Speed Read May 2017

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B FG OO D R ICH T E A M S UP WIT H T H E AO R C

ALL-FEMAL E TEAM TAK E ON 6 HOUR REL AY

BMW M4 BL AS TS I NTO PRODUC TI ON CAR SERI ES

BFGoodrich CAMS Australian Off Road Championship launches into 2017 with a new title sponsor.

The six female drivers of the Hotondo Racing Team are racing to win and to promote the participation of women in motor sport.

Making its debut at the Australian Production Car Series was the new BMW M4—made just for the 2017 series.

CONFEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN MOTOR SPORT

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BFGOODRICH TEAMS UP WITH THE AORC

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ROBINSON AND ANTHONY CLAIM FIRST WIN AT ST GEORGE 399

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SHANNONS NATIONALS TO CELEBRATE 100 ROUNDS

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PROFILE: BMW M4 BLASTS INTO PRODUCTION CAR SERIES

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COUNTDOWN TO RICCIARDO’S RACERS

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CAMS CLUB CHALLENGE PROFILE: QUEENSLAND RACING DRIVERS ASSOCIATION INC.

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SIXTH TARGA TASMANIA WIN FOR WHITE

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QUINN GRABS ARC LEAD AS TAYLOR WINS FOREST RALLY

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NEW COMPETITION TO ATTRACT GRASSROOTS RACERS AT RALLY AUSTRALIA

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RALLY AUSTRALIA TICKETS FROM $39

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AMERICAN WOMAN MAKES AUSTRALIAN DEBUT

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ALL-FEMALE TEAM TAKE ON 6 HOUR REGULARITY RELAY

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CAMS HISTORY: THEY ALSO SERVE. STEVE CHOPPING

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OPENING METHODS FOR HELMET VISORS

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WRC OFFICIALS REGISTRATION FOR RALLY AUSTRALIA NOW OPEN

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OFFICIALS EXPO: COME AND TRY

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KARTING POINTS UPDATE

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CAMS NATIONAL OFFICE ON THE MOVE

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CAMS CLUB RESOURCE GUIDE: CREATING A CAR CLUB

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B FG OODRICH T EA MS UP W I TH T HE AORC BFGoodrich CAMS Australian Off Road Championship launches into 2017 with a new title sponsor.

Photo. Alan McIntosh

To accompany the first round of the AORC, CAMS

BFGoodrich CAMS AORC with a three-year agreement

recently announced BFGoodrich Tires as the naming-

and are very keen to add value for competitors, viewers

rights sponsor of the Australian Off Road Championship

and the off road community.

for the next three years.

“We welcome BFGoodrich on board and look forward to

The partnership with the iconic American brand will provide opportunities to link with BFGoodrich U.S. motor sport events and for guest drivers from the U.S. to participate in the AORC in the coming years.

working with them well into the future.”

On the announcement of the BFGoodrich sponsorship, Tim Hoare, Marketing Manager of BFGoodrich Australia, said “We are excited to extend our sponsorship of the

Michael Smith, CAMS General Manager of Motor Sport – Events says the partnership and the recently announced television deal with AirTime Media puts the AORC in a very positive position.

CAMS Australian Off Road Championship.

“Motor sport is part of our DNA and BFGoodrich Tires is a brand synonymous with extreme performance off road, having recorded countless victories on the world’s

“We are confident the partnership with BFGoodrich is

most arduous off-road races from the Dakar Rally to the

the start of great things for the championship.

legendary Baja 1000 Desert race.”

“They have demonstrated their commitment to the

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OFF R OA D

ROB I NSON A ND A NT HONY CL AI M F IRST WIN AT ST G EORGE 399 Queensland’s St George welcomes the opening round of the 2017 BFGoodrich CAMS Australian Off Road Championship

Photo. Alan McIntosh

Travis Robinson and co-driver Trent Anthony have

“Trent is really good, he is an ex-motorbike racer and

dominated the opening round of the BFGoodrich CAMS

he is pretty crazy like me so hopefully at Finke we will

Australian Off Road Championship, claiming victory in

be able to step it up a notch and put on a show for

convincing style at the St George 399.

everyone.”

Over 40 competitors lined up to tackle the dusty,

It was a tough day for Bryce Chapman and co-

purpose-built course; a gruelling 11 lap race totalling

driver Mitch Warren in their TPE Jimco 6L; the pair

400 championship kilometres.

experienced mechanical issues late in the race and were lucky to hold on to second outright.

