Steve Wells took an emphatic third during the final race of the 750mc Locost Championship Brands Hatch meeting this weekend.
This is the first visit to the podium for Steve who was not the only IOWCC competitor competing this weekend on the Indy circuit.
Matthew Price a.k.a ‘Basra’ brought his Citroen Saxo home in one piece after completing his races unscathed, this was his debut to circuit racing.
Well done to the two chaps for a fine weekend of racing in very inclement weather.
In Attendance MP, PR, DW, BR, GB, TA, MP, JD, DG
1.Apologies
RW, DM, AW
2. Welcome new members, explain what goes on
John Dutch and Danny grist welcomed and Co-opted members Emails johndutch@onwight.net & dgrist@hotmail.com
3. Approval of last mins
Approved
4. Membership report
41 full members
36 members compete at round 1 15 sign up in advance & 21 on the day = 544 taken on the day, £21 to charity.
£834.55 in paypal Issue with paypal type of account TA to investigate.
2 new mebers: Linda Bert – Andy W & Steve S propose and approve. Callumn steele Toby & Paul propose and approve.
5.Treasurers report
Current 6541.31
saving 2560.50
6. Venues
Next event Knighton 6th May
Softops and windows can be in the up or down position when competing.
Discuss Trophies and having non point related prizes. PR to find old ones, consider 2nd / 3rd over.
Radio 1 temperamental DM to give to PR to inspect. RW/DM to get details of where they were bought from.
Marshalling – Constant struggle to get more people involved. TA to campaign over email to encourage more members.
Next meeting 22nd May 8pm Camphill.
As most were waking up to chocolate eggs the island petrol heads were gathering at the IOW college for round 1 of the IOW car clubs 2012 season. A damp start was not going to be enough to deter the hardy motorsport enthusiasts on this Easter Sunday as over 30 drivers prepared for the day ahead. A selection of new machinery was on show as well as the usual crowd. Most notable was a Special built by Terry Steele with an MR2 rear end and custom built front end. We shall have to see how it fairs later on!
With a forecast of drying throughout the day competitors were holding off for the moisture to lift from the track. Phil Munday lead early-on in his Mazda 323 making of the most of his FWDs grip to record a 1:14.06 whilst most struggled with the slippery conditions. As the clouds slowly ebbed away the surface showed signs of drying and the times begun to tumble. The Dutch brothers in their Minis looked fast and the timer confirmed this, Dave driving the blue Mini pickup was looking to be the one to try and beat. A time of 1:10.08 in his second run laying down the gauntlet to the chasing pack. Dan Morgan, fast, as ever recorded a 1:07.64 only to be bettered once again by Dave Dutch with a 1:06.62. With the half-way point upon us Dave topped the table with Dan second and Martyn Cutler in third. The surface was pretty much dry by this point and times started to fall off the cliff. Matt Griffin driving his new Honda ‘wedge’ for the first time stunned the regulars by putting himself in to third place with an extremely smooth 1:07.08. The battle of the minis had ensued however and Chris Greenen, Dave Goodwin and Dave Dutch all posted sub 1:06.00 times to top the table. Dan Morgan replied with a 1:03.53 to retake the summit only to be cut down by an immense effort by Dave Dutch 1:02.97. With only Dan left to run he looked to have done enough to snatch victory at the death but unfortunately carried too much speed into the finish box sailing straight through and incurring a 10 second penalty. Round 1 to Dave Dutch!
There were no class 1 competitors however there were some newcomers to class 2. Matt Price and Brian Robbins both bringing standard cars to add some competition to the class 2 stalwarts Dean Long and Daryl Turner. Dean and Daryl were their usual flamboyant selves in their Mk1 Mx5 and Brian and Matt could not get close time wise. Dean took the number one position in class with a 1:11.28 and Daryl 2nd on 1:13.02. Those two boys are worth coming along to watch alone, their RWD car control is extremely entertaining.
Class 3 was as always the class of the Minis, 8 competitors on the day. Dave Dutch drew the battle lines with a 1:06.62 midway through the event only for Dave Goodwin to show his hand and put a 1:05.72 on the timecard. Chris Greenen was feeling left out so he went out and recorded a very respectable 1:05.65. Goodwin replied with 1:05.12 but Dave Dutch was never going to let this one go firstly recording a 1:03.36 but incurring a 10 second penalty for exiting the finish box then went on to startle the on looking crowd to take the victory in both class and overall by making a remarkable 1:02.97 proving that the Minis may be old but they can still mix it with the modern machinery. Well done Dave, well deserved!
