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Post by azzurro on Feb 3, 2024 22:58:00 GMT 12
Mosen, Gilford and Maskovich the ones that shone tonight. Pickens still in the hunt. As is Aaron Hodgson. Bring on night 2. . Guilford had one good heat - you can’t call that shining. He is also 9th on points Fabish is 2nd highest on points and mucked up last turn in heat two - otherwise would be 1st equal on points with Mosen. That is shining Mosen’s championship to lose I feel - hopefully not a repeat of Stratford as he deserves another title |
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Post by openwheelfan01 on Feb 4, 2024 9:50:30 GMT 12
Still anyones Championship i like that pickens is 5th in points where he won last championship at Ruapuna last year Stratford. no guarantee of Mosen win. when you have Pickens in the field he will be better today. also with new day going be hotter have more cars on the track with full field of Sprintcars will come down slick track whose got better set ups clears back markers. . as Pickens says "last lap counts "
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Post by magilla on Feb 4, 2024 10:28:28 GMT 12
Can't really count 1/4 midgets as they do little or nothing to the track. Need something to give enough time between heats.
Considering the weather track was pretty good. Surprisingly the ruts into 3 did little.
Mosen the standout but Pickens will still end up starting the feature in the front few rows and will be there near the end.
I hoping Mosen wins with Fabish podium so the TAB shines on me
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Post by percy on Feb 4, 2024 11:41:54 GMT 12
Night 1 in the books and as others have mentioned Mosen clearly the man to beat. Pickens looked to be racing the format, careful around other drivers but had pace when he wanted to use it. The consistency required in this format came to the fore.
The likes of Lumsden, Basalaj and Guilford all looked good on occasion but couldn't string 3 races together. Max had a bad 3rd heat, going backwards.
Fabish did go well, a good battle with Low. Not sure he will threaten the big 2. Hodgson decent, a spirited battle with Tyla Robbins in one heat. Will be thereabouts.
Temperature less than ambient, needed the thermals and then some. Support classes though high in numbers failed to add much and the show stretched out to 4 hours 25 minutes not taking into account the delayed start. Show seemed to get slower the longer it ran.
Crowd numbers were disappointing, the cold no doubt putting off a few punters. Never really built an atmosphere unlike the Sprintcar Title last year.
Officiating was excellent. Some good calls on prime cause and a kerfuffle of a restart called back. Great to see single file restarts, made for better racing and on the botched restart saved gear being torn up.
Hopefully tonight will be warmer and we'll see the title move up a notch or two.
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Post by magilla on Feb 4, 2024 12:57:34 GMT 12
Was confused why when 3 cars got together one was sent to the back and 2 restarted at front. All three tried to get into one small space at the same time. All should have started at the back
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Post by azzurro on Feb 4, 2024 13:35:41 GMT 12
Was confused why when 3 cars got together one was sent to the back and 2 restarted at front. All three tried to get into one small space at the same time. All should have started at the back Looking at photos of the incident you can see the driver who was sent to the back was more crossed up and climbed over the outer car. Based on photos it looks like the right call was made. |
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Post by percy on Feb 4, 2024 14:20:04 GMT 12
Was confused why when 3 cars got together one was sent to the back and 2 restarted at front. All three tried to get into one small space at the same time. All should have started at the back If you're talking about the incident that was the 8-car pileup, there was little doubt in my mind that 34a was prime cause. Went into the corner too hard, plowed into 9m who in turn was pushed into the front car, sending all 3 around to be collected by the field. BTW there is no option to send all 3 to the back in an allocated title. The nature of prime cause is we are looking for one driver whose driving caused the incident. If there were multiple drivers who contributed to the accident, it is a racing accident and all restart in their position. |
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Post by brickie on Feb 4, 2024 14:50:44 GMT 12
Anyone use the rjp live stream? If so, thoughts?
