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NW CAR CLUB 2025 NEWS
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General Meeting/Shed Working Bees 2025 - First Thursday of the month. Next to be confirmed
As per last year, we will do up a list of maintenance anddevelopment jobs up, to do at the shed each month.Thank you in advance for your assistance
Wivenhoe - club shed,Shed 9, entrance opposite 19 Smith St.
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Events 2025
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Feb 2 - Club day @ Symmons
Feb 6 - AGM
March 8- Trowutta Hillclimb
April 5 - Barrington Hillclimb
May 3 - Natone Rally
June 15 - Latrobe Bitumen MotorKhana
July 19 - MotorKhana Highclere
August 10 - MotorKhana Highclere
September 13 - Hellyer Rally
October 4 - Barrington Hillclimb
Oct 18 - Khanacross Highclere
Nov 8-9 - ARC Tas Round
Dec 7 - Club day @ Symmons
TBC - Annual Dinner & Trophy Presentations
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Round 3 - 15/10/2025 Highclere Khanacross
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NWCC JUNIOR CUP
This is an exciting new addition to our current series aimed purely at juniors. Similar to our Black Tack series, the Junior Cup will have a simple set of rules with the aim of encouraging fun and friendly competition between junior competitors. A perpetual shield will be awarded at the end of the year to the winner.
Rules for 2025
• To be eligible to score points competitors must be financial members of the NWCC
• Juniors must be a maximum of 16 years of age prior to July 1st of the current competition year
• All NWCC events to be eligible to score points however entry will be limited to Motorsport Australia age regulations i.e. 12 years old for Non Speed events, 14 years old for speed events and rallies
• 10 Points will be awarded to the first junior at an event, scaling down to 1 point for 10th
• 5 Points will be awarded for officiating at events
• Double points will be awarded to juniors under 14
Child Safety Policy
As per MS Australia
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Upcoming Events 2025
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Past Events
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December 14 - Highclere block - Working bee, Fun day, BBQ
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NWCC 2024 Annual AwardsMonson Transport Black Tack Series1st Outright - Dave McCullaghClass A – Peter Van EkClass B – Leigh FordClass C – Daniel CharlestonClass D – Bradley Van Der DriftClass E – Dave McCullaghClass F – Thomas Stones4 Front Real Estate Motorkhana SeriesOutright – 1st Rendal Jones, 2nd Adrian Hodgets, =3rd Blake Grundy & Ruby MennitzAWD – Mark Frankcombe, FWD – Rendal Jones, RWD - Thomas SulyokJunior 12-14 =1st Blake Grundy & Ruby Mennitz, 3rd Flinders Kapene-LaingJunior 14-17 =1st Hugo Pedder, Jessie Harris, 3rd Baden FrankcombeAnnual Club AwardsCompetition Shield – Dave McCullaghClubman Shield – Dorian ThomMost Improved – Madeline PrenticeRoger Brownrigg Memorial - Rendal JonesJunior Cup – Blake GrundyPresidents Special Award – Troy (Wombat) PhillpottDedicated Service Award – Nathan NewtonRally SeriesOutright Driver – Aiden Peterson, Navigator – Doug WrightRegularity – Driver Thomas Sulyok, Navigator Elizabeth Sulyok.December 7 - Annual dinner
Rhododendron Gardens
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November 22 - ARC Tas Round 6
Buckby Motors Rally Tasmania will be roaring into Burnie from 22-24 November
November 9 - Club day @ Symmons
Results
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October 26 Highclere MotorKhana
Khana cup Round 4Winners of round 4, of 4 Front Realestate Motorkhana SeriesLeft to rightMaggie White driver of the dayRuby Mennitz 1st Junior 12-14Jesse Harris 1st Junior 14-17Rendal Jones 1st outright & senior.------------------------------------------------------
October 12 - Barrington Hillclimb
Results
Presentations
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Sept 14 Highclere MotorKhana
Khana cup Round 3Results Brag run
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TRC round 3
Minor sponsors
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July 11 Highclere MotorKhana
Khana cup Round 2----------------------------------------------------
June 8 Latrobe Bitumen MotorKhana
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May 25 Highclere KhanaCross
Khana Cup Round 1
RESULTS
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April 27: ROCKY CAPE TAVERN HELLYER RALLY T.R.C.
