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Weekend Wheels Bay events July 17: Tauranga Clubman’s Rally Motorsport Bay of Plenty’s highlight event of the year sees 50 cars in five classes race a course of 80km on mostly gravel at TECT All Terrain Park, on forestry roading, plus public roads nearby to claim the fastest speed. Aimed at rally novices, the event from 8am-3pm promises thrills and spills. For prime spectator viewpoints along the course, see www.mbop.org.nz July 17: The 36th Annual Central North Island Swap Meet & Car Show Hosted by Rotorua Vintage Car Club at Rotorua Stockcar Track, Paradise Valley Rd, from 7am-3pm. The event will be of interest to all collectors of vintage, veteran, classic and collectable cars, hotrods, motorcycles, memorabilia, old car books, old toys, old model cars and trains, or anything of a collectable or antique nature. Cars can be entered into the show. Details: rotoruavintagecarclub.org.nz July 19: Kartsport BOP Club Day Held at Fagan’s Valley Raceway, the day starts when gates open. Scrutineering and registrations from 7.45am-8.45am, drivers’ briefing 8.45am, tuning run 9am, and racing starts 9.50am. Most race days each class has one practice or tuning run and five heats. The public is welcome to watch racing. Details: www.bopkartclub.org.nz
Beyond the Bay July 22-23: Mahindra North Island Endurance Final The third and final event – featuring one and two-hour endurance racing – of the series is at Manfeild, South Street, Feilding. Starting 12pm both days, spectators can watch for free. Details: www.hrcevents.co.nz/events.php August 20: Goldrush Rally of Coromandel in Whitianga The 2016 New Zealand Rally Championship returns to Whitianga with rally cars, crews, service teams, spectators and volunteers all in action. Round five of 2016’s NZRC will see more than 60 cars race. Spectators can come and view the cars and crews up close as they come in for servicing at the Mercury Bay Multi Sport Park - the rally HQ. Rally teams depart from Mercury Bay Multi Sport Park on Saturday August 20 for special rally stages on public and forestry roads. Details: www.rallynz.org.nz If you have a vehicle or motorsport listing, please email details to merle@thesun.co.nz at least two weeks prior to the event.
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Is this the last hurrah for Holden HSV?
Bernie Gillon. Photos: Bruce Barnard.
The end of HSV’s Commodore era is fast approaching but the company is planning to go out with a bang. Hit the ignition button on the GEN-F2 ClubSport R8 LSA and the roar from the 6.2 litre Supercharged LSA Generation IV Alloy V8 engine instantly signals this legendary nameplate has evolved to a whole new level and is a must-have for Holden enthusiasts on both sides of the Tasman.
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We felt absolutely privileged to review this car for Ebbett Holden Tauranga and on picking up a demonstrator sedan from their Cameron Rd dealership, we nearly made the mistake of thinking it had been adorned with every optional extra available. However, dealer principal Julian Clements told us the only variance from standard was the slightly enlarged hyper-flow wing spoiler and the wheels, which had been upgraded to 20 inch forged rims. Holden surely has poured everything into what may well be their farewell model. Other standard gear included HSV’s bimodal exhaust, navigation, reversing camera, dual-zone climate control and nine-speaker Bose sound system, which sounds incredible if you ever get bored listening to the throb of that engine – we didn’t.
Holden runs in his veins
This week’s Bay Driver was carefully selected, given the historical nature of this review. Local businessman and self-confessed petrol-head Bernie ndard: a t s Gillon used to own 50 per cent of s a s c e d sp lipers. Team Kiwi Racing, which raced Highlighte iscs with forged four-pisto”n(rcaear) d .5 9 d x te Holdens as their cars up until the ” la 0 ti 2 n t) and • AP ve x 8.5” (fron ed face. ” end of 2006. 0 2 ew n hin • All with a Mac ls In his earlier years Bernie also ee h w y lo a s. al outlet cluding raced Group A Holdens at the ad exhaust y design in d o b ce an • HSV Qu rm HSV perfo Nissan Mobil 500 in Wellington • Updated . er tt li sp ia for two seasons, boasting a best sc fa t n fro vents. ck bonnet finishing position in 1993 of la B ch it P • l. ference Dia ather trim. 11th out of a field of more than g • Driver Pre ance seats in Onyx le n le steeri fi ro rm p fo s 50 cars and competing against rt er o P • HSV wrap sp ion, leather . ct some big names like Dick Johnst n u ju if ad lt u h •M reac height and eakers. sp son, Peter Brock and e in n h it wheel with io w d, BOSE aud Tony Longhurst. Cameron R 3 2 1 a, • Premium g n Taura en ld o Bernie was also a driver for H t et b Dealer: Eb hone: 07 578 2843. the Mike Pero two-car touring P a. Taurang car team, which also drove
Holdens; and he has even raced at Bathurst more than once, making his debut in a VL Walkinshaw Commodore. It is fair to say Bernie has Holden engine oil running through his veins. Bernie is still in the industry and owns Flamecrusher – a performance car and hotrod car parts company. He also runs Baypark Family Speedway. With thousands of laps around Pukekohe Park Raceway under his belt, Bernie’s pedigree and confidence behind the wheel of Ebbett Holden’s high performance test car was obvious. We felt safe and privileged to be chauffeured by such a local legend.
