Round 1 Finally

[anthony tanzer]

Hey Guys,

finally it's here (well soon) the 1st ever round of the Queensland Excel Series!:clap:

Go to http://www.borderrangesrally.com.au/ for the regs and entry form, lets make this something special.

Cheers Tanz.

[Bored Spectator]

HAHAHAHA!!!!!! are you sure its going to be on ,

the other states run their rally's in the rain whats wrong with QLD , its more fun for me to watch .

[Redwarf]

Dunno, could be something about Forestry charging prohibitive amounts for road repair ( from next year they are trying to implement a $10000 bond per rally).

It may have something also to do with only getting 10km of set-up done, and having to use 4WD and diff locks to get out of the stage. and that was a good stage. In similar conditions last year (doing road book work....) I was stuck in another stage for 3 hours (in a 4wd).

Feel free to step up and run a rally at any time.

I also don't care if the comments were made in jest, but a lot of people put a lot of work into these things, and the decisions made aren't easily.

[Bored Spectator]

AAAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!! such are the fine quality of roads this country has.

are these state run forestry or private

[skypilot]

Hey Bored for the second time may we have a Name to address you to, we are only trying to be polite and helpfull.

It does get harder to be helpful when your posts upset people who are the first to be CRO's,Start officials and in this case one of the guys who had to drive through the forrest the other day, help make the heart wrenching desicion to call off a rally then spend the rest of the day pulling all the bunting down, removing signs and helping let over 200 people know to stay at home.

The roads in this country are like every other country



Justin

[Dave Scott]

Hi All

Is it just me or my computer that has trouble opening the links for documentation on the GCTMC site. I can open the Boarder ranges link above but not the links on that page.

Thanks
Dave

[rexxus]

Hi All

Is it just me or my computer that has trouble opening the links for documentation on the GCTMC site. I can open the Boarder ranges link above but not the links on that page.

Thanks
Dave

Works for me in FF3 (surprising really given the normal lockdowns I have on his computer, my pen test box).

Cheers

[rexxus]

HAHAHAHA!!!!!! are you sure its going to be on ,

the other states run their rally's in the rain whats wrong with QLD , its more fun for me to watch .

So let me get this right:

a) you prefer to watch
b) you're a troll
c) you prefer getting wet
d) you're not australian
e) you're a troll

You're either having a lend:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=define%3Atroll&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

or a big ugly monster from Norse mythology that likes to eat people.

Did I miss anything?

Have at me, rather than spam the boards my email is rexxus @ gmail dot com.

Have a nice day and watch the grue's
:attack:

[Redwarf]

Hi All

Is it just me or my computer that has trouble opening the links for documentation on the GCTMC site. I can open the Boarder ranges link above but not the links on that page.

Thanks
Dave

Gday Dave,

I think the issue might be at your end. Opened everything just then with dinosaur computer and Explorer. If need be, get back to me and I'll email everything to you.

Cheers,
R

[skypilot]

Hi guys I know its probably just me but just making sure everybody knows that this round finishes in the night. I am still working on lighting but if you havent thought about it you only have a couple of weeks. i know nothing about Electricity but Rob323 wired up my lights and they were a real pain for him to do them so they were legal. he or someone will probably come along sprout forth their wisdom but it had somthing do do with relays and stuff ???????

JJ

[DaveTrees]

from next year they are trying to implement a $10000 bond per rally

That's the ystem we have been running in Victoria for 15+ years, and generally it works really well. It's a significant reason why entry fees down here tend to be lower than elsewhere ... because we don't pay per-event fees to forestry.

The bond is financed by a per-car levy from events (~$10/car for club events, ~$25/car for VRC .... although the fees have since been reduced) & is managed by CAMS & the Rally Panel. I'm not 100% sure, but I think CAMS may have underwritten it for the first few years, until the $10K had been collected ?

CAMS has given forestry an undertaking that the bond is in place. Any damage claims are paid 50% from the road damage fund & 50% by the organising club.

Most events get no claims at all, and there is a "mediation protocol" between CAMS & forestry for disputed claims.

[Redwarf]

Warning: OT

Gday Dave, my understanding is that they want to implement it on top of the current fees, bond paid to them with nobody in between. Tanz: can you clarify? Happy to be proven wrong....

[MSA77]

all i can say is i hope Urbanville is on , the MSA Datsun is threatening to make it this event, the green excel is getting closer to a RWC and filthy is making some serious "lets get my car finished" noises ,

[rob323]

Hi guys I know its probably just me but just making sure everybody knows that this round finishes in the night. I am still working on lighting but if you haven't thought about it you only have a couple of weeks. I know nothing about Electricity but Rob323 wired up my lights and they were a real pain for him to do them so they were legal. he or someone will probably come along sprout forth their wisdom but it had something do do with relays and stuff ???????

They weren't painful. You were painful because you only wanted to give me a couple of hours to do it :slap:.

Here is a man that can build a clubman, build a rally car from scratch (with a wing), create a child (well we all think it's his although she seems a bit smarter than him) and is man enough to do Rally Q with yellow stuffed animal face planted against the side window, yet he is afraid of 12 volts of lil ol direct current :crazy:.

And you fly millions of dollars of technology for a living, God help the passengers if you blew a fuse mid-flight :rofl:.

See you on the weekend dude!

[Dave Scott]

Gday Dave,

I think the issue might be at your end. Opened everything just then with dinosaur computer and Explorer. If need be, get back to me and I'll email everything to you.

Cheers,
R

Hi

Still can't open them at work, would you mind emailing them to me at:

d.scott2(at)optusnet.com.au

Thanks
Dave

[skypilot]

heres me at work just for you wobbyfreetwofree

http://www.myautoclipart.com/images/illustrations/xsmall2/24_young_pilot_flying_a_paper_airplane.jpg

[MSA77]

ive seen that one flying over Brendale a few times now , i remember the scarf.

[rob323]

Yep, that's him alright, winging it as usual :rolleyes:

[anthony tanzer]

Tanz: can you clarify? Happy to be proven wrong

Dwarf,

you're wrong!:slap: The asking price for the bond was$15,000. We now have a gentlemans agreement in place, that means the club running Kalpowar doesn't require to pay a bond. It was suggested that the bond would be asked for at other events, and I do believe Townsville do pay around the $5000 for the bond to run in FNQ.

Cheers.

[kelvin]

It's not hard to see why certain minority groups in the community prefer street racing.

[skypilot]

nope but the big question is, was the pilot still sitting in the seat when she tried to sit in it ????????:clap:

[Redwarf]

Hi

Still can't open them at work, would you mind emailing them to me at:

d.scott2(at)optusnet.com.au

Thanks
Dave

Launched. :D

[rexxus]

49 entries!!!

Should be a great event.

Wonder how many WRC course checkers are going to be floating about coveting the roads???

[skypilot]

rumour has it this will be the last Urbanville too???

Unless maybe the Excel community can step up and do some of the work.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm memo to self Ask Excel and PRRS people about offering services to help run a rally by doing ground work and invite those weird and wonderfull southerners to come, it is after all in NSW.