Robinson led the event from start to finish in the BFGoodrich Jimco Nissan 3.5T, posting the fastest time

“It’s great to come back with a finish and a second place

in the prologue and going on to take the honours in all

but it wasn’t easy,” said Chapman.

three sections of the event.

“That first heat… we ended up running on six cylinders;

Robinson, who finished the event six minutes ahead of

I think it is probably running on five or four now. That

his closest rival, was thrilled with the performance of his

last lap was shocking, I don’t think I could get over 50

team.

kilometres an hour.

“My boys did an awesome job; Murray, Brett, Luke and

“Our intercoms weren’t working, nothing was

Trent my navigator did an awesome job, we couldn’t

working, we didn’t know what was going on with our

have asked for a better weekend,” Robinson said.

temperatures, oil pressures—we just kept going and we

“Our BFGoodrich Tires performed perfectly and a big

got it here.”

thanks to everyone in the town of St George, they were

Chapman said the mechanical issues will be fixed in

great.”

plenty of time for the next AORC round.

Robinson also sung the praises of his co-driver, Trent

“We’ll be ready for Finke, no doubt. We will be back in

Anthony.

the shed… and we will start ordering some new parts.”

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OFF R OA D

Photos. Alan McIntosh

Matthew Martin charged through the field in his prolite buggy, recovering from a poor prologue to claim third outright.

“I qualified bad, I shouldn’t have qualified where I did, it was my fault,” explained Martin.

“We had a bit of a fuel pump issue in reconnaissance so we had to get towed back in and play around with it and that’s why we were so far back and had to come through the field.

“The conditions made that quite difficult, it was really dusty. You just had to wait for the right spot and overtake them.”

Martin will welcome back his co-driver for the Finke Desert Race in June.

“My daughter will be back as co-driver for Finke, she just had a baby four weeks ago so I thought I would give her the weekend off but she’ll be back for the next one,” Martin joked.

Tait Svenson, driving the German Autos Prolite Stealth 3.5L, was unable to hold onto his third position from Saturday, pipped by Martin by just 25 seconds.

The St George event was proudly organised by the South East Queensland Off Road Racing Association

Finke is one of the biggest annual sporting events in the Northern Territory and has the reputation of being one of the most difficult off-road courses in the world.

(SEQORRA).

The BFGoodrich CAMS Australian Off Road

NEXT ON THE CALENDAR

Enduro, on the 4-6th of August.

The second and third rounds of the three-round

Located in the historic township of Rainbow in Victoria,

Championship culminates with the Rainbow Desert

BFGoodrich CAMS Australian Off Road Championship are promising to be just as exciting as the St George

some 400kms north-west of Melbourne, the community has welcomed the event and are ecstatic about the

399.

Enduro set to roar into life in August this year.

Round two of the AORC is the Finke Desert Race, on the

In addition to the event being the 2017 BFGoodrich

9-12th of June in the Northern Territory.

The Tatts Finke Desert Race is an off-road, multi terrain two-day race for bikes, cars, buggies and quads through

CAMS Australian Off Road Championship season finale, the Enduro will also be a round of the CAMS Victorian Off Road Championship.

desert country from Alice Springs to the Aputula community.

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S HA N N ON S N AT I ON A L S

SH ANNO NS NAT IONA LS TO CE LE B R ATE 1 00 ROU NDS After 12 years of great national racing featuring Australia’s most prestigious circuit racing categories—the Shannons Nationals will host its 100th round.

The second round on the Shannons Nationals calendar

Porsche development pathway to experience Carrera

is set to be the biggest for the season, including

Cup on the same race weekend.

endurance and sprint race formats around the

To add some open-wheel flavour to the event is the

picturesque Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

CAMS Jayco Australian Formula 4 Championship,

The CAMS Australian Endurance Championship kicks

featuring some of Australia’s youngest driving talent

off at Phillip Island, where the category made its

establishing their skills on the national-circuit stage.

resurgence to the Australian motor sport scene in 2016.

Featured on their expanded calendar this season is the

The Australian GT cars at Phillip Island have become one

Radical Australia Cup, where drivers will head to Phillip

of the highlights on the Australian motor sport calendar,

Island for their third round of the season.

featuring some of Australia’s best drivers in the world’s most exotic cars.

The 100th round at Phillip Island will take place across 26-28 May.

Porsche Carrera Cup Australia will also return for the National’s 100th round, and joining them will be their sister-category Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Australia.

The challenge for Porsche teams will be running double the cars and double the races, but will provide a great experience for the drivers making their way through the

Want to see some of Australia’s best racing cars for free?

Now you can! The Shannons Nationals is opening the gates for current CAMS licence holders.

