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Post by nottosure on Jan 11, 2019 17:15:00 GMT 12
Just a guess but
Panthers: 54p Bevan Humphrey, 58p Peter Bengston, 94p William Humphries, 581p Jordan Dare, 591p Wayne Hemi
Mustangs: 31p Andy McCabe, 71p Shane Mellsop, 471p Benji Sneddon, 599p Ron Tye, 772p David Lowe,
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Post by hotdogman on Jan 11, 2019 17:48:37 GMT 12
Dave Hughes would be a great addition to the Giants! Plenty of pace in that car and they'd all have the same body's too
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Post by conrod on Jan 11, 2019 18:11:49 GMT 12
One wonders if this will be Peter Bingstons last season as a panther? on the face off things he seem's to be winding down the last 2 seasons
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Post by hbhornets on Jan 11, 2019 18:42:58 GMT 12
long stanaway Mike mac Tarrant are there for me. Wise and Groome are close. Isn't there a couple of other serious contenders too? But will Jason Long be available for HB? He was a Giant last year after not being required by HB. Maybe he has more loyalty to the Rees's and the Giants wasnt not required. was a walk away from the team for personal reasons. the whole team fell apart. had only one title between the 5 even through they were back to back. Ryan has alot to prove as he pushed 1nz around the track for 4 laps in a run off. so he's got abit of work to do with the bumper. must be the only palmy teams winner never to have raced a single teams race at palmy teams to date. |
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Post by tank11 on Jan 11, 2019 18:54:50 GMT 12
Dave Hughes would be a great addition to the Giants! Plenty of pace in that car and they'd all have the same body's too IS one of the main requirements to be a Giant. When was the last race with an oddball chassis. Rees spacey's and tanks? |
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Post by broardside on Jan 11, 2019 20:07:52 GMT 12
I think Peter B would have given teams away this year but for Jack Miers getting injured and Ron Tye would be better in the Panthers i think as good blocker.
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Post by conrod on Jan 11, 2019 20:57:37 GMT 12
I think Peter B would have given teams away this year but for Jack Miers getting injured and Ron Tye would be better in the Panthers i think as good blocker. I don't doubt his place in the team at all , with his record his place will always be there as long as he wants it i think , just the car is off the pace a bit it looks like he's not throwing the money at it like the days off old . With the old team Penn, Mires,out off the teams racing now i wonder if he is heading down the same road |
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Post by keith655 on Jan 11, 2019 22:32:09 GMT 12
Dave Hughes would be a great addition to the Giants! Plenty of pace in that car and they'd all have the same body's too IS one of the main requirements to be a Giant. When was the last race with an oddball chassis. Rees spacey's and tanks? Very true. 2016 they had 4 tanks and Ashers space frame and the past 2 years all spanks. |
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Post by mudman on Jan 12, 2019 9:16:48 GMT 12
Either way Gisborne will have their bases covered if Vallance isn't racing. There's 3-4 drivers likely to miss Hawkeye selection, any one of them would fit into the Giants or any other team needing a ring in. Another not so left field option for the Giants is 16w David Hughes. For the first time out in his new car at the NZs it was a rocket and was very impressive. It's another customer car, easy to dress in team panels and he's a keen teams racer. Also does Tony Wootten fit into the Wanderers and what is the history of the car he currently has? Tony’s car is x Vallance. Whether this is the ‘available after teams’ car someone has mentioned or not that I don’t know. However I wouldn’t hold my breath for him to be at palmy based on business commitments have him with 0 laps under his belt so far this season. Happy to be wrong but that’s my gut feeling |
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Post by hotdogman on Jan 12, 2019 18:24:02 GMT 12
I'd love to see Benji Sneddon in a team this season, I think he'd really fit in the Mustangs. His car certainly has the pace and he's been getting into a bit of biff lately too. Only time will tell I guess
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Post by tony27 on Jan 12, 2019 20:18:26 GMT 12
I think Peter B would have given teams away this year but for Jack Miers getting injured and Ron Tye would be better in the Panthers i think as good blocker. I've been thinking the same thing about Peter Bengston, really did expect to hear his retirement after Auckland teams last year Jack's mountain bike accident certainly threw a spanner in the works for the Panthers Is a return of a certain retired teams winner out of the realms of possiblity? The mustangs are the Palmy team that is most wide open, no Joblins or Andy McCabe due to broken wrist from something said in the 240s thread |
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Post by conrod on Jan 12, 2019 20:43:21 GMT 12
I think Peter B would have given teams away this year but for Jack Miers getting injured and Ron Tye would be better in the Panthers i think as good blocker. I've been thinking the same thing about Peter Bengston, really did expect to hear his retirement after Auckland teams last year Jack's mountain bike accident certainly threw a spanner in the works for the Panthers Is a return of a certain retired teams winner out of the realms of possiblity? The mustangs are the Palmy team that is most wide open, no Joblins or Andy McCabe due to broken wrist from something said in the 240s thread Was wondering the same thing i see he is racing at the 240's |
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Post by jayt6 on Jan 13, 2019 7:05:32 GMT 12
I don't know how many times I've said on here about different things related to speedway that less is more. IMHO it applies to this championship. 12 teams is the perfect number for the perfect format, 4 groups of 3 racing round robin within their group. While it's all good and well to have 13 or 14 teams, can we really say the first night's racing is better than when the group format was used? Your right about the 12 team group format but the second night wouldn’t be great to see the bottom 8 teams battle it out for seedlings for next year a 8 team format quarters semis finals this would solve draw problems and allow teams to plan for next year just my thoughts |
