Indoor Supercross, Vector Arena, Auckland? [Archive]

Teava

1st May 2008, 11:01

I thought Supercross tracks were suposed to be big!
So if they run it at Vector it would be a Arenacross, the start
straight would be like 15M long LOL

Goonrider

1st May 2008, 11:32

Ive seen the one they run at the Melbourne tennis centre. That was small but close and exciting racing

scott411

1st May 2008, 12:23

come on Troy, you know more than you are letting on,

weekend of the 13 of july (tarawera 100 weekend dam it)

will be a supercross and free style show, with bmx dirt jumping as well, top aussie / kiwi free stylers and mxers being signed up now,

will be tight racing, 8 gate start, lots of bar banging on a tight track,
the arena is bigger than you think,

Pukekohe MCC will be running the racing,

Ktmboy

1st May 2008, 12:50

Damn!! Can't ride in this one either because of the T100

Bugger.

camchain

1st May 2008, 13:24

I plan on finishing first place in T100, should take about an hour then shoot back up here. Quick tire change and into it.

Ktmboy

1st May 2008, 13:52

I plan on finishing first place in T100, should take about an hour then shoot back up here. Quick tire change and into it.

KLX300 doing no footers at the Vecter. You can borrow my Helicopter to get you back faster if you wish. That way you can have time to change your air filter.

Pierce

1st May 2008, 14:03

KLX300 doing no footers at the Vecter. You can borrow my Helicopter to get you back faster if you wish. That way you can have time to change your air filter.

And drop the trans oil too:niceone:

camchain

1st May 2008, 14:39

KLX300 doing no footers at the Vecter. You can borrow my Helicopter to get you back faster if you wish. That way you can have time to change your air filter.

Nice one KTMBoy, but I think I've already had a ride in that chopper. Is it the one that has Wespac Resue written on it?
I've been sprung! Thanks for reminding me. yes forgot that I'm still on the KLX300. I'll have to source a bikini fairing for it, should cut an extra 5 mins off T100 time. This will allow ample for bumping up preload for my No-Footers. No-Brainer really. problem solved. Cheers dude!

BTW I actually run without an airfilter for more power. I never miss my seat grabs either, with all that free space under there. Thanks for the tip Pierce. Dropping that trans oil will give a good weight reduction.

Goonrider

2nd May 2008, 08:41

Yeh ok scotty you got me. Didnt want to spill the beans if it was not confirmed. Hey i heard our Rhinos going to kick butt at Tekawhata

Ktmboy

2nd May 2008, 12:51

Yeh ok scotty you got me. Didnt want to spill the beans if it was not confirmed. Hey i heard our Rhinos going to kick butt at Tekawhata

Great, now we have Rhino and Mule racing. Will they be coming to Vecter as well?
Congrats to Branden on the weekend:clap:. Will the juniors be doing the Supercross as well(on bikes).

Goonrider

2nd May 2008, 15:39

Yeh juniors are at Vector. Thanks for the congrats. Rhino racing here we come.

cheese

2nd May 2008, 19:29

How the feck are you going to lay a track out in there? and you are going to have to get some mean ventilation going!!

arj127

2nd May 2008, 20:46

How the feck are you going to lay a track out in there? and you are going to have to get some mean ventilation going!!

obviously you didn't go to the mystery creek supercross 2000. They have big fans pumping the air out. Shouldn't be too much of a problem now that 80% of the bikes are four strokers.

Awesome news PMCC, i'll be there for sure (i remember mentioning about a supercross at vector arena in the manukau supercross posts). Need any help, just pm me.

Allright, another supercross :yes:

telliman

2nd May 2008, 20:58

obviously you didn't go to the mystery creek supercross 2000. They have big fans pumping the air out. Shouldn't be too much of a problem now that 80% of the bikes are four strokers.

Awesome news PMCC, i'll be there for sure (i remember mentioning about a supercross at vector arena in the manukau supercross posts). Need any help, just pm me.