Results
Media Release
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April 13: BARRINGTON HILLCLIMB
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March 9 - ANVERS Trowutta Hillclimb
Results overall & all runs
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Feb 17 - Oonah Rally Sprint Ride Day
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2024 Summary
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2024 events
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Feb 17 - Rally Sprint Ride Day
March 9 - Trowutta Hillclimb
April 13 - Barrington Hillclimb
April 27 - Hellyer Rally
May 25 - Khanacross Highclere
June 8 - Latrobe Bitumen MotorKhana
July 13 - MotorKhana Highclere
August 31 - Rally - TRC
September 14 - MotorKhana Highclere
October 12 - Barrington Hillclimb
October 26 - MotorKhana Highclere
November 9 - Club day @ Symmons
November 22 ARC Tas round
December 7 - Annual Dinner & Trophy Presentations
December 14 - Highclere Working bee, BBQ
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Round 3 -14 09/2024 Highclere MotorKhana
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NWCC JUNIOR CUP
This is an exciting new addition to our current series aimed purely at juniors. Similar to our Black Tack series, the Junior Cup will have a simple set of rules with the aim of encouraging fun and friendly competition between junior competitors. A perpetual shield will be awarded at the end of the year to the winner.
Rules for 2024
• To be eligible to score points competitors must be financial members of the NWCC
• Juniors must be a maximum of 16 years of age prior to July 1st of the current competition year
• All NWCC events to be eligible to score points however entry will be limited to Motorsport Australia age regulations i.e. 12 years old for Non Speed events, 14 years old for speed events and rallies
• 10 Points will be awarded to the first junior at an event, scaling down to 1 point for 10th
• 5 Points will be awarded for officiating at events
• Double points will be awarded to juniors under 14
Child Safety Policy
As per MS Australia
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Past Events
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December 14 - Highclere block - Working bee, Fun day, BBQ
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December 7 - Annual dinner
Rhododendron Gardens
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November 22 - ARC Tas Round 6
Buckby Motors Rally Tasmania will be roaring into Burnie from 22-24 November
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November 9 - Club day @ Symmons
Results
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October 26 Highclere MotorKhana
Khana cup Round 4Winners of round 4, of 4 Front Realestate Motorkhana SeriesLeft to rightMaggie White driver of the dayRuby Mennitz 1st Junior 12-14Jesse Harris 1st Junior 14-17Rendal Jones 1st outright & senior.------------------------------------------------------
October 12 - Barrington Hillclimb
Results
Presentations
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Sept 14 Highclere MotorKhana
Khana cup Round 3Results Brag run
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TRC round 3
Minor sponsors
Event cancelled due to bad weather---------------------------------------------------------
July 11 Highclere MotorKhana
Khana cup Round 2----------------------------------------------------
June 8 Latrobe Bitumen MotorKhana
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May 25 Highclere KhanaCross
Khana Cup Round 1
RESULTS
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April 27: ROCKY CAPE TAVERN HELLYER RALLY T.R.C.
Results
Media Release
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April 13: BARRINGTON HILLCLIMB
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March 9 - ANVERS Trowutta Hillclimb
Results overall & all runs
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Feb 17 - Oonah Rally Sprint Ride Day
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2023 Summary
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4FRONT REAL ESTATE
Round 1 - 04/02/2023 Highclere Khanacross • Round 2 - 18/02/2023 Highclere Motorkhana • Round 3 - 06/05/2023 Latrobe Motorkhana [Bitumen] • Round 4 -10/09/2023 Highclere KhanacrossMore INFO
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NWCC JUNIOR CUP
This is an exciting new addition to our current series aimed purely at juniors. Similar to our Black Tack series, the Junior Cup will have a simple set of rules with the aim of encouraging fun and friendly competition between junior competitors. A perpetual shield will be awarded at the end of the year to the winner.
