Andrew Stroud Secures World Superbike Ride @ Phillip Island

[svs]

Stroud will compete in Round 2 of the World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island this coming weekend. He will carry the #93 on his Superbike New Zealand Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 as a wild card entry. GOOD LUCK!!

Both races are LIVE on Sky Sport this weekend.

[vifferman]

Woohoo! Go Andrew!:2thumbsup

(Cue the Trashman saying, "Meh - I could beat him!")

[**R1**]

NICE....i see he is also the only wild card? strange, i thought there would be a heap of ozys that would be up for the chalenge.

[TonyB]

NICE....i see he is also the only wild card? strange, i thought there would be a heap of ozys that would be up for the chalenge.
That is weird.
Good news though- go Andrew!

[White trash]

Meh, I could beat him.......

[White trash]

NICE....i see he is also the only wild card? strange, i thought there would be a heap of ozys that would be up for the chalenge.

Not strange at all mate. Most of the Australians don't race on Pirellis.

[Sparky Bills]

Good for him!!
Starting a bit late isnt he?

[Motoracer]

Meh, I could beat him.......

Fuck off!!

[**R1**]

Not strange at all mate. Most of the Australians don't race on Pirellis.The last set of slicks i got off Stroud were Pirellis, he said they were shite. and after using them i would have to agree.....but then what would i know.

[vifferman]

Not strange at all mate. Most of the Australians don't race on Pirellis.
:spudwhat:
Can you explain what you mean?

[White trash]

:spudwhat:
Can you explain what you mean?

the top Australian Superbike teams are sponsered by Dunlop or Bridgestone or Michelin.

The world Superbike championship uses a control tyre, namely Pirelli.

If Dunlop were injecting $500K a year into a team, they'd get a little shirty if that team used a competitors brand to race a wildcard meeting.

WSBK also wont let a team run displaying non Pirelli type sign writing.

[k14]

Man, thats awesome, be interesting to see how he gets on. Don't think he will have a chance against the factory guys but its good to see a kiwi racing in an international race after 5 or so years without.

[GSVR]

Anyone know how he got on with the appeal? Read on Silver bullet the hearing was last week. http://www.silver-bullet.co.nz/news.php?id=3525.

He would have to be NZds best circuit racer at the moment.

[Sensei]

Excellent News & that he is riding the best bike on the planet !!! GSXR1000K5 :shake: LOL
SENSEI

[JohnBoy]

Wicked!!! good to see that all his hard work has been noticed!!
Will make an extra effort to see the race. :niceone:

[Kickaha]

Anyone know how he got on with the appeal? Read on Silver bullet the hearing was last week. http://www.silver-bullet.co.nz/news.php?id=3525.

He would have to be NZds best circuit racer at the moment.


cant remember the full details but Lynda Blair said he was given a time penalty rather than disqualification which means Tony Rees takes the title.

[GSVR]

cant remember the full details but Lynda Blair he was given a time penalty rather than disqualification which means Tony Rees takes the title.

Must have been a significant penalty as if he had just got put back to second he would have taken the title by 2 points.

Well done Tony Rees I guess. What was good was the fact the racing was close with many good battles going on.

[PSYCHO]

Sweet. Good luck to him.

[erik]

Thanks for posting that, I'll have to try and watch it :)

[gav]

Good for him!!
Starting a bit late isnt he?
Huh? He has raced at World Superbikes before as well as in 500GP's.

Its also a bloody shame that more NZers arent racing there, why no Jared Love and Dean Fulton? Ideal opportunity to try and get on the world stage and theyre just going to let it pass? :confused:

[That Guy]

Huh? He has raced at World Superbikes before as well as in 500GP's.

Its also a bloody shame that more NZers arent racing there, why no Jared Love and Dean Fulton? Ideal opportunity to try and get on the world stage and theyre just going to let it pass? :confused:

Yeah Stoud has done it all before. Peter Clifford rates him when he rode in 500s a few times but he could bring no money with him at the time which you usually need to get into GPs. Rats.

I guess money is the reason Fulton & Love aren't there - I'd like to see Shirrifs and Fitzgerald in the 600SS too, but once again $ I guess.

[svs]

There are FOUR Kiwis in action this weekend at Phillip Island. #77 Hayden Fitzgerald and #54 Karl Morgan are aboard Suzuki GSX-R600's in the Australian Supersport Championship support class and NZ Superbike Champion #40 Tony Rees is competeing in the Australian Superbike Championship support class aboard his Yamaha YZF-R1.

