Brian Caldersmith’s Lotus Art at the Turramurra Artisans Trail

Turramurra Artisans Trail

The Turramurra Artisans Trail is going to be held this weekend at various locations throughout Turramurra and it looks quite lovely. We, however, are interested in what’s going to be nestled away in location D.

Brian Caldersmith has commandeered part of the location at the His & Hers Gallery and will be selling some of his lovely Lotus cartoons and paintings along with his other motorsport art.

Brian is heavily involved in historic motorsport and Lotus, and is an extraordinarily talented artist. If you’re going to be around Turramurra over the weekend, or are looking for something fun to do or some appropriately-themed art, make sure to check it out!

Turramurra Artisans Trail will be held over the 29th and 30th of November, 2014 from 10AM to 4PM at various locations throughout Turramurra. Brian Caldersmith’s art will be displayed at the His & Hers Gallery, 18 Burnley Avenue, Turramurra.

Take a look at the works below to get an idea for Brian’s work. Images by, and thanks to, Brian Caldersmith.

Supplementary Regulations and Entry for Round 7 2014 CSCA Championship

Supplementary regulations and entry for the final round of the 2014 Combined Sports Cars Australia Championship are now available at CAMS Motor Event Entry.

Hit this handy link to head over there, check ’em out and enter if you haven’t already.

Please read the regs COMPLETELY as there are a few changes, including those imposed by the ARDC. We are confident they will have no effect on the enjoyment available!

Check your vehicle details and make any edits and additions as necessary as this is a massive help to the volunteer staff at the Sprite Car Club of Australia.

We’re looking forward to the final round of the year, and it’s fair to say that it might be a bit crowed at the top, apart from the Club Championship which is firmly in our grasp!

2014 CSCA Round 6 Wrap-Up and Point Score Update

Round 6 of the 2014 CSCA championship was held at Wakefield Park on the 26th of October and standings are close as we head to the final round of the year!

Club Lotus Australia has bolted from the pack in the club championship, leaving TSOA and MGCCN equal on points for second place with the last round to sort it.

MGCC and JDCA are separated by two points for 5th, with a slim chance of catching SCCA. As it’s SCCA’s round, one would hope they have plenty of their own runners to keep them safe in 4th.

There are still a number of classes undecided.

The drivers championship looks safe for Mark Alexander, but if he has a problem and gets pushed down a few places in class, Rex Hodder and Syd Reinhardt are in with a chance. It’s even mathematically-possible to have a three way tie!

If any of the ladies in marque cars who have run previously this season run again in the final round they are in with a strong a chance of winning that trophy. At present we have no representative in the Ladies Championship. Someone must have a wife girlfriend daughter who is trusted to drive their Lotus!

Entries are open for the final round, which will be held at Sydney Motorsport Park on the 14th of December, 2014. Head to the CAMS Motor Event website by clicking this handy link and enter – it promises to be an interesting event!

Mike Basquil

Download the updated scores below.

2014CSCA Pointscores as at Round 6

2014 CSCA Drivers Pointscore as at Round 6 [PDF]

2014 CSCA Club Pointscore as at Round 6 [PDF]

2014 CSCA Class Pointscore as at Round 6 [PDF]

The Preserve October 2014 Available for Download

The Preserve October 2014

‘The Preserve’ is the newsletter of the Council of Motor Clubs. It’s made available to members of CMC-affiliated clubs, and that means you!

The October 2014 edition catches up on motoring news, goes back in time to visit Sydney roads as they were in years gone by, provides a brilliant report on Goodwood 2014, recounts the Great Lakes Historic Automobile Club Comboyne Festival and more.

If you’re a Club Lotus Australia member, head to the members page here to download your copy.

And if you’re not, head here, and take a browse around the website to see why you should be!

Club Lotus New Zealand Edition 54 Available for Download

Our friends from Club Lotus New Zealand have recently kicked their newsletter back into gear, and we’re happy to share the latest edition with you right here!

