Club News

New Clubhouse

We will open our new clubhouse at Whiteman Park with our first General Meeting there on Monday 10 March.

This event will realise several years of hard work put in by a small team of club volunteers, led by Ross Oxwell.

Here are the directions to the new clubhouse:

• ·         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.

Newer Cars for “Round-the-Houses”

We are excited to announce that some newer sports cars are now eligible to compete in our famous “Round-the-Houses” regularity events.

From this year onwards, production sports cars produced prior to 2000 will be able to compete in our regularity events at Northam and Albany.

This will mean that owners of the cars listed below (and others) will be able to join in the fun of “spirited driving” in front of large crowds around the street circuits of these towns:

Mazda MX5 (NA & NB)	Toyota MR2
MG F	Porsche Boxster (986)
Nissan 300ZX	Fiat X1/9
Lotus Elise	Alfa Romeo GTV (FWD)

Entries will be accepted for vehicles listed in Motorsport Australia’s 2nd Category – Sports Cars Group 2F – Prodsports Eligible Vehicles. Vehicles must be manufactured prior to January 1st, 2000 and may have limited modifications. Turbo-charged and supercharged vehicles will not be eligible. A full list of vehicles can be obtained via the following link: 

https://motorsport.org.au/wpblob0fe832abcb/wp-content/uploads/docs/default-source/manual/race/2024/ra16-group-2b-2f-eligible-vehicle-list-2024---1.pdf?x48430&x48430

Competitors will require:

·         Current membership of a car club affiliated with Motorsport Australia (MA)

·         An MA Level 2S licence or superior

·         An MA approved helmet, neck to wrist to ankle clothing in non-synthetic material (or an approved driving suit), MA approved gloves and leather shoes.

The dates for our events are:

·         Northam Flying Fifty – Sunday 27 April

·         Albany Classic – Sunday 1 June.

These cars are also eligible for our regularity and sprint events at:

·         Collie Coalfields 500 – 27/28 September

·         Vintage Stampede – 7 December.

Northam Motor Sport Festival

Our next competition event is the Northam Motor Sport Festival on 26 & 27 April 2025.

On the Saturday we will have the Mt Ommanney Hill-climb run by the Triumph Sports Owners Association.

On the Sunday we will have the Northam Flying Fifty regularity event around the streets of the town.

Competitor information on both events is now available - see the link at the top of this page..