super motards at the cemetery circuit

[jellywrestler]

now heres a controversial subject that has got the opinions flying thick and fast so how about all you kiwibikers having your say on this class, and how it is at wanagnui.
keen to hear from both riders and spectators and comments on the good and not so good points.

[nadroj]

I love watching them on the seal but couldn't give a flying ____ for the dirt section. Also they are only one class & should be treated as such. The Euro's have been cross entered in too many classes in the past at the expence of others. My 2c

[bistard]

yes,I agree,Motards should have one class.no dirt section & bring back separate 600 & open classes,less classics,put the Pits back in the rail yards,Wanganui was one of the Premier Road Race meetings of the year,now it is a Farce,get back to basics

[scott411]

look at the numbers,
the motards filled to classes, and then they let them into bears as well so thier would be enough riders to make the class, i agree thier should be one rule for all with cross entering, if the class can not survive without cross entering then it should be aloud to die,

the class struture needs to be looked at for sure,

[merv]

Agree entirely with Bistard.

I like dirt bikes in their place and I don't think Wanganui is one of them and we did talk about this previously after Wanganui. There needed to be more real race bike races in my view keeping in the tradition of that track that once hosted the Marlboro Series.

However it did give me time to walk the pits when they were on after I'd seen the 'tards just too many times already.

[scott411]

the reality is thier is not enough superbikes and 600's to fill the classes, you can not have more races if their is not the bikes,

as for the pits, i am pretty sure they are not aloud to use the railway yards anymore,

i still beleive that wanganui is the best races road race of the year,

[roogazza]

yes,I agree,Motards should have one class.no dirt section & bring back separate 600 & open classes,less classics,put the Pits back in the rail yards,Wanganui was one of the Premier Road Race meetings of the year,now it is a Farce,get back to basics

+1` its fucked ! Change back or lose it ? G.

[nadroj]

A suggestion would be to allow entry into a max of 2 classes (not excluding selection in 'Formula Wanganui' by laptime). 400 motards could cross enter open motard or F3? Euro motards - Bears etc That should fill classes without domination of 1 class.
Paeroa has been a better spectacle for the last 2 years in my opinion.
Wanganui has the history - listen to the fans & don't blow it!

[MIXONE]

I was at Wanganui and the bikes that were impressing the non-bikers there was the motards backing it in on the seal.Drop the dirt section if you have to but not the tards.

[Shaun]

yes,I agree,Motards should have one class.no dirt section & bring back separate 600 & open classes,less classics,put the Pits back in the rail yards,Wanganui was one of the Premier Road Race meetings of the year,now it is a Farce,get back to basics

Well said that man

[Burrt Badger]

I ask just one question. Is it a Road Race meeting or an MX meeting????????
Give the Motards their one class, BUT DUMP THE OFF ROAD SECTION!!! If its a Road Race meeting, people generally go to Road Race meetings to watch??????? Road Race. They want to see the Superbikes AND the 600's in their own classes, not in one class.

[scott411]

I ask just one question. Is it a Road Race meeting or an MX meeting????????
Give the Motards their one class, BUT DUMP THE OFF ROAD SECTION!!! If its a Road Race meeting, people generally go to Road Race meetings to watch??????? Road Race. They want to see the Superbikes AND the 600's in their own classes, not in one class.

i think people go to the streets for the specticale, and the variety of bikes and classes, and the fact they are promoted properly helps a shit laod as

the purest may not like the motards, but the general crowd seems to, i do get the point about 2 classes of motards, i much prefer watching 2 claases of motards at wanganui, than the classic classes at pearoa, but its waht i am into, i am sure the sidecar people would like to see 2 classes of their favourites,

have you been to a true road race national meetings in a few years, none of them get the crowd wanganui or pearoa do ,

thier is a national road race in my home town this weekend, no local promotion has gone on, hopefully thier will be an article in the local paper tomorrow,

[jellywrestler]

lots of thoughts but not really much in the way of facts. what about some reasoning behind some of these thoughts? eg put the pits back in the rail yeards.
great but why????

keep em coming

[Kickaha]

One motard class and no off road section, seperate 600/1000 classes, I've only spectated and raced there with the pits in the current position and see no problem with it except the crowd getting in the way on the way to the dummy grid

[jellywrestler]

with the pits in the current position and see no problem with it except the crowd getting in the way on the way to the dummy grid[/QUOTE] quote from kickaha


so what about the extra time invloved with them where they are, ie 3/4 lap return time instead of 1/2 a lap. 1/2 a lap more to get to the grids? times this by 18 races and it gobbles a lot of time up...