Pukekohe alterations for V8s. Making the 'hill' more dangerous

[slowpoke]

Why this absolute need to race bikes at Puke? The best solution put forward still leaves a pretty dodgy result....so why bother?

HD and Taupo are just up the road, so speak with your feet.

[FROSTY:Me]

You must not speak of race club!

Out of interest, what are the barriers directly behind the barriers made of? I do understand the lack of run off sucks, but there's not exactly much run off to speak of there anyway

Mon theres a lot of difference between 4m of runoff and NONE. Ive seen a fair few guys "loose it" on the hill and gather it up enough on the grass to come to a halt or in one case (might not be that corner)gather it up and pass another rider to go on and win the race and the national title.

[FROSTY:Me]

Why this absolute need to ride bikes ever?

Thar ya go editited and with the answer built in for you.

[ducatilover]

Mon theres a lot of difference between 4m of runoff and NONE. Ive seen a fair few guys "loose it" on the hill and gather it up enough on the grass to come to a halt or in one case (might not be that corner)gather it up and pass another rider to go on and win the race and the national title.

I didn't realise they'd blocked off that much run off, I now see what the fuss is about.

[slowpoke]

Thar ya go editited and with the answer built in for you.

That's an answer? You've been talking to my missus haven't you?

[scracha]

It is pretty bonkers. The open wheel car guys and some of the car trackdayers aren't impressed either. Close up photos show some sorta poles in ground holding the concrete in place. Wonder if the poles can be unscrewed and the concrete blocks simply removed after the V8's fark off every year? Really needs some land bought next to track and airfences. I wasn't prepared to race there before and since this latest addition I wouldn't even do a trackday/training there.

I could have seen some sort of safety compromise using cones before the hill or summit but Castrol Corner onto the long back straight can't be safe IMHO without some sort of runoff.

Read on some other forum a theory about the blocks being leftovers from the Hamilton street farce and that it's part of the V8 organisers "contribution" to the track in order to get all that lovely taxpayers money that's being wasted on the track in order to keep V8's there.

[FROSTY:Me]

That's an answer? You've been talking to my missus haven't you?

LMAO--nahh mate. I reckon I'm a Hypocritical barsteward when it comes to pukie.
I've ridden and raced at the place for comeing up thirty years now and Have always FOR ME loved racing there.
Getting Jennian right is just an amazing feeling. Screw up the "esses" and you'll have no drive into castrol.
I remember many many years ago asking Paul Pav how to get castrol right and his reply was. "when you feel like your arse has puckered so hard its sucking the seat up--Then turn"
The speed on the back :"straight" you don't get anywhere else in NZ.Getting it right over the "hill" so the front end is light is just magic.
Yet I refused to run a track day there because it's too dangerous. -My life my choice but other peoples lives I wasn't prepared to risk.

[Mental Trousers]

Read on some other forum a theory about the blocks being leftovers from the Hamilton street farce and that it's part of the V8 organisers "contribution" to the track in order to get all that lovely taxpayers money that's being wasted on the track in order to keep V8's there.

They're using some of those barriers on SH3 down Mokau way to prevent debris from a cliff face getting onto the road.

[malcy25]

HD and Taupo are just up the road, so speak with your feet.

Cos really they're both shit.

I've 28 years under my belt at Puke and I treat aspects with caution, but there is some fantastics bits to it too.

And I get pissed off when arrogant people just think the world revolves around themselves (Ie the V8 boys rolling in and doing their own thing at every one elses expense).

[FROSTY:Me]

And I get pissed off when arrogant people just think the world revolves around themselves (Ie the V8 boys rolling in and doing their own thing at every one elses expense).

Truth be known the only reason they can is because they have been allowed to by everyone else involved.
-if everybody else that uses the track said fuck off you arent doing that they would find a workable alternative.
Personally I thought that the "hill" should be sealed right up to the actual wall for 50m in either direction. White track edge paint to mark the edge of the track and airfence.

My thinking being that the crashes Ive seen there the grass does nothing to slow you down-if anything the oposite. Seal would offer 50% of guys the chance to recover. The others would hit the airfence anyway.

[jellywrestler]

My thinking being that the crashes Ive seen there the grass does nothing to slow you down-if anything the oposite. Seal would offer 50% of guys the chance to recover. The others would hit the airfence anyway.

maybe the grass doesn't slow one done but it reduces the risk of a rider being chucked back out into the oncoming traffic

[FROSTY:Me]

maybe the grass doesn't slow one done but it reduces the risk of a rider being chucked back out into the oncoming traffic

hey mon I'm no expert but the track can be bone dry and that grass as slippery as ice (from rain) At times its looked to me that the bikes ACCELERATED as they hit the grass rather than the intended slow down. Maybee they just stopped slowing and Ive got old eyes

[budda]

hey mon I'm no expert but the track can be bone dry and that grass as slippery as ice (from rain) At times its looked to me that the bikes ACCELERATED as they hit the grass rather than the intended slow down. Maybee they just stopped slowing and Ive got old eyes

I dont know anyone who heads for the grass in an attempt to slow down !!!!!!!!!!

[malcy25]

Truth be known the only reason they can is because they have been allowed to by everyone else involved.

want to be careful making such a statement gien the involvement many people have had thus far.

[FROSTY:Me]

I dont know anyone who heads for the grass in an attempt to slow down !!!!!!!!!!

Point being that you don't slow before you hit the wall anyway.At least if the bike is still on its wheels you stand a show of stopping it before hitting the wall if its sealed.I always thought it should be kitty litter there. I know one reason its not is the track flooding would cause a torrent of kitty litter on the track there.