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Post by Devilracer on Mar 7, 2009 20:22:35 GMT 12
Is there any updates/results for this championship?
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Post by Revolva on Mar 7, 2009 20:47:32 GMT 12
1NZ : Shane O'Connor
2NZ : 27 Hayden Williams
3NZ : 19 Brock Maskovich
4TH : 39 Ricky Brett
5TH : 14 Paul LeCren
6TH : 2NZ Craig Todd
unofficial results
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Post by Devilracer on Mar 7, 2009 21:09:28 GMT 12
Thanks Revolva.
Any idea how the 21a car went and the 64a?
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Post by shaun22 on Mar 7, 2009 21:17:48 GMT 12
any idea on how the gizzy tqz went?
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Post by percy on Mar 7, 2009 23:06:47 GMT 12
21a not a factor in tonights racing. 64a had a big crash in the first heat and had to qualify through the repechage. Started 23rd in the feature and wasn't a factor in the race.
11g was off the pace all night. Another who had to qualify through the repechage, which he won. DNF'd in the New Zealand title race, stopping high on the track entering turn one.
5g never really had the pace to challenge the front runners but was in the next group of cars. Started 11th in the title race and finished about 9th. Should have been relegated for two jump starts in the Title race but even when pushing the boundaries of the rule book, was never in the hunt for the top three spots.
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Post by BarryB on Mar 7, 2009 23:14:41 GMT 12
Midget GP to 25a Buckley from 33a Standring and 17h Brunt
Sprintcar Feature 71a McDonald from 27a Wakeling and 96a Halpin
A night of carnage, and no relegations which there certainly should have been........
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Post by percy on Mar 7, 2009 23:42:11 GMT 12
I will have to reserve a few paragraphs for my officialdom section of the review thats for sure!
Overall the meeting did have a high entertainment factor even if it was for the crashing more than the racing at times.
A very young TQ podium and a great win for Shane O'Conner after what was a very bad accident a few seasons ago.
Hard luck story though goes to 5c who I think is Ryan Stone?? A sensational drive in the opening heat saw him go from grid 19 to finish 4th. From pole in heat two he was looking good to finish second but the car died on the last lap. Would have secured a great qualifying spot for the Title race with a 2nd place finish.
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Post by BarryB on Mar 7, 2009 23:50:29 GMT 12
I will have to reserve a few paragraphs for my officialdom section of the review thats for sure! Overall the meeting did have a high entertainment factor even if it was for the crashing more than the racing at times. A very young TQ podium and a great win for Shane O'Conner after what was a very bad accident a few seasons ago. Hard luck story though goes to 5c who I think is Ryan Stone?? A sensational drive in the opening heat saw him go from grid 19 to finish 4th. From pole in heat two he was looking good to finish second but the car died on the last lap. Would have secured a great qualifying spot for the Title race with a 2nd place finish. Yes, Ryan Stone.........was sensational. |
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Post by STR8LN on Mar 7, 2009 23:58:24 GMT 12
I will have to reserve a few paragraphs for my officialdom section of the review thats for sure! The least of which was Lance Beale escaping unpunished for turning right on Bill Clarkson, ending his night. Watching the video evidence makes it hard to understand how the officials saw it different. PS. Congrats to Shane O'Connor, you drove brilliantly. |
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Post by Regan O'Brien on Mar 8, 2009 6:47:17 GMT 12
what happened to th hb boys i see criag got 6th what about the others?
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Post by magilla on Mar 8, 2009 9:32:11 GMT 12
I hope they don't have Barry Brown working with Jamie again. He mumbles too much, hard to understand.  Also another (like Jamie) who waits till the cars have started before giving the grids. If they bring you back to Western Springs again (if there is another season  ) please try and speak clearly. |
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Post by percy on Mar 8, 2009 11:09:45 GMT 12
what happened to th hb boys i see criag got 6th what about the others? Craig was very good in the first 2-3 laps of every race but for whatever reason didn't have the stamina. 6b Duane Todd drove from grid 19 to seventh in the Championship race but never looked comfortable all night. 24b James Tollison had a big roll resulting from contact in one of the four attempts to start group two heat 1. He was out for the night. 28b Christine Bargh was coming last in the repechage when she performed a solo roll in front of the flagman in the front straight. |
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Post by BarryB on Mar 8, 2009 14:57:48 GMT 12
I hope they don't have Barry Brown working with Jamie again. He mumbles too much, hard to understand. Also another (like Jamie) who waits till the cars have started before giving the grids. If they bring you back to Western Springs again (if there is another season ) please try and speak clearly. Sorry it wasn't clear magilla. Not sure if it was me or the mic, as I don't usually get accused of mumbling, but the second mic was only hastily set up basically as the meeting started. Or maybe it was me........ There were so many grids, results, points, totals and placings to give out last night, with 2 championships and some big fields, that it was impossible to get everything done in the short gaps with no engines running, even without the amount of give aways the Springs does. It was a full on night. Grids etc were read as the previous race was leaving the track, and it was not possible to get some of them completed before the cars were pushed off for the next race. Many, however, were done without interruption. We most certainly do not, and did not last night, wait until the push cars are in action before commencing reading any grids or results. The format these championships were raced under does not allow one to do all of the grids before racing begins, and in fact we did not receive the Midget grids until things had already kicked off. The electronics crashed numerous times during the night, and a few others issues made for an interesting night behind the scenes, but I'll practice my elocution in case i get invited back again one day......... |
