NZ Superbike 2013 Championship - Kiwibike Insurance Round 5

**Skunk** · 13th February 2013, 16:26

Public viewing tickets:
Weekend pass $30 (presale)
Weekend Pass at gate - $35.00
1 Day only $20 (Presale)
1 day only pass at gate - $25.00
Kids under 12 free
Grandstand admission - $45 for w/e
Kids Grandstand - $15
Embankment parking - $10 for w/e

First bikes are on track at 8:30am each day!

Meet the Riders at The Shed on Friday night.

For the Competitors:
Pit garages are $100 per day and MUST be taken for all three days Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Ricoh Taupo Motorsport Park are holding TWO test days for the event, one on the Thursday and on the Friday. Both are $100 per bike and garage hire for the Thursday is $25.00.
Corporate Suites are $250 per day.
Please direct all garage bookings or any other enquiries to admin@tauporacetrack.co.nz

Our online Entry Form is here: http://www.vicclub.co.nz/nationals_13.php

Classes for this Round are:
Superlite/Protwin
Supersport
Sidecars
Development class
125 GP
250 Production
Open (Support Class: F1 and F2 bikes qualify)
Superbike

Development class will be run on Track 2 (short track) and all other classes will be on Track 1 (long track).

Note: Support classes (Open and Development classes) only require Club Licences.
We will not be issuing One Event Licences at this event.

Race programme etc: HERE

**slowpoke** · 19th February 2013, 16:27

I think the extra Open support class may have slipped through to the keeper?

Numbers were a lil' light on Down South so it'd be great to show 'em how it's done up here

Taupo is looking good after the repairs, the NZSBK racing will be stellar, should be some good crowds, and with 2 days testing prior there will be shitloads of track time for all.....and in glorious sunshine (did you here that Jim Hickey?), not the shite Winter weather. All we have to do to help showcase our sport is rock up and race, how easy is that?

**Shorty_925** · 19th February 2013, 17:24

Originally Posted by slowpoke

Taupo is looking good after the repairs

Did you ride at the last PMCC round..?

**slowpoke** · 19th February 2013, 17:58

Originally Posted by Shorty_925

Did you ride at the last PMCC round..?

Nope, but I did the last Vic Club Winter Series round at Taupo and the track was much improved, thanks to RICOH. I saw Choppa's new lap record at the PMCC round and assumed things were still pretty good? I'd be very interested in anybody's assessment of the current track condition.

**Mental Trousers** · 19th February 2013, 18:05

Originally Posted by slowpoke

Nope, but I did the last Vic Club Winter Series round at Taupo and the track was much improved, thanks to RICOH. I saw Choppa's new lap record at the PMCC round and assumed things were still pretty good? I'd be very interested in anybody's assessment of the current track condition.

Turn 9 (A1GP corner) had craters. It claimed at least 1 victim at PMCC R2. I believe it'll be fixed before the Nationals are run there, if it hasn't been already.

**shoutout** · 19th February 2013, 18:20

First bikes are on track at 8:30am each day!

Awesome to see this happen

**Shorty_925** · 19th February 2013, 19:12

Originally Posted by Mental Trousers

Turn 9 (A1GP corner) had craters. It claimed at least 1 victim at PMCC R2. I believe it'll be fixed before the Nationals are run there, if it hasn't been already.

Yep that was one of the corners and there were other corners that had the same issue/starting to present the same issue.
Felt kinda odd having my knee go down-up-down-up-down-up-down-up-down-up through turn 9, knew I was too close to them at that stage

**Mental Trousers** · 19th February 2013, 19:20

Originally Posted by Shorty_925

Yep that was one of the corners and there were other corners that had the same issue/starting to present the same issue.
Felt kinda odd having my knee go down-up-down-up-down-up-down-up-down-up through turn 9, knew I was too close to them at that stage

I purposely kept my knee well off the ground there. If a slider catches that shit can really hurt. Eddy Kats has done that somewhere I believe. Took months to get back to the riding.

**sugilite:Me** · 19th February 2013, 19:42

Originally Posted by Mental Trousers

I purposely kept my knee well off the ground there. If a slider catches that shit can really hurt. Eddy Kats has done that somewhere I believe. Took months to get back to the riding.

Yes he did, right in front of me at puke, and he snapped his femur without falling off! Hard man and a legend in my book.

**gixerracer** · 19th February 2013, 20:02

Originally Posted by Skunk

Public viewing tickets:
Weekend pass $30 (presale)
Weekend Pass at gate - $35.00
1 Day only $20 (Presale)
1 day only pass at gate - $25.00
Kids under 12 free
Grandstand admission - $45 for w/e
Kids Grandstand - $15
Embankment parking - $10 for w/e

First bikes are on track at 8:30am each day!

Meet the Riders at The Shed on Friday night.

For the Competitors:
Pit garages are $150 per day and MUST be taken for all three days Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Ricoh Taupo Motorsport Park are holding TWO test days for the event, one on the Thursday and on the Friday. Both are $100 per bike and garage hire for the Thursday is $25.00.
Corporate Suites are $250 per day.
Please direct all garage bookings or any other enquiries to admin@tauporacetrack.co.nz

Our online Entry Form is here: http://www.vicclub.co.nz/nationals_13.php

Classes for this Round are:
Superlite/Protwin
Supersport
Sidecars
Development class
125 GP
250 Production
Open (Support Class: F1 and F2 bikes qualify)
Superbike

Development class will be run on Track 2 (short track) and all other classes will be on Track 1 (long track).

So Friday is as per normal just a track day nothing to do with the event on the weekend yet the gargaes go from the normal $50 a day to $150 WTF yet again the riders get arse f---ed

**neil_cb125t** · 19th February 2013, 20:41

Originally Posted by gixerracer

So Friday is as per normal just a track day nothing to do with the event on the weekend yet the gargaes go from the normal $50 a day to $150 WTF yet again the riders get arse f---ed

Someone had to say it - maybe we should buy a garage up there dude rent it out

**Skunk** · 20th February 2013, 07:25

Originally Posted by Mental Trousers

Turn 9 (A1GP corner) had craters. It claimed at least 1 victim at PMCC R2. I believe it'll be fixed before the Nationals are run there, if it hasn't been already.

The track has been repaired already. It should be in mint condition by the time the V8's get on it - the week before us.

**jellywrestler** · 20th February 2013, 07:55

Originally Posted by gixerracer

So Friday is as per normal just a track day nothing to do with the event on the weekend yet the gargaes go from the normal $50 a day to $150 WTF yet again the riders get arse f---ed

you're a club member so is that like you're arse f@#^king yourself?

**nodrog:Me** · 20th February 2013, 09:03

Surely thats 150 for the whole three days?

**Kiwi Graham:Me** · 20th February 2013, 09:29

Originally Posted by gixerracer

So Friday is as per normal just a track day nothing to do with the event on the weekend yet the gargaes go from the normal $50 a day to $150 WTF yet again the riders get arse f---ed

Were you the victim here bro? http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crim...ttocks-stabbed