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Post by Roxcyford on Jan 1, 2008 20:52:34 GMT 12
can someone tell me how roydon went in new car what sort of motor & what track racing out of,cheers.
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Post by HIGHWAY45 on Jan 1, 2008 20:56:11 GMT 12
Got car ready, went to rotorua for nth islands and looked ok in practice. had engine failure in the grand parade
Contracting to Palmerston North and racing as 94p
Havent heard much about his stockcar yet and wondering myself when or if this will hit the track thi season
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Post by Roxcyford on Jan 1, 2008 21:02:31 GMT 12
thanks highway 45.
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Post by Markus M on Jan 2, 2008 9:02:32 GMT 12
Got car ready, went to rotorua for nth islands and looked ok in practice. had engine failure in the grand parade Contracting to Palmerston North and racing as 94p Havent heard much about his stockcar yet and wondering myself when or if this will hit the track thi season Talking to Roydon at rotorua he was suppose to be driving the 44P Andrew Weld stockcar As for the superstock once the gremlins are sorted I would say it would be a rocketship  Cheers |
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Post by Jeff See on Jan 3, 2008 15:29:19 GMT 12
Roydon did some hot laps at stratford last night after trying to go out and do some laps while the stockcars were intent on destroying each other.
4-5 laps on his own, car looked well hooked up.
An extremely good gesture on the part of the stratford club letting a car registered to another club hold up their meeting.
Its a pity people have to drive past there own club to chase the money and bigger fields especially as Stratford haven't got enough superstocks (must have 10 to run) to even run on a regular night.
With 3 or 4 guys having a year off and 2 guys now residing in the BOP its a case of open the cupboard door and stare at the empty shelf.
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Post by surf79 on Jan 3, 2008 19:49:47 GMT 12
couldnt agree more jeff. what did stratford get out of letting 94p have the track to himself? did he pay for the hot laps? if it was good enough to make superstock 34s race with the stockcars all night why not him? nolly 35s did it the week before and johnson 82s a few weeks before that.
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Post by Jeff See on Jan 3, 2008 20:04:52 GMT 12
Its a question we will have to ask the committee.
Send a letter to them expressing your concerns and they have to answer or better still as a member your have the right to attend any committee meeting and ask for speaking rights.
Its your club so if you want to change something or question any other club issues you have every right to ask.
Gee i sound like an ex committee member aye.
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Post by surf79 on Jan 3, 2008 20:30:12 GMT 12
i was just curious thats all, for all i know he may have payed a large sum.
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Post by Jeff See on Jan 3, 2008 21:37:24 GMT 12
i know what you are saying and i agree.
Ive pulled the pin on mine for this season as work and family have to be my main priority.
With a half built car, a half built motor and no numbers in Stratford ive made the call to concentrate on getting everything right for next season.
Certainly has taken the pressure off knowing that there is always next year.
Last year was a financial disaster with 3 motor blow ups with the ford and now changing the car to suit the toyota and the changes to accomidate that. I rely on my crew alot and my main crew member has been sick so everything ground to a halt as he is the brains and a lot of the braun.We will come back brighter and better!!
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Post by Roxcyford on Jan 4, 2008 10:40:44 GMT 12
i agree with what you are saying if you won,t race there don,t practice there,why don,t stratty work in with wanganui i,m sure they could 10 supers between them each week-end.
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Post by matthew98 on Jan 8, 2008 13:01:44 GMT 12
Hey Rockyford, I know Keith Gill well, he built an owns Roydons new chassis. Roydon owns the hotrod Hartley Nissan motor sister to the new one in the silver bullet. It slipped the timing at Rotorua an bent a heap of valves lucky it was idling in the pits,Roydon pulled motor out at his place in Hawera ,Hartley sorted it, an motor went back in time to test run at stattford an head to Napeir for the next placemakers superstock round on saterday night it was a 25 car field. The car ran hard matching an bettering the pace with most of NZ's currently finest an fastest superstocks . Some awsum driving from near the back in 2 heats an row 3 in the other sore him three 2nd places and take the overall prise money by 1 point from shane penn with Andy Mcnab 3rd. As for test running the at Strattford after 20years in speedway 90% of that for Stratford dont you think he could ask a favour .The last few cars Roydon has raced under 94p have been owned by Palmerston north speedway members so they want there cars running there. There is a plan for Roydon to drive the 44p stockcar as well this year as owner Andrew Weld threw injury is unable, But Keith Gill has been to busy with 4 new turn key cars the last of which is the Collingwood car ,to put the 44car back together from its off season freshen up but he could be at Palmy this weekend with both 94p and 44p
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Post by Roxcyford on Jan 8, 2008 16:17:37 GMT 12
thanks for that information night peddler maybe worth a bet on the tab for nz title i have watched roydon race since the 80,s & is a big fan of mine but my gripe is not at roydon as whole but other clubs who offer top drivers better packages,ie(podjursky,collingwood,durning,joblin,rowlands,l.penn).& any one else i may have missed fom statford in particular,without these drivers & the talent they have brought to the stratford club in the pass,stratford will not be the 2nd most successfull team in superstock history,for much longer.p.s may not have enough cars to make a team this year with this sort of stuff going on superstock teams racing really is a dying breed while this poaching is going on.
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