Sunday Rally Garage #2 – Sunday 25 September

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Join us from 12 noon for a low-key ‘Rally Show & Tell’ in an HRA member’s garage

Following the success of last year’s ‘Sunday Rally Garage’, we’re having another, this time at Gerry Bashford’s place in Tullamarine with easy access off the Tullamarine Freeway.

As well as poking around in Gerry’s garage known for its four cylinder Ford product, why not wash your rally car (or special other car) and bring it along so we can all have a look and a chat about them.

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Officials needed for the Experts Saturday 23 July

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You don’t have to be an expert to be an Expert’s Official!

We desperately need more HRA members to volunteer as officials for the day time and especially the evening section.

There will be very few Controls but there will be lots of very simple Passage Controls. Such is the nature of this Experts Navigational Tour.

Please Please Please help us get this old event back on the road by offering to be on a passage control at ‘The Experts’.

Call Robert Cranston Telephone: 0414 560 688 and e-mail classicstatue@bigpond.com.au

Entries still open for The Experts Tour

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The Experts Trial Re-visited Navigational Tour.
Saturday 23 July.

Entries are still open, but will close on Friday 15 July. Don’t delay further.

This is an event that gives crews a taste of what it was like to compete in an Experts Trial. We cannot use the format of past Experts Trials these days, so a Navigational Tour (Assembly) using the areas traversed in the past will still appeal to crews and provide the traditional Experts challenge.

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Ivan’s Folly now 2023

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Due to timing issues it will not be possible to run Ivan’s Folly in 2022.

Planning for the 2023 version is already underway. Ivan’s is traditionally a very low key rally with a very high proportion of competition stages to transport stages. In past versions it has been like 100 km competitive and 300 metres transport!

It will be run is 2023 as rally regularity, suitable for cars with limited modifications and highly suitable for the standard car class competitors.

When you see it appear in 2023, mark it as “must do”.

Competition Report: Moonlight Meander and Dan Murphy Memorial, 28 May 2022

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The Moonlight Meander was round 4 of the VCRS and unfortunately the club’s worst result this year.

The highest finisher was Tony Robinson co-driving to first place but nominated NCCA as his club. Next was Andrew Daniell who co-drove for Rowan Woolllard in second place then Murray Rogers came 8th in his Holden Jackaroo but nominated BLCC for his club. Michael Trucano/Heli Thaw finished 10th but were nominated as NECC. Steuart Snooks co-drove to 12th place and Braedon and Emma Kendrick were 14th. After a fair off road excursion by a CCRMIT crew on stage 2 many crews were given an allocated time for the stage. I’m happy to report that, although the car looked pretty messy, both crew members are fine and undamaged.

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Resto Country Spares Standard Car Class Update – June 2022

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Competition Report and Scores after 6 rounds

We’ve had two Regularity Rally events recently.

First was the Camcrusher run by FFCC in conjunction with the Marysville Stages – a Victorian Rally Championship (VRC) round and a Victorian Club Rally Series (VCRS) round: a mighty effort by John Roberts and his very capable team. The parking and service areas were almost full to capacity at Gallipoli Park, possibly the most picturesque area anywhere for rally service.

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Guest Speaker to lift the lid on the Portman book at June HRA meeting

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Cover of the Book, "For Tonight We Ride"

Author and rally fan Bruce Keys will be our very special guest speaker at the June HRA meeting.

Bruce Keys
Bruce Keys

Bruce will talk to us about the stories behind his book, “For Tonight, We Ride”, the rally biography of champion rally driver Geoff Portman. 

Bruce will reveal how it came to be and who we can blame for it!  The stories of the people who contributed, those behind the scenes who “saw the light and got with the program” and how Geoff was enthusiastic to see the project come to fruition, which sadly was not to be. 

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