North Island Series. All the dates and info

[NSR143]

This is a Miniature Road Race Series, no plans for Motards but Motards are welcome at Taumarunui.

Round One
Auckland, Mt Wellington,
Saturday only 24th November (2hr race on Sunday)

Round Two
Tokoroa, Tokoroa Kart Track,
15th-16th December

Round Three
Taumarunui, Taumarunui Kart Track,
5th-6th Jan 2013

Round Four
Manfeild Back Track,
Saturday only 16th February (VMCC Track Day on the Sunday).

Round Five
Te Puke, Te Puke Kart Track
9th-10th March

Round Six
Hastings, Roys Hill Kart Track
Easter Weekend Sat-Sun (30-31st March)


Entry Fees for Rounds 2,3,5,6 $60 for both days (the extra $20 allows for use of AMCC timing gear)

Entry Fee Round 1 $30 entry and $20 Transponder Hire

Entry fee Round 4, probably $60 give or take...


16 bikes only per class, qualifying at each event. (this may mean A, B and C grades)

Bikes on Track from 12 noon Saturday at 2 day events

Qualifying on Saturday afternoon at 2 day events
(anyone wanting to qualify on Sunday morning please apply to do so before race weekend)

Noise will be a major point of interest. Don't ask what it should be, just be very fearful yours is quiet enough.
Auckland might be the only chance to get away with minor issues. (it's not my track so it's up to the AMCC Bucket Officials on the day)
The best I would suggest is this..... if you can run your bike up and down a residential street without causing to much public trauma or aggravation you're probably about where you need to be. (on a Sunday morning at 11:15am subject to reasonable local conditions and excluding areas prone to church services, riots, gunship weapons discharge, days of national mourning etc)


Rounds 1 and 4 are not run by me and therefore may be completely different to what I have been saying

Hope I have not made any major cock ups..

[Henk]

Dear Mr NSR143, can we bring the tricycle to Tokoroa?

[NSR143]

Dear Mr NSR143, can we bring the tricycle to Tokoroa?

probabibly.. i will check with them closer to the time

[Str8 Jacket]

Good work everyone, appreciate your efforts to making this an awesome series year after year!! Looking forward to Roy's Hill, I have a demon to squash!

[richban]

Great work Steve and everyone else organizing the events. Cool to have timing as well. Good work. Really looking forward to this years series.

[Dutchee]

If anyone wants to print out a copy of this year's flyer, flick me a pm with your email addy. It is 2mb and designed to print on a3.
I'll try to have more copies printed out for this weekend, especially for the out of towners.

Oh, and thanks so much for organising all this, tis a fun series and great to get to know some others that we wouldn't otherwise meet.

Hope Paula is ready for the race next weekend, it is going to be a hoot and it has been awesome seeing more females coming out to play with us.

[Henk]

Shared calendar with all the AK and NI dates in it.

webcal://p07-calendarws.icloud.com/ca/subscribe/1/VsDXUFfv8xwZ1_TVjtdDdOnYPOiYJirlCTO_tFcz2RyLojfaie dGNil-p1kCvkSAaWzJEf5oPDp_ZzT2IWjncVc-c9bmHyC3Q7t4hjWc6UA

[Skunk]

Mainfeild Round 4 will be $60. We can break even with 25 entries. No timing at this round (no timing loop in the back circuit).
:facepalm:

[F5 Dave]

No one really needs timing. Look forward to this meet, just will need to arrange my life/ babysitters etc to make it. There is the will to though.

[Dutchee]

No one really needs timing. Look forward to this meet, just will need to arrange my life/ babysitters etc to make it. There is the will to though.
best thing about timing is how much easier it makes it for whomever is lap scoring.

[F5 Dave]

oh sure, if there was no cost impact it would be a no-brainer. But as long as the top 3 at least are accurately placed & the rest close enough its all about good fun racing. Don't want people turning away for extra cost that isn't essential.

[Str8 Jacket]

oh sure, if there was no cost impact it would be a no-brainer. But as long as the top 3 at least are accurately placed & the rest close enough its all about good fun racing. Don't want people turning away for extra cost that isn't essential.