If you’re unable to make it trackside, tune in to thenationals.com.au to view the free livestream.

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P R OFI LE: B M W M4 BL AST S INTO PRO DUCTION CA R SERIES Making its debut at the Australian Production Car Series’ Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour was the new BMW M4—made just for the 2017 series.

The BMW M4 is eligible to race as it falls under the

The team qualified the car on pole out of 64-cars

$150,000 price range, and is the first of its kind to race in

for the race, with the M4 ‘on rails’ at Australia’s most

the Australian Production Car Series.

challenging racing circuit.

Brothers Grant and Iain Sherrin raced the car at the

Unfortunatly, a number of mechanical issues prevented

endurance event over Easter, and were excited about

the #18 car from finishing the endurance event.

the development of the car and how it was running across the event.

“We are expecting to be up there [in 2017], we’d done our homework before we decided to build another car

“We were previously in a BMW 135i for the last five years

and we saw it was there and we believed it would be a

… this year we’ve decided to step up into A class and

contender up at the front and that’s where we want to

take on the challenge of building another BMW,” Grant

be,” Grant continued.

Sherrin said.

“Hopefully we are up the front all year, so far we are

“The difference [between the cars] is it’s got a little bit more power than the previous 135i, it’s got a wider and longer track so it’s more stable in the corners.

“Straight out of the box it has been a pretty good thing, there’s a couple of little things we have ironed out but

“The brakes are pretty much the same, they’re a little bit bigger. The automatic transmission in [the M4] is a lot smoother than us doing it manually.

going alright.

it’s going pretty well.”

The next round of the Australian Production Car Series falls at the Shannons Nationals round at Winton Motor Raceway across 9-11 June.

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The first event of the 2017 Ricciardo’s Racers programme is fast approaching, with the first round to be held at Sandown Raceway in Victoria.

Ricciardo’s Racers instructor and Supercars driver Karl Reindler explains some of the techniques taught during the drive day in this series of videos.

Visit the Ricciardo’s Racers page on the CAMS website for more information and to register your date.

2017 RICCIARDO’S RACERS CALENDAR Sunday June 4 Sandown, Victoria (Beginner)

Sunday July 9 Mallala, South Australia (Beginner) Monday July 10 Mallala, South Australia (Advanced) Sunday July 16: Barbagallo, Western Australia (Beginner & Advanced) Sunday August 13 Hidden Valley, Northern Territory (Beginner) Tuesday September 19 Sandown, Victoria (Advanced) Wednesday September 20 Norwell, Queensland (Beginner & Advanced) Saturday September 23 Sandown, Victoria (Beginner) Friday September 29 Sydney Motorsport Park, New South Wales (Beginner & Advanced) Sunday November 12 Symmons Plains, Tasmania (Beginner & Advanced)

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CL UB COR N E R A U S T R A L I A

CAM S CLUB C HA LLENGE P R OFI LE : QUEENSL A ND RACING D R I VE RS ASSOCIAT ION INC. What got your club involved in the CAMS Club Challenge?

We want to support CAMS and the other clubs that support us in events we run in. We are also keen to compete against our fellow clubs in a friendly—yet competitive—environment.

How long has the Queensland Racing Drivers Association been established for?

Our club was established in 1971, and apart from hosting race meetings and social gatherings, we also You recently competed at the CAMS Club Challenge event in Queensland, what was your team’s name?

Our team name was the Queensland Racing Drivers Association.

conduct our own club championships for all CAMS state level categories.

All our champions are honoured at our Christmas party and trophy presentation evening, held at the Kedron Wavell Services Club in late December each year. Apart from club championships for all categories, we also

Who made up your team on the day?

have a selection of other awards including overall Club

Chris Donnelly (Club President) and Mark Pryor

Champion, Rookie of the Year, President’s Trophy and

(Committee Member).

the Families in Motor Sport Trophy.

What car did your club run at the event?

We also take great pride in our annual Christmas

We ran a Hyundai Excel. We are great friends with the

Party Raffle, which last year raised over $6,200 for our

Series X3 Qld Inc. and quite a few of our members are

nominated Charity, the Children’s Hospital Foundation.

members of both clubs.

HOW CAM S CLUB C HA LLENGE WORKS CAMS Club Challenge is a one-day hill climb event, open to all CAMS Affiliated Sporting Car Clubs.

Racing against class records, results are determined by your best time, divided by the record and then multiplied by 100 to give the percentages. The percentages for each team member are then added together and divided by the number of participants per team, to determine the outright percentage.

The team with the lowest percentage at the end of the event will be crowned the Club Challenge winner!

