September 2009

Hi Folks,

We are POWERING on this year with the Club and its events which are made possible by the support of our Members and our Dealership Sponsors. The Committee Members thank all the Club Members for your involvement in the organised events helping to make them a success and giving us encouragement to keep going at the pace we are currently travelling.

The General Meeting at Zupps Mt.Gravatt on Friday 31st July was a jammed packed evening with 50 Club Members & 5 Guests present. Thanks everybody for your Support. The night started with Brendan Watt from ProLube giving a presentation on oil types and their various applications. Thanks to Brendan for a very informative talk. Jason Witt from Ferris Car Care Products spoke about his range of products including the various polishes and cleaning products. Jason also provided an awesome full suite of car care products as a lucky door prize. Brendan Watt & ProLube also provided great lucky door prizes which included Oil & hats. Many Members walked away with a prize on the night. The night built up even further with Greg Litte, who heads up the Zupps Service Division, and Mark Walpole the head HSV Technician. They hooked up a brand new W427 to a computer and demonstrated how a 7 litre HSV motor is tuned and above all what information regarding how we drive our HSV’s can be retrieved from the computer in our cars. As Mark said “Big Brother Is Watching”. I promise Mark I quietly drive my HSV around the block and put it back in the shed. I am sure for all that were at the Meeting, many went away with mind blowing information. Robert Kay also spoke briefly about the Commodore Charity Cruise at QR this year with an invitation for Club members to get involved.

A huge thanks goes to Zupps HSV and Gerard Foster for hosting the night. Well done Gerard, that certainly will be a hard act to follow.

The Leyburn Sprint’s, what a great day!!! Cruising from Redbank Plains Shopping Centre at 6am on Sunday 16th August with 13 stunning HSVs. Our convoy to Toowoomba with a pit stop at McDonalds for a quick breakfast then cruising through to Leyburn for a great day of Sprint Racing. The Club Show and Shine Display was in one of the best positions in Town just down the road from the start line attracting a heap of attention especially with Richard & Rhonda’s W427 in the line up. At lunch time the Club display cars were given the opportunity to parade around the Race Circuit, a lot of fun was had by all. Thank you to the Members that made the effort to get out of bed early on a Sunday morning and come and enjoy each others company at a great Motor Sport Event. Thanks to Peter McIntyre the organiser for the Leyburn Motor Sprints for inviting us to display our cars. He and the other Members of their Organising Committee were very impressed with the display and have already invited us back for 2010. Looking forward to doing it again next year.

WOW!!! What a weekend at Sandown. Will Davidson winning Saturday 1st August Race 13 of the Series. The first win for HRT this Season and in grand style 4 seconds ahead of 2nd place gaining a further 150 points for that round. Then came Sunday 2nd August, Race 14 with a 1st place for Garth Tander and 2nd for Will Davidson.

HOLDEN RACING TEAM 1ST AND 2ND AT SANDOWN, HOW GOOD WAS THAT!!! CAN’T WAIT FOR QUEENSLAND RACE WAY ON 23RD AUGUST.

Current Points Score Drivers Championship after Race 14 Sandown

2nd Will Davidson 1674 points only 117 points behind leader
3rd Garth Tander 1416 points

Current Points Score Team Championship after Race 14 Sandown

2nd HOLDEN RACING TEAM 3,090 points only 51 points behind leader

Queensland Race Way V8 SuperCar Round will be happening during the printing of this magazine.

A Club organised convoy to Speed on Tweed was scheduled for the 6th of September has now been cancelled. The event is still on if you wish to enjoy a great day of Heritage Racing.
The second Sprint Day at Queensland Race Way on the Saturday 19th September is on. Peter Woods has organised a great Club Event again so come on everybody who loves their Motor Sport Days. Those that would like to give it a go give this event the support it deserves. Get on the phone and register now - YOU WILL HAVE FUN!!! And ladies remember this day is for you as well as the fellows.

The Clubs next General Meeting will be held at Zupps Aspley on Friday 25th September. With the unveiling of the new VE Series 2 planned for 09/09//09, Brad Conlan from HSV will be at our meeting as a guest speaker and we expect this will be a very informative night for all Members. This is definitely a meeting you wouldn’t want to miss. Come and give your Club and the host dealer your support.

Congratulations Motorama HSV Springwood on a very successful sales campaign supplying a dealer paid Club Membership to each person that purchases a new HSV during the campaign. Joel with the amount of new Membership Applications coming through you fellows are certainly making a dent in HSV stocks. WELL DONE!!!

Look forward to seeing you all at the next events.

Les Gray
president@hsvowners.com.au