Ha, you need to "get out more".... for those that travel they want to be given the correct points as that can make a difference to the series. Lap scoring is a BITCH and in the NI series we almost always have full grids, if you'd ever been a lap scorer at one of these events you get minimal thanks and a huge amount of complaints.....

[F5 Dave]

I used to be the most travelled Bucketeer, that has gone a bit local & will stay that way till perhaps my younguns get keen & want to come. Actually I have been known in the past to donate my winnings at Street races where there was prize money to go to the lap scorers as I agree it is a hard job & not well thanked. That was a bit back in the day when there were more of those events & I had a better chance of winning stuff than now.

[richban]

Funnyish story.

On the way back down from Auckland last weekend we thought we would check out the Tokoroa track and show the palmy boys to get them excited. As we were milling about we got talking to a very nice lady one of the officials. I mentioned we were coming up for racing soon and she said oh great. Then preceded to talk about so guy that blew up his engine and left oil on the track. Que embarrassed look by me and a laugh from Brent. She twigged on to that and I owned up. She pointed me out to I think her daughter that was going to win 500 bucks if not for a little shower of rain and some oil at the end of the straight. 4 Karts of the end of the track straight away. She then took a photo of me to post on the notice board. For people to through darts at I suppose.

She did mention that if it were to happen again to not ever use cement but to use oil soak. What ever that is. She asked me to pass it on so I have.

She was very good about the whole thing and made light of it but i still feel a bit bad that it causes them issues.

[F5 Dave]

Ahh, Ello señor Valdez :killingme

[Pumba]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/598540_562379023777589_437859902_n.jpg

Who is this mystery man??? Why he is the one who raced the mini moto at their race meeting earlier this year. You know ... The ones who's engine dropped its guts and spilt oil all obey the track. Yeah him ;$

[richban]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/598540_562379023777589_437859902_n.jpg

Who is this mystery man??? Why he is the one who raced the mini moto at their race meeting earlier this year. You know ... The ones who's engine dropped its guts and spilt oil all obey the track. Yeah him ;$

how the hell did you get that. Motard wtf

[Pumba]

Saw it on my FB news feed the other day. Clearly I liked the kart club page at some stage.

[richban]

Saw it on my FB news feed the other day. Clearly I liked the kart club page at some stage.


Oh well won't be wearing that hoodie in Tokoroa.

[Bert]

Heeeheeee.

[Skunk]

She did mention that if it were to happen again to not ever use cement but to use oil soak. What ever that is.
NEVER EVER use cement! Who did that? Flour of lime for small spills and then a good sweep. Oil soak is the best. Engine degreaser and a LOT of water works too.

[F5 Dave]

er why not btw, not that I've ever used cement dust, but in the old days its what people talked about. Just too slippery by itself?

[Shorty_925]

What are the results of round 1?

[Henk]

Formatting is a bit screwed up by the copy and paste but I'm sure you can work it out



