Last updated May 11
The 2010 Transcore Classic Challenge has been run and won. From all feedback it was a tremendous success, flowing well, without any hiccups, a brilliant mix of stages and a great social atmosphere throughout the 3 nights and 2 days of events.
There was some brilliant driving – it’s so good to see a well controlled car being driven really hard. And there was plenty of that.
We had some attrition especially on Day 2 – cars let down assortedly by a gearbox, engine, fuel pump, fuel tank, kerb and a fence… Interestingly, in addition to two others, cars No 22, 23, 24 & 25 failed to finish. Fortunately nothing too serious that can’t be repaired.
Everyone’s favourite stage? An almost even split between The Cut and East Picton, with the balance tipping in favour of the latter.
Thanks - a lot of people deserve thanks for their efforts in making the event work so well:
- Will White – as a local in the Bunbury area did a brilliant job helping co-ordinate things down there. You couldn’t ask for a more helpful person.
- Our venues – while the costs and complexity in getting approvals are increasing, at least we can get some great venues still.
- Our stage commanders – Martin McCoy, Sue Ridley, Brock Mann, Rubin Sadique, Andy Hamilton, Tim Fowler, Franz Esterbauer. Other key officials – Ian Man – Results, Natalie Holburn – Steward. These guys put in really long hours of physically and mentally hard work for which we're all extremely thankful.
- Volunteer marshals – out there in the sun and rain. A big Thank You.
- And of course a big thanks to our event sponsor Transcore.
Rally Director’s Award for the most impressive car.
There’s something un-natural about the sound of Rod Willis’ V8 MX5, and it’s an impressive car – but it didn’t win this award.
And the Caruso Jaguar – what can you say – always impressive always driven spectacularly. Bit it’s not the winner...
Those hot, early model Porsche 911s are pretty special too.
But having consulted with some of the other senior officials about this, and they agreed with the Rally Director's feeling on the car which should win this award – one that excels beyond expectation - and it’s Chris Fabian’s 1964 Volkswagen Beetle. This announcement was met with a huge cheer in the room.
Results
After the problem which caused us to pull the pin at the end of the day, we decided that rather than scrub the stages altogether, we would allocate times for those few remaining cars, of the average of their own times on the previous two runs on those same courses. Thos which did not finish got DNF, not average scores.
Congratulations to all the winners - tremendous effort - especially for outright winner Pete Major who was quite unwell on the last day and in spite of missing the last stages, had performed so exceptionally well he was able to win outright. Well done!
The performance awards…
First Outright – 162 points
30
Peter Major
Michael Ward
2006 Mitsubishi Evo9RS
2300T
Second Place – 175 points
8
Bruce Hawley
Karl Howard
2000 Nissan Skyline GTR
2600T
Third Place – points loss of 191 points
24
Deryck Graham
Andy Morris
1994 Porsche 968 Turbo RS
3000T
Category awards were won by:
All up to 1985
9
Paul Moltoni
Brett Davey
1974 Porsche 911 RS
3500
1986-2010
24
Deryck Graham
Andy Morris
1994 Porsche 968 Turbo RS
3000T
4WD Turbo up to 2-litres
5
Dennis Heller
Lauren Joyce
2008 Mitsubishi Evo8 MR
2000T
4WD Turbo over 2-litres
8
Bruce Hawley
Karl Howard
2000 Nissan Skyline GTR
2600T
OUTRIGHT RESULTS SHOWN BELOW
Next AEM 1-Day rallies: September 19 and November 28 2010
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Winning co-driver Michael Ward: "My Dad said I'd never achieve anything sitting on my arse."
Transcore Classic Challenge 2010 Outright Results Class Time Taken Time penalty Total Taken Points Lost Outright Place 30 Peter Major Michael Ward 2006 Mitsubishi Evo9RS 2000T C 1350.86 0 1350.86 162 1 8 Bruce Hawley Karl Howard 2000 Nissan Skyline GTR 2600T D 1292.85 20 1312.85 175 2 24 Deryck Graham Andy Morris 1994 Porsche 968 Turbo RS 3000T B 1342.41 0 1342.41 191 3 27 Stuart Norman Dale Luelf 2000 Nissan Skyline GTR V-Spec 2600T D 1330.47 10 1340.47 236 4 2 Will White Ethan Tyrell 1988 Nissan Skyline Silhouette GTS 2600T B 1376.81 5 1381.81 242 5 9 Paul Moltoni Brett Davey 1974 Porsche 911 RS 3500 A 1335.97 0 1335.97 250 6 20 Jurgen Lunsmann Helen Lunsmann 1990 Suzuki Swift GTI Turbo 1300T B 1335.64 60 1395.64 263 7 5 Dennis Heller Lauren Joyce 2004 Mitsubishi Evo8 MR 2000T C 1380.05 20 1400.05 267 8 14 Denis Conway Nathon McLaren 2005 Subaru WRX STi 2457T D 1347.66 0 1347.66 278 9 28 Simon Line Robin Maras 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3400 A 1424.00 0 1424.00 295 10 18 David Moir Vicki Moir 1973 Datsun 240Z 2800 A 1384.82 20 1404.82 303 11 10 Steve Cherry Megan Cherry 2009 Mitsubishi Evo 2000T C 1401.56 10 1411.56 339 12 12 Vito Forte Chris Forte 1983 BMW E30 2500 B 1374.65 55 1429.65 376 13 4 Chris Fabian Joel Beaver 1964 VW Beetle 1998 A 1441.11 0 1441.11 399 14 19 Simon Lingford Susannah Lingford 1970 Ford Capri Perana 5000 A 1427.68 10 1437.68 416 15 7 Craig Arnold Kyle Arnold 2002 Subaru WRX RA Spec 2000T C 1403.54 0 1403.54 419 16 22 Simon Gunson Sharon Payne 2003 Mitsubishi Evo8RS 2300T D 1652.86 0 1652.86 422 17 26 John Fowler Monica Jakovich 1979 Porsche 911 Targa 3200 A 1404.26 0 1404.26 424 18 13 Chris Caruso Susan Caruso 1976 Jaguar XJC 5700 A 1490.93 5 1495.93 445 19 21 Andrew Gilmore Wayne Councel 2009 Holden HSV Maloo 6200 B 1393.67 20 1413.67 450 20 17 Richard Gilmore Aaron Sharp 1995 Nissan Skyline GTR 2800T D 1443.78 40 1483.78 457 21 33 Jeff Ash Rosanne Dirou 1995 Nissan GTR 2600T D 1515.84 0 1515.84 468 22 32 Rob Buys Sanja Aksamija 1977 Porsche 911 3000 A 1421.31 5 1426.31 484 23 11 Brenden Attard Jonathon Booth 1989 Nissan Skyline 2500T B 1477.20 20 1497.20 498 24 31 Peter Gillon Neil Martin 2009 BMW M3 3999 B 1434.61 10 1444.61 523 25 6 Joshua Robinson Jacob Rudback 1997 Mitsubishi Lancer Turbo 2000T C 1756.09 10 1766.09 550 26 29 Rod Willis Anthony Bertoli 1990 Mazda MX5-V8 6000 B 1491.43 10 1501.43 567 27 1 Les Eather Chris Kirkhouse 1976 Datsun 200B 2000 A 1486.52 10 1496.52 576 28 3 Ryan Judkins Susan Smith 1972 Holden Torana 3300 A 1548.31 50 1598.31 604 29 23 Peter May Clinton Miller 1995 Subaru WRX 2000T C 1752.63 0 1752.63 612 30 25 Trent Eather Jo Cooper 1982 Mitsubishi Starion Turbo 2000T A 1611.09 10 1621.09 617 31 15 Simona Gilmore Sonia Gilmore 1998 Nissan Skyline GTR 2600T D 1665.95 10 1675.95 654 32 CLICK HERE FOR DAILY, STAGE AND CATEGORY RESULTS
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Resourceful co-driver finds radiator water from Kwinana sprinklers... Chris Fabian accepts Rally Director's Choice Award for his 1964 Volkswagen Beetle
Next AEM rallies: September 19 and November 28 2010
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Pre-event information below
We're changing up a gear for 2010!
