Codgyold racer F3

[Wingnut]

i have to go faster and quit falling off...

Maybe so but those inline 4's sounds great amongst the 650s. Screaminnnnnngggg!

[jrandom]

If you read this before I edited it, count yourself lucky. You weren't supposed to know that shit. I'd delete the post, but I'm infracted up so hard that I'm not allowed to.



Good luck with the rest of the Nats rounds, Glen!

[codgyoleracer]

QUOTE: Great effort Glen must take a huge amount of pressure off having such a lead. Both Jason and Terry have shown their bikes are just as fast if not faster but your preparation and consistancy have made the difference.[/QUOTE]



Thanks Gary , its still head down & bum up for the next two rounds though !
Glen

[Quasievil]

Good link here, from the 07 series

A Bit of Terry and Glen action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3igurT8jcr0

[roogazza]

So anyway Codgy, its in the bag again ! Kerry reported in after the 3 down Sth. Sounds good to me ? G.

[FROSTY:Me]

roger--NEVER NEVER say that mate --its not in the bag till he has a points lead thats equal to the number of races x25 points THEN its in the bag
Actually Then He could lend me his bike

[Ozzy27]

Actually Then He could lend me his bike [/QUOTE]

Sorry Frosty I think Glen Has lost the training wheels

[codgyoleracer]

Frosty, I think it was Chris that told me that he has since fitted a GPS track mapping sytem to the 450 triple. It can be directly wired to your balls & lets you know via a short sharp shock , when you wander off the proper race line..............
(You dont intend to father anymore children do you ?.......... )
GlenW

[FROSTY:Me]

One race of the Manfeild round done.
Currently he's sitting 81 points in front of his nearest rival who remains as Terry Fitzgerald.
5 races to go

[Tony.OK]

Congrats Glen.................interesting day by the looks of things.
Looks like theres gonna be some great racing at Puke.

[FROSTY:Me]

GLEN williams succesfully defends his F3 title with one full round to go
OR --codgy has done it again
Tight asss just diddnt wanna spend money repainting the front of his bike with a 2 or 3

[merv]

Good on ya Codgy.

[Ivan]

congrats Glen you deserve the title the way you ride is unbelievable
But watchout for me at Puke ahha

[White trash]

Well done guys for once again speaking before the series is confirmed.

Provisional points have our mate Codgy as champion, however confirmed results are not yet available.

Could be a couple of weeks yet. Settle down.

[BigG]

Hey Frosty - thanks for the suport mate ;-)

With respect to class sizes - as slowpoke says its a little hard to put finger on why club level racing in all classes is so strong yet nationals are less so, however here are some things to consider.......

One reason is that generally speaking only the fast guys - with the best gear see the nationals as their true environment to test both their machines & their riding skills. Maybe the club guys feel that they are unable to lift to this level ?
Also the entry fees are way steeper and the commitment of time away to do the full series is rather dautning for many (i find this darn inconvienient myself as i try to run my business).

As far as costs to build a bike go - I kid you not , my one cost me bugger all this year (my main cost was when i built the thing up from scratch two years ago), - subsequent seasons have cost very little. This is one of the good things about F3, You can build a competitive machine & it remains competitve year after year , this when compared to a production based class when updating to the latest and greatest each year simply comes with the territory.

Another indactor for motorsport class reduction is that the V8 car classes are down 35% in field size. Bikes are down only 20%, - so it is not an endemic trait specific to our sport. Times are a tougher & field numbers are subsequently affected.

MNZ has not fooked F3, the 400 machines with good suspension fitted & well prepped can still kick an SV's arse (I know of three in this country that have a darn good chance of doing just that to me on mine) - when well ridden.
The reality is that the many of the 400 punters - are in it for the fun factor and close racing, most of the 400 guys i speak to know very well that they could build up a competitive machine (should they want to), - but very few have the nationals goal in mind - & choose to spend their hard earned dosh on beer & women instead ! , & theres nothing wrong with that IMO.

As Slowpoke says - There is a low cost feeder class (pro-twins) in New Zealand , but even that is poorley supported at national level, - so we must assume that it is not infact machine costs that keeps the club guys away from entering - but infact time commitment issues, percieved performance/results and the many operational / consumable costs involved in keeping even an inexpensive racing machine like a protwin competive at the top level. (remembering that NO motorsport is cheap)

Lets all hope that the riders that are curently keeping the NZ nationals going - maintain their commitments to the series and do their best to support as many new riders into the scene at club level (a feeder to nationals). It is a true national series & the skills of the guys ( & gals) in it are very high. lap records continue to fall every year as a result of this - and the goals of achievment are set ever higher.........

Cheers
Glen Williams

Yep Total Commitment good reading