24/11/12 Mt Wellington
R1 R2 R3
A Grade TOTAL Place Points Place Points Place Points
1 88 Nathanael Diprose: RS80 60 1 20 1 20 1 20
2 31 Gavin Veltmeyer: FXR150 49 2 17 3 15 2 17
3 94 Regan Griffiths: FXR150 41 3 15 5 11 3 15
4 3 Gary Cunningham: MB100 36 4 13 4 13 6 10
5 33 Steve Booth: FXR150 29 5 11 6 10 8 8
6 87 Brian Steffensen: CBR-TF125 26 6 10 7 9 9 7
7 94 Dave Manuell: Aprillia MB100 / YZFR125 22 12 5 2 17 19 0
8 9 Finn Keogh: FXR150 22 7 9 9 7 10 6
9 4 Richard Ban: FXR150 21 18 0 8 8 4 13
10 1/21 Richard Ford: RS-TF125 / FZR-GP125 15 dnf 0 10 6 7 9
11 41 Aaron Hassan: FXR150 15 13 5 11 5 11 5
12 13 Henk Zeeven: FXR150 15 11 5 13 5 13 5
13 411 Scott Griffiths: FXR150 13 8 8 14 5 16 0
14 94 Glen Skatchill: Aprillia MB100 11 dns 0 dns 0 5 11
15 921 Kamil Chodor: FXR150 11 10 6 12 5 18 0
16 44 Malcolm Nabbs: FXR150 10 16 0 15 5 12 5
17 20 Warrick Head: CB150T 10 15 5 16 0 15 5
18 48 Adrian Lee: FXR150 7 9 7 dns 0 dns 0
19 79 Mike Kyle: RG125 5 14 5 18 0 17 0
20 98 Joshua Head: MB100 5 17 0 19 0 14 5
21 14 Tim Coopey: FZR-GP125 0 dnf 0 17 0 dnf 0
24/11/12 Mt Wellington
R1 R2 R3
B Grade TOTAL Place Points Place Points Place Points
1 45 Dean Miller: Derbi70 52 2 17 1 20 3 15
2 55 Karl Messiter: FXR150 45 4 13 3 15 2 17
3 46 Kieren O'Neill: FXR150 41 5 11 6 10 1 20
4 71 Christopher Cain: FXR150 41 3 15 2 17 7 9
5 42 Brian's mate??: FXR150 33 1 20 4 13 dns 0
6 79 Andrew Laloli: FXR150 30 6 10 9 7 4 13
7 64 Chris Lawrence: FXR150 27 8 8 7 9 6 10
8 3 Blair Robson: FXR150 25 10 6 8 8 5 11
9 3 Simon Robson: FXR150 21 9 7 10 6 8 8
10 43 Nick Olson: FXR150 20 7 9 5 11 dns
11 421 Steve Bennett: NSR80 17 12 5 13 5 9 7
12 5 Quinton Russell: Pitster 150 15 15 5 11 5 11 5
13 7 Steve Hillier: FXR150? 11 13 5 dns 0 10 6
14 78 Brent Watson: TZR100 10 11 5 12 5 dnf 0
15 531 Scott Sadgrove: Forza 140 5 14 5 dns 0 dns 0
16 77 Mathew Baker: ?? 0 16 0 dns 0 dns 0
17 0

[Skunk]

er why not btw, not that I've ever used cement dust, but in the old days its what people talked about. Just too slippery by itself?Too smooth and slippery if it sets (which it often does) and it needs to be completely swept away after doing it's absorbing thing.
Flour of Lime (from your local RD1 store) is much cheaper and won't set so it doesn't need to be fully swept. Only a very light dusting is needed too.

[Henk]

We've used grout mix for years at mt Welly. May be time to revisit that then.

[F5 Dave]

Well from the results the person I'm most impressed with is Regan. New comers to the track don't usually do that well.

[crazy man]

Well from the results the person I'm most impressed with is Regan. New comers to the track don't usually do that well.hope to get the stock piston out and the high com one put in for the next round. think he just lacked a bit of speed. are you coming to the next round dave?

[Bert]

Well from the results the person I'm most impressed with is Regan. New comers to the track don't usually do that well.

Yes will be interesting once he gets the full GPR FXR race kit installed (great handling and a bit of snot):corn:
The old boy can ride :yes: It's going to make for an interesting series.

[bucketracer]

24/11/12 Mt Wellington
R1 R2 R3

Full set of results including lap times in PDF format on the ESE thread.


The full set of results from the 1st round of the Pacific Club North Island Series and the Two Hour including lap times.

[F5 Dave]

I'll hopefully have the 100 sorted for next Kaitoke on the 16th. I'd hope to get Taumaruni as I like that track, but requires a bit of convincing the wiff when she's in a good mood so she'll give up her day off to look after the kids both days.

[Henk]

I'll hopefully have the 100 sorted for next Kaitoke on the 16th. I'd hope to get Taumaruni as I like that track, but requires a bit of convincing the wiff when she's in a good mood so she'll give up her day off to look after the kids both days.

Bring her and the kids along :)

[F5 Dave]

In a couple of years yes, but liddle Sarah is just 2 & it would just be noisy

[Henk]

It's going to be noisy anyway, but I quite understand.

