AMCC this weekend

[puddy]

Hey,
What time is sign in etc? Does anybody have the timetable for the day?

[Peter Smith]

Hey,
What time is sign in etc? Does anybody have the timetable for the day?

Not sure mate, but you had better bring your wets and a snorkel.:whistle:

[Peter Smith]

Hey,
What time is sign in etc? Does anybody have the timetable for the day?

On the entry form it has sign on at 8am (note 20 at the bottom).

[Shaun]

ha ha, about lunch time has been close in the last 20 years:hug:

[White trash]

ha ha, about lunch time has been close in the last 20 years:hug:
I have a sneaking suspicion they'll be a little more on the ball this weekend.

Be good if the weather clears. Looking forward to it.

[kittytamer]

We might be lucky....

(I'll be bringing some wets just in case)

[Chrislost]

Oh man, if its wet i disolve and cant ride:(

[Devil]

I'll probably pop out to watch assuming it's not pissing down.

[Kiwi Graham]

Tried my best to get a set of rims for wets without much luck, I dont want to be a spectator on Sunday :weep:

[Danger Dave]

looks like we'll be playing in the rain on sunday

which means we get to use wets again ;:2thumbsup

[prettybillie]

Soooo pud pud - we going to see you out on that sexy GSXR????

Sign on starts at 8 and closes at 9.30 - no exceptions! :2thumbsup

[MaxCannon]

Assuming the rain isn't torrential I'll pop down to watch.
If anyone wants to meet up and ride down together let me know.

[Biggles08]

is there a charge for spectators this time does anyone know?

[Devil]

It'll cost you a towbar polish.

[Biggles08]

It'll cost you a towbar polish.

I should be selling tickets for that show buddy!!!:blink:

[kittytamer]

Is there any chance the racing will be cancelled if it carries on raining like this?
I'll still show up in the morning - I'm commited! (or should be...:crazy:)

[Teambwr47]

Is there any chance the racing will be cancelled if it carries on raining like this?
I'll still show up in the morning - I'm commited! (or should be...:crazy:)

The AMCC do have concerns in wet meetings when the water pools between in the dip prior to Ford Mountain and we were asked at a meeting last year in a riders meeting if we (riders) wanted to continue racing.

The MNZ rep there wanted to can the meeting but they carried on.

I would say there is a good chance that the meeting will be called off if the rain thats forecast for tomorrow arrives because it looks on some forecasts like a real down pour is due.

The meeting will, I guess, only be called off once we're all there and as its NZ i suppose you can never exclude sunshine and a dry race....

[Kiwi Graham]

Forcast says more of this all night, rain tuning to occasional showers in the afternoon.

If there is standing water on the circuit in the morning there aint going to be any qualifying which means no racing surely!!

Stll turning up with my fingers crossed though :whocares:

[Biggles08]

The AMCC do have concerns in wet meetings when the water pools between in the dip prior to Ford Mountain and we were asked at a meeting last year in a riders meeting if we (riders) wanted to continue racing.

The MNZ rep there wanted to can the meeting but they carried on.

I would say there is a good chance that the meeting will be called off if the rain thats forecast for tomorrow arrives because it looks on some forecasts like a real down pour is due.

The meeting will, I guess, only be called off once we're all there and as its NZ i suppose you can never exclude sunshine and a dry race....

Anything is possible...Round 5 at Manfeild was supposed to be raining all Saturday and half of Sunday but we never got wet at all (that was the forcast on Friday too!?!) Hopefully its all go for you lot tomorrow, have fun and stay upright!

[Gremlin]

It certainly looks like it is going to pour... hope not, and Pukie can be an interesting track, sometimes differing from its surroundings weather wise.

It will probably start, but if conditions get too bad, they'll keep an eye on it. Sections of the track can end up with a lot of standing water, and then the racers seem to want to have a break and chat :shutup: Castrol is a popular place for them to hangout :done:

[MaxCannon]

Doesn't look flash outside.
I might venture out around lunch time.

[sharky]

Doesn't look flash outside.
I might venture out around lunch time.

Yep did qualifying and one F3 and one F1/2 race and they pulled the pin due to too much surface water - stink!:crybaby:
I'd managed to stick it on Pole for Posties Jnr too (think they were having timekeeping issues:shutup:) - Oh well, next time eh?

[MaxCannon]

You guys must be completely insane to try racing in weather like this.

