Auckland Buckets Round 5 results

**fixer** · 15th February 2015, 22:08

Hi all,

Another great day of racing in the sunshine at Mt Wgtn. After round 4 I suggested that a "sub-30 second lap on a 50cc bike is looking distinctly possible". And at his next serious attempt, Nathanael Diprose has done it. I must extend my congratulations to Nathanael for his 29.831-second lap in F5 race 1 today. I'd be even happier if I wasn't the poor sod in second place watching him disappear into the distance.

Congratulations also to Rod Gibson for his first F4 podium in race 1! Rod and his beautiful Minarelli-engined TZ just keep on getting better.

Blair Lambarth was once again a hard man to beat in B-Grade. His chances of spending a second season in that class are looking slim. Sorry Blair. The other B-Grade riders weren't just making up the numbers either, with 6 riders managing sub-33-second laps in race 2!

The C-Grade provided more close racing. As an example of how close it was, in race 1 every single rider managed either a 34-second or a 35-second lap! Ben van den Berg, William Foster and Dylan Byrne fought over the podium places with Ben and William each managing a win.

There was only one sidecar race and only two sidecars in it, but those spectators lucky enough to see that race were treated to lap after lap of wheel-to-wheel racing between Chris & Andrew and Rick & Henk. Brilliant, thanks guys!

The details are published on Mylaps here: http://www.mylaps.com/en/events/1108317

Current F4 points: http://organisation.mylaps.com/champ...w.jsp?id=38264
Current F5 points: http://organisation.mylaps.com/champ...w.jsp?id=38265
Current B-Grade points: http://organisation.mylaps.com/champ...w.jsp?id=38262
Current C-Grade points: http://organisation.mylaps.com/champ...w.jsp?id=38263
Current Sidecar points: http://organisation.mylaps.com/champ...w.jsp?id=38266

The AMCC website bucket racing news page is updated here: http://www.amcc.org.nz/index.php/men...acingnews.html. This includes all the current lap records at Mt Wellington.

Happy viewing.

Tim

**F5 Dave** · 16th February 2015, 06:20

Crazy stuff. I remember back in the day 34 i think, seemed like a good time.

That's odd. You have a Malcolm Nabbs in A grade too. He was supposed to be running our meeting. Never showed up. Odd.

**cotswold** · 16th February 2015, 09:02

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Crazy stuff. I remember back in the day 34 i think, seemed like a good time.

That's odd. You have a Malcolm Nabbs in A grade too. He was supposed to be running our meeting. Never showed up. Odd.

It would be hard to compete against a beer festival followed by a weekend on board Deviant racings works bike.