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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 14, 2018 15:34:25 GMT 12
Not a great many cars running for a NZ Title in Palmy this weekend, don't know why? the track will be mint.
I'm supposing there's reasonable prize money on offer ? ($7,500 ?)
I'm also supposing it's not too late for some more competitors to enter, be good if they did.
The Palmy pits are still open to the public, so its a great chance for fans of all ages to meet the drivers and put a face to the number, won't take long.
I'll be taking my camera.
NZ Sprintcar Grand Prix
18p Greg Pickerill
21w Stephen Taylor
28p Tony Uhlenberg
51m Rodney Wood
71a Jamie McDonald
77p Zac Harris
82p Jamie Larsen
84p Dean Cooper
Commentators curse but my picks are:
Stephen Taylor
Jamie Larsen
Zac Harris
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Post by percy on Nov 14, 2018 19:45:15 GMT 12
Most of the top drivers will be heading down there for the International Sprintcars Series in two and a half weeks time.
Hard to justify two big trips in such a short time frame.
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Post by woodart on Nov 14, 2018 23:18:12 GMT 12
place to be for sprint cars this weekend will be nelson for a round of war of wings.
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 15, 2018 11:20:22 GMT 12
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Post by hienekenno1 on Nov 15, 2018 11:40:00 GMT 12
My pick is Rodney Wood to win x superstock boy.
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Post by charlie on Nov 15, 2018 12:12:57 GMT 12
Got to love the write up on Taylor.....
"There's no doubting the blistering speed Stephen Taylor has and if he can stay upright and away from the wall or opposing cars he is a major winning chance."
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 15, 2018 12:51:58 GMT 12
Unfortunately despite having good prize money on offer, and a chance to get some laps in before the International Series meeting in a couple of weeks on Thursday December 6th, on a track that hasn't got built in judder bars on it, the entry list above looks like that's all that will be competing for this NZ Title.
Great sponsor exposure leaving it parked up in the shed.
2nd moan I've had on this board in a week, might ban myself soon.
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Post by magilla on Nov 15, 2018 16:19:50 GMT 12
Were the entries reopened to everyone or was it just open to those who had entered the original cancelled meeting last year?
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Post by magilla on Nov 15, 2018 16:27:23 GMT 12
Well I know one thing for certain, there will a whole heap more cars at the next NZGP and that is a midweek meeting
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Post by woodart on Nov 15, 2018 20:06:22 GMT 12
Unfortunately despite having good prize money on offer, and a chance to get some laps in before the International Series meeting in a couple of weeks on Thursday December 6th, on a track that hasn't got built in judder bars on it, the entry list above looks like that's all that will be competing for this NZ Title. Great sponsor exposure leaving it parked up in the shed. 2nd moan I've had on this board in a week, might ban myself soon. out of town sprint car drivers give palmy a miss, because sponsor exposure is usually outweighed by crash damage and tyre wear. |
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 15, 2018 20:37:21 GMT 12
Unfortunately despite having good prize money on offer, and a chance to get some laps in before the International Series meeting in a couple of weeks on Thursday December 6th, on a track that hasn't got built in judder bars on it, the entry list above looks like that's all that will be competing for this NZ Title. Great sponsor exposure leaving it parked up in the shed. 2nd moan I've had on this board in a week, might ban myself soon. out of town sprint car drivers give palmy a miss, because sponsor exposure is usually outweighed by crash damage and tyre wear. Oh, thanks, I wondered about the exposure/damage ratio at the Springs verses Palmy even though the feature went 20 laps under green when Steve Kinser was last at Palmy and Jonathan Allard set the lap record on the same night. Guess the Springs wins. However, I do look forward to the International meeting at Palmy when there will be more cars. |
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Post by midway on Nov 15, 2018 21:01:03 GMT 12
Unfortunately despite having good prize money on offer, and a chance to get some laps in before the International Series meeting in a couple of weeks on Thursday December 6th, on a track that hasn't got built in judder bars on it, the entry list above looks like that's all that will be competing for this NZ Title. Great sponsor exposure leaving it parked up in the shed. 2nd moan I've had on this board in a week, might ban myself soon. Stop using a fork in the E N O bottle ,and use a square mouth shovel ...  |
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Post by cae76 on Nov 15, 2018 21:13:15 GMT 12
Agree with Woodart Nelson is the place to be this weekend for Sprintcars for a round of the War of the Wings.Twenty odd cars at Nelson compared to eight at Palmerston for New Zealand GP.
