2017 gp?

[seymour14]

Lets have an objective talk on the subject early on in the piece.

Would like to hear some opinions from South Islanders too if at all possible. There are some obvious options for where the GP could be held, where would be a good consensus?

Tokoroa.
Tokoroa Reverse.
Taupo.
Manfeild backtrack.
Other options?

Look forward to some debate. Bring it on!

[Sketchy_Racer]

Manfeild back track would be awesome. Bit of a HP track but still awesome fun!

[mr bucketracer]

good idea , need to get the south islanders involved , manfeild would be a good start , taupo's a real cool track but way less time on it and maybe no 50s or sidecars , price wise what would people pay?

[Henk]

good idea , need to get the south islanders involved , manfeild would be a good start , taupo's a real cool track but way less time on it and maybe no 50s or sidecars , price wise what would people pay?

Would love to run it at Taupo but suspect cost will kill it. Also not interested if no sidecars or F5 and since F5 is growing like crazy at the moment, or so it seems probably not the only one with that impression.

[chrisc]

Tokoroa reverse isn't a good option in my opinion. Way too sketchy and Tokoroa normal direction is better anyway.

I'm 100% keen on Taupo track 2 which is super awesome on a bucket. Yeah there are some bits which you'd get creamed by a higher HP bike but I do think many would be able to over come it with better riding. It's surprisingly windy for a 'big' track and suits the buckets well. Since the PMCC and HMCC run taupo track 2 as part of their series, I don't think it would be very hard to organise the race amongst their normal day. Much like the NZ TT and NZ GP is held during the NZSBK. It would be less track time than if we held it at a kart track but would be a cool experience for those who don't normally run 'big' tracks.

In saying all of that, the Tokoroa GP is one of my favourite events of the year if not my favourite. If we kept running it there it would still be the bomb, no complaints at all.

Would love to get some south islanders up here for the GP and would love to go down with a bunch of northerners for the BOB. Who's got a truck we can get 10 buckets in?

[Pumba]

Haven't done back track at Manfield so cant comment, but track 2 at Taupo is freaking awesome for F4 and I would love to race in big grids there again.

I am with the others though that as much as I would love to run the big track again for a GP, I would not want to see it come at the expense of F5 and sidecars

[timg]

A bunch from the SI came up to Taupo a few years ago - Nick Cain won the F4GP. I really enjoyed that meeting/track and would make the trip again if the GP was there. Not a fan of Kart type tracks. Cheers.

[TZ350]

I have ridden F5 at Taupo 2 and it was oK. F4 & F5 GP has been held there before.

[cotswold]

no reason F5 could not run on big tracks, a tuned 50 would be happier with no tight twisties (until it popped that is) be nice to get a fairing on the bike
would not turn up just for F4 though

[jasonu]

no reason F5 could not run on big tracks, a tuned 50 would be happier with no tight twisties (until it popped that is) be nice to get a fairing on the bike
would not turn up just for F4 though

I used to race my RG50 around the old Taupo track. Surprisingly it was a lot of fun, made even better when they put a chicane about 1/3 the way down the top straight. A well sorted F4 bike could embarrass many a lower level F3 bike and also many big road bikes doing track days. It was always fun when someone on a 750, 1000 or 1100 road bike would come over in the pits to discover they got dusted by a Bucket.
The Manfield back track is also a choice Bucket track. It is a bit of a HP track but isn't building a fast bike part of the deal?

[Pumba]

I will say I did enjoy the GP we had a few years ago (2010 or early 2011?) on the Taupo back track.

I remember the left hander at the end of the straight being very fast

[mr bucketracer]

could the f4gp be piggy backed from another club to taupo and the rest f5 - sidecars , tokaroa be run as per normal ? another kart track round ? could even have a over 40s race (-:

[Henk]

could the f4gp be piggy backed from another club to taupo and the rest f5 - sidecars , tokaroa be run as per normal ? another kart track round ? could even have a over 40s race (-:

I had considered splitting them when you mentioned Taupo B. Hands up anyone prepared to pay for a full championship licence.

[timg]

I had considered splitting them when you mentioned Taupo B. Hands up anyone prepared to pay for a full championship licence.

I always get a CH licence as I need it to do the street races down here too

[seymour14]

I had considered splitting them when you mentioned Taupo B. Hands up anyone prepared to pay for a full championship licence.

Taupo and Tokoroa are only a stones throw away, guess that could work on the same weekend and piggybacked onto another event. Because the S.I folk are mostly F4 types, it could give us the best of both worlds.