Motorsport

A great day of racing on Saturday for TimeAttack.com.au Lakeside International Raceway Round 4. Air was cool and sun was warming the bitumen and it was the best conditions seen at the event all year.

Terry Ayres had the biggest news as he finally got the highly sought after HOLY GRAIL time of a sub 60sec lap! Well done mate, we're all super proud of you. Wear that sticker with pride because you truly earned.

Hannah Taylor also beat her old PB by over half a second and made it into reaching distance of the Holy Grail with a 60.8.

Jason Keen followed Hannah into the 60sec bracket in the Monkeen Motorsport STi, also getting a 60.8 and improving by half a second thanks to the assistance given by fellow club member Malcolm Clark.

Mike Wittkopp was able to get a 62.7 which he was very pleased with. Matthew Martin smashed his old PB by 1.2secs and got a 63.6.

Great job by all, and we'll be seeing them at the next round of Time Attack held at Queensland Raceway on the 27th of August.

Submitted by Jason Keen

The Club holds an annual Motorsport Cup and 2015 is starting to look close at the top!

The scoring is nice and simple, the highest total of points with a maximum of 10 rounds will be the winner of the cup. All CAMS and AASA events count.

With over half they year gone, Mick and Jason are fighting it out at the top, but the real action is back in the pack for the minor placing. There is not a lot of room from 3rd all the way back to 10th and with only a few classifying events left for the year it will sure to be a close finish!

WRX Club Motorsport Champion will be announce at the Christmas Party. Check out the forum for more details

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Based in the heart of Brisbane, the Cootha Classic makes motorsport easily accessible to local residents.

At the core of the event, it is a celebration of motorsport, but there is so much more to it. With boutique food stalls, live entertainment, trade exhibitors, music, interactive displays and celebrity drivers complimenting the non-stop on track action.

The Club will be well represented with approximately 10 cars on show in the display area from the older GC8's to the current VA's, but all will be beautifully presented to represent the iconic WRX brand.

To go along with the looks, the Club will also be showing off some of its muscle with at least three cars already securing their spots.

STREET

Representing Monkeen Motorsport will be Club President Jason Keen in his STi built by John French Motors. "The Monkeen Motorsports '06 STi "Cindy" has been built as my daily car that regularly drives to the race track, wins its class, and drives home ready for normal weekly duties. It has been built to be a reliable race car for the road"

MODIFIED

The club is represented in the Modified class by Hannah Taylor in her MY02 WRX. Hannah is a regular at Queensland Racetracks and runs extremely well in the Queensland Time Attack series.

UNLIMITED

Running in the Ultimate class, Stephen Faulks and the Bitten Motorsport STi will be pushing it all to the limit for outright honors. "I’ll be up against GTs and some other high performance cars, so it’ll be interesting to see how I go against those guys. The historic and special vehicle classes will be something to keep en eye out for as well – they’re always awesome.”

Daniel Callow will also be representing the Club in his recently completed Car Mods Australia Wide Body STi.

Treat yourself to a great father's day weekend on the 5th September and head to the local hill climb and enjoy all the sites, tastes and racing.

For more information about the event check out the Cootha Classic webpage

WRX Club Dirt Day - Sunday 5th JULY 2015

Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled.

The WRX Club of Queensland was represented at the latest Time Attack round at Lakeside Park with Subaru’s featuring all through the ranks.

New member to the club in 2015, Malcom Clark brought his STi home with e 64.6 second lap.

Congratulations to three long-time members who all reset there personal records with Jason Keen stopping the clock in the Monkeen Motorsport STi with a personal best 61.9. Steve Faulks for P2 outright on the day and also setting a personal best with 55.1 seconds in the Bitten Motorsport STi and finally Nev Scott for putting the CMA WRX to P1 and setting a new personal best with 54.2 seconds.

Well it is getting to that time of the year again where the first street sprint kicks off. This year as normal, the Gatton Street Sprints run by the Downs Motorsport Club will be the first of many.

The WRX Club of Queensland will be sure to have a great turn out, with many members entered to run at the two day event held on the streets of Gatton.

Anthony Bonnici will be there representing the club in his project car – a supercharged Commodore. Michael McMillan will be also making an appearance in this Evo 9 and will again be looking to continue his run of consecutive top 10 finishes.

Our club president will have his newly restored STi out and looking for a strong performance to back up from a good 2013 season. Steve Faulks and his STi will have his eyes firmly on a top 10 finish, despite not having run the event in the last 4 years due to car issues.

The main drawcard for the club and the event will be to see if Nev Scott and reproduce the speed that he has shown in the previous three Gatton's and become the first person to win the Gatton Street Sprints 4 years in a row.

Come on out to Gatton on the 15th and 16th of March and enjoy the cast of 130+ cars running.

WRX Club Dirt Day - Sunday 2nd March 2014

ONLY 25 DRIVERS get in and pay early to secure your spot

There will be a drivers disclaimer you must agree to and sign to participate.
The drivers & passengers must attend the drivers briefing, sign in and agree to the rules. both drivers and passengers will be given a wrist band that will be supplied once all the above has been undertaken.

