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Post by jimmy on Jan 11, 2009 8:50:33 GMT 12
on friday the track after 3 practices looked like there had been two nights racing on it, quite often during racing you couldnt see the cars at the road end of track because of dust. the crowd went home wearing a layer of clay and dust,even the people in top rows of stands wore clay. have not seen the track in such a state for a long time, very dissappointing.saturday night was not too bad probably thanks to the rain during the night, some good racing though
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Post by jimmy on Jan 11, 2009 8:57:02 GMT 12
have just been told it wasn't usual track crew.
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Post by Speedway Central (David) on Jan 11, 2009 9:18:45 GMT 12
have just been told it wasn't usual track crew. Could you do better. I was there Friday and track was good. |
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Post by jimmy on Jan 11, 2009 9:25:33 GMT 12
probably not, but standing among drivers etc, and among crowd this was not up to the standard the track usually is
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Post by saloon14b on Jan 11, 2009 9:28:37 GMT 12
have just been told it wasn't usual track crew. Could you do better. I was there Friday and track was good. What track were you at?  ? Certainly wasn't Meeanee! There was a huge rut on the friday down the pit end that was causing stockcars to get completely airborne, followed by a large crater about 3 metres long that caused heaps of dust to come up every time a car went round the turn. No offense to the volunteers at our track who give their time, but the track on Friday was nowhere near the standard it should have been for a national championship. All credit should however go to them for the surface they managed to prepare on Saturday given the state of the track on the Friday. Saturdays track was very good, and was certainly helped by the rain during the night. |
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Post by Speedway Central (David) on Jan 11, 2009 9:41:08 GMT 12
The cream of the drivers still rose to the top. just because there is a rut you dont have to drive though it every lap
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Post by PeterB on Jan 11, 2009 10:15:55 GMT 12
I dont know anything about making a good track but the weather conditions on Friday cant have been good for it. The track couldn't hold water to save its self.
There would have been about been about 2 or 3 races where there was dusty conditions then the track came back somewhat.
I was amazed at the amount of flat tires over the whole weekend. I suspect that the rut might have been caused from a couple of rims digging in at that corner then the rest of the drivers went on the same line causing it to flake off. Just my opinion.
Seemed alot of drivers had low PSI to stop the under steering into the corners and once the track dried after the 4 or 5 lap the tires dug in and came off the rim. The water truck came out before every race.
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Post by maoriboy on Jan 11, 2009 10:49:15 GMT 12
Just my opinion,the track was s##t on Friday and for the cream that rose to the top the track let that happen for them. There was one race line, so when someone came off that line to take the cream out, they went backwards!!It was the NI champs and the track wasnt good enough.Have a look at the lap times, it was about five seconds slower then a club night. On Saturday night the track was starting to turn to S##t and then the heavens opened up,then there was about half an hour of wheel packing of about 20 plus cars and one very big truck. Now we have a better track than we have had all weekend,just my opinion but if this was the superstocks,spriters,etc (bigger dollar boys) there would have been hell to pay!!!!   There was alot of action on the track on Friday but that was because of the track, not from good driving and drivers taking people out. cheers Thomas......Peter Rees is the man!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by stockcar25b on Jan 11, 2009 11:26:08 GMT 12
well i raced on it and it was a minta track  |
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Post by MENTL1 on Jan 11, 2009 12:10:21 GMT 12
In my view the problem came when they had fridays practice where instead of watering the track after 3 lots of cars had came out they left it about 5 or 6 lots and the track got far to dry and from then the damage had been done. But they redeemed themselfs on sat where the track was awesome weather the rain came or not, big thumps up! To all the moaners get over it!  |
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Post by steeldog on Jan 11, 2009 13:14:35 GMT 12
Could you do better. I was there Friday and track was good. What track were you at? ? Waibop you shouldn't compare all tracks with BP |
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Post by MadMarty13B on Jan 11, 2009 14:37:55 GMT 12
What track were you at? ? Waibop you shouldn't compare all tracks with BP lol thats good friday 1st round of racing track far too wet 2nd round far too dry 3rd round almost perfect Saturday excellent track |
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Post by sonic33 on Jan 11, 2009 18:26:49 GMT 12
Shudn't have lots of cars practising 3 hours before the meet. May have been able to replace surface moisture but not the deeper stuff. Practise the night before, should have been the go.
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Post by xtravert on Jan 11, 2009 18:30:21 GMT 12
Great to see some expert comments. NOT!  |
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Post by 64bdannidittmer on Jan 11, 2009 20:43:36 GMT 12
dont a real driver drive to the conditions anyway? track was fine when in a car i thought. and was good that the track was the way it was. made closer racer without big dollar cars clearing out. and moariboy the racing was how u want it. lots of hits. at the end of the day your in control of the car so if you drive it rite it should go werever you want it too
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Post by maoriboy on Jan 11, 2009 22:25:28 GMT 12
dont a real driver drive to the conditions anyway? track was fine when in a car i thought. and was good that the track was the way it was. made closer racer without big dollar cars clearing out. and moariboy the racing was how u want it. lots of hits. at the end of the day your in control of the car so if you drive it rite it should go werever you want it too yes i do like that stockcars hit,but there is a difference to a... s##t we have all slid out to the wall and someone has been in the wrong place etc and gone up the wall,i would rather see someone line up a car and take them out in full control of there car,not the track dictating the game,there is a difference.i am not criticising the racing im criticising the state of the track......cheers |
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Post by maoriboy on Jan 11, 2009 22:46:17 GMT 12
Great to see some expert comments. NOT! Great to see some expert comments. NOT! thats the mentality of the officals at Meeanee speedway every thing is NOT, I seen you walking on the track oh so very daint, We are all not tring to offend any body,we are tring to give constructive criticism as we are use to such high standards as in the past seasons,we all no that the track is alot better than that,just look at the lap times,and then have a look at lap times when the track is on,cheers |
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Post by macnzl on Jan 12, 2009 13:12:03 GMT 12
Friday night the track appeared in reasonable condition at the beginning of the everning but as the night progressed, the program was getting behind and in an attempt to speed things up the next lot of race cars were released onto the track to grid up before the previous cars were removed. This restricted the amount of time the water truck had to replenish the moisture in the track. Extra attention was given to the corner that cut up when identified. With practice ealier in the day and the hot day/everning I personally thought the track held up well considering.
Being cooler saturday and the shower of rain left a near perfect surface.
Just the way I seen it from the sideline.
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Post by jimmy on Jan 12, 2009 15:44:04 GMT 12
have been told that normal track man is back and hopes to get track back to the standard that everyone has become accustomed to at meeanee.
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Post by hbspeedwaychaser on Jan 12, 2009 16:44:40 GMT 12
Hey Maoriboy why dont you put some hours helping with the track then we would have the best track in New Zealand I am sure the track staff would welcome your expert advice,Well done to the track staff
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? Certainly wasn't Meeanee! There was a huge rut on the friday down the pit end that was causing stockcars to get completely airborne, followed by a large crater about 3 metres long that caused heaps of dust to come up every time a car went round the turn.
