Pukekohe upgrade

[Ntoxcated]

- Asphalt resurfacing while keeping character of the track

Does this mean they will leave a few random bumps just to keep it interesting?

[Mental Trousers]

It was/is a bumpy shithole you didn't miss much

I actually like the bumps at Puke. But what I don't like is hitting a wall over the mountain. Or hitting a wall at Castrol. The hairpin was the least of my concerns with the place even though the hairpin is where I broke my collar bone.

[Drew]

Over the hill doesn't bother me at all, and Castrol is a pretty slow entry speed corner. By the time you're carrying any pace you are running fuckin near parallel to it.

[Drew]

It was/is a bumpy shithole you didn't miss much

Turn one is bumpy, I didn't think the rest was as bad as most of Manfield.

Have you ridden a solo round it Warwick? One that is less than a hundred year old to boot. Good fun old bean!

[Rhubarb]

It was/is a bumpy shithole you didn't miss much

+1

I don't race bikes but I do race a car.

Pukekohe is a 'bumpy shit hole'.

As you come up over the rise onto the start/finish straight the Ford signs on the left have black circles all the way along. These tyre marks are there because the vigorous bumps in the circuit 'bounce' you across the track towards these barriers as you scream at full noise around the cornered rise onto the straight.

You may say "race to the conditions". I expect a dirt rally road to have ruts and corrugations - not a sealed permanent circuit. I have raced all over NZ at hill climbs, permanent circuits and temporary street circuts. Pukekohe is by far the worst.

The infield pit area is crap. My last meeting there featured many oversea's racers who were put in the old steel framed area believing they were being allocated an enclosed pit. Their very expensive cars were constantly dripped on by rusty water from the dilapidated structure. The Pukekohe Warehouse did a great trade in tarpaulin's and gazebo's.

I race my car as often as possible. I'll happily tow it anywhere in NZ to race. Racing is the biggest buzz and most fun I have ever had.

However, I HATED Pukekohe.

[Drew]

+1

I don't race bikes but I do race a car.

Pukekohe is a 'bumpy shit hole'.

As you come up over the rise onto the start/finish straight the Ford signs on the left have black circles all the way along. These tyre marks are there because the vigorous bumps in the circuit 'bounce' you across the track towards these barriers as you scream at full noise around the cornered rise onto the straight.

You may say "race to the conditions". I expect a dirt rally road to have ruts and corrugations - not a sealed permanent circuit. I have raced all over NZ at hill climbs, permanent circuits and temporary street circuts. Pukekohe is by far the worst.

The infield pit area is crap. My last meeting there featured many oversea's racers who were put in the old steel framed area believing they were being allocated an enclosed pit. Their very expensive cars were constantly dripped on by rusty water from the dilapidated structure. The Pukekohe Warehouse did a great trade in tarpaulin's and gazebo's.

I race my car as often as possible. I'll happily tow it anywhere in NZ to race. Racing is the biggest buzz and most fun I have ever had.

However, I HATED Pukekohe.

On a bike, those bumps are noticable, but they don't put you in the wall unless you've got set up issues normally.

[Mental Trousers]

Over the hill doesn't bother me at all, and Castrol is a pretty slow entry speed corner. By the time you're carrying any pace you are running fuckin near parallel to it.

It bothers me. The previous owner of my bike hit that wall.

[Kickaha]

Turn one is bumpy, I didn't think the rest was as bad as most of Manfield.

I would have said Manfield was billiard table smoth compared to Puke, the bumps on the front straight at Puke meant I ended up with fractured ribs one year

Have you ridden a solo round it Warwick? One that is less than a hundred year old to boot. Good fun old bean!

No, nor do I have any desire to

[Drew]

It bothers me. The previous owner of my bike hit that wall.

The bottle bags are all I require to put it out of my mind. But it's been said that I tend to focus less on safety.

[Mental Trousers]

The bottle bags are all I require to put it out of my mind. But it's been said that I tend to focus less on safety.

That's a really polite way of putting it haha

[sugilite:Me]

Over the hill doesn't bother me at all,

Funny thing, as a rider I feel pretty much the same as you about coming over the hill. As a spectator between races I've seen two separate incidents over that hill that literally turned my stomach to watch. That wall takes no prisoners thats for sure.

[Gremlin]

The bottle bags are all I require to put it out of my mind. But it's been said that I tend to focus less on safety.

Unfortunately, the worst injuries at the hill have been where the bike has gone in first, clearing the bales out of the way so the rider can hit the wall, or the rider going in first and being stopped, then the bike comes to greet them...

[gammaguy]

Why would it be? since when has Bike racing been interesting enough to draw crowds and encourage investment dollars in NZ race parks ?

harsh

but fair.

[gammaguy]

It aint no invers thou... that track blows my mind.

the track blows your mind

the fuckin southerly blows yer pit tent away

[neil_cb125t]

the track blows your mind

the fuckin southerly blows yer pit tent away

Ha funnily enough the one meeting i was there it was called off due to EXTREME wet weather and wind