HRCC Morgan Park Historic - July 24/25th

[Admin]

Our next championship event is the annual HRCC Historic Meeting at Morgan Park, Warwick QLD on the weekend of the 24/25th July.

Entry documents are available for download here and on the home page.

It looks like being our best year yet for entries with a strong southern contingent coming up. If you are going could you let me know here or PM or call me so I can do some planning for the event.

[Brett Maddren]

Our next championship event is the annual HRCC Historic Meeting at Morgan Park, Warwick QLD on the weekend of the 24/25th July.

Entry documents are available for download here and on the home page.

It looks like being our best year yet for entries with a strong southern contingent coming up. If you are going could you let me know here or PM or call me so I can do some planning for the event.

Hi Nev,
Will be entering.
Cheers
Brett

[Peter Woods]

I will be entering our group A VK

regards

Peter W

[David Paterson]

I've done the course commentary at this meeting for the last couple of years and it's a great event. The track is very challenging with 12 corners in it's 2.1km length. Undulation, some tight esses, some tighter than others, a fast kink and a long sweeper over a blind crest! A bit of everything. The surface is in excellent condtion, very smooth and 12m wide.

The track is operated by a motorsport club, not a business, so it's run by enthusiasts for enthusiasts and the profits go back into the facilities, not some bloke's pocket! Every time i go there i see new improvements. The major paddock access roads are sealed, there are heaps of garages, with power and the canteen is run by the club, not some dodgy caterers, so you can actually enjoy the food and it won't send you broke.

I'll get off my soap box now and hopefully I'll see you there. The track is an amazing leveller, in Group Nc the top Toranas, Mazdas, Escorts & Capris match each other's lap times, even a very good Mini can get to the front. If you're still not sure, ask Kevin Heffernan, Steve Land & Bo Seton, they love the place and they've been around a track or two.

[marktaylor]

hi nev,
i,ll be there


regards mark

[Coolvet]

This will be my first race meeting in the ex-Rod Markland Nissan Skyline HR31. Please add me to the list.

[Admin]

I've done the course commentary at this meeting for the last couple of years and it's a great event. The track is very challenging with 12 corners in it's 2.1km length. Undulation, some tight esses, some tighter than others, a fast kink and a long sweeper over a blind crest! A bit of everything. The surface is in excellent condtion, very smooth and 12m wide.

The track is operated by a motorsport club, not a business, so it's run by enthusiasts for enthusiasts and the profits go back into the facilities, not some bloke's pocket! Every time i go there i see new improvements. The major paddock access roads are sealed, there are heaps of garages, with power and the canteen is run by the club, not some dodgy caterers, so you can actually enjoy the food and it won't send you broke.

I'll get off my soap box now and hopefully I'll see you there. The track is an amazing leveller, in Group Nc the top Toranas, Mazdas, Escorts & Capris match each other's lap times, even a very good Mini can get to the front. If you're still not sure, ask Kevin Heffernan, Steve Land & Bo Seton, they love the place and they've been around a track or two.

You sure you don't get a commission for this stuff :D

As I said, looks like being our biggest QLD run ever. Thanks to those who have responded already and keep those numbers coming.

[David Paterson]

This will be my first race meeting in the ex-Rod Markland Nissan Skyline HR31. Please add me to the list.
Cool, your car holds the lap record at Morgan Park.

[Fast Eddie]

I'll be there. STP Commodore

Regards

Ed

[Frank Binding]

Ed
Me too and to show you just what a good guy I am (contrary to popular belief) I'll help you sort out those dunny door mirrors.

Regards
Frank.

[number 98]

I should be running the XE for that meeting .We ran it the other day at eastern creek and all was good!

[Coolvet]

Cool, your car holds the lap record at Morgan Park.

Really? I didn't know that.

I am a novice so, please....no pressure!

[Fast Eddie]

Ed
Me too and to show you just what a good guy I am (contrary to popular belief) I'll help you sort out those dunny door mirrors.

Regards
Frank.

