NZ superbike nats...ruapuna

[cowpoos]

Ruapuna Practice times from this morning...

Couple of interesting things to note...Robbie Bugden is a second a lap faster than anyone in Superbikes and Dennis Charlett is hauling!!! and our Jayracer37 [jay lawrence] is right up there too!!

Dispite Robbies rapid practise time...I doubt the other top riders will be far behind during qualifing and racing!! but he seems to be the one to put the $$$ on at this stage!! You can never count Stroudie out...and smith and shirrifs won't make life easy either!! be also interesting how damian cudlin goes...the transition from endurance racing to sprint racing can't be that straight forward can it???

Formula 3/pro twins Pratice: Terry Fitzgerald leads the way from Steve Wood and Glen Williams all riding SV650 Suzuki. Fitzgerald 1:40.004 , Wood 1:40.717 , Williams 1:40.753 , Tom Boss 1:41.761 , Eric Deboer 1:41.819 Kawasaki 400 , Karl Morgan 1:42.849

Superbike Practice

Reigning Superbike Champion Robbie Bugden Clearly he was fastest , leading the field by one second. Bugden 1:31.208 , Stroud 1:32.201 , Cudlin 1:32.339 , Smith 1:32.500 , Shirriffs 1:32.564 , Jones 1:32.958

Supersport Practice.

Charlett 1:33.581 Suzuki, James Smith 1:35.094 Suzuki, Dave Sadowski 1:35.817 Yamaha ,Jay Lawrence 1:36.117 Kawasaki , Jason Hulme 1:36.130, Mat Sadowski 1:36.401

[Billy]

Just spoke to Sam Love about 10 mins ago,He had a horrendous crash on thursday,Hit the tyre wall on the outside of turn 1,Breaking and dislocating his ankle.Its been bolted back together but hes out for approximately 4 months.He also informed me the organisers and MNZ have decided to invoke rule no.22-8-2 on the Pro twins class(If there are not 10 entries then no championship race will take place).Which means our up and coming riders have spent in excess of $20,000.00 to travel south and do some club racing for the crowd.A bit short sighted me thinks for a new class,Why would anyone make the effort next year??I thought these guys were supposed to be encouraging people into the sport.YEAH RIGHT

[Shaun P]

Thanks for the update!

[Tony.OK]

Ain't it about time there was some TV coverage for these guys?Would be great to be able to afford to go down and watch.

[cowpoos]

Second superbike practice.

Bugden 1:31.800 Stroud 1:32.848 Shirriffs 1:33.814 Jones 1:33.805 Smith 1:34.503 Cudlin 1:34.935

[slowpoke]

Second superbike practice.

Bugden 1:31.800 Stroud 1:32.848 Shirriffs 1:33.814 Jones 1:33.805 Smith 1:34.503 Cudlin 1:34.935

It's been a while since we saw such a stretched out field, how's the weather looking down there mate?

[cowpoos]

It's been a while since we saw such a stretched out field, how's the weather looking down there mate?
I'm not down there...lol...but I dare say it will be hot as hell...I'm predicting 32+ degrees at the track,as the weather said it would be a mild northwester...


Supersport are qualifing now... :) stay tuned!

[TonyB]

Awesome, thanks for the update. Haven't been able to get out there today. As for the weather? Its 33°

[cowpoos]

As for the weather? Its 33°
Shit I miss cantab summers :baby:

[t3mp0r4ry nzr]

where are you getting the updates from mate?

[TonyB]

Shit I miss cantab summers :baby: Mate, in three or four days time it'll probably be 10°....at least the weather isn't boring...

[Jantar]

where are you getting the updates from mate?
And how is K14 doing in the 125 class?

[suzuki21]

Just spoke to Sam Love about 10 mins ago,He had a horrendous crash on thursday,Hit the tyre wall on the outside of turn 1,Breaking and dislocating his ankle.Its been bolted back together but hes out for approximately 4 months.He also informed me the organisers and MNZ have decided to invoke rule no.22-8-2 on the Pro twins class(If there are not 10 entries then no championship race will take place).Which means our up and coming riders have spent in excess of $20,000.00 to travel south and do some club racing for the crowd.A bit short sighted me thinks for a new class,Why would anyone make the effort next year??I thought these guys were supposed to be encouraging people into the sport.YEAH RIGHT

Yes, I agree. You are quite wise for such an old man. I should buy a 250 hyosung and even I could win next year because no one else will want to bother.

