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Post by MadMarty13B on Jan 15, 2009 19:37:32 GMT 12
66B is also out they running 4 or 5 superstocks at meeanee saturday  |
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Post by King James on Jan 15, 2009 19:54:34 GMT 12
Wooo cant wait... see you guys in Paradise  |
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Post by Stumo on Jan 15, 2009 20:08:17 GMT 12
Have been thinking for a bit and have sort of answered my own question but what do you people think on the Frankie Waiman Jnr automatic qualifying for 240s thing?
Sure Frankie lives in the UK, races F1s, is one of the elite top drivers over there and has to travel to race in NZ.
But on his car he is registered as 55r, races at the NZ Champs (sure other internationals race in other classes NZs) and other meetings around the country when he can.
Its hard to compare but you could argue Wayne Hemi should be given automatic qualification. I mean sure he has won all major Superstock titles and team races for the Panthers and use to live in NZ. But now he is much like Frankie, still has to fly to NZ every/other weekend to race and compete since he lives in Aus so why isnt he automaticly qualifyed?
He is an international driver to an extent...
I have nothing against Frankie automaticly qualifying, I just thought he is just as good as our local NZ drivers as he has shown nearly taking out 3nz last season, it would be good to watch him go through the qualifying procedure and im sure he will make it through like he does at the NZ Champs.
However good luck to the GB and Holland Driver/s and bring on the British Lions at Team Champs!!!
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Post by Mike D on Jan 15, 2009 20:37:12 GMT 12
Hey King James where did you get that awesome pic, i love it. nice to see murrays still got it lol who was in the 88 car
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Post by chris56 on Jan 15, 2009 20:52:05 GMT 12
Hey King James where did you get that awesome pic, i love it. nice to see murrays still got it lol who was in the 88 car Rex Neild |
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Post by Mike D on Jan 15, 2009 20:57:03 GMT 12
thanx chris, I shoukld have remembered that from when they visited woodfordglen a few yrs ago and blew away everything before them
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Post by King James on Jan 15, 2009 21:25:15 GMT 12
Hey King James where did you get that awesome pic, i love it. nice to see murrays still got it lol who was in the 88 car Hey bro... 94r Hobbs & 88r Neild, the track is Paradise Valley. Photo taken from the current Kiwi Superstock mod that we are building. It is a racing simulation that we race most weeks in the off season  Wahoooo 240s soon, leave in 12 hours!!! |
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Post by chris56 on Jan 15, 2009 21:28:30 GMT 12
Hey King James where did you get that awesome pic, i love it. nice to see murrays still got it lol who was in the 88 car Hey bro... 94r Hobbs & 88r Neild, the track is Paradise Valley. Photo taken from the current Kiwi Superstock mod that we are building. It is a racing simulation that we race most weeks in the off season Wahoooo 240s soon, leave in 12 hours!!! see ya soon bro i leaving at 6am |
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Post by Mike D on Jan 15, 2009 21:43:13 GMT 12
Im leaving Christchurch @ 10.40am Friday,Looking forward to meeting some felow Macgorians
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Post by MadMarty13B on Jan 15, 2009 21:44:20 GMT 12
You must be flying then?
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Post by Mike D on Jan 15, 2009 21:46:22 GMT 12
Yup got my superman undies all primed up marty  |
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Post by BarryB on Jan 15, 2009 22:32:08 GMT 12
Place (Top 3) odds.................but if you see Page 4 of this thread you'll see where I've marked all the withdrawals to date. There's a few spelling mistakes in this, the offical list too, as well as 2 drivers missing. All correct info is on page 4, along with the win prices.
1 $3.00 55GB F Wainman jnr (Q)
2 $3.50 58p P Bengston (Q)
3 $3.50 92r K Fraser (Q)
4 $3.75 96h S Redfurn
5 $4.50 2NZ D Ewers
6 $4.50 7p S Penn
7 $4.50 94p R Collingwood
8 $5.00 10p P Rees
9 $5.50 29H D Greidanus (Q)
10 $5.50 390GB S Smith (Q)
11 $6.00 87r P Westbury
12 $6.50 135r S Hewson
13 $6.50 1NZ M Ngati
14 $7.00 66r S Hampton
15 $8.00 3NZ B Higgins
16 $9.00 37r D Hunter
17 $9.00 72p Simon Joblin
18 $9.00 515r S Hickey
19 $9.00 31p A McCabe
20 $9.00 490GB M Taylor (Q)
21 $11.00 8p S Mires
22 $11.00 18n S Harwood
23 $11.00 5v D Taylor
24 $11.00 77p W Noris
25 $11.00 99r M Decke
26 $11.00 351a P Vazey
27 $11.00 84GB T Harris (Q)
28 $14.00 5g J Faram
29 $17.00 12r G Hunter
30 $17.00 16c M Osborne
31 $17.00 16b S Jude
32 $17.00 23h L Ashton
33 $17.00 89c J Smith
34 $17.00 98p C Humphries
35 $17.00 492c C McManaway
36 $20.00 8h D Roigard
37 $20.00 282s P Ogle
38 $30.00 6k K Remnant
39 $30.00 52p Scott Joblin
40 $30.00 57p D Tarrant
41 $40.00 28h G Drabble
42 $40.00 64p K Smith
43 $40.00 68r B Hunter jnr
44 $40.00 119r L Aldridge
45 $50.00 8r K Brooks
46 $50.00 22r W Talbot
47 $50.00 45v S Guildford
48 $50.00 75a D Tennant
49 $50.00 77r R Carter
50 $50.00 414a W Ansty
51 $60.00 5r L Christini
52 $60.00 44r J Riedinger
53 $60.00 52r M Herbet
54 $60.00 73a B Marx
55 $60.00 417a R Halfpenny
56 $60.00 878r S Bracken
57 $60.00 53a P Marx
58 $80.00 4r B Westbury
59 $80.00 7h S Wallbank
60 $80.00 7r K Stove
61 $80.00 61a T Nichols
62 $80.00 66b T Meechan
63 $80.00 94a D Ansty
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Post by legaspeed on Jan 16, 2009 0:49:58 GMT 12