[Henk]

Not long now.
Aim to be there about 12 on Saturday (or noon if you prefer)
http://www.kartsporttokoroa.co.nz/about/
Has the details on where it is and an aerial shot of the track.
Sidecars are welcome as well as solos, no idea of the programme other than probably the usual practice and qualifying on Saturday and racing Sunday, I'm sure Steve will either be along with details at some stage or make it up as he goes along, either works for me.

[richban]

Not long now.
Aim to be there about 12 on Saturday (or noon if you prefer)
http://www.kartsporttokoroa.co.nz/about/
Has the details on where it is and an aerial shot of the track.
Sidecars are welcome as well as solos, no idea of the programme other than probably the usual practice and qualifying on Saturday and racing Sunday, I'm sure Steve will either be along with details at some stage or make it up as he goes along, either works for me.

As a target since we have timing now I had a look at a video of Avalon when she was railing the track in a race. Looks like she was doing a hi 42 second laps. When we were there the other day watching the Karts race they were on 45's. She was on another planet that day. Fantastic to watch for sure.

[seymour14]

As a target since we have timing now I had a look at a video of Avalon when she was railing the track in a race. Looks like she was doing a hi 42 second laps. When we were there the other day watching the Karts race they were on 45's. She was on another planet that day. Fantastic to watch for sure.

If that's the target, then me and bro will be hard pressed to do a 40sec job, two-up on a sidecar. We may have to ride conservative like!

[Bert]

Whom is bringing the BBQ??

don't forget your ear plugs..:msn-wink:

[Str8 Jacket]

Whom is bringing the BBQ??

don't forget your ear plugs..:msn-wink:

From memory there was one there last year/ earlier this year.....??

[Henk]

From memory noodle barn.

[Str8 Jacket]

From memory noodle barn.

Actually it's Te Puke that I was thinking of....

[Farmaken]

I can bring one along - save a long haul for anyone else eh!

[Str8 Jacket]

I can bring one along - save a long haul for anyone else eh!

Choice!!!!

[chrisc]

So it turns out I'm a little obsessed with racing buckets at the moment and have been thinking about the North Island's tracks too much. Here are some aerial shots of all on the north island calendar plus the colin dale park


Mt Wellington

http://christophercain.cc/b/bikes/nitracks/mt-wellington.jpg

Tokoroa

http://christophercain.cc/b/bikes/nitracks/tokoroa.jpg

Taumarunui

http://christophercain.cc/b/bikes/nitracks/taumarunui.jpg

Te Puke

http://christophercain.cc/b/bikes/nitracks/tepuke.jpg

Roys Hill

http://christophercain.cc/b/bikes/nitracks/roys-hill.jpg

Kaitoke

http://christophercain.cc/b/bikes/nitracks/kaitoke-c.jpg

Kaitoke photo B (http://christophercain.cc/b/bikes/nitracks/kaitoke-b.jpg)

Kaitoke photo C (http://christophercain.cc/b/bikes/nitracks/kaitoke-a.jpg)

Manfield

http://christophercain.cc/b/bikes/nitracks/manfield.jpg

http://christophercain.cc/b/bikes/nitracks/manfield.gif

Proposed Colin Dale Motorsport Park - Auckland

http://christophercain.cc/b/bikes/nitracks/colin-dale.jpg

[Pumba]

Dare I ask how you got hold of that particular master plan for Colin Dale Park?

P.S. It has changed, but the proposed Kart track is still the same.

[chrisc]

Dare I ask how you got hold of that particular master plan for Colin Dale Park?

P.S. It has changed, but the proposed Kart track is still the same.

The internet, it's full of useful things

[Pumba]

Hmmm Google is my friend (was under the understanding that it wasn't to be published, especially the version showing the speedway, bloody use groups).

