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Hi all.
I announced the Class winners for 2019 at the HRA Meeting last Wednesday. It was a messy year due to cancellations, but we managed to cobble together enough scores.
Congratulations to the winners…
Continue reading Resto Country Spares 2019 Standard Car Challenge final Bulletin
Fancy a shakedown of car and crew before the Alpine Rally? We have just the thing. A Rallysprint on Saturday November 2 up at Bagshot (near Bendigo). Continue reading Bagshot Rallysprint, Saturday 2 November 2019
Hi all…
Starting this Bulletin with the sad news that most are now aware of. One of our most active members, Martin Forbes, passed away on the weekend. Martin will be sadly missed…his enthusiasm and dedication to his chosen sport were always to the fore. RIP Martin
Our topsy turvy event year continues. The Starlight Saunter last weekend and this weekends Avalon Autocross has been cancelled – So …new plans for the balance of the year. Continue reading Resto Country Spares 2019 Standard Car Challenge Bulletin No 3
Martin Forbes’ funeral will be Monday 19 April 11am at F W Barnes funeral parlour in Ballarat, 701 Darling St, Redan 3350.
The wake is in the Draft Room at the Ballarat Trotting Club.
Supplementary Regulations for the Down the Drains Touring Assembly, to be held on Sunday 8 September, are now available.
Down the Drains is a Novice Event and also a round of the HRA Touring Championship.
See the Down the Drains page for more…
During my first survey of the original ’81 GDMT route some 12 months ago, I was the only Friday night guest at the grand and rustic Victoria Hotel in Ouyen, occupying one of the 50 rooms.
At the time I booked the dining room and made the hotel aware that that they would have lots of guests in October this year. Continue reading Ouyen is ready for the Tour of the 81 Derrick…
The Australian and Victorian Rally Hall of Fame is back, with 5 names to join the current crop of legendary rally figures in the Australian Hall of Fame. As well, 3 more will be welcomed to the Victorian Rally Hall of Fame.
Australian Rally Hall of Fame dinner will be held at the Ballarat Trotting Club on 23 August commencing at 6:00 for 6:30 pm. Continue reading Honouring rally legends on the eve of the ARC
From the Daryl Tunbridge/Rally4Steve Clerk of Course:
Due to 70+mm rain on recently graded tracks, the Ballarat Light Car Club, the Victorian Rally Panel and DELWP have deemed it wise to reschedule to Spring. The rescheduled event will be held on 5th October 2019
As at July 17, we had received 32 entries (22 Tunbridge and 10 #Rallying4Steve) and registrations from 52 officials. Most/all of them would love others to join them for a warm night out on smooth roads.
Full refunds for those unable to make the rescheduled event are available via Michele Bayley (entries@blcc.net.au). We ask all entrants to keep your entry form in case it needs to be modified for the new date.
This behemoth of a rally in 1981 that included impassable terrain and a competitor ‘mutiny’ will be re-traced this October, minus both those elements. The event was in the famous Sunset Country and the Western Victorian deserts.
The Victorian deserts are remarkable and much underrated. The scenery is outstanding the roads are great. Over the 800 km only 5 cautions have had to be been route charted. It will also offer the opportunity to test the memories and recollections of those involved in 1981.
Geoff Byron has put together this incredible 800 km tour of what was just his second ever rally. Continue reading Victoria’s toughest rally gets a second chance this October
The June HRA meeting will once again feature an interesting and rarely heard guest speaker… Automotive Historian, Professor Harriet Edquist, will bring us Shifting Gear: stories of priceless vehicles in country sheds, passionate collectors and a whole roomful of sports cars.
But before we get to that, we will present awards for the Victoria Cross Rally from April. We’ll find out about HRA success at the sensational SA Rally of the Heartland and hear about the July Grampians “rally style” tour.
Tickets in the raffle are 3 for $5 with all money raised this month donated to Neuroblastoma Australia. Next Wednesday June 12, at 8:00 pm, meals available from 6:30 pm, at the East Malvern RSL. Continue reading Shifting Gear at the HRA June club meeting