Allright, another supercross :yes:

i reckon that track at mystrey was bigger than the manukau sx!

arj127

2nd May 2008, 21:08

i reckon that track at mystrey was bigger than the manukau sx!

for sure it was, but i'm wrapped that someone is prepared to stage another supercross in Auckland, and so soon. Go PMCC

Teava

7th May 2008, 09:32

Any More updates on this??
Is it still going ahead?

Scott?
Troy?

Anyone!!

jimmy 2006

7th May 2008, 20:53

they better hurry up and start advertising. if they want to draw the crowds.
i thought that was one thing that could be improved from manukau.

ricey

7th May 2008, 21:27

I've just seen the proof for the posters, when its been authorised I will post it up. But there will be plenty of radio advertising as The Rock are involved.
Should all start next week!

Teava

8th May 2008, 08:28

Thanks Ricey!

Im pretty sure that this will sell out, im trying to organise a group from
overseas this is why i wanted to know if it was still go.

Cheers

Teava

8th May 2008, 14:19

Found this article http://www.vectorarena.co.nz/index.cfm/pageid/2/EventID/50/Event/Supercross+Gravity+Games/

Gravity Games!!! this is going to be insane!! not just one day of dirt jumping
fun in the Vector but 2! !!

SICK!!:2thumbsup

arj127

14th May 2008, 18:51

http://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/event/240040ACEDFB114C?artistid=1223362&majorcatid=10004&minorcatid=25

Tickets are not on sale yet. I will be there for sure though, can't wait.

Pierce

16th May 2008, 14:26

Should be cool, if only this was the teaser before we went to the SX final in the states but will still be cool. Anything involving dirt bikes and or racing is enough to get me off the couch haha or on it if it's on tv

arj127

25th May 2008, 12:24

tickets are now on sale. Ticketmaster website shows it is for one night, although i'm sure the tv advert says two nights. If it is two nights, anyone figured out which night the supercross will be on??

scott411

25th May 2008, 14:07

it will be saturday and sunday night

arj127

25th May 2008, 15:21

Thanx Scott, still not sure wether they will be splitting the supercross and freestyle in to two different nights though. Any idea??

scott411

25th May 2008, 15:22

no its freestyle and racing both nights, its a big show, with fireworks, dancing girls the whole bang

Danger

25th May 2008, 15:22

I wasn't to keen on going to this but my wife wants to go so I guess I have to.:blink:

arj127

25th May 2008, 17:32

no its freestyle and racing both nights, its a big show, with fireworks, dancing girls the whole bang

So does that mean the racing will come down to finals in night two??
Sorry, just trying to figure out which night to go to

scott411

25th May 2008, 17:54

basically going to be two 1 day events, no points between them,

going ot be more like the us series than normal nz supercross series, one final a night and the qualifiers will be part of the show,

each class will have 2 heats, top 3 out of each heat qualify for the final, then one lcq with the top 2 making the 8 rider final,

dammad1

25th May 2008, 19:30

ricey

27th May 2008, 14:55

Here is the poster for the event.

krad_nz

29th May 2008, 23:27

Girl friend got two tickets for this on the Sat.

Most excellent birthday present I think :)

jimmy 2006

30th May 2008, 07:37

i have still not heard of any advertising.

another flop in the making??? i really hope not.

Teava

30th May 2008, 09:21

i have still not heard of any advertising.

another flop in the making??? i really hope not.

Its been all over the rock and demon energy have been promoting it
as well

scott411

30th May 2008, 12:09

i have still not heard of any advertising.

another flop in the making??? i really hope not.

and just when was this last flop you refer to ?????

jimmy 2006

30th May 2008, 13:13

not so much a flop, i just really want these events to do well and pull decent crowds.
bigger crowds = more interest from sponsors in the future = more events for people like me to get along to = better for the sport. :banana:

so many empty seats at the manukau SX. heaps of people that i talked to after the event did not even know that it had happened...................