[cowpoos]

where are you getting the updates from mate?

A true ladie never kisses and tells!! but I ain't no ladie!! lol

Via email from secret squirril sources'


And how is K14 doing in the 125 class?

Not sure..Tim McArthur led the field , other front runners include Gregor Stevens , James McKay , Adam Chambers and Cameron Jones. for the 125 gp class...sorry don't have times.

[duckaddict]

We want live TV coverage god damn it!! :2thumbsup


:Offtopic:

[onearmedbandit]

Thanks for the update. Migt head out there tomorrow. BTW, highest I saw today was 36 degrees.

[GSVR]

I was gunna give you some bling Poos till I read the reports on http://www.nzsbk.co.nz/

How about you tell us how Jill or Rob Gillard are doing. Or why Ray Clee doesn't seem to be there. Maybe TwoSmoker.

They might have all the results up on Mylaps tonight if we are lucky.

[cowpoos]

I was gunna give you some bling Poos till I read the reports on http://www.nzsbk.co.nz/

How about you tell us how Jill or Rob Gillard are doing. Or why Ray Clee doesn't seem to be there. Maybe TwoSmoker.

They might have all the results up on Mylaps tonight if we are lucky.
dude that updates that site has me on his email list...

I asked him to get details of the whole feild so I can post what other riders are doing...keen to hear how they're doin.

[cowpoos]

un comfirmed qualfing [at this stage] for super sport... dennis charlett, american laddies,Jay Lawrence,James Smith,Jason Hulme,Nick Cole,Chris tubby twosmoker Sucich...

And heard K14 in 125gp race was leading for a while...but sounds like he came in 6th.

[GSVR]

Day 1 results up on Mylaps now

http://www.mylaps.com/results/showevent.jsp?id=273335

[Joni]

And heard K14 in 125gp race was leading for a while...but sounds like he came in 6th.Yup that sounds about right, I watched about half the race....:yes:

Kickaha and Divvo's bad luck continued, with them blowing up a motor in the second qualifying round.... in fairly spectacular fashion I must say, have never seen such a huge flame come out of a moving bike before:eek5:

[Ivan]

Ah Shit that sucks....
That sucks hard for Sam, Does that mean there on the way back home?

[k14]

Have a look at results on mylaps.

Had a good start, led the race for 3 laps but made a bad tyre choice and also just couldn't handle the heat. Ended up coming seventh, just fell further back and back as the race went on. Yeah poor excuse I know, hopefully better tomorrow.

[Sketchy_Racer]

What was the problem with your tyre choice kirk? What was the weather like??

Good luck for tomorrow mate

[Joni]

What was the weather like??Track temp was over 45 degrees....:mellow:

Oh and a HUGE congrats to Scrivy and Sidecar bob for taking the first race today.....

[kiwifruit]

Oh and a HUGE congrats to Scrivy and Sidecar bob for taking the first race today.....

Weeee!
Go you mad bastards!!!!!

[Joni]

Weeee!
Go you mad bastards!!!!!I got goosies as they came down the final straight, the whole crowd stood up and cheered for them as in true Bob and Scrivy style they celebrated as they went over the line... :love:

Very cool!

[gav]

Hey Kirk, you see that message on MyLaps?

Announcements
Timestamp Text
16:11 Bike 114 your personal transponder is flat


Sort it out, son!

[gav]

Not sure whats up with the F3/ProTwins? The results indicate that Fitzgerald and Williams look to be in F3 rather than Pro Twins, if they were entered in Pro Twins, you'd have your 10 riders?
http://www.mylaps.com/results/newResults.jsp?id=716347

[GSVR]

Not sure whats up with the F3/ProTwins? The results indicate that Fitzgerald and Williams look to be in F3 rather than Pro Twins, if they were entered in Pro Twins, you'd have your 10 riders?
http://www.mylaps.com/results/newResults.jsp?id=716347

To be able to enter protwin they would have to fit std engines and remove their GSXR frontends. And also put std rims back on. Plus other stuff I've overlooked.

I'm always amazed at how little people know about the two classes.

[k14]

Hey Kirk, you see that message on MyLaps?

Announcements
Timestamp Text
16:11 Bike 114 your personal transponder is flat


Sort it out, son!
Yeah yeah, sorting it. hehe. On charge at the moment. Should be good by the morning.

