Endurance Racing @ Pukekohe [Archive]

That Guy

28th January 2005, 09:03

A 300km Endurance race is being planned at Pukekohe on the 8th of May. only F1 & F2; with GP125 support races and Post Classic support races.

should be a lotta fun. 180 laps or so? Whoever fronts up to race will need a pit crew 'cause its a lot of work endurance racing and you'll probably need a tyre change as well as refuels of course.

Sudeep I reckon this would be an awesome challenge for ya...! Chris get that K5 out....I'm too chicken....

http://www.vktracktime.co.nz

White trash

28th January 2005, 09:26

A 300km Endurance race is being planned at Pukekohe on the 8th of May. only F1 & F2; with GP125 support races and Post Classic support races.

should be a lotta fun. 180 laps or so? Whoever fronts up to race will need a pit crew 'cause its a lot of work endurance racing and you'll probably need a tyre change as well as refuels of course.

Sudeep I reckon this would be an awesome challenge for ya...! Chris get that K5 out....I'm too chicken....

http://www.vktracktime.co.nz

Holy shit! That's me!

Do you have a 2 rider team or is it single rider?

Who's quick at changing Gixxer 1K wheels?

Fuck me, where's the entry forms......

Motoracer

28th January 2005, 10:43

Oooooohh, arrrrrrr.... 180 laps sounds fucking insane!!!!! Hmmmm, I'll definetly investigate on the matter further. If it looks like a go, this could be quite fun.

Cheers Guy for bringing this up!

Two Smoker

28th January 2005, 10:53

What if... you used road tyres and not change them at all??? So when others change tyres, you keep going.....

Wish i could do it.....

gpercivl

28th January 2005, 11:02

I'm gonna try to be out there, we did the first 4 hour at Manfield in 2000 on an R6 and managed the whole distance on one set of tyres (179 laps), the rear SC-2 was stuffed and so too was the brake pads by the end...we finished 11th out of 30 riders in the 600 class, refuelling every 50mins or so.

Quite a few extra rules to think about, pit crew in overalls & balaclavas, fast fuel dispensers etc. Plus physical fitness is important.

Just have to find a proddy bike to ride now :msn-wink:

Bob

9th February 2005, 03:36

I have no idea if your event is to be run to international rules, but just in case it is, this is a link to the summary of rules and classes on the official World Motorcycle Endurance Championship website. (http://www.worldendurance.com/vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,4778-123499-124806-16227-52708-custom-item,00.html)

(I used to work for these people in the 1st year of the championship - I think there is still a fair bit of my stuff about in there)

SlowSteve

9th February 2005, 20:00

Bummer it clashes with the final round of the Pacific series in Taupo.
08 May 2005 Taupo Road Race Pacific M.C.C Summer Series Rd 4

FROSTY

9th February 2005, 20:33

everything seems to clash with pacific club racing--argggggg :angry2: :angry2: