2012 NZSBK dates?

[gixerracer]

Read the post again KG and you'll notice the "as I understand" quote,There were no dates for Manfeild in MARCH at that stage not the whole year,$60k to run HD??Wanna give us a break down of that.



As you have probably noticed by now ,The clubs organise their own dates and obviously without consulting MNZ,The idea of leaving Feb free was suggested too me by an MNZ official,Add too that the fact the only club interested in running a round at Manfeild was MCC and theres your reason why theres no round there,Cant please everybody as Swerve has already stated,Of course theres nothing stopping you getting off your butt and helping MOMCC to organise a round there,Its not like the Shirriffs name is unheard of within the club!!!!

Have had nothing to do with the MOMCC for a very long time and do not wish to any time soon

[jellywrestler]

"as I understand"

Billy,
you should know that that statement especially with those punctuation thingies at each end; on KiwiBiker; means it's compulsive lie done under the influence of drugs.
Been done before.

Anyway good on the south island clubs for getting in ahead of the cars.
Running one week after a lot of people simply don't want to go to a race track two weekends in a row...

[gixerracer]

Nobody wants to run a round there due to cost,Plus there were no dates available in March and the AMCC had already booked HD for the 16th which would have meant the South Island guys would have had to come north twice

Every weekend in Feb is free and 3 weekends in March also at Manfeild

[Billy]

Every weekend in Feb is free and 3 weekends in March also at Manfeild

Awesome,Book a weekend and organise the round then!!Thats not the information I was given,I was told the venue was booked for Feild days

[Shaun]

Obviously money is not an issue for some teams, who can afford Holiday homes, mechanics and all of January off. I think Sarah311, tongue in cheek, was referring to the 10% of us who work for a living, and who will be doing the Nats out of the back of a ute again.

Tonque in cheek you say? 99% of racers work Rob and do it out of a van or ute. It is the NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP, so if you want to chase it, get a 2nd job and stop crying about what it costs, or just stick to the Club Scene racing EASY MATE

[Rcktfsh]

Great to see the RR commission getting the dates (well all except 1) confirmed this far out, makes life alot easier for teams planning on contesting the nats and a big improvement on the last couple of years.

[Rcktfsh]

Yep no dates were booked, Manfield is booking 2015 at present...yep, 3 years ahead!

Also wondering who is the bright spark who thinks holding the South Island rounds of the Nats during the peak of school holidays is "cost effective" in any way?!...

Unfortunately whatever dates are set for the south island they are never going to suit everyone, in saying that apart from last year the si dates have for as long as i remember, been in jan and that works pretty well. With the dates being set this far out cheap ferry fares are available ie van & 1 passenger return $366.00. Accomodation costs have more to do with whats happening in town that weekend than time of year so generally no dearer on a busy weekend in jan than any other month.
Also thanks to the efforts of Billy we'll hopefully be seeing a few younger riders in street stock school hols will make getting there alot easier for them.

[RobGassit]

Tonque in cheek you say? 99% of racers work Rob and do it out of a van or ute. It is the NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP, so if you want to chase it, get a 2nd job and stop crying about what it costs, or just stick to the Club Scene racing EASY MATE

Thanks very much for all your encouragement.

[Shaun]

Thanks very much for all your encouragement.

Read back through some of my posts on your posts dude, I have supported and encouraged you a lot, but to continue winging about FACTUALL costs is just a NEGATIVE waiste of time and as this is a PUBLIC forum, it does NOT help encourage NEW riders into racing

I try to encourage and be as possitive as I can Rob, but there comes a time when a RED Head ( This one anyway) has to speak there mind as they see it

I have gone 4 FULL DAYS ( 96 hours) with out EATING a bloody thing, to help cover my costs to race in the NZ champs years ago, I worked from 11pm to 7-30 am and then 8 am to 4 pm 5 days a week for 12 months to pay for my first year of NZ Champs racing, so HONESTLY MATE I am trying to be encouraging by trying to get people to stop crying about REALITY

[Shaun]

Great to see the RR commission getting the dates (well all except 1) confirmed this far out, makes life alot easier for teams planning on contesting the nats and a big improvement on the last couple of years.

Agreed man, very good work Team

[codgyoleracer]

Agreed man, very good work Team

X 3 for that

[Quasievil]

So Billy have I got this correct. Paeroa street race is now morw important than the NZ road race series. Good one so they organise the Nationals around 1 street race that no one gives a fuck about

I wouldn't think that was the consideration, more so that Paeroa is a significant event (sorry no denying that) and some riders who do the Nationals would also like to do the Paeroa event as well, but being so close to a nationals round it did make it tricky for them.
I think its brilliant as hopefully the fields will be bigger this year.

[malcy25]

MNZ are never going to book the tracks that far in advance as they cant rely on the clubs for commitment,

As far as the timing of dates for the 2012 series goes,I'd suggest you direct your questions to the roadrace commission chairman,Not Kiwibiker,His contact details are available on the website nobody seems to visit

Billy you should know better than most people, MNZ don't own the track bookings - the club's are the ones siging the contract.

With regards to AMCC - hell I reckon they should be commended for getting a date nailed as soon as they did, noting that this is similar timing to what has been run in recent history - March. Someone has to be first and why should they wait if it workable, plus it's a stick in the ground.

Cheers ears.

[Shaun]

With regards to AMCC - hell I reckon they should be commended for getting a date nailed as soon as they did, noting that this is similar timing to what has been run in recent history - March. Someone has to be first and why should they wait if it workable, plus it's a stick in the ground.

Cheers ears.

Agree with this mate, well done AMCC----

[RobGassit]

Read back through some of my posts on your posts dude, I have supported and encouraged you a lot, but to continue winging about FACTUALL costs is just a NEGATIVE waiste of time and as this is a PUBLIC forum, it does NOT help encourage NEW riders into racing

I try to encourage and be as possitive as I can Rob, but there comes a time when a RED Head ( This one anyway) has to speak there mind as they see it

I have gone 4 FULL DAYS ( 96 hours) with out EATING a bloody thing, to help cover my costs to race in the NZ champs years ago, I worked from 11pm to 7-30 am and then 8 am to 4 pm 5 days a week for 12 months to pay for my first year of NZ Champs racing, so HONESTLY MATE I am trying to be encouraging by trying to get people to stop crying about REALITY

Thanks Shaun for your reply. It wasn't my intention to whine about costs or even dates really. It is what it is and that's the same for all. We had just costed out our doing the 5 rounds and the peak prices during January had to be factored in. So be it. We enjoyed the Nats so much last season, even running a Korean rental, that we are ripping the mirrors and indicators off Sarah's road bike to give it another bash. It's all good.