[dsakko]

Hi all,

For those that aren't aware, for the last 40 years there has been an annual pilgrimage to Hay, NSW, of MINI owners from across Australia over the June long weekend. The modern format of the event includes a Show & Shine on Saturday, and a dirt Motorkhana on Sunday, as well as lots of social get togethers in between.

The supp regs and entry form are now available at Mini Club of South Australia Inc. along with other info (it's run by the Mini Club of SA even though it's in NSW - although all states help out with some officials on the day).

The competition is open to any members of a CAMS affiliated Mini Club (so it's open to Vic and NSW clubMINI members). The Show & Shine is open to everyone.

Hope to see a few of you there (although accommodation may be a bit difficult).

Dave.

[dsakko]

Only 3 Weeks To Go!!!

And just to get you into the spirit of the event, here's a link to a brief explanation about how this event happened.

http://www.autofan.com.au/fileadmin/..._issue/Hay.pdf

[swamos]

Quote: Originally Posted by dsakko (original)

Only 3 Weeks To Go!!!

And just to get you into the spirit of the event, here's a link to a brief explanation about how this event happened.

http://www.autofan.com.au/fileadmin/..._issue/Hay.pdf

What are the exact dates?

[dsakko]

Wed 6th June - Earlybird entries close 9pm
Sat 9th June - Show & Shine and Parade from 11am
Sat 9th June - Scrutineering from 1:30pm at the Show & Shine
Sat 9th June - Final Entries close 9pm
Sun 10th June - Rescrutineering from 8:30am
Sun 10th June - Driver's Briefing 9:30am for 10am start
Sun 10th June - Presentation from 8pm

Hope this is enough detail Most people take Fri off work to drive up there, party Fri night, sober up Sat morning then enjoy the parade and come back on the Queen's Birthday Monday.

Dave.

[dsakko]

Just one more sleep!!!

The entry list went up last night on the Mini Club of South Australia Inc. under the Hay mini Nationals section. With final entries closing on Saturday night they already have 71 entries in 40 different cars (multiple entries are allowed in each car) - including one from clubMINI Vic.

So from here I won't be checking the forum until early next week. For all that make it - see you there!

["Megan"]

Quote: Originally Posted by dsakko (original)

Just one more sleep!!!

The entry list went up last night on the Mini Club of South Australia Inc. under the Hay mini Nationals section. With final entries closing on Saturday night they already have 71 entries in 40 different cars (multiple entries are allowed in each car) - including one from clubMINI Vic.

So from here I won't be checking the forum until early next week. For all that make it - see you there!

Why don't they hold the dirt Motorkhana on the Saturday and the Show'n'Shine on the Sunday - that would really test the skills for Show'n'Shine and prevent people from cheating and getting their car professionally detailed Give them the morning to clean it, with a cut off time of midday - and the afternoon for judging

Sorry, just me being a bit 'evil' :P :P

Hope it is a great weekend for all who attend.

[dsakko]

Thanks.

And don't worry - there's nowhere in town to get them professionally detailed, and even those that trailer them find they still get filthy!

[Mike Clarke]

Have fun Dave

[dsakko]

Thanks Mike. It's a shame it's on the other side of the world from you.

[dsakko]

Got back late last night and still haven't made it home to read emails and stuff.

Overall it was good - although this is my 5th year, it was the first time anyone from ClubMINI was there, and it was well received - only thing is they want more people from ClubMINI next year.

I came 26th out of 96 entries in the moorkhana, and it was a tight result. I was 7 seconds behind first place Greg "Doogie" Dobson (in a classic MCS), 3 seconds off the fastest BMW MINI, and 3/10ths of a second off winning a class trophy.

I also made it into the finals of Hay Heroes (a head to head knockout style straight slalom), but lost to Craig Williams in his MCS.

5 years and still no trophy! But at least this year I had the car set up really well - it handled the bumps easily, and towards the end of the morning's run at the tests I'd found alot more front end grip and the car was a pleasure to drive. I was just too rusty, being 3 years since I'd last driven on dirt.

