Taupo endurance races

**cowpoos** · 7th November 2008, 20:37

Originally Posted by scrivy

Great one guys!!
Commentary? Um, er,......... it will be a family show............

we can do family shows,weddings,bachelor partyes,hens nites and Xmas do's...all we need is criteria and boundry's

**WarrenW** · 7th November 2008, 20:43

Thanks for the clarification Scrivvy. Found the web site and will keep an eye on it. Don't really like the idea of been tied in with potentially "Superbike" machines with maybe untrained pilots on top. Could lead to a bit of carnage similar to waht we see in some other track days.

Best of luck with the endurance, we WILL be there for the 2 days prior and depending upon the format for the track day maybe the day after. If we don't ride I may (said carefully) be able to lend a hand running things (flags, pit lane etc).

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**White trash** · 8th November 2008, 09:05

Originally Posted by cowpoos

White trash and I are in!! book us a place sunshine!! we'll be riding the ledgendary gsxr810 donkey edition!! and have decided that between rider changes we'll commentate for ya's!! fantasic Idea!! ain't it!

Pending some good news in a couple of weeks.

Thanks to those who have expressed concern at the decision, rest assured, if I'm not up to racing, I certainly wont be.

**Racey Rider** · 8th November 2008, 20:53

Just wondering how the race crash situation will work with the 3 hour setup?

If ambulance needs to go onto the track, will race be stopped? Or a safety car/(bike) lead a slow procession of bikes around (like Bathurst)?

**McDuck** · 8th November 2008, 21:51

Originally Posted by Racey Rider

Just wondering how the race crash situation will work with the 3 hour setup?

If ambulance needs to go onto the track, will race be stopped? Or a safety car/(bike) lead a slow procession of bikes around (like Bathurst)?

I think this will be fine.

Also if crashed bikes need to be picked up it should be quick enough use a ute with a ramp (xr8 etc) with the two guys weil it up the ramp, slap a handlebar bra onto it and go?

Worth some planning

**racer40** · 9th November 2008, 10:41

yes racey rider we have a pace car that everyone will follow if we have to send ambulance out, not sure about crashed bikes at this stage, but i think if you cant get it back to pits on your own then it stays out there, otherwise the race could keep on being interupted. just dont crash

**Biggles08** · 13th November 2008, 19:36

Originally Posted by scrivy

If I get a chance over the weekend, I'll try and get the info from Chris.

SCRIVY

Hows that list coming along there scrivy

hehehe

**racer40** · 14th November 2008, 20:37

ok this is the list minus a couple scivy has with him that we will add on, not all the info on the full teams is in yet, so this is not a complete lis...............
77 mike allsopp-smith honda sp1
80 nick odermatt/ shaun harris triumph 675
75 darren humphries yamaha r6
422 neil chappell kawasaki zxr6
66 michael cross/ brett mills suzuki gsxr600
60 matt hepper/ david west suzuki gsxr750
24 mark bloor/ kawasaki zxr600
79 malcolm pearce triumph bonniville t100
919 kevin waugh honda hornet 900
15 nigel lennox suzuki gsxr1000k1
95 david hunt/ gah chan suzuki gsxr600
49 allan ure yamaha fzr600
111 bryce meads/ matt meads yamaha r6
599 glen scachill/ jason mccanish suzuki gsxr600
jamie rajek/ fred merkel honda cbr600
ash hare/ darrin madgwick suzukigsxr750
rick wastney/ craig fisher suzukigsxr750
markus bexley kawasaki zx600r
david mcarther kawasaki zx10r
136 steven jones/ alan baird yamaha tz250
dan suzuki 1400

**slowpoke** · 14th November 2008, 21:05

Originally Posted by WarrenW

So If F3 SV650 are allowed in, then why not the 400's? Seems like the smaller bikes loose out every time. It's a hell of a frustration when things like that happen espicially when I made the effort to enter!

Has anything been sorted for the small bikes yet or are we just another forgotten class on the day?

Perhaps as stated in the original post for the endurance race....
"(If your bike has a 600 sticker on the side of it, then it is a 600, and will race in the over 600 class )"

I'll just put 600cc stickers on the bike (and maybe scare a few of 'em with the corner speed too!)

Awwww, c'mon fella, they specifically design a track for bikes with less than triple digit horsepower and you are upset? Oh I see, you want to actually ride on it? You can't have your cake and eat it too.......

**WarrenW** · 15th November 2008, 14:12

So what's a TZ250 doing in there? Ok technically it can race in F2 but so can a 400 (it's been done before). Just what rules are being applied here?

Oh by the way I'm all for eating the cake too!