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Welcome to Diane the new forum webmaster she can be contacted here
sorra@live.com.au The Biennial Inspection is taking place this Saturday 22nd January from 8am through to 4pm, at MTQ. Check the link to the Biennial inspection form for info on what you have to do to be ready with your car for the scrutineering. There will be a barbeque and snags happening. Don't forget, to race a vehicle this year that is log booked before 2000 , it has to have passed this checkup & be written in your logbook! Our first Club meeting this year will be at the Guildford Leagues Club on the 26th January ( Yep, Australia Day ) starting 8pm, come along and add your input to the Club meeting.
Our first race meeting this year will be the 26/27th February at COLO PARK , Sub regs available shortly. Come along and bring the family and some friends, its always a good weekend. Scrutineering will take place from 2.30 pm Saturday ,
Oakville Volunteer Fire Brigade's Car Show & FUN Day At the Pitt Town and Districts Sports Club. 139 Old Pitt Town Road Pitt Town
This years Car Show & Fun Day will be taking place on the 3rd April 2011 and will be featuring Vehicles from all eras .Rides, demonstrations and lots of fun for all culminating with drawing of the Monster Raffle & Auction. If you and your car Club can fit this date into your Calendar , you will be most welcome. More info will be forthcoming over the coming weeks with a flyer to be included in the next email.. Sorry, I'm running a little behind this year. My Computor died taking with it lots of the info I needed to get in touch with you all. If you know of anyone I may have missed, who would like to participate in the day could you pass on this info to them with My mobile no 040 777 4348
A great chance to check out the new facilities at the Pitt Town & Districts Sporting Club.
The next round of SORRA in on the 26/27th Feb, Saturday afternoon will be
short course racing with Sunday on the The next Meeting is on that Guilford Leagues Club Wed 26th Jan at 8pm
Some things to look at..... Question and Answers about the new Bi-annual Inspections here Invitation to the NSW presentation dinner here
SORRA 's Club championship presentation
/ Christmas Party is on 11th December at Pitt Town Sports club Kicking off at 7.00 pm More details here CROOKWELL MEETING CANCELLED
Unfortunally due to the track conditions in the bad weather the Ray Vestey Memorial Christmas Cup In Pro class the lead exchanged every race between McGraths Hill resident , 17 Jeff Cripps, navigated by son Raymond & Kempsey combatant, 966 Murray Bignell. Car 17, Jeff taking the top spot at the end of the weekend and Peter Sowter (985) 3rd after engine problems . the Pro lites the winner of the last race at Nabiac, 116 Michael Spokes from the Kempsey Club, had the misfortune to blow a gearbox in the prologue and with it his chances of points for State. The leading contender in this class needed to turn up and run in two heats to win the State in his class, which he did, but halfway into the next race his front end departed company from the car ,putting it on the trailer. 133 Gordon Tardrew took out the class even though he had a few cv failures along the way, Mr. consistency, 181 Steve Taylor from Cattai filling 2nd place . Michael Latimore (136) in third spot achieving 2nd place in the NSW Championship. Super 1650 Class 236 Phillip Vout started in the first race but began having hassles changing gears, broken bolts holding/or not holding the flywheel on was the cause, this finished his weekend very early. 264 Bill Cootes won Class & outright, 269 Dick Alport with daughter Kristy Page in 2nd spot & third place after electrical problems removed them from the leading contenders ,220 Anthony Lia & Glenn Spizzo. 295 Christopher Camenzuli and Dad for their first Off road race ,4th place in class. 279 Derek Rose from Warialda won the class in the NSW Championship. 217 Laurence Cripps from McGraths Hill, son of Jeff 17, had problem in the 2nd race that he couldn't resolve and along with 241 Carl Calcagno (gear box), 239 Luke Gilkison finished out of the points. Sportsman 1350 366 Billy Standing & daughter Traci won this class and with this the NSW Championship, a great effort. 