Two hour 2014

[Henk]

Two hour is next month.
Any interest in a mixed doubles or sidecar endurance race on the Saturday?
Two hour and B grade 40 lapper will be Sunday as usual.
Start trying to rope in your ring ins.

[Gazzza]

Yep we will be good for an endurance race, I was thinking 30 laps... What will give out first the rigs or the crews will be hard to call.

[Henk]

Will poll the players today.
If it is going to be two rigs it hardly seems worth the effort. Also not sure how keen those doing the two hour Sunday will be, she's a big weekend as it is.

[chrisc]

This is the 22nd and 23rd November huh?

I see today that Tim and Nathaniel are partnering up for the race, jesus this is going to be a hard one!

November is going to be a blinder too with PMCC R1, AMCC bucket 2 hour, AMCC R2 and R3. Booyah

EDIT: I take it back, looks like PMCC summer series planning got scrapped. That's a shame, I want to ride at Taupo more!

[koba]

Ooooh, I can't wait!

[cotswold]

Ooooh, I can't wait!

why who's bike are you gracing.

[koba]

Grace? Me? Have you seen me ride/crash?

[Gigglebutton]

Getting ready for the 2 hour

[koba]

Getting ready for the 2 hour

Tidiest engineering workshop I have seen.

[Gazzza]

Any sidecars showing up on the Saturday? I'll be there if anyone's wants to run.

[Pumba]

304301

Few more tie downs and I should be good to go

[Gigglebutton]

Tidiest engineering workshop I have seen.

Cheers. Im just a little O.C.D :)

[Rick 52]

304301

Few more tie downs and I should be good to go

That should do it, now get some bus tickets and chewing gum on the joints and let it go off ..
Never break again !!

[Pumba]

That should do it, now get some bus tickets and chewing gum on the joints and let it go off ..
Never break again !!

Pfft. Bus tickets? Living is such a modern technological age such a thing I am sure no longer exists. Prob a fancy electronic card thingies, I dont know who the hell catches the bus? And I have never been a fan of chewing gum.

No Rick, if I am going to do this I am going to do it right. Now where did I put my cable ties and duct tape................

[Henk]

Modern equivalent of bus ticket spitballs is a melted down AT hop card or the equivalent, grab a random lump of plastic out of the wife's purse and a ciggy lighter and you are good to go.

[Gazzza]

Not sure but it doesn't look like anyone is going to front for the sidecar endurance... I will if any one else does but if no one shows can we still run Saturday like a normal practice day? I have a bit of experimenting to do with some bits and bobs and need a decent run to get it done.

[Henk]

We're going to have a crack at the endurance race on Saturday. I let Aida know yesterday at HD. We won't bother but will probably lend our rig to someone else.

[koba]

If anyone needs a ring in...

[chrisc]

Do you mean the sidecar or did you get the boot from the factory ride?

[koba]

Do you mean the sidecar or did you get the boot from the factory ride?

Sidecar.
Or 'partners race' :devil2:

[Henk]

Two weeks to go.
Sidecars Saturday. Need to borrow any tie downs Pumba?

[koba]

Two weeks to go.
Sidecars Saturday. Need to borrow any tie downs Pumba?

I best start the fitness training...

[Henk]

I best start the fitness training...

Fitness by "Garage project"

[koba]

Fitness by "Garage project"

Can't have the liver getting lazy!

[Gigglebutton]

Worked till 3 in the morning but the bike is almost ready :)
Just need to get the shock back from Robert Taylor and maybe one more dyno run if TZ has time
Repaired all the crash damage, wear and tear and made a few changes to make it a bit more comfortable for a long ride.
First time in 3 years I will be here for it.
I cant wait. Fuck Yeah :devil2:

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[goose8]

Worked till 3 in the morning but the bike is almost ready :)
Just need to get the shock back from Robert Taylor and maybe one more dyno run if TZ has time
Repaired all the crash damage, wear and tear and made a few changes to make it a bit more comfortable for a long ride.
First time in 3 years I will be here for it.
I cant wait. Fuck Yeah :devil2:

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Very cool ,can't wait for next weekend Myself mike has been doing a awesome job with the team shnanny mb so should be a good race.

[Pumba]

Two weeks to go.
Sidecars Saturday. Need to borrow any tie downs Pumba?

Probably. They got a little singed when I tacked it back together:yes:

But had to go to the dentist last week. That sort of fucked the race budget:bye:

[Henk]

Probably. They got a little singed when I tacked it back together:yes:

But had to go to the dentist last week. That sort of fucked the race budget:bye:

Damn, would have been good to see you again.
We're sending our rig out on loan to Brian and Mel.
Would have been good to get a few more there, looks like ours, Brenton and Des at the moment.

[koba]

I think this will be interesting, seems there is some serious prep going on!

[mr bucketracer]

watch out koba is on fire:ar15:

[Henk]

Not for long if the weather here stays as poo as it is.

