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This Sunday, September 24th 2023, I'll be taking part in The Distinguished Gentleman's Drive. Together with thousands of classic car enthusiasts around the world, I will be raising funds and awareness for prostate cancer and men's mental health for the charity, Movember.

Before the dapper day, I'll be looking to raise as much as possible for the cause, to help men around the world live happier and healthier lives. With men's chances of developing prostate cancer later in life increasing, and one man dying every minute by su***de, we must do all we can to prevent more men from suffering.

This is something that affects us all and together, we can make a change. Please give what you can.

Paul Blundell On Sunday, September 24th 2023, I'll be taking part in The Distinguished Gentleman's Drive. Together with thousands of classic car enthusiasts around the world, I will be raising funds and awareness for prostate cancer and men's mental health for the charity, Movember. Before the dapper day, I'll be...

gentdrive.me/PaulBlundell5338

On Sunday, September 24th 2023, I'll be taking part in The Distinguished Gentleman's Drive. Together with thousands of classic car enthusiasts around the world, I will be raising funds and awareness for prostate cancer and men's mental health for the charity, Movember.

Before the dapper day, I'll be looking to raise as much as possible for the cause, to help men around the world live happier and healthier lives. With men's chances of developing prostate cancer later in life increasing, and one man dying every minute by su***de, we must do all we can to prevent more men from suffering.

This is something that affects us all and together, we can make a change. Please give what you can.

Paul Blundell On Sunday, September 24th 2023, I'll be taking part in The Distinguished Gentleman's Drive. Together with thousands of classic car enthusiasts around the world, I will be raising funds and awareness for prostate cancer and men's mental health for the charity, Movember. Before the dapper day, I'll be...

What's coming in the American 'import' scene - either built as or converted to right hand drive

Chevrolet Camaro is go for Australia, in Holden showrooms next year DIEHARD Holden V8 fans have a reason to cheer, even as they prepare to farewell the homegrown Commodore.

Dear member,

This is to advise you of the upcoming annual general meeting of the members of Queensland Motorised Sports Council (QMSC). The details of this meeting are as follows:

Date: Wednesday 11th October 2017
Time: 6:30pm
Place: Lakeside Park Function Road, 1 Lakeside Road Kurwongbah

Make sure you get to Lakeside this weekend and check out the Heritage Touring Cars

The JPS BMW's are an icon of the 80's & 90's in Australian Touring Car Racing. This one returns this weekend at the Lakeside Classic in the Hands of David Towe in Heritage Touring Cars. for more of great cars and details visit http://bit.ly/2hBdYdS make sure you get along.

The Autofest series of car events will be coming to Queensland in 2018, selecting Ingham in the North as their venue. This is good news for regional enthusiasts in the North, who have a lot less events compared to those in the south-east of the state.

AUTOFEST Performance Car Festivals are pleased to announce the addition of an All New AUTOFEST event that will taking place in Far North Queensland from mid 2018.

To be known as the INGHAM AUTOFEST and to be held at the Ingham Showground each year from mid 2018 the AUTOFEST CREW look forward in working together with local clubs as well as other events already running in FNQ and we are sure that this exciting new event for their region will also compliment their events as well.

Autofest is open to everything automotive from Cars, Trucks, Bikes in fact anything that has wheels is welcomed to join in on all the fun and with the theme of a Family Friendly Festival.

AUTOFEST Events include, Go To Whoa, Spear A Spud, Dyno Shootout, Show N Shine, Autokana and everyone's favorite, the Mighty Burnout Comp.

Other AUTOFEST events are staged at Mount Gambier S.A., Mount Panorama Bathurst NSW and our SPRINGNATS event that celebrates its 25th Anniversary has been ran by the same Crew for the 25 years.

More details will be released over the coming weeks and Entrant Forms will be posted up tonight at our website www.autofest.com.au and at our new page https://www.facebook.com/inghamautofest/

Here's an example of a common-sense rules amendment to the benefit of car enthusiasts - from British Columbia in Canada.

Fenderless collector cars are now legal on the B.C. roads

Owners of qualifying specialty cars without mud flaps or fenders can now operate legally, thanks to an amendment to the Motor Vehicle Act Regulation, announced Premier Christy Clark.