SpikedPunch

30th May 2008, 14:08

Girl friend got two tickets for this on the Sat.

Most excellent birthday present I think :)

Yup. Better enjoy it!!:eek:

Danger

30th May 2008, 16:59

Its been advertised on TV quite a bit this week. Looks like my wife is shouting me for my birthday too. I'm still a bit ho hum about it all though.:crazy:

telliman

30th May 2008, 18:39

i have still not heard of any advertising.

another flop in the making??? i really hope not.

cheer up dude,
at leased you;ve heard abt it!!! wat else matters?

jimmy 2006

31st May 2008, 09:01

ah, fuck it.

all i meant is i hope it is a success

scott411

30th June 2008, 17:19

hey Guys,

SX at Vector is now one night only,

rider lists for the Sx are now up at www.pukemx.com

see you there,

vr4king

30th June 2008, 18:26

Got my tickets boys night out from the Naki should be mint

dammad1

30th June 2008, 19:52

hey Guys,

SX at Vector is now one night only,

rider lists for the Sx are now up at www.pukemx.com

see you there,

Not a big field.

scott411

30th June 2008, 20:36

8 gate start, can not fit many more in the programme,

was only ever going to be this many riders

Pierce

3rd July 2008, 12:55

I'm confused... so it's only one night now? WHICH NIGHT? I'm guessing saturday?

krad_nz

12th July 2008, 16:44

Tonight people! Well I'm assuming it is.

Someone told me you can still get tickets for the Sunday show so maybe its not been called off after all.

Starts at 19:30 tonight.

Danger

12th July 2008, 17:09

I think its only one night now, well the SX anyway?

Buddy L

13th July 2008, 15:03

i went last night (saturday)
And they managed to fit in alot of track for the space.
A double and a tripple in row!!.
Was very good and well done to all the people involved

arj127

13th July 2008, 15:12

Man, that Robbie Marshall is a good rider, where did he come from?
I also felt Jesse Wiki rode very well too.

Great event, thanx Pukekohe motorcycle club.:woohoo:

scott411

13th July 2008, 15:29

Robbie Marshell is from Queensland, great rider, rode freestyle and both classes, he rides mostly freestyle in aussie and the queensland championships,

i thought Jesse Rode Well as well, Hurley proved his class tho,

i think the 85 racing was awesome, Dale Fear, Haki Waller, Royden White and Brandon Tipene were great, Dale pulled hte trigger with the block pass when he needed to, it was a great race, and all the families and boys all are freinds and have respect for each other, they are going to race together for a long time, and it will be good to watch,

big thanks to all the guys and that helped me out, 25 members of the pukekohe club helped out on the night,

vr4king

13th July 2008, 18:19

Was a great night.........Highlight was the little fellas on the KTM's the kid who came off gained my respect big time,And the 16yo freestyle kid was very impresive

arj127

13th July 2008, 18:31

Robbie Marshell is from Queensland, great rider, rode freestyle and both classes, he rides mostly freestyle in aussie and the queensland championships,

Mainly freestyle!!
That dude should be focusing solely on mx/sx, it seemed to me he was riding as quickly and smoothly as Hurles was.

dammad1

13th July 2008, 19:20

Was a good night but Vector is just to small. I would love to see one run at Ericsson or somewhere similar.

Buddy L

13th July 2008, 20:16

Was a great night.........Highlight was the little fellas on the KTM's the kid who came off gained my respect big time,And the 16yo freestyle kid was very impresive

The Kid in the outside gate flipped over backwards as well,
peppy little 50's:pinch:

scott411

13th July 2008, 20:43

Was a good night but Vector is just to small. I would love to see one run at Ericsson or somewhere similar.

your right there, it is a tight fit, can you imagine what a track at erickson would have looked like after the rain we had in the afternoon,

i had earphones on most of hte night, what was the noise level like?