Andrew Stroud has a confirmed Wild Card Entry into the Big Show. He will carry #93 on his Superbike New Zealand Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5.

Both WSBK races are on SKY SPORT 3 on Sunday. Race 1 @ 13:50 and Race 2 @ 17:20 with highlights later at 21:30.

I hope hayden does well, of all the riders I've seen this season, I reckon he's the most likely to be the next big thing.

[FzerozeroT]

WOW, a K5? umm, when did he get that?

[That Guy]

I hope hayden does well, of all the riders I've seen this season, I reckon he's the most likely to be the next big thing.

Yep I agree - he's moved up another notch; and hopefully will go far. Aaron Slight has given him some coaching recently which helped him - wins at Manfeild and was in the lead several times at Pukekohe were good to see. We need a young fulla to catch up to all these 30 something year olds kicking arse in NZ at the moment!

Pity he's not a wild card in WSS but a competitive bike would probably be more of a problem too I guess.

[White trash]

WOW, a K5? umm, when did he get that?

I lent it to him. :whistle:

[Sparky Bills]

I lent it to him. :whistle:


IM NEXT!!!!! :Punk: :niceone:

[scroter]

jared love told me yesterday that stroud has appealed again.

[wildcat_lgf]

What about all us people who are too busy doing real things in life :banana: to worry about getting 24hrs of pointless drivel (aka SKY)...is it going to be screened on free-to-air? And when is it?

[k14]

.is it going to be screened on free-to-air? And when is it?

Nope, never, have to get sky.

[That Guy]

Stroud is 20th fastest out of 29 riders in the first free practice; beating among others Ben Bostrom and Fonsi Nieto. Only did a 1.37 though so not sure what the conditions were like. Fastest was Martin's FP1 with a 1.34.8 so sounds like might be a bit cold/windy. 1st qualifying in a couple of hours.

[White trash]

Go Hayden Fitzgerald. Midfield after 1st qualifying.

1.Brookes 1m39.32
2.Fergusson 1m39.33
3.Baird 1m39.72
4.Aitchison 1m40.07
5.'Halloran 1m40.43
6.J Coote 1m40.64
7.Crowe 1m41.38
8.Stanley 1m41.53
9.Staring 1m41.82
10.Davies 1m41.95
11.McMartin 1m41.9
12.Waters 1m42.6
13.Stalder 1m42.9
14.J Curran 1m43.0
15.Onus 1m43.0
16.Wood 1m43.3
17.Fitzgerald 1m43.7
18. Cudlin 1m43.7
19. S Davies 1m44.0
20. Munn 1m44.4
21. Morgan 1m44.8
22. Quinn 1m45.1
23. Seaton 1m45.2
24. Malins 145.5
25.Goldsmith 1m45.6
26. Nicholson 1m46.2
27. Malacarne 1m48.6
28. Partoosh 1m49.2
29. Bartlome 1m50.4
30.Jones 1m55.24
31. Pickup 1m58.66

[White trash]

And Rees is 12th in the Aussy superbikes.

[Sparky Bills]

GO THE KIWIS!!!!
WE ROCK!
GOOD LUCK TO HAYDEN! :Punk:

[White trash]

Carpentier was just clocked at 290kph on the straight.

Not bad.....


......ON A 600!

[TwoSeven]

They are 130bhp now.

[White trash]

I don't give a fuck, my bike's got a shit load more than 130bhp and didn't go much faster with a shitload more run up.

[White trash]

1:34.5 to Corser. Go the Suzi's! :2thumbsup

Strangely enough, Steve Martin's right up his clacker on the FPR with 1:34.9

[White trash]

1:33.1 to, you guessed it. Troy Corser.

Old man Chilli into second spot. Still 1.5 sec behind Troy though. Needs a Suzuki that man....

Scratch that!

Kagayama up to second, 0.5 behind his team mate. Go Yuki'!!!! :2thumbsup

[Sensei]

Taranaki HARD CORE Hayden should get some excellent coverage from this ride , that will help him to move onto a Factory ride in the near Future :2thumbsup
SENSEI

[GSVR]

Just had a look through the photo gallery nice of them to take this one!

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2005/superbike/round2_island/gallery_b/pages/kiwis.htm

[**R1**]

Just had a look through the photo gallery nice of them to take this one!

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2005/superbike/round2_island/gallery_b/pages/kiwis.htm
Trippy...its Peter