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February / March 2011 Newsletter

Team Sooby Inc.
www.teamsooby.com
PO Box 10306 Adelaide SA 5000

Photo by Seth Coultas: SDCC Khanacross, Lanac Park, March 2011

Stay tuned, exciting new merchandise coming soon!

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Contents:
From The Presidential Seat Page 3
Fast Facts Page 3
Coming Events Page 4
Previously on...
SDCC Dirt Motorkhana Page 5
Time Attack Round 1 Page 6
Khanacross Page 7
Team Sooby Ten Pin Bowling Page 8
Current Committee Contacts / Vacant Committee Positions Page 8
Just For Fun Page 9
Mount Alma Mile Press Release: Its A Family Affair Page 10
Our Newest Member Page 11
Editors Report Page 11
Message from S&J – Dan’s Time Attack Experience Page 12

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From The Presidential Seat:

What a year so far. Three months in and the world has gone crazy; Egypt and Libya revolting against their
Dictatorships, earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones, floods and fires, and the threat of a nuclear disaster just to top it off!
It is difficult to imagine just what it would be like to have to live through these disasters, and we can only hope that
all of those affected can find some hope and support to keep going through the trials they now have to face.

Closer to home, our own bit of craziness “Mad March” is over and Easter is hopping closer... With the Fringe,
Womad, Clipsal and its associated traffic chaos behind us, we can officially say that our motorsport season is under
way. We have already had some representation out on the track, with our Editor and Club Secretary Seth getting his
STi fired up at Mallala for the time attack, then his partner Lona joined him for some dirty fun at the Khanacross at
Lanac Park in their Swift GTI, results inside!! Lona and Seth are also entered in the Mt Alma Hillclimb so we wish then
good luck. I’ll be there taking some snaps, and there is always action aplenty so come on down and check it out if
you’re free!

Socially, we had the bowling battle of all time at Norwood Bowl with 8 members gearing up for some great fun and
laughs, photos and updates for upcoming events inside too.

We also have another Committee announcement, with Michael Lange joining us as the General Committee Member.
Mike’s wife Steph is our Membership Officer, so we are keeping the “family” theme alive! As always, all members
are welcome to the Committee Meetings, at the Royal Hotel, Kent town, first Wednesday of each month from
5:30pm.

I’ll leave it there for now, hope to see you at Mt Alma, or at an event near here soon!!

Thanks Team, be safe.

Chris

Fast Facts: 10 STi Spec C on the way to Australia.

Designed for privateer use in tarmac rallies
the 2011 STi Spec C motorsport model strips
out non-essential elements such as fog
lights, spare tyre, radio and interior finishes
to reduce weight; while improving other
elements such as an aluminium bonnet,
lightweight battery, semi-slick tyres, laminar
glass for the front and side windows,
intercooler spray, mechanical rear LSD, a
reinforced front strut brace, underbody
chassis strengthening, larger turbo and
retuned ECU that brings power output up to
227kW from 221kW in the standard STi and
improves torque up to 430Nm from 407Nm.

With a price of just over $40,000 for rally rego only, 3 of the 10 being imported by Subaru Australia have already
been pre-purchased.

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Coming Club Events:

Wednesday 6th Monthly Club Meeting:
April Meet at the Royal Hotel at 5.30 for a 6pm start, all members are encouraged
to come along for a casual bite to eat and chat about the club.
Sunday 10th Seth’s Birthday Cruise
April Starting at Fox Field Oval / Wadmore Park on Maryvale Road Athelstone.
Leaving at 1pm, full details of the forum.
Wednesday 4th Monthly Club Meeting:
May Meet at the Royal Hotel at 5.30 for a 6pm start, as always all members are
encouraged to come along and let us know what kinds of club events you
would like to see run.
Coming CAMS Events:
Saturday 2nd & Mount Alma Mile
Sunday 3rd April Held on Mount Alma Road thanks to the Southern Districts Car Club.
For more info floor it to http://www.mountalmamile.com
Saturday 16th Come & Try – Collingrove Hillclimb
April Held at Collingrove thanks to the Sporting Car Club SA.
For more info check out www.sportingcarclubsa.org.au
Sunday 17th Collingrove Hillclimb – Multi Club Round 1
April Held at Collingrove thanks to the Sporting Car Club SA.
For more info blast over to www.sportingcarclubsa.org.au
Sunday 17th Porsche Club Supersprint – Round 2
April Held at Mallala thanks to the Porsche Club SA.
For more info and results from round 1 zoom to www.pcsa.asn.au
Saturday 30th April Shannons Nationals
to Sunday 1st May Held at Mallala thanks to the Sporting Car Club SA.
For more info putt over to www.sportingcarclubsa.org.au
Sunday 1st SDCC Khanacross Round 2
May Held at Lanac Park thanks to the Southern Districts Car Club.
For more info slide over to www.sdcc.asn.au
Sunday 8th May Time Attack Round 2
(Mothers Day) Held at Mallala thanks to the Mitsubishi GSR / EVO Club.
For more information accelerate to http://www.gsr-evo-club.net
Sunday 15th MSCA 6 Hour Regularity Relay
May Held at Mallala thanks to the Marque Sports Car Association of SA.
For more information cruise to www.mscasa.com
Sunday 22nd Collingrove Hillclimb – Multi Club Round 2
May Held at Collingrove thanks to the Sporting Car Club SA.
For more info blast over to www.sportingcarclubsa.org.au
Sunday 22nd Motorkhana Series Round 2
May Held at Big W Monarto thanks to the Modified Mini Car Club of SA.
For more info spin over to www.hotbricks.org.au
Sunday 22nd Modern Regularity & Superkart Race Meeting
May Held at Mallala thanks to the Austin 7 Club of South Australia.
For more information investigate http://www.austin7clubsa.com.au
Friday 27th to 2011 ASP Adelaide Hills Tarmac Rally
Sunday 29th May Held in the Adelaide Hills thanks to the Southern Districts Car Club.
For more info roar over to www.asprally.com

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Previously on....
Dirt Motorkhana - Sunday 20th February
Motorkhana is an event designed to test
the acceleration, braking and general
manoeuvrability of vehicles, and the skill
and judgment of the driver. These events
may be conducted on sealed or unsealed
surfaces, and must not include speed as
part of any test. Generally conducted in a
car park or large flat open area, they
involve starting from a "garage",
negotiating a series of test markers and
parking in a finish "garage" as quickly as
possible. Time penalties are accrued for
contacting any test marker, failing to
follow the correct route through the
course or not parking correctly in the
finish garage. If you are interested in taking part in motorsport Motorkhana is a great first step with a very low
barrier to entry.

This dirt motorkhana was held at the Southern Districts Car Club’s track Lanac Park just outside of Mount Compass,
while the road surface might not be suitable for your pride and joy (that’s what our club cruises are for) it is the
perfect type of event for a cheap light weight runabout. Lona and I both had a blast out in our little Suzuki Swift Gti
and look forward to many more fun filled and exciting events.

Position Name: Car:

1 Michael Clements Mitsubishi Lancer
2 Jake Clements Mitsubishi Lancer
3 Jim McGough Nissan Pulsar Gti
4 Graham VanDerHoek VW Superbug
5 Andrew McGough Nissan Pulsar Gti
6 Matt Grigg Subaru Leone
7 Triston Casey Mazda MX5
8 Wayne Casey Mazda MX5
9 Anthony Rideout Suzuki Swift
10 Seth Coultas Suzuki Swift Gti

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Time Attack Round 1 - Sunday 6th March

As always this was a great event that
challenged both drivers and cars to see
who could achieve the fastest flying lap.
Held at Mallala Motorsport Park and
organised by the Mitsubishi GSR / EVO
Club it continues to draw a great amount
of spectators and a high class of
competitors. Round 1 saw a wide variety
of cars being pushed to their limits
including 7 Subaru’s, 2 of them even
making it in to the top 10 outright.
Ultimate honours had to go to Steve
Knight in his EVO 6 that blaster around
the track nearly a full second quicker than
anyone else!

For a great read check out Daniel Days article at the end of this newsletter.

Also a quick reminder to all members we have 2 Team

Sooby Marquees (as pictured to the left) that are
available to all club members. Please let one of the
committee members know if you would like to borrow
one.