305 Josh Howells took 2nd and 3rd place in the same car (number changed to 306 )which was double entered, his Sister, Alexandra. A big effort when you consider this car covered twice the distance of any car in this race to achieve this. 358 The Wellings & Lee girls had gearbox issues, 304 Alisha Crowe steering rack came adrift, 333 Gavin Shepperd from Warragamba was slowed by electrical problems, 335 Gary Hyde snapped an axle on Saturday but fixed it to get back into the fray on Sunday but out of the running for class points .331 Shaun George finished 4th. Extreme 2WD was taken out by 510 Murray & Julie Collins with Landillo's Mark-Paul Grant relegated to 2nd after wiring problems. Performance 2WD bought out the big trucks ,normally seen in the Australian Championship rounds up against the diminutive Pink VW. The VW 417 of Warren & Tania Irons turned out to be the Giant killer but not by much with Paul Grant 405 only 20 seconds behind. Daniel Attard 420 was leading this class for the first two races and Daniel was hoping to finish the whole meeting but electrical gremlins put paid to this. Warrens VW had a module fail causing the car to only run on 4 cylinders all Saturday after winning the prologue. A trip to a McGraths Hill workshop on Saturday night, a new module and Sunday was catch up. The Trucks of Grant & Attard put on spectacular leaps off the jumps in the main open areas to thrill the crowds up and down the viewing areas. Production 4WD 767 Simon Lennox's Pagero took the win convincingly after Scott Lovett's 705 Nissan lost a wheel in the second race
Looking forward to the Fireworks display,
had a talk to the weather man and he promised me it would be good. NSW Off Road Championship Rnd 7 COLO PARK 20/21st November The last round of the New South Wales Off Road Championship is to be held at Sydney off Road Racing Association’s home track at COLO PARK. This will also be the last round in SORRA’s club Championship. The new Training room/Stewards/Medical/Dormitory room that was built with volunteer labour & a Grant from CAMS will be dedicated to the memory of Ross Barnes , a member who was an integral part of making COLO PARK what it is. With the way the point score is set up , you are able to drop your worst two rounds and this year it is making the last race of the Championship at COLO PARK a must do for most of the protagonists. In the Prolite class, David Nikiforoff (190 ) has to run hard to ensure his top class spot, after his few problems at Nabiac have left him vulnerable, to 136 Mick Latimore after his 3rd outright putting him in a position to topple him. The third spot for the year in this class is a real battle. Kevin Ottey 112 with his good run at Milbrodale, Gordon Tardrew 133, Phil Page 148 (last year’s Champion) and Michael Spokes 116 all within a few points. The 116 car of Michael Spokes won outright at his last race , any of this four could take it ,with Steve Taylor 181 just out of it . This is just the cars in this Class fighting for their Championship points plus a few other quick buggies to make life a little harder for them. In Pro Class, 996 Murray Bignell’s non finish at his last outing means to keep his outright position, he now has to finish in front of 985 Peter Sowter and 19 Justin Guy (two points between them) Super 1650 class is also a must win for last year’s Class Champion 279 Derek Rose , 212 Scott McNeil is leading this class at the moment, but not having run in 2 events, he cannot afford to miss this round for his chance at Class honours. Chris Levi had a great shot for the top points but problems at Warialda & didn’t front for Nabiac leaving the way open for 246 Shane McIntosh if he doesn’t front at Colo PARK. Laurence Cripps, Dick Alport, Hugh Austin and Carl Calcagano being some of the spoilers in the mix. Sportsman Class has the top spots already sorted but Billy Standing is a racer and likes the winning feeling and will be there for the last race of the NSW Championship. Jarrod Eveliegh could tie for the third spot with Katherine Wellings if he can emulate his efforts at Warialda. If Katherine comes down to race it will be interesting to see Alexandra Howells & Alicia Crowe, all three,( 2nd generation racers) in the same class doing battle. Gary Hyde(335) Joshua Howells and Gavin Sheppard will be keeping them all honest. Paul Grant is hoping to have his gearbox repaired and back in the Oztruck( I guess its not that anymore, but they did put it all together here) to take his Daughter for a run, Dianne hasn’t been in a race for quite some time now. Warren Irons in the Hogs Breath Café sponsored Pink VW will be there to help fly the flag for Extreme 2WD . In Performance 2WD 507 Mark –Paul Grant will be debuting his rebuilt and modified truck for his first race this year. Jan Hedley, if she runs at this race will qualify for 2nd place in her class in the NSW Championship. 510 Murray Collins has this class in the bag but a finish at COLO would help make up for last time there. Production 4WD has two cars running for the points and both need to be at this round to qualify for the end of year prize, Simon Lennox 767 is leading the class from David Adams 710 by just 7 points. Scott Lovett in the 705 car will be making it hard for either of them to get a clear run at the full points on offer. Looking forward to seeing you all there for lots of top racing and for the dedication of “ROSS’s BARN”.
