Paeroa Battle of the Streets, Sunday 20 February 2011.

**Pussy** · 11th January 2011, 16:14

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

Do i reserve the awning bed for you?
Or do you want to go in the caravan wit the girls?

Option 2!
Thank you very much!!

**DMack** · 11th January 2011, 22:08

Entered today, go BEARS

**Cleve** · 12th January 2011, 07:40

Originally Posted by Kickaha

I would doubt a lot of the crowd would even know who they were

I go to watch racing I don't go because a "top rider" is there, I'd be more likely to go to watch people race back and midfield that I know than to watch Stroud (cept for Shirriffs cause he's my hero)

Perhaps I am in the minority - but if the top blokes are not racing I will be a lot less likely to go. Watching the likes of Craig, Andrew etc battling the young Aussie hotshots is a brilliant spectacle and something I as an ex racer (very average) can appreciate and feel it is worth paying the entry fee for.

**avgas** · 12th January 2011, 08:05

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

There are few points at Paeroa that you can see much action, just little sections, whereas at the Cemetery Circuit there are a number of points where you can see a full corner and the exit from the previous one and entry for the next as well.
That's what does it for me mainly.

Yeah but there is less of the "great unclean" in Paeroa.

**avgas** · 12th January 2011, 08:23

Originally Posted by Rcktfsh

Crowds may hold up for a while but with our top street riders like Stroud, Shirrifs, Love and Cole(not totally sure with Nick) not interested in riding there they will dwindle.

Your kidding right????
They could have Bozo the clown racing there and they would still have 1000's of people turn up.
Crowd goes like this:
5% know the racers
20% ride motorbikes
30% like racing
50% like big events
70% like motorbikes

I went to the Speedway last week and had a great time. Had no idea who ANYONE was - and I suspect that at least 70% of the crowd was in the same boat. But man in the last laps of the 50 lapper everyone was on the edge of their seat. And I still didn't know the names of the American and Kiwi who drew for 1st.....but whoar what a race.

So no - don't really give a fuck if the top racers don't compete. Who knows might end up with better racing without them. More competitive racing.

**jellywrestler** · 12th January 2011, 08:25

Originally Posted by avgas

Yeah but there is less of the "great unclean" in Paeroa.

only cause the range of their ankle bracelets won't let them into town!

**wharfy** · 12th January 2011, 08:41

Originally Posted by avgas

Yeah but there is less of the "great unclean" in Paeroa.

There are only twenty people in Paeroa, all the rest are from out of town (mostly from Auckland I think )

**scott411** · 12th January 2011, 10:05

Originally Posted by avgas

Your kidding right????
They could have Bozo the clown racing there and they would still have 1000's of people turn up.
Crowd goes like this:
5% know the racers
20% ride motorbikes
30% like racing
50% like big events
70% like motorbikes

I went to the Speedway last week and had a great time. Had no idea who ANYONE was - and I suspect that at least 70% of the crowd was in the same boat. But man in the last laps of the 50 lapper everyone was on the edge of their seat. And I still didn't know the names of the American and Kiwi who drew for 1st.....but whoar what a race.

So no - don't really give a fuck if the top racers don't compete. Who knows might end up with better racing without them. More competitive racing.

Michael Pickens was the Kiwi in # 54 and Jerry Coons Jnr was the yank in # 3

what a race that was, and what a crowd as well

**Tony.OK** · 12th January 2011, 13:49

Originally Posted by scott411

Michael Pickens was the Kiwi in # 54 and Jerry Coons Jnr was the yank in # 3

what a race that was, and what a crowd as well

And talking to the stockcar boys at work............they get PAID to turn up and do skids alot of the time, not a huge amount but enough to cover gas or something, they couldn't believe what I was paying to enter races.

Show how different our sport is, go to any stockcar meet and they're always well packed with spectators.

**sidecar bob** · 12th January 2011, 20:18

Originally Posted by Tony.OK

Show how different our sport is, go to any stockcar meet and they're always well packed with spectators.

What came first, the spectators or the apperance money?

**Grumph** · 13th January 2011, 06:34

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

What came first, the spectators or the apperance money?

From day one in around 1928 speedway was professionally promoted with participants and officials paid....
Any promoters prepared to take the financial risk of setting up meetings here ?

It has been done of course - and is still done but not many make enough to do it again.

**Quasievil** · 13th January 2011, 07:06

Originally Posted by Quasievil

I (in my Mobil capacity) am with the company who is the main sponsor of the event it is now called "Mobil 1 Battle of the Streets Paeroa", and as Motorsport manager for Mobil Im keen to do what I can to enable things to be better at the rider level.....................if I can.

Cant believe people didnt pick up on this but went on the typical tangent of bleating

**CHOPPA** · 13th January 2011, 08:58

It will be a shame if we dont get the fast guys there, I used to go watch it before I started racing and I could always tell who was a top rider regardless if I knew there name or not.

Im pretty sure I can walk around any motorsport event in NZ and tell you who are the fast guys without even watching them drive or ride just by the look of there bike or car, how they wear their gear and have their bike set up etc

**Reckless** · 13th January 2011, 09:15

Originally Posted by CHOPPA

It will be a shame if we dont get the fast guys there, I used to go watch it before I started racing and I could always tell who was a top rider regardless if I knew there name or not.

I agree with Chop! You can't tell me that every bike parked in the paddock and everyone walking around with a helmet doesn't know who Stroud etc is and wants to see him or the other well known names either win or loose??

They/We make up most of the crowd and if they/we stop coming because the good guys aren't there well ???