[seymour14]

How's things going for the Tokoroa meeting? Team GPR were discussing arriving on the Saturday by about 10am, sound alright I expect? Second question being whether there is accommodation at the track (tenting) or do we need to find a campsite? And as a clincher, I presume sidecars are still a goer (as long as they go on the day!). Cheers to the powers that be for giving us your esteemed knowledge.
:shifty:

[Str8 Jacket]

How's things going for the Tokoroa meeting? Team GPR were discussing arriving on the Saturday by about 10am, sound alright I expect? Second question being whether there is accommodation at the track (tenting) or do we need to find a campsite? And as a clincher, I presume sidecars are still a goer (as long as they go on the day!). Cheers to the powers that be for giving us your esteemed knowledge.
:shifty:

Bring your tent, booze, food for BBQ and a bottle of port. We camp at the track :)

[seymour14]

Bring your tent, booze, food for BBQ and a bottle of port. We camp at the track :)

Awesome bro, I will get Crazyman to make us some top shelf (once he recovers from a bout of crappy health). See you all next weekend.

[Bert]

Awesome bro, I will get Crazyman to make us some top shelf (once he recovers from a bout of crappy health). See you all next weekend.

We better have a team meeting on Friday and sort out fitting everything in.

[seymour14]

We better have a team meeting on Friday and sort out fitting everything in.

Yep, got the Friday off (Government worker extraordinaire), we will contemplate at the olds during the day, may have to take two vehicles to hold all the liquor? :rolleyes:

[Henk]

What Str8 said. Oh and sidecars are go, best I get up to Rick's with a handful of CDIs during the week to see if our one will go.

[sidwyz]

What gearing do you suggest for Toke? Mt Welly enough?

[Henk]

Luke, go as tall as you can, and leave any spares at home.



















Mt Welly gearing should be fine

[kel]

What gearing do you suggest for Toke? Mt Welly enough?

One tooth up on the front. Only pulled 5th on the main straight but worked really well through the back section.

[Farmaken]

What a great weekend !! :niceone:

Thanks to Steve for making at all happen, thanks to Tim and the timing crew, thanks all for the fun racing.

Roll on the next round.

[cotswold]

What a great weekend !! :niceone:

Thanks to Steve for making at all happen, thanks to Tim and the timing crew, thanks all for the fun racing.

Roll on the next round.

Steve is a leg end, great meeting, as usual, thanks to all involved.............

[Bert]

What a great weekend !! :niceone:

Thanks to Steve for making at all happen, thanks to Tim and the timing crew, thanks all for the fun racing.

Roll on the next round.

We all had a blast. A Big Thanks Steve (Tim and team).:niceone:
Whole lot of fun doing these away meetings and catching up with everyone.
Trust everyone made it home safely.

Next year.

[Rick 52]

Another brilliant weekend :niceone:

[crazy man]

great weekend thanks to everyone that made it happen, good to catch up with everyone and put a face to here.. lm shore semore14 will get some video up when he pulls though:drinkup:

[TZ350]

Tokoroa Round 2 Results .... all races and lap times.

[F5 Dave]

Well done Rich. I guess I'll scope the other threads to see what happened to Mike & Malcolm.

[F5 Dave]

ok so who's going to Taumarunui? I'm a bit of an medium- outside chance, but I'm keen as a bean.

[saxet]

I'm planning to go to Tauruamanui, who knows that plan might even work out!

[Henk]

Yep going. Have a cunning new plan. Try not to get too pissed on Saturday night.

[seymour14]

Yep, lay off the bourban burgers is my plan, we should all be there.

[TZ350]

Cots and I are in.....

[ac3_snow]

Yep going. Have a cunning new plan. Try not to get too pissed on Saturday night.

:eek5:

Fuck, the Mayan calander may be right, the world really is going to end

[Tard]

Was all geared up to go (tent poles & everything) ;), the minor mehcanical on Sunday kinda shafted that plan :facepalm:

[Dutchee]

:eek5:

Fuck, the Mayan calander may be right, the world really is going to end
haven't decided whether to go or not, guess I'll decide nearer the time. Like Dave, bit of an outside chance,but unlike him, not really keen as a bean.

Oh, and if you believe Henk, you believe anything, including the world ending.

[F5 Dave]

Maybe it did end while we were asleep. - and in another blinding coincidence of improbability, maybe a new one started that was exactly the same, just a few seconds older.

