Italian Challenge - The definitive outline

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Hi there folks, sorry for the drip-fed information on this event but it started out as a simple race category and has steamrolled into a sensational weekend of racing, regularity and car display. Please find below the definitive outline of the weekend, including the 2 for 1 entry deal for club members wanting to spectate. Sunday will be the best day for spectators, with the display taking place that day. Gates open at 8.30am.

Cheers,

Brent

THE 2008 ITALIAN CHALLENGE

Calling all Alfa Romeo owners


Last year we had an absolute ball at the East Coast Challenge Alfa race.  With this in mind we are inviting all Italian machines to this year's event. It will be amazing fun.

                           


THE RACE

On the weekend of 5th & 6th, July, 2008, AROCA Qld will host the 2008 Italian Challenge.  Run as part of Queensland Raceway's Queensland Racing Drivers Championship, the 2008 Italian Challenge is open to all AROCA club members and an invitation is also extended to the Fiat, Ferrari, Maserati, De Tomaso, Lamborghini and Lancia owner's clubs.

Qualifying and racing will take place over the Saturday and Sunday

So if you are an Alfa fanatic or just a keen Italian car enthusiast, mark down the weekend of July 5th & 6th in your diary, for the 2008 Italian Challenge.


THE ITALIAN CAR DISPLAY

In addition to the racing program there will be a display area allocated to Italian Marque automobiles.  So if you do not intend to race, you can still be a part of the action and display your pride and joy with all the other Italian thoroughbreds.  The display will be held on Sunday, July 6th, between 10am and 3pm. Prizes, sponsored by Shannons, will be awarded for different classes of cars on display.

Please email Bob Whitehouse, solidspace@bigpond.net.au if you wish to participate so we can keep a space for you.

AND THE REGULARITY

The 2008 Italian Challenge has just become a whole lot more exciting with the announcement of a Regularity Event to coincide with the Italian Challenge race and Italian Car Display.

As previously advised, the 2008 Italian Challenge will take place at Queensland Raceway, Willowbank, on the weekend of Saturday, July 5 and Sunday, July 6. The race category already has a full capacity field of 32 entrants and the Sunday car display is shaping up as a sensational addition to the Italian auto atmosphere.
Now the opportunity has arisen for Alfa club members to participate in a Regularity Category as well as the race, which will open up the excitement of the day to even more Italian car owners.

This Regularity Event is strictly for Italian cars and can be run in your road car. The event will consist of a scheduled 15 minute qualifying run and one regularity round of six timed laps on Saturday, followed by two rounds of six timed laps on Sunday.
The idea of the Regularity Event is to nominate your lap time based on your qualifying session, then attempt to drive as consistently close to that nominated lap time as possible in each timed round. You are driving for consistency rather than track position but this certainly doesn't mean you can't drive flat out if you so desire.
The cost is a mere $125 for the early bird entry, which needs to be in prior to Friday, June 20, or $150 if you pay between June 21 and Friday, July 4.

You will require a AASA Clubman licence, which will set you back $55 for twelve months. That is amazing value for a weekend of racetrack thrills and the camaraderie of trading tales with fellow lovers of Italian machinery.

On the safety front, you will need a helmet that meets or exceeds AS1698 – these can be hired from QR on the day – long cotton pants, a long sleeved cotton shirt, cotton socks and closed-in shoes (leather sneakers make reasonable driving boots). Your car must have a fire extinguisher installed, the battery terminals taped and the headlights taped with clear tape (clear packing tape over the entire light is the new standard, rather than the old cross hatch of electrical tape).

If your car is road registered it will need to be in good road-going condition, with no obvious oil leaks, working brake lights, caps on the tire valves and with the hub caps or alloy wheel centre caps removed.

An entry form is available from the QR website. If you are keen for a run, simply download the entry, fill it out, return it with your payment details and you are in business.

Regularity entry form
http://www.qldraceways.com.au/Administration/pdf/entry_forms/QRDC%20Italian%20Regularity%20EntryForm%205%206%2007%2008.pdf

For further information on either the Regularity Event or the Italian Car Display please contact either Bob Whitehouse at solidspc@bigpond.net.au or Brent Hampstead at bhampstead@live.com.au

This will, without doubt, be one of the most exciting weekends of Italian auto action in Queensland's history - with a race category, a regularity category and a car display. So take a punt, be part of it and tell your friends to come along and soak up the atmosphere.

For those members who would like to come and view the spectacle of Italian car fun, if you show your club membership card at the gate, you will receive a  2 for 1 price break on the entry fee of $10.00

PS: We are in need of a couple of volunteers to act as secretaries/ runners to collect information from the control tower and pass it onto the drivers. This is for both days or could be a one day deal.
If any one is interested please contact Bob Whitehouse @ 3265-2375 or
Email: solidspace@iprimus.com.au

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Just had to get this one to the front page again, as it is an important notice to Qld members.

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I am nothing, if not persistent about profiling this event.

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Last reminder to Italian car fans about the wonderful 2008 Italian Challenge coming up this weekend at Qld Raceway. Read the outline below if you haven't already done so. A few showers are predicted but being Ipswich, they probably won't spread that far west.

We have a good spread of cars confirmed for the show and shine as well as the two track categories.

Cheers,

Brent