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H I S TORY

SI X TH TA RGA TASMA NIA W I N FOR WHIT E Jason and John White claimed their sixth victory at the legendary tarmac rally

The Dodge Viper ACR Extreme crew of Jason and John White led all bar one of Targe Tasmania’s 35 stages, and now are two titles shy of the record set by Targa greats Jim Richards and Barry Oliver.

OVERA LL RESU L T S 1. Jason White / John White,

Whilst White lost some time on the final day, they arrived south of Hobart 34 seconds ahead of Michael Pritchard and Gary Mourant, also in a Dodge Viper.

2016 Targa Tasmania victors Matt Close and Cameron Reeves settled for the final placing on the podium in third aboard the Porsche GT3.

“We were just so lucky with the way it all played out – it was just incredible,” White said.

“We had to replace a diff after day one‒you only get one opportunity to work on your car and we used ours up

2016 Dodge Viper ACR Extreme

2. Michael Pritchard / Gary Mourant,

2016 Dodge Viper ACR, +34s

3. Matt Close / Cameron Reeves,

2015 Porsche GT3, +1m16s

4. Paul Stokell / Jenny Cole,

2014 Lotus Exige, +7m54s

5. Tony Quinn / Naomi Tillett,

Porsche GT3, +8m43s

6. Craig Dean / Kate Catford, 2015 Ford Mustang Shelby GT, +8m48s

very early, but we were just so lucky it happened after

the George Town street stage, otherwise we would have

7. Tim Hendy / Julie Winton-Monet,

been stranded somewhere in the wilderness with a broken diff.

“You have good luck and bad and I’d like to say you make your own luck‒we work hard for just about everything we do in life, so it’s nice to get a reward every now and then.

A full round up of results can be found by visiting targa. com.au

2016 Porsche GT4, +10m28s

8. Angus Kennard / Ian Wheeler,

2015 Nissan GTR, +11m05s

9. Jon Siddins / Gina Siddins,

1970 Datsun 240Z, +11m45s

10. Adam Kaplan/Aleshia Penney,

2004 BMW M3 CSL, +12m37s

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RALLY

QUI NN G R A BS A RC LEA D AS TAY LOR W I N S F OREST RA LLY Coffs Coast Rally Team’s Nathan Quinn leads the CAMS Australian Rally Championship after two rounds following his second place in the 2017 Make Smoking History Forest Rally.

Paired with his second place at the Eureka Rally, Quinn is six points ahead of Subaru do Motorsport’s Molly Taylor and a further 12 points ahead of Toyota Genuine Parts’ Harry Bates in the championship standings.

Taylor and co-driver Bill Hayes claimed the round win at the Forest Rally with a clean sweep of both heats.

Taylor was challenged early by Tankformers/MRF Tyres’ Eli Evans, until the Peugeot 208 Maxi rolled on special stage 14, and then by Bates until he and co-driver John McCarthy suffered mechanical issues on special stage 17.

Taylor said: “Les Walkden Rallying prepared the car perfectly for this weekend and both Bill and I feel we found a new level, so of course we’re delighted by this result.

“We’ve combined car reliability with our own ability to achieve the perfect result. It’s been a fantastic competition with Harry, Eli and Nathan and to come out on top after such a close fight feels great.

“This gives us renewed confidence going into round three in Canberra, so look out for some incredible action

Photo. John Doutch Photos. John Doutch

there!”

It was a steady drive by Quinn and co-driver Ben Searcy that saw them overcome varied mechanical issues to move into second position late in the day, winning the last two stages of the rally.

“We were pretty happy with our pace yesterday and no real issues which was great. We struggled a little with a gearbox issue yesterday and dropped a little bit of time,” Markovic said.

“It was a pretty bad weekend to be brutally honest but the result worked out really well for us. It’s a real shame what happened to Harry and Eli. We definitely weren’t fast enough this weekend but had you have asked me after the super special stage on Friday night, I wouldn’t have told you we would be anywhere close to the podium, so it's good we got through.”

Quinn continued: “The only thing the championship lead means to me is it’s pretty cool to have my name at the top but the championship is just like the rally and you saw what happened this weekend. It can take just a single rally for everything to turn pear-shaped. But I’ll be looking up the rally.com.au site!”

West Australia’s Brad Markovic and co-driver Toni Feaver produced a strong drive to finish third outright on

“But its a great result for the team, especially 12 months ago with what we were dealing with to be where we finished today. Very happy.”