[koba]

Maybe it did end while we were asleep. - and in another blinding coincidence of improbability, maybe a new one started that was exactly the same, just a few seconds older.

Cor, mindblowing!

[Henk]

ends at 11:00 today or so I have been told. Somewhere out there an old Mayan dude is laughing his arse off.

[F5 Dave]

If they were so good at predicting the EOTW, millennia in advance, why couldn't they predict their own demise?

[F5 Dave]

Hey I wonder how much retail shopping for Christmas has been affected by people going "Heck may as well not bother". Be some panic on the streets playing catch up on saturday.


So the wife casually mentions

"Oh the kids have bought you something as well"
"oh right, that's nice"

"So it would probably be fair if they bought me something"
"ahh yeah, guess so"

"So they'll need some help" (they are 2 & 3)
"oh yeah of course"

"So that means you'll have to get it"
{whirrr - CLICK} "OH, Oh, Right"

Great, thought I was done with it.

[NOID]

Hey I wonder how much retail shopping for Christmas has been affected by people going "Heck may as well not bother". Be some panic on the streets playing catch up on saturday.


So the wife casually mentions

"Oh the kids have bought you something as well"
"oh right, that's nice"

"So it would probably be fair if they bought me something"
"ahh yeah, guess so"

"So they'll need some help" (they are 2 & 3)
"oh yeah of course"

"So that means you'll have to get it"
{whirrr - CLICK} "OH, Oh, Right"

Great, thought I was done with it.


WHAT SHE MEANS IS A GIFT CARD DRAWN BY THE KIDS FOR A WEEKEND AWAY @ BUCKET RACING !!! (thatll teach her)

[F5 Dave]

yes that will teach her. She's no dumbie; for every birthday following I'd expect a gift card drawn by the kids for something I didn't want.

no don't start a war you can't finish.

[Henk]

If they were so good at predicting the EOTW, millennia in advance, why couldn't they predict their own demise?

Maybe they did.

[saxet]

Well the world ending seemed much like every other day and still seems that way.


No it seems it ends tonight!
Waking up tomorrow will be a suprise.

[flyingcarpet]

arrgghh fuck..does that mean i have to shop at NEW WORLD ?

[NOID]

rito, is anybody travelling from auckland down to wellington to race.

brought a bike in auckland and asking if anybody is travelling down the island has spare room on trailer/van/ ute etc to bring it down for me (will save me a 10hr trip)

will to pay for time/petrol and also reward with beer/port/wine what ever he or she likes to drink

flick me a PM.

[F5 Dave]

Skunk told me due to a double booking at Manfield there will be a change to Kaitoke & as a 2 dayer 23/24 feb. I'll remind him to confirm here so take this with a pinch until he confirms it.

[Skunk]

Round 4 is on Saturday 23 to Sunday 24 Feb 2013

This has been moved to Kaitoke, Upper Hutt. And it's now Two days.

$60 for both days (plus club membership and any other stuff you're missing).

I know this clashes with the Auckland Round but I can't do anything about that with all my other commitments. My apologies to those adversely affected by this change.

[F5 Dave]

Thanks Skunk. Pity Manfield did this to us, but there you go & thanks for recovering from their mistake so there is still a round.

[Bert]

Round 4 is on Saturday 23 to Sunday 24 Feb 2013

This has been moved to Kaitoke, Upper Hutt. And it's now Two days.

$60 for both days (plus club membership and any other stuff you're missing).

I know this clashes with the Auckland Round but I can't do anything about that with all my other commitments. My apologies to those adversely affected by this change.

Good work Mr Skunk.


Thanks Skunk. Pity Manfield did this to us, but there you go & thanks for recovering from their mistake so there is still a round.

Yes, the sooner they close off the back section the better...


rito, is anybody travelling from auckland down to wellington to race.

brought a bike in auckland and asking if anybody is travelling down the island has spare room on trailer/van/ ute etc to bring it down for me (will save me a 10hr trip)

will to pay for time/petrol and also reward with beer/port/wine what ever he or she likes to drink

flick me a PM.

NO not another four stroke !!!!!!

O'well nearly enough people in the area to get buckets off the ground again.