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[koba]

You looked good Aj,.....but this old man got passed in one practice session by a girl peddling a Honda XL100 F5 bike.........

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Didn't everyone?

[TZ350]

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Just before Taupo there was a bit of talk about wether Buckets could be as fast as Street Stocks.

I see from the results that there are quite a number of Buckets that based on their times could have run at the front of SS.

Results from Taupo.. http://www.marktime.co.nz/results/091228-SRA.HTML

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[gav]

There would be at least another 3-4 guys down here that would easily run at their pace or faster, I wonder if the fact we normally run on tracks similar to size in Taupo helps them get up to speed faster when they get there

He's not joking either! Check the results from the Bears Winter series
http://www.bmrc.co.nz/Points/2009%20points.php
Neil Batchelor ran that same MB/RS combo and finished the series outside the top 5.
Darryl didnt race the winter series but did race a modified FXR in the MotoFX class.

Also seems a shame that the GP title was decided over a 5 lap race? GP races are usually alot longer than that.

[Yow Ling]

Also seems a shame that the GP title was decided over a 5 lap race? GP races are usually alot longer than that.

True, but up north they seem to have reliability issues.

[Buckets4Me]

True, but up north they seem to have reliability issues.

I seem to remember there was more than one DNF at the BOB

[Buckets4Me]

Also seems a shame that the GP title was decided over a 5 lap race? GP races are usually alot longer than that.

the GP was longer but some plonker failed to stay on his bike
so they started again

[Skunk]

I thought the points were averaged from the 9 laps?

Either way the race was far too short to be a GP - it should have been 40 mins at least (25 laps +/-).

[Kickaha]

I thought the points were averaged from the 9 laps?

Either way the race was far too short to be a GP - it should have been 40 mins at least (25 laps +/-).

Good point, I thought the GP has a minimum distance?

[Buckets4Me]

I'm sure it was longer last year
but I dont think they had the time this year with the 3 hour race on the first day
and not having a third day to play with
if there is any complaints I'm sure someone els will be happy to hold the gp at another time and date
just dont winge if it's back in auckland

[SS90]

Good point, I thought the GP has a minimum distance?

You mean A motorcycle GP in general, or a bucket GP?

With-out going to the effort of checking, I am pretty sure that a GP is around 45mins to an hour.

Basically the amount of time you can run a 125cc engine for on a tank of gas.

[gav]

I'm sure it was longer last year
but I dont think they had the time this year with the 3 hour race on the first day
and not having a third day to play with
if there is any complaints I'm sure someone els will be happy to hold the gp at another time and date
just dont winge if it's back in auckland

We can always hold it in Christchurch if you like? Maybe BOB could be the GP race? Or a GP race could be held alongside BOB? Might not be too many bikes left running after both though? I thought 40-45 mins was the norm for a GP race (buckets included)

[richban]

the GP was longer but some plonker failed to stay on his bike
so they started again

Sorry about that. Believe me I would have rather stayed on.

[Buckets4Me]

We can always hold it in Christchurch if you like? Maybe BOB could be the GP race? Or a GP race could be held alongside BOB? Might not be too many bikes left running after both though? I thought 40-45 mins was the norm for a GP race (buckets included)

and the point of my remark was
ARE YOU GOING TO DO ALL THE WORK TO ORGANISE IT ???

or are you going to bitch and moan about how it was done
I have watched the gp every year since I started racing and havent seen to many people run the thing
just JC and nor the guys at the TRRS (good on them makes a change from the Mt Wellington track)

[Yow Ling]

I'm sure someone els will be happy to hold the gp at another time and date
just dont winge if it's back in auckland

We have the BOB every year, if we say in August 2010 "Its F4 GP time" does that make it the GP ?, would Auckland come down for it?
Buckets are strong both sides of the ditch, its just a really long way to go. maybe we should run F4 GP in the north one year , then the south the next , that way we cant complain that we never have the chance to be GP winner

[Skunk]

Don't turn this into a GP bitch thread.
I'm fine with the way it was run - because it was run. I don't care where it is run, how long it is or anything else. If it's worth going to, and I can afford it, I'll be there.