Thanks VMCC volunteers

[JayRacer37]

Great debate going here.

I unfortunately can't comment as I didn't stay upright long enough to truly find the grip level of the track.

Well done to the organisers and marshals. That was definitely the best run meeting I've yet been to.

Deano said he palmed video off to you. Can I have a squiz? Unless you'd like the whole thing to go away...

[Shaun]

this is true..... i do believe out on the track that, well, someone's on my side to help me out.... if you want to call it luck...
but i do believe people push their luck sometimes too and end up crashing..... ihave a healthy respect for luck...

Nicksta, this is fact, and I am sorry!

Luck will only last for so long!

Planning, experience, and the correct enviroment, are what keep us healthy and alive

[JayRacer37]

Personally I like the Taupo track but agree with the comments about some of the walls being a bit close. Haven't seen any bales placed there though so it can't be considered that much of a biggy yet.

This is exactly the problem!! Nothing seems to be considered a biggie, and that mentality is the one thats going to end up with people in hospital or worse. Bales place to cover a wall isn't going to do bugger all really, at that point its just an admitance of "this place really isn't good enough".

Also, a point that hasn't been raised and many would be unaware of, is that in the tyre walls that ARE there, there are large (foot long +) 1cm thick rods to secure the tyres, all the way through the tyre walls. If a rider was to hit the tyre walls as it is now, a high likelyhood is that the tyres would compress and leave the hapless guy scewered on the wall.

[skelstar]

Curious: which walls are too close? Don't know the track that well but are there other walls other than the tyre wall opposite the entrance onto pit-straight?

[GSVR]

Curious: which walls are too close? Don't know the track that well but are there other walls other than the tyre wall opposite the entrance onto pit-straight?

The 2 that come to mind for me on the new short circuit (one we raced on Rnd1) are the final turned onto the start finish straight (think thats the one you mention) and the wall on the main straight which if you have big balls and go straight through the chichane under brakes and stuff it up or tangle with another bike you will be heading straight towards.

Also theres the tire wall around there that the guys SV bounced off and took out Goblin.

[DEATH_INC.]

The 2 that come to mind for me on the new short circuit (one we raced on Rnd1) are the final turned onto the start finish straight (think thats the one you mention) and the wall on the main straight which if you have big balls and go straight through the chichane under brakes and stuff it up or tangle with another bike you will be heading straight towards.

Also theres the tire wall around there that the guys SV bounced off and took out Goblin.

The last one you mention was removed this round, which was great, it was farkin hairy threading through there with speed....
I also agree with the other two, I've talked of them a bit in the past, and I do feel it's only a matter of time til someone hits the end of the pit wall hard, damn you get close to it at full pace....

[HDTboy]

Especially when you run wide over the white line