Track temp was 49. So i decided to run a harder compound of tyres. Looks as though the tyres aren't suited to hot days, they cold teared etc. I think that the compound is more a factor of track surface makeup rather than track temp. For the dunlops anyway.

Tomorrow's another day. Another hot day at that....

[cowpoos]

To be able to enter protwin they would have to fit std engines and remove their GSXR frontends. And also put std rims back on. Plus other stuff I've overlooked.

I'm always amazed at how little people know about the two classes.
glen is running a pro twins bike as I understand it...

[98tls]

Can someone let me know if Matt Ford is there and if so how hes going,please.

[cowpoos]

Can someone let me know if Matt Ford is there and if so how hes going,please.
what class?

[98tls]

what class? Last i heard he was riding a prilla so if theres Motards he will be there,did ok up north i heard.

[cowpoos]

Last i heard he was riding a prilla so if theres Motards he will be there,did ok up north i heard.
no motards......

[TonyB]

Not sure whats up with the F3/ProTwins? The results indicate that Fitzgerald and Williams look to be in F3 rather than Pro Twins, if they were entered in Pro Twins, you'd have your 10 riders?
http://www.mylaps.com/results/newResults.jsp?id=716347

Nah, Pro Twins is basically a standard SV650 or similar with only minor mods allowed- would be heaps slower than an F3 spec bike...... That said though, two of the Pro Twins were running 1:41/2's- thats only a couple of seconds off what the top F3 spec SV's are doing.

[98tls]

no motards...... Cheers poos,thanks for the heads up for the races on tv sunday,he did ok up there so will watch it tommorow.

[99TLS]

Ain't it about time there was some TV coverage for these guys?


We want live TV coverage god damn it!! :2thumbsup :Offtopic:

thats never going to happen, they seem more interested in aussie v8s then any nz motorsports may see it it feb

[TonyB]

Anyone know what happened to Bren-chch and Stanko? I see they both dropped off the timing lists later in the day.

[cowpoos]

Anyone know what happened to Bren-chch and Stanko? I see they both dropped off the timing lists later in the day.
brendan booth? http://www.mylaps.com/results/newResults.jsp?id=716371

[BIHB@0610]

Track temp was over 45 degrees....:mellow:

Oh and a HUGE congrats to Scrivy and Sidecar bob for taking the first race today.....

Yay Scrivy and Sidecar Bob!!! Yep, Joni, I heard the track temperature was 48 degrees! Ouch - make tyres do weird things aye, that kind of heat. Luckily the boys had some foresight and kept well hydrated in the morning - good planning :clap:

[gav]

OK, I thought that Glen W was planning on racing in the Pro Twins class, hmmm.

[cowpoos]

OK, I thought that Glen W was planning on racing in the Pro Twins class, hmmm.
yeah...thats what I thought...he has a pro twins bike...but if you read into it more in the results...it maybe a error in entering results as terry fiz was in pro twins results in one of the practises...and I'm sure his bike is a F3 legal bike...

[Kickaha]

Kickaha and Divvo's bad luck continued, with them blowing up a motor in the second qualifying round.... in fairly spectacular fashion I must say, have never seen such a huge flame come out of a moving bike before:eek5:

Had to fix a bit of fairing damage where we ripped it off so we could put out the fire, another engine has been fitted that we borrowed from another local team and we'll be back out tomorrow, poxy GSXR couldn't cope and tossed a rod


Not sure whats up with the F3/ProTwins? The results indicate that Fitzgerald and Williams look to be in F3 rather than Pro Twins, if they were entered in Pro Twins, you'd have your 10 riders?


They had nine entries and one guy didn't show up, neither Fitzgerald or Williams were entered in pro twins


Can someone let me know if Matt Ford is there and if so how hes going,please.

No he isn't and he hasn't raced for the last season


Anyone know what happened to Bren-chch and Stanko? I see they both dropped off the timing lists later in the day.

Dunno about Bren but Stanko crashed in the last one (with no injury)

[TonyB]

Dunno about Bren but Stanko crashed in the last one (with no injury) Cheers! Glad to hear he's not injured

[cowpoos]

poxy GSXR couldn't cope and tossed a rod




Diet not going so well then ya widdle porker!!!! :done:

Ya know that GSXR's are designed to go fast and make high hourse power...not push a couple of hippo's around on a trike!! shit man...get hold of Father Ted Dangerous...you need something more agricultral...like his guzzi motor!!