More closed-road Sprints Overnight in Bunbury Night stage under lights
New driving stages Autokhanas Motorplex, Speed Dome & other great venues
Excellent social events Straightforward route instructions Over 25 Competition stages!
SPECTATOR STAGES:
Saturday - May 8
Speed Dome, Eddy Barron Drive, Midvale - 9.30am to 10.30am
Bunbury Centrepoint Shopping Centre, Stirling St, Bunbury - 6.45pm-7.30pm
Sunday - May 9
Kwinana Motorplex, Anketell Rd, Kwinana, various stages - 12.30pm-4.30pm
Spectator entry is free to the above stages. Please note that not all stages of the rally are suitable or open to spectators. The above times are a guide and may vary on the day. Please ensure you follow instructions of officials on site.Motorsport is dangerous. As a spectator you agree to attend or participate in the event at your own risk.
You acknowledge that:
• the risks associated with attending or participating in the event include the risk that you may suffer harm as a result of:
• motor vehicles (or parts of them) colliding with other motor vehicles, persons or property;
• acts of violence and other harmful acts (whether intentional or inadvertent) committed by persons attending or participating in the event; and
• the failure or unsuitability of facilities (including grand-stands, fences and guard rails) to ensure the safety of persons or property at the event.
Motor sport is dangerous and that accidents causing harm can and do happen and may happen to you.
You accept the conditions of, and acknowledge the risks arising from, attending the event and being provided with the event services by AEM, AASA and any associated parties.PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST
MARCH 31 - There's just over a month to go until Perth's best touring road rally takes place. We've confirmed lots of brilliant new stages in our action-packed 2-day and night event, with 27 competition stages. Entries so far include a fine range of cars, with examples of Porsche 911, Holden Torana, Subaru WRX, Skyline GTS, VW Beetle, Mitsubishi Evo, Datsun 1600, Jaguar XJC, Alfa Romeo 1750GTV, BMW M3, Lexus IS200, Ford Capri Perana, HSV Maloo, Skyline GTR, Datsun 240Z and others... Act now - see the details below and get your entry form in!
FEBRUARY 17 - Due to various factors we've decided to move the event from March to the weekend of May 8-9 2010. Among the benefits will be even more excellent stages in the event. We hope this won’t adversely affect anyone. If you have entered for the March dates and can’t participate in May, please let us know and we’ll arrange a full refund. We’ve already planned some of the best stages ever in the many years of AEM running touring road rallies.
The change of date will allow us to add even more exceptional driving stages. We should have 27 competitive stages, 18 of which are sprint or superkhana style stages. One of the brand new stages, according to Rally Director Paul Blank, “is the best closed road stage I’ve ever devised in 18 years of running these events – in a new industrial estate, with esses, bends, sharp turns and a beautiful new road surface.” The overnight stay is in Bunbury, where we’re planning an exciting night stage, under lights, where two cars will compete side by side in front of a cheering crowd. Anyone who competed in similar stages we held in Bunbury for Classic Rally will know how thrilling that will be… The 2010 Transcore Classic Challenge is the best value rally in Australia! If you haven't already entered, don’t miss out on competing in this exceptional event – act now and complete an entry form.
CLICK HERE FOR THE ENTRY APPLICATION FORM Click here for Event Regulations
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We’re cranking things up a few notches for 2010, to make the Transcore Classic Challenge a fantastic and truly memorable motor sport event. The event style is moving away from the 1-Day Classic rallies, more towards how the legendary Classic Rally used to be.
Lots of new stages, including several closed-road Sprint stages, autokhanas, Superkhanas and other exciting, challenging driving tests... Among the new closed road stages are the best we've ever run!
We’ve been working on new venues, which will be sure to thrill all participants. A new overnight location - Bunbury - where some rally participants will recall the great days of Classic Rally in years gone by...
We’ll have a big dinner in Bunbury on the Saturday night after our exciting new Night Spectator Stage, held under lights.