Catcha in the Dirt
Ian Irons
Sup Reg for Final NSW Round are now avail
BI-ANNUAL INSPECTION. SORRA have nominated a proposed date and venue for this inspection to be carried out on vehicles with Log Books dated prior to 2000. MTQ 75-77 Cowpasture Road Wetherill Park Saturday 22nd January 2011 from 8am to 4pm. Please contact Nick Nikiforoff 0425212618 or Ian Irons 0407774348 to book a time.
Please see the below link for the newly introduced Bi Annual Scrutiny Checklist and the accompanying letter explaining the process. This is live on the CAMS website. http://cams.com.au/Forms/~/media/BI-ANNUAL%20OFF%20ROAD%20VEHICLE%20INSPECTION2010OCT.ashx
Dates to remember!!!!
Working Bee this weekend Sunday 17th!
There is now a link at the top of this page for the
Private Practice Disclaimer,
The link below is to the
Bi-Annual Scrutiny form for the Pre Season Scrutiny.
Just a reminder 12th September Working Bee
It is with great sadness to let you know of the passing of Ross Barnes last week He was one of the tireless workers of SORRA at every event and working bee, Ross's happy face will be missed in the tower and around campfires at events. His funeral will be on Thursday July 22, at 10 a.m. in the West Chapel at Rookwood. At the Family’s request, please do not arrange flowers. Their preference is that any contributions be donated to the Cancer Council.
Get your lights out and ready to race this weekend!!!!
Paperwork is now available for the July Race
Could all membership Forms be sent to Gordon
tootardy@optusnet.com.au
Bradley Bishop was involved in a serious car accident last Sunday. He was
On the 16th May, the club is holding a Mini Buggy introduction DayThe purpose
of this is to bring together as many people as we can, that have /& are building
motor bike powered buggies or have bought the
Thanks Ian CROOKWELL STATE ROUND There were 28 starters and 11 finishers. Weather was great with chilly early mornings but fine and warm both days with a slight breeze.Close contest between 32 Dale Chadburn and 26 Glen Spizzo until Glen’s gearbox gave out, leaving Dale to take outright and 1st in Pro Class.Joshua and Alexandra Howells with Glen Howells, navigating for both despite a sore back, did very well to not only finish but Joshua took 2nd in Sportsman Buggy and Alexandra 3rd. A very big effort in their first State round.A number of competitors kept fixing in between runs to try and keep their cars going especially Jimbo Kearle and Gordon Tardrew. Mick Tori was kept busy on the welder.A good event with plenty of spots for spectators to watch the racing. See here for placings.
S.O.R.R.A MEMEBERS HAVE A BIG GO AT CONDO
Ten teams from the SORRA club decided that the Condo 750 Cross Country Rally at Easter was worth a try. A couple of teams had tried before with varied results. The Denham’s are always a top running team at Condo and Australian Safari events even with Warren Denham taking over the driving duties from father Terry/ With scrutineering etc on Friday afternoon at Condo showgrounds, all 30 and 80 bikes got down to final preparations. Mickle/Wallder had speedo drive problems which were eventually fixed thanks to the local NRMA man, Mick Taylor. There is a strange story about haw a speedo drive circlip was found in the back blocks of Condo on an Easter Friday night, involving one pig, one Buggy driver, one 30 ton excavator and one smashed window. Starting order for day one (Saturday), was be seeding. Most of the usual front runners were there and it was on from the start. There were two stages before lunch time service, giving 200kms of competition and another 90+kms after lunch to finish the day. Most members had some sort of drama on Saturday. The Denham’s changed a gear box at lunch only to get bogged permanently coming back through the field. Mickle had a flat and got bogged for approx 10 mins. After this he only had top gear to run with for the rest of the event. Jeff Thomas had a fairly good run except for a started motor problem and a few navigational issues, along with every one else. Lennox and Twaddle had a few flats to deal with apparently borrowing one to finish the day. Steve Taylor (Caption Slooooow), pottered around finishing the day in a good position. Ian Irons had dramas, eventually snapping a king pin and putting him out for the weekend. Jeff Cripps and team had a couple of flats and bent the front end on a stump, running out of late time for the day. Dave Nikiforoff collapsed a rear wheel bearing and was unable to finish the day. The Fraser’s lost a wheel insight of the finish control but managed to finish the stage after repairs. The Adams family did not finish day one either showing that it was truly a very challenging course for the day.