Position Name: Car: Best Lap:

1 Steve Knight EVO 6 1’12.942
2 Brad Trenwith FDS3 RX7 1’13.755
3 Keir Wilson R35 GTR 1’14.395
4 Sebastian Lip R35 GTR 1’16.218
5 Andrew Bartlett R32 GTR 1’16.884
6 Daniel Day MY99 STI 1’17.666
7 Nick Streckeisen EVO 8 RS 1’17.872
8 Ryan Probert S14 Silvia 1’18.034
9 Dryden Macdonald EVO 9 1’18.193
10 Martin Donnon MY09 STI 1’18.478

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Khanacross - Sunday 13th March

Unlike Motorkhana a Khanacross event introduces the element of speed to the mix. While not opening up the Lanac
Park track completely the layout of cones is used to limit the cars top speed and keep them in second and third gear.

A full field of 45 competitors ensured a wide variety of cars

were pushed to their limits as evidenced in the top 10 results
below. While AWD cars have an obvious advantage over their
2WD counterparts the Southern Districts Car Club implement
a 5% handicap to ensure they do not dominate the leader
board and keep other cars competitive.

All in all this was a dusty action packed day full of thrills and
my thanks go out the Southern Districts Car Club for their
continuing commitment to running these events and
maintaining the track.

Position Name: Car:

1 Jim Myhill Mazda Familia
2 Paul Kennedy Cactus
3 Graham Van Der Hoek VW Superbug
4 Daniel Day Subaru WRX
5 Tristan Casey Nissan Silvia
6 Andrew Rodda Datsun 1600
7 John Coles Mazda Familia
8 Chris Simmons Holden Commodore VL
9 Andrew Admiraal Hyundai Excel
10 Edward Foster Toyota Corolla

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Team Sooby Bowling Night – Friday 4th March

The immortal struggle of human versus pins saw many highs and lows (much like a yo-yo trophy) and while the
ultimate war may never be won this was a successful battle as it was a fun filled evening full of strikes, spares and
gutter balls. Thanks to everyone that came along to our Team Sooby ten pin bowling night, it was a great chance to
catch up with other club members and hopefully everyone had a great time. Be on the lookout for our next Team
Sooby event as it is sure to be just as fun!

2011 Committee:
President: Chris Langley myrs on the Forums
Email: president@teamsooby.com
Secretary / Treasurer: Seth Coultas Suetekh on the Forums
Ph: 0403007473
Email: sethcoultas@gmail.com
CAMS Officer: Howie Ryan Howie on the Forums
Membership Officer Stephanie Lange membership@teamsooby.com
Events Coordinator: Vacant
General Committee: Michael Lange

Events Coordinator:
The Event Coordinator role is both a challenging and rewarding one and will need to fulfil the following tasks:
- Responsible for the planning of social events, cruises and any other events that the club is taking part in. This
includes planning cruises at least 4 weeks in advance and ensuring that the route is sent to CAMS.
- Needs to be an ambassador for the club, especially at events to promote the clubs values and membership.
- Update and communicate with members about events (What do the members want? What can we do better?).
- Liaise with the CAMS officer in organising CAMS insurance for all events.
- Maintain and promote the events section and of the forums and also the events calendar (encourage other
members input).
- Coordinate with other clubs to run events with Team Sooby.
- Help members to run their own events and encourage involvement.
- May also be needed to help store some of the club's gear.
- Actively communicate with the committee members.
-Help promote other clubs motorsport and charity events.

Don’t worry if any of this sounds daunting, all committee members are dedicated to helping each other out
whenever possible.

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Just for Fun:

On the gaming front the first reviews of SHIFT 2:

Unleashed are hitting the internet and is due for release
on the 1st of April for Xbox 360, PS3 & PC. Following on
from the critically acclaimed Need for Speed SHIFT
released in 2009 (and loosing the Need for Speed
moniker) this sequel is reported to add many new
features including the dynamic ‘helmet cam’ that
organically pans and focuses the in car view to where
you should be looking on the track such as the apex of a
corner. The original Shift did an amazing job of creating
a real sense of speed when playing from behind the
wheel and Shift 2 is aiming to take this even further.

It is a focus on a more realistic racing experience that separates Shift 2 from the rest of the Need for Speed
franchise, swapping open roads and traffic for popular real world race tracks including our very own Bathurst. It does
keep some great things from the NFS franchise though like Autolog, this is a persistent leaderboard feature
introduced in NFS Hot Pursuit that constantly encourages you to compete with the lap times and scores set by your
online friends by letting them know when you have beaten them and vice-versa.

