Round 3 North Island Series at Roys Hill INFO

**grantnz** · 4th October 2010, 19:33

Originally Posted by Henk

Nice work, thanks, confirms that I'm slow

Nah... just means there were some B Graders that should have been in A Grade. ( And some people wearing DayGlo Orange vests )

**Henk** · 4th October 2010, 19:45

Originally Posted by grantnz

Nah... just means there were some B Graders that should have been in A Grade. ( And some people wearing DayGlo Orange vests )

Not sure how you manage that in your neck of the woods. Up here if you start going a bit fast JC will put a stop watch on you and if you come in under 34 seconds you get the boot up. Keeps the B grade safe with less speeddiference but has made the A grade a bit intense. We've had 33 people sign on for 18 spots in the points races.
Hard enough to qualify, let alone score points.

**NSR143** · 4th October 2010, 19:55

thats why we need a timing system... qualifing for these NI races would be the icing on the cake.

**Str8 Jacket** · 4th October 2010, 20:07

Originally Posted by NSR143

thats why we need a timing system... qualifing for these NI races would be the icing on the cake.

The bloody organisers better pull finger then, eh!!!

**Henk** · 4th October 2010, 20:11

There are a couple of options around now that are less expensive than the full on transponder systems used at real bike racing, still not cheap though. Check out Zoomius and Hardcards on the interwebs.

**grantnz** · 4th October 2010, 20:17

Originally Posted by NSR143

thats why we need a timing system... qualifing for these NI races would be the icing on the cake.

In a 10 lap race I can time 4 bikes with one stop watch, one lap per bike. 3 people on Sat practice 10 mins could do 12 bikes. Only a rough idea I know, but sorts the A's from the B's for raceday Sunday and gives the riders an idea of where they should be, what to aim for, or if they are improving or not.

**Shorty_925** · 4th October 2010, 20:24

Superpole Saturday? Could be a bit of fun.

**Henk** · 4th October 2010, 20:28

You only get timed if JC thinks you are going a bit fast for the B grade.
Theory is that the B grade is an invitation class to keep things a bit safer.
When you get the boot your points stay behind.
It does work though, scariest time to be on track is in open practice when the speed differentials and lines taken can vary quite a bit from rider to rider, and the less experienced can get freaked out as they get strafed by the faster guys and don't know to hold their line when they hear someone come up from behind.

**Henk** · 4th October 2010, 20:30

Originally Posted by Shorty_925

Superpole Saturday? Could be a bit of fun.

Only time I've seen superpole run is at the 2 hour, great fun but consumes quite some time.

**Shorty_925** · 4th October 2010, 21:54

a few more.

**koba** · 5th October 2010, 06:30

Originally Posted by Henk

scariest time to be on track is in open practice when the speed differentials and lines taken can vary quite a bit from rider to rider, and the less experienced can get freaked out as they get strafed by the faster guys and don't know to hold their line when they hear someone come up from behind.

The other side of the coin on that is I found that a great way to learn.