DAY 2 The day dawned with perfect weather and a nice breeze to clear the dust. The grass hopper plague from Saturday afternoon continued to be a problem on Sunday. Nearly all teams were able to start on Sunday, although the Frasers pulled out very early before their gearbox let go completely. All other teams that started Sunday finished the day in one piece. The Denhams won the day overall coming through the field from behind. Mickle and Wallder perceived all day in top gear and were amazed to get through the day only 9 minutes slower than the Denhams. They finished 6th outright and 1st 2WD prototype. Jeff Thomas and Peter Calvert plugged away all day to finish 7th outright and 1st in Buggy class after 2 days and 600 kms of competitive stages. Simon Lennox and Brent Twaddle finished the day with all wheels intact and finished 13th overall. Steve Taylor and Maria Nikiforoff cruised all day and finished 15th outright and 2nd in Buggy class. The Cripps family finished day 2 as did Dave Nikiforoff. Both teams happy with the days events and their efforts. All teams had only good things to say about the event. It was definitely a challenge for both Driver and Navigator. A lot was learnt by some, and all teams said they would be back next year. All results are available on Condo 750 website ( Thanks Mickle for the report)
This is a snippet directly off the KMORC website.
A good luck wish for those SORRA members competing in the CONDO HOTEL 750 at Easter. The following are known to be planning to compete:
JeffCripps, IanIrons, JeffThomas, SteveTaylor,
DavidNikiforoff, SimonLennox, GavinMickle, WarrenDenham, John Fraser, Adams
Congratulationsto Matt and Lorraine McKerihan and welcome to Kara born on Thursday 18thMarch 2010 AlsoSORRA send best wishes to Ross and hope his treatment is going well and it willnot be too long before we see him returned to full health.
Crookwell sup regs and entry available: Regs Entry AGM Meeting this Wednesday night March 24th at Guilford Leagues Club 8pm Lets get as many people there as possible to show support for the club for 2010.
REQUIREMENTS FOR
PRIVATE PRACTICE “Club Members wishing to conduct private practice at Colo Park must book with Paul Grant but keys are available from Paul Grant, Ian Irons, Ian Boyd and Ross Barnes. Once you have booked your day/time you MUST ensure that you have two adults, who will not be involved in testing the vehicle, with you at Colo and a Private Practice disclaimer form must be completed by all who are attending and signed by them. This completed form is to be presented when you pick up the key, also your current membership card and CAMS licence must be produced. You will not be able to fill the form in at Colo, although the key holders will have forms available for you to complete but all those attending will need to fill in their names and sign the form before you will be given a key. At that time you will also need to make arrangements with the key holder as to what time the key will be returned. The form is available on the CAMS website ( see above link ). You are invited to make a donation towards the upkeep of the track. There is also a sign on book kept at Colo Park which must be filled in when you are there.” This issue was raised at last night’s meeting as people have been complaining that having to collect keys from Paul add an hour to their travel time and were still trying to book through the other key holders. We need to centralise all bookings but are willing for people to collect and return a key from their nearest key holder. The forms are essential and the two adults not involved in the testing is mandatory. That rule has been around forever but not always enforced and the club leaves itself liable if we do not insist on the forms etc.
This years calendar available here First Club Round for 2010
Times available here
URGENT URGENT URGENT Attention all members Due to the ill heath of a few of the "old faithful" SORRA members the club running short of helpers for this weekend, so the race can be as as sooth running as possible if you have a spare day how about getting up to Colo to help out. Contact Ian if you can help out. Ian 040 777 4348 Sup regs for round one Sorra available here, children are welcome to bring push bikes for a social event after dinner.
Sorra would like to thank the following sponsors Boyd Motor Sport Products -
Graffitigo' -
Congratulations to Scott Manuel ( Navigator 190 ) and his wife on the arrival of the newest member of SORRA on Monday 14th.
Sorra would like to thank the Crookwell Off Road Club for their contribution to our fundraising effort at the Ray Vesty Christmas Cup last weekend.
Its Party time!!
LENLORD4WD SALES CHALLENGE
Owing to a warning to evacuate coming in just as
Presentation was getting underway, Presentation was abandoned and we are still
holding the trophies which can be collected from us at any of the following
times/locations:
FULL RESULTS AS FOLLOWS THANKYOU TO ALL COMPETITORS
Lenlord 4WD Sales Richmond is our major sponsor again this year ( Nov 21st & 22nd )and is giving one lucky entrant their entry fee back. Again we will be having the canteen working all weekend with the Saturday night Roast dinner (Lamb,Pork & Beef with vegies & the trimmings) & desert.
