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Club supports responsible driving. Please do not Drink &
Drive. At all events helmets and seat belts are compulsory.
For motor cycles, proper protective gear must be worn.
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OBJECTIVES OF THE CLUB:
To
promote Motor Sport for interested persons throughout the whole
of Namibia
To establish and maintain the usual facilities of a Motor Club
and for that purpose to lease and/or to require by purchase,
exchange, lease, sub-lease or otherwise, immovable and moveable
property of all kinds, including land buildings in the Okahandja
municipal area or otherwise together with the buildings thereon,
as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of promoting Motor
Sport.
The rules of the Motor Sport events shall be held under the
rules approved and determined by Namibia Motor Sport Federation,
the Namibia Sports Council and any other rules that may be
enforced by the above bodies. Affiliated to the NMSF implies
complete compliance by the OMC and all Club Members to the NMSF
Constitution, the By Laws the Sports Act (Act 12 of 2003) and
all international Rules and Regulations.
To erect, construct, carry out, maintain, improve, alter,
manage and / or control any courses or systems, buildings or
other property or structures of the Club and generally to carry
out activities within the scope of the objectives of the Club or
related thereto.
To promote and run organized sporting and social events
according to the local and National Motor Sport.
To provide members, their guests and visitors to the Club or
any of it's events with such equipment and facilities as are
commensurate with the objects set out above and as required by
the NMSF General Rules and Regulations.
2009
Namib Drag Wars 2009 1st August 2009
NAMIB DRAG
WARS is coming to Okahandja!!! History
is being made in Namibia with the first ever cross border drag
racing event between Namibia and South Africa scheduled for 01
August 2009. Four clubs affiliated to the Namibia Motor Sport
Federation being Rehoboth Motor Club, Okahandja Motor Club, Road
Aces Windhoek (RAW) and Windhoek Motor Club. This is the
biggest Cross Border Motorsport event this decade. Check
out the website.
www.namibdragwars.com This event is sanctioned by the
Namibia Motorsport Federation. Cars from
Speed and Sound will be attending this event.
Namib Road Kings
event 30 May 2009:
Race day, some
contestants arrived early and whilst marshals were still making
last minute finishing touches, contestants Gazebos went up and
everyone was getting ready. The pit aria was busy, but
registration went fluent. A BIG thank you to the 15 contestants
that sent in their entries during the week before, it just made
things so much easier for us as organizers. It was noticeable
that it was going to be a very competitive day, you could feel
it in the air. The practice runs started and contestants lined
up to test there vehicles.
Some new faces
and cars were seen for the first time. A 13 year old,
Wiets Coetzee, showed up with a quad and for the first time
ever, a quod started on the OMC track. This young guy ran
constant 13 seconds, and later we saw him having allot of fun,
racing against cars and other bikes. He is now the official OMC
Club record holder of the Quad bikes. Congratulations and a Big
thank you to young Mr. Coetzee for displaying such good
sportsmanship.
Although only
5 motor bike riders attended, some good times were recorded by
them. Patrick Arlove ran a 10.69 on his Suzuki. Times for the
bikes were very competitive, with the top 3 only separated by 1
second. The most important factor is that these bikes we very
close, neck to neck, on most
every run!! Great riding ability were displayed, and the
bikes were really well
prepared. We are looking forward to see these bikes in action
on the 04th of July, on preparation of the event
against the South Africans.
All the cars
were looking good. A VW Bug driven by Rudolf Turck, a first
time contestant, were constantly improving his time and later
ran a 16.2, beating all the Golfs!! All the cars were tuned to
maximum performance and some excellent racing took place between
them. The much improved Ford Escort of Johnny Wepener ran his
best time ever and everyone was very pleased to see him
constantly improving times since we have seen him for the first
time in March. To show how competitive the top riders were,
there are only 2 seconds between the fastest 11 car
contestants.
The
first three contestants were only separated by 0.48 seconds.
The fastest time was
recorded by Mr. G Visagie in the Roach with 12.35 seconds,
second The Skiline of Dean Martin and The Hulk of Jaco Kotze was
just slightly slower. All the cars went very well and fast times
were recorded by every one. De Waal, Lourens van Rensburg, Jaco
Theron, Willem Visser, Marco Smith were all just separated by
0.4 seconds. Earnu de Villiers and Frans Grobler in the V8’s
also ran good times in the low 14 seconds. We would also like to
thank Cymot for giving Mr. G the day off, to participate at our
event. All the cars were well prepared, and the contestants
were very competitive.
The C.O.C.,
Mr. Ernest Thatcher did a
superb job and the event went
smoothly without any serous
incident. All the officials were well prepared and although
we missed a few run times because of our electronic timing
system being affected by heat, times recorded were very
accurate. Thanks to everyone who supported the Schools and
Churches that supplied the food and drink for the event.
A Big thank
you to The Hulk and The Roach for taking our special guests for
rides. Vicky from Radiowave and Hattie of HW Fuel supplies had
a super time and really enjoyed it. I bet both those ladies
will never forget the experience, and will be attending Drag
events for a long time to come.
A
special THANKS to all of the sponsors, participants, spectators
and officials that helped to make the “NAMIB ROAD KINGS” day a
huge success.
As we are constantly
aiming to make our events better, if you have any suggestions or
comments please mail them to
info@okahandjamotorclub.com
We wish to thank the sponsors
of Okahandja Motor club for making our event possible, Wesbank,
HW Fuel Supplies, Welwitschia
Travel, Big 5 Country Hotel, Ink-Connection, NAMINTERNET,
Okahandja Diens Stasie, Radio Wave 96.7 FM and Okahandja Spar.
