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Alfa Group S Challenge is off to Winton |
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Round 2 of the 2007 AROCA Group S Challenge is off to Winton on the 26th and 27th of May as part of the traditional Historic Winton. The recently completed Alfetta's of Phill Baskett and Scott Farquharson will be there. This will be Phil's second meeting in the car after it's successful debut at the Phillip Island Classic in February. This will be the first outing for Scott's immaculately prepared Alfetta GTV which showed it had plenty of speed at it's shakedown at the recent MSCA sprint at Winton.
There are now over 12 cars being developed for the AROCA Group S Challenge, (a mix of Alfetta’s and 105 coupes), which will gradually start to appear over the next 12 months at both race and sprint meetings (a 105 coupe narrowly missed getting to Winton - not quite ready). And don’t forget if you are not quite ready to go racing, you can start by competing in the AROCA Group S Sprint Class against other Group S prepared cars or in the regularity class at the major Historic meetings. It is a great way to get started.
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Alfa Group S Challenge Kicks off in Style |
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The AROCA Group S Challenge kicked off in style with the first Victorian cars competing at the recent Phillip Island Classic on March 10th and 11th.
Phil Baskett, driving an immaculately prepared red Alfetta GTV, put his, and the series, first points on the board with a sensational drive to be the second fastest of all the Alfa’s (eight from interstate) in Group S in his, and the cars, debut outing.
Phil was also second overall in the Under 2 Litre Class for all Group S cars running at the event and finished as high 14th outright in an oversubscribed grid of over 50 cars including Corvette’s, Porsche’s, Morgan’s, MG’s and Datsun Zed's – a fantastic result.
Also competing at the event in the Regularity category was soon to be Group S competitor Ed Hellsten in another red Alfetta GTV. Ed, in his first Historic outing, also put in a sensational debut performance finishing as high as 12th outright in a field of 54 cars. Hopefully it won’t be too long until Ed is bringing that kind of performance to the Group S Challenge.
There are now over 12 cars being developed for the AROCA Group S Challenge, (a mix of Alfetta’s and 105 coupes), which will gradually start to appear over the next 12 months at both race and sprint meetings. And don’t forget if you are not quite ready to go racing, you can start by competing in the AROCA Group S Sprint Class against other Group S prepared cars. It is a great way to get started.
The next round is the Winton Historic meeting on May 26 and 27 where there will be a number of cars competing in the AROCA Group S Challenge plus cars in the regularity category. See you at Winton!
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An Introduction to the Alfa Group S Challenge |
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 Want to go historic racing but don’t have the budget?
Want to be part of some of the largest and exciting race meetings in the Country, like the Phillip Island Classic or Historic Sandown?
Want to rub shoulders with motor racing greats of the past such as Jack Brabham, Peter Brock, John Harvey, Bob Jane and Murray Carter to name a few?
Do you have an old Alfetta GTV that you can’t sell and is collecting dust (and rust) in the back shed?
Then I have the answer – Historic Group S.
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Alfa Group S Challenge - News and Happenings |
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All the latest news on Group S happenings - updated daily.
- Phillip Island Update
- Historic Sandown and more...
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Alfa Group S Challenge - Calendar 2006 |
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The calendar for the 2006 Historic Group S Challenge is below. 2007 dates will be posted later in the year however don't forget the first event for 2007 will be the Phillip Island Classic - the largest (and best), internationally recognised Historic Race Meeting in the country. This is one not to miss. So if you can't make Sandown make sure the car is ready for Phillip Island!
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Alfa Group S Challenge - Results and Race Reports |
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Results and Race Reports from recent Group S Events.
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Alfa Group S Challenge - Competition Rules |
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AROCA is running a competition for any under 2 litre Alfa competing in the Group S category at nominated Historic Race meetings in Victoria. Trophies will be awarded each year for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for the 2006 competition year and annually thereafter based on the four nominated Victorian rounds.
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Alfa Group S Challenge - Technical Regulations |
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Go to the Download section of the site, the Group S forum or you can go to the 5th Category section of the 2006 CAMS manual.
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Alfa Group S Challenge - What Does It Cost? |
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How much does it cost? Well Group S is probably one of the cheapest forms of racing available. The following provides a run down on the typical costs for running in Group S including up front costs and the costs for a typical season.
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Alfa Group S Challenge - Important Web Sites |
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Some important Group S and Historic Competition Web sites.
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Alfa Group S Challenge - Important CAMS Forms |
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There are some important forms on the CAMS web site you will need to get going in Group S.
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Historic Group S Challenge