Entry list for The LENLORD 4WD Sales Challenge round 7 of NSW Off Road
Working bee this weekend!
Don't be shy, come on up & give a hand if your not running or pit crewing at
Nabiac. Sup regs, entry and dinner forms are available on the calendar Sorra is now offering 10 year memberships $500 for single and $700 for family please contact Ross for more information. Results from Milbrodale Mountain Classic Milbrodale Race report from Ian Irons available here State Pointscore is available at Offroad Racing here
*29/30th August Working Bee*
Wish List
Sydney Off Road Racing Association will be holding Minutes will no longer be available on the website, please contact Elaine or sorra webmaster
Good Luck to all those competing in Round 3 of AORC and Victorian ORC at Mildura. Bradley and Kylie Bishop are leading the Sportsman Buggy class in the Victorian Championship as well as being well up there in the NSWORC. David Nikiforoff and Scott Manual are also doing well in both Championships. Congratulations to Jeff Thomas and Louise Dorrian Outright winners and 1st in Pro Buggy at Scotts Hyraulic Services Wittitrin 200. David Nikiforoff and Scott Manual 2nd in ProLite, Lawrence Cripps and Rowan Pollard 2nd in Super 1650, Bradley Bishop and Kylie Bishop 2nd in Sportsman Buggy and Martin Dal-Santo and Shaun Dal-Santo 1st in Extreme 2WD. June Meeting Minutes here RESULTS OF SORRA ROUND 4 Small field of 7 competed last weekend in round 4 of the club championship. Fine, crisp weather allowed for two daylight heats and 1 after dark on Saturday and 4 heats on Sunday. Unfortunately Adam and Nataysia Barnacoat had problems with a slave cylinder and DNF heat 2, after putting in the fastest time in Heat 1. This was also the fastest time of the event although Gordon Tardrew in 133 put in a sterling effort to try and change that. Gordon had his own problems and had a DNF in Heat 3 with problems with his lights, and broke a second axle in Race 6 so was not able to compete in Race 7. Dave Goss with son Ken returned to Off Road in their Sportsman Buggy and ploughed manfully through the heavy sand out the back. He says they enjoyed the weekend and he needs to change the set up of his car for a return to Off Road. He has been competing in Khanacross and his front was too low for the sandy conditions. Outright winner was Wayne and Dan Horsfall with Alex Powe and Jessica Jonkmans 2nd Outright and 1st in Prolite. Steve Taylor held his car together to take 2nd in Prolite after a tough weekend at Wittitrin. Wayne and Ron Caines were third outright and class winners Performance 2WD. A great weekend with 5 finishers covering a distance of 134.4 kms.
Bring your lights - Night Race! Round 4 is 18th & 19th July with Scrutineering commencing at 12 p.m. and Driver’s Briefing at 1.15 p.m. There is a night race at the Event Director’s discretion (i.e. weather, condition of track etc.) and this will NOT be part of the junior championship. It has been suggested that a night race in winter at a club round should be over by 6.30 p.m. just in time for dinner and then a good night round the fire. Sup Regs are here. GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS It was ordered at court, last Monday, that the case against SORRA be discontinued. Our court battle is over. Now all we need to do is settle our debts and look to the future. Enormous thanks to those who have contributed so far. SORRA has been able to remain in existence as a result of member's support. To date, approximately 15 donations have contributed over $3,000.00 towards SORRA's financial shortfall. So if you've been thinking about helping but have hesitated because of SORRA's uncertain future then please, hesitate no more, our future looks great, provided we can settle our existing debts. Anything you can contribute will help enormously. For details on how phone Laurence on 0404 162 997 or Jeff on 0422 210 701.
About five or six people came up to COLO PARK on Saturday just gone to prepare a little for our upcoming Working Bee.here is some pics of progress on the Club's new driver training/Stewards/First Aid room.
If you haven't got your copy of the
DVD from the State round at COLO PARK yet, this is a gentle reminder. The link
to WEB Productions is on the SORRA front page & also in the forum.
Attention all SORRA Members,
A letter is currently being circulated to all SORRA members, explaining our current financial situation, how and why it came about and what we’re attempting to do about it.
