North Island Series rounds 3 and possibly 4

**fixer** · 19th January 2015, 18:43

Hi all ...

We've organised round 3 of the North Island series for the weekend of Feb 28 - Mar 1 at the Edgecumbe kart track near Whakatane. It's a great little track and we really hope you can make it. There will be camping available at the track from Friday evening to Sunday evening. There are toilets but no showers. There is also accommodation available at the Awakeri Hot Springs a few minutes up the road, including tent sites and cabins (http://www.awakerisprings.co.nz). The meeting is the weekend after Paeroa and the weekend before the Hampton Downs round of the National Champs.

In addition, there are plans underway to run a bucket meeting at the back track at Manfeild over Easter. It's quite a bit more expensive to hire this track than our usual kart tracks, so the entry fee might be a little higher than usual and there might be other classes involved to help boost the numbers. However, we're very keen to support this meeting and, if it goes ahead, we will include it as the final round of the N.I. Bucket Series. We'll let you know as soon as any more concrete info comes to hand. Feel free to email me back to let me know if you'd be keen to attend. The more we know about the number of riders who are interested, the more the event is likely to happen.

And don't forget the 2015 Bucket Grand Prix at Tokoroa on the weekend of March 28-29. It's sure to be a brilliant event as usual!

And if that isn't enough for you, remember that buckets are invited to participate in the Hampton Downs and Taupo rounds of the National Champs in the development class (racing against RG150s and Hyosung 250s etc) with an entry fee of just $35. This is a great opportunity to have a play on a full-sized track for a pint-sized financial outlay. Note that neither of these rounds will be included in the N.I. Bucket Series.

We hope to see you at Edgecumbe at the end of February.

Tim

**F5 Dave** · 19th January 2015, 18:50

Back track Manfield yeah!

**Bert** · 19th January 2015, 18:59

Well that's almost every weekend in March stuffed.
And double ups..
My god I hope I'm not the only one counting up brownie points to figure out what's going to be possible.

**chrisc** · 18th February 2015, 09:59

Originally Posted by fixer

...buckets are invited to participate in the Hampton Downs and Taupo rounds of the National Champs in the development class (racing against RG150s and Hyosung 250s etc) with an entry fee of just $35.

This is a great opportunity to have a play on a full-sized track for a pint-sized financial outlay. Note that neither of these rounds will be included in the N.I. Bucket Series.

Tim

So, who is going to turn up to round 3 at Hampton Downs with their buckets?

I'm riding my RS125 but one of my friends is flying over from aussie and the plan is to put him on my bucket in the development class.

**cotswold** · 18th February 2015, 10:47

Originally Posted by chrisc

So, who is going to turn up to round 3 at Hampton Downs with their buckets?

I'm riding my RS125 but one of my friends is flying over from aussie and the plan is to put him on my bucket in the development class.

Me and Big John have entered so he'll have my fairly stock bike to race with at least. (unless he's too fast )

**chrisc** · 19th February 2015, 11:09

Good to hear.
Anyone else? GPR guys making the treck up? Race you on my RS Scott?

**Farmaken** · 19th February 2015, 11:56

I`m in, got to be cheap fun

**ac3_snow** · 19th February 2015, 12:54

I was dead keen, just too much life getting in the way of me sorting out a bike in time. Hopefully enough other people are able to support it that we get a similar oportunity again in the future.

**mr bucketracer** · 19th February 2015, 14:26

Originally Posted by chrisc

Good to hear.
Anyone else? GPR guys making the treck up? Race you on my RS Scott?

you would love to clean me up on your rs (-: think you could bet me on a fa50 now days

**chrisc** · 19th February 2015, 15:09

Originally Posted by ac3_snow

I was dead keen, just too much life getting in the way of me sorting out a bike in time. Hopefully enough other people are able to support it that we get a similar oportunity again in the future.

If it falls through with my friend over from Aussie, you're welcome to give that hog of mine a beating Brian. Might need a better rear tyre though.

Originally Posted by mr bucketracer

you would love to clean me up on your rs (-: think you could bet me on a fa50 now days

Does that mean you fellas are coming up? Bring a FA50 haha