Any Welly Results (Read 3,700 times)

[madagascar]

Could anyone give results from Welly's saloon GP please? Thanks

[Richh]

Race 1 1st 59a Brian Skilton

[Richh]

48a Philip Towgood Qualified 1st 59a Brian skilton 2nd thats all i know sorry

[Markus M]

Thanks for the update Rich text I got was that Phil was the man to beat on the pace from the get go and yes 1st to qualify as well

Cheers

[Speedway Central (David)]

1st Towgood 48a
2nd McClymont 1nz
3rd Williams 21h

[steeldog]

Dec 5, 2009 22:26:49 GMT 12 Speedway Central (David) said:

1st Towgood 48a
2nd McClymont 1nz
3rd Williams 21h

Cream rises to the top.

Anyone know how this result unfolded over the night?
Any info on other drivers?

[Wildcat]

42w Alan Jacobs 4th
98w M Halcrow 5th

10w T Moffott 6th
Awsome racing by the saloon boys Those 1st and 2nd espacially are class act Not much between the next 5 Boy from Stratford had huge rollover ???78s I think C Betts

Grandad 13r won the consalation final nice doughnuts Grandad ;D ;D

Great track surface passing 3 and 4 wide

[chris13w]

Great nights racing!!

Not quite the Wellington result we wanted but Wellington cars 4th to 6th was still a pretty good effort, and definitely not embarrassed with Alan Jacobs the outstanding local car on the night.

Awesome dual between 1NZ and 48A, with Phil taking the win eventually from Brent by a reasonable margin, but the lead changed several times in the early stages, amazing to watch.

Drive of the night - Steve Williams - a stuck throttle in the first heat then a win in the second saw him qualify 9th in his group, so on the second to last row for the final - so a very strong drive through the field for third was a credible effort.

Hard luck award of the night should go to 61A Roy Walker - the defending GP Champ towed something like 900+K's to get here and was fast all night - just seemed to be on the wrong end of a few incidents that ruined the night (and a few suspension parts)...

And how close was the racing - each group had a 3 way run off for 10th place - so not much to pick between 24 of the cars!

Thanks to all the out of towner's for coming down to support the event, hopefully you've all had a good evening - and we really got the best of the North Islands weather tonight!

Also, best wishes to Chris Betts 78S after his triple barrel roll in the final, the car looked a mess but hopefully Chris is OK - I believe he ended up in the ambulance, but I think he walked in unaided, so hopefully just a few bruises??

And well done to Murray Guy - in the run off for qualification then taking out the Samsung consolation race - the donuts were definitely top glass Grandad!

Cheers all!

Chris Hadley
Wellington Speedway Society

[woodart]

very long cold night(both murray guy and me thought it was meanee), great saloon racing, phillip towgood is amazing,his car runs so straight and deep into the turns, steve williams made more passes on a slick track than you could keep up with. would have loved to see a top six shootout with towgood, mclymont, williams, roy walker(super smooth and made lots of passes into turn one), alan jacobs and todd moffat. the lineups for the restarts were a farce though, must be able to do better than that(what ever happened to the blackboard so the drivers can see as they go past).thumbs up for a good night, saloons,take a bow!!

[Deleted]

Aside from the great Saloon racing I must say that the standard of presentation over the whole class was awesome, there was some great paint jobs, i would say it's probably the best presented class overall.

[superstock]

it wasnt cold! perfect night for speedway.great nights racing.

[23b]

Any pics or video footage of saloons? Anyone know the photographers website?

[dirtracer13w]

Dec 6, 2009 6:10:19 GMT 12 23b said:

Any pics or video footage of saloons? Anyone know the photographers website?

i just had a look and our main photographer wasn't at the track so maybe someone else out there may have some pics.