[98tls]

Had to fix a bit of fairing damage where we ripped it off so we could put out the fire, another engine has been fitted that we borrowed from another local team and we'll be back out tomorrow, poxy GSXR couldn't cope and tossed a rod



They had nine entries and one guy didn't show up, neither Fitzgerald or Williams were entered in pro twins



No he isn't and he hasn't raced for the last season Really,was told he raced up north and did ok.Maybe mistaken but.

[cowpoos]

Supersport first race... 1st Dennis Charlett and our own Jay lawrence 2nd!! go jay you lil bugger!!! 3rd James Smith

Superbike first race... 1st Robbie Bugden by a signifigant margin...followed by 2nd Andrew Stroud 3rd Craig Shirriffs [who apparently had a good duel during the race] 4th Gareth Jones

[boostin]

Supersport first race... 1st Dennis Charlett and our own Jay lawrence 2nd!! go jay you lil bugger!!!

Superbike first race... 1st Robbie Bugden by a signifigant margin...followed by 2nd Andrew Stroud 3rd Craig Shirriffs [who apparently had a good duel during the race] 4th Gareth Jones

Good stuff Jay.

Does anyone know why Stroud gets to use the plate 'number' S ? I thought that letters were only for international riders.

And keep the updates coming.

[Sully60]

Good stuff Jay.

Does anyone know why Stroud gets to use the plate 'number' S ? I thought that letters were only for international riders.

And keep the updates coming.

The numbered plates are for riders with international licences.

Go the JayRacer!

[sugilite]

On ya Jay, he really steps up to the plate for the big stuff! :niceone:

[GSVR]

Looking like those Dunlops are the tyres to have.

Jays Contis must be hooking up well too.

[cowpoos]

Looking like those Dunlops are the tyres to have.



I dunno... superbike 1st dunlop 2nd pirelli 3rd dunlop 4th pirelli

more like GSXR is the bike to have I recon is a stronger pattern... 1st,2nd,3rd Suzuki gsxr 1000 k7 4th yamaha R1

[Toast]

Congrats Jay, awesome result!

Nothing on mylaps yet...

How did Chris go, Poss?

[cowpoos]

Congrats Jay, awesome result!

Nothing on mylaps yet...

How did Chris go, Poss?
second supersport race: 1st Dennis Charlett, 2nd Jay Lawrence [yeeeha!!] 3rd James Smith,4th Nick Cole

Chris Sucich [two smoker] got run into..and crashed..He's apparently Okay..but has takin himself to A & E..was a messy crash apparently and bikes a lil bit of a mess.

Jay's very happy with how his bikes going..dispite the hot track not being very good to tyres..
The American boys both crashed again in this race...so their season isn't starting so well.

[Bronza]

I've just heard from Mrs Two Smoker. Chris is fine his got sore kidney's and bruised arms and legs.

In his first race he came 7th.

[cowpoos]

Superbike race 2.. Robbie Bugden won again by a margin...2nd Andrew Stroud 3rd Gareth Jones 4th Craig Shirrifs

Talk to Chris Sucich on the phone before...he sounds fine...and unfazed by the Crash...and is looking forward to next weekend!!

results should be up on www.mylaps.com or www.nzsbk.co.nz soon apparently...

[TonyB]

Superbike GP- Sam Smith was leading and pulling away. Had a HUGE tankslapper at Pothole (fastest corner) and crashed. Bugden won the restart with Stroud second. Bugden broke the lap record- I think its now 1:30.8

125GP- if I heard it right, Cameron Jones started from LAST on the grid. He went on to win! Oyster, you must be one proud dad!! I missed this, but in an earlier race, K14 had a huge crash getting stuck between the front and back wheels of another bike and "getting rolled down the track like a rag doll" (according to the comentary). He raced in the GP- top effort Kirk, you must have been bloody sore.

[Deano]

glen is running a pro twins bike as I understand it...


Na - he has upside downers and his bike sounds pretty lumpy at idle.....

