Hamilton Motorcycle Club Winter Series

[Rcktfsh]

HMCC will be running a two round winter series at Hampton Downs on 23 June and 4 August. Provisional classes are

1. Senior Race
590cc & over multi cylinder
751cc & over twins & singles
251cc & over two strokes

2. Intermediate Race
251 - 590cc four cylinder
251 – 600cc triples
251 - 750cc & over twins & singles.
250cc two strokes (GP & Road)

3. Junior Race
Up to 250cc (incl. F5 buckets)

4. Hyosung Cup

5. Clubmans A – Modern large capacity / faster riders

6. Clubmans B – Smaller capacity / slower riders

7. Post-classic & Classic

8. Sidecars

We particularly want to encourage riders to take the step from track days to racing hence the proposed clubmans A & B, bike prepnights will be held at the clubrooms prior to events and Andrew Stroud, Jay Lawrence & Steve Bridge will be on hand/track for mentoring purposes to help clubmans riders.

[Kiwi Graham]

Awesome guys well done.

[Timmeh:P]

Great stuff! Was wondering what I was going to do with myself after round 5 of AMCC... Now I know. :wings:

[Drew]

Hmmm, would like to do this on the sidecar. Hope there are enough entries.

[arkeye]

Sounds like a good idea to me.. will try to make it up to the august round!

[montsta56]

251 - 750cc & over twins & singles.
dont quite get this class in the intermediate group??? is it limited to up to 750cc or over?? so that means any size twin???

[busadayz]

HMCC will be running a two round winter series at Hampton Downs on 23 June and 4 August. Provisional classes are

1. Senior Race
590cc & over multi cylinder
751cc & over twins & singles
251cc & over two strokes

2. Intermediate Race
251 - 590cc four cylinder
251 – 600cc triples
251 - 750cc & over twins & singles.
250cc two strokes (GP & Road)

3. Junior Race
Up to 250cc (incl. F5 buckets)

4. Hyosung Cup

5. Clubmans A – Modern large capacity / faster riders

6. Clubmans B – Smaller capacity / slower riders

7. Post-classic & Classic

8. Sidecars

We particularly want to encourage riders to take the step from track days to racing hence the proposed clubmans A & B, bike prepnights will be held at the clubrooms prior to events and Andrew Stroud, Jay Lawrence & Steve Bridge will be on hand/track for mentoring purposes to help clubmans riders.

First off, great news, look forward to it. Good idea with the two clubmans classes. With regards to Clubmans B,how will you determine slower riders on smaller capacity machines when there are some guys capable of running rings around others on larger capacity machines on 600cc machinery. Can you cross enter?

[Rcktfsh]

First off, great news, look forward to it. Good idea with the two clubmans classes. With regards to Clubmans B,how will you determine slower riders on smaller capacity machines when there are some guys capable of running rings around others on larger capacity machines on 600cc machinery. Can you cross enter?

A modern 600 would be entered in A as would a Hayabusa, entries will ask you to nominate A or B grade and initial fields will be done on that & bike entered information. Also fields can be fine tuned after practice if needed.

[busadayz]

Will MNZ one day event licenses be available on the day?

[Duke5]

HMCC will be running a two round winter series at Hampton Downs on 23 June and 4 August. Provisional classes are

1. Senior Race
590cc & over multi cylinder
751cc & over twins & singles
251cc & over two strokes

2. Intermediate Race
251 - 590cc four cylinder
251 – 600cc triples
251 - 750cc & over twins & singles.
250cc two strokes (GP & Road)

3. Junior Race
Up to 250cc (incl. F5 buckets)

4. Hyosung Cup

5. Clubmans A – Modern large capacity / faster riders

6. Clubmans B – Smaller capacity / slower riders

7. Post-classic & Classic

8. Sidecars

We particularly want to encourage riders to take the step from track days to racing hence the proposed clubmans A & B, bike prepnights will be held at the clubrooms prior to events and Andrew Stroud, Jay Lawrence & Steve Bridge will be on hand/track for mentoring purposes to help clubmans riders.

