Welcome Route Vehicle About Us Comms Track Us Sponsors   Welcome to Rusty Racing Rusty Racing operates to raise money for charity whilst having a bit of fun. Click on the Image to See a Larger Version Image from 2016 Kidney Kar Rally. One of many water crossings. Our next event will be the 29th Annual Kidney Kar Rally http://kidneykarrally.com.au. This takes place on 11th to 19th August 2017 where we will travel from Griffith to Wagga via Tibooburra and all places in between. This event raises money for kids affected by kidney disease for Kidney Kids Camps run by Kidney Health Australia. http://www.kidney.org.au/. We are Rusty Racing Kar number 73. Please help us help the kids. You can donate at our donation page. Click on the link https://kkr2017.everydayhero.com/au/rusty-racing All donations of $2 or more are fully tax deductable and a receipt will be issued immediately.  find us on Facebook To ask any questions please email us at info@rustyracing.com.au Rusty Racing Kar 73. Thank you for your support. Mike and Dave The Route 2016 Griffith to Wagga Wagga via Tibooburra The Kidney Kar Rally starts on 11th August and the approximate route is shown below. Each town indicated is either a Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner/overnight stop and is as listed in the table. The actual route taken between these stops is unknown until the start dinner when we are given our road book. Even then we don't have much of a clue as no reconnaissance is done by anyone other than the Road Directors and their minions. In Broken Hill we have a rest day so that we and the cars can get repaired etc. if required. Click on the Map to See a Larger Version 2017 Overnight and Lunch Stops Date Lunch Details Overnight Details - Dinner/Breakfast Friday 11th August Own Expense Griffith - Exies Bagtown Motel & Functions - Registration - Start Dinner Saturday 12th August Condobolin Hotel Cobar - Cobar Bowling & Golf Club Sunday 13th August Tilpa - Hall White Cliffs Hotel Monday 14th August Milparinka Albert Hotel Tibooburra - Sportsground Tuesady 15th August Packsaddle Roadhouse Broken Hill - Musician's Club Wednesday 16th August Own expense Broken Hill - Musician's Club - Dinner Only Thursday 17th August Coombah Roadhouse Renmark - Renmark Hotel Friday 18th August Ouyen P-12 College (School) Moama - Moama Bowling Club Saturday 19th August Urana Public School Wagga RSL Club - Presentation dinner So if you are around any of these stops on the dates indicated please come and say hello. Rally Vehicles Main rally car is a 1984 Nissan Bluebird Series 2 GL sedan. Click on the Image to See a Larger Version This car was run in KKR 2013 and will be run again in 2014 with some improvements. Other cars we have for development and or spares are:- Click on the Image to See a Larger Version 1981 Silver-Grey Datsun Bluebird Series 1 LX sedan. Click on the Image to See a Larger Version Also a White 1982 Datsun Bluebird Series 1 LX sedan with go fast bits on it. Click on the Image to See a Larger Version The other car, or shell, that we have is a 1985 Nissan Bluebird Series 3 GL sedan. We hope that it may be a track car or even a rally car in the future. Click on the Image to See a Larger Version Our Backup/support vehicle is the "Beast" a 1994 Toyota Landcruiser Series 80 which we used as the main rally car in 2012. So if anyone can help us with parts, info, donations or sponsorship please contact us. info@rustyracing.com.au About Us The drivers (and navigators, mechanics, support crew and general roustabouts) for this venture are David Welch and Michael Van den Acker. We are colleagues at a University in Melbourne. We heard about the Kidney Kar Rally from the media in late 2011 and it got us thinking - not for very long mind you, we registered quickly. Perhaps a bit more thought should have gone into it first. Both of us are technically minded and have been playing with cars and machinery for some time. Having watched the Redex, Ampol and other trials including Repco, it is something that we have always wanted to do. So here we are trying to raise money for the Kidney Kids camps and other charities as well as trying to get a few sponsors. Please help us help the kids.    