Possible street race in Welly?

[ajturbo]

UHCCouncil and Hutt city coucil are different.
The Kart track is probably privatley owned anyway.

no... the hutt council own it..

[rwh]

How about along by the stadium, possibly including bits of the stadium carpark - the bit they closed for the drag racing and drifting at the car show? Maybe in the Port area too?

Richard

[rwh]

On the other hand, a little browsing on Google maps found the perfect venue :

[ajturbo]

On the other hand, a little browsing on Google maps found the perfect venue :

you stupid boy...
isn't that and up hill course?..
how the hell do you expect the buckets to go UP hill???

[bungbung]

you stupid boy...
isn't that and up hill course?..
how the hell do you expect the buckets to go UP hill???

Duh, run in the opposite direction.

It's a downhill course!

[Korea]

On the other hand, a little browsing on Google maps found the perfect venue :

Brilliant stuff~! That S-bend (downhill) would be like the corkscrew at Laguna

You know Helen would be out there in her leathers~

[nudemetalz]

You know Helen would be out there in her leathers~

eeewww.........


Once again, thanks fellow KB bucketeers and others for your stuff.

I'm doing the proposal this lunchtime and submitting it.

[koba]

hmmm,....Makara does look ideal. At least noise wouldn't be an issue.

Golf club relly could be tho, you would have to talk very nicley with them.

[all4A50s]

What about having it as part of a small bike meet. An idea I though of was to have a two day event; one day of racers with people staying at a locals houses/camp ground/farmers field then a swap meet and possibly a ride around Wellington. i have access to a very cool community centre that we could take over for a day.

[nudemetalz]

What about having it as part of a small bike meet. An idea I though of was to have a two day event; one day of racers with people staying at a locals houses/camp ground/farmers field then a swap meet and possibly a ride around Wellington. i have access to a very cool community centre that we could take over for a day.

That's a good idea too Hmmm, will look into that.

Anyway, here's what I sent off -

Further to this email, I've been conversing with my fellow team members regarding holding a race around the streets of Wellington (not necessarily CBD mind you).

There would be approximately 50 motorcycles.
We would run the race throughout the day with flag marshals etc.
There will be people there with first-aid facilities incase of the need but the ambulance services will be informed of the event.
Corners would be barricaded for safety with lamp-posts etc.
Fire Brigade would be informed incase of emergency and gravel bags will be provided with the flag-marshals.

We are looking into approaching the local motorcycle shops for some sort of sponsorship at this stage, ie T-shirts etc, cost of facilities if required etc.

Some possible venues we have come up with is the area behind the Stadium where the Car-Drifting racing was held, around the industrial area of Lyall Bay, areas of Grenada or Makara (as per photo).

There has been wide-spread interest in the motorcycle fraternity with people from the South Island and as far as Auckland keen on entering.

Look forward to your response.


Regards,
Chris

[ajturbo]

Duh, run in the opposite direction.

It's a downhill course!

yer that is fine for the morning.. but what about when we reverse it in afternoon????

[speights_bud]

If this can all be organized i'd love to be able to have a go as a streetstock competitor if the class can be arranged.

I'm sure you'd get some good support for say buckets and streetstock classes considering at events such as the Taupo spectacular they are run together. To be run separately on the day of course to mix things up a bit?

[all4A50s]

If you need a hand just let me know I have a decent amount of lighting and sound gear, so if you want to include a party of some description...