The number of cars participating will be strictly limited to minimise queueing and ensure the whole event runs to schedule. Most AEM events have been sold-out in recent times, so don’t miss out - act now to ensure you get a place in the most exciting Touring Road Rally for 2010.
Schedule
Three nights and two days packed with plenty of competition driving action and social activities.
Here’s the basic timetable:
Friday May 7 (afternoon & night) -
- Scrutineering & Registration
- Sausage Sizzle and drinks
Saturday May 8 -
- Official Start
- Competition driving stages all day
- Overnight in Bunbury, night stage & dinner
Sunday May 9 -
- Competition driving stages all day
- Awards Presentation party in PerthResults will be calculated on an un-handicapped basis again this year. There will be plenty of categories for awards, determined by a car’s engine size and year of manufacture.
And there’s no mind-bending navigation, just straightforward route instructions.We're putting together special deals for accommodation, with several options - details will be provided to participants.
Ask anyone who competed over the last few years - and they’re sure to give you very positive remarks. The stages were exciting, the event ran to schedule, we had a great group of participants and variety of cars...If you're unfamiliar with the Classic Challenge, see below for details on last year's event and links to precious years' reports, photos and results.
And the 2010 rally promises to be even better. Book your place now!CLICK HERE FOR THE ENTRY APPLICATION FORM Click here for Event Regulations
The 2010 Transcore Classic Challenge offers an exciting mix of competition driving stages over two full days, including an exciting night stage, under lights which is a spectator stage to be held in the heart of Bunbury.
With a variety of competitive stages, including some among the state’s leading venues - plus several unique to this event, the event offers a uniquely exciting and challenging weekend of motor sport fun. Competition venues in the metropolitan area include the Kwinana Motorplex and the Speed Dome in Midvale.
There’s no need to modify your car, you don’t need a race suit and the event’s ideal for anyone from first-timers to experts.It’s easy to enter. You need 2 people per car (either can drive any stage, but one run per car per stage with multiple runs at some stages), good quality helmets, a first aid kit and fire extinguisher. The Roadbook will give instructions on the route to take between stages and course maps.
How much and what’s included
For an event with so much packed into 2 days and 3 nights, this rally is unbeatable value. Entering the 2010 rally costs just $1240 per car (2 people) - making it Australia’s best value for money Touring Road Rally.
We have refined and improved the event - and with the upgrades for 2010, it promises to be better than ever. The event incorporates two full days of competitive driving stages, daily Roadbooks, car competition number door stickers, plus lunches each day, Friday evening sausage sizzle & drinks, Scrutineering & Registration, Saturday evening dinner, with plenty of awards given away at the rally Presentation Party on the Sunday night in Perth.
Plus there’s the fun of competing with a great bunch of fellow competitors, excellent driving roads in the southwest and more.
We limit entries to ensure our timetable can be adhered to during the event. Even if you’re not sure what car you’ll be entering, or who your co-driver will be, apply now to ensure you get a place in 2010’s great rallying event. Our events usually sell out quickly, so act now.Requirements
The Transcore Classic Challenge is a designed to be a very straightforward event to enjoy. Two people must be in the car at all times. All you need is the following:
> A current drivers licence
> AASA Club or equivalent competition licence (which we can issue AASA license - no test involved - $50 for 1-yr - see form if required)
> A good quality helmet for each person
The car needs:
> To be in sound and roadworthy condition (cars will be inspected at
the Friday night Scrutineering)
> A checked & date-tagged 2kg fire extinguisher (or 2 x 1kg units, one of which must be accessible in the cockpit)
> An approved first aid kit
Note: There is no requirement for items such as extra bonnet catches, roll-cages, oil catch tanks, race suits, etc.
ABOUT OUR SPONSOR
Transcore is a Perth based consultancy specialising in traffic engineering, transport planning and project management. Transcore has been serving the local and national property and land development industry for over 10 years.
Click here to see details of the 2009 Classic Challenge
AUTOMOTIVE EVENTS MANAGEMENT
PO Box 1222, Subiaco, Western Australia, 6008
Telephone (08) 9271 0101
info@classicrally.com.au
www.classicrally.com.au
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