Nationals - some results for round 1

[Bren_chch]

Superbikes: race 1

1st Bugden... 5 second lead to 2nd place stroud,
Shirriffs
Clee
Fitzgerald
Selfe
Frost
Gareth Jones 1 Lap

Wish i was there watching!!

Supersport: race 1

1st Gareth Jones, 2nd James Smith, 3rd nick cole

*Charlott ran off track.

Results live from Kirk Pritchard, on site news team :Punk:

[GSVR]

This sites updated soon after the races http://www.nzsbk.blogspot.com/

[Bren_chch]

ruin my fun why dont ya! :msn-wink:

[k14]

2nd supersport race just been run. Was a very closely fought race between Gareth Jones and James Smith with Jones prevailing in the end. On lap 4 or 5 Dennis Charlet dropped it in spectacular fashion with the bike cartwheeling through the air. He seemed to be ok.

Finishing off the top 3 was Nick Cole with Jay Lawrence on his Continental shod Maidstone Yamaha R6 coming in 4th and Jared Love finishing off the top 5. The 2007 champion Sam Smith managed to work his way back up to 6th after having a moment early on in the race.

The clubmans race has nearly finished off now with the 125's up next.

[k14]

A cracking 125 race has just concluded. Close racing with 4 riders, Cameron Jones, Tim Macarthur, Avalon Biddle and Jadan Hassan fighting tooth and nail for the top position. Going into turn 1 on the final lap both Cameron Jones and Avalon went down leaving Macarthur to take the win with Jadan Hassan in second and Ken Jones rounding off the podium.

This leaves Tim Macarthur as the clear winner of the first round with winning all three of the weekends races. The rest of the field is very closely fought with a few crashes and mechanical problems for the other riders.

Next up the 1000's hit the track!

[Shaun]

8 odd Superbikes hahaha god dam haha

Time to DROP the Superbike class, and RE introduce F2 with the rules as they once were with the SS600 being the main NZ Class structure?

Cheapish/ cost effective and a lot more of a show

[k14]

Yes sadly the superbikes aren't that full of riders but that definately doesn't mean the racing is any worse. The second race of the day has just finished and Bugden took the win just ahead of Stroud and Jones with Sherrifs in fourth place. After leading for the first few laps Sherrifs ran off track coming onto the straight and was relagated to fourth for the rest of the race.

So Bugden takes both of the days races with the rest of the field closely following.

Only one more race to run this weekend, the hotly contested streetstock 150's with a grid in the mid 30's, easily the biggest class down here.

[Bren_chch]

good work kirk, thanks for the updates!

[ajturbo]

Only one more race to run this weekend, the hotly contested streetstock 150's with a grid in the mid 30's, easily the biggest class down here.

dam i wish i was there to see that.... or even race in it... i could finish in the top 30!!!!:banana:

[dipshit]

I tried my hand at photographing bike racing for first time this weekend.

Many more if anybody is interested..???

[Tony.OK]

I tried my hand at photographing bike racing for first time this weekend.

Many more if anybody is interested..???

Nice pic man................keep em coming for us who can't be there:2thumbsup

[steve74]

so what happened in F3, the NZSBK site says that Glens main competition either crashed or DNF?

[dipshit]

Nice pic man................keep em coming for us who can't be there:2thumbsup


Ok... I'm in the process of uploading some to my online album.

http://www.Kiwipo.Racing.photoshare.co.nz

More will be in there later during the evening and the next few days.

[Bren_chch]

I tried my hand at photographing bike racing for first time this weekend.

Many more if anybody is interested..???


great photo! :)

[sparky10]

Anyone know what happened to streetstock rider in last race, he barrel rolled n race was red flagged, most people took off then me included.
It took Budgen to havea bad start for superbikes to b nothing but a one man show, he won after being 5 after 1st lap

[Kendog]

Ok... I'm in the process of uploading some to my online album.

http://www.Kiwipo.Racing.photoshare.co.nz

More will be in there later during the evening and the next few days.

Holy shit, those are some mint photos. Is this really your first go at bike photography?

What lens were you using on the 350?

[Tony.OK]

Holy shit, those are some mint photos. Is this really your first go at bike photography?

What lens were you using on the 350?

+1 dude........................really nice work:niceone::clap:

[dipshit]

Holy shit, those are some mint photos. Is this really your first go at bike photography?

Thanks, yep, first time at doing bike racing. Had been something I had been meaning to get around having a go at for some time.



What lens were you using on the 350?

Just a cheap Sigma 70-300 APO zoom. Most of the time was shooting around f/8 to keep slow shutter speeds for the motion effect... so fast glass wasn't that necessary.

[Kendog]

Thanks, yep, first time at doing bike racing. Had been something I had been meaning to get around having a go at for some time.




Just a cheap Sigma 70-300 APO zoom. Most of the time was shooting around f/8 to keep slow shutter speeds for the motion effect... so fast glass wasn't that necessary.

I was just looking at the rest of your galley, some really awesome photos.
The camera settings and gear is only one part (I was just curious), good composition is what makes the photo. You certainly have the eye for it :niceone:

[dipshit]

The camera settings and gear is only one part (I was just curious), good composition is what makes the photo. You certainly have the eye for it :niceone:

Yeah, even for the bike pics the same rules of composition, light, lines etc still apply. Actually all of those pics are from practice and qualifying on the Saturday when there were less crowds of people around to clutter up the backgrounds... :msn-wink:

[slowpoke]

8 odd Superbikes hahaha god dam haha

Time to DROP the Superbike class, and RE introduce F2 with the rules as they once were with the SS600 being the main NZ Class structure?

