Cemetary circuit 2007: Farce

[onearmedbandit]

Sounds fucking ridiculous to me Jimmy. You, and others, were hard done by.

[White trash]

I see who's browsing this thread and I'd like to hear an unbiased opinion from your good self Mr Taylor

[Nasty]

Even if they hada' said at the briefing, "Hey, the weather's changable, we're gonna combine your times" so at least we could have all made the most of a partially dry first practice.

In your complaint don't mention this .... it just gives everyone an out ... the fact is that they did something they shouldn't have ... without consultation with the riders ... its really simple put that way.

[jimbo600]

Good to see you're still fired up about it white man. I tell ya it really pissed me off hearing about that. Guys like yourself put proportionally alot more resource into racing than the 'pros'. There wouldn't be Wanganui if it wasn't for you lot. To have your hoop reamed out in such a way is taking the piss.

Maybe you should buy a motard mate, they seem to like those there these days.

[Tonka]

It's not so much that we'd outdo the "pros", those guys were faster on a dry track, no doubt about it. Craig for example (and he qualifyed just like the rest of us) could win off the back on a BMX I reckon. He's just so quick there. I just feel that you should start from where you qualify, and have to fight your way through, just like everyone else.

It's like, had I not ridden the session, then gone to the organiser and said "Hey, I don't like the rain so I didn't ride but I'm actually semi quick. Can I start from the second row please?" Get laughed outta the place.

Definitely feel ya on this WT and I will be the first to back you. You nailed it home when you said "you should start from where you qualify".

I was just taking the piss out of the organisers who conveniently turned a blind eye come race time.

[johnsv650]

hi,
did you enjoy your riding firstly ?
be careful who you complian to ,
mnz powers are huge,
nationals new rule ,
disclaimer rule 10
i accept that stripping and reassembly for techinical checks are at my cost.........5 rounds of that and would you let them reassemble your race motor.......on a race day.........
rule book, says a techincal protest can be done only by competitor after the deposit has been paid , costs to be born by losing party.
get someone not doing the national to say your words....

[Teambwr47]

Not been there and don't plan to be honest when i get to racing here but if what you've written at the head of this thread is how it took place then its surely, as many have said, time for a formal protest.

As its been written here many times how badly organised the meeting is and how every year there's some 'issue' that pisses everyone off make your best protest and don't enter again. If the issue this year was as big as it seems with the riders then get them all together and boycott the meeting in advance by letter, protest and press.

Racing survives on entries and if they have significantly less then the economics of running a meeting will just not stack up.

I have to say any official here quoting 'health and safety' as a reason for the rule change just makes me laugh because what i've seen so far of the way racing and track events are run here in New Zealand is anything but safety conscious.

[White trash]

Hi John.

Yeah mate, I loved the racing. It's to date the best fun I've had on the bike, unfortunately not reflected in my results.

I see your point regarding being a squeaky wheel, but my feeling is that the people who pay the money to come and watch the racing should be aware that this paticular event was effectively rigged. I had a huge ammount of support on the day from KBers and fellow competitors. agood mate even took time away from his family, the day after Christmas, on his birthday to fly to Wanganui to help out in the pits. A team of five good bastards spent the whole day Christmas eve rebuilding my bike after a big off at Puke on Sunday. They deserve to know why the guy they supported selflessly was bumped five positions on the grid. And that's just me. The really good bugers from Team Hard On Racing aren't as fortunate to have a big corporate sponsor, travelled all that way with a family and supporters to be shafted just as badly despite some fantastic riding. Glen Williams, qualifyed on the front bloody row in Formula Wanganui on an SV650 for Christs sake, the fans should know he acheived that fair and square. Only to be shunted back to the third row.

People really need to know that the racing they pay their twenty bucks to watch, is rigged.

[Shaun]

Again, Wanganui has proven another fact to the world. THEY SUCK

[roogazza]

Welcome to road racing in NZ No.20 ! yes it was not on . Every now and then this stuff pops up , I was involved in one like that in 1978 !!!
Bring back Barbara I say !!!! Apart from motards, entries have dropped off, hopefully someone will wake up and restore this historical meet.
As promised I didn't attend.

ps. would have liked to have seen a result like, started from 12th , hit the front in two laps and cleared off ! Maybe next time ? Gaz.

[svs]

with ya jimmy. i got bumped from 17th to 29th. Spent the rest of the day pootling round at the back of the grid. whilst i may not have any big sponsors it would have made their day if i'd got the bike in media into the first corner in front of the big teams.

was still a fun day tho.

[riffer]

I didn't get to see you this year Jimmy but looking at the times at mylaps, it looks like you did pretty damn good anyway. Eighth in that field at the first time at Wanganui is excellent stuff. And you're only half a second off Shiriff's times too...

At the end of the day if you're running in someone else's competition you're going to get shafted - unfairly sometimes. Sad fact of life. The best way to overcome this is to do so well despite the shafting that everyone watching can see the bias.

Congratulations on your effort yesterday.

[Edbear]

Somehow just doesn't seem fair to me...

(Or am I stating the obvious here...?)

[Taz]

Just one of the reasons I will not pay to go and watch motorsport in NZ. MNZ and race organizers all have their own agenda's and are not there to help your average privateer. I was into road racing, sidecars and offroad racing in the past and gave it up due to this sort of stuff. Just ride for fun now, so much better.

[vifferman]

Not that it matters WTF I think, but it does seem very unfair. What's the point of rules, if they just make them up as they go along, or ditch them in order to suck up to the "elite" few, at the expense of everyone else?
I really HATE injustice, and this seems very unjust to me.