Street Race in Dunedin

[Kflasher]

Hey does anyone out there know of the dates (if) for the motorcycle street race "King of the Quay" is to be held?

Ride of fly????

I placed this in a racing thread but no exposure so kinda repost.

[Riff Raff]

Sunday of Otago Anniversary weekend in March next year. I don't know what date that is tho.

[Kflasher]

Sunday of Otago Anniversary weekend in March next year. I don't know what date that is tho.

Cheers dude plenty of time to sort out details.

[Riff Raff]

No worries. I reckon it will be a great streetrace. Hopefully the big names will get down there for it so it's on a par with Wanganui and Paeroa.

[Joni]

Hopefully the big names will get down there for it so it's on a par with Wanganui and Paeroa.I hope that up and coming new racer James Mair is there... would love to see him in action... I hear his partner is pretty friendly too, so hopefully they grace Dunedin with their presence.

:love:

[Riff Raff]

Nah his girlfriend's a bitch!

Jimmy did get all excited when he first heard that there were resurrecting the street racing in Dunners.

North Islanders should book their time off now. Will be an awesome time of year to do a road trip to the South Island and get to watch street racing into the bargain.

[JimO]

there is street racing in dunedin every day

[Phurrball]

Hey does anyone out there know of the dates (if) for the motorcycle street race "King of the Quay" is to be held?

Ride of fly????

I placed this in a racing thread but no exposure so kinda repost.

'King of the Quay' Does that mean it'd be in the industrial area down by the harbour basin? Sigh - that'd be soooo good to watch. Shame I'm in Westie land...

*warning* gratuitous misty eyed Dunners remembrance ahead...

Reminds me of younger days with road-cycling criteriums and duathlons on circuits down thereabouts...

[Riff Raff]

"Located in the city's wharf area, which features smooth road surfaces, and plenty of run-off areas."

[Crasherfromwayback]

I hope that up and coming new racer James Mair is there... would love to see him in action... I hear his partner is pretty friendly too, so hopefully they grace Dunedin with their presence.

:love:

He's a freak.


Nah his girlfriend's a bitch!

Jimmy did get all excited when he first heard that there were resurrecting the street racing in Dunners.

North Islanders should book their time off now. Will be an awesome time of year to do a road trip to the South Island and get to watch street racing into the bargain.

She's semi normal!

Might have to drag my leathers out of retirement for this one!:sunny:

[Joni]

Might have to drag my leathers out of retirement for this one!:sunny:That would be soooo cool Pete! :wari:

I will drag Dave with us....

Then it will be one big reunion.

:sunny:

[Crasherfromwayback]

That would be soooo cool Pete! :wari:

I will drag Dave with us....

Then it will be one big reunion.

:sunny:

Yeah I like the fact that they state the track has plenty of 'run off'!

Party on!!:Punk:

[R1madness]

Hmmmm the dunedin festival road race reserected.... About time. The old track (portsmouth drive) was much more fun, faster and safer but too much traffic there now. The new venue was a little risky last time i rode it but it was a hell of a lot of fun.

[Riff Raff]

I will drag Dave with us....

Then it will be one big reunion.

:sunny:
OMG I don't think I could handle being in the same room as those two. Who knows what they'd do to me - or you for that matter Joni!

[Joni]

:lol:

Hmm, yeah on second thought.

Pete better stay home.

:innocent:

[Riff Raff]

Nah Pete's the quiet one. And he's a skinny little bugger so he's probably not up to throwing either of us onto the bonnet of a ute and trying to do dodgy stuff to us. Make Dave stay home!

[Crasherfromwayback]

OMG I don't think I could handle being in the same room as those two. Who knows what they'd do to me - or you for that matter Joni!

You know.


:lol:

Hmm, yeah on second thought.

Pete better stay home.

:innocent:


I think not....:sunny:

[White trash]

Pending management aproval, I'll be there!

A good ol' get together with Pete M, Dave A and a few other nutters is too good an opportunity to miss!

[Kflasher]

Cheers fo all the info guys, I bought a Aussy mag last night it had the circut in it.
Sounds like a good road trip in the making, any ideas on ferry cost for me and the scooter??

[Crasherfromwayback]

Nah Pete's the quiet one. And he's a skinny little bugger so he's probably not up to throwing either of us onto the bonnet of a ute and trying to do dodgy stuff to us. Make Dave stay home!

Oi you! I'm bloody *Huge*.

