2016 Bucket Grand Prix - Results and photos

[chrisc]

Hi all

The results of the 2016 Grand Prix from Tokoroa are now up on mylaps. You can see them here: http://www.mylaps.com/en/events/1241354

Between myself, my Australian mate Ian who flew over from Sydney for the meeting and my mate Jason who was also riding in FT, we took about a million photos. I was up late processing and uploading them for your viewing pleasure. You can check them out here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc...57665931978555

A massive congratulations to Nathanael Diprose who once again took out the double winning both the F4 and F5 Grand Prixs. Nathanel also posted two new lap records: F4 41.530s and F5 43.827s which are both far quicker than previous records. The pace was hot in the top 10 with a stacked field of very well prepared bikes turning up from around the country. Caleb Adlam was impressively riding out of his skin, however Nathaniel's consistent fast laps were unmatched. Solid riding mate, having been on a very well sorted bike myself and to still be blown out of the water impressed the hell out of me, the bar is set very high.

F5 was very tight for most of the race with Glen Skachill hot on Nathanael's tail, dipping into the 43s bracket in pursuit. Glen "gave it everything he had" out there but couldn't break Nathanael's momentum. Rick Ford rode the 'Factory' ESE 50 to third place having only been on the bike a handful of times. Congratulations Rick in being the only person to podium in all bucket classes over the years - F4, F5 and Sidecar.

Congratulations Chris Lawrence and Scrivy for claiming the NZ Sidecar title from Rick and Henk this year in a very close and entertaining battle to the end closely followed by Mel and Brian.

And finally congratulation to all 29 riders who turned up to contest the Formula Tokoroa race! Kyle Hammond showed his experience to come through from 12th on the grid and win (burgle) by a massive 28 second lead. Steven Lee and Blair Lambarth took out second and third place with solid and consistent riding. New comer and promising talent Jason Haselden qualified on pole but crashed after 4 laps (his first bin) showing the level of enthusiasm in the field. There were a number of riders who definitely picked up enough pace to make their way into the GP, I believe Mel came around to let you know, we look forward to seeing you there next year!

Cheers
Chris

[quallman1234]

Hi all
Kyle Hammond showed his experience to come through from 12th on the grid and win (burgle) by a massive 28 second lead.

Hey Hey, we don't run MNZ licenses in wellington at buckets, and not riding for 6 months. I had no other choice. My entry fee was already 165$ .
Good write up Chris! Great riding too!

Side note : All 3 classes were won by 2 strokes

[koba]

Side note : All 3 classes were won by 2 strokes

I just need to make sure this is repeated a few times...

(Solo classes that is)

[racer40]

great report Chris, just a note, a 4 stoke won the sidecars.

[chrisc]

I'm not 100% who can see this, you might have to join the Auckland Bucket Racing page, but it's worth a look!

Video of the start of Formula Tokoroa from the weekend. 28ish bikes plunging into turn one. What a beautiful sight it is to see so many bikes turn up. The future is strong.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1623...6612371267695/

[mr bucketracer]

I'm not 100% who can see this, you might have to join the Auckland Bucket Racing page, but it's worth a look!

Video of the start of Formula Tokoroa from the weekend. 28ish bikes plunging into turn one. What a beautiful sight it is to see so many bikes turn up. The future is strong.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1623...6612371267695/

you bet my time my .1 of a second ya bugger ,now i have to go faster

[chrisc]

Ah jesus, only 0.1s! You have like 35kg on me and that's all I could muster! After watching the on board video there's a few areas where I'm noticeably slow so maybe next time aye
Also I think we were running the wrong final drive ratio, or I was using the wrong gear. I'm convinced there's an easy 0.2 in there with changed gearing.

[mr bucketracer]

Ah jesus, only 0.1s! You have like 35kg on me and that's all I could muster! After watching the on board video there's a few areas where I'm noticeably slow so maybe next time aye
Also I think we were running the wrong final drive ratio, or I was using the wrong gear. I'm convinced there's an easy 0.2 in there with changed gearing.

better get that video up . dieing to watch it

[chrisc]

better get that video up . dieing to watch it

I just posted it up in the GPR thread Scott. Few areas there for me to get better at for sure.

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Some on board from the racing....

[mr bucketracer]

I just posted it up in the GPR thread Scott. Few areas there for me to get better at for sure.

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cool ..cheers

[mr bucketracer]

I just posted it up in the GPR thread Scott. Few areas there for me to get better at for sure.

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amazing on weight see you ride a gear higher than me in and out of corners , nice smooth lines , you make it look easy lol ,i know it never is , its the nice'est my engine ever been treated

[Bert]

amazing on weight see you ride a gear higher than me in and out of corners , nice smooth lines , you make it look easy lol ,i know it never is , its the nice'est my engine ever been treated

What... Bouncing of the limiter 2/3rds up the hill. Thinking he lost a lot of time not short shifting out of the bottom loop and torque'ing it up the hill. But man, talk about smooth, love the corner entries.

But then I just go to race meeting to drink beer: what would I know...

[sidecar bob]

great report Chris, just a note, a 4 stoke won the sidecars.

Apparently Sidecars don't count if you're a bucket bubble fag.

[chrisc]

What... Bouncing of the limiter 2/3rds up the hill. Thinking he lost a lot of time not short shifting out of the bottom loop and torque'ing it up the hill. But man, talk about smooth, love the corner entries.

But then I just go to race meeting to drink beer: what would I know...

Isn't that what the limiter is for? Hahaha . I've had that problem with the FXR in the past there and I found I was slower changing up and changing down on the hill with the gearing I was using because the up change was too late. Problem would have been solved with a larger rear sprocket meaning I hit top RPM earlier. Same with turn 3 over the hill and also the exit of turn 4 down into the worlds tightest hairpin. Would have been higher in the RPM there with larger sprocket. One gear lower through there didn't work for me because it felt unsettled, so I just ran a high gear and focused on corner speed.

It'd be cool to run a rev counter and video it with the go pro to figure out exactly where I was in the power. I found a lot of time on the 125 by using that to adjust gearing.