The Millchester Challenge - NQORA Short Course Off Road Racing

Townsville Amateur Radio Club provided volunteer communications support for the Millchester Challenge — Round 2 of the North Queensland Off-Road Super Series — run by NQORA at the Millchester Motor Sports Facility near Charters Towers on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July.

The crew rolled in Friday to set up camp for the weekend, with the HF gear warming up over the campfire chat once the sun went down. Saturday kicked off with a Prologue lap, followed by eight heats of flat-out, one-lap dashes — plenty of dust, plenty of fun, and a couple of genuinely chilly mornings on the radios. Four cars started; three made it to the finish.

8Heats Raced

3 of 4Cars Finished

8°CColdest Morning

On the Radios

Garry
VK1ZZ
Hairy
VK4ZMB
Lyndall & Gavin
VK4ZM & VK4ZZ
Doris & Wayne
VK4WSG

Race car 1045 kicking up dust on the track

Campsite with radio table set up under a canopy

Campfire at night with trailers in the background

Race car 67 Currajong Tyres and Auto kicking up dust

Radio table reading 8:31am and 11 degrees Celsius

HF radio mounted in the vehicle tuned to 3.6MHz

Chillout Racing buggy on the track with support vehicle nearby

Radio table reading 7:02am and 8 degrees Celsius

Thanks to everyone who came along and helped keep the airwaves — and the campfire — running all weekend. See the Communications Support page for more on the club’s volunteer program.

The Millchester Challenge – NQORA Short Course Off Road Racing