The New Taupo Track --bloody fantastic.

[FROSTY:Me]

After the race meeting on sunday I was lucky enough to be invited to drive round the NEW Taupo racetrack. Only One word to describe it.
WOOOOW
Trust me on this one folks you will not be bored by this new track because its darn fantastic.The map really doesn't do it justice. Its just an endless series of corners and the elevation change is just outstanding.
Its not about outright speed with the straights not being very long at all
What it is about is corners--Lots of loverly corners with sandtraps if ya stuff up.
As at TODAY --the pits isnt sealed and the chicane from the drag strip straight right down the pit straight and the pit straight corner arent sealed -the earth works are finished and They are keen to get it done.
A word of warning -dust is making the track slippery but as soon as the grass grows that problem will go away.

[Pixie]

RIP Pukecrappy

[mattt]

sounds pretty cool to me

[FROSTY:Me]

Guys its just darn sexy

[Lou Girardin]

It's about time Dorklanders had a decent track to go to.

[Big Dave]

And it's all politically correct being located in the middle of the north island etc - but from my spectator (and media) angle it's too far away from Auckland.

Puke is 30 minutes and 'I'll nip down for a look for an hour or two'.
Taupo I couldn't be arsed. It's 5 hours return.

We still need something closer to the largest population centre.

[750Y]

whats wrong with puke?
last time i looked it was un-fucking-real.
don't the words 'flat-out' mean anything?
I always thought we were really lucky having that place close by & could never understand why people knock it?

[FROSTY:Me]

Well i was talking to taupo car club-They applied for resourse consent 5 years ago to build that track--If the officialdom work at the same slooow pace Im not too sure when Hampton downs is gonna be built.

[Big Dave]

whats wrong with puke?

There are some safety issues and few left handers?

[FROSTY:Me]

whats wrong with puke?
last time i looked it was un-fucking-real.
don't the words 'flat-out' mean anything?
I always thought we were really lucky having that place close by & could never understand why people knock it?

Only one reason mate--Its frigging dangerous. And quite frankly Boring.
when the action is on-around corners its great but otherwise it sucks

[Big Dave]

Im not too sure when Hampton downs is gonna be built.

Where is that?

[Kickaha]

whats wrong with puke?

Apart from the fact it's a fucking shithole nothing really, I spose if its all you've got it's better than nothing but only just

Have you ever ridden any other tracks?

Where is that?

http://www.hamptondowns.com/

[WRT]

We now expect resource consents by April or May 06 and track completion by November 2007.

Still a while away, and thats with all going well. Driving past a week ago tho, the bully's are already in there, go you good thing!

[750Y]

Apart from the fact it's a fucking shithole nothing really, I spose if its all you've got it's better than nothing but only just

Have you ever ridden any other tracks?

i've only ever been to the pukekohe track.
I guess my standards must be pretty low huh, won't be the first time i been accused of that! lol.
i just thought it was fun(from a road-rider's perspective).
as for it being boring and dangerous that's a real shame.
glad to hear you racing guys have an awesome new facility. Hope You really enjoy it, it sounds excellent..

[Kickaha]

i've only ever been to the pukekohe track.
I guess my standards must be pretty low huh, won't be the first time i been accused of that! lol.
i just thought it was fun(from a road-rider's perspective).
as for it being boring and dangerous that's a real shame.
glad to hear you racing guys have an awesome new facility. Hope You really enjoy it, it sounds excellent..

not saying you standards are low but if you go do a day at somewhere like Manfield and look at the runoff areas compared to Puke you'll see what we mean

Puke also isn't particulary challenging to ride compared to most of the other tracks