Huntly open wheel night (Read 2,007 times)

[mintie]

What a superb night
TQ the three meeting Waikato title won by
56a Ross Linklater
15a Scott baker
14a paul lecren
lap record broken 6 times during the night and now held by 99a darren warren at 15.0140

Midgets 40 lap final had everything you could want from a race, unbelievable
77a Shaun Insley 1st
88a Micheal pickens 2nd
3nz Angus McLeod 3rd

[Deleted]

yes was a great night of open wheel racing, the 40 lap was awesome, best ive seen for a long time , hard luck for 96a mc cutcheon, did so wheel for most of the race

[MAG]

Great nights racing at Huntly not really an open wheel man but those midgets were awesome .The whole meeting was pretty impressive ,the track was great with all classes doing great lap times.

[petero]

I see Pickens got 2nd in the 40 lapper, but how did he really go in the mighty V8 midget he was driving last night.

where did he start from and how did he seem to come to grips with the different car.

with the power of that car and his skill, thought he may have cleared out ??

[mintie]

In the clubrooms afterwards Michael did say the car has the most incredible power, but there was a small fuelling issue that they were sorting and he also gave some feedback to Simon on things they could to make it faster.
the wheel stands many of the top drivers were pulling was pretty lively and after 40 laps there wasn't much left of some tyres. there was so many lead changes, minor place changes and very few stops for yellows, the open wheel teams really struted their stuff and showed just how slick they could be

[Deleted]

yes and once again pickens proved he can get in anything and drive

[tank]

any minisprint results?

[Speedway Central (David)]

sure sounded like a great meeting, but hard to be at more than 1 track at a time.Will have to to look forward to the midget action at Speedfest instead.

Are Ministocks and teams triple only classes running Friday.

[eddiek]

a bit off topic but I believe the ladies are racing stocks and prods as well, David. Team Triples and Waikato Modifieds run on Saturday.

[Deleted]

ladies prods on fri, ladies stocks on sat,
oh and nice running on the infield eddie ;D ;D

[eddiek]

ROFL!!!! Whenever the midgets are running, so am I! ;D



Had severe issues with the camera last night though, it just did not want to dial in properly.

[midget7h]

from a drivers point of view, that was an awesome night, by far the best track surface in the country to allow wheel to wheel driving like that....

[eddiek]

As Mintie said above, the lap record went a number of times in the TQs - they were flying. A good balance of classes which didn't rip up the track too much. It got a little dusty in the 40 lapper (which is something photographers prefer didn't happen because it screws up our flashes something chronic) but it was fast, close and extremely exciting, even those that chased me brought a smile to my face

[ministock85h]

The track was the best I've seen in a long while, no medium or big ruts during my 2 races. Track wasnt dusty the whole night which is perfect for spectators, competitors and photographers

The midget 40 lapper was the highlight of everyones night I reckon. Loved the hard, fast, close racing done by some of the lightest, and fastest class in NZ. It amazes how they throw those light-weight things around.

Great racing by all that night.

Hopefully the racer who got put in the ambo is ok, missed the whole thing as I was in the dummy grid.

[Deleted]

was a great surface for open wheel racing and that was obviously helped by no stocks or high horse power wide wheel cars, there was some dust during the night but due to not much wind it was going more up than out

[patch]

That was one of the best nights racing ive seen in years in all classes.i don't think many guys could have driven the 88a beast as well as pickens did. the throttle control needed to keep it on the ground and off the wall was amazing. i was surprised to see his fastest lap in the 40 lapa was 14-7945 it looked way faster than that.
To anwser TANK Brian Edwards won 3 from 3 and his 4th straight feature with his fastest lap in the feature of 14-38 [lap record is 14-35] nealy lapping his old man in the process.

Brians proud dad #1

[tank]

what a LEGEND