Bring back the Castrol Six Hour....

[k14]

stipulate that a minimum of three entries into race licence must be present to register, just like closed street races

I would love to do an endurance race at least once, itll break the bank but would be well worth it IMHO

Nah you don't do that, you have a 110% qualifying cutoff. Then doesn't matter who you are so long as you can get within that time you are on the grid. If you don't qualify you get to go in the 45 min race before hand and get half your entry fee refunded. Something like that anyway. You need more than 30 bikes on the grid to start with. Maybe 50 if you ran the manfeild full track, depends how many people get within the qualifying cutoff though.

[FROSTY:Me]

Folks If its ok I'd like to have a word to some powers that be.I really want them to come on board with this.
What has occurred to me though is would our KB community be keen/able to provide a chunk of the infastructure ?
Marshal team??-- security team??
Im bloody excited about this

[FROSTY:Me]

A piece of trivia--who has done the MOST 6 hour races IN New Zealand??

[Robert Taylor]

Endurance racing is a very very different game to sprint road racing & it employs so many different skills in both machine preparation, & rider skill / consistency.
Its also a much more involving event for your supporters & support crews - who play pivotal parts in re-fueling, wheel changes etc etc.
The off road guys - have many of there own endurance events - but the road race guys have slim pickings for anything of a decent length 4 hours +
What support is out there from Kiwibiker racers to get an endurance event going again ?, & who can be the driver to get it going ?

Glen

I havent read the replies but as I recall the last endurance races just didnt have enough industry and spectator support? Not decrying them, theyre great, but it may be an uphill struggle to get off the ground.

[Guido]

Well said Robert. I know that Vince and his crew worked very hard to get the 3 hour started and were keen to keep it going, but there just wasnt the required support. My suggestion would be to start with a low key endurance race and build it up, but as for Frosty wanting 5000 spectators to support the event, only Wanganui & Paeroa get big crowds, so it worries me that Frosty will put his considerable energy into an Endurance race and get badly hurt financially.

[denill]

Well said Robert. I know that Vince and his crew worked very hard to get the 3 hour started and were keen to keep it going, but there just wasnt the required support.

Two questions
1 - Was spectator or event/sponsorship support lacking.
2 - What were the spectator numbers?