Excellent Frank. No doubt I'll be seeing the big green machine in them all weekend.

[Frank Binding]

Ed
I know the ford is quick but do you really think I will be lapping you every race?

Regards
Frank.

[TONY PALLAS]

Sorry I will not be able to go as I will be overseas but I am still very disappointed with the support the group had for Eastern Creek.
Tony Pallas

[shaun]

we will add an A9X to the field .... look forward to seeing you guys there !!!

[Lindsay]

Make that 2 A9X's, work permitting we will bring the Roadways hatch up for a run

Lindsay

[David Paterson]

Entries close - 25 june 2010

[Coolvet]

How many entries are there for Morgan Park?

[David Paterson]

Here are the lap records.

Class Driver Car Date Laptime

Group C
Under 1600cc Vacant
1601-2000cc Justin Matthews Ford Escort Mk2 10/08/08 01:12.51
2001-3000cc John Douglas Mazda RX7 25/07/09 01:15.22
Over3000cc Gary Collins Holden Commodore 12/08/07 01:08.86

Group A
Under 1600cc Bob Holden Toyota Corolla 25/07/09 01:17.56
1601-3000cc Vacant
Over3000cc Rod Markland Nissan Skyline 12/08/07 01:08.68

[Bender]

Here are the lap records.


2001-3000cc John Douglas Mazda RX7 25/07/09 01:15.22


Some will need to check the year this car represents?
If this Rx7 had a 13b in it, it should be classed as over 3000cc(class A)? That was a trade off to run a 13b in the Rx7's around 1982 I recall.

[muzza]

Murray and the trusty Blue Gemini coupe will be there ! It'll be great to see the southerners again. Bring a jumper guys, its bloody cool in the morning but i guess your used to that.

[Admin]

It's looking like a good turn out.

I have a list with 24 on it, of which 4 are maybe's. You usually loose a couple in a the run up to the event but I'm still hopeful we can get to 18 and maybe even 20 :)

Bring your winter woolies though, Warwick in winter is a C O L D ol' place. Better pack a bottle of your favourite poison as well to keep that cold at bay during the night ;)

[David Paterson]

Bring your winter woolies though, Warwick in winter is a C O L D ol' place. Better pack a bottle of your favourite poison as well to keep that cold at bay during the night ;)

Cold is a relative term Nev. It will probably seem quite pleasant to southerners. Winter in Warwick is usually very dry with a temperature range of 0 to 20 degrees.

[Admin]

Are you going to make it Dave? You're one of my maybe's :)

[dclift93]

Wayne Clift's deluxe coachlines vk should be right to go. We sent the entry in this morning and the car is being straightened as we speak. Could be a race against the clock to get it back and put everything back in. hopefully we'll be there. but yes bring warm clothes, it's surpisingly cold down there.

[Admin]

Wayne Clift's deluxe coachlines vk should be right to go. We sent the entry in this morning and the car is being straightened as we speak. Could be a race against the clock to get it back and put everything back in. hopefully we'll be there. but yes bring warm clothes, it's surpisingly cold down there.

Excellent - another one of my maybe's looks like a definite :)

[David Paterson]

Are you going to make it Dave? You're one of my maybe's :)

Not looking good Nev. Electrical & fuel systems are barely started. Then we need to do final assembly, alignment, dyno, testing, CofD......... :(

[RXseven]

Some will need to check the year this car represents?
If this Rx7 had a 13b in it, it should be classed as over 3000cc(class A)? That was a trade off to run a 13b in the Rx7's around 1982 I recall.

The class structure for Rx-7s was all about the engine porting. All peripheral port engines (12a & 13b) were classed as over 3000cc, while bridge ported engines were under 3000cc. Some early series 1 guys ran the bridge port before the "Moffat era". Gerry Burges & Jim Myhill are 2 that come to mind.

[pickles]

hi, im looking at going to watch you guys at morgan park next mth, ive never been to one of your events before and was wondering what you programe will be on both the saturday and sunday? and also what is the entry price for spectators? thanks.