I for one am very excited to find out if this game will live up to its expectations and if it does you will be sure to find
me online for weeks to come!
Suetekh

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It's A Family Affair

A passion for motorsport is often a result of family influence, and at the grass roots level, it is apparent just by
looking at the entry list of the 2011 asp Mount Alma Mile. 16 South Australian families will have 2 or more members
competing up the gruelling 19% slope at the event, to be held on the 2 nd & 3rd of April in the Hindmarsh Valley.
3 Generations of the Day family will be competing over the weekend; Tony Day in his Saleen Mustang, with his son
Sean and 16 year old grandson Daniel sharing a Subaru WRX STi. Daniel has been competing since the age of 12,
starting with motorkhanas and working up to his first rally in 2010, taking 12 th outright at the Kuitpo Forest event
with co-driver Steve Glenney. At the 2010 Legend of the Lakes Hillclimb, he placed 17 th outright in a field of 120
competitors.

Sean is no slouch either, making it into the finals in the 2010 Mount Alma Mile with the 3 rd fastest cumulative time
for the weekend. However disaster struck on the start line for the Top 12 shoot out when a component in the drive
train dramatically exploded, forcing him to withdraw and settle for 12 th Outright. Sean also took 3rd outright in the
2009 Legend of the Lakes event. Tony imported his Saleen into Australia in 2007 and converted it to right hand drive.
Since then he has competed in many hillclimbs including Legend of the Lakes in 2009 and 2010, with his Mount Alma
debut being in 2010. Tony has also participated as an official course car in the Adelaide Hills Tarmac Rally since
2009.

The Orme brothers, Simon and Tasman, finished 6th & 8th respectively at Mount Alma in 2010, and will be battling
again for family bragging rights. Matthew Leathley, who finished 11th in the 2010 event, has convinced his brother
Gavin to take up the challenge for the first time in 2011. Then there are brothers-in-law Dean Maul-Dunn and Danny
Maul, competing in their second year in a row, looking to follow up their 2010 performances. Andre Lukasz and son
Mitchell will be attending for the third year in a row, as will Allen Weber and son Andrew, and Ken Mee and his son
Brendan. 3rd Outright in 2010, Kier Wilson has enticed his son Kurt to come over from NSW compete, Graeme
Pederson will be being sized up by his son Dillon, while Andrew Stevens will be looking to keep ahead of his son
Dylan. Colin Zytveld will be competing alongside sons Troy & Wade, while Mark Rundle?s previous experience at the
Mile in 2009 might give him the advantage over father Bronte and brother Craig, who will be running for the first
time.

It’s not just the boys getting in on the action either,

with a few couples featuring in the entry list. James
and Dianne Crinson will be competing for the second
year in a row, while husband and wife teams Bruce
and Tracy Combe and Seth Coultas and Lona Zhang
will be first timers in 2011.

Finally, and one to watch out for, is Tristan Catford;

outright winner in 2010, he will have his father as a
shadow for the weekend as Robert will be competing
for the first time in his own vehicle.

As a precursor for the 2011 Adelaide Hills Tarmac

Rally, the Mount Alma Mile is shaping up to be a
cracking event with a surplus of exciting competition.

The 2011 Mount Alma Mile is proud to be supporting the Variety SA Bash.

For more details and press releases go to www.mountalmamile.com

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Our Newest member:

A warm welcome to our newest member William and his Liberty 3.0R, we hope you enjoy what the club has to offer
and hopefully we see you at one of our events real soon!

Editors Report:
Well that was one of the coldest, wettest summers I can remember, don’t get me wrong I’m not complaining, the
cooler weather is defiantly better for driving and I still have a green lawn! The end of summer also triggers the
Adelaide motorsport season which is defiantly kicking off in style with the first round of the Time Attack (check out
Daniel Days full report on page 15), various motorkhanas, both on dirt (Lanac Park) and concrete (Monarto Big W),
khanacross and of course the race that makes everyone in the city late for work, Clipsal 500. The next couple of
months have even more in store with the Mount Alma Mile, the Collingrove Hillclimb season starting, more
Khanacross and Motorkhana events, Round 2 of the Time Attack and finishing with the Adelaide Hills Tarmac Rally on
the 27th to the 29th of May.

On a sombre note the last few months have seen some horrific tragedies not only here in Australia with the
Queensland and Victorian floods, but also our Kiwi neighbours in Christchurch and the earthquake, tsunami and
nuclear disaster that has devastated Japan. It is times like this that we should all be thankful for what we have

In April we will be getting together for another hills cruise also stay tuned to the forums and Facebook for details on
our next go-kart event.