This edition includes a look at all the news in the world of Lotus before checking in with CLNZ’s members, scoping out the Classic Trials, getting to know the Westfield Eleven and Flintstone Lotus 23 and a whole lot more.

Download it from the following link, and enjoy!

Club Lotus New Zealand Edition 54 [PDF]

Please also make sure to head to their official website here, their Facebook page here, and their YouTube channel here to keep in touch with everything they’re up to.

November 2014 Edition of Lotus Notes Available for Download!

Lotus Notes November 2014

Our quality contributors from the combined Lotus Clubs of Australia have once again produced an excellent edition of Lotus Notes, and this is the place to download your digital edition!

This month’s features include:

  • South Australia Lotus Talk
  • A Run to the Queensland Auto Museum in Hampton
  • The McKellar Ridge Winery Trip
  • Morgan Park Sprints Round 4
  • I Think I Need a Lathe

And much more!

The newsletter is a membership benefit of Club Lotus Australia, and will as such require you to be logged in to your members account. Download it from our ‘Members‘ page.

If you’re not a member yet, hit this link to find out more about the club.

PRESIDENT’S PRATTLE: November

President's Prattle

Goodness me, it seems only a moment since I was writing the last month’s missive – mind you, I have just spent a week over in Atlanta for work, so that has completely stuffed my sense of time! (Not to mention my back too!)

By the time you read this we will, unbelievably, be into the last two months of the year, but also therefore properly into Summer! We are also only a month away from the Christmas Party, so please make sure, if you are planning to come, that you confirm how many will be there and which car you will be entering in the Concours d’Elegance – full details of how and what elsewhere in here but suffice to say if you don’t register by 23rd November, you will go hungry if you turn up unannounced!

November also sees the return of the Simply Sports Cars Lotus On Track Days, this time hosted by Winton. These events have rightly earned their place on the calendar for being a fantastic combination of social entertainment and varied motorsport, with everyone catered for, from first timers right through to veterans of GT Championships. If you haven’t been to one, you owe it to yourself to contact PJ at SSC and get along!

Also slightly alarmingly, the Australia Day 2015 CARnivale celebrations are already being planned, and we have been in discussion with John Flowers to get a space, so I am hoping that we, as a Club, can muster a decent representation of cars for the event – cars have to have been built before December 1984 (or be a direct model run-on), so if you would like to join in the fun with your car, please head to this link and register to be parked with the Club.

Otherwise, the last month saw the launch of our brand new fancy website, which I hope you have had a chance to have a look at. If you are encountering any difficulties with the registration process in order to access the Members area, use the Contact form to drop a line to Seth, our webmaster, and he will be in touch with you directly to help set things up.

We have also been running a photo competition on both the website and our new Facebook page, asking you to help choose the photos for our inaugural CLA Calendar – not so much Pirelli, more Classic Car, but we hope it will be the start of a more regular annual event. If you would like your car to be the star, make sure Tom receives high quality shots of your car in time for next year’s competition!

The aim of both these media is to provide an easy and enjoyable approach to our club, in keeping with current social media trends of currency and interesting information. Please feel free to comment on either, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts! And the calendars should be in the post to all full members in time for Christmas!

Looking a little further afield, the Bathurst 12 hour is shaping up to be a weekend of top motorsport, with Tony Alford and Mark O’Connor once again campaigning the Donut King Exige V6 in Class C. Up at the pointy end, I gather Audi and Bentley have joined in the fray, so it really will be an event to see. The Club is organising a display area right outside the main grandstand, so keep an eye open for details, and get yourself booked in sharpish! And if you haven’t already done so, book your accommodation, as it goes faster than an Exige down Conrod.

Right, that’s enough from me – you have Christmas shopping to do for one thing, and an email to write to Elliott to confirm your attendance at the Christmas party for another! And the rest of the magazine to read too…

I look forward to catching lots of you at Bruce Mansell’s shed on 11th for a great evening.

In the meantime keep it safe, upright and on the black stuff.

Pip pip,
Ashton