Motoworld Powersports

13th July 2008, 21:54

Thanks to the organisers and Scotty and the crew from the Puke club for putting on a memorable weekend. Our friends from Aussie Dale fear (85cc winner) just thought the weekend was awesome. Also looking after Metzger for the whole weekend was just awesome for the kids. I cant say anything more about how awesome of a guy Metz was. Just for the record i block passed him at Siverdale kart track today and took the chequered flag:woohoo:

dammad1

13th July 2008, 22:31

your right there, it is a tight fit, can you imagine what a track at erickson would have looked like after the rain we had in the afternoon,

i had earphones on most of hte night, what was the noise level like?

Yep that is the benefit of being indoors if only we had a bigger stadium.

It was very loud, the ears were still ringing a few hours later.

krad_nz

13th July 2008, 23:04

Had a great night. Thought it was pretty well done given the space available.

Really enjoyed the racing... probably more than the free style which surprised me, but still all good :2thumbsup

Pierce

15th July 2008, 09:13

Really enjoyed the racing... probably more than the free style which surprised me, but still all good :2thumbsup

Haha good stuff:Punk: racing IMO is so much better:wari:

Husky125

15th July 2008, 10:31

Great Night enjoyes it just for the fact of having mx inside a building like that. And with regards to noise it was quite loud found i had to shout to communicate with the people next to be but no worse that going to a concert in the same venue

Reckless

15th July 2008, 10:39

I couldn't go but my good mates boy Jesse Donnelly was racing there #6. He came 5th over all not bad for a young up and comer.
Bummed I missed it!

SpikedPunch

15th July 2008, 13:08

Had a really good time:)

CRF119

15th July 2008, 15:27

Hey has any body got any pics or vids to share? I didnt go as i was picking up a new MX bike for a mate.

scott411

15th July 2008, 15:50

jsut found out,

it will be screened on Sky Sport on the 25th of July, with 4 repeats afterward

arj127

15th July 2008, 17:59

I couldn't go but my good mates boy Jesse Donnelly was racing there #6. He came 5th over all not bad for a young up and comer.
Bummed I missed it!

Yeah, i thought he rode really well also. Pretty quick rider, was jumping all the whoops like the top riders were.

Buddy L

15th July 2008, 19:53

Hey has any body got any pics or vids to share? I didnt go as i was picking up a new MX bike for a mate.

They were stopping people taking in their big flash camera's, but letting in the point and shoot type.
Im sure, this was the photo master their that night.
http://archive.holeshot.co.nz/c/holeshot
Photos arn't up yet.

I like the quote from the MC "who likes the 10 secound girl"
i miss heard, and heard "who likes a 10 secound girl":dodge:

krad_nz

15th July 2008, 20:38

Couple of vids for the team :headbang:

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Taken with my N73 cell phone so its not super quality but good enough :second:

Good jump at the end of the second one.

Danger

16th July 2008, 00:54

Thanks for the vid. Doesn't look like very close racing. I assume the one rider tripling was winning easily all night?

Pierce

16th July 2008, 10:41

Thanks for the vid. Doesn't look like very close racing. I assume the one rider tripling was winning easily all night?

He was riding a Yamaha so I assume not. My guess is that Hurlz was dominating like the Manukau event?

Didn't go but wish I did. Looked like quite a good turn out!:rockon:

Goonrider

16th July 2008, 10:50

That was Robbie Marshall from Aussie. He won the 250F class easy. Also gave Hurley a close one in the 450F class on a 250 2 stroke. As well as doing back flips. He was the man for me on the night. Thanks for the vids it was an awesome night.

scott411

16th July 2008, 13:27

Thanks for the vid. Doesn't look like very close racing. I assume the one rider tripling was winning easily all night?

racing for the finals was not really that great, 450 final was pretty close between 1st and 2nd, tehn 3rd 4th and 5th was pretty close,

most the guys that made the final were trippling early on, that video must be near the end of hte 250 final,