Leaving about 10ish. Stopping @ Stag Park in Taupo for a decent feed lol |
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Post by alanbrooke on Jan 16, 2009 0:51:05 GMT 12
Have been thinking for a bit and have sort of answered my own question but what do you people think on the Frankie Waiman Jnr automatic qualifying for 240s thing? Sure Frankie lives in the UK, races F1s, is one of the elite top drivers over there and has to travel to race in NZ. But on his car he is registered as 55r, races at the NZ Champs (sure other internationals race in other classes NZs) and other meetings around the country when he can. Its hard to compare but you could argue Wayne Hemi should be given automatic qualification. I mean sure he has won all major Superstock titles and team races for the Panthers and use to live in NZ. But now he is much like Frankie, still has to fly to NZ every/other weekend to race and compete since he lives in Aus so why isnt he automaticly qualifyed? He is an international driver to an extent... I have nothing against Frankie automaticly qualifying, I just thought he is just as good as our local NZ drivers as he has shown nearly taking out 3nz last season, it would be good to watch him go through the qualifying procedure and im sure he will make it through like he does at the NZ Champs. However good luck to the GB and Holland Driver/s and bring on the British Lions at Team Champs!!! I'm sure FWJ would'nt be bothered either way! In the UK all "true" foreign entrants (including dutch drivers with only the English Channel to cross)" are graded directly to our "world final" where we have specific grid positions allocated and the foreign entrants do time trials to decided which positions they start. The foreign entrant places are limited to the top points scoring/ championship drivers and normally 8 or so foreign entrants are graded in. The UK drivers have to pick up points at specific qualifying rounds thoughout the season, then the top 48 are split into two semi finals and the top 10 from each get to qualify for the big race. So in the UK by the same argument we could say that all entrants have to qualify in the same way........which may be possible for a couple of Dutch drivers but not really practical for everone else - and whats the point of a "World" championship based on local drivers only! I think the way it's handled at the moment between all the countries is fair based on the differences in the qualification methods. |
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Post by BarryB on Jan 16, 2009 5:39:44 GMT 12
Have been thinking for a bit and have sort of answered my own question but what do you people think on the Frankie Waiman Jnr automatic qualifying for 240s thing? Sure Frankie lives in the UK, races F1s, is one of the elite top drivers over there and has to travel to race in NZ. But on his car he is registered as 55r, races at the NZ Champs (sure other internationals race in other classes NZs) and other meetings around the country when he can. Its hard to compare but you could argue Wayne Hemi should be given automatic qualification. I mean sure he has won all major Superstock titles and team races for the Panthers and use to live in NZ. But now he is much like Frankie, still has to fly to NZ every/other weekend to race and compete since he lives in Aus so why isnt he automaticly qualifyed? He is an international driver to an extent... I have nothing against Frankie automaticly qualifying, I just thought he is just as good as our local NZ drivers as he has shown nearly taking out 3nz last season, it would be good to watch him go through the qualifying procedure and im sure he will make it through like he does at the NZ Champs. However good luck to the GB and Holland Driver/s and bring on the British Lions at Team Champs!!! I think the current system is just fine, having to qualify for the New Zealand's, GP etc, and seeded through for the World 240's. They come too far not to race, and people travel a long way to see them race on the second night, or should say watch them get pummeled on the second night hahaha. The only change I'd like to see is FWJ racing as 55GB, or even better still, 515GB, at all times. We need to promote our International drivers better than wheat we actually do, they're one of our greatest assets.......... |
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Post by Dirt_Fan on Jan 16, 2009 6:15:51 GMT 12
ok so im a superstock newbie
how about you gouys and gals "in the know" let me know who the favourite are and why.are there the villians and good guys you sometimes hear of.and if i wanna see action who should i be following around the track?
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Post by BarryB on Jan 16, 2009 6:26:20 GMT 12
The villains are the overseas drivers..............anybody that nails them are the heroes ;D
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Post by Dirt_Fan on Jan 16, 2009 6:30:03 GMT 12
as i suspected.are the brittish cars and holland car all labelled east to see who they are for those not in the know or will they be running there donor numbers and traack letter
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Post by MadMarty13B on Jan 16, 2009 6:32:58 GMT 12
they will be running their own numbers and letters ie GB or UK
the Dutchman is 29H
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Post by escort2 on Jan 16, 2009 9:30:50 GMT 12
if 85h was out there.
watch him.
but hes not so there wont be any hitting at all this weekend.
maybe rees may have an attempt??
nz will let poms walk all over them.
watch them.
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