Bates held onto fourth outright, despite the Toyota Corolla's mechanical issues; Australian Truck Performance’s Tony Sullens and co-driver Kaylie Newell finished the event in fifth position, taking a stage win along the way. Maximum Motorsport’s John O’Dowd and co-driver Kenneth Sheil came in sixth with Kosciuszko Automotive Rally Team’s Andrew and Kirra Penny in seventh.

The CAMS ARC moves onto the Canberra next, with the National Capital Rally, a round of the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, on 26-28 May.

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RALLY

N E W CO M P E T IT ION TO AT T RACT G R ASSROOTS RACERS AT RA LLY AUST RA LIA State-level rally competitors will have their chance to shine at the Kennards Hire Rally Australia this November, thanks to the introduction of a new competition called the ‘Kennards Hire Cup’.

Photo. John Doutch

The Kennards Hire Cup will offer $5000 in prize money,

The event will have a wide range of rally racing, hosting

and will be open to competitors who are not registered

the FIA World Rally Championship and the final round

in the CAMS Australian Rally Championship or who have

of the ARC as well as hosting rounds of the New South

not placed on the podium in ARC events preceding

Wales and Queensland Rally Championship.

this year’s Rally Australia. Racers who compete in the new ARC2 support category of the Australian Rally Championship will be eligible.

Clerk of Course for the event, Wayne Kenny, says the Kennards Hire Cup will be open to rally competitors

Entrants in the Kennards Hire Cup will contest over the three-day itinerary of the ARC fifth round.

Entry forms and final details will be published closer to the event.

from all over Australia.

“While the FIA World Rally Championship will be the elite category, Kennards Hire Rally Australia offers virtually every rally driver in Australia a chance to run on the same roads on the same weekend as the best in the world,” Kenny said.

“Not every race driver can get a start at a grand prix meeting, but the Kennards Hire Cup at Rally Australia will ensure there’s a spot in our world championship event for rally drivers from virtually all levels of the sport.

“This is an incentive rarely offered in Australian motor sport that we hope will encourage many competitors to be part of rallying’s biggest annual event in Australia.”

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RALLY

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for an ‘Eat My Dust’ adult day pass to the Hinterland stages.

Fans aged under 18 will be admitted free to the Hinterland stages. Food, drink and toilets will be

The popular all-areas pass, now called the ‘Ultimate Get Me Everywhere’ ticket, is now $99—$20 less than last year—providing adult entry to Friday, Saturday and Sunday Hinterland stages and the spectacular Super Special Stage to be run over two evenings on the Coffs Harbour Jetty foreshore.

available at all spectator points.

As well as buying tickets for the special stages, fans will be able to see the WRC cars and drivers for free at the official start and finish ceremonies and throughout the weekend at scheduled times in the teams’ service park.

Individual passes for the Super Special Stage will be released for sale soon.

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WA M S Women of Australian Motor Sport a CAMS initiative

A M E RI CAN WOMA N MA KES AUSTR A LIA N DEBU T

Women of Australian Motor Sport a CAMS initiative

US road racer Michele Abbate was interviewed by the Women of Australian Motor Sport and discussed her Australian racing debut at the recent Bathurst 6 Hour.

WAMS: Congratulations on making your debut in

Once our race weekend was over I just couldn’t stop

Australia! How did the opportunity initially arise?

thinking about how thankful and happy I was that we were able to capitalise on this opportunity. So many

Michele Abbate: Truthfully, it seemed like all the stars aligned for this opportunity. My husband and I have always wanted to travel to Australia—not even specifically for racing—just in general. We had just gotten

drivers have Mount Panorama on their bucket list … my final thoughts when we drove away from the track were, ‘I can’t wait to come back.’

married on 1 April and Pedders Racing reached out to

WAMS: What were some of the things you learnt from

us with plenty of planning time. With Mount Panorama

your Australian racing debut?

being such an iconic track on top of everything else it was an opportunity we couldn’t refuse!

MA: Although I was over 7,000 miles from home, it was really nice to feel at home at the track. The atmosphere

WAMS: How did you connect with the team in

in the paddock and on track was just the same as if I

Australia and what attracted you to join them?

was racing in the states—it is kind of crazy how universal

MA: Initially we ‘met’ via social media. Pedders Racing

motor sports is!

was the first team globally to take the Toyota 86 circuit

At one point I found myself running through the pits

racing and our team GRR Racing [USA] was one of

asking fellow racers for help/assistance with our car and

the first in the states to go road racing. We have been

the response was just the same as you’d find here in the

communicating often over the last few years and have

US. Literally everyone is happy to help, even if they’re

shared data with each other to help progress. Sharing

competing in the same class against you. Motor sport is

the same chassis, even across the world, allowed us to

such a wonderful industry I am thankful to be a part of it.

work together before ever even physically meeting each other—a pretty cool story.

