Groups (Read 536 times)

[Tony]

Here, as promised, are the groups as drawn last night:

Group 1
1NZ Jason Long
47B Zach Glenny
218H Aaron Alderton
22W Richard Gaskin
84B Mike McLachlan
95S Mike Kiser
7W Shane Davis
99G James Mallia
34P Rebecca Barr
28S Blair Uhlenberg
4P Chad Ace
153S Flynn Johnson
48N Brett Nicholls
85K Jared Wade
28P Ricky Dykstra
87M David Elsworth
69P Todd O'Donnell
33S Logan Sharpe
65V Aaron Jurgens
17M Murray Kitt
19M Kerry Remnant
15W Josh Prentice
96H Thomas Joyes
95P Clive Elliott
24C Zac West
19S Darryl Roper
31P Andy McCabe

Group 2
2NZ Peter Rees
32P Graeme Barr
67P Richard Hart
53S Blair Johnson
471K Benji Sneddon
94P William Humphries
64R Jeremy Sinclair
16A Ali van Amsterdam
14R Anthony Axtens
947P Chris Collingwood
5V Darryl Taylor
41S Scott Williams
97M Aidan Eustace
9B Adam Groome
25S Wayne Moss
5W Keegan Levien
87B Thomas Stanaway
32N Phil Krammer
9V Sheridan O'Hara
282S Phil Ogle
147K Matt Nielsen
85C Tom Cooper
88P Jack Miers
432G Mark Cromarty
39P Michel Willemsen
557C Darrel Wallace
82S Hamish Booker

Group 3
3NZ Simon Joblin
51P Darren Quirk
52W Paul Fairbrother
81V Max Holloway
307S Matthew Picard
95N Alex Hill
75S Carl Shearer
15V Jamie Cooper
37S Shane Denham
99N Trevor Lineham
19C Malcolm Ngatai
38P Zane Dykstra
591P Wayne Hemi
791P William Hart
15A Karl Pegg
59P Stephen Penn
81R Damian Orr
12R Glenn Clarke
31G Gary Davis
32R Nicky Johnston
27S Phillip Gargan
85P Justin Roberts
26W Alex Mosley
88R Mack Ramanui
53V Shaun Smith
56V Kerry Podjursky
93R Gary Hunter

Group 4
89W Dale Robertson
44P Brendan Sharland
23V Scott Duncan
84S Haydin Barker
95A Gary Lonergan
99V Richard Watkins
25V Carl Burns
37R Ken Hunter
77R Lance Elsworth
33R Robbie Mabey
71P Shane Mellsop
127G Ethan Rees
41G Brayden Robinson
513R Callum Flavell
911C Harley Robb
12G Bradley Kendall
77P Scott Penn
25M Scott McEwen
24W Grant Littlewood
7N Ian Clayworth
571P Jayme Hemi
15R Paul Mabey
10M Gavin McClinchie
46W Ethan Levien
99M Todd Hemingway
971C Jayden Ward

Group 5
22M Dean Mulholland
46B Quinn Ryan
126K Asher Rees
599P Ron Tye
351R Paul Vazey
331G James Kirk
9P Brett Hyslop
581P Jordan Dare
4V Hayden Green
58K Stefan Roigard
62P Adam Joblin
52P Scott Joblin
98M Mark Costello
136V Maddie Wise
87V Shane Kells
9G Jamie Hamilton
26K Mitch Vickery
247A Hayden Chapman
144G Tim Ross
8P Scott Miers
19P Josh Dorn
5M Elias Dykstra
57H Dylan Marshall
371K Daniel Hole
77V Cameron Jurgens
66B Randal Tarrant

That gives us a total of 132 133 entries as at 10pm last night 4pm this afternoon. SNZ has confirmed that we can run more than 26 cars per group in qualifying, and if further entries are received, they will be allocated to groups in sequential order.

If, like one driver who thought he had entered then wondered why his name wasn't pulled out last night, you've still got an entry form to send in, please do it soon. The 2019-20 Elite Mechanical New Zealand Superstock Championship is shaping up as one of the best ever.

[percy]

Shows the depth in the class when you look across the groups and they all look tough to qualify from

Group 2 especially so

[Tony]

You're not wrong Percy. Group 5 looks pretty tough as well with Asher Rees, Jordan Dare and two Joblins, plus 22 other bloody good competitors.

Does anyone know if 133 is the biggest entry number since Superstocks became a stand-alone class?

[knuckles]

Track representation

Tracks #
P 30
S 15
V 14
R 13
M 10
G 10
W 9
B 7
K 7
C 6
N 5
A 4
H 3
Total 133

[BarryB]

You should of put all 30 Palmy cars in one group. That would get rid of 25 of them quick smart!!!

Barry B

[broardside]

Shows Palmy still have the numbers dont they and i thought Huntly might have had more.

[hbhornets]

Dec 11, 2019 15:27:00 GMT 12 Tony said:

You're not wrong Percy. Group 5 looks pretty tough as well with Asher Rees, Jordan Dare and two Joblins, plus 22 other bloody good competitors.

Does anyone know if 133 is the biggest entry number since Superstocks became a stand-alone class?

biggest before and after i would say. palmy had 129 at its height. so 4 cars more next best would be stratford and that was 107. every sign is pointing to biggest ever. but we still got to get through December. alot of racing left.

[Tony]

Dec 11, 2019 16:06:09 GMT 12 knuckles said:

Track representation

Tracks #
P 30
S 15
V 14
R 13
M 10
G 10
W 9
B 7
K 7
C 6
N 5
A 4
H 3
Total 133

Thanks for that knuckles; you've saved me a job!

[Deleted]

Dec 11, 2019 17:38:48 GMT 12 BarryB said:

You should of put all 30 Palmy cars in one group. That would get rid of 25 of them quick smart!!!

Barry B

30 P cars .. shows how strong palmy still is.

[speedway86]

Dec 24, 2019 21:00:57 GMT 12 @highrevz said:

Dec 11, 2019 17:38:48 GMT 12 BarryB said:

You should of put all 30 Palmy cars in one group. That would get rid of 25 of them quick smart!!!

Barry B

30 P cars .. shows how strong palmy still is.

And these still a couple missing like 58p

[Roxcyford]

and no 54p

[Tony]

Dec 24, 2019 22:20:06 GMT 12 Roxcyford said:

and no 54p

There are a few guys who have been crazy busy in the run-up to Christmas, and won't be there; Bevan Humphrey, Peter Bengston and Bryce Steiner, to name three. It's still a high quality field, with any number of past 1, 2 and 3NZ's entered.

And of course, at a track like Wanganui, there's always the chance of a surprise on the podium.