It’s been sent by snail mail, so it doesn’t get lost or swept away as spam or junk mail and one letter is being mailed to each member household, to keep the cost to a minimum.
Please take the time to read your letter and respond, in any way you can, big or small, as it’s all needed.
If you haven’t received one you can download a copy here.
Minutes of the May meeting are now available
here RACE REPORT SORRA ROUND 3 23/24-5-2009.
Following days of showers Saturday dawned sunny.
Unfortunately driving to Colo the weather alternated from showers to sunny
periods, which continued all day. The track was heavy and slippery in parts,
but driveable.
Word from Colo is that there has been enough rain to pat the ground down around any recent trackworks, not torrential rain so far, clearing showers forecast for tomorrow, should be great racing with NO dust! See you there! Sup Regs for the 23/24th May round are now available
here ....with 6 races over two days
and an entry fee of only $61 it's value for money racing on a great track....
I've also hear rumours on the grapevine that a couple of new cars may be there
for testing! Well worth a look. April minutes now available Report from Crookwell DaleChadburn in his return to racing took 1st Outright at
Crookwell andPhil Page was 2nd Outright. Bradley & Kylie Bishop in
theirSportsman Buggy took 3rd Outright.
Sup Regs for the Crookwell State round are available on the Calendar Next working BEE
is happening on the weekend after CROOKWELL State rnd
Minutes of the February meeting and the AGM are available here
At the February meeting of the NSW Off
Road Advisory Panel the following motion was passed; PO Box 4020 RATHMINES.NSW 2283 or email to; jeff@myisp.net.au or suemcintosh246@bigpond.com
The DVD of the Lenlord Pink Ribbon Challenge is now
available from
www.webbvideo.com.au
The Oakville Fire Brigade Fun Day is on again on the 15th of March more details here
SORRA ROUND 1 2009 RACE REPORT The first round of the SORRA Club Championship for 2009 was held at Colo Park on Sunday 1st February. The day was hot and dusty but
relieved by a breeze that kept the heat from being oppressive. 10 Competitors
took the field but problems ensued from the start.
Round 1 Sorra Club Day Sunday Feb 1st see forum for sup regs
Minutes from Jan meeting now up Jan 2009
Driver Training 26th
January 2008 COLO PARK This is for all age groups, drivers & learners, juniors & even if you just want to play in the dirt. It is not to train people to race, but to teach and show drivers what, how & why things happen the way they do on dirt. Our Club received a Grant from CAMS for our junior driver training, /Stewards room. This room will be used for lectures for the driver training and during race meeting will double as the Stewards room. Part of the funds received will purchase a computer, software and aids for the driver training. This Driver Training Day is a direct result of the CAMS Grant and during the 2009 year we are introducing more of this type of event to enable more younger people the chance to widen their driver experiences & maybe introduce them to our sport of Off Road Racing. You don’t need a race car to participate, just your normal every day street car will be fine. The training will help in your normal (what’s that) every day driving as well as those times when you venture onto dirt. It is a very practical introduction to driving on dirt but it is still a lot of fun to do, even for the guys & girls that already have licenses’, CAMS or street! Come along and have a go, it won’t hurt, you might learn something.
Sydney Off Road Racing would like to thank Hills District Tyres & Mechanical for all their help over the many years of our association. Ian & his company have decided to close the doors at the end of 2008 when the current lease runs out. They have, over many years, let our Club & all the other Clubs use his establishment for scrutineering, for Club, State and National Rounds (for regional scrutineering) and more times than not, Ian’s Dad Jack was there tending the Bar-B-Q & keeping the tea & coffee happening. Ian, as well as scrutineering, was always there to help! The convenience of this venue will be missed. Ian’s place was also a drop in centre for those who needed info. His experience in all things mechanical, from building race cars to machining specialist bits, welding, inventing, diagnosing car problems ,the best tyre solutions for your car in any situation ,sport or otherwise ect, ect. Come to think of it, some one asked me? Where are we gunna get tyres from now? Ian will still be around, but not doing the Mechanical workshop or the tyres. Boyd Motor Sport Products will still be serving you as they do now. Just click on to the web site or ring the mobile.
