SPEED READ DECEMBER 2017
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Roger Chirnside will receive one of the highest officiating honours when he accepts the prestigious FIA Outstanding Official of the Year Award for 2017.
Coffs Harbour’s own Nathan Quinn claimed his first CAMS Australian Rally Championship in front of a home-town crowd at the 2017 Kennards Hire Rally Australia.
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AUSTRALIA'S FINEST RECOGNISED ON WORLD STAGE
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SECURE YOUR SEAT
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TARGA FLORIO ON COURSE
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MILDURA’S GRAND PLANS
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2017 CAMS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
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2018 NATIONAL EVENTS CALENDARS
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DUAL WINS FOR AUSTRALIA IN PORTUGAL
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MCLEAN SWEEP
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RALLYING AROUND THE HOOD
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HOME-TOWN HERO QUINN CLAIMS MAIDEN CHAMPIONSHIP
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THRILL OF A LIFETIME
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PORSCHE CLAIMS DOMINANT TARGA HIGH COUNTRY VICTORY
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CAMS HISTORY: THE FORMATION OF CAMS
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TRANS-TASMAN FEMALE OFFICIALS EXCHANGE RECIPIENT: REBECCA ARMSTRONG
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MOUNTAIN KING CROWNED AT MOUNT GLADSTONE HILL CLIMB
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INSIDE RALLY AUSTRALIA’S MED POD
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RULE MODIFICATIONS NOW EASIER TO ACCESS
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CLUB PROFILE: WOLLONGONG SPORTING CAR CLUB
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UPCOMING CLUB EVENTS
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CHRISTMAS EVENTS
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OTHER CLUB EVENTS
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OFFI CI A L S
AUSTR A LIA 'S F INEST R E COGNI SED ON WORLD STAGE
Roger Chirnside will receive one of the highest
“Probably the first Formula 1 Grand Prix in Adelaide in
officiating honours when he accepts the prestigious FIA
1985. The thrill of actually seeing those cars rather than
Outstanding Official of the Year Award for 2017.
seeing them on television was something I will never forget,” Chirnside added.
To be presented at the FIA Prize Giving Ceremony in Paris, Chirnside was selected amongst an array of
“Also my first trip overseas to officiate at the Le Mans 24
international officials for the award.
Hour, which was a huge thrill… I had a small CAMS badge
“I feel very proud and a little bit humble to be thought of, to be able to receive this award and with it a great
on my overalls, which everyone wanted to know what it was so I was very proud of that.”
degree of excitement as well… there's a lot of emotions
“The Grand Prix is the icing on the cake but every little
running around at the moment so I'm very honoured,”
meeting there is still the same thrill of being part of that
Chirnside said.
and seeing people out there who are enjoying the thrill
“I believe it's probably a fulfilment of everything I've done.
of it all.”
Although one doesn't be a volunteer with any thoughts
Feeling very humbled to receive the award; Chirnside
of recognition, I'm enormously proud that I belong to first
thanked some very important people who have
of all CAMS and to the fact that I'm Australian ... just the
supported him throughout his journey.
whole thing it's just amazing.”
“I couldn’t possibly thank anyone enough but my wife,
Thanks to CAMS, Chirnside will fly to Paris in early
who’s been enormously supportive over the 51-odd
December and will accept his award in front of the
years,” Chirnside said.
biggest names of world motor sport.
“And all the people who have shown me the ropes… right
“On the night of 8 December – all dressed up we go to
across the board, people from CAMS, a few very dear
the Palace of Versailies to be part of the dinner and the
friends who are no longer with us, and just everybody
awards presentation, with all the very biggest names in
who goes to be part of the big family.
motor sport,” Chirnside said.
“I’m just a guy that happened to be lucky enough –
“[I’m] so proud to represent Australia.”
fortunate enough – to be awarded with this amazing
Starting his officiating career as a crowd control official
honour.”
at Sandown in 1966, Chirnside worked his way up as a
Chirnside now joins fellow CAMS officials Dr Brent May,
flag marshal to then sector marshalling, to now being a
Belinda Taylor, Adrian Stafford, Ewan Cole, Dr Rik Hagen,
valued member of the CAMS International Training Team.
Steve Chopping and Dr Michelle Gatton as recipients of
Chirnside also touched on some of his favourite moments
FIA officials awards.
in his rich officiating career.
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CA M S AWA R D S
SE CURE YOU R SEAT
Tickets for CAMS Motor Sport Awards Gala Dinner and State Awards are still available, with all motor sport enthusiasts invited to attend this night-of-nights. This is your chance to be part of a prestigious evening as we celebrate our national champions and other members of the motor sport community and look back on the year that was.
