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I would doubt it, there's probably 4 from down here that would do it but I doubt any Northern outfits will come down as it's in between National rounds and some of the NI guys are heading over to Eastern creek and will probably be loaded in containers by thenOriginally Posted by Grumph
I'd love to run the outfit at it but I can't see it happening
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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Thanks, that confirms my thoughts...gap in the programme there i think.
The average BEARS club runner won't go up against moderns in that class stucture so it would really make sense to have a separate class IMO. And judging by Greymouth and Methven they wouldn't be short of entries.
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Check with the organisers, there's a reason BEARs aren't already on the program but if they don't have enough outfits they may change there mind or then again they might just make the races longer
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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BEARS bikes made up the bulk of the F1 field at Nelson this year, but then there's a specific BEARS class as well (I think because the event is run under the BEARS licence). If MCI/CAMS are backing Waimate then that would explain the difference.
Two CAMS classes and Sidecars? Hope they order lots of cement and brooms
Seriously though, with Wyndham, Greymouth, Methven, Nelson and now Waimate there's now a lot of street races in the SI. I reckon its time to link them together into a championship as a carrot to keep numbers up
My daughter telling me like it is:"There is an old man in your face daddy!"
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...this meeting is a Redlineracing/MCI venture and CAMS members will be more than happy and eager to support as much of this kind of stuff as we can manage to squeeze in, down here. Good luck and all the kudos to the organisers for seeing it through. We are shortly to be up to our neck in getting METHVEN sorted out, we know the mission involved. More power to yer....
...as far as a street series...there is enough racing down here now to warrant it...in saying that...have you ever tried to hold three greased up seagulls in one hand while trying to eat your fish and chips with the other...be great though, would'nt it....
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they close christchurch streets for push bikes...surely there's a spot in woolston that could be closed off....
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there used to be street races in new brighton a few years ago
Low personal B.M.E.P.
It would appear you can only bounce an RS125 off a house once before you lose the circuit....
Sydenham was used once years ago and is still the only feasible area - but it's all right angles....and you've got issues now with parking and spectator access.
With a bloody good permanent circuit on your doorstep it just doesn't make economic sense to look at a street circuit - even the car guys who were keen saw the costs as too great.
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...Lyttelton also did a bit of Street Racing...bloody marvelous...that was then...this is now...it takes a lot of local support to get organising such stuff past the starting blocks....Southbridge...Rakaia...another couple that wont come back...not for the lack of trying though...
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BUT BUT BUT!
The cyclists close off downtown....and they have their palendromes and closed circuits and parks and things and they close off sections of road on the hills for their wee races....so I want a go...
but you do make a good point regarding ruapuna, but a street race would get more publicity, both good and bad (if there's such a thing)
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...getting off topic here, but they also get to hire Ruapuna...our motorsport track...can we do a bit of m/c racing on there banked cycle tracks...yea right...
In the riders seat
Early nineties and only for two years, Joey Dunlop even rode at it along with a few of the Irish contingent who were here at the time
It was very good from a spectator point of view though if you were standing across the road from said incident, I don't think people wandering across a unfenced circuit during the races would have helped much either
January 1985 and it was a round of the National champs and also the NZGP, I think Robert Holden broke his leg at it
A few names that competed at it are still around or became quite well known
Right angles is really the nature of most street circuits, Greymouth is for the most part and Nelson, Wanganui are a little bit luckier but not much
I think it would be ok for Buckets not to sure about F1
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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Could be the NZ Daytona 200 (metres)
There is a lot of support out here to reserect Southbridge as a street circuit.............however too many "old fart/fucwit/ web-footed/big hand - wobblyheaded locals who reside on all the local commitees that have too much of a say in such matters.
The last time a race was held in Southbridge the 4 Square owner donated $5000 to the local Plunket out of one days takings................ the pub is halfway down the main straight(how much beer would they sell!!!)
On a slightly biased note would be good to be able to ride the race bike to the track
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Was a fucking long time ago and was pretty much for old shitters and Karts but was a pretty good event
A lot the same as last time they held it
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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Hey kicka..... the high st has been totally re-sealed last year (bit of a camber but bloody smooth)
And our sponsor would be keen to open up his seed store yard and building (which has double street entrances) to add a semi indoor motard loop.....that would be different eh.
Dreams eh
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