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 15, 2018 21:54:34 GMT 12
Lol.... midway - do they even have the old hang over cure E N O anymore ? I thought I heard on the wireless that it went out with Brylcreem and Benzene, probably wrong....again. I'll buy some film and take my camera on Saturday night anyway. I am genuinely keen to go to the South Island for an extended holiday sooner or later to check out the Sprintcar action down there, my mate told me the War of The Wings Series with it's $100,000 prize pool really is awesome. I'm also genuinely curious - who is the current NZ Sprintcar GP title holder ? I can't seem to find the 2016 results anywhere. |
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Post by midway on Nov 15, 2018 23:16:12 GMT 12
:)Old Spice fragrance hasn,t lost its appeal ,nor does it have a negative effect Yes the South Island has some great shows ,and the people are or it seems very genuine to deal with specially in the smaller towns The War of Wings has a good turn out ,but so does another show we try to attend ,the Warbirds over Wanaka you would enjoy it . But we must not get off track Palmy has some good shows ,one that sticks in my mind was the use of a helicopter to dry the track out for a few international sprint car drivers that flew down under for a short series of meetings . |
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Post by hienekenno1 on Nov 16, 2018 6:35:35 GMT 12
Lol.... midway - do they even have the old hang over cure E N O anymore ? I thought I heard on the wireless that it went out with Brylcreem and Benzene, probably wrong....again. I'll buy some film and take my camera on Saturday night anyway. I am genuinely keen to go to the South Island for an extended holiday sooner or later to check out the Sprintcar action down there, my mate told me the War of The Wings Series with it's $100,000 prize pool really is awesome. I'm also genuinely curious - who is the current NZ Sprintcar GP title holder ? I can't seem to find the 2016 results anywhere. 78A Daniel Eggleton won it in Nelson the 2016/17 season. |
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Post by woodart on Nov 16, 2018 9:04:49 GMT 12
the last gp was a rain shortened one nighter in nelson. from memory there were about 23 cars . a few were missing as it was the week after the gold cup and NZ champs at ruapuna. you really need to get down and see some of the amazing speedway tracks in the sth. ruapuna and cromwell are awesome tracks that allow three wide racing, not one and hold your breath passing. proper speedway tracks.
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Post by magilla on Nov 16, 2018 16:35:17 GMT 12
the last gp was a rain shortened one nighter in nelson. from memory there were about 23 cars . a few were missing as it was the week after the gold cup and NZ champs at ruapuna. you really need to get down and see some of the amazing speedway tracks in the sth. ruapuna and cromwell are awesome tracks that allow three wide racing, not one and hold your breath passing. proper speedway tracks. Cromwell is certainly interesting track, weird shape and all. Ruapuna is the best SNZ track for sprintcar racing in NZ. I do like Dunedin as well, pity not running there between Gold Cup and GP. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 8:30:51 GMT 12
18p Greg Pickerill 21w Stephen Taylor 28p Tony Uhlenberg 51m Rodney Wood 71a Jamie McDonald 77p Zac Harris 82p Jamie Larsen 84p Dean Cooper On the PN site Stuart Rose in on the list as well. I see that total prize money for GP is $2,500 more than the NI Sprintcar Championship on 12 January 2019. Small field but on the bright side at least all the competitors who front up today will get a piece of the prize pool pie.
New Zealand Sprintcar Grand Prix Final Race (30 laps)
1st $2500 + Trophy & Sash 2nd $1500 + Trophy & Sash 3rd $1000 + Trophy & Sash 4th $750 5th $500 6th $450 7th $350 8th $200 9th $150 10th $100 Total = $7,500North Island Sprintcar Championship Race (30 laps)
1st $1500 + Trophy & Sash 2nd $1000 + Trophy & Sash 3rd $600 + Trophy & Sash 4th $500 5th $400 6th $300 7th $200 8th -12th $100 Total = $5,000 |
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Post by Go Slideways on Nov 17, 2018 13:02:33 GMT 12
42p Stuart Rose has had to withdraw, mind blowing graphics on one awesome looking car though.  |
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