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TARG A F LORIO ON COURSE
The sights and sounds of Victoria are on show as the first ever Targa Florio Australia Tribute makes its way through some of the most picturesque roads in Australia. A host of classic cars, as well as some of Australia's most expensive luxury cars, began their journey in Geelong on 30 November. Competitors gathered on the Geelong Waterfront for the official start of the four day event, before drivers began their tour through towns like Apollo Bay, Cape Schanck, Arthur's Seat and Healesville. The 1000km-plus event will finish in central Melbourne on 3 December, including a "Everyone at CAMS is thrilled to be supporting the Targa
visit to the iconic Albert Park Grand Prix track. Event ambassador, model and TV presenter Kate Peck
Florio Australian Tribute," Arocca said. "We are thrilled to see yet another amazing motor
was among those taking part in the event. CAMS is the proud motor sport partner of the event and CEO Eugene Arocca said the event was momentous, with Victoria hosting the first ever Targa Florio to take place outside of Italy in the event's 101-year history.
sport tradition being held in Australia, on top of other memorable events such as the Formula 1ÂŽ Australian Grand Prix and the Australian round of the World Rally Championship."
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EVENTS
M I LDU RA ’S GRA ND PL A NS
Photo: JP Event Photography
Mildura Rural City Council has further outlined its
“People have got a real passion for motor sport in
ambitions for a new motor sport complex, with CAMS
Mildura.”
continuing to back the major project.
Arocca said once built, the entire complex would be one
The shovel-ready project took to Victorian Parliament House as it looks to secure funding from both the
of Australia’s best. “It’s a very large motor sport precinct, there’s everything
government and private sector.
from jet boats, to speedway, to karting. There are very
Mildura’s location, within 400km of Melbourne, Sydney
few tracks in this country that have such a holistic
and Adelaide, makes it a suitable location for a world-
approach. So for CAMS, it’s great to have 3km of
class complex, the council says.
bitumen track, but for me it’s more about bringing it all
Stage one of the project, which would include a 3km
under one precinct,” Arocca added.
race track, skid pan, pits and control tower as well as
“It actually feeds off itself, it’s not just about four-wheeled
camping facilities, is expected to cost about $21 million.
motor sport. It’s a unique opportunity, so any investors
The full project will include a wide array of motor sport related facilities, including go-kart track, jet boat course, drag strip and more. CAMS CEO Eugene Arocca said it would be a small price to pay for the significant boost to the local and state economy. “In terms of raw economic return, it’s going to be an outstanding return on investment,” Arocca said.
out there, private or government really need to look at this and embrace it and we couldn’t be happier to have been involved almost from day one.” Mildura is also home to some talented motor sport stars, including Supercars drivers Cam Waters, Todd and Rick Kelly, as well as Superbike Champion Josh Waters. Cousins Cam and Josh Waters have thrown their support behind the proposal.
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EVENTS
Photos: JP Event Photography
“If I had it when I was growing up, it would have fast tracked my racing a fair bit,” Cam said. “Motor sport attracts a lot of people to different race tracks and it would be great for the community.” Three-time Australian Superbike Champion Josh Waters also spoke glowingly about the project. “To sleep in your own bed and to go to the races, just personally it would be unbelievable,” Josh said. “What it would do for the town, I know how big it would be… I know what it does to those towns [that have a race
MILDURA M OTO R S P O R T S A N D CO M M U N I T Y PRECINCT
track] and see it first-hand. I really think we can do it better and I know the town will be rapt.” Mildura Mayor Cr Mark Eckel said the regional city clearly had “fuel in the blood” and was ready for construction to start on the project immediately.
• 3km bitumen race track for four and two-wheeled motor sport • Economic benefits of $723m and 885 jobs over 30 years
“It’s going to mean enormous things for the Mildura region, particularly as far as jobs are concerned,” Cr Eckel said. “The passion that’s here for this project. It’s wonderful to have the doyens of the sport talk the way they have, not just about the Mildura region but about motor sports, sports in general and our wonderful Mildura Future Ready Project, which is going to mean so much not only to the Mildura economy but to the state’s economy."
• Financial analysis shows a projected return for private investors from year one • Co-location of nine of Mildura’s current motor sport clubs and facilities to the new complex, currently spread out across Mildura • Located 15km from Mildura CBD • Mildura Airport has frequent direct flights to Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and more Australian cities
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EVENTS
2 0 17 CA MS NAT IONA L CH AMPIONS Congratulations to this years CAMS National Championship and Series winners. Virgin Australia Supercars Championship (CAMS Australian Touring Car Championship) Jamie Whincup
CAMS Australian GT Championship Geoff Emery
CAMS Australian Endurance Championship Dominic Storey and Peter Hackett
CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship Nick Rowe
CAMS Australian Rally Championship (Driver) Nathan Quinn
CAMS Australian Off Road Championship (Driver) Matthew Martin
CAMS Australian Rally Championship (Co-Driver) Bill Hayes
CAMS Australian Off Road Championship (Co-Driver) Chris Clarke
CAMS Australian Hill Climb Championship Brett Hayward
CAMS Australian Side By Side Championship Ewan McClue
CAMS Australian Khanacross Championship Michael Clements
CAMS Australian Motorkhana Championship Scott Bennett
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia David Wall
Dunlop Super2 Series Todd Hazelwood
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EVENTS V8 Utes Series Kim Jane
National Sports Sedan Series Birol Cetin
Radical Australia Cup Peter Paddon
Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia Jordan Love
CAMS Australian GT Trophy Series Steve McLaughlan
Australian Prototype Series Mark Laucke
CAMS Australian Supersprint Championship Vikki Paxton
Kumho Tyre V8 Touring Car Series Jack Smith
Australian Production Car Series Iain and Grant Sherrin
Australian Touring Car Masters Steve Johnson
Aussie Racing Cars James Duckworth
Toyota 86 Racing Series Jimmy Vernon
State and national champions of 2017 will be formally crowned early next year, with tickets on sale now. All 2017 CAMS Motor Sport Awards evenings are proudly presented by Burson Auto Parts.
