Nick Cole, Hayden Fitzgerald and co in the States

[jellywrestler]

I bumped into Nick old man Graeme down south at the weekend, he was running in Nick's new ZX10 and he told me Nick was fastest in the first practice session at the Barber Museum race meet in the states. Been trying to find follow up info in how him, Hayden Fitzgerald and the others are doing but can't
Anyone know where I can go to find some please? the Barber web site seems to be shite

[White trash]

I saw from Nicks Facebook update that he'd qualified second. Kevin Schwantz qualified third.

Haven't seen any recent updates though.

[jellywrestler]

I saw from Nicks Facebook update that he'd qualified second. Kevin Schwantz qualified third.

Haven't seen any recent updates though.

I'd also heard he'd qualified third behind Schwantz...
He was riding in several different classes so that may explain some of it.

[Crasherfromwayback]

It's an awesome track, I'd love to have a go there!

[Shaun]

http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=46301


Thanks to RRW

[rastus]

[RACE RESULTS:
Race Class: Formula 500
Rider
Number First
Name Last
Name City State Prov Vehicle Year Vehicle Make Vehicle Number Finish Position
11424 Nicholas Cole Hamilton Ot R22 1
4102 Christopher Spargo Minneonka MN Yamaha 19 2
3050 David Crussell Pleasanton CA Kawasaki 1e 3
10084 Ryan Hunt Kenosha WI Yamaha x76 4
99998 Timothy Tilghman Greenwood Lak NY Honda 225 5
2264 Brad Phillips Greer SC 227X 6
10466 Scott Mackenzie Niagara Falls ON Honda 61R 7
11421 Jamie Thompson Horn Lake MS Yamaha 919 8
8650 Kerry Smith Portland ME 1971 Honda 175r 9
539 Roger Swartout Danville IN Kawasaki 347 10
722 David Pierce Farmington NM Can-Am 80x 11
4452 Bob Demetrius Northhampton MA


Race Class: Formula Vintage
Rider
Number First
Name Last
Name City State Prov Vehicle Year Vehicle Make Vehicle Number Finish Position
1037 Jay Springsteen Lapeer MI 1972 Harley Davidson 9S 1
6463 Peter Politiek Amsterdam FL Ducati 900s 2
11428 Niek Leeuwis Heerde Ot 1971 BSA 23N 3
3050 David Crussell Pleasanton CA Kawasaki 1r 4
8909 John Concklin Forest VA Yamaha 129 5
2985 Dennis Parrish Corrales NM Honda 490 6
11364 Hayden Fitzgerald

[george formby]

Jay Springsteen....:shit:

Dedicated rider IMHO.

[jellywrestler]

[RACE RESULTS:
Race Class: Formula 500
Rider
Number First
Name Last
Name City State Prov Vehicle Year Vehicle Make Vehicle Number Finish Position
11424 Nicholas Cole Hamilton Ot R22 1
4102 Christopher Spargo Minneonka MN Yamaha 19 2
3050 David Crussell Pleasanton CA Kawasaki 1e 3
10084 Ryan Hunt Kenosha WI Yamaha x76 4
99998 Timothy Tilghman Greenwood Lak NY Honda 225 5
2264 Brad Phillips Greer SC 227X 6
10466 Scott Mackenzie Niagara Falls ON Honda 61R 7
11421 Jamie Thompson Horn Lake MS Yamaha 919 8
8650 Kerry Smith Portland ME 1971 Honda 175r 9
539 Roger Swartout Danville IN Kawasaki 347 10
722 David Pierce Farmington NM Can-Am 80x 11
4452 Bob Demetrius Northhampton MA


Race Class: Formula Vintage
Rider
Number First
Name Last
Name City State Prov Vehicle Year Vehicle Make Vehicle Number Finish Position
1037 Jay Springsteen Lapeer MI 1972 Harley Davidson 9S 1
6463 Peter Politiek Amsterdam FL Ducati 900s 2
11428 Niek Leeuwis Heerde Ot 1971 BSA 23N 3
3050 David Crussell Pleasanton CA Kawasaki 1r 4
8909 John Concklin Forest VA Yamaha 129 5
2985 Dennis Parrish Corrales NM Honda 490 6
11364 Hayden Fitzgerald
can you point us to where you found those please?