Rules for 2022:
• To be eligible to score points competitors must be financial members of the NWCC
• Juniors must be a maximum of 16 years of age prior to July 1st of the current competition year
• All NWCC events to be eligible to score points however entry will be limited to Motorsport Australia age regulations i.e. 12 years old for Non Speed events, 14 years old for speed events and rallies
• 10 Points will be awarded to the first junior at an event, scaling down to 1 point for 10th
• 5 Points will be awarded for officiating at events
• Double points will be awarded to juniors under 14
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Rexel Electrical Supplies
Dec 9 - Isandula Rally sprint
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Nov 26 Symmons Club Day
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Sept 16
Tas Rally Championship Rnd 4
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Sunday Sept 10
Highclere Khanacross
Results
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RALLYE NATONE 2023
17 June
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Khana Cup & Black Tack series
Latrobe Motorkhana
May 6 2023
Provisional Results
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Barrington Hillclimb
April 1 2023
Results Overall & Runs
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Trowutta Hillclimb4th March 2023
Results
All Runs with Splits
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MotorKhana
Highclere - 16th Feb 2023
Results
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KhanaCross
Highclere - 4th Feb 2023
Results
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Photos from Rick Burt
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2022 Summary
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5th March: Trowutta hillclimb
2nd April: Barrington hillclimb
Symmons club day (LCCT)
Barrington hillclimb
Highclere Hillclimb
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Stephen Mott does radio interview with
sportsradio.com.au
LISTEN
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NWCC JUNIOR CUP
This is an exciting new addition to our current series aimed purely at juniors. Similar to our Black Tack series, the Junior Cup will have a simple set of rules with the aim of encouraging fun and friendly competition between junior competitors. A perpetual shield will be awarded at the end of the year to the winner.
Rules for 2022:
• To be eligible to score points competitors must be financial members of the NWCC
• Juniors must be a maximum of 16 years of age prior to July 1st of the current competition year
• All NWCC events to be eligible to score points however entry will be limited to Motorsport Australia age regulations i.e. 12 years old for Non Speed events, 14 years old for speed events and rallies
• 10 Points will be awarded to the first junior at an event, scaling down to 1 point for 10th
• 5 Points will be awarded for officiating at events
• Double points will be awarded to juniors under 14 -
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AGM 3rd Feb 2023
PAST EVENTS
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North West Adventure Hub
Hellyer Rally 10th Sept 2022
Results
The North West Adventure Hub is the brainchild of Sally and Richard O’Reilly and incorporates the “Rustic Haven” wedding venue at their Rocky Cape facility.
Based in the former church camp, the property at 19523 Bass Highway not only offers a rustic, barn based function centre for weddings, parties, anything but also a “Base Camp” for weekend hikers, trail bikes and buggies or just simply camping. With access to the forestry and surrounding land, the camp offers a perfect retreat for the adventure seekers.
It can accommodate various numbers of groups in the completely self-contained cabins where everything you need for your weekend away is supplied.
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Blythe Rally 14th May 2022
Results
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Khanacross
7th may 2022
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Barrington Hillclimb 2/4/2022
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CARTER MECHANICAL
Trowutta Hillclimb
5/3/2022
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Highclere Hillclimb
19 FEB 2022
Photos from Rick Burt
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2021 Summary
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ISANDULA RALLY SPRINT
13th NOV
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HELLYER RALLY - STATE RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP - Round 3
23rd OCT
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Precision Exhaust
BARRINGTON HILLCLIMB 16th OCT
Results
TREASURE HUNT
SUNDAY 25th JULY
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COASTAL AUTO TRANSPORT HIGHCLERE KHANACROSS
20th JUNE 2021
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PAGE HIRE
BLYTHE ROAD RALLY
plus REGULARITY
22nd MAY 2021
Somerset driver Nic Grave and Queensland navigator John Lakeland have taken out the first Tasmanian gravel rally event of the year, with a ..full report...Rally Results
Regularity Results
A few pics from end of SS3
Our apologies for the lateness of the results and the confusion caused by the presentations on Saturday night. These are new events for us as well, so bear with us if we don't always get everything right😊. It sounds like all the crews enjoyed the event and with some fine tuning we look forward to making the next one even better.