Stay safe and I will see you all out there.

Seth Coultas

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Late last year as we were planning our 2011 Motorsport calendar, we decided that our local SA
“Autosport Time Attack” rounds were worth considering, for the reasons of further developing my
experience on Tarmac and the opportunities to compete against similarly prepared AWD cars plus
other “Time Attack” Specials. We already new that we could not make it to all rounds, but with the
super professional event management from the Mitsubishi GSR/EVO Club of SA and the building
popularity, competitor and spectator wise, we planned to at least fit the first two into our season. I am
glad we entered this event early as the maximum of 40 entries filled very quickly. Mallala is a very
high speed circuit and I have had a reasonable amount of track time there in Dad‟s STI and Steve
Glenney‟s Rally car. We decided that I would run Dad‟s STI in much the same trim as a practice day in
October last year where Steve sat in with me for many of my laps, and gave me more of his extremely
valuable tuition. The set-up of the MY99 STI was 270kw on 17psi (the car makes 320kw on 21psi), R-
Spec Tyres (this time using our Hankooks), and a standard 6 speed „06 STI gearbox (definitely heavier
plus slower shifting and ratios compared with our old PPG 5 speed Dog-Box). The reasons for the
power remaining turned down were the forecast 35 degree day that we were in for, and Steve says
that leaving the boost/power down will make me work harder for my results.

Session 1 included 4 individually timed laps with a 3-4 minute pit lane cool down in between each, the
car felt sensational. Even though the standard gearbox was slow and awkward to use compared with
the PPG gearboxes that I am used to, my times were already matching those set last year in similar
whether conditions, and in fact the 4th run of this 1st session posted a 1:19.2 which was a personal
best. This placed me 12th out of 40 entrants early in the day, and speaking to other drivers I found that
I was not suffering with the same understeer and oversteer problems that they were on the track that
had been used for a drift comp the night before. I must say the Hankooks definitely felt better than our
other R-specs and Mark from SA Motorsport Tyres provided his usual awesome level of service,
monitoring tyre temps and pressures, and even a couple of driving pointers. The reduction of 2 psi
from the front tyres gave me even more grip for session 2 where I posted a few 1:18‟s and a 1:17.9,
the car truly felt so grippy and I didn‟t feel like I was taking any chances to achieve these fantastic
times. We had also heard rumours within the pits and amongst the spectators that the same Hankook
Ventus C-70 Soft tyres had been responsible for a 2 second improvement on Brad Trenwith‟s RX-7
Time Attack Special. This was not only great news for me in regards to further confidence for the rest
of my day, but also for S&J Automotive (Dad & Mum) as they are resellers for the Hankook Race Tyre
range. By session 3 the Track was really hot and losing grip according to most competitors, I managed
a few 1:18‟s again, and recorded a 1:17.3 from our in-car GPS, but the ever accurate track timing
beacon system placed my best at a 1:18.4 which was still ok.

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Proudly I had made it into the Top Ten Shoot-out at position 7, the cars ahead of me all had a lot more
power except Nick in his EVO 8 RS which was a similar spec to my machine. Nick‟s tyres were no
match for the Hankooks and he knew this as we both headed into the Top Seven Shoot-out, where I
was able to manage a 1:17.6. I finished 6 th Outright for the day, and was comfortable knowing that
every car that fished above me had well in excess of 300kw ATW.
Congratulations to Steve Knight from SKR who won the day outright in his EVO, and thanks to the
GSR/EVO Club and its members plus the Mallala officials for an outstandingly run event. Thanks also to
all of my sponsors including my Mum who was moving house by herself while us boys were at the
track!

Shane, Simon and Reece from S&J were all great support and help as usual. Their enthusiasm was
brilliant which made the day even better, every time I came in after a run the car was thoroughly
checked over and they were very happy to tell me how I went.
Brett Middleton from MRT Performance also sent us a set of front pads, which worked very well and
were much appreciated as a gift towards the opening of my Motorsport season, thanks Brett.
We now look forward to The Mount Alma Mile Hill Climb in 4 weeks, we hope to have time to install the
planned PPG Grp-N 5/6 Speed Dog Gear-set plus have a health check done on the Extreme Twin Plate
clutch set-up which has been performing perfectly since its install last year.

Daniel Day, March 6th 2011

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