NEWS

I hope the festive season has treated you and your families well. Now it's time to start working on those cars, as the start of the new season is only just around the corner. Before we get into the new race season lets congratulate those who were successful in 2009.

The minutes from AGM have now been posted if you want a quick read before our first club meeting! Please find below the meeting dates for IPRASA for 2010. We will continue with the fourth Monday of the month meetings to commence at 8pm. The good news keeps on coming as we will also continue with the platter of pies, pasties and sausage rolls!

The Series Regulations for the 2010 SA State Racing Championships can be found by clicking HERE, Also you’ll find the Calendar for 2010 by clicking HERE. Anyway, hope to see you all soon at our first club meeting of the year on the 22nd February.

Scott Clements, Web Guy for the Improved Production Racing Association of SA.

The minutes from last months have now been posted if you want a quick read before tomorrows meeting!

Scott Clements, Web Guy for the Improved Production Racing Association of SA.

These relate to entries for the Truck Round at Mallala of which we are, apparently, a support category.

Now the promoter for this meeting is Mallala rather than SCCSA. I have spoken with Clem and he tells me that Rob Kirkpatrick has spoken with one of our ‘people’ about being on the bill for the event. He hasn’t spoken to me or anyone else that I have talked to.

I have simply told him that their maybe be limited entries due to the proximity of The Nationals. He acknowledged the point and said he would see what happened from here.

So, enter of you are keen and my apologies for not being able to brief the club earlier, I simply didn’t have any idea it was happening.

Check out the great photos taken at the last meeting by Dennis Allen from www.agsportspix.com on the Photos page.

Scott Clements, Web Guy for the Improved Production Racing Association of SA.

As some of you may be aware, Mark Ruta wasn’t able to attend the Victorian State Round at Winton last weekend after being involved in a serious car accident on the trip across. The good news however is that Mark, his wife Mary and daughter Isabelle are fine as well as his mate Troy. The bad news is that his new tow car, trailer and race car are not.

On behalf of IPRASA, I just wanted to let members know that Mark and his family are OK and that we all hope he returns to the race track soon.

Don't forget the club meeting tonight, attend if you can. I need to pop in my apology now, however if you have anything you would like changed or posted on our site please feel free to contact me.

IPRA

IMPROVED PRODUCTION ON 12 HOUR PROGRAM AGAIN

For the second year in a row, Improved Production race cars will be competing at the prestigious Bathurst 12 Hour. The popular grassroots category will again be a featured support act to the once-around-the-clock production car race from February 19-21 in 2010.

Event promoter James O’Brien and category officials from the IPRA of NSW signed off on an agreement last weekend where Improved Production will contest three races, one on Friday February 19 and two further events on the Saturday.

IPRA category manager Garry Mennell predicts another capacity field from across Australia will journey to the famous Mt Panorama circuit early next year. “We had a full field of 55 cars there in 2009 and already the expressions of interest to go back have exceeded that,” he enthused. “James was extremely pleased with our effort this year and was keen to invite us back and getting all this locked into place so early also has its obvious benefits with organisational planning, entries etc.”

The winner of the IPRA Bathurst Challenge, Tony Wallis from South Australia is expected to head the entry list in his Mazda 808 but could be overshadowed by the hugely anticipated and long overdue clash of the super Falcons of Tasmanian Ray Hislop and Victorian Rick Newman in their respective BF and AU Ford V8s.

Also in the mix will be Leigh Forrest’s turbocharged Toyota Celica from the Apple Isle, Queenslander David Skillender in his big engined Holden Commodore V8 as well as the numerous Mazda RX7s that are the mainstay of the category plus the class within field of under-two-litre pocket rockets.

ENDS

For more information on the WPS Bathurst 12hr go to www.bathurst12hour.com.au or contact

Garry Mennell

gmontrack@hotmail.com

IPRA NSW

Scott Clements, Web Guy for the Improved Production Racing Association of SA.

There are a number of changes that have taken place with the most recent update. Take some time to look around and keep coming back so that you can keep your finger on the pulse as news arrives.

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Scott Clements, Web Guy for the Improved Production Racing Association of SA.