Cheapish/ cost effective and a lot more of a show

Nah, we just need something in place to encourage people to race in our premier class. At present you are actively discouraged from racing Superbikes by virtue of the fact you only get half the racing at club level.

Fix up the bunky cross entry rules and race Superbike/600's concurrently in 2 grades rather than by capacity. You could then have A and B grade 600 and Superbike champions, giving the not quite so quick riders something to race for and a progression path for our young racers coming through.

[Bren_chch]

Make it a superstock class and that would do it just fine.

[Shaun P]

Nah, we just need something in place to encourage people to race in our premier class. At present you are actively discouraged from racing Superbikes by virtue of the fact you only get half the racing at club level.

Fix up the bunky cross entry rules and race Superbike/600's concurrently in 2 grades rather than by capacity. You could then have A and B grade 600 and Superbike champions, giving the not quite so quick riders something to race for and a progression path for our young racers coming through.

I agree to a point but would rather see 1000's race with 1000's and 600's race with 600's a grading system would be useful within the classes but would need to be well regulated. MNZ needs some new thinking to move with the times as the current she'll be right mate attitude is obviously failing.

Ill start them off for nationals

- for non distributer backed privateers make entries free to the north island if you live in the south and same vice versa, watch the numbers grow...

-series entry discounts for privateers

- have incentives for the highest placed privateer per class

- get the industry wholesalers on board with descent packages for racers

- get distributers on board to help set up satellite teams/riders with established top level racers

- get distributers to offer incentives for the highest placing privateer using their machine per national round and recognised club events overall

- Use the Net more, watch live pay per view

or

do nothing :done:

[CHOPPA]

The pay per veiw is a good idea, maybe we should use speed-box hahahahaa

Obviously privateers are the guys that need the support those are the guys that make up the numbers, we dont have a lack of factory supported riders with 6 guys in superbike but you cant make it all to hard on them cause they are the guys everyone want to watch...

If there was free entry to the rounds there would be way more riders and it wouldnt effect them cause they basically didnt get f/a from entrys anyway

[Tony.OK]

I agree to a point but would rather see 1000's race with 1000's and 600's race with 600's a grading system would be useful within the classes but would need to be well regulated. MNZ needs some new thinking to move with the times as the current she'll be right mate attitude is obviously failing.

Ill start them off for nationals

- for non distributer backed privateers make entries free to the north island if you live in the south and same vice versa, watch the numbers grow...

-series entry discounts for privateers

- have incentives for the highest placed privateer per class

- get the industry wholesalers on board with descent packages for racers

- get distributers on board to help set up satellite teams/riders with established top level racers

- get distributers to offer incentives for the highest placing privateer using their machine per national round and recognised club events overall

- Use the Net more, watch live pay per view

or

do nothing :done:

Hahaa does common sense prevail over there in Oz?:crazy:
Very good ideas:2thumbsup

[j-lo69]

1000cc bikes will stay mnz cant be arsed getting rid of it coz it mite mean they have to do sumthng

[Bren_chch]

1000cc bikes will stay mnz cant be arsed getting rid of it coz it mite mean they have to do sumthng

1000cc bikes outsell any other bike in NZ, so why on earth would they get rid of them? They dont need to get rid of them.

[j-lo69]

yeh itll stay its still the most watched class no matter what the numbers.

[Tony.OK]

yeh itll stay its still the most watched class no matter what the numbers.

Yep...................nothin like seeing a SBK wheelie go wrong aye:2thumbsup:whistle:

[roadracingoldfart]

I agree to a point but would rather see 1000's race with 1000's and 600's race with 600's a grading system would be useful within the classes but would need to be well regulated. MNZ needs some new thinking to move with the times as the current she'll be right mate attitude is obviously failing.

Ill start them off for nationals

- for non distributer backed privateers make entries free to the north island if you live in the south and same vice versa, watch the numbers grow...

-series entry discounts for privateers

- have incentives for the highest placed privateer per class

- get the industry wholesalers on board with descent packages for racers

- get distributers on board to help set up satellite teams/riders with established top level racers

- get distributers to offer incentives for the highest placing privateer using their machine per national round and recognised club events overall

- Use the Net more, watch live pay per view

or

do nothing :done:

Ohhh Fuck ... dont tell me there is a clever biker amoungst us . Well done on some of your ideas.

Paul.

[Kickaha]

yeh itll stay its still the most watched class no matter what the numbers.

And the figures to back that up are where?

[CHOPPA]

And the figures to back that up are where?

Id agree with j-lol usually the superbike riders watch the 600s and vice versa and theres way more 600 riders to watch us hahaha

[wharfy]

Nice photo's :2thumbsup

[scracha]

1000cc bikes outsell any other bike in NZ, so why on earth would they get rid of them? They dont need to get rid of them.

Compulsory insurance and quadrupling of ACC will spell the end of 1000cc dick extensions my friend.

[CHOPPA]

Compulsory insurance and quadrupling of ACC will spell the end of 1000cc dick extensions my friend.

1000 makes a much more enjoyable road bike and race bike...

[scracha]

1000 makes a much more enjoyable road bike and race bike...

Disagree on the former but horses for courses and all that. As for the latter, too expensive for most tastes but I'm sure those wot can afford em have a blast.