[Tim 39]

Sounds like a good road trip in the making, any ideas on ferry cost for me and the scooter??

id be guessing around $70 each way, its about 140 for an adult and a car, but the car is the expensive bit

[NighthawkNZ]

I believe the Otago MC Club is helping make the race happen they tried to get it for this year but had to go through the full resource concent again because it hadn't been run for a couple of years or so and the didn't have enough time to push it through.

looks good for next year as far as I know. I haven't been to the last couple of club meetings cause I am a lazy old fart.

[Tim 39]

It would be great for road racing in general but especially in Dunedin, It will however require a lot of work to make it happen

[skaz]

Are you gonna ride it timmy?

[Tim 39]

Are you gonna ride it timmy?

not sure yet, u?

[skaz]

i will if my sprocket cover arrives by then, lol.

[Tim 39]

i will if my sprocket cover arrives by then, lol.

nah I dout it will hav, so I'll take that as a no. they probably wont send it to you cos your an embareesment to suzuki:scooter: haha

[skaz]

lol,fuckin oath i am!!! it takes a special form of retadation only i posess to crash on the warm down lap!!:third:

[Tim 39]

I reckon you were just building up to it thats all, and as for my retardation... I havent yet crashed going hard, theyre all doing dumb things lol

[White trash]

Holy thread dredge batman.

Just having a bit of an exchange with a mate from dunners I have't seen for a while and thought "What the hell happened here?" Did it go ahead and I missed it or did everyone forget it or what?

[White trash]

As scorry just pointed out, apparently the organisers are having dramas with *gasp* resource consent. What a fucken surprise.

What they wanna do is start a nationwide petition, so the council get an idea of the dollars such an annual event will bring to Dunedin.

[hayd3n]

am interested will be there with bells on well not literly

[scorry]

Was talking to a few people and it sounds like it might be a go ahead for October, but we will see about that.
Also i heard that they might be letting forbry park be used for speedway again, again we will see about that

[Kevin G]

Was talking to a few people and it sounds like it might be a go ahead for October, but we will see about that.
Also i heard that they might be letting forbry park be used for speedway again, again we will see about that

Hi.
Keen to know who you were talking with? As a person reasonably involved with the project the current status is, No permit applied for, No circuit approval from MNZ, No resource consent (that I am aware of).

[scorry]

Hi.
Keen to know who you were talking with? As a person reasonably involved with the project the current status is, No permit applied for, No circuit approval from MNZ, No resource consent (that I am aware of).

Sorry bout the huge delay here Kev, I was talking to Al at the last meeting and he said dennis was actually making some progress, but who knows with those guys.

[driftn]

Any ideas of when im keen as mustard to hit the streets of me home town.

[scorry]

Any ideas of when im keen as mustard to hit the streets of me home town.

I will try and get some more details, but havent heard a lot this month so hopefully it is still on the cards?

[steve74]

Resourse consents, traffic management plans, stms road closures, mnz permits, council permits, police liquor bans, the list go's on. Red tape after Red tape. I know exactly where ya coming from. A street race in Dunedin would be awesome. It would give us 4 in the south island. It was rumoured years ago that Nelson, Greymouth and what was then called the Festival street race were keen to become part of a series. Just pub talk i imagine, but as a Committee member of the Greymouth street race id love to see a bit of cooperation between the south island event committees. All the best from me, just keep well clear of labour weekend!!!:yes:

cheers, steve

[scorry]

I heard from a little birdy that this is all go for March next year, cant confirm for sure yet but thats the latest rumour

[hayd3n]

i hope it happens

[scorry]

its all on!!!!
22nd march, so thats only like 2 months away :woohoo:
i might even be able to get some entry forms tonight

[SWERVE]

:woohoo::woohoo: If its all on!
Then make sure you post a link to entry forms asap mate:yes:
Planning it already:rockon::rockon::rockon:

[brads]

its all on!!!!
22nd march, so thats only like 2 months away :woohoo:
i might even be able to get some entry forms tonight

Has MNZ approved the track??

[steve74]

Jeepers, 2 months? how is that possible? Im all for another south island street meet but knowing whats involved i cant see how they can pull it off - its not the kind of thing that happens overnight. Unless its out in the middle of nowhere on private land? Do you have anymore details on the location, classes etc?
Anyway, id be keen to race it. best of luck to em, hope they pull it off.:niceone:

[lostinflyz]

shouldn't be too hard. its the same course that they run the classic car street race round. ive heard alot of people say its looking like a go-er (including people involved. shock and awe). will be a fun wee course too and a bit different to the other street races which should be cool.