I'll ride in torrential rain but only if I have to - and certainly not at race pace.

[Kiwi Graham]

Got there nice and early and set up in the dry, started thinking 'in aint going to rain' then..........! I've seen it wetter except I was off the No 4 bouy fishing at the time!!!!
Qualified ok, 5th I think not bad for a rowing boat with iffy road tyres on, was getting more wheel spin than grip and was hitting the limiter down the back straight in top (only through the puddles :shit:). The pin was pulled before my race so a very wet pack up and splash home.

I have secured all further AMCC rounds as dry days, Ive ordered a set of wheels from America and will stick some wets on them, It won't rain anymore <_<

[Gremlin]

I have secured all further AMCC rounds as dry days, Ive ordered a set of wheels from America and will stick some wets on them, It won't rain anymore <_<
Ah, most excellent good sir... us marshalls are questioning our sanity :sweatdrop

[sennandy]

Hi does anyone know if we will get a refund for our entry today or will the next round be free or discounted heavily?

This was to be my first race ever today, shit I was scared, couldn't see a thing and seen a few flies over taking me, didn't realise I had put on so much weight since the last time I wore my wet weather gear!

[kittytamer]

It was freakin' wet out there today, but, hey, I finished 4th in the Formula Auckland race - so pretty happy with that!
I do feel sorry for aall the guys (& girls) who came out today and didn't get a chance to race. But the puddles were growing visibly throughout the last race so there was only really one way the day was going to end.
I too, have invested in spare rims & wets so it will be dry for the rest of the season!

[FZRSuper]

Yeah the puddles were getting pretty deep. It was right to call the meeting, otherwise crazies like me would have still raced on sport road tyres - and they are much worse than having wets.

[Gremlin]

Even the guys we picked up with proper wets were complaining it was too slippery.

[kittytamer]

Hey Gremlin, thanks to you and all the marshalls for being out there on such a sh*ty day. Don't envy you guys having to be out there in it all day.

[scracha]

Got up out my pit at some unearthly hour to pit bitch and turned around by the time I hit Tahuna.


Hi does anyone know if we will get a refund for our entry today or will the next round be free or discounted heavily?


You can't help the weather, act of ged and all that. I guess unless a club gets their track hire fee refunded then the short answer would be "probably not".

[sharky]

[QUOTE=scracha;1129440532]Got up out my pit at some unearthly hour to pit bitch and turned around by the time I hit Tahuna.



SOFT!!!!!!

[kittytamer]

It was only a bit of water!

[scracha]

[QUOTE=scracha;1129440532]Got up out my pit at some unearthly hour to pit bitch and turned around by the time I hit Tahuna.

SOFT!!!!!!

Oh come on. By the time I was down to 60kmph due to bad visibility I concluded there was unlikely to be racing happening. The tedium is fuggin wonderful in deep water BTW.

[Danger Dave]

It was only a bit of water!

Yeah it was just a little wet but good fun, managed pole in formula auckland and second in race one, so not a bad day overall.

[Peter Smith]

Yep did qualifying and one F3 and one F1/2 race and they pulled the pin due to too much surface water - stink!:crybaby:
I'd managed to stick it on Pole for Posties Jnr too (think they were having timekeeping issues:shutup:) - Oh well, next time eh?

I feel your pain :crybaby:
Thanks for sharing your bike cover.
I was enjoying the wet conditions, qualified on pole and I knew I could ride faster as I was stuffing up my lines by braking too late into the hairpin.
Like ya said, next time.:rockon:

[Teambwr47]

Hmmmm.......After qualifying pole for F2 and just off pole for F1 I managed to crash out of the lead of the first Formula Auckland race despite feeling comfy at the front and OK with the conditions.

I rode through Castrol the same, I thought, as the three previous times but as soon as i rolled the throttle on the back came around so suddenly I had no chance to save it and lowsided into the air fencing/tyre wall.

My bike was fine, as i was I despite a very sudden stop, back first into the fencing.

Not sure if the crashes in that race had an impact on the club in relation to the conditions on track but a halt in proceedings was announced and some time later I was one of the group with the MNZ rep who inspected the track in a car.

Looking at the track from the slow pace of the car it was very obviously a dangerous proposition to continue the event. There was serious puddling along the back straight towards the kink and braking area as well as the entry (as ever) to Ford. There was a stream forming that flowed into the hairpin, which although at that point clear was going to get worse and the pools on entry and apex to turn 1 had got very large and deep. The weather forecast updated that morning predicted the worst weather to be around early afternoon and it showed no sign of easing.