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EVENTS
2 018 NAT IONA L EVENT S CALENDA RS
BFGOODRICH CAMS AUSTRALIAN OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP 4 May: 9 June: 10 August:
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CAMS MOTOR SPORT AWARDS 17 February: 23 March:
CAMS National Motor Sport Awards, Vic Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame, Vic
CAMS AUSTRALIAN MOTORKHANA CHAMPIONSHIP 22-23 September: Nirimba, WA
LIQUI-MOLY BATHURST 12 HOUR 2-4 February: Mount Panorama, NSW
HI-TEC OILS BATHURST 6 HOUR 30 March – 1 April: Mount Panorama, NSW
CAMS AUSTRALIAN RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP 3-4 March: Eureka Rally, Vic 27-29 April: Forest Rally, WA 1-3 June: National Capital Rally, ACT 27-29 July: Rally Tasmania, Tas 21-23 September: Adelaide Hills Rally, SA 15-18 November: Rally Australia, NSW
CAMS AUSTRALIAN SIDE BY SIDE CHAMPIONSHIP 14 12 21 25 15 20
April: May: July: August: September: September:
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EVENTS
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Two Australian karters have been crowned champions at
Australia had 14 drivers in Portugal competing at the
the 2017 Rotax MAX Challenge Grand Final in Portugal.
event, all who had qualified to be part of 'Team Australia'
Cody Gillis and Troy Woolston were winners in their respective classes, amongst 360 drivers from 59 countries.
through the local series. The impressive performance by the Australian team saw them also win the Nations Cup at the event.
Gillis claimed his DD2 victory by a staggering four seconds clear of his nearest rival, in what he said was an 'incredible' moment.
2017 ROTAX MAX CHALLENGE GRAND FINAL AUSTRALIAN FINAL RESULTS
"It is an amazing feeling to win this event, I can't believe
1st
Troy Woolston (DD2 Masters)
1st
Cody Gillis (DD2)
it," Gillis said. "To be able to represent Australia and then see all of the green and gold up in the grandstand 'going off' when I crossed the line was just incredible."
3rd James Wharton (Mini MAX) 6th Scott Howard (DD2 Masters) 15th Ryan Kennedy (DD2) 16th Jac Preston (Junior MAX)
Woolston made it two consecutive victories for Australia
20th Kris Walton (DD2 Masters)
in the DD2 Masters Class following from Lee Mitchener's
26th Brad Jenner (Senior MAX)
breakthrough win last year.
30th Cody Brewcyzynski (Senior MAX)
"I've been chasing this win for a long time and it feels even better than I ever though it would, it is seriously the best feeling," Woolston said. "We've got such an amazing Australian team here this year and it has been an awesome post-race celebration.
DNF Harry Arnett (Micro MAX) DNF Jaiden Pope (Junior MAX) DNF Broc Feeney (Junior MAX) DNQ Cameron Longmore (Senior MAX) DNQ Joshua Fife (DD2)
"A huge congratulations to all of the other Australians on their efforts this year and also to Cody on his victory in DD2." CAMS Speed Read • 16
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M CLEA N SWEEP
Wade McLean is a name that'll go down in Formula Vee
After his strong success in kart racing, the 20-year-old
history.
was approached by a Formula Vee team to get involved
The Tasmanian racer recently won his third consecutive
in local circuit racing.
Australian Formula Vee National title, something no
"One of the Formula Vee team owners asked my Dad if
driver has ever achieved.
I'd be keen to have a test in one of his Formula Vees... I
"To be the first person in Australian Formula Vee history to win three consecutive national titles feels absolutely
jumped at the opportunity and right from the get-go I loved it," McLean added.
amazing – each win was different and the Formula Vee
"There was a 'Vee' down here for sale that needed a bit of
1200 competitors were great to race against," McLean
TLC, but had a good straight frame.
said.
"I was lucky enough that my Pop supported my racing
The 2015 Burson CAMS Future Star Award recipient first
and he offered to purchase the Vee, as he wanted me to
got involved in motor sport after attending a come and
save the money I have saved up. Soon enough, I was on
try event.
the track in my very own Vee."
