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COMING EVENTS
August 1st *Morwell
Hillclimb VHRR
August 24th Annual
General Meeting
September 11th-12th Eastern
Creek HSRCA
October 2nd-3rd Vintage
Collingrove Hillclimb SCC of SA
(08) 8373-4899 or sccsa@iprimus.com.au
October 16th
–17th Midweek Wakefield
Park HSRCA
October 26th General
Meeting
November 5th
–7th *Sandown VHRR
November 27th
–28th Wakefield
Park HSRCA
December 4th Christmas
Dinner and Prizegiving at the Manningham
Llyod Shaw 0415-351-164
*CCE…..denotes
Club Championship Event ** See Text
VHRR
Clubrooms are situated at
30-32 Lexton Rd. Box Hill
LUNCH
MEETINGS WEDNESDAYS (NOT CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS)
CLUB LIBRARY OPENING TIMES:
Wednesday Lunch Days 11.30-2.30 Club Meeting Nights
6.30-7.30
RED
PLATES SCHEME Our club Volunteer doing this task is
Lloyd Shaw. Contact him on 0415.351.164
ALL
THE ABOVE CLUB ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THE WEDNESDAY LUNCH ARE
DESIGNATED RED PLATE ACTIVITIES.
Visit our
website:
www.vhrr.com
General Meeting
A reminder that the AGM will be
held at the clubrooms on August 24th at
8.00 PM. All members are asked to attend to be part of the
election of office bearers. Attached are nomination forms for
both General and Executive Committees.
***GROUP REPS AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS ARE NEEDED***
PLEASE NOMINATE
Ron Parkes Retires from Cams- Brian (Brique) Reed Appointed
After more than 30 years with
Cams, Ron Parkes has retired. Ron served in many roles
including Victorian State Manager and was the Historic Motor
Racing Administrator for over 20 years. Well known to VHRR
members because of the helpful approach in assisting with the
understanding of regulations and guidance with both log book
and certificate of description applications. We wish Ron good
health and happiness in retirement.
It is pleasing to announce that
VHRR member Brian Reed has been appointed to this position and
commenced activities on July 13th. Brian commenced
motor racing in an Elfin Clubman in 1964 and was very active
including a number of drives in the
Bathurst touring car races. His heart is really in all aspects
of the sport as he has been a commentator, journalist, radio
broadcaster and an administrator. He was founder and is the
current president of the Elfin Owners and Drivers Club inc.
and a past president of the Light Car Club (Bendigo Division)
Brian Knows historic racing cars and will be of diligent
assistance to owners and drivers. We wish him well.
Roger James
Book Review
Roger
James
Back Fire- The story of Alan Clark: Edited Robert Coucher
($30.00)
“Never heard of him,” I hear you
say. Well, perhaps you have because Alan wrote the back page
article called “Back Fire” in the English Classic Car
magazine. If that does not strike a note in your memory, then
you will certainly remember
Mr. Toad of Toad Hall. This man
personifies that character.
This book, newly released in
paperback is about a far from average Englishman who had an
abundance of passion for his vast collection of cars as well
as his castle, his career in Parliament , his writings and
family.
You will recall Lou Molina’s
saying “ There are showers and goers. I am a goer.”
This man was definitely a goer as
he hated restored cars and absolutely forbad the “tarting-up”
process to be applied to any of his. Not only that, but he
motored the things in an era before motoring became ‘driving
behind the idiot in front.’
So, if you are looking for a
fireside read this winter, visit Tony Johns Bookshop.
MURRAY CARTER—VHRR GUEST SPEAKER –JUNE MEETING
Murray as a Champion Driver.
He seemed to gain a place in
every race he ever entered. His best was a third at
Bathurst in a Ford in 1978.
Murray
values this higher than winning a V8 Supercar Championship.
His Corvette Special outpaced most factory sportscars.
Murray as an Auto Engineer.
He built his own. The Carter
Corvette Special started out to be an open wheeler with a
holden engine. But a V8 engine which “fitted nicely”, Cooper
copy wheels and suspension but a flight upside down at
Phillip
Island all turned it into a very fast sports car. Now he is
fitting the Motec computer stuff into his Corvette to do
better in the current Nation Cup Series.
Murray with his Sponsors.
“They contacted me. I never
contacted them.” Seems to be his approach. One oil company
sent him money so that the competition companies could not get
him.
“How much do you need?” another
company asked. “ More than you will give.”
Was his response. Above all else,
he was very disappointed that his sponsors never really
capitalised on his continuous outstanding results.
Murray and his sense of humour.
Asked about a Ford competitor ,
he responded “Moffat who?” On his XK 120 Jaguar “ the most
expensive oil leak I ever had.” When Bob Jane asked the field
for some place swapping to put on a good show at Sandown, “ I
ended up beating him and winning the race. Bob was very strong
about telling me never to do that again. I took no notice.”