Class 4 was the most competitive class of the day with 19 entrants. As stated earlier Phil Munday topped the tables early on but was soon cut down to size as the track dried out. Matt Griffin looked smooth and tidy throughout the day and the times were a result of this. Dave Bizzill, Steve Glasbey and Toby Allen all looked fast as well. Toby was the first to gain places with a 1:06.12 which Dave Bizzill tried his best to cut the deficit but just came up short on 1:07.07. Matt Griffin and Steve Glasbey both had the final say though as Matt recorded 1:06.06 and Steve pipped him at the post driving a TVR to take the class victory by just a hairs breadth 1:06.04. Excellent drives from both Steve and Matt.
Class 5, the Special class! A couple of new entrants into this class this year from Terry Steele and Sam Beckley, an unusual contraption featuring an MR2 rear on a special type front end.
At the sharp end was once again Dan Morgan, Andy Williams tried his hardest to keep Dan in touch but it was a step too far for all of the other class 5 entrants. Dan had overall victory snatched from him at the death but his time of 1:03.53 was enough to take Class honours and 2nd place overall. Andy took second in class and 10th overall.
And so an end to the first event of the season, it is shaping up to be very interesting. A couple of newcomers looking fast and a few of the old heads at the sharp end. I am sure some have gone away now knowing what they need to do to improve whilst others will be happy with a good days work. Steve Glasbey and Matt Griffin are joint drivers of the day, Steve for showing great improvement over last year and Matt for being the season’s newbie showing old hats how it should be done. Fastest lady driver of the day was Vicky Cox finishing an overall 17th with 1:10.73.
Well done to all the class winners and a massive well done to Dave Dutch.
Top 5
Dave Dutch 1:02.97
Dan Morgan 1:03.53
Dave Goodwin 1:05.12
Chris Greenen 1:05.65
Steve Glasbey 1:06.04
Next event is an unsealed surface event held at Knighton on Sunday 13th May.
Last year a few IOWCC members competed in the Dimanche sprint, held at Rushmoor Arena near Aldershot, ran by the Farnborough District Motor Club. They all had an excellent time and I know there are a few members who will be going up again this year!
The event is on Sunday the 15th of April, and is open to any fully registered IOWCC member.
The Reg’s and Entry form is available to download here - ftp://ftp0.bull.co.uk/incoming/sentry/tesco/CISCO%20SIMON/DimancheSprintRegs2012.pdf
To see what its all about there is also an event report from last year here-
http://www.farnboroughdmc.org.uk/dim2011repa.php
There are a few requirements to compete in a sprint, in brief these are:
If you are interested and wish to find out more please contact us or FDMC.
If you want to be in on the action but can’t compete unfortunately this is a non spectator event, therefore the best thing to do is to offer your services as a Marshall, to do so please contact the lady below.
Sarah Trigwell
Telephone: 07799 886632
E-mail: farnborough2@aol.com
Hope to see some of you there!
Marshall training evening.
With the clock ticking to the start of the season we have arranged a social event at the Camp hill Prison club on Wednesday 21st March at 8pm. This will be a great opportunity to catch up with your fellow competitors and refresh your minds on what your club needs from you when its your turn to Marshall! Safety at our events is imperative and we feel everyone would benefit from a quick reminder of all the simple things that help run our events as smoothly and safely as possible. If you can, please pop in for a quick pint, sign on and say hi!
Advanced Sign on
We would like to urge as many of our members as possible from the past season wishing to renew their membership for 2012 to do so online through the clubs website. Everyone wishing to compete at the first event will need to be a registered season or day member before we can get going. Therefore the more people who do this in advance the sooner we can start, giving you all as much driving time as possible. If you can’t sign on online, you will be able to at the Marshall training evening mentioned above.
Reg’s Update
There have been some questions relating to the class regulations we issued on the last email round. Effective from Round 1 the now amended Reg’s are available to see on the clubs website. - http://iowcc.co.uk/regulations/regulations-2/
Here: DM, MS, AW, SS, GB, TA, MP, BR, PR, RW, DW
1. Apologies
PW
2. Approval of minutes
Approved
3. Treasurers Report
MIA
4. Membership Sec. Report
50 people for AGM meal = £300
16 full members so far.