Would be good if VMCC had 2 classes of clubmans. I would get back into it. At nearly 50 im to old for F1. I have been kicked out of clubbies as of last winter series and have to do F1 or nothing on my 1000. Why go and spend shitloads on tires etc to get lapped by the top F1 guys. Instead i either have to sell my bike, which is not an option as i have spent so much on it i wouldnt even get 1/4 of it back, or do nothing. I chose the latter, but would love to be out there mixing it up with guys doing similar times. So my 1000 is basically now a bloody expensive trackday bike.

[Rcktfsh]

Will MNZ one day event licenses be available on the day?

They will be available.

[tail_end_charlie]

They will be available.

Sweet. So it sounds like you'll be happy to cater for the first time racer? If that's so, then it sounds like the perfect time for me to get started.

[Mental Trousers]

.....

Excellent. I either have to haul my arse to Mafeild (which ends up being a 3 day trip with all the expense etc that entails) or park up the bike over winter. This is great.

:niceone:

[Rcktfsh]

Latest news for the winter series is that Arai have come on board as a sponsor, all entrants go into the draw to take home a $1200 Arai helmet 1 entry per round entered. Entry forms are available online at http://www.hamiltonmcc.org.nz/ . Classes have been rejigged slightly and will be Senior Race, Junior Race, Developement Class (including Hyosung GT250R cup with seperate points ) Post Classic (seperate points senior & junior) Classics, Clubmans A, Clubmans B. All details in supp regs with entry form.

[Rcktfsh]

Series Poster

[Mental Trousers]

Looks good. I expect SV650 racers will be freaking out a bit until they realize their bikes capacity is 645cc haha.

[roogazza]

Series Poster

Good ideas HMCC and Rcktfsh, you seem to have your shit together .

[Rcktfsh]

Three weeks until round 1 and all is coming together well. This Thursday's club night will have display of race bikes from Classics to Supers which combined with the best bar prices in town makes attendance a no brainer for those close to Hamilton. Clubrroms are in Seddon Rd opposite the staduim training ground.

[Rcktfsh]

Long range weather forecast is looking good, entries close Sunday so get them in before then to avoid late fee. Day licences are available.

[neil_cb125t]

251 - 750cc & over twins & singles.
dont quite get this class in the intermediate group??? is it limited to up to 750cc or over?? so that means any size twin???

Yep so if you run a pro twin or F3 650 twin - what class do you go in?

[Drew]

Yep so if you run a pro twin or F3 650 twin - what class do you go in?

AMCC used to run an open twins class. Was great! The guy on his TZ250 had a ball carving up RSV1000s and the like.

[Rcktfsh]

Yep so if you run a pro twin or F3 650 twin - what class do you go in?

Junior Race

[roogazza]

Junior Race

haha are you being funny Rcktfsh or could he go in 251- 750 Intermediate ?????

or am I reading it all wrong ?

Looks well organised/sorted.

[Rcktfsh]

haha are you being funny Rcktfsh or could he go in 251- 750 Intermediate ?????

or am I reading it all wrong ?

Looks well organised, onya.

Well spotted Roogazza though in my defence I'll claim were both right. By the time we had the entry form approved for the permit, which was after my initial post, the intermediate class had been renamed junior and what was junior became development/Hyosung cup. Clear as mud really.

[JayRacer37]

Yep so if you run a pro twin or F3 650 twin - what class do you go in?

You go in JNR mate - pretty easy really, 600SS and Supers together (SNR), F3, Pro Twin and 125 together (JNR).

[Voltaire]

Got my entry in...now just have to get the gearbox back in. Anyone else running in the Classic's?
;)

[Rcktfsh]

Weather forecast is looking good , Sunday is pretty much the pick of weather for the next 10 days! Late entries still being accepted so get the bike out and have some fun.

[busadayz]

Ummm, don't encourage too many riders, bit of luck there will only be three in my class..... podium, YAY:2thumbsup.
Cant believe weather is holding out at this stage, fingers crossed.

[Mental Trousers]

Weather is shit until the weekend. Should be sweet :niceone:

[Danger Dave]

Weather forecast is looking good , Sunday is pretty much the pick of weather for the next 10 days! Late entries still being accepted so get the bike out and have some fun.

G'day Rcktfsh, when you say late entries are still accepted is with the $50 late entry fee or is this fee being waved for now?

[Rcktfsh]

Entry available on the day.

[Rcktfsh]

From the Waikato Times

[Billy]

From the Waikato Times

Excellent write up,

Hope it goes well for young Jacob,Been getting the odd report from Andrew and he appears to be progressing well.