WAMS: What were your first impressions the Mount Panorama circuit?

MA: As we pulled up to the circuit, nothing really felt real. After my first track walk, I was so anxious to get on track. I have never been on a circuit with so much elevation and tight corners. In my experience, the closest thing to it would be a track in northern California, called Thunderhill, but even then it was nothing compared to what the Mountain has to offer.

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WAMS Karyn Lun (left) with Michele Abbate of Pedders Racing

WA M S

Women of Australian Motor Sport a CAMS initiative

ALL-FEM ALE T EA M TA KE ON 6 H OUR REGUL A RIT Y REL AY

Women of Australian Motor Sport a CAMS initiative

The six female drivers of the Hotondo Racing Team are racing to win and to promote the participation of women in motor sport.

The Easter weekend saw the running of the Regenexx

Last year the team won the women’s division, and the

NSW Road Racing Club 6-Hour Regularity Relay at

team is determined to help grow this part of the event

Sydney Motorsport Park, with 20 teams battling to

in future, however in the meantime worked hard to

throw down the most number of consistent laps across

promote discussion about women in motor sport during

six hours.

the event itself.

One of the teams was Hotondo Racing Team, which was

After a solid preparation and a successful practice day

also the only all-female team entered in the event.

on Saturday, mechanical problems affecting four drivers

The team consisted of six drivers with varied driving

on Sunday brought them an overall place of 14th.

backgrounds and experiences, with team rookie

The team was awarded the ‘best presented’ award and

Amy Neal having completed the CAMS Women’s

Hotondo will support the team again in 2018.

Development Program last year.

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H I S TORY

CAM S HISTORY: TH EY ALSO SERVE. STE VE C HOPPING

What do one of Tasmania’s leading criminal and constitutional

Brian Chopping drove a very special Vanguard Sportsman in

lawyers and the youngest promoter of an Australian motor race

Tasmanian trials. There were only three in Australia and the other

have in common? They’re the same person Steve Chopping,

two were owned by Hoot Gibson senior and ABC reporter Ken

who is now also one of Australia’s exclusive band of international

McPhail. Steve’s first fledging laps were in the Sportsman after his

Formula 1 stewards.

father retired.

Chopping is a second generation, highly decorated CAMS senior

In his 20s Steve raced the ex-Larry Perkins Elfin 600 (chassis no

official. His father Brian, formerly President of the Hobart Sporting

70/006) first as a Formula Ford and then as a Formula 2.

Car Club and developer of Baskerville race track, was presented with the CAMS Service Award in 1993.

But his ‘lawyer mind’ and penchant to act as an agent of change continued to drive Steve into the administration and

In CAMS’ 60th year, Steve was named the FIA Outstanding Senior Official of the Season.

management of motor sport.

In quick succession he became State Chairman of the

Success, and succession, in motor sport was a given in the

Tasmanian State Council and then a National Councillor when

Chopping family.

he determined he could do more good for his state by operating

Steve worked with his father and club members to build the

outside its boundaries.

Baskerville circuit outside Hobart in the 1950s, then became a

He was soon National Vice President, with John Large as

timekeeper at age 14 and Assistant Clerk of Course at 16.

President – two very strong-willed people who saw it as their

At age 20 he was elected President of the Hobart Sporting Car Club.

destiny to reform the sport and to strengthen it financially.

Taken from page 290 of the CAMS Official History Book.

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T E CH N I CA L

R E CALL NOT IC E: F IRE E XTI NG UI SHER VA LVE CO. LT D ( FE V) C YLINDERS During the internal quality control process of the

be considered as complying with FIA regulations and

Plumbed-in Fire Extinguisher Systems certified to FIA

their homologation is withdrawn with immediate effect.

Standard 8865-2015, FEV found that several FX G-TEC 3300R extinguishers with homologation number EX.008.16 had been fitted with an extinguisher bottle manufactured with incorrect dimensions.

As a consequence these cylinders NO LONGER comply with all the requirements defined in FIA Standard 88652015.

Please note that all the cylinders with the homologation number EX.008.16 and which are not listed in Appendix I are not affected by this decision.

The owners of the affected cylinders can contact FEV in order to have the cylinders replaced by new ones that comply with FIA Standard 8865-2015.

The FIA and FEV therefore decided that for safety reasons, the cylinders shown in the Appendix I CANNOT

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T E CH N I CA L

OPENING MET HODS F OR HELMET VISOR S Safety advice for medical intervention teams.

