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Post by The Observer on Dec 22, 2023 14:26:08 GMT 12
As per the title - I thi k the early record was Stratford last time they hosted the title, untill HB and Meeanee Speedway had 244.
Heard a whisper Stratford is at 230 - will they break the record?
Heard 8 groups of 30 😳
Going to be a full pits and an awesome meeting
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Post by grindingdisc on Dec 22, 2023 15:05:58 GMT 12
1nzs Josh Walsh
2nza Scott Tennant
3nza Gary Lonergan
4h Josh Humble
4w Lexi Hendrikse
5k Dion Henderson
5p Mike Gaskin
5w Keegan Levien
6s Brad Podjursky
6w Paul Gaskin
7w Harry Hocking
7h Hamish Whyte
8r Scott Fredrickson
8h Larry Henderson
8a Logan Peat
9s Bryce Jensen
9t Brodie Macdonald
9w Sheldon Arapere
10p Nathan Rees
10v Caleb Gosney
11s Ricky Paul
12v Tipene Carston
12w Jayden Bullmore
13p Lucas Hey
14v Josh Matthews
14k Matthew Philips
14r Troy Murray
14b Jemma Holloway
15s Taylor Patene
15v Callum Sturzaker
16p Wayne Vercoe
16h James Marshall
16t Casey McEwan
16v Cody Alabaster
17s Murray Woods
17w Rory McGrath
17a Kristin Vermeulen
17v Steven Hausman
18s Blair Wadsworth
18v Hailey James
18h Darren Prentis
19b Calen Ireland
19h Ashlee Morton
18v Micheal Mooney
21w Tim Parker
22s Jeremy Bunting
22k Ellen Bisley
22r Les Hepworth
24s Nathan Alexander
24b Daniel Melling
24h Brad Philpott
26m Bryce Carter
26v Kaelin Mooney
27s Ryan Nolly
27h Brett Aikin
28s Phillip Gargan
28r Alex Jones
29s Ben Wilson
31s Chloe Ingram
31w Sam Parker
31p Jared Davis
32s Todd Duthie
32h Jayden Dreadon-Manning
33s Tyler Walker
33t Trazarn Ryland Annabell
33w Kareena Annan
34s Lawrence Barr
34a Bevin White
36h Greg Mitchell
37s Shane Denham
37p Kyle Robertson
38p Neil Coley
39p Graeme Munn
41s Ethan Erkes
41b Cameron Swift
42b Lauren Swift
43h Ethan Attenborough
43p Darryl Hammond
44s Cody Miller
44w Devin Stonham
45s Daniel Reade
45a Corey Baker
45h Matthew Shaw
46w Ethan Levien
47w Anthony Hocking
48s Jayke McGrath
48g Josh Mulcahy
49s Ben Bennett
51r Alex Maule
52r Ashleigh Herbert
52a Samuel Van Amsterdam
54s Tony Milham
54v Jordan Steedman
55s Caleb Coxhead
55r Robert Murray
56s Monty Good
56b Cameron Taylor
56w Kurt Behrent
59s Josh Neilson
61v Dion Black
61k Daniel Bennett
63p Zeon McNabb
64p Adam Mabey
66p Shelby Whittaker
67v Nathan Black
67h Michael Rowe
68p Keanu Wallace
68h Bevan Nelson
69w Kayne McDonald
69s Carol Podjursky
71gm Riley Eathorne
72s Bevan Phillips
71v Jason Pointon
72p Tony Norman
72k Shane White
74b Tony Palmer
74gm Dave Houston Jr
75b Leroy O'Riley
76v Dillon Walker
76p Cameron Renwick
76h Brent Rowe
77s Shaun Takamori
77h Grant Jury
77g Sam Hughes
79p Kyle Rowe
82p Roydon Winstanley
82v Dennis Black
82a Azaria Simpson
84r Greg Viles
84g Haydin Barker
85s Dale Michielsen
85b Willy Stevenson
86p Beau McLeod
86b Brad Singer
86k Steven Payne
87r Chris Shingleton
88s Jake Shepherd
88c Troy Cleveland
89s Lynn Booker
89w Dale Robertson
91b Zayne Pullan
91p Wade Mcnabb
91r Tony Coxhead
92s Ryan Houghton
92r Karl Garnett
94h Samuel Murray
94a Sam Wright
94p Willaim Humphries
94b Justin White
96s Karl Giddy
96w Brad McGee
97h Kacey Cheetham
98s Nick Sutton
98t Brian Taniwha
98p Jayden Barnaby
98v Corey Sutton
98g Bryce Simpson
99w Tony Mclaughlin
99h William Whyte
99t Shane MacDonald
99b Simon Duxfield
99v Cody Lockett
134p Rebecca Barr
135p Jayden Hall
137a Zac Ingram
143p Quentin Hammond
144r Steven Pattle
151c Wade Sweeting
172p Daniel Burmeister
186r Jamke White
189r Milla Theobald
208a Blake Brooks
212v Blair Reeves-Smith
225p Brayden Taylor
226p Liam Metcalfe
229s Kylee Symes
236w Bryan Windsor
261b Ethan Anderson
271b Ethyn Mclachlan
287v Bailey Chapman
307a Chris White
317c Jay Holtham
351a Bryce Vazey
361h Clinton Cheetham
364v Rahiri Connor
416n Jack Rarity
417gm Kurt Browning
444s Jade Symes
449k Aydan McPherson
466p James Galpin
491h Jesse McKenna
511s Codey Wilton
513r Callum Flavell
517s Mark Woods
564w Corey Draper
595r Murray Avery
617s Mason Woods
657s Camerin Petersen
667p Hamish McLeod
669w Brendon Tye