[scorry]

ok i might have been a little too quick here, it was in the omcc newsletter as the 22nd of march, but after the omcc meeting last night, there are a few things that need to be sorted.

we will know for sure in the next couple of weeks tho

but it all sounds pretty positive and it would be great to see

[k14]

You're leaving it a bit late for confirmation! Don't be disappointed if only a handful of people turn up.

[brads]

shouldn't be too hard. its the same course that they run the classic car street race round. ive heard alot of people say its looking like a go-er (including people involved. shock and awe). will be a fun wee course too and a bit different to the other street races which should be cool.

Modern day bikes vs classic car track =:crybaby::Oops::wacko:
love to see this happen again but have heard that the track may not get approved by MNZ for being dangerous,which I think it would be.

[lostinflyz]

yea sounds like a wait and see thing. but give me a days notice and ill race a street circuit anywhere in the SI. but yea sounds like it may not happen this year but theres alot of people working hard to sort it so if not prayers to next year.

Had a look round the circuit (my understanding is its to be the same course as the cars and be a 3 day event) and it looks quite good. proper armco's at the faster points. Theres a ridiculously tight hairpin that may be interesting but i imagine a few chicanes going in will sort it.

[diesel pig]

proper armco? Do you mean like break arms and legs when you hit it armco?:blink:

[steve74]

You're leaving it a bit late for confirmation! Don't be disappointed if only a handful of people turn up.

our entry forms for greymouth are open for 8 weeks and people still send in late entries and moan that they run out of time. thats why i was concerned with "2 months" - its not really enough time.

dont know if its the same down there, but we have to advertise the road closure months in advance to give those who are opposed to the closure time to formally object. Thats why its always touch and go from year to year. however if its on an already established circuit then they might be able to throw it all together at short notice. To be real successful it would need careful planning and good marketing, something that our greymouth event lacked until recently. The burt munroe event has fantastic marketing and they do a great job. Mind you they probably have a bigger budget eh:laugh:

steve

[lostinflyz]

our entry forms for greymouth are open for 8 weeks and people still send in late entries and moan that they run out of time. thats why i was concerned with "2 months" - its not really enough time.

dont know if its the same down there, but we have to advertise the road closure months in advance to give those who are opposed to the closure time to formally object. Thats why its always touch and go from year to year. however if its on an already established circuit then they might be able to throw it all together at short notice. To be real successful it would need careful planning and good marketing, something that our greymouth event lacked until recently. The burt munroe event has fantastic marketing and they do a great job. Mind you they probably have a bigger budget eh:laugh:

steve

you give a years notice really of the event. its just everyones too lazy to bother entering till a week before. haha.

and yea the course has proper arm and leg breaking armco. thats what haybales are for. did you see gareth jones's crash at wanganui. yay for hay bales i gotta say

[NighthawkNZ]

. The burt munroe event has fantastic marketing and they do a great job. Mind you they probably have a bigger budget eh:laugh:


yes the have many other sponsors behind them and it is not just run by a club...

http://burtmunrochallenge.southlandnz.com/

[Kevin G]

A bit of an update....

The OMCC were asked to look at running this event as it would keep the resource consent open that was used for the classisc car racing on this Oval circuit. The approach was made in November which was probably about 9-12 months too late. We have had many meetings and discussions about the proposed event but the reality is the time frame is terribly short.
At this stage we do not have a permit, circuit approval from MNZ, or any experienced officials to run it so from that side alone without looking at all the other requirements it is unlikely to go ahead. The work will start to try and extend the resource consent and if possible we will look towards possibly running a street race in early 2010.

[steve74]

Good stuff, we didnt run the greymouth event in 2005 and many said that because we missed a year that it would be impossible to get a resourse consent again. but it was all manageable. the big issue is the mnz permit, they have sharpened up their act a bit now days but from what ive been told it wasnt uncommon 3 or 4 years ago to apply for the permit in april and not recieve it until the week before the event in late october. I did here a rumour that it arrived on the day before the event one year. Dont quote me on that though.

[gav]

I'm still waiting for my rule book that I paid for when I renewed my comp licence, bloody mickey mouse outfit ....

[wharfy]

I'm still waiting for my rule book that I paid for when I renewed my comp licence, bloody mickey mouse outfit ....

You don't need a rule book - KiwiBiker's will tell you everything you need to know.
And a shit load of stuff you don't need to know :)

[steveyb]

You don't need a rule book - KiwiBiker's will tell you everything you need to know.
And a shit load of stuff you don't need to know :)

And a load of shit stuff you also didn't need to know

[Quayboard]

Sadly, it would appear the Dunedin road race is off, for this year and probably forever.