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Post by azzurro on Feb 4, 2024 15:05:09 GMT 12
Was confused why when 3 cars got together one was sent to the back and 2 restarted at front. All three tried to get into one small space at the same time. All should have started at the back If you're talking about the incident that was the 8-car pileup, there was little doubt in my mind that 34a was prime cause. Went into the corner too hard, plowed into 9m who in turn was pushed into the front car, sending all 3 around to be collected by the field. BTW there is no option to send all 3 to the back in an allocated title. The nature of prime cause is we are looking for one driver whose driving caused the incident. If there were multiple drivers who contributed to the accident, it is a racing accident and all restart in their position. 34a was in the middle - raced tight and hit 7m. This caused 34a to lose momentum and come down on 9m - with all 3 going around and other cars coming in with nowhere to go |
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Post by openwheelfan01 on Feb 4, 2024 18:16:05 GMT 12
12 Heats gone wins Pickens, Maskovich and Ben Morgan - CHCH
Top 5 after 12 heats
Mosen
Maskovich
Pickens
Fabish
Buckley
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Post by openwheelfan01 on Feb 4, 2024 20:57:13 GMT 12
15 Heats now complete last 3 wins Pickens, Jack Low and Travis Buckley
Mosen and Pickens be off front row.
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Post by spuddy on Feb 4, 2024 22:46:23 GMT 12
I snuck down after watching palmy and saw the final. Unfortunately the track was awful and offered nothing in the way of passing and was as narrow as I have seen
Mosen start to finish among many, many cautions, Maskovich 2 and Fabish 3
Early stages Pickens tried running higher up and was nearly making it stick but hit a huge hole at one point and bounced twice which dropped him back to 3rd. A couple of restarts later hos front end gave way and he was gone on lap 11
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Post by azzurro on Feb 4, 2024 23:06:11 GMT 12
Well done and congratulations to top 3. Mosen has been consistent most of the season, along with Brock and since changing to the new GRD motor Fabish has moved up the order. All well deserved.
Unfortunate for Pickens as he was trying the higher line and pushing it.
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Post by 410cowboy on Feb 4, 2024 23:08:04 GMT 12
Really poor night of racing..
absolutely awful management of racetrack
I don't mind dusty slick tracks but that was beyond dusty and rough as guts
A water truck sat on infield all night hardly did a lap all night
Need to pick there game up
2 years in a row 2 big nz titles and track was rubber down 1lane
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Post by cae76 on Feb 5, 2024 9:40:30 GMT 12
Congratulations Brad Mosen for his 1st and to Brock Masovich and Mitch Fabish for there 2nd and 3rd placings.Unfortunately track conditions turned it into a lack lustre affair especially with demise of Pickens.Some of the heat races did provide entertainment with some spectacular moves by a few.With the track crew occupied on getting the corners sorted out i thought one water truck could have dampened down the straight aways.Would have made it a bit more comfortable for competitors and spectators.
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Post by energypower on Feb 5, 2024 9:59:45 GMT 12
After last night's very disappointing NZ midget championship because of the track conditions. I just hope that SNZ sets up a committee to help the tracks prepare and manage a decent track.
Ruapuna did have difficult conditions to work with.
Just my observations:
Why was the track not properly graded after the first night?
Why was a lot of water poured on to the town bend fence line from a truck that was driving around the pole line shooting out water as if the fence was on fire. This just soaked the track at the top.
When they decided to repair the track why did they not bring out the wingless sprints to assist with the wheel packing?
Sadly, what should have been a night to remember it will be remembered for the track conditions.
Congratulations to the winners and to the others for racing under such poor track conditions.
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Post by openwheelfan01 on Feb 6, 2024 15:26:05 GMT 12
Probably not the most exciting of NZ Champs if your spectator looked incredibly dusty took rubber early on.turned into 1 lane racetrack. was a shame last time ran at Ruapuna for NZ gp and Bt4 mates definitely great track. Even last years Stratford title show turned into some better racing. guess to finish 1st you must finish.
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Post by midway on Feb 7, 2024 16:44:32 GMT 12
iT was the same race track for every one that was in the final .
Sure there could of been a little more water sprinkled about ,and we have witnessed a better track surface for a championship meeting ,but you have to accept the way it turned out ,moaning about it aint going to fix nothing .
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Post by magilla on Feb 7, 2024 20:09:35 GMT 12
it wasn't the worst track for a championship final either
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Post by energypower on Feb 8, 2024 9:36:51 GMT 12
it wasn't the worst track for a championship final either Agreed. But the track preparation was poor. Because of the poor track conditions prior to the final it became a lottery if a driver made it into the final. Sadly the final was raced on a one lane track. For first time visitors to speedway it was not a good look. |
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