This information note, produced by the FIA, is in regard to full-face helmets which comply with FIA Standard 8860-2010 that are compulsory in several FIA Championships and International Series, such as Formula 1 and the WEC. These helmets are also seen in competition use in Australia, in particular in Supercars and also common in single seater racing cars. Eight manufacturers were involved in providing the FIA with the below information.

The full document is available for download here.

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OFFI CI A L S

WR C O FFI CI ALS REG I S T RATI O N F OR RALLY AUSTR AL IA N OW O PE N

Registrations are now open for volunteer officials to sign

(formerly known as Spectator Management), Service

up for duty at the 2017 Kennards Hire Rally Australia.

Park and Event Operations need enthusiastic people

The world championship round on 16-19 November requires 1000 officials, for a wide variety of positions.

Some require no previous experience, while others— such as medical, recovery and scrutineers—need

with a willingness to get up early and head out for the day!

To renew a registration, sign up for the first time or attain further information, visit: www.rallyaustralia.com.au/officials

specialised equipment and skills.

Roles in areas such as Stage Closure Marshals (formerly known as Road Closures), Public Safety Marshals

OF F IC IA LS EXPO : COME A ND T RY Register now for the free upcoming Officials Expos and Come and Try Days near you!

Learn from experienced motor sport officials on a wide range of skills, including: • Stewarding • CATO • Medical • Fire & Rescue • Stage Command • Vehicle Safety • Plus much more

UPCOMING EVENTS South Australia: 21 May, Royal Adelaide Showgrounds Western Australia: 25 June, Collie Motorplex Western Australia: 22 July, Barbagallo Raceway

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KA R T I N G

KAR TI NG POINT S UPDAT E

AU STRA L IA N KA RT C HAMPION S H IP

R OTA X M A X C H A LLE N GE P R O TOU R

Next round: Monarto, SA. 26-28 May

CADET 9

X30

1. Harry Arnett

107

1. Joshua Car

106

2. Ryan Tomsett

99

2. Marc Tulloch

92

3. Cadel Ambrose 78

3. Morgan Feast

80

CADET 12

KA2

1. James Wharton 126

1. Lachlan Hughes 100 2. Broc Feeney

89

3. Tex Starr-McKoy 77

3. Jack Doohan

63

KA4 JUNIOR

KA1

1. Cooper Webster 118

1. Jace Matthews

2. Jay Hanson

105

2. Kyle Henry-Smith 96

3. Zac Crichton

95

3. Scott Sorensen

2. Fletcher Harris

87

146 95

KA3 SENIOR

KZ2

1. Matthew McLean 98

1. Troy Loeskow

131

2. James Sera

96

2. Joshua Fife

93

3. Oscar Priest

90

3. Daniel Price

92

TAG 125 1. Brendan Nelson 129 2. Joshua Davey

66

3. Joshua Rogers

65

Next round: Ipswich, Qld. 5 May

MICRO MAX

ROTAX 125 LIGHT

1. Jake Rutkowski 4686

1. Madeline Stewart 5001

2. Harry Arnett

4250

2. Brad Jenner

4270

3. Kristian Janev

4058

3. Troy Morrissey

4148

MINI MAX

ROTAX 125 HEAVY

1. James Wharton

5950

1. Kris Walton

5822

2. Will Harper

4666

2. Chris Farkas

5213

3. Hugo Simpson

4269

3. Lane Moore

4853

JUNIOR TROPHY

DD2

1. Jonathon Marcusson 5410

1. Joshua Fife

5608

2. Russell Mayo

5232

2. Cody Gillis

4889

3. Ryley Watson

4410

3. Ryan Kennedy

4863

JUNIOR MAX

DD2 MASTERS

1. Jac Preston

5115

1. Scott Howard

4251

2. Jaiden Pope

4765

2. Daniel Richert

4224

3. Jay Hanson

4499

3. Troy Woolston

4026

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CL UB COR N E R

CA MS CLUB RESOU RC E GU ID E: CREAT ING A CA R CLUB CAR CLUB FOCUS

STARTING A NEW CAR CLUB

A car club can have a wide focus to suit its members.

The process of starting a new car club—whilst not a

It provides motor vehicle owners and enthusiasts an

complex one—needs to be carefully planned if the club

opportunity to participate, officiate or spectate in

is to succeed in the long term.

competition activities, or alternatively, to simply be involved in social and other non-competitive activities.

CAR CLUB ACTIVITIES

Clubs that drift from one crisis to another do so because insufficient attention was paid to understanding just what the club is really about.

• Social activities involving a car

It is important to determine objectively whether the

• Social activities not directly involving a car

club is feasible before committing to its formation.

