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Post by Speedway Central (David) on Dec 25, 2008 20:27:59 GMT 12
Is the entry list going up
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Post by SWP on Dec 25, 2008 23:44:02 GMT 12
No sorry David as this is not an entry specific event. Whoever turns up is able to race.
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Post by Bulletfan on Dec 26, 2008 13:58:56 GMT 12
whats the start time tonight guys and what time pits shut
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Post by joshnz on Dec 26, 2008 23:09:46 GMT 12
does anyone have any pics of these cars,would be good to see them
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Post by Bulletfan on Dec 26, 2008 23:18:23 GMT 12
sorry dude canned tonight ill get you some tomorrow
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Post by BarryB on Dec 27, 2008 6:48:37 GMT 12
does anyone have any pics of these cars,would be good to see them They are not UK stockcars, just normal New Zealand stockcars racing to the UK style graded format where the drivers are seeded and the top guys have to come from the back in EVERY race, the novices starting from the front........ |
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Post by wolfysmith on Dec 27, 2008 7:35:07 GMT 12
Is this a toe dipper by SPANZ towards a nationwide UK style grading system for Superstocks or simply a novelty format dreamt up by the Hickey's??
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Post by BarryB on Dec 27, 2008 7:39:27 GMT 12
Simply a Rotorua promotion I'd suspect.........was staged last year as well.
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Post by wolfysmith on Dec 27, 2008 8:24:44 GMT 12
Cheers Barry. It seems that there appears to be a gradual notching up of the cross hemisphere exchanges in the last couple of seasons.
First was FWJ's UK built NZ Superstock, then Peter Rees big splash here in the UK during his World Champs campaign in 07. Since then we've seen a steady trickle of drivers coming going to NZ during the winter for the 240's/248's.
Now we've got a UK team for the Champs and the first (?) F1 Stock car built in NZ.
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Post by pallmall on Dec 27, 2008 8:59:55 GMT 12
We live in hope that the promoters will see the light and start handicaping again instead of grid starts on normal racing nights.
That and the creation of a few Heroes and Villians may bring the crowds back.
Especially in contact racing WE WANT TO SEE THE TOP GUYS COME FROM THE BACK.
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Post by Speedway Central (David) on Dec 27, 2008 9:05:38 GMT 12
how many visiting stockcars turned up.
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Post by BarryB on Dec 27, 2008 9:14:30 GMT 12
We live in hope that the promoters will see the light and start handicaping again instead of grid starts on normal racing nights. That and the creation of a few Heroes and Villians may bring the crowds back. Especially in contact racing WE WANT TO SEE THE TOP GUYS COME FROM THE BACK. Exactly, and don't just start them from the back but even further around the track. As it stands now, even in a field size say in the mid-teens, the big horsepower runners pretty much push the rest out of the way in the first turn and take the lead down the back straight on lap 1. Obviously bigger fields would make this more difficult, but that's not going to happen anytime soon on a regular Saturday night show. A 1/2 lap handicap would slow that process down a little anyway........and I seem to recall in the UK they do start them in groups spread around the oval........ |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2008 11:24:25 GMT 12
We live in hope that the promoters will see the light and start handicaping again instead of grid starts on normal racing nights. That and the creation of a few Heroes and Villians may bring the crowds back. Especially in contact racing WE WANT TO SEE THE TOP GUYS COME FROM THE BACK. Exactly, and don't just start them from the back but even further around the track. As it stands now, even in a field size say in the mid-teens, the big horsepower runners pretty much push the rest out of the way in the first turn and take the lead down the back straight on lap 1. Obviously bigger fields would make this more difficult, but that's not going to happen anytime soon on a regular Saturday night show. A 1/2 lap handicap would slow that process down a little anyway........and I seem to recall in the UK they do start them in groups spread around the oval........ Would work well here in Welly I suspect where the normal nights field size is anywhere between 27 - 30ish. |
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Post by BarryB on Dec 27, 2008 11:46:50 GMT 12
I was thinking more about the Superstocks Rammer Jammer, where there is normally huge differences between the haves and the have nots on normal nights at the majority of tracks, but I think there's merit in handicapping not only all contact classes, but ALL classes........except for championships of course.
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Post by Admin on Dec 27, 2008 11:54:32 GMT 12
One of the problems of course is that there is hardly ever a normal meeting anywhere these days .
Almost every meet is a championship of some sort or part of a series .
Probably why I'm starting to enjoy club nights more than the big meetings.
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Post by NutZ on Dec 27, 2008 12:27:09 GMT 12
One of the problems of course is that there is hardly ever a normal meeting anywhere these days . Almost every meet is a championship of some sort or part of a series . Probably why I'm starting to enjoy club nights more than the big meetings. Every meets a club night at baypark and I love it ;D |
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Post by joshnz on Dec 27, 2008 15:50:13 GMT 12
does anyone have any pics of these cars,would be good to see them They are not UK stockcars, just normal New Zealand stockcars racing to the UK style graded format where the drivers are seeded and the top guys have to come from the back in EVERY race, the novices starting from the front........ I see,thats how we race here in Aus,i take it the best start from the front in NZ style racing cheers |
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Post by Bulletfan on Dec 27, 2008 16:16:48 GMT 12
going to be a big night in the valley
superstocks
stockcars
saloon
productions saloons
ministocks
minisprints
modifieds
streetstock
3 races each class and a demo derby 25 races all up and maybe a warmup for the mods
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Post by Ugmo on Dec 27, 2008 18:03:36 GMT 12
They are not UK stockcars, just normal New Zealand stockcars racing to the UK style graded format where the drivers are seeded and the top guys have to come from the back in EVERY race, the novices starting from the front........ I see,thats how we race here in Aus,i take it the best start from the front in NZ style racing cheers Not fastest from front but a marble grid draw. Each driver normally gets a Front, middle and back grid through out the night. |
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Post by petrolhead 17 on Dec 27, 2008 21:58:21 GMT 12
wow what an awesome night, was really good to see a good field of cars, the idea reallly worked with the fast cars and experienced drivers coming through and gave new but great drivers achande to shime like 32r who had a white flag but was winning on points kuming into third heat, came 2nd overall after crazy third race when ivan was after him and many others after other people
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