"I've been racing for 13 years... it all started after I saw a
McLean works as a mechanic full time, saying that his
go-kart come and try day when I was eight," Mclean said.
main racing goal would be to race in a televised event,
"After I completed that day I was hooked, my parents got me a go-kart and that's when my racing career started."
possibly even racing in the Supercars Championship one day.
Success isn't new to McLean, having experienced wins in both sprint and speedway karting. CAMS Speed Read • 18
RALLY
RALLYING A ROUND THE HOOD
Photo: John Doutch
There is perhaps no greater exercise of trust than the
wasn’t for me. Apart from some spectating since then I
relationship between a driver and co-driver in rallying.
haven’t been near a rally car until Brendan decided to
For father-son duo Rick and Brendan Hood, they were richly rewarded in their first season in the sport.
give rallying driving a go himself.” Brendan’s 2017 programme started on his 21st birthday, after being gifted with a Hyundai Excel. From there was
The Victorians claimed outright honours in their state championship’s Excel Rally Series, with no prior involvement in competitive driving beyond rally school experiences and computer games.
the start of a two-year build, which eventually saw the Hood pair take on the Victorian Excel Rally Series. “The car has been built from the ground up as I wanted
“It has always been something that fascinates me watching motor sport and the specific interest in rallying
to learn and understand what went into the preparation of a rally car,” Brendan said.
really has come from dad’s original history in rallying and
“The best thing about rallying though is the community,
love for the sport,” Brendan said.
from the first rally I went to when I was a spectator the
“From when I first spectated a rally car drifting through a forest at amazing speeds, it just stuck as something I wanted to do. Then the interest grew even further as I began learning more about rallying and what is involved.” Brendan’s enthusiasm for rallying was borne out of his father Rick’s equal fascination for the sport. “It wasn’t until I started work soon out of school that I got close to a rally car, where three of the guys who
community have been absolutely fantastic in welcoming us and teaching us so many things we need to know. From accommodation, to technical advice, to just general socialising, it is an amazing community of great people.” With his father Rick calling notes, Brendan admits he was at first unsure about him being in the co-driver seat. “However, from the moment dad jumped in the car everything has just fallen exactly into place.
worked there owned and raced rally cars,” father Rick
“Throughout the year we have really grown as a crew in
said.
the car, but I know we still have a lot to learn. I am really
“Over a couple of years I watched and helped out, and eventually had the opportunity to co-drive. I did try a bit pf driving but didn’t have the talent and decided it
looking forward to taking our partnership to the next level and pushing it right to the limits for many years to come.”
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RALLY
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The pair instantly gelled at the first event for this year’s
“We are planning to come back next year in the Hyundai
Victorian Rally Championship, held on the same stages
Excel and push that little bit harder and see where we
as the Australian Rally Championship.
can take our motor sport careers,” Brendan said.
“Finishing our first VRC round at the Eureka Rally in
“The Hyundai Excel is a great base for a rally car. Yes it is
Ballarat this year was a highlight, especially since
not WRC power levels, however it is all about setting the
everything was new to us,” Rick said.
car up for the corners and keeping the momentum. I
“Not sure how we made it to the finish, we were seeded last car on the road and we were stunned to be called
was amazed at how quick and reliable a Hyundai Excel can be in such tough conditions.
up to the podium as the first novice crew. This gave us
“For a present I was given a drive and a rally car ride
the motivation to keep on going and thought maybe we
with Brendan Reeves at RallySchool in Melbourne. From
could make this partnership work.”
playing rally games on the PlayStation to competing in
As for what next year holds for the duo, they’re already
the real thing has been an amazing journey.”
eagerly awaiting to do it all over again to defend their crown.
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RALLY
H O M E-TOWN HERO QUI NN C L A IMS MA IDEN CH AMPIONSHIP
Photos: Wishart Media
Coffs Harbour’s own Nathan Quinn claimed his first CAMS Australian Rally Championship in front of a passionate home-town crowd at the 2017 Kennards Hire Rally Australia. Quinn dominated the national field in the fifth and final ARC round, winning all three legs, taking 12 of 17 stage wins and claiming first outright by a staggering 13 minutes. As an added bonus Quinn, with co-driver Ben Searcy, took it to the best rally drivers in the world, finishing
“We could not have asked for a better year in terms of support and here we are now. It was an unfortunate
ninth outright in the World Rally Championship field in
problem for Molly [Taylor] but a miracle for us.”
his 10-year-old Mitsubishi EVO IX.