687c Hadleigh Smith
691r Brady Devereaux
711s Wayne Booker
712a Brody Mcnabb
735r Keegan Orr
742s Steven Read
772p Kyle Lampp
824k Brogan Collins
888a Johnny Short
934t Jack Honeybone
864c Melissa Gifford
987s Anton Scherrer
991c Harley Robb
992p Taylor Lampp
Cars counts by track:
S 44, P 31, H 21, W 21, V 20, R 18, A 15, B 15, K 8, T 6, C 6, G 4, GM 3, M1, N 1
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Post by The other guy on Dec 22, 2023 19:23:52 GMT 12
8 Groups means only 3 go through from each.
This is not going to be a championship, it is going to be a raffle.
Use your brains Stratford and make it a 3 day meeting. Start by getting down to 4 groups with the top 6 going to the finals.
Maybe too late now but it would of been a fairer meeting to find a genuine NZ 1.
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Post by bikeboy on Dec 22, 2023 19:41:53 GMT 12
8 Groups means only 3 go through from each. This is not going to be a championship, it is going to be a raffle. Use your brains Stratford and make it a 3 day meeting. Start by getting down to 4 groups with the top 6 going to the finals. Maybe too late now but it would of been a fairer meeting to find a genuine NZ 1. 3 days is very hard on everyone from the club volunteers, to the crews to the drivers, I think regional pre qualifying the top 100-120 cars would be good, |
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Post by BarryB on Dec 22, 2023 19:43:00 GMT 12
8 Groups means only 3 go through from each. This is not going to be a championship, it is going to be a raffle. Use your brains Stratford and make it a 3 day meeting. Start by getting down to 4 groups with the top 6 going to the finals. Maybe too late now but it would of been a fairer meeting to find a genuine NZ 1. A club just cannot make that decision, and do it. For many years every title was limited to one day. SNZ changed that rule and Rotorua staged the first two [consecutive] night meeting in 1985. I know some clubs have applied to stage the NZ Superstock title over 3 days, but were unsuccessful with their application. But I hear what you're saying. Barry B |
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Post by hienekenno1 on Dec 22, 2023 19:56:23 GMT 12
3 days of fine weather is the hard part 🥴
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Post by grindingdisc on Dec 22, 2023 20:01:48 GMT 12
Yes i think 3 days needs to happen it is just too hard on the drivers one misshap or half spin and its all over and you would be lucky to then even make the repocharge
Entry cap would be good too
I do think some kind of entry qualification would work out although the calibre of some of the local championships would be drasticly different as it 70 entries vs 10 ect and alot of the place getters may also not enter
I do think that any previous place getter 1 2 3 NZ GP NI SI should get an auto entry,
Its a hard call to make but something needs to happen, track conditions after 230 stockcars running through it has become a huge issue aswell
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Post by Saloon29s on Dec 22, 2023 20:02:45 GMT 12
8 Groups means only 3 go through from each. This is not going to be a championship, it is going to be a raffle. Use your brains Stratford and make it a 3 day meeting. Start by getting down to 4 groups with the top 6 going to the finals. Maybe too late now but it would of been a fairer meeting to find a genuine NZ 1. Even if the event could be changed to three days (which it can't), logistically that would be a nightmare at this point in time. Drivers and crews will have accommodation booked already. Staff and volunteers will have time booked off work. The Speedway New Zealand office is closed until January 10th. Spectators will have holidays, travel and accommodation booked. This list could be endless so I will stop but the point is, it's two days to Christmas, then New Years soon after and then we're less than two weeks away from the event. To try and change an event to that extent only a few weeks out, well, you would have to be mad. Either way, you are still going to have 30 finalists and the top 30 will still rise to the top no matter the format. |