[Mental Trousers]

On Saturday practice starts at 9:00am .....

I almost fell off my chair when I read that.

[Billy]

I almost fell off my chair when I read that.

Hahaha,Yea and Stroudy being a MotoGP champion or the 275km/h 125 GP machines,Still if you didn't know better,Its good press

[Mental Trousers]

Yeah good write up, but for a second I thought I'd missed qualifying and at least one race heh.

[Voltaire]

Great day , thanks to all involved.:2thumbsup Conditions were nigh on perfect other than being a bit cold.
The Bavarian Tractor circulated at the back of Posties and Clubmans B quite happily and I posted my best time at HD on it.
I was pretty impressed at getting in 2 practice sessions and two rounds of racing on a winters day.
Can't wait for the next one. :banana:

[Mental Trousers]

I was pretty impressed at getting in 2 practice sessions and two rounds of racing on a winters day.

Don't you mean 1x practice/qualifying and 3x races?? That's what the rest of us got anyway.

Definitely a great day though.

[busadayz]

Ahem, not all of us got three races, thanks to bike issues. What were you riding mental, how did you go?
All the same, a great day when the track dried out. First outing for me racing,
wont be the last hopefully.
Well done HMCC.

[Mental Trousers]

Ahem, not all of us got three races, thanks to bike issues. What were you riding mental, how did you go?
All the same, a great day when the track dried out. First outing for me racing,
wont be the last hopefully.
Well done HMCC.

This one in Junior.

http://mtrousers.homedns.org/bike/Picture005.jpg

The dog stayed home to guard the empty shed.

There seemed to be plenty of guys having mechanicals. Steve Bridge had some sort of mechanical in race 1, Chris Bridge had big problems changing down gears in Qualifying and Race 1 then locked the front and threw it into the weeds in Race 2. Nick from NV couldn't change gear. The guy on the KTM in our shed couldn't change gear either. So more than half of the bikes in/just outside our shed had mechanicals or crashed or both.

[Voltaire]

Results from Sunday.:yes:

[Rcktfsh]

Results from Sunday.:yes:

Results are online at www.marktime.co.nz will sit down with Steve and put up a points table in the next couple of days. Quite a few pics on facebook just search Doug Cornes Photography or JDAS. Thanks for all the positive feedback seems the riders enjoyed it as much as the organisers which is our aim, working on a couple of points for the next round but pretty happy all in all. Also we have just sent the certificates of to Mike Webb (Moto GP Race Director) to get him to find someone famous to sign them. When the Hamilton Club last ran a winter series in the Bay park days Mike was the organiser so it ties in well.

[sharky]

Yep, was a good day, well done guys. The dummy grid hooter worked well. Definitely helped to stop the tyres from going cold waiting for everyone to show up.

Looking forward to the next round:yes:

[Rcktfsh]

Points after rnd1.


Hamilton Motorcycle Club Arai WRRS Points after rnd 1

Bridgestone Tryes Senior Race

1. Andrew Stroud Suzuki GSXR1000 75
2. C Venimore Honda CBR1000 52
3. Rhys Holmes BMW S1000R 51
4. Jay Lawrence Yamaha R6 37
5= Eddie Kattenberg Yamaha FZR1000 26
Bruce Dowie Yamaha R1 26
7. Steve Bridge Kawasaki ZX6R 24
8. Dylan Jeffries Yamaha R6 23
9. Nick Kampenhout Husq 900 18

Boyds Motorcycles Junior Race

1. Daniel Mettam Hyosung GT650 75
2. Jay Lawrence KTM690 Duke 60
3. Scott Findlay Kawasaki ZXR400 42
4. Gerard Pijers Suzuki RGV250 40
5. Craig Stephens Hyosung GT650 38
6. Jacob Stroud Honda RS125 27
7. Shane Taylor Honda CBR450RR 26
8=Phil Oades Yamaha RD350LC 20
Matt Hayward Honda RS125 20
Blar Robson Suzuki SV650 20
11. Guy Webster Yamaha RD350LC 16
12. Blair Lamberth Suzuki SV650 14