Ensure big push for members to sign up before 1st event or very early on the day.
5. Venues
IOW College all fine for 3 events
Knighton all fine
AW to get football club
AW to investigate new Westlands car park after August
RW to re approach Sydenhams
6. CO-OP Members
Danny Grist – Come on Down
John Dutch – Come on Down
AW proposes, RW 2nds, all agree.
7. Rule Changes
No questions from the membership. Discussed tidying up the rules, TA to mail out clearer versions.
8. Committee Titles
MS – Chairman / Comp. Sec
DM – Sec / Time keeper / Website
PR – Tres / Vice Chair
AW – Social Sec
GB – Dept . Social Sec
MP – Membership Sec
TA – Dept. Membership Sec / Press and PR
SS – Awards Sec
DW – Dept. Awards Sec
BR – Scruit
SS – Chief Marshall
PW – Dept. Marshall
RW – Safety officer
RW proposes, SS 2nds, all agree
9. Matters Arising
None
10. AOB
DM to mail AW permits forms and copy of insurance (from MSA website)
DM to get scruit sheets
Quay arts is this year’s chosen charity
Need to catalogue trophies and discuss at next event
Marshall training good to go. SS has it under control. TA to mail membership advertising evening as a social event
Christmas do WPM for awards night
April to April for membership
Any iow / evocars trackdays to be advertised to membership
RW to investigate bembridge airport
Meeting closes @ 10:20
Next meeting at Tuesday 10th April @ Camp Hill @ 20:00
Hi everybody
For all the F1 fans in the club we’re running a league on this site:
http://www.fantasy-f1.net/home.html
Sign up and register an account (all free) and then join your team into the Isle of Wight Car Club league. The league is open to all and has no password. You have a few days now till the season starts but you can enter after the 1st race should you miss the deadline.
Cheers
Dan
AGM 3/3/12
Here – dan m, malc, andy, phil, paul, steve, toby, brian, rich, gordon, matt
Apologies
Not here – dan w
Pre meeting:
RT & RF stepping down.
Discussed potential rule problems, suggestion is for members to write to committee for clarification on any points.
Proposed and 2nd each other on block.
Committee titles to be decided at next meeting.
We need to be tighter on finances, receipts etc to make book balancing easier for Phil.
SS asks about using some of our trophies from “the vault”.
14th March for next meeting, Brian to arrange.
AGM
Malc – Thanks all for attending, thanks committee, thanks officers, thanks Marty and The Quay, invites membership to join committee as co-op members
Phil – Annual treasures report, hands out copies of accounts and explains them.
Malc – Proposes, DG, RW 2nd. Accounts signed off
Dan – Brief season review.
Malc – 3 Officers – MS, PR, DM. Remain the same, no complaints. 9 committee members remain, RT & RF stepped down. Nobody else volunteers for co-op. TW proposes the officers, MD 2nds. TW proposes the committee, TC 2nds. All voted in.
Malc – People need to pay for AGM meal. Membership and event fees remain the same. Membership is asked to suggest a charity who the club can support for 2012.
21st March = Marshall training @ Camp Hill
8th April = 1st 2012 event @ College
Questions from the floor:
Christmas doo / awards idea is liked
Questions about rule changes, agreed that blue book can be read online and any further questions will be mailed to committee.
Meeting closes
Southsea Motor Club have kindly extended an invitation to the IOWCC members to compete in their March AutoSolo.
Check out the regs and the entry form as follows,
Southsea Motor Club AutoSolo Entry Form
Supplementary Regulations – March 2012 Solo
The Event Calender is now available to be seen on the Clubs website, http://iowcc.co.uk/calendar/ .
AGM & Awards Evening
On Saturday the 3rd of March the IOWCC welcomes its members to the Quay Arts centre for its annual general meeting and 2011 season awards evening. As ever the fastest chef on the island will be serving up a cracking 2 course meal. The club will cover half the bill meaning we just need a menu choice and £6 from you by the 17 of February to participate! Doors will open at 7pm with food served for 7:30.