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Post by Saloon29s on Dec 22, 2023 20:06:00 GMT 12
Yes i think 3 days needs to happen it is just too hard on the drivers one misshap or half spin and its all over and you would be lucky to then even make the repocharge Entry cap would be good too I do think some kind of entry qualification would work out although the calibre of some of the local championships would be drasticly different as it 70 entries vs 10 ect and alot of the place getters may also not enter I do think that any previous place getter 1 2 3 NZ GP NI SI should get an auto entry, Its a hard call to make but something needs to happen, track conditions after 230 stockcars running through it has become a huge issue aswell I'm seeing '230' quoted all over Facebook and here. Not sure where that number has surfaced from but there are 214 entries. |
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Post by hbhornets on Dec 22, 2023 22:20:06 GMT 12
230-240 entries. 8 groups is the only format where the 2 repercharge 6 places works. And leaves you with two great nights of stockcar racing. I don't feel like it's a problem people are making out it is at all. The cream still rose to the top. With that many cars there was always to be some surprises but by and large most of who you would expect made the finals field bar a couple of groups that were carnage aplenty. And finals night was epic. First and only time finals night has lived up to it with full grids and a lot of action in each tier! 240 is the prefect number of cars for this title with this current format. From 240 plus cars needing 9 groups is a bridge to far. 240 is the absolute limit but my God you get the best racing. Just enjoy what we got. Brains need to be thinking now of what to do if 270 stockcars enter. As the format has reached its limit.
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Post by Tapped on Dec 23, 2023 9:52:53 GMT 12
1nzs Josh Walsh 2nza Scott Tennant 3nza Gary Lonergan 4h Josh Humble 4w Lexi Hendrikse 5k Dion Henderson 5p Mike Gaskin 5w Keegan Levien 6s Brad Podjursky 6w Paul Gaskin 7w Harry Hocking 7h Hamish Whyte 8r Scott Fredrickson 8h Larry Henderson 8a Logan Peat 9s Bryce Jensen 9t Brodie Macdonald 9w Sheldon Arapere 10p Nathan Rees 10v Caleb Gosney 11s Ricky Paul 12v Tipene Carston 12w Jayden Bullmore 13p Lucas Hey 14v Josh Matthews 14k Matthew Philips 14r Troy Murray 14b Jemma Holloway 15s Taylor Patene 15v Callum Sturzaker 16p Wayne Vercoe 16h James Marshall 16t Casey McEwan 16v Cody Alabaster 17s Murray Woods 17w Rory McGrath 17a Kristin Vermeulen 17v Steven Hausman 18s Blair Wadsworth 18v Hailey James 18h Darren Prentis 19b Calen Ireland 19h Ashlee Morton 18v Micheal Mooney 21w Tim Parker 22s Jeremy Bunting 22k Ellen Bisley 22r Les Hepworth 24s Nathan Alexander 24b Daniel Melling 24h Brad Philpott 26m Bryce Carter 26v Kaelin Mooney 27s Ryan Nolly 27h Brett Aikin 28s Phillip Gargan 28r Alex Jones 29s Ben Wilson 31s Chloe Ingram 31w Sam Parker 31p Jared Davis 32s Todd Duthie 32h Jayden Dreadon-Manning 33s Tyler Walker 33t Trazarn Ryland Annabell 33w Kareena Annan 34s Lawrence Barr 34a Bevin White 36h Greg Mitchell 37s Shane Denham 37p Kyle Robertson 38p Neil Coley 39p Graeme Munn 41s Ethan Erkes 41b Cameron Swift 42b Lauren Swift 43h Ethan Attenborough 43p Darryl Hammond 44s Cody Miller 44w Devin Stonham 45s Daniel Reade 45a Corey Baker 45h Matthew Shaw 46w Ethan Levien 47w Anthony Hocking 48s Jayke McGrath 48g Josh Mulcahy 49s Ben Bennett 51r Alex Maule 52r Ashleigh Herbert 52a Samuel Van Amsterdam 54s Tony Milham 54v Jordan Steedman 55s Caleb Coxhead 55r Robert Murray 56s Monty Good 56b Cameron Taylor 56w Kurt Behrent 59s Josh Neilson 61v Dion Black 61k Daniel Bennett 63p Zeon McNabb 64p Adam Mabey 66p Shelby Whittaker 67v Nathan Black 67h Michael Rowe 68p Keanu Wallace 68h Bevan Nelson 69w Kayne McDonald 69s Carol Podjursky 71gm Riley