Anyway, hope to see more new Minis out there in 2008.

Dave.

[Dave Elliott]

Well done Dave,

Some year I hope to get to Hay. Good to see you are laying the foundations for future MINI competitors.

Just one question: From the entry list issued last week I noticed that Craig Williams was entered twice; once in a Moke and also in a Jem. Having the use of a Jem, I was interested to see how he would have gone on the rough stuff (the Jem is very light and normally they are set up to be low). However it looks like Craig was back in his MINI CS for 2007?


Cheers,,

Dave

[dsakko]

It gets complicated from here...

1. In the motorkhana a competitor can only enter in one vehicle, however there can be up to 5 competitors in the same vehicle.

2. In Hay Heroes, a competitor can only enter in one vehicle, and there can be only one competitor per vehicle, but it can be a different car to the one that they did the motorkhana in (other than having to be a Mini).

Soooooooo, what happened here is the Craig Williams we all know from Targa Tassie and other events entered his Moke in the motorkhana, and his BMW MCS in Hay Heroes.

HOWEVER to keep everyone on their toes along came Craig Williams, who is a regular co-driver in a Triumph in the Classic Adelaide Rally (no relation to Craig Williams that I know of) who entered the motorkhana in a Mini Jem but didn't enter Hay Heroes.

Hope that's confused the lot of you!

Just think of my surprise when I was the Results Manager for an event last year where Craig Williams co-drove for Craig Williams in Craig's BMW Mini Cooper!!!

[Dave Elliott]

Thanks Dave, I understand now

Having two Craig Williams....in the same event......that's coincidence... but then having one of them drive two cars....must have made results interesting.

Do you remember how the Jem went? I would have thought the ground would have been too bumpy for it to perform at its best. They are fantastic on bitumen (weigh just over 400kg).


Dave

[dsakko]

I honestly can't remember. It looked fast, but that's no measure of the stop watch. Seemed to cope ok.

The only place where it cut up was on test 5 at two of the pegs, but there was enough room to keep clear of the ruts if you kept it tight in to the pegs. Full credit to Ian Lugsdin, the ground was almost billiard table smooth.

[poki]

So Dave out of curiosity, how many BMW MINIs actually go to Hay? (and how many of them are prepared to get nice and dirty in the motorkhana?)

[dsakko]

I saw the following in the motorkhana:
- my BRG/Black MC
- Craig's Silver/White MCS
- yellow/black MCS

And there were these who cam out for a look:
- silver/black MCS JCW
- red/white MCS
- BRG MCS
- BRG/Black MC

So I think 7 all up, and 3 came back brown!

[Mike Clarke]

Quote: Originally Posted by dsakko (original)

I saw the following in the motorkhana:
- my BRG/Black MC
- Craig's Silver/White MCS
- yellow/black MCS

And there were these who cam out for a look:
- silver/black MCS JCW
- red/white MCS
- BRG MCS
- BRG/Black MC

So I think 7 all up, and 3 came back brown!

There's a few pics from Hay on ausmini including one of you in action on page 2

[dsakko]

You know more than I do, and I was there!

Haven't had time to post pics since it took until midnight last night (or this morning??) to fix my broadband modem, but will put some up.

I'm a bit disappointed at the photos of the younger Modified mini Car Club guys getting a little too wasted there. It doesn't reflect what it was like, a very family oriented and sociable weekend where the odd beer or 10 is consumed but everyone is friendly and well behaved. I guess us older ones were just smart enough to avoid the cameras!

[jodunca]

Quote: Originally Posted by dsakko (original)

5 years and still no trophy! But at least this year I had the car set up really well - it handled the bumps easily, and towards the end of the morning's run at the tests I'd found alot more front end grip and the car was a pleasure to drive. I was just too rusty, being 3 years since I'd last driven on dirt.
.

Don't worry Dave, it took me 19 years for my first!

JD