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JSCC Eastern Creek Gymkhana Training Day - Sunday 27 May 2012

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 JSCC is holding an Eastern Creek Gymkhana Training Day - SESSION TWO - Sunday 27 May 2012

Pre-registration form is here.

A "gymkhana" is a motorsport event that tests a drivers car and their skills in negotiating a small course set out on a flat sealed or unsealed surface. JSCC has once again secured the use of Eastern Creek's wet concrete skidpan for this purpose, as it is the premier autotest venue in NSW, probably Australia.

Each 'test' requires the driver to start and finish in a 'garage' and not hit any 'markers' on the way around the course or take a 'wrong direction', as both of these errors incurs a time penalty. Ultimately you want to find the fastest way around a test, in particular - by using the handbrake or throttle to 'rotate' the car around a marker.

Each test takes 30-40 seconds to complete and your time for each run is recorded on the timing sheet that you will carry with you in your car. For an idea of the *possible* tests we might be running on the day, please check out the CAMS Motorkhana Handbook - don't worry, it is a training day so we wont make you do some of the really complicated ones!

As this will be a timed event, you will need to have a CAMS licence and be a CAMS car club member, with JSCC members given priority.  In addition, CAMS L1 day licences will also be available (please contact us for details!)

Please let us know if you wish to take pictures or footage of the event as a non-competitor so we can provide you with further details.

Supplementary Regulations - MUST READ FOR ALL ENTRANTS!  

 

Report: Round 4 of NSW Hillclimb Championship

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Well, the drive to Kempsey (well Cooperabung to be precise) was as uneventful as a trip up the F3 and Pacific highway can be and I arrived at the hillclimb track around 1pm. After seeing cars lining up at the base of a hill, I realised that this was going to be one scary ride, the cars were racing off towards a tight right kink and disappearing around a corner.

After that session finished I was able to drive up the course myself to the pit area and was pretty taken aback as to how daunting the track was - tight, blind and FAST.

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Supersprints Round 1 Wakefield

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Wakefield turned on hot weather and difficult conditions for fast morning laps (although the arvo was freezing).  JSCC had a big entrant list:
  • Nissan 350z - Kieran
  • Evo 8MR - Leon
  • Evo 8MR - Chris
  • Soarer - Kevin
  • VW Polo GTi - Che

Natsoft results http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?01/04/2012.WAKE.SS

 

 

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2012 NSW Hillclmb Championship - all the details

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Hillclimbing is a great way to get involved in grassroots motorsports - it is cheap, easier on your car and very very exciting...

The NSW Hillclimb fraternity is lucky to have twelve available Hillclimb tracks in NSW, including Mt Panorama. This provides competitors with great variety of events and a chance to see a few new places.

Basically, a Hillclimb is a run on a 'hill' of between 600 to over 2000m length that is timed. Yes, that simple!

The hard part is getting your car off the line and to go a hard as you can up the hill without losing control - newbies should always talk to seasoned Hillclimbers for tips and advice, and always 'walk the hill' to get a good feel for it. Some events have sighting runs for newcomers.

So what do you need?

  • pretty much any roadsafe car
  • a CAMS L2S licence
  • CAMS club membership
  • fire extinguisher & battery triangle (blue)
  • helmet and non-flammable clothing

This years events will be:

1. 12/2/2011 Canberra Hillclimb

2.  03/03/12 Bathurst Esses (Forrest Elbow to Skyline)

3. 04/03/12 Bathurst Mountain Straight (Mountain Straight to McPhillamy Park)

4. 15/4/2012 Kempsey Mt Cooperbung

5. 13/5/2012 Tamworth

6. 10/06/11 Grafton Mountain View

7. 5/8/2012 Raymond Terrace Ringwood

8. 9/9/2012 Huntley Dapto Wollongong

9. 30/9/2012 Newcastle King Edward Park

The NSW Hillclimb website has heaps of information, plus all the forms you need for each event and the 2012 Hillclimb Championship.

 

How to become a JSCC member

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Please read the information below, then complete the application form and organise payment of the membership fee. If you have any more questions email the secretary. We'll meet you soon! 

Please note that JSCC is a CAMS Affiliated New South Wales based motorsports car club.

Costs

For new members it is $50 for one year, or $95 for three years (which both include the $20 joining fee).

For JSCC membership renewals, it's only $30 per year (or $75 for 3 years), via same bank details as on membership application page.

Once JSCC receives payment you will be provided with a JSCC membership card (in person or by mail) and a JSCC car sticker. The membership card is usually *required* at all CAMS sanctioned events.

Benefits

The benefits of joining a registered car club are many:

  • notification of professionally organised events
  • discounts and group-buys for equipment and parts
  • ease of access to CAMS licences and discounts
  • members experience in motorsports, photography and driving
  • DIY & maintenance days

Prerequisites

The only requirements for new members* are that they must read and agree to the Japanese Sports Car Club Inc. policies (e.g.our anti-hooning stance) and agree to abide by the JSCC & CAMS rules. Click these links for the JSCC policies and JSCC rules.

This is the link to the membership application form.

* Under the current JSCC rules, new applications are dependent on "approval" by the committee members; also - your "nomination" is virtually automatic.