NZRRC Dates

[Shaun P]

So the southerners are expected to make 2 seperate trips over the channel?

That doesn't make sense at all...............................and going from last year that'd near make the Puke round the same weekend as the Manfeild Tri Series rnd 1......

Edit:

Just had a looksee at MNZ and found they have posted dates since I was on there this morning..........

Provisional dates:



Dec 12/13 - Pukekohe Park Raceway - Rnd 1 NZ Champs.

Dec 19 - Manfeild Park - Rnd 1 Tri Series.

Dec 26 - Boxing Day, Wanganui - Rnd 2 Tri Series.

Dec 27/28 - Taupo Raceway - Rnd 3 Tri Series.

Jan 17/18 - Ruapuna, Christchurch - Rnd 2 NZ Champs.

Jan 24/25 - Teretonga, Invercargill - Rnd 3 NZ Champs.

Jan 31/Feb 1 - Levels Raceway, Timaru - Rnd 4 NZ Champs.

Feb 14/15 - Manfeild Park - Rnd 5 NZ Champs.

Including Paeroa as well, that is a hell of a lot of racing, bitter sweet I guess for most!

[k14]

So the southerners are expected to make 2 seperate trips over the channel?

That doesn't make sense at all...............................and going from last year that'd near make the Puke round the same weekend as the Manfeild Tri Series rnd 1......


Feb 14/15 - Manfeild Park - Rnd 5 NZ Champs.

I hope they are provisional, those dates are a sunday and monday. Gee can't MNZ even look at a 2010 calendar?

The format brings up a very valid reason for allowing a competitor to drop his/her worst race/2 races or even meeting. I can 100% say I won't be going to pukekohe for the first round. Paying the best part of $1500k in ferry and travel expenses along with 3 days travel to race on the most boring and unsafe track in the country doesn't really do it for me. I wouldn't be surprised if there are other southerners that have the same opinion.

[oyster]

In the last few years it's "this is the last at Puke". I hate the place, it's far too dangerous. In the last three years I've attended there have been 3 fatalities. This year, none, a pleasant relief. But who can escape the realities of Sam Smith's and Avalon Biddle's crashes. They had seriously horrific possibilities with the armco taking a pretty scary bite out of both of them.
No one, especially our up and coming youth, should be forced to race a championship on such an unsafe circuit.

[racer40]

i thought if there was to be 2 NI rounds they were to be together for the southeners, also what happened to Hampton Downs ?

[Shaun S]

i thought if there was to be 2 NI rounds they were to be together for the southeners, also what happened to Hampton Downs ?

Yup so did I, and fuck knows!

[CHOPPA]

What a pain in the arse that is. I was considering not doing the full nats next season and that probably seals it. No way am I paying for two ferries in 3 months. Might just do SI and give Manfeild a miss too.

2 trips is better then 3 weeks off work

[scrivy]

What a pain in the arse that is. I was considering not doing the full nats next season and that probably seals it. No way am I paying for two ferries in 3 months. Might just do SI and give Manfeild a miss too.

Pay for 1 ferry and do the Tri-series !!!!! Meet lots of great people, and have a f'n ball!!

[brads]

i thought if there was to be 2 NI rounds they were to be together for the southeners, also what happened to Hampton Downs ?

Is the track going to be ready by december???

[ajturbo]

Interesting to see the different levels of competence being shown between the organisers of the tri series and the nats. Tri series organisers 5 months out have overseas riders booked, entries flowing in, press releases being released etc.....MNZ has some provisional dates, wonder which one will be more successful?

and i wonder who is going to organize the north Island ones....

[Rcktfsh]

Kiwi Racer website has posted that the MNZ press release dates are incorrect and are yet to be confirmed.

[Robert Taylor]

Interesting to see the different levels of competence being shown between the organisers of the tri series and the nats. Tri series organisers 5 months out have overseas riders booked, entries flowing in, press releases being released etc.....MNZ has some provisional dates, wonder which one will be more successful?

Little wonder that Suzuki have put money into the Tri Series. That is no reflection on the new regime at MNZ, there is some fixing to do and the new guys have certainly inherited a poisoned chalice.
With so much racing compressed into 3 months racers will be making decisions on where they will be racing and what the relative costs of getting to and fro will be. Its going to get interesting, if a MNZ National champs goes ahead it may well be a Claytons championship.

[Robert Taylor]

In the last few years it's "this is the last at Puke". I hate the place, it's far too dangerous. In the last three years I've attended there have been 3 fatalities. This year, none, a pleasant relief. But who can escape the realities of Sam Smith's and Avalon Biddle's crashes. They had seriously horrific possibilities with the armco taking a pretty scary bite out of both of them.
No one, especially our up and coming youth, should be forced to race a championship on such an unsafe circuit.

I hear what you are saying and I helped fix Sams bike, he was VERY lucky. The same argument though prevails for the street racing. I dread the day that a Superbike ( or any bike ) launches itself, goes through the chicken wire and ''sweeps'' a section of crowd. That will likely end street racing here in NZ.

[diesel pig]

if a MNZ National champs goes ahead it may well be a Claytons championship.

Ok you got me what do you mean by Claytons championship?

[Robert Taylor]

i thought if there was to be 2 NI rounds they were to be together for the southeners, also what happened to Hampton Downs ?

There is also another logistical issue, there is a lot of car racing going on at that time of the year. There are so many classes that they divide into ''Tier 1'' and ''Tier 2'', run as seperate meetings on seperate weekends.
Track owners probably earn a whole load more revenue and ticket sales from the car guys, it is therefore a reasonable assumption that they get first call re the dates.

[Robert Taylor]

Ok you got me what do you mean by Claytons championship?

Some of the normal distributor backed teams not showing up, for starters.
For instance if Robbie Bugden, Andrew Stroud, Craig Shirriffs and Hayden Fitzgerald didnt show the remaining distributor backed rider would be having a pretty hollow victory celebration.
It could yet happen.