New Zealand Superbikes and Grand Prix

[Dreama]

Fark me, am i in LA or NZ.....break out the lawyers shall we? I honestly thought Kiwi's were better than that, but looks like I'm wrong again. Just like I was wrong about Kiwi's giving everyone a fair go. For everyone who thinks Stroudy gets special treatment there are just as many people who want to knock him down because he's successful. Well guess what, his ride in the second part of race 2 showed exactly WHY he's successful. Just as the stewards didn't quite know what to do, Stroudy also had no idea if his efforts would be rewarded, yet he still went out and put his body on the line.

For all you keyboard warriors knocking the marshall's for their effort I'd love to see you lot put on the spot. And if Scott Moir had rolled up for the restart I'd put money on the the same people who think Stroudy shouldn't have started saying "Oh what's the harm, let him race!".

Motorcycle racing was the winner on Sunday, even if Stroudy wasn't, and I'm fuckin' glad i was there to see it whatever the result as was everyone else hangin' and hootin' over the pit wall. After seeing the guy rolling into the pits with battered bike and body, an embarrassed smile on his face (never seen someone smiling after crashing), help fix his own bike then go straight back out and do what he did was one of the most inspirational things I've seen in my life.

Choose your attitude, choose your result, so lets celebrate the good stuff:, great to see Craig Shirrifs have some overdue reward (especially at Ruapuna) for his efforts, along with Dan Stauffer/Brian Bernard who deserve some support to keep going. Fingers crossed they find it, the series will be poorer without them in it. Great effort by the commentators, was one of the mor
interesting" commentary's and definitely not the usual dry as weetbix efforts at most sporting events. Also, well done by the MCI team, apart from some very unusual circumstances you took everything in you stride and ran a very smooth event. As a result I'll definitely be back.......whether you like it or not.

I'm with you Spud ... well said mate.
I've been involved with coaching sports teams for years and I see the same thing .... lot's of advisers, critics and baggers .... but when it comes to the actual 'doing something about it' bit the silence is deafening. And the old excuse of 'too busy to help' is bullshit .... like Billy said, we all work long hours. It comes down to the simple fact that some (most) are takers and some (very few) are natural givers ... I applaud the administrators, committee people, track workers and all the other volunteer helpers for their selfless contribution. As for the Stroudy thing ... well the word 'legend' gets used for all sorts of titles now ... but despite that, he is a true legend in this sport. His committment year after year, the expectations he carries, all those kids .... fuck, I get tired just thinking about it. I'm bloody glad he was able to get back on the track ... wish I'd been there to see it.

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...the other side to the decision to let Stroud back out was that 'the 65% completed', part was contentious, both ways at the time...the teams calculations and officials calculations were the all important 'crux of the biscuit'...how much a heinous crime, and how much shit would the officials get, if he proved later that he was correct...and he had been stopped...why anyone wants to become an official run meetings and take shit and abuse, give up their time, their racing, beats me...but we still do it...why?.... because there couldn't be a sport without us....wanna get professionals to do it...sounds fucking good to me...what weet-bix box do they fall out of....

[MVnut]

I really enjoyed the race and feel Andrew should have been allowed to start in the race because of the uncertainty of his 65%. However the regrid was a farce with Andrew initially going to the front....it was the job of the officals to make sure the riders were aware of grid restart positions prior to the warmup lap !!!!!!!(were they?) Unfortunately Robbie Bugden's bike overheated because of delays, we (spectators) were cheated ?? out of an even better race, yes I blame the officials.