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

[Devil]

My father just pointed this article out. WTF are they thinking? Sucks being a minority sport.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news...ectid=10867301

[Devil]

I love it how they say the barriers are removeable. Yeah right, if it's hard enough to move milk bottle bales, then I dont see a concrete barrier getting moved... ever.

[budda]

Cant for the life of me understand why ANY of us are surprised .............

[Maha]

Couple of ''telling'' comments here...

a) Racing operations manager Greg Mitchell said, ''Counties Racing wanted motorcycle events to continue at Pukekohe but would not comment further''

b) ''V8 officials say the barriers are removable, but the track owners are not commenting on whether they will do that''

Translation.....a) We can't please everyone ......and b) in a word...NO.

[Voltaire]

wondering....why are Auckland ratepayers contirubuting to a track owned privately? would it not have been better to complete HD and forget about Puke?

Did a bit of a search and appears to be owned partly by members of Counties Racing, as in horse racing. Anyone care to explain that relationship?

[FJRider]

Did a bit of a search and appears to be owned partly by members of Counties Racing, as in horse racing. Anyone care to explain that relationship?

Did your research not show that the Pukekohe park raceway incorporates a horse racing track ... ????

What a coincidence that Counties Racing own part of the road race track ...

[Voltaire]

Did your research not show that the Pukekohe park raceway incorporates a horse racing track ... ????

What a coincidence that Counties Racing own part of the road race track ...

Owned by members of the Counties Racing Club, not the club itself....unless thats owned by 3 or 4 guys.

[trustme]

I was told that the land belongs to the council but is leased to the racing club. I always thought the club owned it.
Another thread suggested that Motorsport NZ had an interest in it along with Manfield, Ruapuna & others but apparently not.
For the sake of clarity , does anyone know who owns what ??

HEB is a name I keep hearing then I am told it's BS

[Voltaire]

First I did a Pukekohe Racetrack search.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukekohe_Park_Raceway
Pasted Pukekohe Park Limited into the Companys Search


PUKEKOHE PARK LIMITED (1480637)

Company number: 1480637

Incorporation Date: 10 Feb 2004

Company Status: Registered

Entity type: NZ Limited Company

Constitution filed: No




AR filing month: July , last filed on 16 Jul 2012




Company Addresses:
Registered Office
Campbell Tyson Ltd, 7 Hall Street, Pukekohe, Auckland, 2120 , New Zealand


Address for service
Campbell Tyson Ltd, 7 Hall Street, Pukekohe, Auckland, 2120 , New Zealand

View all addresses

Directors Showing 2 of 2 directors


Douglas Heywood LINKHORN
761 Kaiaua Road, Rd 3, Pokeno, 2473 , New Zealand


David William SUTTON
54 Titi Road, Rd 3, Pukekohe, 2678 , New Zealand

search the names and see what comes up...

CRC Committee

CHAIRMAN

Darryl Butson

VICE CHAIRMAN

Dave Sutton

HONORARY TREASURER

Robert Price



DIRECTORS

Wi Pere

Kerry Stove

Bob Tangaroa

Mark Taylor

Harvey Wadham

[FJRider]

First I did a Pukekohe Racetrack search.

You should have searched "Counties Racing Club"

http://www.countiesracing.co.nz/

THEY own it.

[Voltaire]

You should have searched "Counties Racing Club"

http://www.countiesracing.co.nz/

THEY own it.

if you say so.....

Although Pukekohe Park Raceway is better known internationally as a motor racing circuit, it is primarily a horse racing circuit in New Zealand. It is located 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) south of Auckland City in the North Island. The track is now owned by Pukekohe Park Limited.

[scott411]

if you say so.....

the track is owned by Counties Racing CLub,

the Racing Club did not always own the race track, they only brought it all about 10 years ago from memory, the owner of the car/bike race track before that was a family most known for owning HEB Contractors, but they own a bit of stuff around the franklin area as well, (sorry cant remember the family name at this stage)

the old pit buildings were actually owned by someone else as well,

I know this as when this happened, i was the motorcycle rep on the Enterprise Franklin Motorsport Committee, which was formed to look into the motorsport devolpment in the area, with a motorsport hub being one of the targets, both Counties Racing, and the then to be devolped Hampton Downs had reps on the committee, like most council run things it did not get much acheived,

also interesting in those meetings was the Hampton rep wanting Pukekohe back then to put there hireage rates up before they had even opened,

[Grumph]

These things go in cycles...Budda may be old enough to remember the bloody Armco that sprung up everywhee in the 70's...and i mean bloody too. By the end of the 70's - mid 80's that safety theory was out of favour and we started getting huge runoff areas instead...
wait long enough and a combination of economics - limited circuit use equals lost revenue - and that sort of barrier going out of fashion again and who knows what changes we'll see.

[Kickaha]

Budda may be old enough to remember the bloody Armco that sprung up everywhee in the 70's...and i mean bloody too. By the end of the 70's - mid 80's that safety theory was out of favour and we started getting huge runoff areas instead..

I am sure the sweeper at Ruapuna used to have Armco on the outside of it when I went to the first Sound of Thunder

[carburator]

im certainly not going to go on about the in's and out's of pukekohe raceway
it's convoluted at the best of times and in honest, if the horsey lot had there
way there would be no motorsport at all...

The barriers in question are removable as they are just linked ( think old school meduim barriers )
its literally a day and a hiab truck and its done.

excuse the pun but nothing is set in concrete yet..