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Post by hmac on Feb 2, 2019 21:48:01 GMT 12
Driving for Daniel Anderson, you could probably claim a South Island win, not that it matters. Testament to the guys ability and also must have been great track prep....rarely do you see a lap record smashed in a feature race. Sounded like a championship for the ages, ...Percy will be doin cartwheels in his praise for the meeting i would think. Cool bannana's all around.
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Post by standman on Feb 2, 2019 21:57:46 GMT 12
Driving for Daniel Anderson, you could probably claim a South Island win, not that it matters. Testament to the guys ability and also must have been great track prep....rarely do you see a lap record smashed in a feature race. Sounded like a championship for the ages, ...Percy will be doin cartwheels in his praise for the meeting i would think. Cool bannana's all around. cool and well done - bring him up to jafaland next week for the butterworth and run him off the back to see how big his plums are |
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Post by NZ Sauber on Feb 2, 2019 22:04:17 GMT 12
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Post by powerbuilt on Feb 2, 2019 22:07:51 GMT 12
Driving for Daniel Anderson, you could probably claim a South Island win, not that it matters. Testament to the guys ability and also must have been great track prep....rarely do you see a lap record smashed in a feature race. Sounded like a championship for the ages, ...Percy will be doin cartwheels in his praise for the meeting i would think. Cool bannana's all around. cool and well done - bring him up to jafaland next week for the butterworth and run him off the back to see how big his plums are Heads back to the USA on Monday, hopefully be will be back next season to defend his NZ title(s) |
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Post by powerbuilt on Feb 2, 2019 22:10:55 GMT 12
So the first South Island car was 4th right? First South Island was 8 USA as based in Te Anau, and the A in USA is not for Auckland. |
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Post by azzurro on Feb 2, 2019 22:15:37 GMT 12
So the first South Island car was 4th right? First South Island was 8 USA has based in Te Anau, and the A in USA is not for Auckland. Will be great to see the 1NZ defending his title next year as we haven’t had the privilege of seeing him race |
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Post by shunta on Feb 2, 2019 22:16:05 GMT 12
Driving for Daniel Anderson, you could probably claim a South Island win, not that it matters. Testament to the guys ability and also must have been great track prep....rarely do you see a lap record smashed in a feature race. Sounded like a championship for the ages, ...Percy will be doin cartwheels in his praise for the meeting i would think. Cool bannana's all around. cool and well done - bring him up to jafaland next week for the butterworth and run him off the back to see how big his plums are He would do well very classy. Even though Pickens made a mistake early I’m pretty sure he had nothing for Buddy. Off to the TAB i go👍😜 |
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Post by brickie on Feb 2, 2019 22:19:07 GMT 12
Buddy totally dominated. Deserved his 1nz.
A genuine nice guy. Well done.
Great job Jamie Larsen on 2nd place, was by far the best kiwi.
Connor rangi one to watch for the future.
Well gone Cromwell, great event.
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Post by powerbuilt on Feb 2, 2019 22:23:00 GMT 12
Who is younger Ben Finemore or Buddy Kofoid, Kofoid recently turned seventeen and recall Finemore was a teenager when causing the upset when winning the NZ title back in 2004/05 - racing out of Baypark but think was born in Nelson so maybe another Mainlander to lift the title.
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Post by BarryB on Feb 2, 2019 22:26:45 GMT 12
Who is younger Ben Finemore or Buddy Kofoid, Kofoid recently turned seventeen and recall Finemore was in his around a similar age when causing and upset when winning the NZ title back in 2004/05 - racing out of Baypark but think was born in Nelson so maybe another Mainlander to lift the title. Ben Finemore was 15 when he won his title, from memory. Barry B |
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Post by azzurro on Feb 2, 2019 22:32:13 GMT 12
In a 3 year drought Buddy Fofuid becomes the first South Island car to not only be back on the podium but also win the NZ champs since Jamie Duff in 2015.
