Round 3 North Island Series at Roys Hill INFO

[NSR143]

Here is a copy of an email I sent to our email database this week... drop me a line at buckets.pacclub@hotmail.co.nz if you wish to be added to the system.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTE...

This weekend.. The North Island Series Round 3 comes to Roys Hill, Hastings. Also running this weekend is the Pacific Motorcycle Club regular series.

Something along the lines of 2 North Island Series races and 3 Pacific Series races...! Plus practice.

Because the North Island Series has attracted a lot of attention entry priority will be given to those that have attended firstly the 2 rounds already attended and then followed by those that have only attended 1 round, generally A and B grade will be available maybe with an option of a C grade if required.

Bikes need to conform to MNZ regulations and our usual track protection requirements of nylon in areas likely to cause track damage in the event of a fall.

Practice on Saturday from 3 - 5pm.
(Saturday is not a free day.. if you do not wish to attend Sunday please pay your fee on Saturday)

Sign in Sunday from 8:30
(no engines until 9:30)

We hope to be riding by 10 - 10:30 if we can get organised in time.

Above details may change if conditions change or if we can see a better way to deal with things on the day.

Any questions please ask....


Thanks,

Steve Bennett

[Str8 Jacket]

Big ups to the organisers and marshalls for another brilliantly well run event!

I think alot of time was saved by having the marshalls there, we definately got a shite load of riding in!!

:niceone:

[Rick 52]

I agree Helen they did a great job ,great bunch of people the bucket type .Just another brilliant.:sunny::weekend

[Henk]

I'll add my vote of thanks to the pacific club guys for another well run and excellent event.
If you've never been to Roys Hill, you need to go.

[Shorty_925]

Yes a big thanks to the people that made it possible and ran the two days of practice & racing. The sun was there and thankfully not to the same temp as saturday, so wasnt as hard on the tyres as practice.

Great that both Wgtn & Akl riders turned up to the Hill, as well as more locals turning up to have a go. The racing was great to watch as well as everyone being on a gas in all grades with battles throughout the fields and dont know how I much closer to Tylers back wheel I could get without hitting it in the last race, but all good fun.

Havent seen the photos of Grants adventure as yet, though hopefully the photos capture it all and will upload them later if theyve turned out ok.

[Str8 Jacket]

Hey Peter, do you know if anyone got a photo of me when I ran off the track and up the grass bank then back onto the track? That was a golden moment in my racing career! :first:

[Shorty_925]

Hey Peter, do you know if anyone got a photo of me when I ran off the track and up the grass bank then back onto the track? That was a golden moment in my racing career! :first:

I dont think it'll be among our shoots, as the old timer was out there with you and I never saw that! Maybe Ray or Andrew got it?

[Str8 Jacket]

I dont think it'll be among our shoots, as the old timer was out there with you and I never saw that! Maybe Ray or Andrew got it?

Guess we'll see, cheers!

[Shorty_925]

Here's a mixture of photos.

[Shorty_925]

And a few more..

[Shorty_925]

last two from me for now.

[grantnz]

A GRADE
31 38.39 sec
39 38.66
2 38.67
184 39.39
94 40.92
13 42.49
77 42.09
17 42.54

B GRADE
7 42.38
2 43.66
3 43.96
17 45.40
6 43.53 you need to slow down a bit Dad

C GRADE
111 44.90 ( protest)
82 49.86
44 52.37
111 44.46 ( protest again)

Motards
380 38.59
57 39.40
4 39.69

Disclaimer. Lap times taken by a crasher while sitting on the sideline with nothing better to do. Only one lap timed, so may not be your fastest lap as some of you had traffic in front and others did not. Lap timing equipment supplied by 2010 Commonwealth Games lawn bowls team. Go to www.egg timers.com. india

[Henk]

Nice work, thanks, confirms that I'm slow :yes:

[Str8 Jacket]

Nice work, thanks, confirms that I'm slow :yes:

You're not slow, you silly, retarded old man!!!

[Henk]

Who you calling old?

