Victorian Motorkhana Championship

In 2011, the KYB Shock Absorbers Victorian Motorkhana Championship (VMC) had 9 rounds scheduled from February to November – see the Victorian section of the Australian Motorkhana Calendar There is another multiclub motorkhana and khanacross series in Victoria, run by Group 5, which had 10 rounds scheduled in 2011. Schedules are one thing, reality was another. Due to frequent heavy rain, many of the dirt surface events were postponed and cancelled and the VMC became only 8 rounds, two in December. Let's hope we do better in 2012.

A new feature of the 2011 championship series was naming rights sponsorship by KYB Shock Absorbers. The KYB funds were applied to electronic timing equipment, a high quality video and various other marketing items intended to promote KYB and the VMC.

NGK Spark Plugs will be naming rights sponsor for 2012 and we look forward to their participation.

VMC Fastest Test Times by Class have been maintained since 1990 by Brian Shanahan. The production car classes changed before the 2007 season, to reflect the generally larger size of modern producion cars. He also assembled details of the VMC annual outright and class placings back to 1995 and in some cases earlier.

Originally, the VMC was mainly a contest to find a state champion. The Victorian Champions are listed below.

Many other annual awards have been added since it began in 1969 so that the annual awards often total over 30.

Over each year, a points tally is kept for outright, each of the classes, handicap placings, clubs and country rounds. The Victorian Motorkhana Championship (VMC) fraternity holds a Presentation Night where the points leaders and the higher-scoring place-getters in the classes receive trophies for their efforts.

Watch these recent videos in 1080p and full screen - Victorian Motorkhana Video, some Victorian RWD drivers, a short AMC video and a longer AMC video in 1080p and full screen.

2011 Victorian Motorkhana Champion Bill McCarthy

In 2011, Victorian annual awards go to:

Outright	1st Bill McCarthy	2nd Michael Exell	3rd Aaron Wuillemin
Handicap	1st Bill McCarthy	2nd Michael Exell	3rd Aaron Wuillemin
Country Component	1st Bill McCarthy	2nd Aaron Wuillemin	3rd Michael Exell
Class A:  Small FWD, mid-engined and 4WD Prod'n	1stMathew Webb	2nd Phil Torode	3rd Ray Garrad
Class B:  Small RWD	1st David Batcheler	2nd Robert de Bont	3rd Nicholas Charrett
Class C:  Medium FWD, mid-engined and 4WD Prod'n	1st Jeff Salmon	2nd Andrew Lau
Class D: Medium RWD	** no awards in Class D this year **
Class E:  Large Prod'n	** no awards in Class E this year **
Class F:  FWD Specials	1st Michael Exell
Class J:  Juniors - under 18	1st Mitchell Garrad
Class L:  Ladies	1st Glad Fish	2nd Tamara Dennett
Class M: Masters - over 60	1st Bill McCarthy	2nd Nick Wright	3rd Terry Jones
Class N:  Novices	1st Pamela Collom	2nd ** no award **	3rd Nikkolas Falkenbach
Class R:  RWD Specials	1st Aaron Wuillemin	2nd Blair Jones	3rd Nathan Wuillemin
Champion Club	Huntingdale Auto Club (HAC)
Rob Allan Memorial Trophy	Aaron Wuillemin

Victorian Motorkhana News

If you are interested in Victorian motorkhanas, email Bill McCarthy at motorkhana1@gmail.com to be added to the emailing list for the free monthly Victorian Motorkhana News for photos, supp regs, results, pointscores and calendar. You can also join the Motorkhana Group at Yahoo for chat, photos, supp regs, calendar, pointscores and results.