2008 is upon us, so you've probably been camped out at your letter box waiting to receive your latest issue of INSIDE LINE.... (Downloadable) well Xmas arrived first, but finally it is here! This will be only a brief mag for the month as we needed to get some info out to you before the holiday break so you can all organize your calendars.....

We have a new President elect, for those who don't know, Jamie Augustine has been voted in at the last club meeting as President for 2008. There is also a new Committee, with a list those elected on the Contacts page. Thanks go to Cammy for his time spent as President of the club. There has been a lot to deal with of the last couple of months but with these issues now resolved, we can now all get back to having some great racing.

So on to the Calendar and the first round for 2008. This was held at Calder Park on Saturday February 2nd. We know that round 1 was very early, but we couldn't do anything about it. But, just like last years successful event, it was a one day twilight event. So it is was worth hurrying to get our cars ready to race in this entertaining event. To encourage entry's at this event, there was be an extra 5 bonus points per race started for attendance at the first round. To assist those who couldn't get to the first round, you will be able to drop any round except the last round in the club championship point score.

2008 Racing Rules

We will aim to continue Pit stop racing, Staggered reverse grids and one lap qualifying. We have decided to only run these special events if there are more than 12 cars entered at that round. There will be no more reverse grid races if the starts are not staggered due to the congestion it causes going into turn 1 at Calder. Turbo's will be allowed after the vote was passed at the last meeting. This site will be updated with the amended turbo rules shortly. (not too much has changed from last season)

Paul Tippens

Proudly supported by Club X and is a inter-championship cup thats held over 2 rounds of the championship, they will be Rds 3 and 4 of this years championship. The basic rules are as shown:

The best lap time set in qualifying will be recorded, and for each lap that you match your qualifying time you will be rewarded with 3 Club X Cup points for the Cup. This is for each race

EG. At Calder if you qualify with say 1min 05.37 then every lap that you do for the weekend that is in the 1 min 05's you will get 3 points. Say you did 4 laps in the 1.05's then you would get 12 points regardless of your position for that race.

Read all about Round 2 in 'Trackside' the Official publication of the Victorian Motor Racing Championship, see us on page 14. Available in the current Issue of Motorsport News (Issue No.359 18 April - 2 May 2007).

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Read all about Round 1 in 'Trackside' the Official publication of the Victorian Motor Racing Championship, see us on page 5. Available in Motorsport News (Issue No.357 21 March - 3 April 2007).

Download page 5 in pdf

Big Changes for 2007

1) The class structure has been adjusted to a capacity (Engine size) system only.

2) Dropping the worst race at the end of the year, for overall points.

3) Round 6 to be 1st/2nd December at Winton

4) Round 1 will a twilight one dayer on the 17th of Feb.

5) And the big one! The ideal of letting turbo cars which would take in most current and later model cars still up to 2000cc, with a list of restrictions upon them allowed to run with us has been floated. The ideal has been taken on board favourably by most club and competing members.

Stay tuned for further updates and more details as they come to hand.

The Club had a stand at the Annual Sexpo exhibition again this year that gave the club a fair bit of exposure, the Round 6 'Club X' sponsorship stickers were still on the race cars used. This was held on the weekend of November 23rd though to the 26th

The stand

Cammy's new Web Site is now up and running, Oojarkafibbi Racing Team Car 3 John Camm.

The Championship dates for the 2007 Victorian 2 litre Series officially are;

Round 1.. Calder Park Raceway...... February 17th & 18th
Round 2.. Winton Motor Raceway.... March 31st & April 1st
Round 3.. Calder Park Raceway...... June 23rd & 24th
Round 4.. Winton Motor Raceway.... August 4th & 5th
Round 5.. Calder Park Raceway...... October 20th & 21st
Round 6.. Winton Motor Raceway.... November 10th & 11th

Members Happenings -

January 6/7 Koch racing displayed thier car in the Mildura City Traders Motor Show, promoting the class in thier home town, at the northern west end of the state. The car did attract a lot of attention, particularly with the Woodstock promo girls helping. On display were most of the world series sprint cars, the 2004 Australian safari winning car, offroad cars, drag cars, new cars and show 'n' shine cars and more. The show was held in the Langtree Mall and Langtree Ave bewteen 7th and 8th street which were blocked off.

A helping hand - Woodstock promo chicks

The Woodstock promo girls help promote the class

Sexpo 2005

The club put a stand/car display at this years Sexpo, (Nov. 17-20) following are some shots from the event, cars 25, 2 & 7 were used in this promotion.

Leaded Fuel Passbook Update:

CAMS has received official notification that the Leaded Fuel Passbook Scheme has been extended to 31 December 2008. (read notice from the Department of the Environment and Heritage on the Cams web site)

The current passbooks with the expiry date 30 June 2005 are now valid until 31 December 2008.

The Driver Profiles pages are now up, Members please forward your profiles so they can loaded on also. For those who have already supplied Profile details, if any of you sponsors have web sites, please e-mail the site address so I can link to them from your page. - Thank You. Download form

The Web Editor would like photos current, older and or news and info to put up on the site, can you help? Please send email to the Web Editor.

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