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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 17, 2018 22:46:15 GMT 12
71a Jamie McDonald wins from grid 5
21w Stephen Taylor lead till the last couple of laps and came 2nd
82p Jamie Larsen came 3rd.
18p Greg Pickerill wrecked badly at the start.
51m Rodney Wood did not start.
A good track, pics to come.
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Post by cyborg6 on Nov 17, 2018 23:03:08 GMT 12
That final was a bloody good race considering only 7 cars started. Jamie macs pass on stephen taylor was one of the best i've seen in a long time. It was a shame tho that pickerils car had to go into the trailer in 2 pieces.
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 18, 2018 0:01:40 GMT 12
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 18, 2018 15:50:11 GMT 12
82p Jamie Larsen came home 3rd in the NZ Sprintcar GP at Palmerston North on Saturday night. Jamie was involved in a tangle with 18p Greg Pickerill at the start of the final but was able to continue racing. Once the race was finished I turned around to see that Jamie had pulled infield and his car had erupted in flames. I snapped one shot before I ran around to Jamies exit side of the car to assist him getting out if I needed to. I didn't grab him and get in the way as I figured he had gotten into and out of his car thousands of times and he knew how to do it best, but I was ready. Seconds matter when it comes to fire and thankfully the fire crew were on hand very quickly in their Kawasaki buggy, but it did freak me out, especially when I saw that Jamies feet and lower legs were covered in oil when he got out of the car. Thankfully he wasn't injured and I wish him all the best for the Porter Hire International Series, Jamie finished on the podium at the Palmy round that full time World of Outlaws racer Shane Stewart won last year.
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 18, 2018 16:58:15 GMT 12
Former 2NZ Minisprint Champ, 84p Dean Cooper shows promise.
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 19, 2018 9:34:18 GMT 12
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Post by magilla on Nov 19, 2018 16:50:37 GMT 12
is strange how front of the Pickerall chassis snapped off like that. A previous repair?
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Post by jimmyj on Nov 19, 2018 18:26:19 GMT 12
Don't normally break like that from new Magilla
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 19, 2018 18:52:20 GMT 12
is strange how front of the Pickerall chassis snapped off like that. A previous repair? Hard to say, but Greg was going pretty good prior to the crash and was on pole for the Final, but he hit the wall hard head on. Made me realize more than ever Sprintcars are just huge horsepower engines with big fat tires all held together by pretty skinny pipe. Quite different to the Superstocks that normally roar around Palmy. We're glad he came and hope Greg comes back out soon. Ex Youth Ministock racer Jamie Larsen was in winning form on Saturday night at Palmy. Some of you might have seen through my ongoing cunning plan to get all the sponsored exposed in this thread ..this shot is bought to you by Marley - I think they are building/roofing specialists. ...the track doesn't look too incredibly narrow either...sure its not Eldora, but room for 2. And I haven't stopped by a long shot. I usually listen to my You Tube Juke Box and look at the pictures I took... hope you're allowed to listen to Sprintcar music on here...
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Post by Rota on Nov 19, 2018 19:59:04 GMT 12
Marley New Zealand is a plastics manufacturing company, producing extruded and injection moulded uPVC and polyethylene products for the New Zealand rainwater, building, plumbing, civil and infrastructure, electrical and rural markets.
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Post by midway on Nov 19, 2018 20:31:00 GMT 12
Enormous crowd in those stands ,hope they didnt run out of peppery pie s at the food cart . Keep up the good work Palmy Pete ,they might have to get you up when colin dale Park opens its gates and then you can play Tina Turners song Simply the Best ....
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 19, 2018 21:01:40 GMT 12
Marley New Zealand is a plastics manufacturing company, producing extruded and injection moulded uPVC and polyethylene products for the New Zealand rainwater, building, plumbing, civil and infrastructure, electrical and rural markets. Thanks very much for clarifying that Hemi, quite important to get it right. And yes for sure midway - once the dust settles I'd love to watch some Sprintcar racing in Auckland, especially if there's any P or W cars competing. More to come.....
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 19, 2018 21:50:32 GMT 12
And now folks, I'm going to turn the record over and start from the beginning again...
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 20, 2018 10:05:58 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2018 18:44:32 GMT 12
...the track doesn't look too incredibly narrow either...sure its not Eldora, but room for 2. Palmy is an awesome track, albeit that its track design and gritty surface is optimized for stockcars, it can nonetheless handle a small field of sprinters, allowing the drivers to have enough room to move/slide around, and the fans get to see some good racing/passing, as was the case in this meet. However, based on history, the s-h-i-t-hits-the-fan when a full field of say 20 sprint cars are racing, because, compared with say Western Springs or Ruapuna, Palmy track is too narrow in the turns. PN is around 12m wide on the straits, then increases only slightly to around 13m on the turns, whereas WS goes from around 11m wide to 16m wide on the turns, and Ruapuna from 14m to 20m. When the Palmy track slicks up because of its sand paper like surface, pulling off an outside pass/slide job is very risky with a full field. One solution may be to make both turns wider by relocating the pole inwards towards each other by 3-5m, and so increase the turns width from 13m to 16-19m. Just a thought but probably not practical, but in theory I suspect would make a big improvement for a large field of sprinters to do battle on. As it stands now theres not enough track real estate to facilitate entertaining racing for more than say total 12 cars, maybe 15, unless you are into single file follower the leader type of racing.
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 20, 2018 20:44:19 GMT 12
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 20, 2018 21:08:58 GMT 12
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Post by woodart on Nov 21, 2018 8:58:12 GMT 12
...the track doesn't look too incredibly narrow either...sure its not Eldora, but room for 2. Palmy is an awesome track, albeit that its track design and gritty surface is optimized for stockcars, it can nonetheless handle a small field of sprinters, allowing the drivers to have enough room to move/slide around, and the fans get to see some good racing/passing, as was the case in this meet. However, based on history, the s-h-i-t-hits-the-fan when a full field of say 20 sprint cars are racing, because, compared with say Western Springs or Ruapuna, Palmy track is too narrow in the turns. PN is around 12m wide on the straits, then increases only slightly to around 13m on the turns, whereas WS goes from around 11m wide to 16m wide on the turns, and Ruapuna from 14m to 20m. When the Palmy track slicks up because of its sand paper like surface, pulling off an outside pass/slide job is very risky with a full fieldss you are into single file follower the leader type of racing. good post . the big car classes have all died at palmy(saloons, super saloons, modifieds) and sprint cars are just hanging on. as you say, bringing in the pole line would make a big difference. a little bit of clever engineering would see a section of removable poleline to allow the other sport to have its six games a year....
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 21, 2018 19:27:11 GMT 12
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 21, 2018 21:22:38 GMT 12
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