 2009
Up to 35 V8 Mustangs, Falcons, Holdens and Camaros and a pack of rapid Porsches and Toranas will compete in the seventh and final round of the 2009 Biante Touring Car Masters series, which like Historic Sandown, is sponsored by Shannons Insurance
At Sandown the Biante cars will join bumper fields of Group N Historic touring cars from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, plus events for Group C and Group A touring cars from the 1970s and 1980s on the most exciting touring car programme ever presented at the annual Historic meeting.
Quite a number of our members are attending this event either as spectators or competitors and as one of the latter it is well worth the trip, everyone has free entry to the pits and you get to see the best of Historic Racing in Australia.
If you can make it to Melbourne for this weekend you won’t regret it.
Visit www.vhrr for more details
Laurie |
Winter Cup 2 Hillclimb
Sunday 9 August
Collingrove
Winter Cup, the name says it all, once again a miserable start to the day, cloudy, and overcast but at least it wasn;’t raining. The Winter Cup events gives entry preference to SCCSA members so if you are only an MGCC member you have to get in early or miss out as one of our regular hillclimbers did, they cut the entries at 100 so I believe.
This was a two star Club Championship event with eleven MGCC members entered, 9 MGs competing for points, and 2 non marque, there were some delays early with timing problems but once sorted things moved along ok, there is not much to comment on with hillclimbing, it’s all over in 40 seconds ( on average ) and then a lot of waiting about, but as I’ve said on numerous occasions before once you are on the start line its all concentration, quite a buzz, ask Andrew Beattie, his MGF is flying.
Bob Schapel posted the fastest MG time in the supercharged MGTC, everyone got 4 runs and in most cases the last run was their best, with the exception of Bev Waters who got a sudden late invitation to a dinner in Adelaide with Joyce Williams followed by the Queen concert, who would want to hang around when this was on offer ?
A number of us retired to Stan and Jan Wards for drinks and Pizza, our thanks to our hosts.
Visitors
Judy Goodale Jan Ward
Rodney Gibb Mailiny Hunt
John Muldoon
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CAR |
BEST TIME |
NAME |
CAR |
BEST TIME |
Andrew Beattie |
MGF |
38.86 |
Bev Waters |
MGB GTV8 |
42.71 |
Warren Litchfield |
MGB Mod |
39.96 |
Peter Goodale |
MGB |
42.65 |
Sue Day |
MGB Mod |
47.61 |
Bob Schapel |
MGTC Spl |
37.23 |
Laurie Houghton |
MGBV8 Mod |
38.07 |
Chris Bucknell |
MGR Type |
44.11 |
Chris Hunt |
MGBGT |
49.79 |
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NON MARQUE |
Stan Ward |
Elfin 623 F3 |
34.35 |
John Tamke |
Elfin Clubman |
38.06 |
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SCA Super Sprint Rnd 3
Sunday 16 August Mallala
Pt 1 From Laurie Houghton
Our club was rostered to provide flagging officials for the day so thanks to all those who turned out to assist, but wouldn’t you know, the other clubs who were also rostered ( no one club is asked to provide all officials ) had a big turnout of volunteers so a couple of our members were not required, Wayne Hough and Arthur were given start line duties which kept them on their toes all day, (see Wayne Houghs article) Eric Erickson worked in flag point 2 ? on the inside of the track just after turn 2, Steve Bowra, Tom and Barry Schultz and Tim Edmonds were those who missed out on a job so many thanks to all those who took the time to turn up.
The MSCA now have approval from CAMS, through the good work done by Peter Hall, to run fields of 25 cars, the first grid in restricted to 12 -14 and the following grids are up to 25. We now also get 4 flying laps so with these big fields 4 runs for the day is a doddle
It certainly didn’t look like being much of a day on the way up there however it didn’t rain it just blew, I don’t know about the others but the cross wind on the back straight was something else, I had fitted some new front brakes and found the stopping power improved particularly at the northern hairpin, I had a great dice with Steve O’Malley in a BMW supercharged mini and kept in front of him most of the time until an excursion into the infield while trying to overtake heading up to the esses.
Bill and Bob Schapel both competed in their TCs, Bob had sorted out a problem with the supercharger and almost posted the fasted MG time for the day, it was great to see Neil Williams out driving Joyce’s yellow automatic MGBGT , getting some track time before his event at Winton with the Victorian MG Racing series in his MGF.
Chris Aberley ( SCC ) continued to put in magic times in his MGF Cup car, and a bloke we don’t see much of was driving his V8, I think he is Brian Hills, tells me its been a while since he’s had so much fun, Peter Coulson didn’t finish the last run, his car was loosing coolant so I hope it’s ok.
Pt 2 From Tim Edmonds
It has been a long time since I have written a report, but it is here now.
Thanks to those who have written reports on past events. Last Sunday at the MSCA Sprint Tyson Jeanes had his first run in his MGF, this car and about 20 others were built to race in a series that ran as a support event to the V8Supercars but not in Adelaide they were Trophy 160s with big brakes and 160 engines but it has now been detuned to run in the MGF series here, if you also want to run in this class see Adrian Ackhust, Rod O’Malley, Neil Williams or Rodney Gibb who all have cars in this class.
Don't Forget!!! there is a family fun day at Mallala on 5th September full details in the last mag or mscasa.com September 16th is the SA Motorkhana Championship at Big W Monarto starting at 9.00am entries on the day. These 2 events will also be used for training for the National Meet, please come out and help.
The next event we are organising is an economy run on September 20th starting at the Pasadena BP at 9.30am and finishing at about 150km later at a near south petrol station,
lunch venue nearby. Entries at the start with a small fee, you will need a full tank and map of the local area, most street directions have a map that will do.
RESULTS MSCA Super Sprint Rnd 3 |
Driver |
Car |
Best |
Laurie Houghton |
MGBV8 Mod |
1:24.74 |
Bob Schapel |
MGTC Spl |
1:24.81 |
Brian Hills |
MGBV8 Mod |
1:28.99 |
Bill Schapel |
MGTC Spl |
1:29.14 |
Neil Williams |
MGBGTV8 |
1:32.82 |
Tyson Jeanes |
MGF Spl |
1:33.21 |
Peter Coulson |
MGB |
1:48.75 |
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Chris Aberley SCCSA |
MGF Cup |
1:23.68 |
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Visitors at the Sprint Meeting:-
Joyce Williams Linda Madden
Steve Bowra Hugh Weber
Eric Grey Tim Edmonds
Tom & Barry Schultz Rod Hall
Rod , Reg & Jacques O’Malley
Jeff Jeanes Dave Maxwell
Maris & Marcie Valodze
Leyland ( Chief Steward )
& Gloria George
Arthur Ruediger Start line
Wayne Hough Start line
Eric Erickson Flaggs
Think we’ve missed someone in a red MGF
Last Sprint for 2009—25 Oct
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