Kiwirider Development Class

1. Jacob Stroud Kawasaki KR150 75
2. Daniel Mettam Hyosung GT250R 52
3. Craig Stephens Hyosung GT250R 50
4. Tom Rychlf Hyosung GT250R 42
5. Beau Dobson Hysosung GT250R 33
6. Morgan Long Hysosung GT250R 33
7. Dave Smith Hyosing GT250R 27
8. Daniel Woodfield Hysosung GT250R 24

Pirelli Tyres Hyosung Cup

1. Daniel Mettam Hyosung GT250R 65
2. Craig Stephens Hyosung GT250R 60
3. Tom Rychlf Hyosung GT250R 49
4. Beau Dobson Hyosung GT250R 39
5. Morgan Long Hyosung GT250R 38
6. Dave Smith Hyosung GT250R 30
7. Daniel Woodfield Hyosung GT250R 27

Capitol Tyres Post Classic Senior

1. Clint Malskatis Suzuki GSXR1100 53
2. Adian Collins BMW R90S 42
3. Mark Hatten Yamaha FZR1000 41
4. Terry Martin Triumph Trident 830 40
5. John Comer BMW R90S 37
6. Eddie Kattenberg Yamaha FZR1000 25

MTF Hamilton Post Classic Junior

1. Scott Finlay Kawasaki ZXR400 75
2. Shayne Lawrey Yamaha FZR600 52
3. Steve Groom Yamaha FZR600 40
4. Number 666 Yamaha RZ350 37
5. Dean Beatson Honda CB350 33
6. Guy Webster Yamaha RD350LC 30
7. Craig Peebles Yamaha TZR250 28
8. Phil Oades Yamaha RD350LC 25
9. Nigel Bish Aermacchi 350 23
10. Bernard Kerr Honda CB350 18
11. Aaron DeÁrth Honda CBR600 13

Classics

1. Dean Beatson Honda CB350 70
2. Nigel Bish Aremacchi 350 65
3. Bernard Kerr Honda CB350 45
4. Rob Chappell Triumph 3TA350 42

Weka Coffee Clubmans A

1. Mathew Foot Suzuki GSXR1000 75
2. Grant Bennett Honda CBR1000 49
3. Matt Birdsall Triumph Daytona 675 36
4. Justin King Yamaha R1 35
5. Andy Harper Aprilia RSV1000 30
6. Nathan Moore Kawasaki ZX10R 29
7. Greg Cornwall Ducati999 23
8. Mark Perry Aprilia RSV1000 20
9=. David McArthur Kawasaki ZX10R 18
Ray Cox Honda VTR1000 18
12. David Hamilton Yamaha R6 13
13. Darryl Harvey Kawasaki ZX10 10
14. Anthony Rowland Ducati 750 5

F1E Motorcyle Works Clubmans B

1. Brian Carroll Yamaha R6 75
2. Logan Powdrill Honda CBR400RR 45
3. Sean Bateman Husqvarna SMR450 40
4. Anthony Rowland Ducati 750 36
5. Phil Duthie Suzuki RMZ450 35
6. John Comer BMW R90S 30
7. David Jenkins Kawasaki ZX6R 24
8. Shaun Smith Suzuki GSXR400SP 17

[busadayz]

Is HMCC thinking about a summer race series at all? Hampton or Taupo?

[Rcktfsh]

Is HMCC thinking about a summer race series at all? Hampton or Taupo?

Not at this stage, we decided to give a winter series a go as no one else was. With AMCC & PMCC both running summer series I'm not sure there is the demand for another. Probably look at expanding the winter series to 3 rounds next year at this stage.

[quickbuck]

Not at this stage, we decided to give a winter series a go as no one else was. With AMCC & PMCC both running summer series I'm not sure there is the demand for another. Probably look at expanding the winter series to 3 rounds next year at this stage.

So long as it doesn't clash with VMCC dates, then you may be surprised to see who turns up ;)

[Rcktfsh]

So long as it doesn't clash with VMCC dates, then you may be surprised to see who turns up ;)

The next round on 4th August doesn't clash so looking forward to surprises.

[quickbuck]

The next round on 4th August doesn't clash so looking forward to surprises.

Will see what happens ;)

[roogazza]

The next round on 4th August doesn't clash so looking forward to surprises.
Hey Rcktfsh, I see a Dean Beatson in the results, would be the original model from late 70s- 80s ??? lol. :cool: