Ipswich West Moreton Auto Club

Again the weather has been against us. After the rain at Willowbank over the last 2 days  resulting in approx 70mm of rain, the forecast of further showers/storms for much of the remainder of this week and our track inspection yesterday, we have had to make the hard decision to cancel this Saturday's race meeting.

The IWMAC annual dinner and awards presentation will still be on at the Club rooms on Saturday evening, from 5.30pm. Dinner will be at approx. 7pm with the awards commencing at approx. 7.30pm. If you have any great photos or memorabilia please bring them along to share. Please come along for a great evening and help support our Club. If you havn't already done, so please RSVP to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  for catering purposes. Meals $10 per head.

Kind Regards

Greg Woodbridge

To all our keen racers who have entered the Drivers Challenge for this Sunday 26 November. After yesterdays rain and then the deluge last night resulting in over 75mm of rain, our track inspection this afternoon and the forecast of further showers this week has resulted in the track not being dry enough to undertake the required preparation works before Sunday. Hence we have had to make the hard decision to cancel the Drivers Challenge event. For any one who has paid for the event, your entry fee will be held as a credit for your next event or a refund if you let us know by email with your banking details.  Our next event is the Day/Twilight Open Sprint on Saturday 2 December and is open for entries.

Regards

Greg Woodbridge

Track update for those who have entered our Autocross Rd 4 tomorrow, 1 October 2023. After this mornings track inspection, we will be having our event tomorrow but it will be the 2 lap autocross on the big track. Looking forward to a good day of racing. See you there.

Greg Woodbridge

To all our racers who have entered our Autocross this Sunday. The track did receive some rain yesterday afternoon and we believe that it will be good for Sunday, but we will be making the final call at 9am tomorrow ie Saturday morning. Will keep you posted.

Greg Woodbridge

To all our keen racers who have entered our Autocross Rd 3 tomorrow. The track is looking fantastic and ready for a great days racing BUT please allow extra travel time in the morning as Powercruise is on and there will be a lot additional traffic. See you in the morning. 

Greg Woodbridge

To all our keen racers who have entered our Autocross Rd 3 on this Sunday 9 July 2023. Due to the rain that the track received this week, and a track inspection this afternoon indicating that the track will not be dry enough to undertake the required preparation works before Sunday. Hence sadly we have had to cancel this Sundays Autocross Rd 3. Our next event will be on Sunday 30 July 2023 and will be open for entries within the next few days. Regards Greg Woodbridge.

To all our keen racers who have entered our Open Sprint Rd 2 tomorrow Sunday 2 April 2023. Even after the storm of Thursday morning the track has dried out well and is all ready for Sunday. See you all bright and early for a great day of racing. 

Greg Woodbridge

Hi All,

             With a bit of feedback and working our Saturday 10 December 2022 event will have an adjusted from day/night autocross, to a day/twilight open sprint. 

Bring the whole family and your friends for a great day of fun racing. We will commence racing at 10am and run through to approx. 6pm.

We will be allowing passenger rides from 12.30 to 1.30pm.

Racing will finish at approx. 6pm.

Then there will be a chance to socialise with dinner being served at approx. 7pm.

The annual Club trophy presentation will commence at approx. 7:30pm.

There will be a lucky draw during the night. The rest of the evening will be for general chats and drinks. Plan ahead, and if you think you will not be able to drive home, pack your swag or tent and you will be able to stay overnight. The Club will have some drinks available but you can also  BYO drinks if you like, but please no glass bottles where possible.

As a competitor your meal will be free, but all other adults will be $10 a head, children under 14,  $5. There will be gluten free options available.

Please RSVP to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for all meals by Tuesday 6 December for catering purposes.  All meals must be paid by direct debit by Friday 9 December unless prior arrangements made.

See you on 10 December for a great fun, social, end of year event.

