Stroud wins first superbike race at Teretonga

**k14** · 25th January 2010, 12:38

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

I was in christchurch over the weekend of the nationals and the TV was inundated with ads for the races and I saw several trailers with billboards advertising it on.
The crowd was quite plentiful despite the weather too.
MNZ have done a great job this year
also TV One had a crew come out for the Superbike Grand Prix.

Yes exactly, the crowd for ruapuna is by far the biggest I have seen in my 5-6 years racing. The advertising was great, heard ads on the radio frequently in the days leading up to it and even saw an ad on tv in the first ad break during the 6pm news! They also had a story on 1 news on sunday night, even though there was V8's in invercargill the same day they didn't get a mention.

**MIXONE** · 25th January 2010, 12:48

Originally Posted by k14

story on 1 news on sunday night, even though there was V8's in invercargill the same day they didn't get a mention.

TV3 have got the rights to the V8's so TV One wont bother with any coverage.
One had an hour of highlights from Wanganui on in the avo too.

**scrivy** · 25th January 2010, 13:17

Originally Posted by White trash

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.

Originally Posted by cmoore

I think the correct action was taken when the white flag was missed and the rule to ride to the flags is an understandable option…but I do feel for Andrew, he timed the ride perfectly…and the split second he spent thinking about what was going on no doubt had something to do whit him missing that corner and getting taken………on the 16th….

Yes I agree we should be shown a chequered flag to signal a finish lap. But what if there were more laps??
Um, wouldn't the supplementary regs of each meeting then come into play?? It stated x amount of laps, and no one was notified before hand of an increase in laps. So shouldn't it have been taken back to the stated amount of laps? In the superbike class they measure out their fuel exactly to the 1/2 literage. What if Stroudy had run out of fuel on the extra last lap?? Would he have then been able to protest fairly??

**k14** · 25th January 2010, 13:37

Originally Posted by MIXONE

TV3 have got the rights to the V8's so TV One wont bother with any coverage.
One had an hour of highlights from Wanganui on in the avo too.

Not true, tv1 showed highlights in the sports news last night from Timaru.

**MIXONE** · 25th January 2010, 14:20

Originally Posted by k14

Not true, tv1 showed highlights in the sports news last night from Timaru.

My bad.
And neither showed any bike racing as usual...

**quickbuck** · 25th January 2010, 14:30

Originally Posted by scrivy

In the superbike class they measure out their fuel exactly to the 1/2 literage. What if Stroudy had run out of fuel on the extra last lap?? Would he have then been able to protest fairly??

Agree fully, even in F3 some teams measure out the fuel for the duration.
However you always have to put a bit more in, just in case there is a Red Flag situation during the race.

So if there was a Red Flag, and a Restart, then the fuel might have been very tight.

We did get the (F3) bike back with a few fumes left in it after one race at Manfeild.
1/2 a litre per lap for a 400 is darn crazy... but that is what it is using!!!

**sharky** · 25th January 2010, 15:37

Originally Posted by quickbuck

Agree fully, even in F3 some teams measure out the fuel for the duration.
However you always have to put a bit more in, just in case there is a Red Flag situation during the race.

So if there was a Red Flag, and a Restart, then the fuel might have been very tight.

We did get the (F3) bike back with a few fumes left in it after one race at Manfeild.
1/2 a litre per lap for a 400 is darn crazy... but that is what it is using!!!

And Round 2 in one of the Pre 89 races I seems to recall an unhappy camper only making it as far as the slip road on the last lap

**quickbuck** · 25th January 2010, 15:47

Originally Posted by sharky

And Round 2 in one of the Pre 89 races I seems to recall an unhappy camper only making it as far as the slip road on the last lap

You recall well.
Previous season apparently it was 3 laps per litre. Not 2!

But as the Tui Sticker says on the side; She's Still pretty much standard.

**Bren_chch** · 25th January 2010, 17:13

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

I was in christchurch over the weekend of the nationals and the TV was inundated with ads for the races and I saw several trailers with billboards advertising it on.
The crowd was quite plentiful despite the weather too.
MNZ have done a great job this year
also TV One had a crew come out for the Superbike Grand Prix.

Hey... actually it was Motorcycling Canterbury that done a great job, they organised the billboards in town, the numerous trailers with billboards and a whole lot of the radio coverage!

**slowpoke** · 25th January 2010, 17:23

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

The crowd was quite plentiful despite the weather too.
MNZ have done a great job this year
also TV One had a crew come out for the Superbike Grand Prix.

Yep, after my lil' faux pas I trekked around the circuit to different vantage points and the crowd was pretty healthy despite some dodgy weather. Ruapuna is great not just from a riders perspective, you can see the whole track from nearly anywhere and with that stop bank around the track you can just park your car up on it and view in relative comfort no matter the conditions. Great set up and a great crew running the event.

**gav** · 25th January 2010, 21:19

Actually I heard the real reason for the big crowd at Ruapuna was to see the bucket bikes race!

**Robert Taylor** · 26th January 2010, 09:55

Originally Posted by 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

Dont be too hard on Robbie, he is a really good guy and has made the Kiwis lift their game. That is a good thing....

**slofox** · 26th January 2010, 10:18

I read a report of this race in the local newsrag.

Is the guy's name BUDGEN or BUGDEN? 'cause the local paper used both spellings - apparently alternately...seems they don't use proof readers any more...

**White trash** · 26th January 2010, 10:31

Originally Posted by Robert Taylor

Dont be too hard on Robbie, he is a really good guy and has made the Kiwis lift their game. That is a good thing....

They're all nice chaps at the top level though. It's just a matter of taking the time to say "G'Day" and ask how they're going to break the ice. I reckon it's pretty rare that a rider put's themselves upon a pedestal.

That's all except that Shirriffs chap. Just plain snobby that character..............