Eathorne 72s Bevan Phillips 71v Jason Pointon 72p Tony Norman 72k Shane White 74b Tony Palmer 74gm Dave Houston Jr 75b Leroy O'Riley 76v Dillon Walker 76p Cameron Renwick 76h Brent Rowe 77s Shaun Takamori 77h Grant Jury 77g Sam Hughes 79p Kyle Rowe 82p Roydon Winstanley 82v Dennis Black 82a Azaria Simpson 84r Greg Viles 84g Haydin Barker 85s Dale Michielsen 85b Willy Stevenson 86p Beau McLeod 86b Brad Singer 86k Steven Payne 87r Chris Shingleton 88s Jake Shepherd 88c Troy Cleveland 89s Lynn Booker 89w Dale Robertson 91b Zayne Pullan 91p Wade Mcnabb 91r Tony Coxhead 92s Ryan Houghton 92r Karl Garnett 94h Samuel Murray 94a Sam Wright 94p Willaim Humphries 94b Justin White 96s Karl Giddy 96w Brad McGee 97h Kacey Cheetham 98s Nick Sutton 98t Brian Taniwha 98p Jayden Barnaby 98v Corey Sutton 98g Bryce Simpson 99w Tony Mclaughlin 99h William Whyte 99t Shane MacDonald 99b Simon Duxfield 99v Cody Lockett 134p Rebecca Barr 135p Jayden Hall 137a Zac Ingram 143p Quentin Hammond 144r Steven Pattle 151c Wade Sweeting 172p Daniel Burmeister 186r Jamke White 189r Milla Theobald 208a Blake Brooks 212v Blair Reeves-Smith 225p Brayden Taylor 226p Liam Metcalfe 229s Kylee Symes 236w Bryan Windsor 261b Ethan Anderson 271b Ethyn Mclachlan 287v Bailey Chapman 307a Chris White 317c Jay Holtham 351a Bryce Vazey 361h Clinton Cheetham 364v Rahiri Connor 416n Jack Rarity 417gm Kurt Browning 444s Jade Symes 449k Aydan McPherson 466p James Galpin 491h Jesse McKenna 511s Codey Wilton 513r Callum Flavell 517s Mark Woods 564w Corey Draper 595r Murray Avery 617s Mason Woods 657s Camerin Petersen 667p Hamish McLeod 669w Brendon Tye 687c Hadleigh Smith 691r Brady Devereaux 711s Wayne Booker 712a Brody Mcnabb 735r Keegan Orr 742s Steven Read 772p Kyle Lampp 824k Brogan Collins 888a Johnny Short 934t Jack Honeybone 864c Melissa Gifford 987s Anton Scherrer 991c Harley Robb 992p Taylor Lampp Cars counts by track: S 44, P 31, H 21, W 21, V 20, R 18, A 15, B 15, K 8, T 6, C 6, G 4, GM 3, M1, N 1 will be a record none the less..... 6 cromwell (T) cars entered. |
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Post by superstocker on Dec 23, 2023 20:22:09 GMT 12
Kinda thinking with so many entry’s it might actually make less of a spectacle.. on paper looks fantastic but in reality going to be a long long weekend
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Post by mordecai on Dec 23, 2023 20:52:55 GMT 12
Kinda thinking with so many entry’s it might actually make less of a spectacle.. on paper looks fantastic but in reality going to be a long long weekend It's going to be a gr8 wknd |
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Post by hbhornets on Dec 23, 2023 20:52:58 GMT 12
Kinda thinking with so many entry’s it might actually make less of a spectacle.. on paper looks fantastic but in reality going to be a long long weekend Na bro opposite. Meeanee ran that format with more cars. It works. You end up with a action packed quilfying night fighting for 3 spots. Then two epic repochargers. Followed by full fields in tier 1 2 and 3. Three was two groups best pairs. One race final plus consolations. |
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Post by sonic33 on Dec 23, 2023 21:31:55 GMT 12
230-240 entries. With that many cars there was always to be some surprises but by and large most of who you would expect made the finals field bar a couple of groups that were carnage aplenty.t. Seriously? so you are suggesting that only 3 cars qualify but those 3 are pretty much the picks from the groups anyway. That is rubbish. Soo many good cars, drivers, will miss out due to luck. I.E puncture, spin etc. I would suggest one bad race and you are done, but it would be more like a 3rd of a bad race and you are done! |
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Post by mordecai on Dec 23, 2023 21:51:29 GMT 12