Taylor’s Championship defence ended before Sunday’s
“I’m pretty sure I was born with a dream to go rallying,”
first stage began. The Subaru do Motorsport team
Quinn said. “Watching my dad compete when I was a kid, this day was the goal from the get go and now I’ve finished that for him.” Amazingly, the 31-year-old revealed that it was only an off-hand comment by fellow driver Eli Evans that made him register for this year’s Australian Rally Championship. “We went to the Eureka Rally to get a seed to do a classic rally we wanted to do,” Quinn explained. “Eli Evans said ‘Quinny, you never know, you should just register for the championship’. So I borrowed $1,500 off my girlfriend and paid it back by June. Then Neal Bates Motorsport helped me get to Perth. Then there was a bunch of Irish lads that chipped in for a new engine.
worked through Saturday night to fix engine damage sustained on the day’s penultimate stage. Clearly gutted by the outcome, Taylor conceded that the team did everything possible to fight for the Championship but it wasn’t to be. “We tried to run… we knew it was going to be a small chance that it would work but we tried everything,” Taylor said. “It’s not the first time we have been bitterly disappointed and it probably won’t be the last. For us we look back on the whole year as a team and we did our absolute best on every rally. We can hold our heads high. “In the end what happened was something that we couldn’t control. It makes us hungrier for next year, we want this more than anything.”
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RALLY
In the outright FIA World Rally Championship standings, it was Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul who claimed victory for the final time in 2017. The pair lead home M-Sport’s Ott Tanak and New Zealand’s Hayden Paddon for the podium. “This one is a special one and really goes to the whole team of Hyundai Motorsport,” Neuville said. “We are not World Champions but we drove like World Champions.” With Quinn the top overall Australian and outright ARC winner, New South Welshman Tom Clarke and co-driver Ryan Preston came through to secure a stellar second outright. Clarke however found the wet and slippery conditions on Sunday extremely challenging. “We really had to back off, we weren’t getting any traction,” Clarke said. “We had a couple of spins, a couple of offs, it was just a bit of a mess.” Maximum Motorsport’s John O’Dowd finished third outright – the West Australian claimed his first ARC podium, took out the ARC2 4WD title and slipped into third in the ARC driver pointscore. “First ARC podium, it’s fantastic. It’s a really good end to the year for the team, we couldn’t be happier,” O’Dowd said. “To take out ARC2 was a bonus, we didn’t expect that but we will take it.” McMRallySport’s Stephen Mee worked hard to improve the reliability of his Toyota Corolla prior to Rally Australia and his hard work paid off with a win in the ARC2 2WD final. “It’s pretty hard to believe. We’ve had so many dramas, engines, gearboxes, driveshafts,” Mee said. “But we’ve sorted that out during the year and its proved to be a good stepping stone. We’ve proved ourselves at one of the hardest events in the country. We are just stoked.” In the ARC Classic Challenge, it was the Irish pair of Michael O’Hagan and Owen Moynihan taking the win in the Ford Escort Mark II ahead of Brett Stephens and Tony Brandon in the Datsun Bluebird and Andrew Hitch and Kenneth Polly in their Mitsubishi Galant. The CAMS Australian Rally Championship will return in 2018 with an expanded six round calendar, starting at Victoria’s Eureka Rally and concluding at Kennards Hire Rally Australia. A new event in Tasmania was also announced, with further information at rally.com.au
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RALLY
TH RILL OF A LIF ET IME
CAMS Member Gary Ballinger was the recipient of the recent Australian Unity Rally Australia Experience. Gary and his wife Shirley attended November’s Kennards Hire Rally Australia, and were immediately treated with a passenger experience alongside 2016 ARC Champion Molly Taylor. A former rally driver himself, Ballinger has recently joined CAMS as an Official with his first event being October’s
“It’s one of those competitions where you go ‘might as
Gold Coast 600.
well enter it, someone’s going to win it’ but I was still
“Absolutely fantastic. I was looking forward to it, the
very surprised when I got the phone call.
confidence in her in a driver came after the first corner - I
“Thanks very much to CAMS and Australian Unity putting
wasn’t worried after that. I even had time to look at all
together this prize package. That was how I got through
the instruments,” Ballinger said.
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EVENTS
P O RSCH E C L A IMS DOMINA NT TARG A H I G H COU NT RY VIC TORY
Matt Close and Cameron Reeves dominated the 2017
GT3 RS on road-spec tyres was something I had in my
Targa High Country in their 2017 Porsche 911 GT3 RS,
sights on doing this weekend.
claiming their second straight outright victory in the 18 stage tarmac rally.
“The weather conditions were just right and we ended up laying down a time that will be pretty hard for us to
Close and Reeves started the event in impressive fashion, posting the fastest time in all six stages on the opening day, including a record time in stage six for the Mount Buller ascent.
beat again.” Nunn and Johnstone placed second overall in their 2016 Porsche Cayman GTS, six seconds ahead of Ben Calder and Steve Glenney aboard a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI.
Close and Reeves displayed similar form on the penultimate day, topping five of the day’s six stages. The duo then closed out the rally on the Sunday with a dominant victory over their closest outright rival Peter Nunn and Keith Johnstone, six minutes behind in their
In the GT2 class, John Ireland and Janet Binns made it a Porsche lockout of the podium, taking third in their 2016 Porsche Cayman. Experienced tarmac rally duo Jim Richards and Barry
Porsche Cayman GTS.
