Event Descriptions

The Honda Car Club of NSW conducts and is invited to many events throughout the year. These include both social and competition events.

Speed

Speed events are competition events where the objective is, as the name suggests, to go fast. They consist mainly of supersprints, with the odd hillclimb.

Supersprints

Supersprints or lapdashes are where we get to test out our machinery on the various race tracks around Sydney. Cars are let onto the track in pairs of similarly matched cars, with 2 to 6 pairs on the track at a time depending on the circuit. Cars complete between 1 and 4 laps, depending on the organisers. Each lap is timed, the fastest individual lap used to determine overall placing. Cars are divided into classes based on both modification levels and engine capacity.

Hillclimbs

Hillclimbs are one car at a time speed events and involve driving up a (usually) steep hill as fast as possible. Classes are similar to supersprints.

Motorkhanas

A motorkhana is a low speed event with the emphasis on maneuvering and car control. Motorkhanas are held on both sealed and unsealed surfaces and involve negotiating a set course or test in the shortest possible time. Some examples of tests include:

Rallies

Included in the clubs rally lineup are observation runs, also known as untimed navigational rallies and economy runs.

Observation Runs

Observation runs are combination social/competition events where a team (driver and navigator(s)) is given a set of directions to follow with questions (often very criptic) to answer on the way. The winning team is that with the most correct answers. In the case of a tie exactness of answers and kilometers traveled can be used to break the tie.

Economy Runs

The object of an economy run is to use the least amount of fuel for the weight of one's vehicle over a set course which usually includes both city and country driving.

Social

We attempt to include a mixed variety of social events throughout the year so as to appeal to as many members as possible. Included in the social line up are movie nights

, drive days

, go karting

, winery tours

etc. Also classed as social events as they don't fit into any other pointscoring category are one of our most popular events - driver training days.

Driver Training Days

One of our most popular events, we try to hold at least one driver training day a year. These are basically track training where we hire one of the tracks around Sydney (usually Wakefield Park at Goulburn) and spend the day learning how to drive on the track. Some of our more experienced members are on hand to show the novices how to apex corners and brake correctly. These are an excellent way to test the limits of your car and yourself in a very safe environment as there is practically nothing to hit at Wakefield when you fall off the track and there are no guys with flashing blue lights.

General Meetings

General meetings are held at 8:00 pm on the first Tuesday of each month, except January, at the Campsie RSL.

Non Pointscore

Non pointscore events are those events that are not included in the clubs pointscore system. They include committee meetings and other events we are invited to that are not advertised within 21 days of the event (as demanded by the pointscore rules) but we still attend.

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