Driving by the seat of your pants
The first thing Bernie noticed was the heads up display which shows the gear position and speed reflected off the windshield. “Haven’t you seen one of those before Bernie?” He replies: “I have never driven a car with one, no”. “Not too distracting?” “No it’s great, you don’t see it unless you specifically look for it,” says Bernie. We were following the car in front and Bernie says his whole vision was on the other car. “It creates the optical illusion that the display is at the end of your bonnet, you focus on the bonnet and you see the display; so it’s a matter of an eye focus adjustment as opposed to taking your eyes off the road and looking down at your instrument cluster – excellent innovation,” says Bernie. The next thing Bernie mentioned was the comfort. “Great seats, you really sit right in them, certainly the type of seats that would make you feel comfortable if you were driving the car very hard. “All of the feedback you get from the car, especially when you start getting to the limits of adhesion come through your bum, spine
and tailbone even before your brain registers what is happening – the saying ‘driving by the seat of your pants’ is actually a very true statement,” says Bernie. “So the firmer and more snug the seat, the quicker the reactions you feel from the car.” Bernie came to a complete stop and then floored it for the 0-100km/h test. Obviously it doesn’t take much to impress the Bay Driver team but it was Bernie’s reaction that made me realise this was no ordinary Holden. “Wow – that is stunning performance,” says Bernie. “That is almost getting to the performance levels of my Jaguar-TransAm race car in terms of feeling. And that was 800hp – absolutely insane!”
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Driving home from our review was an anticlimax after the adrenalin-pumping ride out to our test location. Hardly anyone spoke – and if it wasn’t for the fact we all had our jobs to get back to we could have driven all day. Even for me in the rear passenger seat, I missed nothing in terms of the thrill and excitement that this powerful super-charged beast had to offer. And it will remain at the top of my wish list of ‘cars to own before I die’ for many years to come. We are near the end of the line for the Commodore-based V8-powered machines that have been HSV’s mainstay for more than quarter of a century. And while we don’t know for sure what the future holds for HSV Commodore, they have a couple of years to reveal the plan while they work on their final swan song – which if the Clubsport R8 is anything to go by, we’re all in for at least one more bloody thrilling ride. Matt Batchelor
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Treasure hunt wheels out bounty The 2016 Bayride Annual Treasure Hunt finished at Brewers Bar with a barbecue. A motorcyclists’ treasure hunt in the Western Bay of Plenty last month has given back to a charity providing 24/7 emergency medical assistance on the same roads the riders wheel out their fun. Bayride Motorcycles was expecting about 60-80 riders to show up for their annual treasure hunt around the Bay on June 19. But they were blown away when 120 riders showed up to hunt clues on two wheels. “This was just blinking amazing – I mean holy moly,” says Bayride Motorcycles owner Damian Fleming. This means the Bayride Annual Treasure Hunt for 2016 raised $502 from entry fees and donations, which has been gifted to St John ambulance to support the work the charity does on the region’s roads. Damian says groups of six riders had a tonne of dead ends, dilemmas and fun – on and off their bikes – hunting for clues that sent them around the district. And for some, much further afield. Chris Welch and the team from Western Bay Riding Tuition put the hunt together, creating clues and arranging challenges. “The first clue sent riders to ASB Baypark stadium, where they had to do a scooter challenge,” says Damian. “Then they got a rather ambiguous clue – something about taking an old bus to school. “People got lost all over the place – some went to The Historic Village –
but the correct place was the school on Old Coach Rd at Paengaroa. “There they had to throw a horseshow over a stick, then get a clue that sent them to Okere Falls. This is where I got lost – halfway down by Whakatane. “Buying something from The Falls Café released the next clue, which took us to TECT All Terrain Park where participants had to ride an old farm bike on a motocross track as quick as they could. “The hunt ended at Brewers Bar at Mount Maunganui with a barbecue, with meat kindly supported by The Meat Company.” Damian says the hunt was their best yet. “The riders had a lot of fun and many got to meet new friends. “We had a guy come down from Auckland on a scooter for the day. Others –including fellow motorcycle shop owners – came from Auckland and Hamilton.” And ultimately, the treasure hunt has seen Bayride hand over a big bounty to St John. “We’ve gifted this money to St John because they are one of the first responders when motorcyclists get into trouble on the roads. “The biking community is thankful for what they do,” says Damian, who thanks Western Bay Riding for arranging the event, and The Falls Café, The Meat Company and Brewers Bar for supporting it. Merle Foster
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