Victorian Motorkhana Championship 2012

[de Bounce]

It's ON

6:30am Sunday morning and the weather forecast is not that good, however the event hasn't been cancelled or postponed.
At least we won't get bogged getting into the ground this year!
I'm thinking this one won't be a great showcase for Motorkhana

I'm meeting up with a couple of other competitors for breakfast at the BP Service Centre near Officer
Plan is to head to the grounds about 8:30
http://g.co/maps/98mzc

[de Bounce]

Thanks Bob for showing Troy and myself around the motorkhana today. We thoroughly enjoyed it and we will be back. As for my poor driving today I hope I have room for improvement

Glad you enjoyed it.
Although not a true representation of a day at least it was consistent.
Only doing 6 test may not sound like much, however most took in excess of a minute each!

As for your poor driving.
I sincerely hope both you and Troy don't improve at all!

[de Bounce]

Practice Motorkhana
A number of the regular competitors have got together to put on a practice Motorkhana scheduled for Saturday the 19 May.
Bendigo Sale Yards, Huntly on Bitumen

The practice at Bendigo was a great day.
We left Melbourne in the rain and returned to rain whilst Bendigo was clear and fine throughout.
With only 20 participants there was more opportunity than ever to have a run and try different methods.
A few of us even tried different cars!
There were also experience competitors providing guidance and feedback including demonstrations if required.

I believer everyone went home well and truly satisfied with their day.

Next VMC event is Round 4 run by the Peugeot Club on the 17th June at Pakenham on dirt/mud.
Sup regs when I get them

[de Bounce]

MX-5 Club of Victoria DECA Day 2012

DECA Day 2012 is scheduled for the 24th June, details and entry as per the Club Calendar.
http://www.mx5vic.org.au/events_calendar.asp
I've been nominated to run the Motorkhana portion of the day.

I'm looking for an experienced driver to act as coach/mentor/2IC for the day and possibly a car Zero if required.
Please PM or email if you are available and able to help.

[Zcootz]

A bit of a late post but we had an absolute blast at the Bendigo practice day. 3 Nb's and a Na turned up with a mix of other cars and motorkhana specials. With a small number of entries everyone got to keep running until either they ran out of fuel or broke their cars....needless to say there were no Mx5 breakages which meant more runs for us

Here's a few photos from the event.

http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0094009/photos/79897374@N05/

The only drama that we had was that my son (13) kept nudging a flag every now and then and we couldn't work out why. It turns out that he was guessing where the front of the car was, time for a pillow to sit on for the next event.

Thanks Bob for the pointers and coaching. It would be great to see some more '5s at future events.

[Smokinscotty]

That's a crazy shot of the special! Can't embed on iPad, but well worth checking that link out!
Number 363 I think
Thanks for sharing

[de Bounce]

Next NGK VMC event is Round 4 run by the Peugeot Club on the 17th June at Pakenham on dirt/mud.
Sup regs when I get them

Sup Regs and Entry HERE
http://min.us/mQZMftbfw/1
I'm hoping the weather gods smile on us for once.

[lightyear]

My brothers neighbor races in these events I think. Do you ever see an older guy driving a celica? Mid 80's or early 90's model. He has about 4 of them, and some have turbo.

[Zcootz]

Next NGK VMC event is Round 4 run by the Peugeot Club on the 17th June at Pakenham on dirt/mud.
Sup regs when I get them

Sup Regs and Entry HERE
http://min.us/mQZMftbfw/1
I'm hoping the weather gods smile on us for once.

Don't get too excited about this one. I heard a few days ago that the ground at Pakenham won't be usable for events until July/September at best. It's a lake right now

I'm heading to a PAC club meeting tonight and will post an update later.

[de Bounce]

My brothers neighbor races in these events I think. Do you ever see an older guy driving a celica? Mid 80's or early 90's model. He has about 4 of them, and some have turbo.

As far as I know he is not one of the regulars in Group 5 or the VMC.
Most of the competitors are old ish although someone turning up in a Celica is rare!

[de Bounce]

Don't get too excited about this one. I heard a few days ago that the ground at Pakenham won't be usable for events until July/September at best. It's a lake right now

I'm heading to a PAC club meeting tonight and will post an update later.

We have a panel meeting on Wednesday night, would be good to know either way before then.

[de Bounce]

Next NGK VMC event is Round 4 run by the Peugeot Club on the 17th June at Pakenham on dirt/mud.
Sup Regs and Entry HERE
http://min.us/mQZMftbfw/1
I'm hoping the weather gods smile on us for once.

Round 4 has been moved to another venue due to the grounds being flooded:

New Venue is the Cardinia Shire Offices, Henty Way, Pakenham (Melways Ref: 317 B7 (edition 36/37).
SURFACE is Bitumen
All other information (date, time, cost) are as per the sup regs above

[Zcootz]

Woohoo, bitumen !

[de Bounce]

Next NGK VMC event is Round 4 run by the Peugeot Club on the 17th June at Pakenham.
Sup Regs and Entry HERE
http://min.us/mQZMftbfw/1

Please note the revised venue
Cardinia Shire Offices, Henty Way, Pakenham (Melways Ref: 317 B7 (edition 36/37).
SURFACE is Bitumen
All other information (date, time, cost) are as per the sup regs above

Due to the venue area there are a couple of new tests for tomorrow.
Other tests may need to be resized to fit the available areas.

Proposed tests are here
http://minus.com/lWmnw1m3f5lFY

Weather forecast is for some light showers! however the event should still go ahead.
Please check in the morning for any "last minute" updates

[de Bounce]

Next NGK VMC event is Round 4 run by the Peugeot Club on the 17th June at Pakenham.
Sup Regs and Entry HERE
http://min.us/mQZMftbfw/1

Please note the revised venue
Cardinia Shire Offices, Henty Way, Pakenham (Melways Ref: 317 B7 (edition 36/37).
SURFACE is Bitumen
All other information (date, time, cost) are as per the sup regs above

Due to the venue area there are a couple of new tests for tomorrow.
Other tests may need to be resized to fit the available areas.

Proposed tests are here
http://minus.com/lWmnw1m3f5lFY

It's ON
Might need to rug-up as it appears the weather Gods may cry and breath on us.