Also another icon, McClintock Brothers Printing has changed hands. Aaron’s Grandfather & his brother started this institution way back. Aaron & his brother are the third generation in this company & will be staying on with the new owners. Our Club, Sydney Off Road Racing would like to thank McClintock Brothers Printing for all their help over the years to produce the Club Calendars, Programs and all sorts of other assorted printing, usually at very short notice. Aaron, his brother, his Father & their uncle, Bruce McClintock have all been motor sport enthusiasts and we’ve been lucky that Aaron chose Off Road Racing as his preferred genre so we could use his printing expertise to make us look good.
Final Pointscores have been added to the 08 Pointscore page A great night was had by all at the SORRA Presentation night..... I hope Buddy gets what he wished for for Christmas!
Minutes Nov meeting up now
Yep, another year is
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RACE REPORT COLO PARK 15/16th November 2008 New South Wales Off Road Racing Championship Round 7 Sydney Off Road Racing Club Championship round 5 After Fridays hot & humid weather, the small showers of rain over the weekend kept the temperature and the dust down, to make it a top weekends racing. Thirty eight Cars fronted the lights at the start The new parts of the track were fairly tight and twisty & near the end broke up a bit (some people tell me that’s an understatement) and bought the bigger horsepower & wider track cars back to the field, which, at the end of the day is what a good days racing is all about. The Classes were interesting. The second and third places in the NSW Championship in 3 classes were still being fought out in the last race, amazing! A few hard luck stories with Simon Lennox replacing the oil seal in the gearbox on Friday evening, then on Saturday the clutch cable gave up but after all that he managed to get some pretty creditable times in the races he completed. Ian Cotton in the Nissan 4WD had his class won for the year and was still giving it his all when a tree grabbed a rear corner of the car & broke some bits off. Another with a tree fetish was the 190 car of David Nikiforoff who removed some of his car to place him in did not finish category early on Saturday. Saturday. Buddy Crowe in his 6ltr Chevy Jimco Buggy No 4 took the honours in the prologue with a 1min 43sec .86, followed by Jeff Thomas in 1300cc turboed No 51 with a 1.43.97 time, next was Darren Stocks with a 1.44.57. When the fun began in the real stuff Buddy and Jeff swapped fastest heat times between them in the 1st & 3rd heats. In the 2nd the 212 car of Scott & Michell McNiel had the fast time with Phil Page (148) Kelvin Hill (109) Brad & Kylie Bishop (317) Michael Latimore (136) Jeff Cripps (17) Darren Stocks (913) & (95) Aaron McClintock nipping at their heels. Garry Simpson, Paul Tuck-Lee, Gary Hyde, Jimbo Kearle, Shane McIntosh, Anthony Lia, and Billy Standing were out of the competition at Saturdays end with problems of some putting paid to their weekend. Sunday. A little more rain to settle the dust and back into some really good close racing. The racing for the NSW Championship points was still very close and Buddy Crowe (who was not in the running for these points) retired his car to allow the real combatants to fight it out. Buddy’s Navs, Kerry & Alisa graciously stepped out of the seat to allow Top Gear reporter Mike Butler an experience in the Navigators seat. Mike & the Top Gear Photographer, Chris Benny also went for runs in Kelvin Hills, Greg Campbell’s & Simon Lennox’s machines. A big THANK YOU to all those guys from SORRA & to Aztec for his help (He’ll know what we mean) Jeff Thomas & Louise in the 51 buggy won the Event and their Pro Class with a total time of 1hr 57mins 6secs.58. Phil Page & Dustin Baque 148 second outright & first in their Pro Lite Class 1.58.15.23 , third outright Scott & Michell McNeil 212 & first in the Super 1650 class 1.59.38.39 , 2nd & 3rd in Pro Class were 17 Jeff Cripps & 95 Aaron McClintock, that should give Aaron the Class for the Year. In Pro Lite 2nd went to 136 Michael Lattimore with 181 (Mr. Consistency) Steve Taylor & Maria Raccosta in 3rd. Wayne & Daneen Horsfall 260 took the 2nd posy in Super 1650 followed by 211 Scott Brown & Troy Burgess. In the Sportsman Class (1330cc) a sterling effort from brother & Sister, Bradley & Kylie Bishop. Not only taking 1st in Class but being placed 4th outright .Second place to Grant & Tim Walker, with Les Webster/Brett Blackshaw 324 in third spot.
Its getting close Now, It Should be a Beauty.