[rastus]

http://dev.ahrma.org/?page_id=71

[steveyb]

Hang on, that is Nicolas Cole from Hamilton Ontario!!!!

Dumbass Americans.

I wonder if Christopher Spargo is any relation?

[slowpoke]

As cool as it would be to be racing against Schwantz and Springsteen I'd farkin' love to see 'em both on Superbikes against Hayes, Young, Bostrom and co instead.

[rastus]

can you point us to where you found those please?

Race Class: 500 GP
Rider
Number First
Name Last
Name City State Prov Vehicle Year Vehicle Make Vehicle Number Finish Position
11364 1959 Matchless R52 1
11364 Hayden Fitzgerald 1959 Matchless R52 1
2024 Michael Mathews Simpsonville SC Honda 450 2
9558 Gary Mccaw Brantford ON 1964 Triumph 21 3
1938 Alex Mclean Brookeville MD Norton 122 4
1715 John Cooper Aurora ON Norton 41x 5
9304 Larry Macoskie Lancaster OH Honda 12R 6
190 Fred Mork Martinez CA 62 Matchless 91 DNS
2342 Dave Janiec

Day one results:
ace Class: 500 GP
Rider
Number First
Name Last
Name City State Prov Vehicle Year Vehicle Make Vehicle Number Finish Position
11364 1959 Matchless R52 1
11364 Hayden Fitzgerald 1959 Matchless R52 1
1938 Alex Mclean Brookeville MD Norton 122 2
9558 Gary Mccaw Brantford ON 1964 Triumph 21 3
2024 Michael Mathews Simpsonville SC Honda 450 4
3354 David King York 1960 Norton 977 5
2342 Dave Janiec Ridgecrest CA 1959 AJS 1w 6
4636 William Condon Cookstown ON Matchless X35 7
190 Fred Mork Martinez CA 62 Matchless 91 8
9304 Larry Macoskie Lancaster OH Honda 12R 9


Race Class: 500 Premier
Rider
Number First
Name Last
Name City State Prov Vehicle Year Vehicle Make Vehicle Number Finish Position
11427 Kevin Schwantz Austin TX 1962 Norton 34K 1
36 Pat Mooney Sorrento FL Norton 11x 2
11424 Nicholas Cole Hamilton Ot 1962 Norton R22 3
11428 Niek Leeuwis Heerde Ot 1971 BSA 23N 4
7394 John Cronshaw Rossendale Ot 1966 BSA X71 5
185 David Roper Hicksville NY BSA 7 6
3441 Wes Orloff Mukwonago WI Honda 74 7
2319 Ron Melton Port Costa CA KTM 33 8
9916 Ari Henning Santa Monica CA 988 9
2181 John Rickard Moore SC Triumph 864 10
10893 Paul Brubaker K.tekenes ON Norton 582 11
11363 Bruce Verdon Nelson Ot 1962 Norton R62 12
805 Todd Puckett Astoria NY Matchless 63 13
2061 Stu Carter Royal Oak MI Honda 4 14
1021 Larry Poons East Durham NY 1971 Seely 21X 15
1715 John Cooper Aurora ON Norton 41x 16
6606 Jamie Waters Brewster NY 1962 Matchless 67 17
11333 Danny Ahern Dernan Court SC 1962 Matchless 327 18
11426 James McIntosh Auckland Ot 1961 Norton B5 19
947 Robert Mclendon Pensacola FL 183 20
3054 Tim Joyce Fort Walton B FL 1973 Norton 1 21
10892 Maria Costello Northampton Ot 1965 Other 17x 22
10955 Bobby Birdsall West Palm Bea FL Harley Davidson B2 DNS
5957 Kenny Cummings New York NY Norton 17 DNS
11329 Dave Cole Auckland OT 1962 Other 668 DNS
11425 Lindsay Kyle Henderson Ot 91R DNS
10813 Billy Hamill Carlsbad CA 110 DNS

[jellywrestler]

theres one james mcintosh and one dave cole in there too from nz

[Crasherfromwayback]

theres one james mcintosh and one dave cole in there too from nz

I'm surprised to see Dave Cole so far down the results. I'm assuming he had problems.

[CHOPPA]

I'm surprised to see Dave Cole so far down the results. I'm assuming he had problems.