PRECISION EXHAUST
BARRINGTON HILLCLIMB
17th APRIL 2021
20th March 2021
Carter Mechanical
Trowutta Hillclimb
---------------------------------Must Love Cars
Highclere Hillclimb
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Poly Welding Solutions
Highclere Khanacross
30th January 2021
A good roll up for our first event of the year and a good number of juniors to go with it.2020 Summary
BJR KHANACROSS
Carter Mechanical Trowutta Hillclimb
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Precision Exhaust 31 bends of Barrington
10th October
A pleasant day at the Barrington Hillclimb course resulted in 58 drivers competing and two competitors (Eddie Maguire and Ben Newman) breaking the the previous course outright record. Some of the class records may have been broken also but this is to be confirmed later.
Final Results
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BlackTack series 2020
See BlackTack page on this link..
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5th SeptemberHas been run and wonEvent Results
covid19 sponsor
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COVID-19 UPDATE
Committee Decision
All existing and new memberships that would normally expire December 31st 2020 will be extended until December 31st 2021
We are currently looking at resuming our events post the Corona virus lockdown.
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BJR OONAH RALLYSPRINT 14/03/2020
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An excellent day of racing with Jason White taking circuit record with a new time of 29.00 seconds-----------------------------------------
Anderson's Khanacross JAN 18
Held at our block on the corner of Menne Road and Ridgley Highway, Highclere.Corrected Results-----------------------------------------
2019 SUMMARY
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-- 2019 Tasmanian State Hillclimb Championship --Highclere Hillclimb 14th December
CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB COMBINED Top Speeds
ANDERSON'S MOTORKHANA 09/11/19
Held at Highclere, an event aimed at juniors as well as grownups.. The day was cold and wet but the contestants turned up and had a good days entertainment on the NWCC's first real outing on the new block.
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Barrington hillclimb 5th October
The event has been run and won..
TREASURE HUNT IN WINTER
Results Kids_Drawings
Just for fun I said. Not competitive I said.
And they all laughed. More...
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Saturday evening 20 July - Quiz Night
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April 13 - PRECISION EXHAUST BARRINGTON HILLCLIMB
This event has been run and won
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March 16 - CLUB RALLY
Blythe Road Rally aka Natone Rally
Jan 20 - ANDERSONS AUTOCROSS
2018 - THE YEAR THAT WAS
NWCC block clearing underway
Retirement
2018 SUMMARY
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BJR Rally Sprint - Oonah 10th Nov2018
Precision Exhaust
NWCC BARRINGTON HILLCLIMB - OCT 6
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Only 10.6 seconds separated first and second outright in Saturday’s fourth round of the ....MORE
TALL TIMBERS HELLYER RALLY 9/6/18
EVENT RESULTS
27/5/2018 Baskerville - NWCC teams win $1500 in CAMS Club Challenge with 2nd and 3rd placings
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Photos from Rick Burt
BLACK TACK SERIES
February 10 Highclere hillclimb NWCC
April 22 Baskerville club day MGCC/MiniCC
August 12 Symmons Plains supersprint LCCT
October 6 Lake Barrington hillclimb NWCC
October 28 Legerwood Lane hillclimb LCCT
December 8 Highclere hillclimb NWCC
Competitors can drop points from one non NWCC round.
Competitors must obtain 2 clubman points to be eligible for Black Tack points.
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BJR HIGHCLERE HILLCLIMB
10th Feb 2018
BJR Highclere Hillclimb Round 1
T.H.S
From the outside looking in –
Well done everybody on another very successful hillclimb. Considering it was as close as possible to a “full dress rehearsal” for the biggest hillclimb we are about to undertake was fantastic.
Thanks again to BJR for their fantastic sponsorship and the added bonus instore voucher to boost their trophies. Support our sponsors as they are our greatest supporters. Thanks to Roger Carter and his equipment for the Subaru rescue as well.
Great job by Brooksy and his band of helpers and everybody running around on the day. People like the Junior and Senior Van Der Drift’s that not only compete but also help set up and pack up. That’s just to name a few.
The buses were good but we will refine that even more for April in particular the added extra parking at the railway road closure. There will be many more officials need on the day and a briefing will be held for them pre-event. The pits for competitors only and the service road for officials only worked well. We just need to make it a bit better for spectators backwards and forwards to their parking spot but as stated we will refine the bus run a bit better.
Great job by all. Please all come back for the April 1 event as your assistance will be required and greatly appreciated.
