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Boylan Traffic Solutions Specials and News
March 2010

Allan Moffat, OBE, guest driver at BTS Drive Days

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 Clockwise from top left: Allan Moffat, OBE, at Lakeside with Jeanette and Pat Dolan; James Moffat's Bathurst 12-hour race car leaves the pits at Eastern Creek; Leighton Contractors' Ben Eizenberg; the Boylan race team at Lakeside; Leighton Contractors' John Bull; and D2G's Mal Mitchell with Allan Moffat and Peter Boylan.


Touring car legend Allan Moffat, OBE, was the special guest at two product demonstration days staged recently by Boylan Traffic Solutions.
The demonstrations -  held at Sydney's Eastern Creek Raceway and Brisbane's Lakeside Raceway  - were each attended by up to 60 guests  and followed by hot laps in the Boylan race team cars.
On show was the groundbreaking BarrierGuard 800 steel safety barrier and SpeedCheck, a compact, low-cost speed advisory sign used in a wide range of applications including schools, shopping zones, warehouses, transport  operations and commercial sites.
BTS managing director Peter Boylan said the thrill of taking a spin around the track with touring car champion Allan Moffat and celebrated motoring writer Peter McKay was something his guests would remember for a long time.
"The smiles on everyone's faces said it all,'' Peter said. "It was a great day and we're very grateful to Allan and Peter and our other guest  drivers for  their generous support,'' he said.
View more photos from the events on line:
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Lakeside Raceway


 
 
  BTS news - in this issue:
 
  • James Moffat's championship hopes
  • New staffers join Boylan team
  • SpeedCheck: curbing speed, saving lives

 

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 Happy motoring!
 
 
 Peter Boylan
 Neil Crompton 
 BTS TEAM SAFETY 


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               New staffers join Boylan team
 

 

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Boylan Traffic Solutions welcomes five new staff members to its rapidly-expanding team.
Narelle Appleby comes to the role of Sydney Branch Manager with more than five years' experience in the hire industry.
Narelle says customer service is her primary focus.
"I love this industry because every day is different," Narelle said. "And providing solutions for my customers is a real driver for me."
NSW sales executive Kerry Frew started his working life as a builder before forging a 30-year sales career in building products.
"I'm really enjoying the challenge of a new industry," Kerry said. "There a lot to learn, but I'm loving it."
Danny Cimbaly spent 25 years as an engineer and regional manager with a road surfacing company before taking up his NSW sales executive role with Boylan's.
"I understand the construction industry and that gives me a real edge in terms of customer service," he said.
Queensland sales executive Brad Morris owned an automotive repair shop for 12 years before taking up his present role.
"Before that, I used to work in sales and marketing, so I've really come back to something I enjoy very much," he said.
Boylan's new NSW Central Coast and Newcastle rep is John Torr, a long-standing motor sport official and former touring car competitor.
John began his motorsport career in a Mini at Calder Park in 1965. He raced sports cars with great success for two years in the UK before returning home to Australia to work with General Motors as a mechanic.  He owned Coalfields Motors, at Kurri Kurri, from 1985 to 2009. John has been a motorsport official for nearly 20 years and now serves as a voluntary technical inspector.

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            Above:  James Moffat competing in the recent 12-hour Bathurst classic

         
      James Moffat's championship hopes


BTS-sponsored driver James Moffat enjoyed consecutive podium finishes on the streets of Adelaide in Round 1 of the V8 Supercar Development Series last weekend.
James - the son of touring car legend Allan Moffat, OBE -  was one of the pace-setters all weekend in his debut outing in the #99 Norton 360 Ford Rising Stars Falcon. Race 1 saw James initially slip back to third, but he recovered to a clear second position behind former champion Steve Owen by races' end. It was a similar story in Race 2 as James consolidated behind Owen to take another second position in a fine debut.
"It was a really satisfying weekend for us and I'm happy with how the team performed in their first outing," James said.
James also performed well at the recent Bathurst 12-hour race where he teamed with Ken Douglas and Ray Hislop to take 6th place outright and a 3rd in class.
 James said his car ran faultlessly during the race after being plagued by fuel- pump problems during practice.
"The race was stopped for about 45 minutes when a tree fell down across the track - that was really the only unforeseen problem," he said.
James said that while he was happy the car had performed so reliably, there was room for improvement.
"If we had played the strategy a bit differently,  I think we could have had a stronger result," he said.
James said he was delighted to have the support of Boylan Traffic Solutions.
"I am really looking forward to the year ahead and feel I am in a strong position for the championship," he said.

      BTS site set for blues video clip

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Boylan's Huntingwood site was the set recently for the filming of blues band Stormcellar's latest video clip Don't Get Around Much.
A spokesman for the band said the video followed in the footsteps of Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues, an iconic 1960s music clip featuring a multitude of hand-written placards.
"We wondered what Dylan would do if he was making the clip today?'' the spokesman said.
The answer they came up with was state-of-the-art VMS technology.
"Who needs placards when you have the latest variable message signs?'' he said.
On its website, Stormcellar gave a huge vote of thanks to Boylan staffers Dave Bell and Pat Jones who worked on the day as ad hoc stage managers.
"Once again, we are only able to do this sort of thing because of the selflessness and willingness of people to help out,'' the spokesman said.

Daniel's top effort

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Boylan-sponsored karting star Daniel Holihan is 9th in points in the Karting Clubman support category after a top effort recently at the highly-competitive CIK Stars of Karting Series.  Daniel also finished third at a recent Newcastle club day and 17th from a class of 57 at the Brian Farley Memorial championship.


Product of the moment


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Recent publicity has seen an unprecendented level of interest in BTS's state-of-the-art SpeedCheck sign.
SpeedCheck is a compact, low-cost speed advisory sign that can be used in a wide range of applications - from mine sites to shopping centres - and the ease by which it can be mounted and programmed means that it can be purchased by councils and businesses in even the most remote locations.
Stocks of this product are running low, so please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in purchasing.
Watch our online video to learn more