[David Paterson]

hi, im looking at going to watch you guys at morgan park next mth, ive never been to one of your events before and was wondering what you programe will be on both the saturday and sunday? and also what is the entry price for spectators? thanks.

G'day pickles, come along, i think you'll have a great time. The event promoter is HRCC, click on the link on our home page or go to www.hrcc.org.au

Qualifying is on Saturday monring and racing is Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday. As well as our cars, there will be pre '73 production touring Cars, production sports Cars from 1940 - 1978 & sports racers & open wheelers from 1930 to the mid '80s.

[Coolvet]

hi, im looking at going to watch you guys at morgan park next mth, ive never been to one of your events before and was wondering what you programe will be on both the saturday and sunday? and also what is the entry price for spectators? thanks.

The entry prices are listed on the Qld Historic Race Car Club website:
http://www.hrcc.org.au/Events_2010.htm#Annual

Admission Prices: $20 per day, $30 for a 2 day pass

[pickles]

what day would you guys suggest to go on?

[David Towe]

That depends Pickles, do you want to watch qualifying or racing?

[pickles]

i actually like to walk around the pits and look at the cars more then anything. id probably say i like racing more though

[David Paterson]

It's free to walk around the pits & look at the cars at Morgan Park.

[David Paterson]

Entries have closed, how many did we get?

[Coolvet]

Will anyone be there on Saturday and Sunday to change tyres over or do we need to arrange this off-site?

[Admin]

Entries have closed, how many did we get?

They only closed Friday so will talk to the HRCC later this week and compare their list to mine. I'm still hopeful we'll have around 20.

[Coolvet]

Has the HRCC released a program of events so we know what races are being run during the day?

[Willofan]

Hey all,

Beach has spent the last few weeks sorting out ball joints, new brake rotors and all new fuel lines in readiness for Morgan Park.

Hope you all enjoy the weekend, wish I could be there.

Anyone putting up a thread for Muscle Cars??

[Fast Eddie]

Has the HRCC released a program of events so we know what races are being run during the day?

http://www.hrcc.org.au/Events_2010.htm#Annual

Entry and programme are here.

[Admin]

Yep... 22 Entrants :)

Fantastic effort to see so many Southerner's making their way up for this event. Warwick will be COLD, so bring your winter woollies but it's usually fine and dry so looking forward to a great event.

[David Paterson]

Yep... 22 Entrants :)

Fantastic effort to see so many Southerner's making their way up for this event. Warwick will be COLD, so bring your winter woollies but it's usually fine and dry so looking forward to a great event.

I was up there last weekend for a State Championship meeting, very low single figures at night, high teens/low twenties in the day, sunny & dry. Expect the same for the next month or so.

[dclift93]

we've had to withdraw as we wont have the deluxe VK ready in time.

[Lindsay]

Haven't seen any further reg's, do we have an entry list?

Lindsay

[Admin]

All the details are on the HRCC website under:
http://www.hrcc.org.au/Events_2010.htm#Annual

Entrants list here for those who are technologically challenged :D

[David Paterson]

for those who are technologically challenged :D

Says a bloke with drum brakes and carburettors....... :)

[Admin]

A few of us are heading off to dinner at the local Chinese restaurant on the Friday night (23rd) and I thought I'd open it up to everyone. If you'd like to join us can you email, PM, reply here or call me before midday Thursday with numbers so I can finalise the booking.

Thanks, Nev

[David Paterson]

I'll be doing the course commentary this weekend, so I'll get around the paddock and try to catch up wth everyone, to make sure i know the history of all the cars, though of course everyone knows the history of some of the cars.

[David Paterson]

Weekend forecast is 5 degrees at night, 18 degrees in the day and more than 50% chance of very light rain, less than 1mm. Wind speed is 5-12 km/h from the SE, (pit straight heads due south and the paddock is to the east of the circuit).

[number 98]

Is there any updates on what happen today? any photos

[David Towe]

Nothing on Natsoft so far.

[David Paterson]

Here are the lap records.