Think it says Did not start. He is stupidly fast on that old thing of his

[Crasherfromwayback]

Think it says Did not start. He is stupidly fast on that old thing of his

Dave Cole's always been stupidly fast mate...no matter what he's piloting!

[jellywrestler]

Think it says Did not start. He is stupidly fast on that old thing of his
this is only a small number of the races, if you go to the overall results he's there

[nick2slow]

hi this is nicks race report from barber and the trip so far
Hi all,
after about 24hrs of flying and airports we made to barber raceway. first impression of the place “wow” this place is amazing!!. the only flat part of the track is the start straight, but even the end of that goes down hill. turn 2 has around 60 ft elevation change and not one of the corners are flat, a real motorbike race track. the facility is huge. the barber museum is rite on the edge of track looking over turns 5,6,7 and down the back straight. Friday was practice and by the second practice i was 2nd quickest then the rest of the days practice was spent riding around slower guys as there were round 65+ bikes on the track in our group which was madness and unsafe with the many varied bike speeds out there.
Saturday we had morning warm up, super pole then after lunch my first 500 premier race. luckily the organisers gave us our own super pole which involved a warm up lap and one fast lap to determine our qualifying positions. to my surprize i got 2nd behind the current champ and local and in front of 500cc world champion Kevin schwantz who was third. i was stunned!! over lunch we made some setup changes to the bike which i knew would make us go faster. Race 1: got a average start and was placed 5th at the end of lap 1 behind schwantz and the Dutch superbike champ and the two local fast guys. i got my head down and charged hard working my way up to 2nd at one point then back to 3rd. one guy crashed out in front of me then i got caught up with back markers also did schwantz and Pat Mooney (local fast guy) who had a coming together with a slower rider causing both to run of track. i finished the race in third. formula 500 i was gridded on the third row but i knew if i got a good start i could win. on lap 3 i took the lead and started to get away with a 30 metre lead until our needle jet we made up started to fail so i had to pull out of the race. bugger!.
Sunday we had a warm up then a super pole again. we made some more changes to the setup of the again, i sat by myself, i was going to win this super pole!! out i go last on track done my thing, back into pits with pole to my name. oh yeh i was pumped!!. first race i lined up with schwantz next to me 2nd fastest so i knew a good start was in order. well about 6 guys jumped the start which threw my good start out the window but i was still 5th outer turn 1. the next 3 laps were the best I've ever done lapping 1.6 seconds faster than the day before chasing down schwantz, Pat Mooney and the other local fast guy setting the fastest times of the weekend up to 4th then 3rd with the next two in my sights. then outa turn one making a pass for the lead one of my spark plugs fell out of the magneto, dangled into the drive belt pulling the lead off the spark plug spitting it into the belly pan of the bike!! race over!! i don’t think I've ever been so guttered about a race in my life. but as they say “that's racing”
the second formula 500 race i had to work hard to chase down the leader on a 2-stroke 500cc but managed to get past and clear off and win the race by 8 seconds. so we had our downs but more ups and some very proud moments and found my new favorate race track. words cant describe the place, its simply amazing!! off to Daytona next weekend to take on the banking and Doug Polen.
just got to Daytona beach today after 10hrs on the road to find that its bike week here so there's heaps of bikes and state law here you don't need a helmet!! heaps of Harley's and choppers doing laps up and down so I'm going to try find a scooter hire and take the piss ha ha

[jellywrestler]

248500248501top work Nick
while you're over there your old man pinched your latest race bike and last I saw he was in CHCH on it!

oops second piccie of motor slipped in and i don't know how to delete it

[gixerracer]

