koba
23rd June 2009, 11:28
Note to mods: This is not in racing because it is mainly aimed at non-racers.
I was forced to sit out round two of the Vic Club Winter Series in the weekend.
I was gutted I was not in a fit state to compete myself and thought it would be absolute torture sitting on the bank watching (and smelling - mmm two strokes) the racing.
Over the course of the day I came to realise that a big part of the fun of racing for me is going to the track and talking shit with the local folk and generally soaking in the atmoshere.
Another big part that I normally mostly miss due to being all busy and nervy is the racing itself is an absolute hoot to watch.
The weekend had some spectacular moments to watch. (and some heart wrenching ones :crazy:- heal well all you broken racers)
SO if you want some great FREE racing action bowl on along to a local (or not so local) racetrack to watch some club racing.*
www.vicclub.co.nz has the winter series dates and info.
Highlights of the racing in the weekend for me:
Watching Glen Skachill and Jamie Gallway fight tooth and nail in every race.
With Glen on an older GSXR600 and Jamie on a lightly modded Triumph 675 they were soo evenly matched they must have traded paint at times!:clap:
The skill and racecraft shown by both riders amazed me.
Craig Shirriffs and Hayden Fitzgerald showed everyone how fast they can go, setting long track records in their blazing battles between their flash new Hondas, these guys looked to be both totally tapping their 1000cc superbikes in some kickarse team rivalry.:woohoo:
Drew Mair had a great weekend, he didn't crash!
But he came sooo close with a moment coming out of the left hairpin that saw him out of the seat, smashing his throat on the screen and bending the subframe on landing back on it! What a save!:sweatdrop
Slowpoke, Phil Derby and Johan had a great tussle in day ones LG race, they seemed to spur each other on into some very tidy and entertaining racing.
There were plenty of good battles going on with a good pack in F3/Protwins, including Deano, Newcomer Ashley Payne, former 150 rider Zane Brookes and F3 SV racer Paul Buckley. There were more that I'm not sure about but this group seemed to end up quite close in most of the races and provided some entertaining racing as they got into some real strategic racing over the long races.
Watching what I could of the action between our three 675 riders, Sinfull, Warfy and Keelim with Clive chucked in too (CBR600) was good. This group is going to be interesting to watch over coming rounds.
Ben Oxnam took out an Aprilia RS125 in the streetstock 150 class, most of us 150 racers were very interested to see how it would go. Ben is a very fast rider so it was going to be a fair teast of the bike. Unfortunatley he got a bit of a knock from a passing 125 and scratched the paint of the wee thing a little but otherwise it seemed to go very well for a new bike first time out.
I look foward to seeing how he goes in future rounds.
Mossy1200 had the crash of the day when he binned at splash on the restart of Post Classics, it was a brilliant, clean, textbook lowside dismount with an incredibly loud scraping noise as he washed out on cold tyres.
There were more injuries than normal, 4 people with breaks?
I hope you guys all heal well and are out racing again soon.
I was soo happy to spend the day talking shit and watching racing so thanks guys for putting on a great show and for all you people who are yet to come check out the local racing: Do EEET!
*This does come with a warning: You will probably want to "give it a go" which will most likely be the beginning of a lifelong passion/severe addiction.
I was forced to sit out round two of the Vic Club Winter Series in the weekend.
I was gutted I was not in a fit state to compete myself and thought it would be absolute torture sitting on the bank watching (and smelling - mmm two strokes) the racing.
Over the course of the day I came to realise that a big part of the fun of racing for me is going to the track and talking shit with the local folk and generally soaking in the atmoshere.
Another big part that I normally mostly miss due to being all busy and nervy is the racing itself is an absolute hoot to watch.
The weekend had some spectacular moments to watch. (and some heart wrenching ones :crazy:- heal well all you broken racers)
SO if you want some great FREE racing action bowl on along to a local (or not so local) racetrack to watch some club racing.*
www.vicclub.co.nz has the winter series dates and info.
Highlights of the racing in the weekend for me:
Watching Glen Skachill and Jamie Gallway fight tooth and nail in every race.
With Glen on an older GSXR600 and Jamie on a lightly modded Triumph 675 they were soo evenly matched they must have traded paint at times!:clap:
The skill and racecraft shown by both riders amazed me.
Craig Shirriffs and Hayden Fitzgerald showed everyone how fast they can go, setting long track records in their blazing battles between their flash new Hondas, these guys looked to be both totally tapping their 1000cc superbikes in some kickarse team rivalry.:woohoo:
Drew Mair had a great weekend, he didn't crash!
But he came sooo close with a moment coming out of the left hairpin that saw him out of the seat, smashing his throat on the screen and bending the subframe on landing back on it! What a save!:sweatdrop
Slowpoke, Phil Derby and Johan had a great tussle in day ones LG race, they seemed to spur each other on into some very tidy and entertaining racing.
There were plenty of good battles going on with a good pack in F3/Protwins, including Deano, Newcomer Ashley Payne, former 150 rider Zane Brookes and F3 SV racer Paul Buckley. There were more that I'm not sure about but this group seemed to end up quite close in most of the races and provided some entertaining racing as they got into some real strategic racing over the long races.
Watching what I could of the action between our three 675 riders, Sinfull, Warfy and Keelim with Clive chucked in too (CBR600) was good. This group is going to be interesting to watch over coming rounds.
Ben Oxnam took out an Aprilia RS125 in the streetstock 150 class, most of us 150 racers were very interested to see how it would go. Ben is a very fast rider so it was going to be a fair teast of the bike. Unfortunatley he got a bit of a knock from a passing 125 and scratched the paint of the wee thing a little but otherwise it seemed to go very well for a new bike first time out.
I look foward to seeing how he goes in future rounds.
Mossy1200 had the crash of the day when he binned at splash on the restart of Post Classics, it was a brilliant, clean, textbook lowside dismount with an incredibly loud scraping noise as he washed out on cold tyres.
There were more injuries than normal, 4 people with breaks?
I hope you guys all heal well and are out racing again soon.
I was soo happy to spend the day talking shit and watching racing so thanks guys for putting on a great show and for all you people who are yet to come check out the local racing: Do EEET!
*This does come with a warning: You will probably want to "give it a go" which will most likely be the beginning of a lifelong passion/severe addiction.