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Post by jayt6 on Jan 13, 2019 7:08:34 GMT 12
I'm gonna take a shot and see how close I get.. no doubt some will be close and some will be way off! Auckland 15A Karl Pegg, 22A Dean Mullholland, 52A David Hunter, 73A Bryce Marx and 247A Hayden Chapman. Hawkes Bay 1NZB Jason Long, 46B Quinn Ryan, 66B Randy Tarrant, 84B Mike Mac and 87B Thomas Stanaway. Christchurch 19C Malcolm Ngatai, 25C Lloyd Jennings, 126C Asher Rees, 971C Jaden Ward and 991C Harley Robb. Gisborne 2NZG Peter Rees, 31G Gary Davis, 45G Nick Vallance, 127G Ethan Rees, 331G James Kirk. Huntly 7H Dave Moore, 9H Anthony Brown, 97H Aidan Eustance, 218H Aaron Alderton and 717H Tyson Wootton. Baypark 19M Kerry Remnant, 25M Scott McEwen, 41M Bruce Williams, 87M David Elsworth and 98M Mark Costello. Nelson 17N Brad Nieman, 85K(N) Jared Wade, 85N Dale MacKenzie, 95N Alex Hill and 99N Trevor Lineham. Palmerston North 58P Peter Bengston, 71P Shane Mellsop 94P William Humphries, 581P Jordan Dare and 591P Wayne Hemi. Manawatu 3NZP Simon Joblin, 52P Scott Joblin, 62P Adam Joblin, 599P Ron Tye and 722P David Lowe. Rotorua 23R Lance Ashton, 37R Ken Hunter, 93R Gary Hunter, 118R Bryce Steiner and 336R Barry Hunter Jnr. Stratford 26S Mitch Vickery, 52S Gary Johnson, 53S Blair Johnson, 75S Carl Shearer and 82S Paul Johnson. Wanganui 6V Dion Mooney, 23V Scott Duncan, 25V Carl Burns, 53V Shaun Smith and 81V Max Holloway. Wellington 5W Keegan Levien, 7W Shane Davis, 22W Richard Gaskin, 46W Ethan Levien and 89W Dale Robertson. Great Britain 166GB Bobby Griffin, 217GB Lee Fairhurst, 422GB Ben Riley, 515GB Frankie Wainman Jnr and 555GB Frankie Wainman Jnr Jnr. Like your Rebels team will still be there cheering no matter who the teams are |
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Post by quadzilla on Jan 14, 2019 6:44:38 GMT 12
Either way Gisborne will have their bases covered if Vallance isn't racing. There's 3-4 drivers likely to miss Hawkeye selection, any one of them would fit into the Giants or any other team needing a ring in. Another not so left field option for the Giants is 16w David Hughes. For the first time out in his new car at the NZs it was a rocket and was very impressive. It's another customer car, easy to dress in team panels and he's a keen teams racer. Also does Tony Wootten fit into the Wanderers and what is the history of the car he currently has? Tony’s car is x Vallance. Whether this is the ‘available after teams’ car someone has mentioned or not that I don’t know. However I wouldn’t hold my breath for him to be at palmy based on business commitments have him with 0 laps under his belt so far this season. Happy to be wrong but that’s my gut feeling Correct, he doesn’t get the car til after the Teams Champs which will put him well out of the equation. Wanderers have now fallen short a racer with 9H Anthony Brown now out with motor issues. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2019 8:45:45 GMT 12
I don't know how many times I've said on here about different things related to speedway that less is more. IMHO it applies to this championship. 12 teams is the perfect number for the perfect format, 4 groups of 3 racing round robin within their group. While it's all good and well to have 13 or 14 teams, can we really say the first night's racing is better than when the group format was used? Your right about the 12 team group format but the second night wouldn’t be great to see the bottom 8 teams battle it out for seedlings for next year a 8 team format quarters semis finals this would solve draw problems and allow teams to plan for next year just my thoughts like this ya mean 😜 Instead of this nonsense that so many ppl have trouble working out where the team who comes 6th on night 1 can still come 3rd in the championship I'd rather see the 12 team - 4 grp format reinstated. The 4 group winners race their semis then final & 3rd /4th race. The other 8 teams go into a plate type champs with 8 teams, straight knock out, drawn by finish positions from night 1 (grp 1, 2nd place races grp 2, 3rd place and so on). The 4 winners then race semis then final & 3rd /4th race. The 4 losers join the local cars in consolations. It would be simple for ppl to follow, make the racing more do or die on night one and you could still use seeding the following year. |
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Post by tony27 on Jan 14, 2019 8:58:42 GMT 12
I don't agree with the group winners automatically being classed as the 4 top teams, how many times have we seen a pool of death containing 3 potential finalists & another containing 2 teams that have no realistic chance.
The second placed teams really should have a chance to prove they're better than the winners of other groups, still gives the same number of races & a truer indication of which teams are best
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Post by conrod on Jan 14, 2019 9:20:53 GMT 12
I see Palmy Superstock teams on face book hinting the return off the KK Kings And interesting talk off drivers returning , I would not be surprised to see Tom Harris return for the "G' he was stood down a season last year in G.B
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Post by 4zfed on Jan 14, 2019 9:31:31 GMT 12
Tom had a really off year in 2017 with the Giants..just couldn't reproduce his previous form which from memory earned him the Spike 1 year. So other than Wade who else could be a King?
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Post by conrod on Jan 14, 2019 9:42:02 GMT 12
Tom had a really off year in 2017 with the Giants..just couldn't reproduce his previous form which from memory earned him the Spike 1 year. So other than Wade who else could be a King? Pretty sure his license was Revoked for a season last year as i read I'm not sure off all the in's and and outs off it all , wade is hinting they have brought another car into the stable , but just said a car |
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