[dangerous]

K14 had a huge crash getting stuck between the front and back wheels of another bike and "getting rolled down the track like a rag doll" (according to the comentary). He raced in the GP- top effort Kirk, you must have been bloody sore.

tony tony tony... and yet you hate accos discused when theres only speculation ;)

K14 sliped down a gear (unintensual) and his bike locked up the rider behind went clean up his arse, the riders bike cart wheelied away and the riders leg was draged up and over the rear wheel were it was stuck, he was draged for a long time as the speed was well over 100kph K14 held on well for some distance slowing down but lost control and the bike rolled several times, both bikes were in a heap on the main straight and both riders draged them selves to the side... IMHO the race should have been red flaged to much debri on the track and it took k14 quite a while to get up and over pit wall (on the inside of the track 1m from the edge)

[TonyB]

D, D ,D, I'm just repeating what they were discussing over the PA system.

[dangerous]

D, D ,D, I'm just repeating what they were discussing over the PA system.

hehehehe, I know... hay man I seen a chance so I nabed it :sweatdrop
I was on site and helped recover the bike, the guy on #7 was bloody lucky not to have had his leg munted good and proper.
K14's bike was a mess few grazes and bit of blood, he rebuilt the bike with sAslex and spear parts and went out in the next round.

Unlike some of the 600 bikes that, well they are rooted.

[gav]

It almost looked as if Gregor Stevens (#7) somehow tagged K14 by trying to ride around the outside of him in top sweeper and leading onto the straight. He tried that line a couple of times but almost looked as if he somehow hit K14 and got his bike somehow caught up with K14, that and a combination of a missed gear, produced one of the most spectacular crashes you're likely to see!
Full credit to Kirk for starting and finishing the GP, top effort mate!

[k14]

Yeah not a nice crash at all. I came out of the sweeper in 2nd gear (as usual) and clicked into third after i straightened up. Then a second or two later the bike jumped back into 2nd gear and then bang. Got gregor's bike right up the jacksie. His bike tumbled away but he got his leg wedged inbetween my rear tyre and seat unit. It felt like my rear tyre was locked up but it was just rubbing against his leathers. So after a bit of a slide with the rear it eventually came around and spat me off.

Damage to bike was enough, expansion chamber, seat, right rearset and brake lever, left handle bar and a few other minor things. Damage to me was sprained left ankle and various bruises and grazes.

Worst thing was that I was in 3rd place with 2 laps left and I was pretty comfortable in that position. Having a good tussle with the other guys.

Last race was a bit of an embarrassment. Just circulated like a muppet and came in 12th.

Pretty dissapointing weekend. But hopefully next weekend goes better.

[gav]

Good stuff Jay.

Does anyone know why Stroud gets to use the plate 'number' S ? I thought that letters were only for international riders.

And keep the updates coming.
Stroud raced with #2, not letter S.

[gav]

Info from www.mcnews.com.au
A fantastic day’s racing was witnessed by a big crowd at Ruapuna Park today at the New Zealand Motorcycle Grand Prixs, round one of the Castrol New Zealand Superbike Championships.

The crowd sat in the blistering Canterbury sun watching the cream of New Zealand’s road racers do battle with the young pretenders from Australia and the USA... The racing was hard and fast with many taking excursions into the unknown.

The Superbike Grand Prix started with a roar and young Aucklander Sam Smith took his Yamaha R1 to the lead, unfortunately luck was not on his side and within a few laps he was down and out of contention.

The restart saw a battle form between the Australian duo of Robbie Bugden (Suzuki) and Gareth Jones (Yamaha) and this to was short lived when Bugden slowing pulled away to be almost the length of the front straight in front at the end.

Hamilton’s Andrew Stroud (Suzuki) fought on to pass Jones to take second. The other minor placing where filled by two more Suzuki pilots Fielding’s Craig Shirriffs and Auckland’s Ray Clee.

Superbikes

Race one:
Robbie Bugden (Australia) Suzuki, 1;
Andrew Stroud (Hamilton) Suzuki, 2;
Gareth Jones (Australia) Yamaha, 3;
Craig Shirriffs (Fielding), 4;
Damien Cudlin (Australia) Yamaha, 5.

Race two:
Superbike Grand Prix.
Budgen, 1;
Stroud, 2;
Jones, 3;
Shirriffs, 4,
Ray Clee (Auckland) Suzuki

The 600 Sports Production classes had just as many offs, with bother the Sadowski brother from the USA going down during the day.

