savage
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Post by savage on Dec 10, 2009 20:42:45 GMT 12
just a sill thread to see peoples opinions
NZ has had its fair share of winged warriors, way back to the annans, Roger Bertram 10 times NZ Champ, Kerry Jones and Alan Wakeling 8 times NZ champs, to other guys that have been there done that too from Jamie Fox, Greg Keegan, Jamie MacDonald, Dean Brindle, Roger Gleeson etc etc the list goes on, who is your pic?
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Post by trucker400 on Dec 10, 2009 21:03:50 GMT 12
Murray Gordge
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Post by HadleyMotorsport on Dec 10, 2009 21:14:57 GMT 12
Kerry Jones, Amazing to watch
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Post by HIGHWAY45 on Dec 10, 2009 21:39:56 GMT 12
gordge was amazing. just frantic and exciting. jones awesome as set benchmarks non stop
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savage
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Post by savage on Dec 10, 2009 21:48:03 GMT 12
i grew up thinking roger gleeson was the man, so aggressive and fast!
thing Mr Greg Keegan rather underrated, smooth fast and consistant, always right up there
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Post by litre94 on Dec 10, 2009 22:41:38 GMT 12
the late great barry b
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xman
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Post by xman on Dec 11, 2009 0:03:27 GMT 12
as above, Barry B the only one who's been truly competitve in USA and Oz. Been some good ones at a local level of course. Jones Wakeo would have to rank up there. Bertram ,Gorge, Ray Jones, but overall....BB for me.
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Post by modsprintsnz on Dec 11, 2009 0:45:36 GMT 12
 Scotti Savage ;D Sdemon |
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Post by kittycat21 on Dec 11, 2009 9:03:06 GMT 12
Greg Pickerill.... may never have one a NZ title. but hes been consistently up there for a number of years.!  |
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Post by buzzard on Dec 11, 2009 9:15:22 GMT 12
Owen Shaw, Ted Tracey...
Ill second Murray Gordge.
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Post by Rob (on the job) Ross on Dec 11, 2009 9:43:52 GMT 12
In Sprintcars the late Barry B, Wake-o, Lyndon Kendall, Roger "RB" Bertram and Phil "wild-man"Game
In Mod"s Phil "wild-man" Game, Roger "RB" Bertram, James "Foxy" Fox, Lyndon Kendall, Murray "Muzza Gordge", Colin "Sef" Entwistle.
And the list go's on and on as everyone of those drivers who's name I have not said you are in a class of your own as it takes a lot too throw a car around a 1/4 mile track at speed to get there hands on that Black and white flag.
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Post by bloodyracing on Dec 11, 2009 10:15:48 GMT 12
Murry Stead or for the smaller cars his son Reon Taylor
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Post by nakimidget on Dec 12, 2009 7:26:55 GMT 12
Bertram,Gordge,Keegan,Wakeling and jones are all legends ;D |
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Post by trucker400 on Dec 12, 2009 9:20:34 GMT 12
Fossil (Ray Jones) drive in the Sprintcar Champs at Stratford using Muzza's modified cleverly disguised with Rays tailcone and front axle has to be out there with the best, plus watching the expressions on the faces of Plucks crew when they discovered their car had just been beaten by a cast iron block running a single four-barrel carb,just goes to show that huge goolies can be a substitute for horsepower!!!!!!!
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Post by fordzrule on Dec 12, 2009 13:03:16 GMT 12
A couple of late greats from Stratty,Pete Rae and Ginge Hayward.
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Post by percy on Dec 12, 2009 16:02:07 GMT 12
Hard to go past Barry B but most of the stories I've been told about him have been in relation to his Midget driving.
So I will take Alan Wakeling - 8 NZ titles and the one Kiwi driver able to stick with the yanks when the Outlaws went to Baypark.
I will also throw Roger Bertram in there and cheekily suggest Kerry Madsen.
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Post by Rotorua Rebels!!! on Dec 12, 2009 18:22:55 GMT 12
Willie Noonan 10s is legend!
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Post by Aaron Drever on Dec 13, 2009 19:20:34 GMT 12
RB has to be 10 times national champion!
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nomad
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Post by nomad on Dec 13, 2009 22:01:59 GMT 12
My Podium.......
1. Roger Bertram.
2. Murray Gordge.
3. Kerry Jones.
Barry Butterworth is one of the greats and his contribution to the development of sprintcar racing in this country can never be questioned,but his performances at the wheel of a midget are what made him a Legend in both New Zealand and Australia as well as a Champion in the US.
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Post by Abb0 on Dec 14, 2009 4:43:25 GMT 12
For crowd pleasing Kerry Jones would be hard to beat. His donuts after a win, and sometimes when he didn't win, were always cool to watch.
"Mmmmm, donuts" - Homer Simpson. ;D
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Scotti Savage ;D
