NZ Super Saloons huntly (Read 2,988 times)

[porry41]

do you think that with iminite withdrawals .that replacements are allowed in .one because of paper mix up (aus32)has discovered that he cant run .did practice last week & nothing was said to him or me .he is gutted (late entry his entry turned up after closing date)

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He should be allowed in as long as he doesnt win imagine the chaos if 1nz is an aussie. ;D

[BarryB]

I was under the impression that when he was given SNZ dispensation to race the car in NZ, he was never allowed - like a trial vehicle - to race in the New Zealand title anyway, just the NI and GP if he wanted.

As for withdrawals, as mentioned in another thread, Colin Entwisle has come up with most of the part Emerson needs to rebuild his (internally) destryed engine, and the 7m at least will be there on Friday

[schumaaka]

Jan 4, 2010 7:22:44 GMT 12 porry41 said:

do you think that with iminite withdrawals .that replacements are allowed in .one because of paper mix up (aus32)has discovered that he cant run .did practice last week & nothing was said to him or me .he is gutted (late entry his entry turned up after closing date)

For my part as I have said before, The more the merrier!!!!


For those who were thinking of only going to the Finals night and are wondering about the format then think again.

The Friday Night will see the Supersaloon drivers split into 3 groups and each group will race 4 heats, Thats 12 super saloon races with the top 6 in each Group going thru to the finals 12 Hard out Supersaloon races !!!!!!!!

Night 2 will see 2 drivers go thru from the repercharge ,making your top 20.


Those top 20 will then race the Old 3 heat format. 20 Cars in the normal bump and grind that the spectators have come to love.

But wait there's more!!!!!

The points will be tallied and this will be the starting positions for the final 20 Lapper.

So you get what you would normally see at a NZ champs plus 3 extra heat races in qualifying and an extra 20 lapper at the end.

The benefit for the Crowd?
Any 1 of the 20 cars can win right up till the last race.
4 Races with all 20 cars.
You will know the winner as soon as they cross the line
Spectacular racing as the drivers attempt to drive the outside line to get to the front

Benefit for the drivers
If you get caught up in someone elses crash in the first 3 races you can still drive to the front to win.
More races to tune your setup.
half the field missing in a heat race wont decide the winner.
The winner will have to win at least 1 race.


The final race for last year would have seen

McIntyre Waddell
Bolt Stewart
Woods Elliott
plus 14 others

I still would have put my Money on Shane but that would have been one hell of a race

The year before would have been

Cardwell Boulton
Keegan Williams
with Taylor, Macintyre, Waddell, Emerson etc coming thru from the back

that would have been another hell of a race


I can't wait roll on Friday & Saturday !!!

[BarryB]

So long as the track surface can remain pretty good for that final race it's a mouth watering prospect Shane. 20 laps of single-file action and constant cautions created by train wrecks that slick tracks can provide won't be a spectacle, but Red has a long history of preparing a good racing surface so fingers crossed. I'm sure looking forward to it!!

[schumaaka]

Jan 4, 2010 9:42:23 GMT 12 BarryB said:

So long as the track surface can remain pretty good for that final race it's a mouth watering prospect Shane. 20 laps of single-file action and constant cautions created by train wrecks that slick tracks can provide won't be a spectacle, but Red has a long history of preparing a good racing surface so fingers crossed. I'm sure looking forward to it!!

I agree Barry single file is boring as but you can gaurantee that Verrdona Stewart, Emerson, Williams, Bolt etc will all be trying the outside line and once 1 does it they will all try it.

Hopefully the sun will be down for the feature and the track will come back.

It would even be worth getting on the grader for 10 minutes and taking a couple of sweeps from the top of the track when setting up for the main.

See you there!

[LiveSPORT Radio]

B Sport nationwide radio on Friday morning, between 11am and noon, there will be a 1 hour preview to this meeting, guests including defending champion Shane McIntyre, 2008 champ Brent Emerson, 2006 champ Steve Williams and the SI's big hope, Ritchie Taylor.

[rebel1]

Schumaaka, you have got me salivating at the thought of 12 races on friday night, that is fantastic !

I am so looking forward to this event, everyone seems to be talking up the north island drivers and while there are not a huge number of south island drivers coming up there is definitely quality. My picks for the top two is the current NZ and 58c. Richie has not had a lot of luck in Cromwell and Gisborne for the last couple so I am hoping that he will feature. I would love Dennis to place again. Just about lost my voice in cromwell last year cheering Dennis home for 3NZ ;D

Nigel, any news from tonites meeting on details for this weekend ?

Looking forward to a great weekends racing !

[rebel1]

Oh yes and what about Steve Williams ? What if he were to win and hold both the NZ Super Saloon and NZ Saloon titles in the same season, how cool would that be ?

As long as he wouldnt retire after it, we need speedway ambassadors such as Steve, a huge asset to speedway