2017 gp?

[Grumph]

Taupo and Tokoroa are only a stones throw away, guess that could work on the same weekend and piggybacked onto another event. Because the S.I folk are mostly F4 types, it could give us the best of both worlds.

I'm not making any suggestions as i won't be spending money on coming....but there are a few F5 eligible bikes lurking in SI sheds.
If you do make it attractive to the SI runners, don't be surprised if a few bring F5 bikes to get more track time....

[seymour14]

I'm not making any suggestions as i won't be spending money on coming....but there are a few F5 eligible bikes lurking in SI sheds.
If you do make it attractive to the SI runners, don't be surprised if a few bring F5 bikes to get more track time....

That could be a win/win for everyone. Hence running the whole event over the same weekend could be ideal.

F4 at Taupo. One of the two days.
F5 and Sidecars at Tokoroa. The other of the two days.

Ever hear of any sidecars down your way Grumph?

[Bert]

I think this is a cool conversation.

I'd love to race another GP at Taupo. Personally can't get excited about GP length races at Tok (love the track but not a fan of GPs and limited numbers etc.). Something about a massive grid lined up on a big track - four or five deep in the flowing corners).

Cost prohibitive? Again I'd pay far more for that opportunity...

But then the issues with F5 and sidecars. Damn, sidecars are going in numbers: so it's great to all be on an equal footing or on the same day same track.

Well then there is the mine field back track. F4 & F5 and sidecars would all be suitable. But the only issue is lack of corners... But fun none the less, hopefully we will get a chance to show it off this coming summer.

[Grumph]

That could be a win/win for everyone. Hence running the whole event over the same weekend could be ideal.

F4 at Taupo. One of the two days.
F5 and Sidecars at Tokoroa. The other of the two days.

Ever hear of any sidecars down your way Grumph?

Not now...remember, everything here is on big tracks. Even if someone hauls out an F5, it's going to have to be tested on a big track....

[mr bucketracer]

going off my camera ,back track of manfeild v BoB track is ni on the same lap times

[cotswold]

I can see whats happening here, F4 has the numbers so if it wants to bugger off and do something on its own it can, the F5 and sidecar GP's may as well be canned as a meeting with 20 bikes would suck

[Grumph]

I can see whats happening here, F4 has the numbers so if it wants to bugger off and do something on its own it can, the F5 and sidecar GP's may as well be canned as a meeting with 20 bikes would suck

Just remember that running the F5 or 50cc GP on kart tracks is relatively recent...When it was, shall we say a legitimate NZGP title, it was held with the rest of the GP meeting on Ruapuna....
Would you have liked to have ridden a 50 on Spa or the Nurburgring ? From day one the europeans realised that 50's were going to have to be seen as real bikes capable of running on big circuits...

Just saying....

[seymour14]

I can see whats happening here, F4 has the numbers so if it wants to bugger off and do something on its own it can, the F5 and sidecar GP's may as well be canned as a meeting with 20 bikes would suck

I like the 2 day format we now have, it used to be all done as a one day affair in the distant past.

Manfeild does have the best of both worlds, wider track that has similarities between Kart and Race Track, I wonder how much it would cost for a weekend there? Likewise Taupo?

Just be nice to mix it up occasionally, and get the Southerners in for a change. Earlier we look into options, the sooner we know what we are up against.

[Buttman18]

This year was my first year at the GP and i honestly don't think you could make it any better, the whole weekend was bloody amazing. That being said i would love to take the bucket out onto the bigger tracks like Taupo and Manifeld but would hate to see the formula of that weekend changed

[mr bucketracer]

I can see whats happening here, F4 has the numbers so if it wants to bugger off and do something on its own it can, the F5 and sidecar GP's may as well be canned as a meeting with 20 bikes would suck

could just run at a north island round or have the over 40 gp (-;

[Rick 52]

Taupo track 2 is fantastic ! I have good memories from the TRRS .
Could we be brave enough to organise a meeting like the "Road Race Spectacular" ?

we would have to share the track with F1, F2 , F3 and probably sidecars to spread the cost .

[Henk]

Believe it or not we talk about this every year, would love to run at a big track but becomes cost prohibitive.
Would love to run Taupo B but other classes would have to be involved, I can't see how this could be done and have enough track time for everyone if F5 and sidecars are to remain. If memory serves the last F5 GP on the Taupo track ran simultaneously with 125s or a historic GP class? TZ350 should be able to confirm, he was on track at the time.
The only reason it ended up at kart tracks is that one year we had something like three months to organise or it didn't happen, post TRRS I think, and we ended up at Toke.

[speedpro]

I like the 2 day format we now have, it used to be all done as a one day affair in the distant past.

In the "distant" past it used to be 2 days, over Easter, at Ohakea, and with a LOT of drinking in the middle, and at each end. The Ohakea GP effectively became the NZGP, or so I reckon anyway. Ohakea was well pre-MNZ.

A SI version at Woodbourne would probably be the most likely, OR, what about Blenheim Kart track though I seem to remember some sort of problem getting bikes on there now. But what a great track.

Back on an Air Force base would be awesome. Only a few small problems to overcome.

[Buttman18]

Back on an Air Force base would be awesome. Only a few small problems to overcome.

Im air force and currently part of the motorsports club on base Auckland, the chance of have a group of civilian guys tearing around on race bikes would be slim to fuck all we had to jump through countless hoops just to get a 50cc scooter race sorted. The problem is now days anything that goes wrong is on the base commanders head so he is very reluctant to approve anything that could cause damage to people or property in saying that if someone wanted to put forward a request i could point you through the right channels

[lodgernz]

could the f4gp be piggy backed from another club to taupo and the rest f5 - sidecars , tokaroa be run as per normal ? another kart track round ? could even have a over 40s race (-:

There aren't that many riders who race both f4 and f5, so if you split the classes over two venues, I think you'd see a piss-poor muster of bucket people at the F4 venue, 'cos why would the F5 guys go? To watch or marshall only? Don't think so.
Similarly, after the F4 day, most of those riders would go home, so we'd have a piss-poor turnout for the F5 and Sidecar day, also with no marshalls.
One fabulous weekend at Tokoroa or some other cool track, with plenty of marshalls, or two minimal turnouts at two different tracks with no marshalls? I know my preference.