Two hour, 22 November 2015

[seymour14]

So who's up for some wet practice today

Hope GPR packed their water proof undies.

Hope they remembered where the track was...

[wildman]

Hope GPR packed their water proof undies.

Hope they remembered where the track was...

I saw them there and they said something about You were meant to have brought the sidecar up? Rain what rain we don't have that in Auckland

[seymour14]

I saw them there and they said something about You were meant to have brought the sidecar up? Rain what rain we don't have that in Auckland

You can blame the terrorists about the Sidecar, was going to fly it up, but since the rebuild, they classify it as a weapon.

[wildman]

You can blame the terrorists about the Sidecar, was going to fly it up, but since the rebuild, they classify it as a weapon.

What an old bomb, secret secret over heard talk of more sidecars being built or rebuilt for GP next year, but don't tell anybody

[seymour14]

So how did Regan go? That would have been his first outing on a kart track proper.

[Bert]

So how did Regan go? That would have been his first outing on a kart track proper.

Sounds like the boys are having fun.... Nick is flying.

And more sidecars are under development...

[wildman]

So how did Regan go? That would have been his first outing on a kart track proper.

Think he was doing alright, was a bit occupied with sidecars and enjoying the lovely weather, won't get a chance to get out there tomorrow. Liked the engine, cool work.

[seymour14]

Looks like GPR had a good day up north, so good, that the local constabulary wanted them to stay another night...

They can explain that one at a later date I'm sure!

Sounds like it was one hell of a 2 hour event, looking forward to the breakdown of the results.

[chrisc]

What an intense 2 hour! That's easily the most competitive 2 hour I've been too. Unfortunately there was an incredible amount of DNFs (7) from the 17 starters.
That's endurance racing though and thankfully that meant that Rod and I actually had a chance! We were riding his TZ5cc super bucket which is the most fun I've ever had on a kart track.

We qualified 6th and with a blinder of a start got into 3rd place into the first corner. A group of about 6 very fast riders battled for 3rd for a number of laps before slowly being stretched out. Despite being taken out by Will in a bold but mostly above bar pass, Rod and I rejoined and fought as hard as we can to end up in 3rd place. Thankfully Will took himself out on the sweeper when he rejoined, because he was flying!

I'm super hyped, really really sore and left wondering how it all could have panned out without the crash. Thanks to all the awesome crew who ran the event and the riders who made the clearly massive effort to come up to race in one of the best events of the year! A huge congrats to the GPR boys for the win, it was well deserved. I'll post up some photos later in the week as I'm away for work.

[chrisc]

In the meantime, thanks for the photos Rob!

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2015 Mt Wellington 2 Hour.

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first place went team GPR

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Once again the 4T boys get to give us 2T guys the learn.

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Fish and Andrew get to take second place. They each did it the hard man way by riding at race pace each for a whole hour non stop. The difference between 1st and 2nd place was just 10 seconds.

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The only 2T to finish took third place. This was an amazing result after being knocked of in the horseshoe and having to push the bike back to the pits for repairs and re inspection before they could re join the race.

[chrisc]

2 hour results above^^^^

[andrew a]

Well done you guys after talking to Fishy I wish I had made an effort to go up. I always thought the track was not so nice. Pleased for Regan and Nick also for Fishy who did well for a standard FXR with carb, pipe and 2mm oversize piston. Will become a problem if he works it like the rest of us have!

[Henk]

Well done you guys after talking to Fishy I wish I had made an effort to go up. I always thought the track was not so nice. Pleased for Regan and Nick also for Fishy who did well for a standard FXR with carb, pipe and 2mm oversize piston. Will become a problem if he works it like the rest of us have!

Dear Mr Adlam, please stay home, there were only three Aucklanders in the top four teams as it was, we don't need any more fast imports 😊

[cotswold]

Dear Mr Adlam, please stay home, there were only three Aucklanders in the top four teams as it was, we don't need any more fast imports 😊

perhaps a new rule, must have one Aucklander in each team, or combined lap times must not exceed 31s

[chrisc]

Totally forgot that I didn't put the link up to the photos from the 2 hour!

Album here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonscc...57659118320303