Night 2 (Read 11,633 times)

[petrolhead 17]

How does the night 2 draw work

[speedaway1]

It's points for top 8...
Rotorua Rascals 335
Gisborne Gladiators 315
Palmerston North Pumas 265
Tasman Thunder 235
Wanganui Vulcans 195
Canterbury Crushers 175
Waikato Raiders 175
Auckland Alleycats 165

So 1 vs 8 - R vs A
3 vs 6 - P vs C
4 vs 5 - N vs V
2 vs 7 - G vs H

Winner of 1,8 and 3,6 face off
Winner of 4,5 and 2,7 face off

[tank11]

Feb 26, 2016 22:14:20 GMT 12 speedaway1 said:

It's points for top 8...
Rotorua Rascals 335
Gisborne Gladiators 315
Palmerston North Pumas 265
Tasman Thunder 235
Wanganui Vulcans 195
Canterbury Crushers 175
Waikato Raiders 175
Auckland Alleycats 165

So 1 vs 8 - R vs A
3 vs 6 - P vs C
4 vs 5 - N vs V
2 vs 7 - G vs H

Winner of 1,8 and 3,6 face off
Winner of 4,5 and 2,7 face off

Looking like a Giz v Palmy final, although Rotorua could be the upset.

[Wingnut99]

Feb 26, 2016 22:58:00 GMT 12 tank11 said:

Feb 26, 2016 22:14:20 GMT 12 speedaway1 said:

It's points for top 8...
Rotorua Rascals 335
Gisborne Gladiators 315
Palmerston North Pumas 265
Tasman Thunder 235
Wanganui Vulcans 195
Canterbury Crushers 175
Waikato Raiders 175
Auckland Alleycats 165

So 1 vs 8 - R vs A
3 vs 6 - P vs C
4 vs 5 - N vs V
2 vs 7 - G vs H

Winner of 1,8 and 3,6 face off
Winner of 4,5 and 2,7 face off

Looking like a Giz v Palmy final, although Rotorua could be the upset.

Whats upsetting about that?

[petrolhead 17]

After watching last night I would expect it to be a rotorua gisborne final with palmy being the upset. Palmy hasn't performed that well for a couple years in stockcar teams. They got smashed by Canterbury last year

[turnright]

Only upset is going to be raiders destroying the g!! You heard it here 1st

[bumper]

the only upset is the out come with the officals and pumas. are they going to be in the finals?

[percy]

Quarter Final Preview

Rotorua vs Auckland
A lap scorers nightmare first up as the 835's take on the 383's. Let's hope the electronic systems is up and working! Despite some line-up changes from last year, Rotorua looked polished through the group stage last night. By contrast Auckland struggled with unreliable machinery. Keegan Orr and Gary Lonergan are the key men for Auckland. Deal with them and the Alleycats are gone. Hard to see anything other than a Rotorua win.

Palmerston North vs Christchurch
Were we a little quick to write off the Pumas? Drawn against strong Young Guns and Vulcans teams, the unfancied Pumas won both matchups. Christchurch made it through in a group where all 3 teams qualified courtesy of beating each other once and scoring decent second place points. The Pumas certainly had the stronger group to deal with and will be favourites for this one. Though you have to think there is going to be an upset somewhere and this one might be it.

Nelson vs Wanganui
The Thunder ended up top of their group courtesy of a Waikato meltdown whilst Wanganui finished 2nd in their group. A mistake by Dion Mooney, passing his team mate who was the race leader and leaving him exposed to attack, ultimately lost them the race against the Pumas. The Vulcans have a good mix of class and experience. They will have learned from their loss and I expect them to win this one.

Gisborne vs Waikato
The Gladiators justified the favourites tag, easily disposing of the Alleycats and Titans on night one. Despite the ease of their night one wins this matchup may have them a little worried. Waikato doesn't have the look of a team that can win but they do have the look of a team that can deny another team winning. The Raiders have some serious hitmen in their ranks. With the winning team being required to race three times on the night the Gladiators will be looking for a clean win. The Raiders will be disappointed to be in the bottom half of the draw. A colossal meltdown on their opening lap against the Thunder handing their southern opponents a 4 of the first 5 running spots after the first lap. That will fire them up for this clash. With nothing to lose I think the Raiders do some damage in this one but the Gladiators will take the chequered flag.

[tony27]

Feb 27, 2016 10:24:22 GMT 12 bumper said:

the only upset is the out come with the officals and pumas. are they going to be in the finals?

What do you mean by this comment?

[dm]

Feb 27, 2016 13:36:36 GMT 12 tony27 said:

Feb 27, 2016 10:24:22 GMT 12 bumper said:

the only upset is the out come with the officals and pumas. are they going to be in the finals?

What do you mean by this comment?

sounds like its happened now to

[Stevo]

Meeting still going on so not sure who's going through now

[Deleted]

OK this is in no way offical, it is based on my understanding of what went on at a managers meeting this afternoon and some back of an envelope calculations thats have been done
I can tell you tho that from Wellington team manegment there is NO issue with any Wellington cars being anything but legal. I can't comment for other teams

The way I (Based on what I have been told from different folk and based on nothing official) see tonights matches

Rotorua v Waikato

Nelson v Palmy

Gizzy v Chch

Wellington v Wanganui

Akl would rightfully be P'd if this is infact the case

I guess we hurry up and wait now huh

[Stevo]

Hmm, interesting. I had heard that the supposed offending W car wasn't even going to the track tonight so I guess we'll have to wait and see on that one as well.

[Tony]

Feb 27, 2016 14:17:41 GMT 12 Ramjam said:

OK this is in no way offical, it is based on my understanding of what went on at a managers meeting this afternoon and some back of an envelope calculations thats have been done
I can tell you tho that from Wellington team manegment there is NO issue with any Wellington cars being anything but legal. I can't comment for other teams

The way I (Based on what I have been told from different folk and based on nothing official) see tonights matches

Rotorua v Waikato

Nelson v Palmy

Gizzy v Chch

Wellington v Wanganui

Akl would rightfully be P'd if this is infact the case

I guess we hurry up and wait now huh

I guess Auckland can't be too p'd given that they lost both their races last night. Is Wellington or Wanganui the higher qualified team?

[percy]

Auckland beat the Eastern States Titans in their first race

[Tony]

Feb 27, 2016 14:49:58 GMT 12 percy said:

Auckland beat the Eastern States Titans in their first race

Whoops. I stand corrected

[Deleted]

Thge way I have it is Welly 4th v wanganui 5th. again only what I've worked out from limited info

[gregobro]

Auckland didn't lose both races and should rightly be p'd off. They beat Blenheim and lost to the reigning champs.

[gregobro]

Revised night 1:

Wellington Young Guns Beat Palmerston North Pumas 140 - 55

Canterbury Crushers Beat Tasman Thunder 125 - 70

Auckland Alleycats Beat Eastern States Titans 125 - 60

Rotorua Rascals Beat Stratford Stormers 175 - 20

Wanganui Vulcans Beat Wellington Young Guns 135 - 60 Points

Waikato Raiders Beat Canterbury Crushers 140 - 55

Gisborne Gladiators Beat Auckland Alleycats 150 - 45 Points

Rotorua Rascals Beat Meeanee Maulers 160 - 35

Palmerston North Pumas Beat Wanganui Vulcans 135 - 60

Tasman Thunder Beat Waikato Raiders 160 - 35

Gisborne Gladiators Beat Eastern States Titans 165 - 30

Stratford Stormers Beat Meeanee Maulers 125 - 70


Rotorua Rascals 335
Gisborne Gladiators 315
Tasman Thunder 230
Wellington Young Guns 200
Wanganui Vulcans 195
Palmerston North Pumas 190
Canterbury Crushers 180
Waikato Raiders 175
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Auckland Alleycats 170
Stratford Stormers 145
Meeanee Maulers 105
Eastern States Titans 90

[gregobro]

Rotorua v Huntly coming up...