Stroud wins first superbike race at Teretonga

[jellywrestler]

Just checked on NZSBK website and Andrew Stroud took another win despite Bugden's quickest lap being .22 seconds quicker than his, thats two wins and a fourth against Bugdens one win one second and one DNF.
Go Kiwi's

[cmoore]

shame about the last race...the officials cocked that one up for him, he must be pissed!!

[scrivy]

What was cocked up??

[KS34]

They let the race go an extra lap, Stroud was in the lead on lap 15 and had a moment and Bugden got round him and crossed the line in front on the new last lap 16.

[KS34]

By the way another good round for Suzuki although down to 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th in the champs!!!

[woodyracer]

i was going for shiffiffs but what the heck, strouds the man!

[sidecar bob]

They let the race go an extra lap, Stroud was in the lead on lap 15 and had a moment and Bugden got round him and crossed the line in front on the new last lap 16.

F.F.S !! And theyre making it stand?? What a cluster fuck.
You can just imagine the conversation in the flag box, "Oh no, Strouds in the lead, we dont like him 'cos hes a genuinely top all 'round bloke, what shall i do?" ," let it go another lap, that'll fuck 'im".

[KS34]

Yep apparently the rule is race to the flag not the number of laps.

In a controversial finish to the last Superbike race at Teretonga today , Robbie Bugden took a close victory from Andrew Stroud. The race was a close affair between the two Suzuki pilots and Craig Shirriffs on a Honda. With all three share the battle for the lead at some stage during the race , in the closing stages Stroud took the lead and was leading on the fifteenth lap, however the white flag was not shown and an extra lap taken, Stroud had a moment at the hairpin on this lap which allowed Bugden through for the win.

The official rule dictated that you must run to the flag , not the laps. Bugden therefore was declared the winner.

Top Results:

1) Robbie Bugden Suzuki
2) Andrew Stroud Suzuki
3) Craig Shirriffs Honda.

[White trash]

F.F.S !! And theyre making it stand?? What a cluster fuck.

Whit flag wasn't displayed at the end of lap 14. As per MNZ rules we race from flag to flag, so therefor the 16 lap race result stands. Bit of a fuckup but really, it's the fairer way of closing the issue. Otherwise you've got the argument that no one knew it was the last lap.

[sidecar bob]

Whit flag wasn't displayed at the end of lap 14. As per MNZ rules we race from flag to flag, so therefor the 16 lap race result stands. Bit of a fuckup but really, it's the fairer way of closing the issue. Otherwise you've got the argument that no one knew it was the last lap.

Yeah, fair enough. I think the real issue here is that there appears to be officials in the sport that cant count to fourteen.

[Pussy]

Whit flag wasn't displayed at the end of lap 14. As per MNZ rules we race from flag to flag, so therefor the 16 lap race result stands. Bit of a fuckup but really, it's the fairer way of closing the issue. Otherwise you've got the argument that no one knew it was the last lap.

Especially the people who were supposed to be running it.....



What a fuck up!

[White trash]

Yeah, fair enough. I think the real issue here is that there appears to be officials in the sport that cant count to fourteen.

Not a small issue either, especially with race control having electronic timing monitors in front of them Good skills.

[KS34]

You have to wonder about MNZ I know they get a bashing frequently on here but it is resonably easy to count to 14 then 15, but also there is F all News about the champs, watched the News tonight and there was nothing and adding insult to injury they had coverage of people rollerblade racing for fucks sake and of course the nzv8's got time.

[k14]

Yeah and the thing is that this wasn't the first time a cock up happened over the weekend. In the first 125 race the white flag was shown for 2 laps then the chequered. 3 guys pulled in after assuming the chequered flag was being waived one lap after the white, it wasn't and thus they should have been dnf'd. But for some reason the officials decided to go against the rules and declare the race at 10 laps, which was still under the white flag. The eleventh lap was chequered, go figure...

[sidecar bob]

Yeah and the thing is that this wasn't the first time a cock up happened over the weekend. In the first 125 race the white flag was shown for 2 laps then the chequered. 3 guys pulled in after assuming the chequered flag was being waived one lap after the white, it wasn't and thus they should have been dnf'd. But for some reason the officials decided to go against the rules and declare the race at 10 laps, which was still under the white flag. The eleventh lap was chequered, go figure...

Ahh, so they cant even count to ten? im beginning to wonder if they can count at all.
And and and!!! they didnt run sidecars after saying that all classes had to run all five rounds in order for that class to be elegible for NZ championship status. Oh well, so long as they can count to five i guess.