Class Driver Car Date Laptime

Group C
Under 1600cc Vacant
1601-2000cc Justin Matthews Ford Escort Mk2 10/08/08 01:12.51
2001-3000cc John Douglas Mazda RX7 25/07/09 01:15.22
Over3000cc Gary Collins Holden Commodore 12/08/07 01:08.86

Group A
Under 1600cc Bob Holden Toyota Corolla 25/07/09 01:17.56
1601-3000cc Vacant
Over3000cc Rod Markland Nissan Skyline 12/08/07 01:08.68

Four lap records were broken today, congratuations to Beach, Chris, Justin & Mark.

Group C
Under 1600cc Vacant
1601-2000cc Beach Thomas Toyota Celica 25/07/10 01:11.69
2001-3000cc John Douglas Mazda RX7 25/07/09 01:15.22
Over3000cc Chris Collins Holden Commodore 25/07/10 01:08.44

Group A
Under 1600cc Justin Matthews Toyota Corolla FX-GT 24/07/10 01:13.90
1601-3000cc Vacant
Over3000cc Mark Taylor Holden Commodore VL 24/07/10 01:08.63

[Admin]

Well that was a great weekend had by all. Congratulations goes to the race winners, class winners and those that broke lap records.

A big well done must also go to the HRCC for keeping a 270 car field well organised and on time. There are a few improvements to be made for next year, namely the method for determining the handicap starting positions and having separate trophies for Group C & A for the John French feature race, but overall it was a well run event.

Finally a big thank you to all those who entered and made this years event our largest and best ever. Hopefully we’ll see you all again next year!

[shaun]

must agree , a great event nev , well done ...

[Rod W]

ED,
I see you still have that problem with your Mirrors,
Good win on the weekend

[shaun]

#14 21-05-2010, 04:02 PM
Frank Binding
Member Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Sydney's Northern Beaches
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Ed
I know the ford is quick but do you really think I will be lapping you every race?

Regards
Frank.



not with a broken gearbox frank !!

[Fast Eddie]

Guys, let's not rub it in - I won't be able to show my face in Brookvale anymore!

I actually have Frank to thank for the success on the weekend. One of my master cylinders failed prior to qualifying, causing all sorts of interesting braking during the qualifying session.

After exhausting the local parts suppliers on Saturday morning without any success, as well as the Holden camps on track, Frank came to the rescue with a spare, which enabled me to continue to compete over the weekend.

So, despite his questionable choice in cars, he's not too bad a bloke after all.

Thanks Frank!

[Chris Bowden]

So, despite his questionable choice in cars, he's not too bad a bloke after all.

Thanks Frank![/QUOTE]

Is that the new Gp C/A motto:p

[Rod W]

Guys, let's not rub it in - I won't be able to show my face in Brookvale anymore!

I actually have Frank to thank for the success on the weekend. One of my master cylinders failed prior to qualifying, causing all sorts of interesting braking during the qualifying session.

After exhausting the local parts suppliers on Saturday morning without any success, as well as the Holden camps on track, Frank came to the rescue with a spare, which enabled me to continue to compete over the weekend.

So, despite his questionable choice in cars, he's not too bad a bloke after all.

Thanks Frank!

Ed,
You wont have problems with your mirrors and fords at sandown, Hope it was a common part not Frank needing to use holden parts on his Ford

[Fast Eddie]

Here's some footage from Morgan Park. It's from the handicap race which was a lot of fun. Apart from the wide (and quick!) white Torana of course:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb8kbkQZ4HA

[Peter Woods]

Nice footage Ed

regards

Peter W

[shaun]

nice work there ed , your giving away all your trade secrets !!

ps .. took you long enough to get around that white a9x :)

[David Towe]

On the back of a tow truch looking very mean.;);)

[Fast Eddie]

On the back of a tow truck looking very mean.;);)

Yep, getting ready for BMW huntin' season! :D

[David Towe]

Be vewy, vewy qwiet, we're hunting Dunnydores!!:cool: