Club News

More Cars Now Eligible

We are excited to announce that most production cars built prior to the 1st of January 2000 are now eligible to compete in our four annual regularity events including “Around the Houses” in Albany and Northam.

From Alfa Romeo, Audi or Austin to Triumph, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo. Including most makes in between now eligible! This will mean that owners of these cars will be able to join in the fun of “spirited driving” in front of large crowds around the street circuits of these towns.

Some minor modifications are acceptable but as always, it is best to check before you prepare your vehicle for competition.

A call to our Chief Scrutineer, Barry Mackintosh on 0497 136 523 will steer you in the right direction.

It’s very straightforward. Your car must be in safe and roadworthy condition and you need the following:

• A 1kg dry powder extinguisher fitted in the cabin.
• An approved crash helmet (full face for an open car)
• Fire resistant driving gloves.
• Long sleeves and long pants.
• Enclosed leather shoes.
• You’ll need a Motorsport Australia licence, which can be purchased from the Motorsport Australia website.

There’s some paperwork, including regulations and entry forms.

That’s about it. Buckle up and join the fun!

What is Regularity?

Regularity is a precision discipline of competitive driving focusing on consistency rather than outright speed.

Participants aim to complete laps in a predetermined lap time. The goal is to minimise penalties for lapping too fast or too slow.

This requires consistency over speed. Unlike traditional motor racing, the winner is the driver who is most accurate not necessarily the fastest.

Drivers nominate a target lap time then aim to match that time as closely as possible.

Because it is not about raw speed regularity is a safer, often lower cost alternative to track racing. It doesn’t matter whether your car is fast or not. Anyone can win.

Four Unique Events

We hold four unique events through the year:

• April - Northam Motorsport Festival

The weekend begins on Saturday with the Mt Ommanney Hillclimb. Sunday brings the Northam Flying Fifty, a regularity event staged on the streets of the 190-year-old wheatbelt town. An exciting two days of historic motorsport for motoring enthusiasts.

• June - Albany Classic 

An exciting regularity event on a street circuit event set around the beautiful south coast port city for Sunday with a hill-climb on Mt Clarence on Saturday morning.   A fabulous weekend in beautiful Albany.

• October - Collie Coalfields 500

A weekend event of racing and regularity at the thrilling Collie Motorplex circuit. As an open event, all vehicles are eligible subject, to Motorsport Australia general safety requirements.

• November - The Vintage Stampede

Held at the Wanneroo Raceway. A one-day regularity event to end the year. Open to all vehicles subject to Motorsport Australia general safety requirements.

New Clubhouse

Here are the directions to the new clubhouse in Whiteman Park:

• ·         From intersection of Reid Hwy and Drumpellier Drive, head north on Drumpellier                 Drive for 500m
• ·         At traffic lights, turn left onto Marshall Rd
• ·         Follow Marshall Rd for 600m
• ·         At the roundabout, turn right onto Dulwich St
• ·         Head north on Dulwich St for approx. 1 km to entrance of Whiteman Park
• ·         Continue through entrance for a further 400m
• ·         At the T-junction (near dog park) turn left, cross tram track and continue for 250m
• ·         Turn left onto Workshop Rd and continue across 2^nd tram track for approx. 250m
• ·         Turn left into VSCC clubhouse.

We have workshops at our clubhouse from 8:30am on most Tuesdays and Saturdays - see our Vintage Metal magazine for details.

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