And big thanks to the 3 outa town streeties for making the trip down to wellington it was a great nights racing

[Shells]

Dec 6, 2009 6:10:19 GMT 12 23b said:

Any pics or video footage of saloons? Anyone know the photographers website?

sportshots.ifp3.com/#/page/home/ is Wellington's other main photographer he was there last night his images arent up yet but check this site regularly sure they will be soonish.


Steeldog - Yes cream does rise to the top - 3 very talented drivers who were really enjoyable to watch especially the final. Congrats to 48a, 1nz and 21h

[Wildcat]

Who was the 9w streetstock he was bloody awsome Smashing everthing ? Wasnt the hardcase Demetrias Amos was it ? Heard somone say I think its him ,,Didnt come out for 2nd 3rd races bummer ..Hes the boy ya need for NZs in Welly to keep those nutters from the south island running rampant ;D ;D

[dirtracer13w]

Dec 6, 2009 8:27:26 GMT 12 Wildcat said:

Who was the 9w streetstock he was bloody awsome Smashing everthing ? Wasnt the hardcase Demetrias Amos was it ? Heard somone say I think its him ,,Didnt come out for 2nd 3rd races bummer ..Hes the boy ya need for NZs in Welly to keep those nutters from the south island running rampant ;D ;D

yes that was Amos in 9w. bent front chassis and put a hole in the radiator when he hit pit gate.

[porry41]

any more news or is that it . howd Arron 43h .mike Wilson 69k & other grass roote racers go .past heaps of them on desert rd heading down any survivours or is it a secrete

[mrsteee]

Had a good weekend in Wellington.
Track was really smooth and had plenty of drive. There seemed to be more carnage than was necessary but luckily we were spared anything more than a few scratches.

Thanks to Wellington for a great track surface, good weather and good food.
Congratulations to Brent and Steve for 2nd and 3rd, Phil really loved racing close to Brent for so long. Good clean racing.

Thanks to our Crew, Mike & Jodie and to all our sponsors : Peninsula Tyres, Whitianga Earthmoving, J.A Russell Marine and Forestry Maintenance, Easy Mind Home based Child Care, The Autobarn, Danby Machine and Development and Coastal Campers.

Thanks also to Samsung for sponsoring the event, and thankx Murray for writing the entertaining comments in the programme.

[chris13w]

Dec 6, 2009 18:04:20 GMT 12 porry41 said:

any more news or is that it . howd Arron 43h .mike Wilson 69k & other grass roote racers go .past heaps of them on desert rd heading down any survivours or is it a secrete

Yep, both went well, there or thereabouts - Aaron 43H was pretty spectacular at times trying some outside passing moves, just didn't really seem to come together for him though I guess.

Mike Wilson also qualified well in his group - I was drivers rep for the other group so was pretty busy and didn't catch up with their group much - but I think he was running the Supra this meeting - although I'm certain he was in a Monaro for the Southern DHL - how many cars does the guy have?!

Again, he must have pretty much kept out of trouble and I think he was running around about the middle of the pack in the final, so going pretty well - this was definitely a class field, so anyone in the last 20 wasn't there just by chance!

[Murray Guy (Grandad)]

On the road ...

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A few interesting minutes of UTUBE Video.
Part 1 of heat 1 of Group two has Bryan Skelton 59a off pole. 2 yellow re-starts. 13r bonds a few times with Steve Muir 16m for a DNF minus a rear right and a front left! A flying Steve Williams has a DNF with a faulty accelerator cable.



First re-start, Ht 1 group 2, under yellow has 21h Steve Williams on pole.



Heat 1, second yellow re-start, good win to Bryan Skelton 59a ...



Group 2 Heat 2, part one, is off to a bad start completing only1/2 a lap before carnage ...



A seriously great race to qualify - 13r, 16m and 74a have a run-off.
Race won by 74a.


Non-qualifiers final over 10 laps produces a good result and end to the evening for 13r after a not so good beginning! Part One of two.
Prize being a Samsung microwave ...



Non-qualifiers part 2 of 2 ...