Murray at 74.
Younger, slimmer, lovely wife at
his side, and keener and still very competitive are the words
that you would use for this man who works on a racing car
every day.
Footnote:
Reflecting upon Murray’s entertaining presentation, I arrived
at the conclusion that VHRR members are very lucky because of
the opportunity we have to meet and know the champions of our
sport. Over the years we have met world champions (Moss,
Brabham, Jones), Australian champions (Hunt,Gardner,Brock,Harvey,Bond,Firth,Hamilton,Walton,Stillwell,Schenken,
Hoinville, Schuppan) and the
engineers (Stone, Harrop and Tate) and many more. I bet keen
readers of
Melbourne golf clubs or tennis clubs have never met Peter
Thompson, Tiger Woods, Boris Becker or Rod Laver.
So, tell your friends in Motor
Sport and invite them to join our club.
Roger James
Victorian Flagmarshalling Team Inc.
As we all know the “Flaggies” do
a great job. All dedicated volunteers without whom no race
meeting could happen. Working in all weather conditions, we
owe these people for their efforts. All are UNPAID.
Members get points for attendance
as an incentive. The VHRR donate regalia each year to be part
of the prize pool so if any member feels that they could
donate any goods or services the flaggies would be most
appreciative.
Contact: Paul Hiluta on
0428-280-050 or
incentive@vicflag.org.au
VHRR SMALL ADS
Tyres: SLICK used racing
tyres Ex F3 & F2Yokohama 240/45 VR13 8 OF,180/50 VR13 8
OF,Dunlop 230/570 R13 12 OF,190/535 R13 12 OF. TYRES USED A
MAX. OF 4 MEETINGS .YOKOHAMA $50 EACH 20% of New. DUNLOP $25
EACH 10% of New.
ROD ANDERSON
0419311914 or 0398826485 AH.
“Monoskate” Historic Racing Car
Famous George Reed car raced successfully at
Bathurst,
AGP Narrogin 1951, etc. Side valve Ford V8, Offenhauser heads,
twin Stromberg 97, Scintilla magneto,
Needham
c/r gearbox, aluminium hand formed body with all the patina of
decades of racing.
This car is probably the fastest most original
pre-war “Ka” car in Australia .CAMS logbook, COD ready to race
and win.$60,000 with all the spares. Barry Batagol 03 9670
8299 (BH), 03 9663 7131(AH), 0418 396 281
barry@intercorp.com.au
Disclaimer;
The views and opinions expressed within this newsletter are
not necessarily those of the VHRR Inc. or its Committee and/or
its newsletter Editor. Whilst all care has been taken,
neither the club or its officiers accept responsibility for
the accuracy of information printed and the quality of any
items or services advertised or mentioned in this
publication. Incorporated association Number A 0007117C. The
Editor reserves the right to edit contributions submitted for
publication.
Notice of
opening of nominations for GENERAL COMMITTEE for the
year 2004-2005 to be elected at the Annual General meeting on
Tuesday August 24 2004 at 8pm at the Clubrooms,
Lexton Road, Box Hill.
Six
Committee positions are declared vacant each year.
Committee
members must own, race or have raced an historic vehicle and
be a financial member of the VHRR. Nomination forms must be
signed by two (2) financial members with the signed consent of
the financial candidate and posted to the Secretary no later
than 7 days prior to the AGM.
Ms Leanne Newson
Hon Secretary
VHRR
GPO
Box
3485
MELBOURNE 3001
We wish to
nominate__________________________________________________
For the position
of____________________________________________________
For the
financial year of 2004-2005
Proposer
(Print)__________________________________________
Signed
_________________________________________
Seconder
(Print _________________________________________
Signed
_________________________________________
I (Print)
________________________________accept the nomination for the
above position
Signed
________________________________
Notice of
opening of nominations for EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE for the year
2004-2005 to be elected at the Annual General meeting on
Tuesday August 24 2004 at 8pm at the Clubrooms,
Lexton Road, Box Hill.
The
positions vacant are:
President, Vice President, Treasurer,
Secretary
Committee
members must own, race or have raced an historic vehicle and
be a financial member of the VHRR. Nomination forms must be
signed by two (2) financial members with the signed consent of
the financial candidate and posted to the Secretary no later
than 7 days prior to the AGM.
Ms Leanne
Newson
Hon Secretary
VHRR
GPO
Box
3485
MELBOURNE 3001
We wish to
nominate__________________________________________________
For the
position
of____________________________________________________
For the
financial year of 2004-2005
Proposer
(Print)__________________________________________
Signed
_________________________________________
Seconder
(Print _________________________________________
Signed
_________________________________________
I (Print)
________________________________accept the nomination for the
above position
Signed
________________________________
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