Regards Greg Woodbridge and the IWMAC Team

Hi all racers. The weather again has not been kind to us. The track has received over 30mm since Wednesday this week and the forecast is not looking good for tomorrow or Sunday. So after this afternoons track inspection, sadly we have no option but to cancel the Open Sprint Rd 5 this Sunday 23 October 2022. Our next event is an Autocross on Sunday 6 November 2022 and will be open for entries early next week. Regards Greg Woodbridge

To all our racers who have entered our Autocross on this Sunday 2 October. With a sad, heavy heart we have had to cancel this event. The track has sustained extensive damage from the recent storm and then the CMC Rocks Country Music Festival event vehicle traffic. We could not access the site until Wednesday this week and over the last few days have been in ongoing negotiations with Ipswich City Council on a way forward. We anticipated that it will take up to 2 weeks to repair providing the weather is kind to us. We are planning to be back in action for our next event on the 23 October, our Open Sprint Rd 5. Regards Greg.

To all our keen racers who have entered our Autocross Rd 2 on Saturday 10 September 2022. The rain has been against us once again. After this mornings track inspection, we have made the sad but correct decision to cancel tomorrow's event due to the track being very wet and further rain forecast for today. Our next event is an Autocross on Sunday 2 October 2022. Entries will open within the next week for that event.

Regards Greg Woodbridge

To all who have entered the Autocross Rd 3 on Sunday 24 July, todays track inspection has given the great news that all is good for the event to proceed tommorrow.

Kind Regards

Greg Woodbridge

To All our Keen Racers who have entered our Autocross Rd 2 for tomorrow 3 July 2022. Wehave inspected the track this morning. With this very unusual weather, and having received over 30mm rain at the track in the last 24 hrs, with more forecast today, we are sad to advise that the track is very,very wet again, and there is no chance that we will be able to hold our race event tomorrow. Hence this event has been postponed yet again to a date to be advised.  Our next event is an Autocross Rd 3 on 24 July 2022. Looking forward to seeing you all then. Regards Greg Woodbridge

To all our keen racers who have entered our Autocross Rd 2 tomorrow 5 June 2022. The weather has been against us yet again with the rain last night. Our track inspection today at 11am has shown that even with the sun and wind the track will not be dry enough to hold our event tomorrow. Sadly we will have to postpone again our Autocross Rd 2 to a date yet to be determined. Thank you for all your patience in these very trying times. Regards Greg Woodbridge and the organising Team.

To all our super keen racers who have entered our Autocross Rd 2 this Sunday 22 May 2022. Sadly the weather has been against us yet again. After our track inspection today, water is still running down pit lane and across the start pad. The rest of the track, and in/out fields are also still very very wet. And with the forecast over the next few days there is no chance of an event for us this weekend. We have postponed the Autocross Rd 2 to Sunday 5 June 2022. You will need to re-enter for this event once it is open for entry, hopefully within the next day or so. Looking forward to seeing you all then.

Greg Woodbridge

To all who have entered our Special Event- Drivers Challenge this Sunday 3 April 2022. With all the rain that has fallen this week, we will be conducting a track inspection tommorrow morning to then be able to determine a plan where we hope to be able to get the track repaired and prepared in time for Sunday. We will continue to keep you updated. Regards Greg Woodbridge

Hi to all our keen racers. Many areas of Ipswich, Brisbane, North Coast and South Coast have sustained major flood damage over the last 4 days.  The Amberly/Willowbank precinct received over 570mm of rain over these 4 days.  We have not been able to get out to the track to inspect it yet, but we believe that the track will have sustained significant damage. The infield will also be very, very wet and no doubt full of ducks.  It will take many days for it to dry out before we can undertake any repair work, and unfortunately more showers and rain are forecast for the end of this week.

Hence, the IWMAC committee have made the hard but correct decision to postpone our planned Day Night Autocross for the 5 March 2022 to a date yet to be advised.

Please stay safe everyone.

Regards Greg Woodbridge