Local rider Dennis Charlett, recently returned from Australia, dominated the Grand Prix from start to finish.

The main battle of the day was between Christchurch’s James Smith (Suzuki) and Wellington’s Jay Lawrence for second and third.

600cc Sports Production
Race one part A:
Matt Sadowski (USA) Yamaha, 1;
Dennis Charlett (Christchurch) Suzuki, 2;
Dave Sadowski (USA) Yamaha, 3;
Jay Lawrence (Wellington) Kawasaki, 4;
James Smith (Christchurch) Suzuki, 5.

Race one part B
Charlett, 1;
Lawrence, 2;
Smith, 3;
Jason Hulme (Christchurch) Yamaha,
4; Nicholas Cole (Hamilton) Kawasaki, 5

Race two
600 Sports Production Grand prix
Charlett, 1;
Lawrence, 2;
Smith, 3;
Cole, 4;
Andrew Evans (Christchurch)
Suzuki, 5.

Christchurch’s Cameron Jones picked up the silverware in the 125ccGrand Prix on his Honda...

Taupo’s Andy Scrivener, the sidecar Grand Prix, Palmerston North’s Glen Williams (Suzuki) can out on top in the Formula Three Grand Prix, while Auckland’s Carl Morgan won in the new Pro-Twins class.

The Castrol New Zealand Superbike Championships now moves on to levels raceway in Timaru for Round Two next weekend January 19/20.

Formula Three

Race one: Terry Fitzgerald (New Plymouth) Suzuki, 1; Steve Wood (Blenhiem) Suzuki, 2; Glen Williams (Palmerston North) Suzuki, 3.
Race two; Williams, 1; Wood, 2; Eric deBoer (Hokitika) Suzuki, 3.
Race three: Formula Three Grand Prix. Williams, 1; deBoer, 2; Richard Newbery (Winchester) Kawasaki, 3.

Pro Twins
Race one: Karl Morgan (Swanson) Suzuki, 1; Geoff Booth (Dannevirke) Suzuki, 2; Daniel McLachlan, 3.
Race two: Morgan, 1; McLachlan, 2; Alan Zitnik (Alaska) Suzuki, 3.
Race three: Pro Twin Grand Prix Morgan, 1; Tom Bos (Christchurch) Kawasaki, 2, McLachlan, 3.

125GP
Race one: Tim McArthur (Dunedin) Honda, 1; Cameron Jones (Christchurch) Honda, 2; Gregor Stevens (Invercargill) Honda, 3.
Race two: Jones, 1; McArthur, 2; Alastair Hoogenboezem (Christchurch) Honda, 3.
Race three: 125ccGrand Prix Jones, 1; Eric Oliver- Maxwell (Christchurch) Honda, 2; McArthur, 3.

Sidecars
Race one: Andy Scrivener/ Bones (Taupo) Sowersby 1735 Haya, 1; Stephen Bron/Dennis Simonsen (Wanganui) LCR1000, 2; Chris and Richard Lawrance (Auckland) YZFR1 Yamaha, 3.
Race two: Scrivener/Bones, 1; Bron/Simonsen, 2; Lawrance Bros, 3.
Race three: Sidecar Grand Prix. Scrivener/Bones, 1; Bron/Simonsen, 2; Lawrance Bros, 3.

[gav]

Oh yeah, mylaps results are up, if ya interested!

[gav]

Race of the day?
The LC cup!

15 88 Stanko 7 laps 14:17.424 32.326 1:57.666 6 105.247
16 171 Buddha 7 laps 14:17.441 32.343 1:57.750 6 105.172

0.017 of a second between them after 7 laps around Ruapuna! :niceone:

[Kickaha]

Ya know that GSXR's are designed to go fast and make high hourse power...not push a couple of hippo's around on a trike!!

Can it Tubby, the second motor we fitted seemed to be a bit better and not be the usual shoddy GSXR manufacture and actually finished both races, with all three races won by our very own Scrivy/Sidecarbob combo, congratulations guys :first:



Chris Sucich [two smoker] got run into..and crashed..He's apparently Okay..but has takin himself to A & E..was a messy crash apparently and bikes a lil bit of a mess.

The American boys both crashed again in this race...so their season isn't starting so well.

The 600 boys were crashing their brains out all over the place both 600 races were red flagged and restarted


Race of the day?
The LC cup!