“Whether they live here or are visiting, owners of these special, modified vehicles can now drive our roads legally,” Premier Clark said. “These owners take great pride in their cars and this summer, they can take them where they belong – the open road.”

This amendment to the Motor Vehicle Act regulation exempts qualifying vehicles from the requirement to have mudguards or mud flaps – as an alternative to fenders – on their cars. Now, owners of specialty cars can operate their vehicles without mudguards or mud flaps where the highway is dry and paved. Qualifying vehicles must have been built in 1940 or earlier, or be replicas of this vintage of vehicle.

“We heard from specialty car owners that this regulation was getting in the way of the legal operation of otherwise safe cars on our roads,” said Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone. “This is a common-sense fix to unnecessary red tape that was making it difficult to attract collector car events to our province. Now, thousands of owners can travel to events, or simply take their cars for a spin without special consideration or concerns about breaking the law.”

Prior to this change, owners of these types of vintage or specially vehicles without fenders ran the risk of operating outside of the regulations of the Motor Vehicle Act, which required all vehicles to have mud flaps or fenders. These specific, 1940s-style cars did not have them as part of their design.

“This is great news for owners of specialty cars, both here in B.C. and outside of our province, especially as we get ready for a busy season of summer travel through this beautiful province,” said president of the Vintage Car Club of Canada, Okanagan chapter, Jim Carpenter. “With this change, I expect more event organizers will choose to have their next collector car show in B.C. with more to come in the future.”

This amendment is one of a number of motor vehicle-related amendments made in the past couple of years that provides clarity to regulations in the act. This includes providing more clarity regarding motorcycle parking distances, better language to improve the enforcement of Keep Right Except to Pass regulations and more information regarding requirements for winter tires.
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016TRAN0174-001204

Fenderless collector cars are now legal on the B.C. roads | BC Gov News Owners of qualifying specialty cars without mud flaps or fenders can now operate legally, thanks to an amendment to the Motor Vehicle Act Regulation.

QMSC member organisations Pontiac Car Club and Warwick Cruze Inn Group participated in the RACQ Grand Historic Car Display held in the centre of Warwick on Sunday July 23. Over 175 classic cars packed the main street of Warwick and spilled over into Leslie Park. This event is part of the Jumpers and Jazz Festival held annually at Warwick and was originally started to try to liven up the first weekend of the two week event, the second weekend being the major feature jazz festival. The car weekend has now grown to almost equal billing with visitors attending from all over SE Queensland and northern NSW. This is another clear example of the power of the enthusiast vehicle movement and how we are generating significant economic value, particularly in regional centres such as Warwick.

Australia, Asbestos and Collector Cars

Australia, Asbestos and Collector Cars

This will be one to get along to.

Group N Historic Touring Cars will feature two very special guest drivers at the Lakeside Classic (12th-13th August) - David Wall in the Geoghegan Mustang and John Bowe in the Bob Jane Monaro!

READ MORE HERE >> http://bit.ly/2u31sbt

You’ll be able to catch these two racing these incredible machines in Group N at Lakeside Park in August, along with Group C and A Heritage Touring Cars!

The star studded line-up is sure to fire up any racing fans keen to re-live the glory days of historic racing at Lakeside Park.

WHEN - 12th - 13th August
VENUE - Lakeside Park
SPECTATOR ADMISSION - $30 for Sunday, $20 for Saturday, $40 for the weekend - Kids 12 and under are FREE!

The RACQ launched their new enthusiast car insurance product at their Motorfest today, giving you another option to the main providers, Shannons, LSV and Ryno.

Enthusiast Car Insurance Find out about RACQ Enthusiast Car Insurance to protect your classic, veteran, vintage, prestige, high performance, or modified vehicle.

It's on now!

Goodwood Festival of Speed #FOS June 29th - July 2nd The Festival of Speed offers enthusiasts an unrivalled opportunity to get close to the action, and to meet the great champions who gather at Goodwood each su...

MID-WEEK SPRINT THIS WEDNESDAY THE 7TH!

You can pre-enter now on the new RACERS entry system - https://racers.world/login

Mid-Week Sprints are a relaxed way to get out on track and lay down some hot laps - with timing, so you can prove to everyone just how quick you are.