230-240 entries. With that many cars there was always to be some surprises but by and large most of who you would expect made the finals field bar a couple of groups that were carnage aplenty.t. Seriously? so you are suggesting that only 3 cars qualify but those 3 are pretty much the picks from the groups anyway. That is rubbish. Soo many good cars, drivers, will miss out due to luck. I.E puncture, spin etc. I would suggest one bad race and you are done, but it would be more like a 3rd of a bad race and you are done! Who cares the event is going to be epic |
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Post by hbhornets on Dec 24, 2023 7:16:53 GMT 12
230-240 entries. With that many cars there was always to be some surprises but by and large most of who you would expect made the finals field bar a couple of groups that were carnage aplenty.t. Seriously? so you are suggesting that only 3 cars qualify but those 3 are pretty much the picks from the groups anyway. That is rubbish. Soo many good cars, drivers, will miss out due to luck. I.E puncture, spin etc. I would suggest one bad race and you are done, but it would be more like a 3rd of a bad race and you are done! How many drivers have you seen quilfy for a finals field that have had a dnf? As the flat Tyre rule pretty means a puncture is a dnf anyway. I can tell you 1. Peter bengston. There will be others. I've also seen Peter Rees get spun turn one and win the race of a repurcharge where only the winner goes though. A car will come out with 1nz and they will deserve it. Luck would of played a part it always does. Talk to Dave Evans about winning titles and luck. The cream even if you can't see it happening will rise to the top and there will always be hard luck stories. Like Regan Penn won two races and a flat tyre put him into the repercharge. He's in a quilfying spot right up until the last concer and lost it. The guy who got it when on to become 1nz! Hou need to change your mindset and start looking at this differently because it will be epic. Stockcars are just better in stratford as well |
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Post by superstocker on Dec 24, 2023 10:28:40 GMT 12
Kinda thinking with so many entry’s it might actually make less of a spectacle.. on paper looks fantastic but in reality going to be a long long weekend Na bro opposite. Meeanee ran that format with more cars. It works. You end up with an action packed quilfying night fighting for 3 spots. Then two epic repochargers. Followed by full fields in tier 1 2 and 3. Three was two groups best pairs. One race final plus consolations. Yeah possibley, only went to finals night up there. I’m More meaning track conditions holding up, how long the track crew take to fix incidents etc that can make a spectacular on track meeting not the best overall if your sitting there past midnight lol |
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Post by The Observer on Jan 1, 2024 16:13:23 GMT 12
Anyone know what the deal is with Practice for the Nz title at Stratford?
With the largest contingent of South Island cars travelling North I’m sure there will be plenty looking for a chance to have a skid before the big meeting.
Understand it’s still part of the hosting rights to host a practice, as HB did 👍🏻
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Post by hbhornets on Jan 1, 2024 16:27:32 GMT 12
Na bro opposite. Meeanee ran that format with more cars. It works. You end up with an action packed quilfying night fighting for 3 spots. Then two epic repochargers. Followed by full fields in tier 1 2 and 3. Three was two groups best pairs. One race final plus consolations. Yeah possibley, only went to finals night up there. I’m More meaning track conditions holding up, how long the track crew take to fix incidents etc that can make a spectacular on track meeting not the best overall if your sitting there past midnight lol I wasn't there finals night but know qualifying was done by 11pm and startford don't need 8 groups. They only need 7g roups so they do in fact have 3 extra races they don't need. Not sure why your complaining and worried. 8 groups is the prefect amount for the 2 groups repocharge. |
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