All donations of $2 or more are fully tax deductable and a receipt will be issued. If you would like further information or to contact us our email address is info@rustyracing.com.au David Welch Michael Van den Acker No backup team since 2014 Previous team members Adam Barnhoorn Peter Barnhoorn Ivan Kiss Laszlo "Les" Kiss Ivan completed the Drive for Life rally with Michael in 2012. Both Ivan and Les joined us as members in the B73 Backup vehicle for the 2013, 25th Anniversary, Kidney Kar Rally. Adam & Peter joined us members in the B73 Backup vehicle for the 2014 Kidney Kar Rally. Past events: Click on the Image to See a Larger Version Mike and Dave of Rusty Racing are Winners of the 2015 Kidney Kar Rally !! 2016 Kidney Kar rally - Bathurst to Taree via Dubbo          23rd Outright place - Alternator failure on the last day.          Winner day 3 & 7 and Teams award 2015 Kidney Kar Rally - Alice Springs to Moama via Coober Pedy          1st - Outright Winner 2014 Kidney Kar Rally - Gundagai to Cootamundra via Mt Gambier          14th Outright place 2013 Kidney Kar Rally - Tamworth to Armidale via Bundaberg          31st Outright place and 2nd in the Repechage 2012 Kidney Car Rally - Mandurah to Bendigo via the Nullarbor          16th Outright place and "Rookie of the year" 2012 Drive for Life - Melbourne. Raising money for youth suicide prevention projects. Communications While participating in the Kidney Kar Rally, there are certain safety items which must be included. One of these main items is a UHF CB radio. This will be used throughout the rally for safety reasons (break downs etc) car to car. As Amateur radio operators we based the original theme of the Landcruiser, in 2012, on the Australian Echidna. The reason being we installed many antennas on and around the vehicle. Although somewhat larger than an Echidna it did have some resemblance to it, with the antennas representing the quills on the back of the Echidna. The number for the vehicle (73) was chosen as this is amateur shorthand at the end of a conversation for "Best wishes" so we have continued with that number. Although we are "Rusty Racing" now and not "Team Echidna" the car is still covered in antennas. We use the following radios:- UHF 40 channel CB radio. Rally requirement. 2 x UHF handheld radios. Just in case 27MHz SSB CB radio. An Icom IC7000 SSB HF radio which will be hooked up to the Byonics TinyTrack4 modem. This will send out GPS data on the 30m band into the APRS network and you will be able to track us (live), as we travel, on the internet. Go to the "Track Us" page. An amateur 2m band FM radio as backup for the APRS and general amateur talk radio on 145.45MHz We have a special call sign that we use for this event. VK3KKR We will also have various GPS receivers. During the event see where we are on the "Track Us" page. Radio setup of the Bluebird. The Bluebird setup includes 27MHz CB radio located between the front seats with a power distribution box attached to it as well. In the photo you can see the Terratrip rally computer, top left on the dash with a GPS navigator to its right. A bit further to the right is the GPS Heads Up Display (HUD) which displays speed. Centre top (above the vents) is the USB power distribution panel. Below that is a custom oil pressure and water temperature pod. Again below that is the heater A/C controls, and Pioneer stereo. Below that again is the UHF CB radio with custom switch panel and voltmeter. The orange light to the left of the centre console is the 2m VHF ADI amateur transceiver and next to that is the ICOM IC-7000 transceiver which is used for the APRS tracking. Radio setup in the Landcruiser. Here is part of the rally and radio setup. On the left is the 27MHz SSB CB radio, just to the right is the head for the Icom IC-7000 multi-mode multi-band HF radio. In front of that is the 40 channel UHF CB radio (rally requirement). Above all of this and lit up is the Brantz rally trip computer. Track Us map here This map shows the position of the Rusty Racing Kar number 73. Look for the callsign VK3KKR. Click HERE for a FULL MAP of the progress. Sponsors We gratefully acknowledge the support and help from the following individuals and companies. All who have made donations and contributions. Recognising and Rewarding Success is Our Business. 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