LENLORD PINK RIBBON CHALLENGE Sup regs, entry and dinner order form are
now up on the Calendar page. Minutes from the last meeting here
LENLORD CAR SALES (Specialist’s in 4WD Vehicles) Located in Richmond NSW ph 02 45 782 899. www.lenlord.com.au are coming on board again as the major Sponsor for SYDNEY OFF ROAD RACING Asc Inc’s round of the NEW SOUTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIP to be held at COLO PARK on the 15th and 16th November 2008. An added attraction this year is the opportunity for some of the entrants to be able to hire incar camera setups that will give in and out of car footage and maybe some telemetry stuff. Simon & cohorts will be filming the whole race meeting for a DVD and this would obviously be a great time to give your sponsors something for their money,(you could even buy an extra DVD to give to the Sponsor, now that’s an idea!) WEBB VIDEO, the guys that put together the Milbrodale Video, were up at COLO PARK for our race meeting last week to check out and find some great filming posies ,to be ready for the NSW round of the Championship in November. You can check out their work at www.webbvideo.com.au Snippets from Milbrodale & the COLO race can be viewed at this site. Our Club, SORRA, is holding a Raffle to raise some cash. More details to come later. The LAST round of the NSW Championship is definitely shaping up to be a race not to miss, So make sure its on your Calendar and come to COLO PARK for a GREAT WEEKEND! SORRA CLUB ROUND 4
7 competitors started the event on Saturday and immediately a tussle developed between the 109 car of Kelvin Hill, the 260 car of Wayne Horsfall and car 190 David Nikiforoff. Unfortunately Wayne broke a pitman arm during the night heat which left the two pro-lite cars to battle it our with Kelvin Hill taking both the outright and class win. Car 133 Gordon Tardrew battled problems all race but with the patience of the other competitors kept repairing to finally record a finish. Wayne Caines in his commodore Ute 536 was running well on Saturday but unfortunately ran out of fuel in the 5th heat to record a DNF in that heat. He completed the next heat but his DNF gave the class to our youngest competitor Mark-Paul Grant who also won the Junior class. Mark-Paul raced his first night heat at this event and enjoyed it. His time was even quicker on Saturday night that for Saturday afternoon. His next race at Colo will be the last as a junior and next year he will be competing with everyone else.
Thank you to all the officials and recovery people. A special thanks to Shelly McDonald for being there for first aid and keeping us fed, Daneen Horsfall for assistance with paperwork, and an extra special thank you to Ernie Taylor who comes up from Nowra to be our start/finish line marshall. Ernie celebrated his 60th birthday today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERNIE!!!! From everyone at SORRA.
Please change you calendars the christmas party date has moved to the 13th Of December Minutes for August meeting are here Sup regs and Entry form for the next club round available on the Calendar Congratulations to our club members that have been recognised for the commitment to our sport. See here “All members are reminded that essential requirements for Private Practice at Colo are: Current CAMS competition license, current SORRA membership, correct attire whilst in race vehicle on the track, all safety equipment used i.e. seat belts, nets etc., and if using a road registered vehicle on the track all people in the vehicle must be wearing seat belts.” Members who do not comply with this will have their privilege of private practice withdrawn. Next Club round is on Saturday and Sunday 19th and 20th July the sup regs and entry form available here. Minutes are also available from the last meeting here
REQUIREMENTS FOR
PRIVATE PRACTICE “Club Members wishing to conduct private practice at Colo Park must book with Paul Grant but keys are available from Paul Grant, Ian Irons, Ian Boyd and Ross Barnes. Once you have booked your day/time you MUST ensure that you have two adults, who will not be involved in testing the vehicle, with you at Colo and a Private Practice disclaimer form must be completed by all who are attending and signed by them. This completed form is to be presented when you pick up the key, also your current membership card and CAMS licence must be produced. You will not be able to fill the form in at Colo, although the key holders will have forms available for you to complete but all those attending will need to fill in their names and sign the form before you will be given a key. At that time you will also need to make arrangements with the key holder as to what time the key will be returned. The form is available on the CAMS website ( see above link ). You are invited to make a donation towards the upkeep of the track. There is also a sign on book kept at Colo Park which must be filled in when you are there.” This issue was raised at last night’s meeting as people have been complaining that having to collect keys from Paul add an hour to their travel time and were still trying to book through the other key holders. We need to centralise all bookings but are willing for people to collect and return a key from their nearest key holder. The forms are essential and the two adults not involved in the testing is mandatory. That rule has been around forever but not always enforced and the club leaves itself liable if we do not insist on the forms etc. Minutes from that April meeting here, May meeting minutes soon.
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