RallySport Magazine March 2017

LIFE MEMBERSHIPS TO
RALLYING STALWARTS
Senior Rally Australia officials
Colin Trinder and Alan Vaughan
have been honoured for their long
commitment to motorsport with Life
Memberships of the Confederation
of Australian Motor Sport.
Trinder (above right) has been
a member of the Australian Rally
Commission since 2001 and
Chairman since 2007.
The citation accompanying his Life
Member award said: “During Colin’s
time as Chairman his measured
approach to leadership has ensured
exceptional outcomes and stability
during tumultuous times.”
BRC win
clearly in
Arron’s sights
Rising star, Arron
Windus, will head back
to the UK this year for
a full seven-event assault
on the British Junior Rally
Championship.
After a shortened 2016
program driving for the
Vauxhall Junior Rally Team,
20-year old Windus will start
his season on the Border
Counties Rally on March 17
and 18.
For 2017, Windus will be
co-driven by young Irishman,
Aaron Johnstone, who also
contested last year’s British
Junior Championship.
“Having seen first hand
what it takes to win the
championship last year, the
plan is definitely to win the
title this year,” Windus said.
He also has made major
achievements as Sustainability and
Environment Manager for Rally
Australia, the Coffs Coast-based
round of the FIA WRC.
Alan Vaughan (below right)
received his Life Membership
from CAMS President Andrew
Papadopoulos at the CAMS Gala.
Under his direction, Rally Australia
in 2013 became the first motorsport
event in the world to receive
the FIA Institute Achievement of
Excellence award for environmental
sustainability and to achieve carbonneutral
status.
6 ROUNDS
FOR AMSAG
SERIES
The 2017 Pipe
King Southern
Cross Rally
Series has expanded to
include six rounds.
The Pipe King
Southern Cross Rally
Series begins west of
Sydney on March 18 at Oberon, before
heading to the south east of the NSW
Riverina at Rosewood in May, followed by
a two-day event in the Bega Valley on the
June long weekend.
Events on the Mid-North Coast at
Bulahdelah and Johns River fill out the back
end of the season, with a second event west
of Sydney at Orange in August.
In line with the relaxed nature of the
series, there is no registration fee, and all
competitors are eligible to score points.
2016 Open
Champions Ron and
Jo Moore. (Photo:
Dave King)
The regulations have, for the most
part, remained unchanged for the past
seven years, with the club resisting the
introduction of most limitations, instead
allowing the competitors freedom of
choice when it comes to safety equipment
and vehicle modifications.
AMSAG competitor information is
available at www.amsag.com.au
Competitors can enter online for the
Oberon Rally via the event page, with the
entry fee being set at $400.
HJC MOTORSPORTS
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