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Team AIM's Mallala 6 hour 2010 Report

What a day! The weather had been glorious for so long leading up to the 23^rd May, but alas, someone told the weather gods we were going to play at Mallala and decided to throw everything at us from a dust storm in the morning, to quite heavy, persistant rain in the afternoon with a cold wind thrown in for good measure, ho hum!

But that couldn’t stop the enthusiasm of Team AIM (Alfettas In Motion) which consisted initially of six drivers, they being Malcolm Ebel, Andrew Scadding,

Julie Crafter, Sam Schmidt, Geoff Heaven and Andrew Ebel. However, Julie had to pull out on Saturday due to illness and with Grant Pigot as our wonderful Team Manager, we soldered on.

It has become a wonderful team spirit for not only do we have the drivers mentioned above, but a cast of approx. 14 other helpers all co-ordinating their duties and working well together. A huge thank you to Pat Storr and Liz Camilleri for the fantastic catering which included a whiteboard selection for breakfast, lunch and dinner and the club bbq trailer has come in very handy for events like this.

Many thanks also to our very accurate timers, Phil and Chris Crouch and Jim Delaine and the girls on pit wall for enduring such a harsh climate throughout the day.

It is a long day for everybody but when all the planning comes together, the strategy works out how you want it and Murphy stays away, it is very rewarding and this resulted in our team winning Best Presented for the day and 2^nd place overall out of 18 teams.

A huge thank you to Peter Hall, Sue Stephenson, Rob Hankinson, Adrian Flynn, all officials and flaggies for another well run event.

If you have the opportunity to make up a team for next year, please remember to put it in your diary.

MARLENE SCADDING

(DRIVER ASSIST GIRL FOR 152)

Six hour 23rd May 2010

Written by Andrew Scadding

Friday, 30 April 2010 20:00

6 HOUR REGULARITY RELAY

Want to experience a day of motor sport involving a team relay event without spending big bucks? Then get your team together for this year’s MSCA regularity relay – SUNDAY 23^RD MAY, 2010 at Mallala Motorsport Park.

You can involve your family and friends or just have a big day out for the boys while having the fun of driving your car around the track in a spirited fashion.

No special modifications required for your vehicle, it just needs to be in good roadworthy order with a fire extinguisher and battery marker.

How fast you go is up to you and your team strategy within the limits of the supplementary regulations. Rules are simple and easy to follow. Just get together a team of between 4 and 6 cars along with helpers.

For further information refer to the M.S.C.A. website 6 hour segment and contact

Sue Stephenson on 0408 858 046 to enter.

AROCA/VIC 6 HOUR at Winton

Written by Andrew Scadding
Monday, 09 November 2009 17:29
A suggestion was put forward by Malcolm Ebel, the founder of Team AIM to get a team together for the Victorian 6 hour in support of their event, in consideration of the fact that they always support the South Australian event. We were able to get five drivers consisting of Malcolm Ebel, Andrew Ebel, Julie Crafter, Sam Schmidt and Andrew Scadding to run their Alfetta GTV’s and, of course, Malcolm’s GT with Grant Pigot eager to continue being Team Manager. Due to Grant’s work commitments, this was unable to eventuate and we were fortunate enough that long time Scuderia Alfa member, Jim Strattman, who had volunteered to assist us, happily accepted the challenge of managing our team in Grant’s absence. So with the enlistment of Chris Schmidt, Gerald Marsson, Lucy Crafter and Marlene Scadding as helpers, our team was set for the challenge!
Last Updated on Friday, 02 April 2010 16:31
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The Need for Speed

As the D.A.G. (Driver Assist Girl) of No. 152 I headed along to the Fathers Day Come and Try day with no desire to do the come and try sessions, however, as the morning progressed, I finally agreed that this would be the best opportunity for me to at least get a feel for the car and track without any pressure by participating in the parade laps in Andrew’s car. After a little practice drive around the sheds, I took a deep breath and headed trackside to catch up to the course car for a few laps. To my surprise, the clutch and gearbox were user friendly even for me. Andrew convinced me to come for a ride on the hot laps as passenger and I found this very exhilarating although none of the pedals on my side of the car worked when I wanted them to. As you can see, I like to be in control but here I was out of my comfort zone.

So, although I had a good time, I realised that this was definitely not for me. Sorry guys, I will leave you to play on your own and be content to help out.

Marlene Scadding (Woose)

On the podium again!

The Marque Sports Car Association held the 12th 6 Hour Relay on 17 May 2009. AROCA SA was again represented by Scuderia Alfa and Team Aim who finished second and third respectively. Winners were JPS Racing with a winning percentage of 59.27%, Scuderia Alfa 58.25% with Team Aim further back on 54.18%. AROCA was also represented by two teams from Victoria (4th and 6th). Seventeen teams in all were entered.