Oliver placed 12th outright and 6th in the GT2 class.
The Targa High Country victory was Close and Reeves'
The Victorian event has also secured critical support from
third straight in the GT2 class and the second straight in
the Mansfield Shire Council, extending their agreement
the outright classification.
with Targa Australia into 2022.
“That’s three in a row, which we never imagined doing.
The CAMS Australian Targa Championship will return
It’s an incredible achievement and it shows that if you have the right machinery under you, anything can happen,” Close said.
in 2018 with an all new Targa Great Barrier Reef event joining mainstays Targa North West, Tasmania and High Country.
“Beating the Mount Buller stage record was one of my key objectives as it was a box yet to be ticked. "The previous record was set under the old regulations, which allowed a lot of modifications and R-spec tyres, but nevertheless getting the record in a standard 911 CAMS Speed Read • 25
A full list of results from 2017 and information on 2018 can be found at: targa.com.au
H I S TORY
CA M S H ISTORY :
T H E F O RM ATI ON O F CAM S The road service clubs were worried.
down – but the fact was the road service clubs (NRMA,
In 1952 for the first time ever, deaths on Australian roads had exceeded 2,000. That equated to 23.8 fatalities per 100,000 members of the population – men, women and children. It was another all-time high.
RACV et al) joined under the loose regime of the (Royal) Australian Automobile Association could see disaster looming, The AAA had been constituted in 1937 – a progression from the Commonwealth Association of Automobile Organisations, the previous umbrella organisation.
It wasn’t good enough to argue that sales of new vehicles in post-war Australia had gone through the roof. Australians bought 156,000 new vehicles in 1952, up from 50,000 just five years before – it was a boom market. Locally made Holdens made up 45,000 of those sales. Each one of them fuelling and fulfilling the great Australian dream – at the same time – creating impressive post-war employment.
They had been charged with the pastoral care of the motoring community. Today, now called social responsibility. They couldn’t blame the motor car – it was state of the art for its time. By today’s standards of course the vehicles of 60 years ago were rudimentary. Somewhat Holden accidentally embraced lightweight
General Motors was churning out the humpy Holden at a rate of more than 100 each working day… eventually there would be seven GMH plants in five states. No wonder Prime Minister Ben Chifley famously said, ‘she’s a beauty’, when he unveiled the first car in November 1948. The 2.2 litre straight-six with three on the tree was good for Australia, in so many more ways than much needed transport.
construction, it was just 990kg, good for fuel economy and the environment – which weren’t considerations back then. But there was no planned crushability, so the occupants bore the brunt of the crash. Seat belts? Not yet. Child restraints? The nearest they came was metal contraption that hung over the back of the front bench seat to let the junior baby boomer steer along with the parent. But for the time, those cars couldn’t be improved. No one knew a better way.
However, road deaths were rising. There had been less than a thousand in the post-depression years and although they had fluctuated through the war they were at almost exactly the thousand – 1011 to be exact – the year the peace was declared.
The answer lay with the other two pillars of road safety – the state of the roads and the mindset of the driver. The above edited excerpt was taken from pages 36-37 in CAMS:
The Official History
Seven years later, they had more than doubled. Sure, they could argue deaths were down per 10,000 vehicles were
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WA M S Women of Australian Motor Sport a CAMS initiative
TR ANS-TASMA N F EMA LE O FFI CI ALS E XCHA NGE REC IPIENT : R E B ECCA A RMST RONG
Women of Australian Motor Sport
a CAMS initiative
The Women of Australian Motor Sport (WAMS) recently sent CAMS official Rebecca Armstrong to New Zealand, as part of the Trans-Tasman Female Officials Exchange program, endorsed by both the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship and Women in Motor Sport New Zealand (WiMNZ). WAMS: What learning did you take away from your experience in New Zealand? RA: That the sky is the limit. Don’t settle yourself for one role when you can branch out into many other places. There have been many race meetings where I’ve been standing on my flag point thinking about all of the other roles that are out there… could I one day work in the course or safety car? At Pukekohe I did this and more, just by sitting in the stewards meeting, I gained further insight on how to write my reports. WAMS: Did this opportunity inspire you as an official? RA: It helped reinforce that I love what I do. This sport feels like one big family and when it is required, everyone pulls together. Sometimes when it’s a rough day, when you are standing there by yourself – soaked to the bone, contemplating making the call the step down because it’s become too much – you need that reminder. I was accepted into New Zealand’s motor sport family without
believe that we will eventually get to the stage where women are seen as equals on and off the track… where your skills will prove yourself. WAMS: Do you have any officiating goals? RA: Deciding what new track I want to do next year! I made it a goal to experience a new track every year so now I have to put some down on a shortlist. I also want to try and learn about roles further and push myself so that I can expand my experience.
question… treated as one of their own.