hi this is nicks race report from barber and the trip so far
Hi all,
after about 24hrs of flying and airports we made to barber raceway. first impression of the place “wow” this place is amazing!!. the only flat part of the track is the start straight, but even the end of that goes down hill. turn 2 has around 60 ft elevation change and not one of the corners are flat, a real motorbike race track. the facility is huge. the barber museum is rite on the edge of track looking over turns 5,6,7 and down the back straight. Friday was practice and by the second practice i was 2nd quickest then the rest of the days practice was spent riding around slower guys as there were round 65+ bikes on the track in our group which was madness and unsafe with the many varied bike speeds out there.
Saturday we had morning warm up, super pole then after lunch my first 500 premier race. luckily the organisers gave us our own super pole which involved a warm up lap and one fast lap to determine our qualifying positions. to my surprize i got 2nd behind the current champ and local and in front of 500cc world champion Kevin schwantz who was third. i was stunned!! over lunch we made some setup changes to the bike which i knew would make us go faster. Race 1: got a average start and was placed 5th at the end of lap 1 behind schwantz and the Dutch superbike champ and the two local fast guys. i got my head down and charged hard working my way up to 2nd at one point then back to 3rd. one guy crashed out in front of me then i got caught up with back markers also did schwantz and Pat Mooney (local fast guy) who had a coming together with a slower rider causing both to run of track. i finished the race in third. formula 500 i was gridded on the third row but i knew if i got a good start i could win. on lap 3 i took the lead and started to get away with a 30 metre lead until our needle jet we made up started to fail so i had to pull out of the race. bugger!.
Sunday we had a warm up then a super pole again. we made some more changes to the setup of the again, i sat by myself, i was going to win this super pole!! out i go last on track done my thing, back into pits with pole to my name. oh yeh i was pumped!!. first race i lined up with schwantz next to me 2nd fastest so i knew a good start was in order. well about 6 guys jumped the start which threw my good start out the window but i was still 5th outer turn 1. the next 3 laps were the best I've ever done lapping 1.6 seconds faster than the day before chasing down schwantz, Pat Mooney and the other local fast guy setting the fastest times of the weekend up to 4th then 3rd with the next two in my sights. then outa turn one making a pass for the lead one of my spark plugs fell out of the magneto, dangled into the drive belt pulling the lead off the spark plug spitting it into the belly pan of the bike!! race over!! i don’t think I've ever been so guttered about a race in my life. but as they say “that's racing”
the second formula 500 race i had to work hard to chase down the leader on a 2-stroke 500cc but managed to get past and clear off and win the race by 8 seconds. so we had our downs but more ups and some very proud moments and found my new favorate race track. words cant describe the place, its simply amazing!! off to Daytona next weekend to take on the banking and Doug Polen.
just got to Daytona beach today after 10hrs on the road to find that its bike week here so there's heaps of bikes and state law here you don't need a helmet!! heaps of Harley's and choppers doing laps up and down so I'm going to try find a scooter hire and take the piss ha ha

Good shit mate. You will kick Polens arse:Punk:

[Crasherfromwayback]

the second formula 500 race i had to work hard to chase down the leader on a 2-stroke 500cc but managed to get past and clear off and win the race by 8 seconds. so we had our downs but more ups and some very proud moments and found my new favorate race track. words cant describe the place, its simply amazing!! off to Daytona next weekend to take on the banking and Doug Polen.
just got to Daytona beach today after 10hrs on the road to find that its bike week here so there's heaps of bikes and state law here you don't need a helmet!! heaps of Harley's and choppers doing laps up and down so I'm going to try find a scooter hire and take the piss ha ha

Awesome effort, congrats! I'm very jealous...I'd love to ride that track!

[nick2slow]

just got to look at daytona race track today. looks awsome and the banking is huge!! also just freshly re-surfaced but the in-field still old surface and flat with no camber on the corners. we get one practice session then racing after lunch which is going to be tuff. got two races after lunch, 500 premier and formula 500

Nick Cole

[Shaun]

just got to look at daytona race track today. looks awsome and the banking is huge!! also just freshly re-surfaced but the in-field still old surface and flat with no camber on the corners. we get one practice session then racing after lunch which is going to be tuff. got two races after lunch, 500 premier and formula 500

Nick Cole



When ya get on the banking dude, just ride it exactually like you are on a streight!!! You will understand what I mean when you get our there

[speedfish]

just got to look at daytona race track today. looks awsome and the banking is huge!! also just freshly re-surfaced but the in-field still old surface and flat with no camber on the corners. we get one practice session then racing after lunch which is going to be tuff. got two races after lunch, 500 premier and formula 500

Nick Cole
Good stuff Nick sounds like you are having some good times explains why i havnt seen you floating around at work kick some arse mate and remember you gotta get home to deal to nz superbikes haha cheers Neil

[rastus]

Good shit mate. You will kick Polens arse:Punk:
Nick Cole beat Polen for 2nd placing after having a crash earlier.