The enthusiasm of the new young guns in the OMCC has been blunted by the negativity of certain older members.

Dennis Ireland put a lot of effort into getting it off the ground, including securing major backing from the Dunedin City Council. He had the support of a good forward-thinking bunch of club members, but in the end the tunnel-visioned element appears to have won. Politics and pettiness rules.

Yesterday the track inspection was gatecrashed by a couple of antis and yet another delaying tactic was put in place.

Don't believe it when someone says 2010. There won't be any resource consent in place for the circuit, which is exactly what these people want!

[brads]

Sadly, it would appear the Dunedin road race is off, for this year and probably forever.

The enthusiasm of the new young guns in the OMCC has been blunted by the negativity of certain older members.

Dennis Ireland put a lot of effort into getting it off the ground, including securing major backing from the Dunedin City Council. He had the support of a good forward-thinking bunch of club members, but in the end the tunnel-visioned element appears to have won. Politics and pettiness rules.

Yesterday the track inspection was gatecrashed by a couple of antis and yet another delaying tactic was put in place.

Don't believe it when someone says 2010. There won't be any resource consent in place for the circuit, which is exactly what these people want!

What a crock of S@%t,sorry man, but where the hell did you get that from??
as for the inspection being gatecrashed? who by? certainly not Dennis I hear
Delaying tactic? Funny way of assuring it will be a safe circuit.
Look forward to your reply

[GaZBur]

Sadly, it would appear the Dunedin road race is off, for this year and probably forever.

The enthusiasm of the new young guns in the OMCC has been blunted by the negativity of certain older members.

Dennis Ireland put a lot of effort into getting it off the ground, including securing major backing from the Dunedin City Council. He had the support of a good forward-thinking bunch of club members, but in the end the tunnel-visioned element appears to have won. Politics and pettiness rules.

Yesterday the track inspection was gatecrashed by a couple of antis and yet another delaying tactic was put in place.

Don't believe it when someone says 2010. There won't be any resource consent in place for the circuit, which is exactly what these people want!

I don't understand the negativity comment as I was under the impression that all those on the sub-committee were trying to make it a happening thing.(not on sub-committee myself though) I only heard one comment that could be considered negative at the last club meeting and that was one official stating they personally would not be steward as they didn't want to have thier neck on the block if someone was killed and you can hardly blame them that cautious attitude due to recent events elsewhere.
The sub committee were asked by the club members to try make it work and get back to the club with an answer. Dennis had put in a HUGE effort and the club members involved have been having endless meetings trying to make this fly, I know because I have been trying to meet some of them myself and its been hard getting them free. I have heard people say the time frame was going to cause difficulties but as far as I am aware there is nobody actually anti the race.
I really would love to ride it along with many other club members either now or at some future date.
No doubt all will be revealed at the next meeting.

[GaZBur]

As I suspected this topic was discussed at length at the Committee meeting on Tuesday night. I do not have authority of the club to report what is discussed there but think I am allowed to say that the topic will be brought up at the General meeting on Monday 23rd March. If any club members have an interest then they should go to that meeting.

I personally still stand by my previous statement that as far as I am aware there is no faction or member of the club trying to thwart any roadrace plans.

I also hope the discussion doesn't go on too long as the meeting is also the Club prizegiving for 2008 and supper . (I like my savories while they are still hot!)

[GaZBur]

OK there is some news about the roadrace in the OMCC newsletter. For those not in the club I will paraphrase the message from the President.

The street race is postponed until a later date. The club doesn't have MNZ consent to run on the proposed date however does have a recommended course layout from the MNZ track inspector. The club still hopes to run this event in the future.

I think quayboard should look at the newsletter for a comment from a concerned club member.
If making comments in a public forum such as this I believe you should identify yourself. My comments are my own personal viewpoint and anybody is welcome to disagree with me or take me to task over them if they are incorrect- if you don't know who I am you can see my profile doesnt hide my identity. PM. Me though if you want my name and contact details.

[brads]

OK there is some news about the roadrace in the OMCC newsletter. For those not in the club I will paraphrase the message from the President.

The street race is postponed until a later date. The club doesn't have MNZ consent to run on the proposed date however does have a recommended course layout from the MNZ track inspector. The club still hopes to run this event in the future.

I think quayboard should look at the newsletter for a comment from a concerned club member.
If making comments in a public forum such as this I believe you should identify yourself. My comments are my own personal viewpoint and anybody is welcome to disagree with me or take me to task over them if they are incorrect- if you don't know who I am you can see my profile identifies me.

Wouldnt hold your breath mate,should have spoken up by now.