The Menu for the evening can be found here Payment via Paypal is available http://iowcc.co.uk/payments/, once paid please email name & menu choices to fosters268@hotmail.com. For cash payments please contact Matt Price on 07894050791 or Toby Allen fosters268@hotmail.com, please note you cannot pay on the evening.
There will be awards for last years season handed out after the meal. Regrettably this does mean if you were fortunate enough to win a trophy last season its time to give it a polish and return to Steve Stotesbury. You can arrange delivery direct with Steve on 07855877282. Alternatively Jai Nolan has kindly offered to be a drop off point for trophy’s at the Gun shop in Newport.
Finally there will be the AGM, its at this point the 2012 committee will be voted in and is your opportunity to voice any thoughts you have over the coming season. Anyone who can, should attend!
Marshall Training
8pm Wednesday the 21st of March at Camphill Prison club in Newport will host a refresher to Marshalling at events. We implore you to come to this. Whilst we have some well seasoned Marshall’s in our midst the efficiency and understanding of the job is key to not only the safety at events, but also fair scoring and number of runs you get in at each event! Additionally there happens to be a bar selling drinks there so you’d be a fool not to come.
Membership
Membership forms for the 2012 season can be downloaded from the clubs website here http://iowcc.co.uk/payments/ . Membership and event prices have been frozen so remain exactly the same as last season. The agm and Marshall training evenings will be an ideal opportunity to settle up for the year. Alternatively you can pay online through Paypal at http://iowcc.co.uk/payments/ and post the printed and signed application to the address at the bottom of the form. Members shall default to their race number from the previous season.
A breakdown of dates for your diaries
Saturday 3rd March AGM & Awards evening
Wednesday 21st March Marshall training Camphill Prison officer’s club
Round 1 SS Sunday 8th April College
Round 2 USS Sunday13th May Knighton
Round 3 SS Saturday 16th June St Georges Football club
Round 4 USS Sunday1st July Atherfield
Round 5 SS 22ndJuly BAE
12th August PCT / Social Event
Round 6 USS 19th August Atherfield
Round 7 USS 9th September Pallance Farm
Round 8 SS 23rd September Venue TBC
Round 9 USS 14th October Nunwell
Round 10 USS 28th October Knighton
Round 11 SS 10th November HW BAE
Round 12 SS 11th November HW College
Friday 7th December Season ending party / Awards night / Christmas do
As ever these date can change so always keep an eye on the clubs website or face book page for changes!
New Regulations
Safety at events is imperative, your committee has therefore deemed it necessary to enforce some new reg’s for the up coming season.
Cars in all classes
To be fitted with bodywork including a driver compartment isolated from the engine, fluid filled batteries, gearbox, hydraulic reservoirs, transmission shafts, chains, belts and gears, brakes,
wheels, suspension components including their operating linkages and attachments, petrol/fuel tanks, oil tanks, water header tanks, catch tanks and fuel system components. Vehicles to be fitted with a bonnet covering the engine and all its’ major components.
If batteries have been moved into the drivers compartment and there is no bulkhead to separate the driver area from the battery, a battery box must be used.
Where a radiator is not isolated from the driver a suitable deflector is to be fitted to prevent fluid directly coming into contact with the vehicle’s occupants
Have positive fastenings for all doors and all hinged or detachable parts of the bodywork.
Classes 1-4 only (not class 5)
A) Body shape must conform to the original silhouette of the vehicle and retain the original layout of engine and transmission.
B) Any areas of window, opening or transparent material originally specified as part of the vehicle to provide Driver visibility must remain consistent with he original specified dimensions and position.
C) If originally fitted with driver/passenger doors, hatchback doors, sliding doors, opening boots or tailgates, these must be secured in the closed position during events.
For clarity, Points A,B & C must be adhered to for classes 1-4, if you fall outside of this you will compete in class 5.
Finally all cars must be silenced and reasonable measures should be undertaken to keep cars quiet. At the discretion of officials cars may be excluded due to excessive noise.
Charity Selection
You may or may not be aware every time you pay for an event on the day, £1 goes into a pot for the clubs chosen charity. In recent year this has been the IOW hospice and the club shall be proud to present a cheque to the hospice early later in the year. We are considering changing the charity for this collection so if any members have any recommendations please let us know!
All the best and hope to see you all on the 3rd March!