To all those who want to drive in the dirt this day is for you. The club has hired the Dirt circuit at IWMAC for a full day of fun. This event has been run previously so some of you have been to the event before. For those of you that haven't it is a great day to see if you are interested in driving on the dirt whilst not being an all competitive day.

Please find below entry prices for Driver (club member), Second driver (club member in the same car) , Passenger and Non member drivers, lunch and drink tickets will be provided for all entered drivers. Visitors and passengers will be able to purchase drink and food tickets at a minimal cost.

Payments must ne received prior to event, no payments taken on the day

Log into the Forum to pay

Passenger unlimited cars and laps =$5 pay on the day

Drivers and passengers will be given a wrist band that is the only way you will be allowed on the track must be displayed to starter before entry.

See disclaimers attached it will speed up registration if you could print and have completed.

Gates will open at 8am with the track opening at 9am. Lunch and Drinks will be available at the venue.

The IWMAC (Ipswich West Moreton Auto Club) website has some more info on their regular events as well Click Here

This is a private event which will result in a lot of fun track time for all involved with the focus on enjoyment. - You can look at the previous day for reference - Click Here

Proceedings of the day
* 08:00 - Arrive and set up camp. Please feel free to bring seats and marquees
* 08:30 - Scruiteneering (NO RALLY TYRES) and Disclaimer
* 09:00 - 12:00 - Runs
* 12:00 - 12:30 - Lunch
* 12:30 - 15:30 - Runs

The Basics
* No door to door racing
* No official timing
* No more than 3 cars on the track at one time
* Laps will be starting from a standing start on the starting pad you will be waved on to the track where you will complete 1 standing lap and 4 flying laps (this may be changed throughout the day depending on the general feeling - 5 laps is a good place to start as cars don't get too hot)
* Dangerous driving will NOT be tolerated and you will be asked to leave
* Strictly invite only
* Helmets, Neck to Wrist to Ankle non flammable clothes
* Civil Drivers License Required - No CAMS license required
* Controlled hot laps will be on ? so if you want to bring people out feel free (they will have to have Helmets, Neck to Wrist to Ankle non flammable clothes)
* There is no need to rush at the start of the day - I can guarantee that there will be times when there is only one car on the track (and some times none) so you will get plenty of lap time

.Well with World Time Attack Challenge 2013 only weeks away, Nev Scott and Steve Faulks are in the final stages of preparation and testing.

Both cars are currently having some last minute changes made, but are well on track to be ready in time.

Nev pilots the Car Mods Australia WRX which is competing in the hotly contested Open Class. The brightly coloured GC8 is not all about the looks; it runs an EJ20 blocked stroked to 2.1l, Custom fuel system, Dailey Engineering dry sump, TSSFAB F&R subframes and arms, Process West Intake, V-Mount and fuel rails, KAPS 6 speed sequential, Front-Alcon Monobloc 6 piston calipers W/355×34 rotors , Rear-STI brembo 2 piston calipers and 300mm rotors, Custom diffs, Custom built WRC spec cage, MoTeC M800 ECU, MoTeC CDL dash, fibreglass doors and lexan windows along with some trick custom aero.

All this adds up to a car that should be right on the weight limit and have over 450hp at the wheels.

Nev backs up from WTAC 2012 where he blitzed the Club Sprint class to come away with a well deserved win.

“We are returning in 2013 with one clear goal in mind. To win. Simple as that.” said Nev “We haven’t made the step up from Clubsprint to Open just to make up numbers. Last year we were very focused on our goal and as the record books show we achieved it. Our time from last year was even hard to believe at first for us but we know from the data there was still a lot more left in the car last year.”

Steve is the owner/driver of the Fulcrum Performance STi which is returning to Club Sprint class again, with the intention of bettering his 7th last year.

While a little more subtle than the Car Mods WRX, the Fulcrum Performance STi still hides some nice looking toys including a custom built NA Autosport 2.5l block with all the bits you would expect in a race car. Matched with the complete Fulcrum Performance package including Tein Super Racing N1’s, EDFC Active, entire SuperPro catalogue all help it go around corners. Performance Frictions Mono Block callipers with 355mm front rotors and standard rear callipers with Performance Friction pads all help pull the rather heavy MY05 STi up. Similarly to the Car Mods WRX, there is a full array of Motec ECU, Diff controller and dash.

With having to run standard doors and windows the Fulcrum Performance STi still tips the scales at about 1400kg and has about 420hp which is the main difference between Club Sprint and Open.

Steve said “With the entry list now published I think that the class is going to be very tight and offer great competition with the likes of Dan Farquhar, Jason Naidoo and Darrin Morrice all putting in very respectable appearances at the Vic Time Attack and the NSW Time Attack and not to mention Jason Wright being a home town boy with a lot of laps and a lot of power behind him. I am hoping the Fulcrum Performance STi will have the package on the day to keep these boys honest.”

The WRX Club of Queensland wishes Nev and Steve all the best for the 18th and 19th of October.

More information about the event can be found on Click Here and remember, they have the unique policy of fully open pits, so come by and say hi to Nev and Steve and check out their Time Attack race cars.