15 88 Stanko 7 laps 14:17.424 32.326 1:57.666 6 105.247
16 171 Buddha 7 laps 14:17.441 32.343 1:57.750 6 105.172

0.017 of a second between them after 7 laps around Ruapuna! :niceone:

That was just about the best race of the day, Buddha should be putting video up of that as he had the "helmet cam"

[gav]

Here's a photo of #27 under its own steam!

[TonyB]

hehehehe, I know... hay man I seen a chance so I nabed it :sweatdrop You will pay for this insolence!

Anyway, however it happened awesome effort to get back on again Kirk! No way should you feel like a muppet.

[Kickaha]

Gixxer Rubbish, some left overs from day 1

[Buddha#81]

That was just about the best race of the day, Buddha should be putting video up of that as he had the "helmet cam"


Farken camera was probally worth .017 of a second. Best race of the day? nah just a couple of goose's at the Nats on 25 year old shitters. Blardy good fun though.

[feral1]

Just got back from a great weekend at the Nats Rnd 1 and NZ Grand Prix.

Was very hot for our first F3 races on Saturday. Just cookin... tires and bikes did not like it one bit. The Metzelers worked good tho :)

Went up top to the embankment to watch Kirk in the 125GP's. He was havin a blinder and i felt for him when it went wrong as he had worked hard to get to the pointy end of the field where he was.

In F3; Glen Williams, Terry Fitzgerald and Stevie Woods lead the charge, dipping into the high 30's. Glen rode faultlessly all races, while Terry and Steve had both highs and lows (a win and a second, then a crash and DNF respectively).
I rode the hardest I ever had in my life. I seriously tried so hard and gave it my all, and could just hang with them for a lap or so, but was a second or two down. However, the way racing goes, our Team Green was there at the finish. We worked hard and got there and me and my team mate picked up 2nd and 3rd respectively for Round One and I placed 2nd in the NZGP.
Well knock my socks off, i was stoked.

But the ol' GW had a blinder and was right up there. I'll let him tell you's about that.

Karl Morgan in Pro-twins impressed. he had smooth and great pace.
Pity that Sam Love didn't make it to the sartline. While i've never met him, he seems like he has given it his all to be there this season. So to have it snatched away like that suks a bit.
Met Keystone19 for the first time and she was enjoying being back on a bike and hoping to get her pace back.

Anyways, Till next weekend
Feral

Now, where are those go faster pills...

[ArcherWC]

How come no mention of Trashy?

[gav]

Oi Skidmark, thought this thread was about Ruapuna, didnt see ya there??

Thrashy? Didn't turn up ........

[Kickaha]

How come no mention of Trashy?

He couldn't be bothered getting out of bed and turning up

WT is only doing the Teretonga round

[k14]

How come no mention of Trashy?
I believe that he is only doing the Teretonga round of the SI rounds.

[merv]

Gixxer Rubbish, some left overs from day 1

So that'd be an earlier air cooled version then with that air hole in the case?

[steve74]

hey feral boy!!

it was great to watch man, i forgot to tell you that i was shitting bricks when you were coming around the sweaper for the last time to take 2nd in the gp. you take a very wide line on to the straight, (hence you little trip to the grass in qualifying) Glen (agate) had come off his zxr on the exit and his bike was right on your racing line. I had some pretty nasty visions running through my head at that point but thankfully it was out of the way in the nick of time. Andy and i were screaming and yelling, we could both see what was going to happen.
early days yet mate but it must feel pretty good to be Glens closest challenger at this stage of the game.

keep it up son!!!

[gav]

He couldn't be bothered getting out of bed and turning up

WT is only doing the Teretonga round

Less corners, maybe? :laugh:

[Tim 39]

I dont have much time to write a detailed report (will be posted if I get the time) but basicly I got 1st 2nd and 3rd consecutively, Saturday was an awesome day and then Sunday Adam Chambers and I came together in turn 1, and he removed most of my exhaust in his last moments of being upright(ish) after that I did my best to try and beat Cam but Bike was a little slow with lack of exhaust, so got second with the fastest lap of the race. Next race after a lot of work on the bike, I got the holeshot and pulled a three second lead only to find my bike start cutting out, kept going but ended up third, still podium so still happy. Pulled the bike down again to find a fault with the plug cap had been causing the cutting out.
All fixed now and looking forward to Levels next weekend!!!

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