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Post by Go Slideways on Mar 6, 2011 17:32:57 GMT 12
A huge thank you to Katrina Meikle and Steve and the crew for the lend of the Otago Metals 58D Saloon on the finals night. James had a ball, I liked his defence to the 3 objections to his style after the first race "what can I say..I was out of control.." He was running 3rd for much of the 2nd race and went pretty well considering he's had quite a long lag in his racing career. I could tell Jumbo really enjoyed seeing his boy out there again.  upload imageHere is the new 1NZ  upload imageDirt Brothers Racing had a great weekend and lead the final race for non-qualifyiers for all but the last lap when Todd Moffat pulled off a neat pass. Steve Dirt pulled off the best wheelstand I've ever seen a Saloon do after the checkered flag.  image hostDougal had 10C flying all weekend and qualified for the NZ Champ finals. His clutch stopped working but he still went out for the last race with no clutch at all. I said "good on ya Dougal, it would've been easy to just put it on the trailer", he said "na mate, it would have been easy to just stay in Christchurch". Good on ya mate.  image hostI've got lots more pics to post from the NZ Saloon Champs, I'll start a new thread on the Go Slideways board and try to get some more up tonight. Thanks again Katrina for the loan of the Otago Metals 58D car, it's a great car. |
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Post by Wildcat on Mar 6, 2011 18:16:45 GMT 12
The 55T are hard cases ,running a budget car .Where abit stiff in one of the qualyfying races where holding out S Williams for a large part of the race until he drove over the top of them  buggering their chances If there was 1 car I wanted to win a race on the night it was them They led all the way but got nailed the last lap for 2nd  Awsome show the Saloon boys put on |
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Post by chris13w on Mar 6, 2011 18:33:42 GMT 12
Yep, those 55T guys are great value, doing it all on a budget and making a pretty good job of it too! Much as I appreciate Moff's driving, I must say I was hoping for 55T to hold on that last lap and take the win - would have been well deserved! ;D Think there might have been some partying later on... the Dirt Brothers were sleeping in their trailer in the pits - and no sign of life when I was up there with my boys Ministock at midday!  |
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Post by Go Slideways on Mar 7, 2011 7:48:16 GMT 12
Yeah I reckon 55T epitomise's the spirit of the class, a $500 engine and budget shocks, diff etc.. and still highly competitive. Same deal with the car that is now 2NZ, I believe it was found at the dump. Here's the Cromwell car outside the Dirt Star Hotel, the Dirt Brothers made the most of their trip up to the big smoke and were still at an aquarium somewhere watching mermaids at 8am.  image upload |
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Post by WGTN wildcats on Mar 7, 2011 14:31:32 GMT 12
sorry but who was driving 58d on saturday what happened to katrina
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Post by Go Slideways on Mar 7, 2011 22:10:38 GMT 12
sorry but who was driving 58d on saturday what happened to katrina James Berryman got to drive the 337ci Ford 58D through meeting Katrina and her crew at the local motor camp. Katrina didn't qualify and had a slightly sore back, so she very generously gave the keys to James to launch his come back. He went well too. It's a top car that Otago Metals 58D  free image hosting |
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Post by mrsteee on Mar 8, 2011 6:07:55 GMT 12
Thankyou to Wellington Speedway, all the other competitors, our crew and sponsors, Gary and Maria Marshall for their brilliant hospitality and to Marias' Mum for bacon and egg pie and lasagne to die for.
We had a great weekend, (thank goodness it stopped raining just before each meeting.)
Congratulations to Brent 1NZ and Alan 3NZ and Paul Cressy 4NZ.
We really enjoyed all the other competitors, volunteers and everyone else who made it a really enjoyable LONG travel away.
Phil & Christine Towgood 48A 2NZ
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Post by Go Slideways on Mar 8, 2011 7:29:19 GMT 12
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Post by mrrx on Aug 31, 2011 22:06:12 GMT 12
have you found any more photos from this meeting as it would be great to see them cheers  |
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Post by Go Slideways on Aug 31, 2011 22:15:23 GMT 12
Yes indeed I do MRX, I'll just put the kettle on and upload a few, I've got a bit of video somewhere too..
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Post by mrrx on Aug 31, 2011 22:22:58 GMT 12
looking fowarad to seeing it had planed on having a second shot the 2nd meeting but the weekend before snaped an axle and lost my right rear wheel so far too much damage to fix in a week  still went to wach and cheer on the south islanders |
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Post by Go Slideways on Aug 31, 2011 22:26:44 GMT 12
Here's about a dozen, sorry if they all appear to be a bit limited, but they're from my own album, just watching and supporting our people and our cars, not trying to cover the whole meeting. Hope you enjoy them anyway. ;D 0  gif upload1  adult image hosting2  post image wordpress3  png upload4  png upload5  hosting images6  adult image hosting7  adult image hosting8  image host9  upload gif10  post image wordpress11  post image wordpress12  upload pngpng13  image hosting14 ~ whoops ~ wrong picture, dunno how that happened..   free image hosting15  image uploaderUmm.. I know it was the New Zealand Saloon Champs, but what can I say.. I like Stockcar's too.. 16  wordpress image hosting17  image upload18  wordpress image hosting19  image uploader20  upload pngpng21  gif upload22  image upload23  upload gif24  adult image hosting25  image hosting26  adult image hosting27  post image wordpressThanks so very much Katrina, and thanks for bringing your car all the way up to Palmy just to do some skids in the yard for us Dougal. Good sorts these Saloon car people, I'll be into a bit more of this, so will Schmarky the set-up guru. ;D Roll on Kihikihi 2012.. just follow the big black '60 Fairlane north, and you'll get there sooner or later. Cheers, beers & gears ~ GSTV |
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buggering their chances If there was 1 car I wanted to win a race on the night it was them They led all the way but got nailed the last lap for 2nd 
Awsome show the Saloon boys put on 
still went to wach and cheer on the south islanders 
