Sydney Off Road Racing Association - Sorra
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<strong>Sydney</strong> <strong>Off</strong> <strong>Road</strong> <strong>Racing</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
65 Carlyle road East Lindfield 2070<br />
http://offroadracing.com.au/sorra/<br />
Phone: Ian (02) 4577-4348 or Adam 0418184560<br />
November 2012 Newsletter Club Champion Joshua Howells<br />
SORRA Presentation Night/ Christmas Party<br />
will again be held at the Pitt Town & Districts Sporting<br />
Club at Pitt Town on the 15th December. Our Sponsors<br />
are also invited to be part of this night as they are part<br />
of our Club fabric & this night is also to acknowledge<br />
their help. Booking for this will again be done and paid<br />
for on line through Tri Booking. This seemed to work<br />
well last year. The prices will be the same as last<br />
year,$10 family & $5 per individual (over 18 years).<br />
Who will be the Winners this year? Santa will make an<br />
appearance, for the big kids & the little ones.<br />
Come along and be part of this presentation evening.<br />
You will get to see what your fellow racers look like without<br />
their cars and meet some of our Sponsors that<br />
helped us with the State round and our upcoming season<br />
2013. We need your presence for the atmosphere.<br />
Sunday<br />
A big Thankyou to all the <strong>Off</strong>icials & Crew that made our<br />
round of the NSW <strong>Off</strong> <strong>Road</strong> <strong>Racing</strong> Championship at COLO PARK a<br />
huge success. Oh! And to you Lord for making just the right amount of<br />
rain for dust free racing. Also to Select Wholesale Meats at Narellan<br />
for the Dinner meats And the amazing stainless steel twin spit rotisserie<br />
trailer which did a brilliant job of the cooking If you need to<br />
hire a spit for any occasion, ring them. We know they’re well made by<br />
JR Manufacturing.<br />
Another big thank you to the Guys in the Canteen for our Saturday<br />
evening Dinner and all the other food and drinks over the weekend.<br />
Something to look forward to for next year<br />
Friday Night<br />
In the new year, one of the first items on the agenda will be the<br />
Biennial scrutineering of vehicles which will be taking place on<br />
the 9th February 2013 at No1 Engineering, Spinks<br />
<strong>Road</strong> ,Llandilo. Mark this in your calendar .This is for cars that<br />
are now due for a two year check over of the chassis , seat , seat<br />
belt and petrol tank mounts. The panels and floor have to be<br />
removed for this inspection And it is done on a hoist to enable a<br />
good check of the undercarriage.<br />
Other things happening at COLO PARK.<br />
The new toilet/shower block is well under way, with the block<br />
work going up as we write. Besser blocks arrived Thursday after<br />
the State round & the layers commenced on Tuesday.<br />
Another thing of significance is the delivery of a waste bin<br />
which will be serviced each fortnight for us. With the number of<br />
people & groups using the property now, the bin will make a<br />
big difference & easier to keep our property clean.<br />
Readers of this Newsletter will find our Sponsors contact<br />
details on the next 2 pages. Some have Web Addresses<br />
you can check out. Please feel free to print these pages out<br />
and keep them to refer to. They help us, and we, SORRA,<br />
would appreciate it if you use their services in return.<br />
Our next Club meeting will be 28th November ( yep! This<br />
Wednesday) at the Wentworthville Memorial Bowling<br />
Club, 28 Pritchard St Wentworthville, come along & be<br />
part of the decision making.<br />
At this meeting our Calendar will be finally set for the<br />
next years racing. We are also including driver training<br />
days ,which will involve some ideas for including our junior<br />
members (12years & up) . Would like input on these<br />
ideas. If you are the possessor of juniors of this age, your<br />
help is needed. Some interesting ideas have been placed<br />
before the Committee, do you have any more. One idea<br />
was that the parents might not have to provide a vehicle….Come<br />
along and find out more about how you can<br />
help.<br />
The editors love contributions from you. If you have something to add to the next Newsletter then drop us a line to<br />
The SORRA Editors. 65 Carlyle Rd East Lindfield NSW 2070<br />
or email Adam Barnacoat at abarnaco@bigpond.net.au or Ian Irons at iirons@ bigpond.net.au - so don’t be shy!!
