The Barry Sheene Tasman Challenge

[Duke girl]

Well what more can 1 say about this Fantastic meeting other than it was 1 l will remember for a very long time regardless of the disgusting weather that everyone that was there had to put up with.
It's was so Awesome to see so many Classic/Post Classic Motorcycles & Sidecars there with the age group being between 14 to 99????, with the Racing being breath taking to watch.
And l must admit it was great to be around so many of my Aussie relatives who all seemed to enjoy themselves.
My Husband Russell (Alias rustys) was so excited to have finally had the opportunity to Race around Hampton Downs which you couldn't wipe the Huge smile of his face for those 3 days. Everytime he came back into the pits after his race had finished all you could see inside his Helmet was this Huge smile.
Even though l wasn't Racing there myself l did get the opportunity to walk the track on Sunday afternoon and all l could think about is 1 day l hope to be able to have the same opportunity that Russell did and get out there Racing.
The track surface and layout looked amazing.
Big thumbs up to all of those who made this meeting happen, You all know who you are.

[codgyoleracer]

Well what more can 1 say about this Fantastic meeting other than it was 1 l will remember for a very long time regardless of the disgusting weather that everyone that was there had to put up with.
It's was so Awesome to see so many Classic/Post Classic Motorcycles & Sidecars there with the age group being between 14 to 99????, with the Racing being breath taking to watch.
And l must admit it was great to be around so many of my Aussie relatives who all seemed to enjoy themselves.
My Husband Russell (Alias rustys) was so excited to have finally had the opportunity to Race around Hampton Downs which you couldn't wipe the Huge smile of his face for those 3 days. Everytime he came back into the pits after his race had finished all you could see inside his Helmet was this Huge smile.
Even though l wasn't Racing there myself l did get the opportunity to walk the track on Sunday afternoon and all l could think about is 1 day l hope to be able to have the same opportunity that Russell did and get out there Racing.
The track surface and layout looked amazing.
Big thumbs up to all of those who made this meeting happen, You all know who you are.


You are right skip, the surface is excellent and the facility is slowly getting there development-wise aye. Was impressed how well the many different race classes all got on together as well, awesome meeting with some very very trick bikes being dusted off and dragged out.:2thumbsup

[nzmikey]

Apart from the rain & the wind, myself & a friend that I got to help down there had a great time.
It was good to see the older guys out there giving it a crack.

On a side note .... in the Classic Sidecar group #74 was giving his all going around turn 1 on Monday arvo, crossed up 1/2 way through the corner .... was absolute madness :lol:

[ellipsis]

Was impressed how well the many different race classes all got on together as well,

...and therein lies the secret, maybe, ...a fantastic show...

[Voltaire]

results:

http://www.marktime.co.nz/results/121020-CMR.HTML

[Fast Eddie]

Was a brilliant meet, so many bikes and sidecars, so many people - everyone was friendly and was a great atmosphere.

Big thanks to all the organizers and people involved, Thanks to those in the NZSRA organizing the sidecars and doing alot of organizing over the meeting, Massive thanks to all those that helped me and my bike get up there from the south to race.

Can't wait for the next one!, gonna be smiling bout the weekends antics for a while to come I recon - was brilliant! so much fun

can't wait to get out there again

[scrivy]

Was a brilliant meet, so many bikes and sidecars, so many people - everyone was friendly and was a great atmosphere.

Big thanks to all the organizers and people involved, Thanks to those in the NZSRA organizing the sidecars and doing alot of organizing over the meeting, Massive thanks to all those that helped me and my bike get up there from the south to race.

Can't wait for the next one!, gonna be smiling bout the weekends antics for a while to come I recon - was brilliant! so much fun

can't wait to get out there again

Were you there bro??
Couldn't see you on the grid...............

It was a long way from the front........... ;)

[clmintie]

Thoroughly enjoyable weekend, so much work put in by the organisers, much appreciated :niceone:

My images here... http://clmintiepix.photoshelter.com/gallery/Barry-Sheene-Classic-Hampton-Downs-2012/G0000xIKUc.MM7X4/

[Fast Eddie]

Were you there bro??
Couldn't see you on the grid...............

It was a long way from the front........... ;)

haha, you could be losing your eyesight with age too Scrivy :D

nah we were about midpack, it was awesome. Starting in the middle of a grid that big and into the first few turns were epic! loved it!