2008 BEARS Sound of Thunder- 25th Anniversary

[TonyB]

2008 BEARS Sound of Thunder
25th Anniversary

Where: Ruapuna
When: 23rd and 24th February 2008. THATS THIS WEEKEND!

This is the 25th Anniversary of this event, and I'm told it will be huge in terms of competitor numbers. I spoke to a member of the committe on Tuesday and was told that they had around 50 entries just in F1, with the usual rush of late entries expected on top of that.

There has been radio advertising, but I think that a lot of people still don't know this event is on. Spread the word!
The club news letter arrived a last week, and they are looking for prominent locations to put up some signage advertising this event. If you can help out, please send me a PM

SOT RACE FUNCTIONS
Friday night at the track after scrutineering there is a reunion BBQ for all present and past riders.
There will be footage & photos of past events etc, and of course the bar will be open.
So if you know of anybody who has raced SOT please do invite them along.

BIKE SHOW
There will be a bike show this year to be held on the left hand side area just after entering the gates. This will take place on the Sunday. There will be product prizes for the best of each BEARS class e.g Harley, Ducati & Triumph. And there will also be a peoples choice award. This show is open to the general public to enter. Just ride your bike in, register before 12pm on Sunday, and your free to go and watch the racing. Lets face it, if you've got a nice bike, people are going to look at it anyway, so why not put it in the show and see if you can win something? This area will also be cordoned off to motorcycle parking only as well as some trade displays.

BRITTENS AND OTHER PAST SOT BIKES ON DISPLAY
There will be four Brittens on display, and a Britten will be doing laps during the lunch break on Sunday. When was the last time you saw a Britten in action? For my money, thats worth $10 right there. There will also be bikes from previous SOT's on display.

Further info is available from here

[Kickaha]

Quite simply this is one of the best Motorcycle race events held in NZ and at one stage was the biggest in Australasia

The club news letter arrived yesterday, and they are looking for prominent locations to put up some signage advertising this event. If you can help out, please send me a PM

Its not prominent but I've had the poster up at work for weeks

I am supposed to be there on my Monster, racing with the number 159.

Someone else get your normal number?

[TonyB]

Quite simply this is one of the best Motorcycle race events held in NZ and at one stage was the biggest in Australasia

It certainly is an awesome event to race in

Someone else get your normal number?

159 is the number MNZ gave me. 144 is already taken by a local ER650 rider who's name escapes me....but its nothing to do with numbers...more the tanks sudden inability to contain fuel.

[SDU]

Thanks for the heads up-
I haven't seen or heard any advertising & it's less than a week away-unreal they really need to advertise more.

[MVnut]

Stupid would be an understatement re lack of advertising

[TonyB]

Don't have the official word for the lack of advertising. My guess would be the usual- lack of resources.

If you look at the committee, nearly all of them race. If they're anything like me, they'll have enough trouble just organising the event and getting themselves ready.

[Subike]

Don't have the official word for the lack of advertising. My guess would be the usual- lack of resources.

If you look at the committee, nearly all of them race. If they're anything like me, they'll have enough trouble just organising the event and getting themselves ready.

Then what they should do is hire an events manager to run it
Surley that would not be prohibative a costing. His fee

[TonyB]

I'm not on the comittee, and therefore have no idea why theres no advertising. I really don't want to get drawn into a big pointless discussion about this.

The racings on. It should be a goodie. Get down there and watch it!

[gav]

This use to be a huge event, I think it reached its pinnacle when the Aussies use to come over by the container loads.
Unfortunately the last few years it seems nothing more than a glorified club day, but the bracket racing is a great concept!
Still might have to wander out and check it out! 25 years!? crikey, have to be worth getting a tee shirt for that!

[Joni]

25 years!? crikey, have to be worth getting a tee shirt for that!

Yeah I will be there too Gav!

Dieselpig will be racing on a Ducati 400F3

And of course Drew and Flame will be racing too.

I hope lots of spectators come to support the event.

[TonyB]

Dieselpig will be racing on a Ducati 400F3

Really? Sweet! Where did he score that from? I hear Tony Mac might have a "Ducati 500" which I assume would be a Pantah in time for the meet as well. Hopefully I can mix it up with them and have some good racing. tony and i had some awesome dices last year.

And of course Drew and Flame will be racing too.

Cool, I haven't met either of them yet.

[Joni]

Really? Sweet! Where did he score that from?

From Russel Bleach.

It may be a 400, but you and I both know DP well enough to know he will give a few larger bikes the learn!

Good luck Tony!

[TonyB]

From Russel Bleach.

It may be a 400, but you and I both know DP well enough to know he will give a few larger bikes the learn!

Good luck Tony!

Thanks luv! I'm gonna need it just to be able to turn up

As for DP...I'm just hoping I can keep up Funnily enough though, hard on the gas in a straight line theres bugger all difference between a 400SS and a 750SS. Same for the 750 and the 900. I hear this Pantah(?) of Tonys has been worked a bit, so I may not see which way he went

[Kickaha]

Tony Mac might have a "Ducati 500" which I assume would be a Pantah in time for the meet as well.

Pantah engine in a Wytech frame

[gav]

Something like this then?