• Competition activities

More information on Car Clubs

• Displays of cars • Information on cars, such as sharing information on maintenance and preservation, parts including the

Click here to view Chapter 1 of the CAMS Club Resource Guide

sourcing of components and technical knowledge • Publications containing, for example, information, general interest and photographs • Providing officials to carry out a great range of roles and tasks over many different types of activities • Fundraising activities

Click here to find tips like this and more including policies, funding opportunities through the CAMS Club Resource Centre

CA M S NATI O NAL OF F ICE ON T HE MOV E Recently, the CAMS Board indicated that it was considering a relocation of CAMS’ head office in Melbourne.

“The current CAMS National Office has served us well,

sell the current Malvern East site. To date, the only

however over recent years it has become increasingly

suggestion received has been for CAMS to consider

clear that it is not meeting our growing needs,” CEO

looking for an alternative closer to the Melbourne

Eugene Arocca said.

airport.

“The record growth in CAMS core business and related

The CAMS Board, acting on the advice of a Board

activities over the last four years has resulted in

subcommittee, has resolved to sell the current head

increased investment in staff, facilities and technology,

office site and the auction is listed for 12 pm on

all of which place additional strain on the existing

Thursday 25 May, 2017.

facility.

CAMS President Andrew Papadopoulos stated, “The

“The age, condition and size of the current site mean

CAMS Board believes the most financially prudent

the options to refurbish or extend in order to meet

option would be to ensure that CAMS secures its own

these needs are limited.”

building and it is the Board’s intention to use the funds

CAMS called for members to offer constructive views regarding the options to consider if CAMS were to

from the sale to purchase a more suitable property to cater for the future needs of CAMS.”

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CL UB COR N E R

UPCOMING CLUB EVENT S Get involved in more motor sport this May with these great events coming up near you.

Have an event you would like featured on our calendar? Email us at communications@cams.com.au

NE W SO U TH WAL ES & AU S TR A LI A N CA P ITAL TE R R I TORY 5 May: Hat Head Rally, Hat Head 7 May: SMA Hill Climb, Fairbairn Park 10 May: Coffee Run to Endeavour Coffee and Ice Cream, Kurnell

V I C TORIA 7 May: Melville Caves Run, Ballarat 13 May: Aroca Sandown Sprint Round 3, Sandown 21 May: Weekend Barwon Aero Club Breakfast Run, Geelong-Barwon Heads

Q U E E NSL AN D 13 May: Test & Tune Hill Climb, Mt Cotton 27 May: Mac’s Bridge Sports and Classic Car Festival, Belmont

S O U TH AU S TR AL IA & N O R TH E R N TE R R I TORY 6 May: EPAC Practice and Come & Try Day, Port Lincoln 12 May: Driftkhana, Hidden Valley 13 May: SMCSA Junior Development Program – Theory Day, Glenelg

FO R MORE E V E NTS, V I E W TH E CA MS E VE NT CALE NDAR Photo. Dan Thompson

WE S TE R N AU STRAL IA 6 May: Duke of York Hotel Narrogin Chase, Cuballing 14 May: SWTCC Autocross Series Round 1, Bunbury

TAS M AN IA 13 May: 2017 MSCT Khanacross Series Round 2, Powranna 14 May: Multi-Club Super Sprints, Baskerville

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CONTACT US The CAMS member hotline will be open until 7.00pm AEST (5.00pm WST & 6.30pm CST) So for all your motor sport needs call the CAMS Hotline or visit the website at www.cams.com.au Email. memberservices@cams.com.au

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l Hit up CAMS on social media for photos from CAMS events, news, videos and other great motor sport content.

SEND US YOUR STORIES! If you have a motor sport story which you think should be told, get in touch with us and it could appear in Speed Read.

If you have pictures or videos of motor sport you would like to share with us, we encourage you to do so. They could appear on our website, social media platforms or in Speed Read.

Please email communications@cams.com.au We look forward to hearing from you!

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).

PLEASE REFER TO THE CAMS WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST CAMS BULLETINS

C O N F E D E R A T I O N O F A U S T R A L I CAMS A N MSpeed O T ORead R S •P 28 ORT

Photo. John Doutch

T H A N K Y O U TO O U R C O R P O R AT E PA R T N E R S

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ERP | AMS | CRM |CMS | eCommerce

THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE AUSTRALIAN SPORT COMMISSION RECOGNISES THE CONFEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN MOTOR SPORT LTD ( CAMS) TO DEVELOP MOTOR SPORT IN AUSTRALIA

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