Thank you to WAMS and Dr Karyn Lun, everyone at
WAMS: What support did you receive from the women working in New Zealand?
members in New Zealand. Thank you for putting your
RA: I was very impressed with how everyone in New Zealend supported everyone and that a lot of roles in
Supercars, the whole motor sports team and WiMNZ faith in me and allowing me to learn so much – this has been an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Race Control were filled by women. With the support of programs like this, we are slowly moving forward and I CAMS Speed Read • 28
EVENTS
M OUNTA IN KING CROW NED AT MOU NT G L ADSTONE HILL C LIMB
Photos: Cooma Car Club
The Cooma Monaro Historical Automobile Club Inc. has hosted a Come and Try Day amongst a competitive field at the Mount Gladstone Hill Climb. With financial assistance from the CAMS Club Development Fund, the club welcomed 60 drivers to participate in the course. The club’s Assistant Clerk of Course, Chris Reeks, was pleased with the turnout and the format of Saturday’s sessions. “The Come and Try Day went very well. We had 12 competitors, including four juniors,” Reeks said. “The weather was fine so that everyone got a good run. They each had four runs, the juniors with an instructor in the car with them… on average their times came down by 20 to 35 seconds. We have now held two motorkanas and one hill climb for junior competitors this year.” Of the debutants, it was Louise Taylor who improved the most in her Subaru Impreza WRX to set a 57.08s time – some 27.89s faster than her debut run on Saturday. The Come and Try Day also welcomed participants from other sporting codes, with local champion cyclist
Out of the field of Classic competitors, 12 competitors took to the hill and times were supremely close. Matthew Jamieson was quickest aboard his Ford Falcon GT with a time of 49.29s. Fiat X1/9 driver Nick Besestri was Jamieson’s nearest rival for Classic honours. Inclement weather on Sunday’s climb prevented any further record times being set up the hill, with only 38 crews taking part on the final day. Gareth Rees claimed outright honours with a 43.49s time set in his all-wheel-drive Nissan Skyline, barely edging ahead of the 2WD Skyline of Aleksander Zlater’s 43.98 second time.
Jordan Louis participating in a Ford Festiva prepared by the club. Louis set an impressive 56.81s time up the hill in the trusty Festiva. Louis would later better that time aboard a Subaru Impreza, claiming Type1-2 AWD 16012000cc honours on Sunday with a 51.92s time. The junior honours went to Nick Coote aboard a Subaru
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Impreza WRX, with a 44.58s time. CAMS Speed Read • 29
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OFFI CI A L S
I NSIDE RA LLY AUSTR AL IA ’S MED POD
Situated inside the Kennards Hire Rally Australia service
involvement he still enjoys the camaraderie amongst his
park, alongside the impressive cars and teams from
professional colleagues.
the World Rally Championship, are some of Australia’s brightest and most dedicated medical crews.
“I started doing local events in Tasmania and then got into the Round Australia rallies when they were
Though an ideal weekend is a quiet one for medical
happening, Classic Outback Trials, Safaris, ARC rounds
volunteers, a state-of-the-art medical pod is ready for any
and a couple of world rounds. All up I've probably done
eventuality.
120 to 130 events over the years,” Dr Gaggin said.
“The role of the ‘Med Pod’ is basically to provide a
“[Rally Australia], it’s a very big event, but you get a core
medical facility for drivers, service crews and spectators
of people who have the same interest and you build
here at service park, as well as providing a base if anyone
friendships around that interest.
needs a secondary check over having been injured out in the field,” Dr Stephen Gaggin said.
“A lot of us practice in various guises in isolation and it's actually really nice to come together and work as part of
“Occasionally drivers will have an accident, finish a stage
a team where it's all about having the right people, with
and continue but we like to catch up with them after
the right gear, in the right spot, at the right time. I really
an incident just to make sure they're fit to continue
enjoy that side of it.”
competition.”
Since his own early beginnings in the sport, Dr Gaggin
The pod is a well organised structure, ideally designed to
has seen constant improvement in medical response and
be shipped to events across the country.
infrastructure in that time.
“The Med Pod is based on a container module that folds
“We're always trying to improve in that, you know, the
out. It provides two treatment beds with oxygen, suction,
days of trying to throw together gear to put in the back
defibrillators, as well as all the various IV therapies etc.
of some car and sit at a starting line, that sort of went out
“We also have a minor treatment bed on the other side of the screen there just for nicks, cuts and grazes,” Dr Gaggin said. “So the ‘Med Pod’ just gives them a physical location to come to as opposed to trying to find someone. We're backed up by the New South Wales Ambulance Service who have a permanent presence here while we are open. “So if anything eventuates or we need paramedic
of vogue about 20 years ago. So in terms of equipment, rescue gear, logistics, and communications - it's always evolving,” Dr Gaggin said. “I've been part of the motor sport safety and rescue group ever since I've actually started doing it and it's been great how that's evolved over a period; in terms of the days where we raced around trying to put kits together, to now having beautifully pre-prepared kits. “Everything is checked before they come to the event,
assistance, we're very well catered for.” Dr Gaggin has been involved in motor sport events
everything's in date, so it makes life a lot easier.”
