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Post by bowee51v on Jan 17, 2013 8:46:52 GMT 12
teams to make it to through to semis im picking pumas vulcans alleycats raiders
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Post by Crow on Jan 17, 2013 16:56:36 GMT 12
Gladiators,Maulers,Pumas and Young Guns.
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Post by boner87 on Jan 17, 2013 17:23:27 GMT 12
Eastern state, palmy, auckland, wangas. palmy v auckland semi, wangas v eastern states. palmy v wangas final. palmy be better prepared maybe but wangas will give it stick. good final i reckon. young guns not make it because predicting smashfest with rotorua?
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Post by Tapped on Jan 18, 2013 13:45:22 GMT 12
Titans, Pumas, Young Guns, Vulcans. The hardest top four to pick in many years. So many teams with so many much talent, and so many scores to settle from the NZ's. It'll be a massarce! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by tigers12 on Jan 18, 2013 14:14:01 GMT 12
Titans,Pumas,Auckland,Wanganui and Titans or Auckland with the win
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Post by qc34p on Jan 19, 2013 21:46:59 GMT 12
boner 87 is like a god .couldnt be much more right bout picks
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Post by Skorp on Jan 19, 2013 21:49:21 GMT 12
Eastern state, palmy, auckland, wangas. palmy v auckland semi, wangas v eastern states. palmy v wangas final. palmy be better prepared maybe but wangas will give it stick. good final i reckon. young guns not make it because predicting smashfest with rotorua? did you put money on that? because you should have. |
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Post by ajgullery on Jan 20, 2013 5:21:46 GMT 12
As much as I wanna see the Titans in the final, its going to be a hard fought battle to get there agains Whangas.
I think Palmy will come out on top against Auckland, but will suffer some damage getting through which will make it a lil easier on the winner from Vuclans and titans. Which is sure to be a smashfest too.
No matter which way you look at it, and who you support tonight is gonna be one HELL of a kick ass night.
Good luck to all who are lying their cars and bodys on the line tonight for provincial pride and our entertainment.
AJ.
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Post by bowee51v on Jan 20, 2013 7:03:27 GMT 12
yes hard hits man you could here them from the stands 6 rows up pumas vulcans final good luck to all the teams
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Post by Wildcat on Jan 20, 2013 8:25:10 GMT 12
Eastern state, palmy, auckland, wangas. palmy v auckland semi, wangas v eastern states. palmy v wangas final. palmy be better prepared maybe but wangas will give it stick. good final i reckon. young guns not make it because predicting smashfest with rotorua? Is that great predicting or what Can u predict the race horses Il give u a percentage of me winnings lol That a side she was a smash feast all right Some huge hits . Just needed P Gaskin in the mix and sure we would have had 1 or 2 more good hits :To the Young Guns u boys done well ,great learning curve for the new blood in the team ,'(Well done to the 4 finalist and may the best team win .Go the Vulcans |
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Post by nolimits on Jan 20, 2013 9:24:39 GMT 12
This may have been discussed before? but where did the semi-finals system come from?
Just like last year, blenhiem qualified with hard work and great racing, but "could" lose their semi final badly to wanganui, gain a small amount of points and therefore lose their right to even contest a 3rd placing? Id really prefer to have a standard top 4 semi/finals contest and then have a second tier standard semis/finals event seperate from the top 4 contesting for their own title. ( similar to the 240s )
I like the format of if you just miss the top 4 you could earn the right to still place 3rd, Just always seems a bit rough to put cars and bodys on the line to get that top 4 then could end up contesting for nothing?
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Post by tony27 on Jan 20, 2013 9:32:08 GMT 12
Same format as used at superstock teams, Panthers have ended up sixth under this system due to damage in their first race of second night
What format did wellington use when they hosted the stockcar teams?
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Post by nolimits on Jan 20, 2013 9:37:03 GMT 12
Im sure wellington ran standard format and if you didnt make top 4 you were in the consulations, which was a good watch?
Is this format something palmy has introduced to get more races and more teams the chance to get a podium finish?
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Post by BarryB on Jan 20, 2013 10:09:29 GMT 12
I think it's a good and fair format that keeps the teams in 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th in contention for something.
But as far as the overall result goes, the teams that keep winning win, the teams that keep losing lose.
It has to be accepted that the Top 4 after the first night are sometimes there more due to the results of other races than their own, sometimes due to the luck (either good or bad) of the draw. Each team has only raced 2 of the other 10 teams present, not all of them, so it's not always a true indication. Some teams may draw two tough sides, other two weaker sides, therefore their position in the Top 4 could be a little artificially inflated points wise at the half way point. If a team can come back from 8th to finish 3rd after a punishing first night, they arguably are the third best team there.
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Post by tony27 on Jan 20, 2013 10:34:23 GMT 12
Well put Barry.
It is possible for a team to meet no seeded teams on the first night like Stratford did & get through in the top 4 although they didn't but then you get a team like Gisborne who met the top seed in their first race & lost but then destroyed their opposition in the second race & didn't make top 4 only due to the draw
It won't work out fair for all teams but it never will unless all the teams race against each other which would be 110 races
Looking at the draw easiest of the top 4 from the first night was the vulcans as their opponents ended up last & third last, titans opponents ended up second to bottom & fourth from bottom. Alleycats were definitely the dark horses, wouldn't have predicted them beating the young guns
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Post by BarryB on Jan 20, 2013 10:44:46 GMT 12
It won't work out fair for all teams but it never will unless all the teams race against each other which would be 110 races That'd be a tough weekend ;D |
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Post by tony27 on Jan 20, 2013 11:01:20 GMT 12
Don't you mean week?
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Post by Crow on Jan 20, 2013 11:59:42 GMT 12
This may have been discussed before? but where did the semi-finals system come from? Just like last year, blenhiem qualified with hard work and great racing, but "could" lose their semi final badly to wanganui, gain a small amount of points and therefore lose their right to even contest a 3rd placing? Id really prefer to have a standard top 4 semi/finals contest and then have a second tier standard semis/finals event seperate from the top 4 contesting for their own title. ( similar to the 240s ) Add in to this most in the crowd don't understand it and the drivers don't like it including the superstock drivers.  |
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Post by BarryB on Jan 20, 2013 12:04:20 GMT 12
Add in to this most in the crowd don't understand it and the drivers don't like it including the superstock drivers. I can understand the first point, it is a little confusing, but what do you have to back up the second statement? |
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Post by Crow on Jan 20, 2013 12:10:10 GMT 12
Add in to this most in the crowd don't understand it and the drivers don't like it including the superstock drivers. I can understand the first point, it is a little confusing, but what do you have to back up the second statement? Barry I am an ex Mauler and have talked to a lot of the drivers on this subject in both classes. Andrew Powell ex 78b,83b |
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