[Pumba]

Damn, would have been good to see you again.
We're sending our rig out on loan to Brian and Mel.
Would have been good to get a few more there, looks like ours, Brenton and Des at the moment.

I am not happy about myself, especially given that my mouth still hurts like a bitch.

Must be some good luck round the corner.

[koba]

Not for long if the weather here stays as poo as it is.

I tend to do better in the rain, not sure about these pooftyre things though.

[cotswold]

I tend to do better in the rain, not sure about these pooftyre things though.

:lol: you can't have ridden around Mount Wellington in the wet, she ain't no Tokaroa grip wise.

[koba]

:lol: you can't have ridden around Mount Wellington in the wet, she ain't no Tokaroa grip wise.

I dismissed "You NEED wets at Mount Wellington" as bullshit.
Until I went there.

[F5 Dave]

And a jetski in the esses

[Gazzza]

Just thinking what is the programe for Saturday? Looks like us, Mel and Brian and hopefully Des x two rigs. Can we have a start timeline and a guess at how many laps we are looking at...
Can we run anticlockwise?

[Henk]

Just thinking what is the programe for Saturday? Looks like us, Mel and Brian and hopefully Des x two rigs. Can we have a start timeline and a guess at how many laps we are looking at...
Can we run anticlockwise?

Looks like race start between 12and 2, will be clockwise, anticlockwise next year.

[Rick 52]

Saturday practice free if you sign on for Sundays races

$30 per rider

$10 transponder hire

$20 for a day licence

Late fee of $20 if you haven't signed on before 10am



Flag marshals are in demand, please bring a friend to help out



Fire extinguisher in your pit is a MNZ rule, please make sure you have one.



The 40 lap B grade race can be a two person event or you can Iron man it .



If you crash ( bars hit the ground ) you must enter the pit to have you and the bike checked for damage



Please stay with us after the 2 hr to enjoy a Sausage sizzle, prize giving and to share tales of

" Ifs, buts and close calls " of the days racing.



Sat

9am - gates open

10am-midday - sign on for sidecars and 2-hour, sidecar and 2-hour practice

Midday sidecar riders briefing

12:30pm sidecar endurance race

1pm-5pm 2-hour practice

Sun

9am gates open

9:30am-10am sign on and practice

10am-10:30am - riders briefing

10:30am-11am - practice

11am-midday - superpole

midday-12:30pm - practice Le Mans starts for 2-hour and 40-lap race

12:45pm-1:15pm - 40-lap endurance race

1:30pm-3:30pm - 2-hour endurance race

3:45pm-5pm - prizegiving and sausage sizzle

[goose8]

Hopefully there are more entries this year, would be good to see some out of town teams.
Team shnanny is also going for the win in the b grade with cricket on a new bike .

[Gazzza]

Hi guys sorry to sound a bit of a prick but if I read it right ( and correct me if I'm wrong) but going off the run down I will looking at $60 plus Koba at $30 for a total of $90 for a half hour run... Sounds a bit steep, especially considering the two wheelers actually get the track basically for the day. Line I said let me know if I got it wrong...

[Henk]

Hi guys sorry to sound a bit of a prick but if I read it right ( and correct me if I'm wrong) but going off the run down I will looking at $60 plus Koba at $30 for a total of $90 for a half hour run... Sounds a bit steep, especially considering the two wheelers actually get the track basically for the day. Line I said let me know if I got it wrong...

Yep looks right, the $30 bucks for Koba shouldn't be counted as he would be paying that for the two hour anyway so the Saturday is basically free.
So $60, would you consider it expensive at $30 if you had shelled out the $100 for an MNZ licence and the $300 for a transponder like a lot of us have? Because I consider it Cheap.

[Gazzza]

Cool, well you guys enjoy your day.

[Henk]

Cool, well you guys enjoy your day.

Does that mean you aren't going to play?
I can reduce your entry a bit by lending you a transponder.

[ac3_snow]

Hi guys sorry to sound a bit of a prick but if I read it right ( and correct me if I'm wrong) but going off the run down I will looking at $60 plus Koba at $30 for a total of $90 for a half hour run... Sounds a bit steep, especially considering the two wheelers actually get the track basically for the day. Line I said let me know if I got it wrong...


as Henk menitoned you won't need to pay for Koba. Just $30 for the rig and $20 for a day licence. Same as a normal meeting, difference is you get one long race instead of three smaller ones.

[Rick 52]

Cool, well you guys enjoy your day.

It would be a shame if you don't make it, the track cost and other over heads have gone up in price but we have lowered our prices, this means we will be lucky to break even this weekend because of Trophy costs, Bucket racing is always going to be the best bang for your buck racing you can get !

Please support this once a year endurance weekend, it would be a shame after lots of work to incorporate Sidcars that we could loose them due to lack of numbers .

[Gazzza]

Just wondering I got home today and remembered I had forgotten to take off the transponder off the rig, I went to get it and it wasn't there, it was cable tied on so can't have fallen off so I'm guessing some one grabbed it... Did any one grab it?