You can rent a timer for a fee of $20 and deposit of $100 (returned when timer is bought back). A helmet, long pants, long sleeves are also required.

For Sprints all you need is a RACERS Clubman licence which you can purchase for $20 for the day and $65 for the year.

If you have any issues registering give our office a call and we can help you out on 1800 Raceways.

Big weekend next weekend at Queensland Raceway with the Willowbank 300 and Phil Brock making his racing return in a Torana in the Queensland Touring Car Championship.

Phil Brock to make racing return at Ipswich - Speedcafe

Carnell Park is seeing a bit more use in 2017, following a long battle with local complainers. Calendar below. Please support them.

Drag Racing at Carnell Raceway this Sunday 9th April.

IHRA Stewards - anyone interested?

Lakeside Tribute is TOMORROW! On Track action from 9:00am from the likes of Classic Sports Sedans! THE LAKESIDE TRIBUTE IS HERE!

Check out this event and support a car that was built in Queensland

5 Days until the Lakeside Tribute. Polish up your cars and see you at Lakeside

05 days until the Lakeside Tribute and all the Brock festivities around the track!

Did you know if you have a car over 30 years old you can use the QMSC to get club rego. OM us or go to http://qmsc.org.au/index.php/qmsc/60-insurance/15-siv-application-and-registration for more details

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The Lakeside Tribute is just over two weeks away - it's getting closer! Who's coming to see some action from the Trans Ams?

Morgan Park Raceway - Race Your Life Working Bees Morgan Park Raceway is holding two working bees on March 4 & March 11 starting at 9.00am. If you can help and you have any of the following, we would appreciate it if you could bring the equipment along:

General Practice from Lakeside yesterday

2017 General Practice - Lakeside Park Qld - 25/2/17

If you love drifting check out Friday Night drift at Queensland Raceway

Timeattack at Lakeside today

RACQ is helping the Australian Institute for Motor Sport Safety (AIMSS) to better understand driver training, attitudes and experiences by partnering with QUT researchers in a survey. The aim of the survey is to examine the association between driver training programs, motorsport participation, driving experiences and attitudes towards driving. It's expected the survey will provide some important road safety insights. The survey will take around 20 minutes to complete and is at : https://survey.qut.edu.au/f/188386/5a42/

Examination of Drivers' Driver Training, Driving Experiences, and Attitudes about Driving: A Survey of Australian Drivers

Photos from the first Caboolture Old School meet of 2017, held last Saturday evening (February 4) from 4pm to 8pm. This regular event is on the first Saturday night of each month.

Big crowd on a very hot afternoon

Looks lie a great weekend for Motorsport fans. Many other sports have sportsman nights but there are not many for motorsport. Great opportunity to get some inside knowledge on the times and tribulations of Peter Brock

Don’t miss out on the Weekend at Brocky’s Evening on the 18th of March in the Lakeside Function Room!

Phil Brock will be in attendance to talk, answer questions and will be available for photos. With special Brock cars on show in the museum as well!

The evening features a full three-course meal filled with some larger than life stories about one of the greatest legends in Australian Motorsport.

A must for any Brock fan!

Weekend at Brocky’s is $100 per person - there’s still availability but get in quick!

You can book online by visiting this link - http://bit.ly/2jfpwk9
OR
Filling out and emailing this form - http://bit.ly/2kiaQEi

Bookings can also be made over the phone on 1800 RACEWAYS

A major Melbourne social car meet has just been shut down by the authorities, citing public safety concerns. Will the same happen in Queensland? In this case, the enthusiasts weren't involved in the discussions or offered an alternative venue. The QMSC exists to represent you in circumstances such as this. See https://www.streetmachine.com.au/news/1702/melbourne-saturday-night-live-car-meet-shut-down for the story

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Ever heard of a Bricklin SV1? At least one example is now in Queensland, seen at the Ormiston Australia Day event. For more information on this low-volume Canadian sports car from the mid-seventies see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bricklin_SV-1

Australia Day was huge in South East Queensland for classic car enthusiasts with shows at Ormiston, Loganholme, Caloundra and Glasshouse Mountains. The Ormiston one was by far the largest, with over 500 cars attending the free show, which also provided a free breakfast. A few photos are shown below.