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Post by midway on Jan 27, 2019 7:20:24 GMT 12
Pickens scoops the prize money and wins the midget plus sprintcar feature at the best speedway place to be The Springs ..
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Post by bikeboy on Jan 27, 2019 7:44:40 GMT 12
What’s the record for the most western springs feature wins in one season ? Pickens would have to be getting close to that this year
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Post by maninstand on Jan 27, 2019 8:05:35 GMT 12
Pickens scoops the prize money and wins the midget plus sprintcar feature at the best speedway place to be The Springs .. You do realise NZ doesn't stop at the bombays |
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Post by hienekenno1 on Jan 27, 2019 10:15:18 GMT 12
Congratulations to 88a Scott Baker winning the north Island tq champs last night,those Baker boys are having a good season and well done to 36a Cole Morrison coming 3rd,used to race saloons at the great Waikaraka.
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Post by percy on Jan 27, 2019 10:16:33 GMT 12
Western Springs has been the place to be this season but last night was not one of those nights.
I found it a tough watch. Track had excessive moisture to start the meeting which made things tough for the first stanza of races. But the track came right in the second half of the meeting and I'm struggling to find an excuse for the amount of stoppages we saw.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2019 10:16:47 GMT 12
What’s the record for the most western springs feature wins in one season ? Pickens would have to be getting close to that this year Thats really good question.. Pickens has 8 feature wins this season over Midget & sprintcar. Two seasons ago i think was 12 features.. 9 in midget and 3 sprintcar. not sure what most for single season would be. Allan Wakeling managed win 12 features out of 14. |
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Post by percy on Jan 27, 2019 10:21:46 GMT 12
What’s the record for the most western springs feature wins in one season ? Pickens would have to be getting close to that this year Don't know what the overall record is but Michael is a little short of his own record. He won 11 Western Springs features in the 2016/17 season. Currently he has 8 in season 2018/19. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2019 10:30:14 GMT 12
Not to forget last nights midget car win # 62 just two short Barry B long standing record of 64 wins.
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Jan 27, 2019 10:51:21 GMT 12
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Post by donaldspete on Jan 27, 2019 10:51:21 GMT 12
Did anyone look how bad the number 4a midget was last night ? Gutted as I wanted to see the ozzy give it a good run.. was the usual driver injured or got sat out for the night ?
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Post by brickie on Jan 27, 2019 20:26:15 GMT 12
Did anyone look how bad the number 4a midget was last night ? Gutted as I wanted to see the ozzy give it a good run.. was the usual driver injured or got sat out for the night ? Was quoted as having a night off. |
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Post by brickie on Jan 27, 2019 20:28:21 GMT 12
The tq champs is going to be a great event.
Webb is going well in chch and those baker boys are trucking along nicely as well.
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Post by midway on Jan 29, 2019 20:48:50 GMT 12
Pickens scoops the prize money and wins the midget plus sprintcar feature at the best speedway place to be The Springs .. You do realise NZ doesn't stop at the bombays I guess you will be seated next to Tim Shadbolt at the sprintcar GP ,he could tell you how great life was when he lived as a Westie in west Auckland ... |
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Post by maninstand on Jan 29, 2019 21:26:44 GMT 12
You do realise NZ doesn't stop at the bombays I guess you will be seated next to Tim Shadbolt at the sprintcar GP ,he could tell you how great life was when he lived as a Westie in west Auckland ... Huh? |
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Post by blown on Jan 30, 2019 7:14:24 GMT 12
One thing people forget is that Butterworth won all his midget features from the rear of the field.
A record that will never be broken.
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Post by lefthook on Jan 30, 2019 7:57:11 GMT 12
For sure Barry did win most if not all features from the rear of the field, but I also think there was a big difference between top machinery and the rest !! Barry Butterworth is certainly a legend of our sport and had such a big following. There was also the great rivalry with Ted Tracey which added to the excitement each night. But we are just so lucky to be witnessing somebody else re-writing the record books in front of our eyes.
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Post by tonyr on Jan 30, 2019 12:31:36 GMT 12
I found some YouTube videos last night of the test series some time in the 70s. Barry Butterworth, Ted Tracey and Owen Shaw for the Kiwis. Mel Kenyon, Rich Vogler and Sleepy Tripp for the yanks. Cant remember the Aussies because as usual they were also rans. There was one moment when Kenyon passed Butterworth who came straight back at him and barged his way past. When interviewed Barry described it as a contact sport. Ah, those were the days.
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