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This Event is a closed-to-club come-and-try Hillclimb event at the fabulous Bryant Park in Morwell. At full length, this is a 1400m course. Honorary “day memberships” to CCRMIT will be available. You can trade these in for a full membership of course!
Bring your competition car, or just bring your road car – the only requirement is to have a 0.9kg fire extinguisher onboard mounted within reach of the driver, and that the car is deemed safe by our scrutineer.

You can have multiple drivers sharing a vehicle, and you can take passengers* for a lap, providing they have signed the relevant disclaimer, and are appropriately clothed and helmeted. Passengers* either being an instructor, or the long-suffering partner you’ve promised that ride to forever.

The day will be very casual, but will follow proper Hillclimb procedure. There will be no minimum/maximum number of runs, and you don’t need to complete your runs in any particular order – the car that turns up next at the start line is the one we will start.
At least two drivers briefs will be held on the day – you must attend one of these prior to heading out on the track. The idea behind multiple briefs is to allow those that only wish to attend the afternoon session to do so. If a critical mass of people turn up at one time, an unscheduled drivers brief may be held to allow you onto the track.

This is a come-and-try fun day. There will be no car numbers. There will be no timing. There will be no scoring. There will be no formal event awards. The Clerk of Course or his Assistant may decide to issue silly spot prizes on the day given the ‘Christmas Party’ theme. These in no way are to be construed as event awards.

I would like to acknowledge and thank all the people and organisations that have contributed to making the come and try event possible including Gippsland Car Club (especially John Bryant), CAMS, the Speed Event and Hillclimb panel, and the CCRMIT Committee.

A lunchtime BBQ will be on offer for those who were around for the morning session, and the bigger ‘CCRMIT Christmas BBQ’ will be held in the late afternoon – come along and enjoy the festivities. Runs will essentially finish when ‘everyone has had enough’, but no later than 6pm.

I hope the above synopsis gives you an idea of the day we are trying to put together for you, and you can come and join us for a laid-back, enjoyable day trying a different form of motorsport to our usual gravel rally.
Bring the family, bring the friends – we look forward to seeing you there.

The Annual General Meeting of Car Club RMIT (CCRMIT) Inc will be held on Thursday 13^th October 2011 at The Knox Tavern, inside the Knox Shopping Complex, entry from Burwood Hwy, Knox (Melways Ref: Map 60 G4) commencing at 8pm.

Nominations are invited for the positions of officers and ordinary committee members.

RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION for Car Club RMIT (CCRMIT) Inc are available by contacting a current committee member (contact details are also on the website).

Click here for a copy of the nomination form.

Car Club of RMIT Inc, would like to thank all those who assisted in the running of this year's event. Without the generous support from volunteer officials, the event would not continue to run.

Steve Kenway & Lauren Palmer have won their second round of the EXEDY Victorian Rally Championship at the George Derrick Memorial Rally held in Avoca on Saturday. The pair bounced back from their disappointing result at Round 2, to complete the 110km course over 1 minute clear of second placed Tristan Penhall & Jolie Middleton.

In the BATRONIC Hyundai Excel Series, brothers Steven & Brent Mackenzie continue their domination of the series, winning the class by 42 seconds over Tony & Nikki Moore. Daniel & Matt Anderson came home in third with husband and wife pairing of Danny & Ronnie Hudswell sliding to fourth in class. Peter Morrison & Susan Wasson rounded out the top 5 in the Excel Series placing's. See attachment for full event results.

As expected the Avoca course proved a challenge for many of the skilled EXEDY VRC regulars, with the closely tree lined roads claiming several crews throughout the event.

Courtesy of ABC Local Radio Ballarat, have a listen to Marg Pilgrim from Avoca Business and Tourism Inc. Click here

Due to various reasons, Car Club RMIT Club nights have now moved to a new venue - The Knox Tavern. Bells has been good to us for many years, but with recent changes, the Club has decided to moved onto a new location for 2011.

The Knox Tavern has ample parking, easy access off East Link, great bistro meals, and is more centrally located for the majority of the current membership (Apologies to those members west of the Westgate Bridge). We're hoping it will prove to be a good move for the club, and with the support of The Knox Tavern, we hope you can make it every 2nd Thursday of the month at 8pm, and share an enjoyable social evening with like minded people, and perhaps have a meal from the bistro before, or grab a drink from the bar during the night.

We Look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible to share our inaugural Club Meeting in the new venue, on the 10th February for our annual awards presentation, and a look forward into events for 2011.

As many people would know, this great country of ours has had large amounts of rainfalls inducing flooding across parts of QLD & Victoria. One of many areas effected was the Pryenees Shire, where Car Club RMIT runs the George Derrick Memorial Rally annually. The club has received great support from the shire and residents of the area the last few years, and decided to send a small group of volunteers to help the community get back on it's feet. Under the direction of the council, it was tasked with assisting a local farmer in the township of Natte Yallock, removing debry from around properties and restoring fence lines to allow stock safely into paddocks.

The Club will be continuing to offer support over the comming weeks and months, and will require the assistance of it's members to acheive this goal. If you require further information in how to assist, please contact Mike Twycross or James Elliott, and they'll point you in the right direction.

Always had an interest in Motorsport and didn't know what type of event or how to get involved?

Watched Rally Australia, Bathurst or the F1 and thought, "hey I could do that!!" Why not give it a go! "How?" do I hear you ask - by joining a car club. Get the low down on what's around, where to go to and what do you need? Come and join CCRMIT.... get loads of support and information from fellow enthusiast - come to our next club meeting, speak to one of our committee members or e-mail (ccrmit@dcsi.net.au) us for more info about CCRMIT.

 In 1954, six friends, students at the Royal Melbourne Technical College, decided to organise a few trials. Following the success and interest of the first couple of these trials amongst their friends, the students decided to form a Car Club. The car club would bring together people with similar motoring interests. They were at the age of being able to buy their first cars and wanted to learn the about their vehicles and improve their driving skills. The six students were Doug Andrews, Halam Occleshaw, Neil Forss, Dick Collingwood, George Jennings, and Peter Coffey.

Doug's enthusiasm kept the ideas bubbling and eventually it all came to fruition. They approached a Welding Lecturer and motor car enthusiast, Mr George Derrick to be President of the club.

The first writtern record of a Generald Club meeting was on October 22nd, 1954 where fiften club members met in room 3B4 at RMTC to elect a new committee for 1955.

The club has since run in excess of 230 competive events for it's members and fellow motorsport community, since the very first trial took place in 1955, the "100 Mile".

The club continues the tradition in 2010, as it continues to run events for it's members and fellow motoring clubs, taking part with rounds of the Victorian Rally Championship (VRC), The Victorian Clubman Rally Series (VCRS), and Victorian Club Autocross Series (VCAS), as well as a host of other social activities.