OFF ROAD WAREHOUSE COLO PARK CHALLENGE,<br />
Rnd 8 NSW OFF ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP, 17 th & 18 th November 2012<br />
Mother Nature has come up trumps for the weekends racing. The rain on Friday afternoon &<br />
evening damping the camp ground and tracks but not the enthusiasm and spirits of the 38<br />
nominations for the deciding round of the new South Wales Championship. Great racing<br />
with no dust.<br />
After Saturdays 2 races of three laps each, Geoff Page and Jordan Roper topped the time<br />
sheets in the 983 machine, just ahead of Jeff Thomas and Peter Calvert #51, only seconds<br />
ahead of David Nikiforoff & Dennis Hill #290 with Peter Skazza and Shane McIntosh<br />
fourth. Glenn Hoffman #78 rounded out Saturday’s podium after a day’s dust free racing on<br />
the 6 kilometre short course track.<br />
Derek Rose and Luke Gilkinson #279, have already accrued enough points by completing<br />
one lap to take out the outright win in the New South Wales Championship. The battle for second<br />
and third in the Championship with Gary Hyde #335 and Paul Grant #405 the combatants<br />
carried on right till the end of the weekends racing with #335 Gary Hyde taking it .<br />
Snake <strong>Racing</strong>s, #666 Wayne Murphy, won the Prologue ( a race to sort starting position ) but<br />
had a ball joint brake in the second race. It was repaired for Sunday’s racing but luck was not<br />
on his side and other problems dropped him out of contention for this weekend’s racing.<br />
Wayne in the #666 Polaris buggy still won his class in the NSW Championship.<br />
Rikki Hedley Pro buggy #94 and Derek Rose #279 broke axles after the jump in the main<br />
arena, both were repaired to continue on, but Matt Dunk clipped a tree taking off the front<br />
corner of his #844 machine and dropping him out altogether. Another to have troubles with<br />
the local flora was father and son team, Alistair & Dave Berry. After posting some impressive<br />
times in the #199 buggy, their meeting with a tree on Sunday finished their aspirations<br />
for points.<br />
Only two of the 37 vehicles did not contest the Sunday part of the contest and after all the<br />
racing twenty four entrants completed all laps of all races. It is testament to the build quality<br />
and preparation put into these machines. Having a Radar sign just after the jump on the main<br />
straight showing the speed the cars were doing seemed to add interest for the spectators and<br />
drivers alike as the height and length of the jumps increased over the weekend. Peter Skazza<br />
in the #83 car had the top speed and the longest jump both achieved on his last lap of the day.<br />
The speed was 126klms, jump distance was not measured but was near the 27metre mark.<br />
After the two days of hard racing for the 2012 NSW <strong>Off</strong> <strong>Road</strong> Championship at the <strong>Off</strong><br />
<strong>Road</strong> Warehouse Colo Park Challenge, Jeff Thomas and Peter Calvert #51 ruled the track in<br />
their Pro class buggy taking first outright with #290 Super 1650 driver David Nikiforoff and<br />
navigator Dennis Hill second outright. Third place went to the #83 buggy of Peter Skazza<br />
with Shane McIntosh navigating. Showing that the track had a little of everything for the<br />
drivers to keep them on their toes, the mixture of vehicle in the top five places also included<br />
#305 Sportsman (under 1350ccc) Joshua Howells and #424 Extreme 2WD Kristie Hedley.<br />
Pro class Buggy. 1 st place #51 Jeff Thomas, Pro Lite Buggy. 1 st place #160 Vern Wakefield,<br />
, Super 1650 Buggy, 1 st place #290 David Nikiforoff, 2 nd , #247 Mark Cowie, Sportsman<br />
Buggy, 1 st place #305 Joshua Howells, 2WD , 1 st place #424 Kristy Hedley, 2 nd ,#405 Paul<br />
Grant, Performance 2WD, 1 st place #502 Ashley Weinert, UTV Polaris, 1 st , #688 Michael<br />
Smith, 2 nd , #666 Wayne Murphy, Production 4WD, 1 st place, #777 Drew Corcoran, Extreme<br />
4WD, 1 st place, #804 Ian Hedley, 2 nd , #888 David O’Grady, 3 rd , 844 Matt Dunk
<strong>Sydney</strong> <strong>Off</strong> <strong>Road</strong> <strong>Racing</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Contact numbers for Our Sponsors<br />
Call STEVE 02 6978 2269 Ring Werner 0418 288 076<br />
Gordon mob 0417 194 885<br />
Nigel’s the man . Phone 0439 066 662<br />
Ring 02 9570 1588 mob 0408 252 589 Cameron 0417 050 065<br />
Bill Croft 02 4777 4006<br />
mob 0408 263 554<br />
Greg Campbell<br />
Race Car Preparation<br />
m 0416 362 900<br />
For all your tuning & Service needs. On road, <strong>Racing</strong> or <strong>Off</strong> road<br />
Talk to Gerald 02 4751 6036
<strong>Sydney</strong> <strong>Off</strong> <strong>Road</strong> <strong>Racing</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Contact numbers for Our Sponsors<br />
Singleton Rd<br />
COLO NSW<br />
Ph 02 4575 5250<br />
Mob 0428 640 435<br />
info@ossianhall<br />
Www.ossianhall.com.au<br />
02 4577 3494<br />
1800 872 552
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