Buddy has shown great pace and been unbeaten in New Zealand and is well deserved of 1NZ
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Post by BarryB on Feb 2, 2019 22:33:11 GMT 12
He's not old enough to drink champagne and wasn't even allowed to drive home afterwards - but Tauranga 15-year-old Ben Finemore has rocked motorsport with the most sensational speedway win in decades. The Te Puna rookie driver won the New Zealand title in speedway's fastest class at Baypark on Saturday night, beating more experienced drivers and driving the oldest and probably heaviest car in the race. When the TAB closed its sports betting book on the NZ Sprint Car Championship, it listed Finemore - who has a restricted road licence - as a 150-to-1 outsider. In the 25-lap final, Finemore ran his green Machine wide open on the high line like a seasoned sprint car master, not a rookie who only steered a V8 sprint car for the first time in October after graduating from the 1200cc Youth Mini-stock class. Unlike a lot of surprise results, this was not a win inherited because the favourites dropped by the wayside. Two seconds behind Finemore at the finish was eight-time national champion Allan Wakeling, of Auckland. After qualifying via the repechage, Finemore was equal highest point scorer from the two preliminary races and started from the outside of the front row. He led from start to finish, his superiority reflected in lap times with a fastest of 14.22 seconds. The next fastest was third-placed Jamie McDonald, from Auckland, with a best of 14.41s. Finemore also calmly handled the pressure of three restarts, the last with Wakeling on his bumper for a seven-lap dash to the flag. The win was achieved driving a 1998 model Gambler imported second-hand from the United States that was the oldest - and probably the heaviest - vehicle to make the 20-car final. There has never been a more popular winner at Baypark, with the crowd - which had watched fearing the fairytale might come to an end at any moment - leaping to its feet as Finemore powered past the chequered flags. The young champ was cool and collected. "I just went for it. I told myself to keep going and hold my line," he said. "There was a lot of pressure. Especially with Allan right up there on the last restart. "Two or three times I got a bit crossed up so I hit the brake for a moment and then powered back into it again." But there was one disappointment. "I couldn't do any doughnuts," said Finemore. "As soon as I slowed down the engine started to blow smoke and the temperature shot to 240F. "I think the engine might have let go. I'm very glad it wasn't 30 laps." Wakeling, who won the first of his eight national titles in 1989 - the year Finemore was born - acknowledged sprint car racing looks like becoming a young person's game. Third-placed McDonald is 22. "It was the young guys dealing to the old fellas and I ended up the one in the middle," he said. "At least I beat all the other old fellas." Wakeling qualified third and ran near the front the whole distance but said the restart was his only chance to get past Finemore. "I did a huge wheelstand when I moved the wing back too far and had to get out the throttle. That cost me 20 or 30 metres and I had to get defensive when I saw McDonald looming up there. Ben did a really good job. It's great for the sport." McDonald was impressive moving through the field from grid 10 to claim third spot. Finemore's biggest threat came from Aucklander Carl Wilson, who ran second until lap 18. Wilson was close to getting his nose in front when he half-spun and came to a halt. "It broke the u-joint or the driveshaft," he said. Pukekohe's Kerry Brocas finished fourth. But the night belonged to Finemore, whose achievement will be remembered for years to come.
