Nationals at Taupo?

**Danger Dave** · 29th April 2009, 16:04

Anyone know why they don't run a national round in taupo?

Just curious.

**Burrt Badger** · 29th April 2009, 16:09

Because no Club/Promoter applies to run a National Championship Event at Taupo.

**Shaun** · 29th April 2009, 16:14

Maybe some thing with the cost of hirage around that time of year?

**Billy** · 29th April 2009, 16:48

Originally Posted by Danger Dave

Anyone know why they don't run a national round in taupo?

Just curious.

I would think the biggest reason would be cost,Any of the clubs currently running meetings at Taupo would have to accomodate their officials for 3 days for a start off and as pointed out track hire is around $6000.00 a day for the long track for a club day,God only knows what they would charge for a National meeting but at those rates youd be looking at $12000.00.As I understand it the track surface is dodgy at best anyway isnt it ?

**scuzeme** · 29th April 2009, 18:12

Track surface dodgy? dont be ridiculous we should have a national round at taupo it is a premier track with great facilities.

**FROSTY:Me** · 29th April 2009, 18:13

Billy has it on the knocker. Count on a solid 10-12k plus accomodation which being holiday season is at top rates. ANY club looking to do it would have all their officials from outa town.

Heres the thing though. Much as Hampton downs is gonna be a great track who's gonna front the money to run a nats meeting there--at same money as taupo to run??

**Biggles08** · 29th April 2009, 18:19

Originally Posted by FROSTY

Billy has it on the knocker. Count on a solid 10-12k plus accomodation which being holiday season is at top rates. ANY club looking to do it would have all their officials from outa town.

Heres the thing though. Much as Hampton downs is gonna be a great track who's gonna front the money to run a nats meeting there--at same money as taupo to run??

Hampton D is about 20min from Pukekohe so the only extra cost will be track hire.

**FROSTY:Me** · 29th April 2009, 18:46

Originally Posted by Biggles08

Hampton D is about 20min from Pukekohe so the only extra cost will be track hire.

Um not quite. but it is the biggest component.
Not quoting exact figures here but pukie is 9k for the three days roughly
Hampton downs wuould be 19k for the same 3 days,
same number of staff needed so that would at say 20 racers per class and 6 classes -120 people to absorb 9k $75 extra each entry
Keeping in mind that the auckland nats are the dearest to enter already.

**discotex** · 29th April 2009, 23:08

Originally Posted by FROSTY

Heres the thing though. Much as Hampton downs is gonna be a great track who's gonna front the money to run a nats meeting there--at same money as taupo to run??

Larger opportunities for sponsorship? Time it so that people are still coming off the high from Paeroa and you could draw quite a crowd.

It looks like it'll be a great circuit for spectators and riders alike so would be a shame not to capitalise on it.

**Shaun** · 30th April 2009, 11:09

Originally Posted by Biggles08

Hampton D is about 20min from Pukekohe so the only extra cost will be track hire.

Waikato nth has about 25% of our population, so in theory, what you have said is correct BUT Do a search on where all the ROAD race licenses are held IN New Zealand, Taranaki to WELLINGTON Kills the upper NTH!
The CITY folk ( Spectators) CANNOT and do NOT even get out to PUKE, only a 20-30 minute drive from down town AK, so how are you going to get them Keen travel further to another over priced race track like Hampton?

ANY CONSTRUCTIVE IDE'S MATE?

LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, the club ARRANGING THE EVENT, TO ARRANGE FOR A SHIT LOAD OF BUSES TO TRAVEL OUT TO IT FOR EXAMPLE? AT COST COVERED PRICES?

**ajturbo** · 30th April 2009, 11:17

it cost us OVER $25k just at manfeild......

**scuzeme** · 30th April 2009, 11:20

We have a fargin huge Pak and Save down here lets run it in their carpak on a Sunday nite.

I cant believe we havent got anything down here in Wellington we need to get a street race back here in the Capital and make it part of the national competition.

**scrivy** · 30th April 2009, 12:15

Originally Posted by FROSTY

Um not quite. but it is the biggest component.
Not quoting exact figures here but pukie is 9k for the three days roughly
Hampton downs wuould be 19k for the same 3 days,
same number of staff needed so that would at say 20 racers per class and 6 classes -120 people to absorb 9k $75 extra each entry
Keeping in mind that the auckland nats are the dearest to enter already.

Basically you're right Frosty.

I wanted to run a Nats meeting here, but Chris Lawrance said no!
Our meeting has a huge cost outlay, simply cause I give alot back to riders, and charge the lowest 2 day entry fee.
But to hold a Nats round here, I'd lose alot of classes from my meeting, and only have half of the fields - which ultimately means a HUGE entry fee, and what riders want that?
If the nats had large fields, I'd be able to drop the cost to 1/2 that of Puke.

**ajturbo** · 30th April 2009, 12:21

just a note on this... for some reason, manfeild owners(?) decided that as it was a "national" round, they upped the rental by something like 500%... not too sure why... hopefully the other tracks wouldn't do the same....

**Billy** · 30th April 2009, 12:36

Originally Posted by ajturbo

just a note on this... for some reason, manfeild owners(?) decided that as it was a "national" round, they upped the rental by something like 500%... not too sure why... hopefully the other tracks wouldn't do the same....

Manfeild have done that for as long as I can remember and I think youll find the other tracks do as well