since the mid-1990s, and while he has scaled back his
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T E CH N I CA L
R ULE M ODIF ICAT IONS NOW E ASIER TO ACC ESS
Following an in-depth review, CAMS can confirm it will
“Each change will be complemented by extra
refine the way in which the rules and regulations for
information that we will make public on the CAMS
motor sport will be published in 2018 and beyond.
website, while also explaining the details and reasoning
With the overwhelming majority of CAMS regulations
for any change as it is applied.
now published online, a ‘live’ version of the CAMS
“A modification that is immediate, and only approved
Manual with the most up-to-date rules and regulations
due to a specific safety concern, will be further
will be available for everyone to access.
highlighted within the document using a different
The CAMS Manual will still be printed and available in 2018.
colour text and the use of other highlights. “A modification that is to be applied in the future, such
CAMS Sporting and Technical Manager Scott McGrath said the change would make things easier for those trying to access current rules and regulations.
as for the following year, will be included in a sub section at the end of the regulations document detailing and highlighting those modifications and how they will be written.”
“Previously a ‘Bulletin’ was published that would describe and detail the change that was to be made, whether it was an immediate change or one for a later date,” McGrath explained.
McGrath said CAMS staff were on hand to ensure a smooth transition. “As with all change it will take a bit of getting used to,
“Now, we will work with a ‘live’ document so any change will be made within the document and highlighted directly within the document for ease of use, as it
however with the move to a better online document management strategy the aim is to provide much clearer regulation documents for all CAMS members.”
becomes available.” McGrath said CAMS would work closely with all members of the motor sport community to ensure modifications were clearly outlined and publicised as they were confirmed.
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CL U B P R O F I L E:
WOLLONGONG SPORT ING CA R C LU B
How long has Wollongong Sporting Car Club been established for and how did it all begin? Wollongong Sporting Car Club was established in 1953
WSCC also promotes initiatives that attract juniors and women to get involved in motor sport.
and has been running for 64 years.
What does it mean for your club to be affiliated with CAMS?
It was formed when a group of car enthusiasts gathered
To be affiliated with CAMS provides our club and
together and ran their first hill climb at Huntley, West
members within the Wollongong area the chance to
Dapto.
participate in multi-club and state events.
What type of events does your club participate in and run?
How can someone become a member of your club?
The club hosts multiple hill climb events throughout
entries is available on our website: www.wscc.org.au.
the year and members are often invited to participate in other events across New South Wales.
All information including downloads, membership and Members can also keep up-to-date via our Facebook group.
Members also compete in supersprints, circuit racing and rallying. What makes your club unique?
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C HRIST MAS EVEN T S AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY 9 December: BMSC 40th Birthday and Christmas Party
NEW SOUTH WALES 2 December: Christmas Party and Presentation Party 9 December: DSCC Rd 12 Autocourse Series (Christmas Party) 16 December: Kurrajong Christmas Party
QUEENSLAND 2 December: Christmas Rally Experience & Fun Club Day 2 December: Capricorn Chapter Christmas Tour 3 December: Club Christmas Party Skills Test
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TASMANIA 2 December: Highclere Hillclimb 9 December: Drift Practice Day, Baskerville 10 December: Round 6 of the Tasmanian Off Road Series, Symmons Plains
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T E CH N I CA L
E L E CTRI C V E H I CLES I N SPE E D/ NON- SPE ED E VE NTS
I M P O R TA NT Clubs and event organisers should contact CAMS if their event is to include electric vehicles for further advice on scrutiny and safety requirements. Additionally, class allocation for these vehicles should be made on application to CAMS; as per Article 2.3 of the CAMS Manual of Motor Sport – General Requirements for Cars and Drivers – Classifications of Automobiles.
With Electric Vehicles (EV) becoming an option for
earliest opportunity to discuss the vehicle compliance
competitors at speed and non-speed events, it is
requirements.
important for clubs and event promoters to consider their classification and the unique OH&S issues with EVs.
Contact should be directed to CAMS Technical via email at technical@cams.com.au
Production vehicles have stringent electrical circuit and battery safety protection standards as set by international standards and road regulatory bodies and as such will be permitted to participate in events in the production vehicle form. An EV that is not a production vehicle or is a modified production vehicle will be subject to the safety requirements as published by the FIA, in FIA Appendix
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J – Article 253 Safety Equipment. These regulations are available from CAMS on request, or can be found at fia. com. Those seeking to undertake the build of – or compete in – an Electric Vehicle should contact CAMS at the
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2017 CAMS TECHNICAL & SPORTING BULLETINS The list of Bulletins released this year appears on the CAMS website. These bulletins are issued according to Rule 238(ii) of the National Competition Rules (NCR).
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2017 Historic Sandown, held on 11-12 November. Photo: Dan Thompson
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