What's it like racing around the Cemetery Circuit

**Mystic13** · 30th December 2008, 15:20

Yep, been there, watched, seen the photo's.... but as a rider what I really want to see is comments from people who were there this year racing around the track.

What's it like, what speeds are you doing on what corners, tell me a bit about the corners and the track, the hazards, where you have to watch out etc.

I saw the riders going into turn one and it seemed suspension set-up was very different for bikes. Some riders seemed to be hammering their backs a bit through there.

So, if you were there and riding do you mind telling us your stories of the track no matter what you rode. Heck a full track summary would be incredible.

So who out there wants to hear the stories and who has them to tell? And was turn 1 as bad as it looked?

Track Summary from the good book.

Start / Finish DML Buiklders Straight
Turn 1 = Mars Petcare Turn 1
Hookers Transport Straight
Turn 2 = Bridgestone Corner
Hirequip Straight
Turn 3 = Suzuki Crossing
Emmetts Bridge
Eurobike Esses (Near Suzuki) (I put 2 turns here)
Versatile Buildings Straight
Turn 6 = Robert Holden Corner
Wanganui Steelformers Straight
Turn 7 = Total Span Corner
Stonewood Homes Curves
Turn 8 = Vesrah Bridge
Start / Finish DML Builders Straight.

Cheers.

Thanks Quasi and Shaun for the re-direct adn Quasi I had a read of your report. That's kind of what I'm looking for.

**CHOPPA** · 31st December 2008, 06:35

Braking for turn one, plenty of grip but dont miss my brake point which was triangle thing on the road, slam it into the gutter to scrub some speed off and help me turn accelerate hard while drifting out wide no need for gear changes as i use 2nd for the whole track on the Lg supported speed-tech zx10. Brake not to hard and hit turn 2 very much the same, slam into gutter on the inside of the manhole and gas it toward the rail way tracks. This s bend is hard to find a braking point so enter carefully hard on the brakes get off the brakes for the tracks and be careful not to hit the curb, turn tight then straighten up to get a good line up toward the fast esses. Spot your turn in point a bit of brake sometimes and just roll off other times and set up, dont put you knee out too far cause it will hit the curb. Mid corner stand on the pegs throw weight over the other way and open the throttle wide for the next short straight! My next braking point was some blue paint in the middle of the road, choose your entry point depending if theres someone hard on you, the island comes up very quick so make sure you get turned in time! Drift out wide and gas it up to turn 8. Make sure you tip in and get on the inside of the painted stop sign or the bike loses all traction, hard on it again toward the last corner stay toward the fence and brake at a manhole in the middle of the track tip in still carrying the front brake go wide enough so your knee can fit inside the curb then your on the front straight again hard on the gas trying to keep the front down ready for another lap!