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Post by powerbuilt on Feb 2, 2019 22:39:32 GMT 12
He's not old enough to drink champagne and wasn't even allowed to drive home afterwards - but Tauranga 15-year-old Ben Finemore has rocked motorsport with the most sensational speedway win in decades. The Te Puna rookie driver won the New Zealand title in speedway's fastest class at Baypark on Saturday night, beating more experienced drivers and driving the oldest and probably heaviest car in the race. When the TAB closed its sports betting book on the NZ Sprint Car Championship, it listed Finemore - who has a restricted road licence - as a 150-to-1 outsider. In the 25-lap final, Finemore ran his green Machine wide open on the high line like a seasoned sprint car master, not a rookie who only steered a V8 sprint car for the first time in October after graduating from the 1200cc Youth Mini-stock class. Unlike a lot of surprise results, this was not a win inherited because the favourites dropped by the wayside. Two seconds behind Finemore at the finish was eight-time national champion Allan Wakeling, of Auckland. After qualifying via the repechage, Finemore was equal highest point scorer from the two preliminary races and started from the outside of the front row. He led from start to finish, his superiority reflected in lap times with a fastest of 14.22 seconds. The next fastest was third-placed Jamie McDonald, from Auckland, with a best of 14.41s. Finemore also calmly handled the pressure of three restarts, the last with Wakeling on his bumper for a seven-lap dash to the flag. The win was achieved driving a 1998 model Gambler imported second-hand from the United States that was the oldest - and probably the heaviest - vehicle to make the 20-car final. There has never been a more popular winner at Baypark, with the crowd - which had watched fearing the fairytale might come to an end at any moment - leaping to its feet as Finemore powered past the chequered flags. The young champ was cool and collected. "I just went for it. I told myself to keep going and hold my line," he said. "There was a lot of pressure. Especially with Allan right up there on the last restart. "Two or three times I got a bit crossed up so I hit the brake for a moment and then powered back into it again." But there was one disappointment. "I couldn't do any doughnuts," said Finemore. "As soon as I slowed down the engine started to blow smoke and the temperature shot to 240F. "I think the engine might have let go. I'm very glad it wasn't 30 laps." Wakeling, who won the first of his eight national titles in 1989 - the year Finemore was born - acknowledged sprint car racing looks like becoming a young person's game. Third-placed McDonald is 22. "It was the young guys dealing to the old fellas and I ended up the one in the middle," he said. "At least I beat all the other old fellas." Wakeling qualified third and ran near the front the whole distance but said the restart was his only chance to get past Finemore. "I did a huge wheelstand when I moved the wing back too far and had to get out the throttle. That cost me 20 or 30 metres and I had to get defensive when I saw McDonald looming up there. Ben did a really good job. It's great for the sport." McDonald was impressive moving through the field from grid 10 to claim third spot. Finemore's biggest threat came from Aucklander Carl Wilson, who ran second until lap 18. Wilson was close to getting his nose in front when he half-spun and came to a halt. "It broke the u-joint or the driveshaft," he said. Pukekohe's Kerry Brocas finished fourth. But the night belonged to Finemore, whose achievement will be remembered for years to come. Cheers |
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Post by percy on Feb 2, 2019 22:40:37 GMT 12
Also thinking Finemore was 15.
No doubt Kofoid is a deserving winner. Only time he looked vulnerable was in lapped traffic. In the clear it was no contest.
Story of the weekend has to be the emerging talent from the south island. 57n Rangi, 41t Dodge, 75n and a host of others putting themselves on the national stage. Hope we see them venture north next season.
Thought Cromwell did a better job than most tracks do when running a big title. Whoever designed the shape of that track was a genius ahead of their time. Turn 2 is the coolest turn in nz speedway.
Pity we have to wait 5 or 6 years before running the NZ's at Cromwell again.
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Post by seatfiller on Feb 2, 2019 22:44:57 GMT 12
So the first South Island car was 4th right? First South Island was 8 USA as based in Te Anau, and the A in USA is not for Auckland. Nor is the S for South... Still a great achievement either way you look at it. |
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Post by azzurro on Feb 2, 2019 22:52:51 GMT 12
First South Island was 8 USA as based in Te Anau, and the A in USA is not for Auckland. Nor is the S for South... Still a great achievement either way you look at it. Ultimate South Aucklander 😂 |
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Post by hmac on Feb 3, 2019 1:45:51 GMT 12
hope he gets a decent run in his new ride stateside this year....which he didn't get in Cali last year, surely has the talent to go a long ways, if given the chance.
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Post by hienekenno1 on Feb 3, 2019 7:01:28 GMT 12
Wow congratulations to 17 year old usa star Michael Kofoid the new 1nz and Jamie Larson coming home in 2nd place,shame about mr Pickens going from 2nz to 3nz,oh well never mind lol.
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Post by lefthook on Feb 3, 2019 7:12:17 GMT 12
Congratulations Buddy Kofoid. To be under the track record for three consecutive laps (I think?) in a feature race is unheard of. Great run from Jamie Larson as well. He's had a good couple of weeks down in the South Island. And well done to Michael Pickens. Always at the pointy end !! I think the North Island better get a sprint car series up and running soon as these young guns from the south are getting seriously fast.
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Post by jimmyj on Feb 3, 2019 8:07:57 GMT 12
How come J Mac finished so far back .Congrats to the young man from yankee land and all the other place getters .Sounds like it was a good champ meet
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