As a closer, Yvonne told me that she had beaten Jack. What she meant was that she was faster than him 3 times out of the 6 but Jack came out on top by .11 of a second so sorry Jack.
(it was close though wasn’t it)
Andersons Auto Test
Sunday 21st January 2018
Results
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2017 SUMMARY
BJR HIGHCLERE HILLCLIMB - 2nd December
Event Results LINK
Event Write-up LINK
Igor features in Masters Promo
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Maguires take out 1-2 in Tas Rally Championship after Southern Safari Rally Link
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SCOTTSDALE CLASSIC RALLY - August 19 2017
PRESS RELEASE Click here - August 20 2017
Symmons Slalom MotorKhana
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NWCC Team wins CAMS Clubs Challenge Hillclimb at Baskerville
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Tall Timbers HELLYER RALLY May 20 2017
Hellyer Rally Provisional RESULTS
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BARRINGTON HILLCLIMB - April 22nd
RESULTS AND REPORT
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BRIEF REPORT AND RESULTS
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Must Love Cars - HIGHCLERE HILLCLIMB - Feb-11-2017
Class winners
ANDERSONS AUTO TEST
Khanacross has been run and won - see RESULTS
It was all smiles today at the Anderson's Autotest Khanacross. With 48 entries, 15 of them juniors . Thanks to all the competitors, officials, organisers for a great day. Also thanks to Darren Anderson for allowing us hold the Khanacross on his land.
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ANDERSONS AUTOTEST #2 April 8th
Saturday morning started with little promise of fun day with rain falling Intermittantly,
however proceedings commenced on time at 11.00 am.
At times the sun came out and then an odd bout of rain fell but the event continued on smoothly.
31 competitors, including 10 juniors, enjoyed the slippery conditions with some of the more experienced drivers losing rhythm on their way and spinning out on the back corner.
The drivers lined up for the morning briefing in damp conditions
The course was swapped around several times.
The top 8 drivers for the day lined up for the King of the Paddock shootout in the NWCC Red Hyundai Lantra (the equaliser)
Consistency is the key to a good result at the end of the day.
Outright winner of the day was Stephen Turner.
The top 8 shootout for King of the Paddock was tightly contested, with the first four within three tenths of a second, but Jarom Rhind won out to take the crown.
ResultsNEW CLUB CAR - REBUILD & SOCIAL EVENINGS
New Club Car - Junior Development and social evenings
Thanks to a very generous donation by Eddie Maguire, our club is now in possession of a Hyundai Lantra rally car. The car was one of two built by Wayne Bell for Hyundai Australia to compete in the 1994 Asia Pacific championship, in which it won the formula two category, so it comes with some interesting history. The car will be ideal for juniors or club members to compete at various club events in and could even be used for other purposes such as zero car in rallies or promotion of our club....
Before the Lantra can be used however, it needs a general tidy up and some. . . .
SLALOM OF SYMMONS - GYMKHANA EVENT
The Slalom Of Symmons - Cams sponsored junior development day was held at Symmons Plains raceway. Primarily aimed at introducing newcomers and juniors, from 12 years of age upwards, to a simple form of motor sport.
The event was open to regular members as well. There were enough available places within the entry limit, with approximately 50 contestants enjoying the freezing cold conditions. Can't say the same for the officials out in the blustery cold conditions.
.The event was run on the concrete skip pan area at rear of the pits. .
Vehicle requirements were basic road worthiness. No special clothing or helmets were required.
HELLYER RALLY WRITE-UP
Australian all-wheel-drive rally champions Marcus and Scott Walkem dominated the second round of the Tasmanian Rally Championship series yesterday, the Stanley Hotel Hellyer Rally, winning all eight stages of the demanding event their Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9.
The event was also the 25th anniversary Hellyer Rally and attracted a strong field of crews from all over the state, with the event starting from and finishing at the Stanley Hotel.
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CJR Enterprises - Mersey Valley Rally
From a cold corner of the state a snippet of rally action. 10 remaining competitors battle out for the honours With six cars from the Hobart area and four from Circular Head the club level rally competitors had a great day. Weather was cold but the forecast rain held off and a bit of sunshine was welcome. Unfortunately this camera spot was in the shade of a big hill.