[chrisc]

Guess who won, you have one guess...

[mr bucketracer]

giggles bike

[chrisc]

giggles bike

Seriously? After the current history of Mt Welly domination by a certain individual, that's your guess? hahaha

Nah Nathaniel and Tim put 5+ laps on everyone. The giggle hyper bucket supposedly threw a valve but I'll let him post about that. :facepalm:

[Rick 52]

giggles bike

Nope ! That one went pop
Records tumbled, again !
Congratulation to everybody that entered, fantastic event, very hard work..
The winners won by 8laps
Myself and Henk managed 3rd, great effort and we were only 2 mts from 2nd place after over 200 laps, thanks Henk for another ride on your well set up FXR .

[mr bucketracer]

Seriously? After the current history of Mt Welly domination by a certain individual, that's your guess? hahaha

Nah Nathaniel and Tim put 5+ laps on everyone. The giggle hyper bucket supposedly threw a valve but I'll let him post about that. :facepalm:giggles bike should be a good pakage , bugger if its done that.was going to put nathaniel but thought his luck may of run out lol thought wrong

[mr bucketracer]

Nope ! That one went pop
Records tumbled, again !
Congratulation to everybody that entered, fantastic event, very hard work..
The winners won by 8laps
Myself and Henk managed 3rd, great effort and we were only 2 mts from 2nd place after over 200 laps, thanks Henk for another ride on your well set up FXR .well done 2 hours lol to much for me , how was giggles bike going before it went pop

[fixer]

Hi all. Results of the 2-hour are on Mylaps.

http://www.mylaps.com/en/events/1098789

Tim

[F5 Dave]

Good effort Tim. Congrats both of you.

[Gigglebutton]

well done 2 hours lol to much for me , how was giggles bike going before it went pop

We did a 29 flat on Saturdays practice. Polled 1.1 seconds ahead of Dippy. Dippies bike died in the warm up lap so rode their spare bike.
I will pull it down this week and have a look at the damage and post the photos

[fixer]

Good effort Tim. Congrats both of you.

Thanks Dave. Luckily for me, Nathanael did his usual sterling work in the middle hour, because I was completely knackered in my last half-hour session. The riding position on the RS125 chassis really doesn't agree with me. But no one passed me in either of my sessions either so I feel like I did my share. And considering that I started the race on stone cold tyres without a single warm-up lap, I don't think that was a bad result.

I'm sure that Nathanael would have qualified a lot better, if his tyres had been warmed up a bit prior to his Superpole attempt. I should have gone out first, but it never occurred to me, so when he fell off in the Superpole, I had to qualify us. That was why we were over a second down on Jaden's time. But I was absolutely stoked to qualify in second.

Nathanael was running consistently low 29s in traffic in the last 10 minutes of his 1-hour session. If there is anyone who can knock him off his perch as the current Maestro of Mt Welly, he (or she) has yet to prove it.

[Gigglebutton]

Congratulations a fantastic ride from both of you Tim.
Thanks to the team who organized and ran the day. Even as a spectator it was fun.

[fixer]

Congratulations a fantastic ride from both of you Tim.
Thanks to the team who organized and ran the day. Even as a spectator it was fun.

Grazie mille! At the tender age of 52, I don't think I would have got too many more (or any better) opportunities to get my name on the 2-hour trophy. Rick and I missed out on it once by a few seconds and another year I miscalculated the fuel we needed and Gary and I missed out on a possible win.

But there's no doubt that the brilliant Hassans on the Superbucket are a combination that will be VERY hard to beat if they can just get to the end of the race.

And on behalf of the organising committee, you're most welcome. It takes quite a few people to get an event like this right and the whole committee and their spouses/partners contributed. I've no idea how John Connor and Wendy used to manage. But I'd like to aim special thanks at Cully for being the man on the spot. It's a big responsibility in this day and age.

[fixer]

Just wondering I got home today and remembered I had forgotten to take off the transponder off the rig, I went to get it and it wasn't there, it was cable tied on so can't have fallen off so I'm guessing some one grabbed it... Did any one grab it?

I think it was me that grabbed your transponder by the way. It's all a bit vague now. Saturday seems like a lot of laps ago. :-)

Tim

[Gazzza]

Thanks Tim, I figured some one had taken it, and congrats on your ride Sunday :)

[chrisc]

Photos are up. Enjoy. Cheers Simon


What a gruelling day Sunday was! My body still aches :bash:

Congrats to Nathanael and Tim for the win, and to Rick and Henk for the A- trophy. You bastards were just too quick for us... for now...
Karl and I came 5th and did 222 laps which is a good improvement from last year. I'm stoked regardless.

Back to back race meetings for me continue with AMCC R3 this weekend and then Tokoroa the following weekend. I can't wait!

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS OF THE 2 HOUR (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc/sets/72157649429118625/)

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[fixer]

Photos are up. Enjoy. Cheers Simon

Thanks Chris. And huge thanks to Simon! Just fantastic work!!!