Next HRA meeting is Thursday 6 October at the Oakleigh R.S.L. at 7:30 pm We are trying a new meeting venue with the October meeting: The Oakleigh-Carnegie R.S.L., 95-97 Drummond Street Oakleigh (Melway map 69, ref F7). We think its a better venue so come along and check it out. Meals are available from 6:00 … Continue reading New New New! Date/Venue/Time for HRA October meeting Thursday 6 Oct 7:30 pm
Join us from 12 noon for a low-key ‘Rally Show & Tell’ in an HRA member’s garage Following the success of last year’s ‘Sunday Rally Garage’, we’re having another, this time at Gerry Bashford’s place in Tullamarine (see below for address) with easy access off the Tullamarine Freeway. As well as poking around in Gerry’s … Continue reading Sunday Rally Garage #2 – This Sunday 25 September
30th Anniversary Fontainbleu Dam Tour, Saturday 22 October, 2022. Hi all... On Saturday 22/10 the HRA will be hosting the second part of it's 30th Anniversary celebrations. It will be in the form of a Social Drive with an optional overnight stay and BBQ at the finish. We will be taking off early morning from … Continue reading Call for participants for the 30th Anniversary Tour
Run by the HRA and places are limited, but the fun isn't! (limited that is) Looking for a short circuit to enable testing prior to the Alpine or just a fun day at the Bendigo Car Club Motorsport Complex? Then the HRA Bagshot Rallysprint could just be the event for you on October 1, 2022. … Continue reading Bagshot Rallysprint Saturday October 1
UPDATE - The event has been postponed to 2023. More info to come... Melbourne Cup Weekend, Saturday 29 to Monday 31 October, 2022 Cover, 1984 Derrick Before the 2019 Mallee Tour of the 1981 George Derrick Memorial Trial had concluded, a rough plan was hatched for the next tour of a Ross Runnalls epic car … Continue reading 2022 Tour of the 1984 George Derrick Memorial Trial
The Experts returned to the forests around Heathcote on Saturday 23rd July with 22 crews entered. The late withdrawal of 2 experienced navigators (Geoff Floyd and Simon Brown) left 20 crews lining up to try and find all of the tricks and tracks road director Phil Nicholas had hidden in the 7 maps and 2 … Continue reading Competition Report: The Experts Trial Re-Visited Navigational Tour
Yarra Glen racecourse stage kicks off the rally on Sunday morning The 2022 Japsport Special Vehicles Valley Stages is a rally that is both a VRC and VCRS round. It’s the VCRS section that is a round of the HRA Rally Championship. There will be 10 stages totalling 150 km for VCRS crews, beginning with … Continue reading Get ready for Valley Stages, September 18
HRA to run first stage in the Middle of Everywhere Gippsland Rally, Saturday August 27 The HRA has the privilege of running the first stage of the Victorian round of the RSEA Motorsport Australia, Australian Rally Championship, based in Heyfield. Our stage will start early on Saturday morning, 27 August. The Rally continues throughout Saturday … Continue reading HRA is first in Australian Championship Round!
The grapevine suggests that the Organisers of the Experts Trial Re-Visited may be presenting navigators with Strip Charts or Stick Maps to define the route. Stick charts are interesting navigational tests and a nice diversion from plotting and scaling. And, they're straightforward - once you understand the rules. This document will help: Strip Chart & … Continue reading Stick Map Definitions
...from the 1970s - but still relevant! We recently tripped over these lecture notes from Roger Bonhomme's Rally Navigation School thanks to a donation to the HRA Archive by Ron Gottschalk. Roger's Rally Navigation School was held over three February evenings in 1972 at Monash Uni's Alexander Theatre - to an audience of hundreds. At … Continue reading Rally Navigation 101…
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