I was in two minds about racing on with wets and while maybe racers should all have wet weather tyres, there were a large percentage at the event who didn't and that was what swayed us all in the car to say, call a halt to the day.

Conditions were in my view at best dangerous and if you were just riding around then it was doable but to race others on it was a serious accident waiting to happen. Ensuring everyone went home safe and well was more important given those conditions than a race meeting in my opinion and I'm sure of the organisers.

I have no idea if any refunds will be forthcoming but at the end of the day it was nature not the AMCC who prevented the event from continuing.
Ironically I went with a few mates into Pukekohe for a pizza after we'd packed up and a brief lull in the rain happened but on route back to Auckland the rain was very heavy and on route south.

Disappointing day for sure but here's hoping round 2 is warm and dry!

[Gremlin]

Ah, so you must be the owner of the (ex) pretty blue R6...

I was the guy who dragged it out from under the bales, after you buried it in there :wari: You probably had the most spectacular bin of the day at Castrol, you went in reasonably hard, sparks etc, the whole works.

Even walking on the track we could feel it was very slippery under foot...

[chaos rider]

second time on the track and it was raining again.

lol the only track time i have is wet and i rather like it for some reason. god only knows what nov 15th A.R.T and round 2 will bring.:woohoo:

[Kiwi Graham]

second time on the track and it was raining again.

lol the only track time i have is wet and i rather like it for some reason. god only knows what nov 15th A.R.T and round 2 will bring.:woohoo:

It'll be dry mate, dont you worry :msn-wink: I've got it sorted.

[sennandy]

You can't help the weather, act of ged and all that. I guess unless a club gets their track hire fee refunded then the short answer would be "probably not".

So you think it is ok, not to get what you pay for?

Next time you are buying any tyres let me know and I will come and take them of your hands, act of god my arse, what if I were Muslim would it be an act of Alah or what if I don't believe at all, come that's an excuse if I ever heard one.

A GREAT BIG COP OUT! They gave us all a discount for the next ART day when the cancelled the last one, why not this, AMCC set the presidence not us (or God for that matter)

[scracha]

So you think it is ok, not to get what you pay for?

......snip ranting shite about Muslim's and tyres......



Why have a go at me? I'm not in the AMCC. I'm just going by other clubs. I'm sure the club have the same argument when they hire the track. They've still got to cover the track hire costs, timing equipment, petrol, marshalls, advertising, etc, etc.

Sometimes SHIT happens.

Fuck..you're not a Pom or something are you?

[sennandy]

Fuck..you're not a Pom or something are you?


Yes of course I am something, shit your not a Aussie or something are you?

[chaos rider]

discounts on the next race meet would be nice, but as i hear it, we already got them. if your a member, they were planing on making back the difrence on non member sign ups and spectator entry, and seen as both spectators left early and it looked like a small turnout, they prob only just coverd their over heads for the day. if the case were difrent i think they would have tried to give us discounts for the next race

[scracha]

Yes of course I am something, shit your not a Aussie or something are you?

I tried being an ozzie but they wouldn't let me in.

[Peter Smith]

I tried being an ozzie but they wouldn't let me in.

Hey Steve,
Ya gonna come up for the 2 day meeting at Pukekohe, Dec 12-13. ???

[Bykmad]

Senandy.
The AMCC did not decide to stop the racing. I did. I was the Steward of the meeting. I consulted several riders, including the riders rep, and we inspected the circuit, but the ultimate decision was mine. Do not blame the club, they still have to pay the track hire, Marshalls lunches, Paramedic Ambulance, Gate Keepers, people to put the crash bales out and take them back in etc etc.
My decision was made on the grounds that there was too much water pooling in places on the circuit creating a very dangerous situation for competitors. This is caused by the state of the seal at Pukekohe.
One of my jobs is the safety of riders and I take this responsibility very seriously. If you want to take someone to task, blame me, not AMCC.
If you want to talk about it, PM me.
Warren New

[scracha]

Hey Steve,
Ya gonna come up for the 2 day meeting at Pukekohe, Dec 12-13. ???

I don't want to make this into a big political statement or anything but I don't enjoy Puke enough to outweigh the huge risks of racing there. This softcock is happy enough to marshall and assist up there though.