Bathurst-type motorsport circuit planned in Waikato

**Eddieb** · 15th July 2004, 14:38

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,...1a1823,00.html

**Cajun** · 15th July 2004, 14:49

that sounds awsome, hopeful the go ahead is given

**Deano** · 15th July 2004, 15:09

Would like to see something like this in the Wairarapa....if only I had 20 million $$$ to spare....

**White trash** · 15th July 2004, 15:40

Incedently, I'm in the middle

**James Deuce** · 15th July 2004, 17:29

I just saw this and raced in to post! Looks fantastic, and I hope it happens.

**DEATH_INC.** · 15th July 2004, 17:45

Yeah!The more the better!

**k14** · 15th July 2004, 17:46

Damn, that would be awesome. Hope they have a good plan for getting people in there.

**Kickaha** · 15th July 2004, 18:50

Be great if it goes ahead,still a long drive but very slightly closer to home

But then anythings got to be better than Pukekohe.

**Mongoose** · 15th July 2004, 18:59

Wonder what spoil-sport will attack the idea with the RMA

Bloody great idea if its pulled off

**Firefight** · 15th July 2004, 19:11

Originally Posted by Mongoose

Wonder what spoil-sport will attack the idea with the RMA

Well thats all very well, as long as the noise from this proposed track does not distrub the poor inmates at the new Prison which will be located nearbye.

F/F

**Coldkiwi** · 16th July 2004, 13:25

Originally Posted by Firefight

Originally Posted by Mongoose

Wonder what spoil-sport will attack the idea with the RMA

Well thats all very well, as long as the noise from this proposed track does not distrub the poor inmates at the new Prison which will be located nearbye.

F/F

YOU LEAVE THAT TO ME

I'd have double glazing on that prison so fast it'd make your tyres spin

an undulating circuit would be great. NZ doesn't really have any decent hills on its circuits does it? pukekohes hill barely counts because the rest is so flat

**Posh Tourer :P** · 16th July 2004, 17:55

Bloody great idea!!

I've been saying we need a Bathurst for aaaages... never thought it would happen though.... 3.8km too.. a decent length.... phew!!!

**Kickaha** · 16th July 2004, 19:56

Originally Posted by Coldkiwi

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an undulating circuit would be great. NZ doesn't really have any decent hills on its circuits does it? pukekohes hill barely counts because the rest is so flat

NZ doesn't have any hills on its circuits is because the regulations only allow the circuit to follow natural terrain so they need to build this circuit around some bloody big hills.,when the dipper at Ruapuna was built the original idea was to build a hill coming out of it,this wasn't allowed for the "natural terrain " reasons

**Hoon** · 3rd August 2004, 11:27

Another article about this with a lot more info!!

http://xtramsn.co.nz/motoring/0,,6304-3545474,00.html

Sounds like the people doing it are pretty switched on management wise and not just a bunch of backyard grease monkeys with a fantasy.

Late 2006 hopefully!!!!

**k14** · 3rd August 2004, 12:10

Yeah, it does sound very promising. But I think they are a little optmistic about getting a F1 race. That will never happen over here. Maybe get a world superbike race, but can't see them getting any of the top level motorsport events here, we just dont have enough people. Probably not even enough to get the superbikes.

At the moment I think the biggest thing we will get would be the V8's from auzzie. Might be able to get a round of auzzie superbikes if we are lucky. What else is there? I can't think of anything.