[grantnz]

Nice work, thanks, confirms that I'm slow :yes:

Nah... just means there were some B Graders that should have been in A Grade. ( And some people wearing DayGlo Orange vests )

[Henk]

Nah... just means there were some B Graders that should have been in A Grade. ( And some people wearing DayGlo Orange vests )

Not sure how you manage that in your neck of the woods. Up here if you start going a bit fast JC will put a stop watch on you and if you come in under 34 seconds you get the boot up. Keeps the B grade safe with less speeddiference but has made the A grade a bit intense. We've had 33 people sign on for 18 spots in the points races.
Hard enough to qualify, let alone score points.

[NSR143]

thats why we need a timing system... qualifing for these NI races would be the icing on the cake.

[Str8 Jacket]

thats why we need a timing system... qualifing for these NI races would be the icing on the cake.

The bloody organisers better pull finger then, eh!!! :p

[Henk]

There are a couple of options around now that are less expensive than the full on transponder systems used at real bike racing, still not cheap though. Check out Zoomius and Hardcards on the interwebs.

[grantnz]

thats why we need a timing system... qualifing for these NI races would be the icing on the cake.

In a 10 lap race I can time 4 bikes with one stop watch, one lap per bike. 3 people on Sat practice 10 mins could do 12 bikes. Only a rough idea I know, but sorts the A's from the B's for raceday Sunday and gives the riders an idea of where they should be, what to aim for, or if they are improving or not.

[Shorty_925]

Superpole Saturday? Could be a bit of fun.

[Henk]

You only get timed if JC thinks you are going a bit fast for the B grade.
Theory is that the B grade is an invitation class to keep things a bit safer.
When you get the boot your points stay behind.
It does work though, scariest time to be on track is in open practice when the speed differentials and lines taken can vary quite a bit from rider to rider, and the less experienced can get freaked out as they get strafed by the faster guys and don't know to hold their line when they hear someone come up from behind.

[Henk]

Superpole Saturday? Could be a bit of fun.

Only time I've seen superpole run is at the 2 hour, great fun but consumes quite some time.

[Shorty_925]

a few more.

[koba]

scariest time to be on track is in open practice when the speed differentials and lines taken can vary quite a bit from rider to rider, and the less experienced can get freaked out as they get strafed by the faster guys and don't know to hold their line when they hear someone come up from behind.

The other side of the coin on that is I found that a great way to learn.

[koba]

a few more.

HAHA! that one of Fishie leaning on Andrew A sure shows their rivalry on the day!

[Damien_Toman]

thats why we need a timing system... qualifing for these NI races would be the icing on the cake.

I'm with you. I'm also happy to invest in a timing device for the bike if the tracks support it.

[pipson]

The race photos are up now. Check out http://picasaweb.google.com/pipsons5

[Str8 Jacket]

The race photos are up now. Check out http://picasaweb.google.com/pipsons5

Thanks mate, awesome photo's! :niceone:

[Rick 52]

Do we have results for the two NI races ? Im not sure of Tyler's results yet ,I think he still has more points than I can catch with only two too go ,Tim will have the lead from Tyler then me ...Roll on the 2HR:sunny:

[NSR143]

Do we have results for the two NI races ? Im not sure of Tyler's results yet ,I think he still has more points than I can catch with only two too go ,Tim will have the lead from Tyler then me ...Roll on the 2HR:sunny:

106 Tim Fraser
86 Tyler Firn
74 Rick Ford
60 Stephen Coombes
59 Max Lyver
50 Tex Deller
49 Henk Zeeven
43 Malcolm Nabbs
42 Detler Spacht
41.5 Simon Robson

[Dutchee]

Do we have results for the two NI races ? Im not sure of Tyler's results yet ,I think he still has more points than I can catch with only two too go ,Tim will have the lead from Tyler then me ...Roll on the 2HR:sunny:
Rick, you realise the Saturday is the NI series? And the 2 hour is just the usual event, not part of the NI series? (i.e. you need two days of buckets next month).

[Rick 52]

Yep 2 days of big fun :yes: with super pole on the Sunday should be a ball..If the FXR will survive the Hampton Downs thrashing !!!

[Dutchee]

Yep 2 days of big fun :yes: with super pole on the Sunday should be a ball..If the FXR will survive the Hampton Downs thrashing !!!

Kewl, just used to you not turning up Saturdays and bit worried you'd miss out the last round (with the talk about roll on the 2hr hehehe)