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Post by Streety 7g on Mar 8, 2009 17:33:18 GMT 12
11g Michael Aulding started grid 21 and got 8th in the NZ title race. Huge move from the back of the feild
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Post by Aaron Drever on Mar 8, 2009 20:00:39 GMT 12
I hope they don't have Barry Brown working with Jamie again. He mumbles too much, hard to understand. Also another (like Jamie) who waits till the cars have started before giving the grids. If they bring you back to Western Springs again (if there is another season ) please try and speak clearly. Sorry it wasn't clear magilla. Not sure if it was me or the mic, as I don't usually get accused of mumbling, but the second mic was only hastily set up basically as the meeting started. Or maybe it was me........ There were so many grids, results, points, totals and placings to give out last night, with 2 championships and some big fields, that it was impossible to get everything done in the short gaps with no engines running, even without the amount of give aways the Springs does. It was a full on night. Grids etc were read as the previous race was leaving the track, and it was not possible to get some of them completed before the cars were pushed off for the next race. Many, however, were done without interruption. We most certainly do not, and did not last night, wait until the push cars are in action before commencing reading any grids or results. The format these championships were raced under does not allow one to do all of the grids before racing begins, and in fact we did not receive the Midget grids until things had already kicked off. The electronics crashed numerous times during the night, and a few others issues made for an interesting night behind the scenes, but I'll practice my elocution in case i get invited back again one day......... Perhaps Stockcars are more your thing BB  - Championships are hard todo points etc and it depends on who you work with. I for one would like to see two annoucers min at each track. In the case of Western Springs and Waikaraka Park it depends which two. It could also be perhaps an xtra guest or 3rd person in to spice things up that can add entertainment to the night. No doubt that finding the right combo can really add to show, obviously magilla thought that wasn't the case with Jamie and Barry. Barry and Paul Hickey are a great team though at Rotorua, so it again depends on what you are calling and who you are working with! |
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Post by doctor46 on Mar 8, 2009 20:36:32 GMT 12
Congratulations to Shane O'Connor on the 1NZ, well deserved and excellent drive, loved every moment of it.
Yeah there was definitely carnage early on in the TQ heats, but when the final 20 was found and the early yellow on lap 1 the rest of the race went green to checkered, awesome.
Was a very good track given the weather and the conditions Springs Speedway has had to dela with over the last couple of weeks. Congratulations to Bill Buckley and Ron Salter for that.
Even though it was rough it provided plenty of racing lines and plenty of opportunites for passing.
Well done again Shane, awesome effort and well deserved. Do the 1NZ proud!!!!
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Post by suzuki on Mar 8, 2009 21:02:04 GMT 12
Doctor46 I would disagree with you on the state of the track.
An absolute disgrace for a championship event, you should strap yourself into one of these 300kg rockets and drive around in that motorcross sh*te !!!!
Just take a look at the damage and accidents that were induced only by the track both in the TQ's and Midgets. The out of towners didnt know what they had encountered.
Special thanks should go to the ATQMA for their excellent organisation and promotion of the event, pity they were let down by the promotions' ongoing half arsed attempts at track preparation.
Congratulations to Shane, a well deserved win.
The Auckland TQ group will now go and do some "racing" on some well prepared "speedway tracks" i.e Waikaraka, Whangarei and Huntly !!!!
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Post by tq65 on Mar 9, 2009 6:23:55 GMT 12
Suzuki, you know as well as i do, that Buckley don't give 2 hoots for the tq's & had no intention of eva prepping that track, & i bet that will be the last time a tq title will be awarded to Auckland, the complaints from the out of towner's will be flowing into SNZ, about the condition of the track for sure, which is a real shame.
Like ya said go racing @ tracks now were the people know how to prep there tracks, & Huntly know how to lay down a track, i always loved racing there. good luck to all for the last round of the tq waikato champs if they can get there cars back into racing form.
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Post by BarryB on Mar 9, 2009 7:55:25 GMT 12
Perhaps Stockcars are more your thing BB - Championships are hard todo points etc and it depends on who you work with. I for one would like to see two annoucers min at each track. In the case of Western Springs and Waikaraka Park it depends which two. It could also be perhaps an xtra guest or 3rd person in to spice things up that can add entertainment to the night. No doubt that finding the right combo can really add to show, obviously magilla thought that wasn't the case with Jamie and Barry. Barry and Paul Hickey are a great team though at Rotorua, so it again depends on what you are calling and who you are working with! Sounds as if you're applying for a job there AD I feel I'm in good company however, as magilla doesn't like Jamie either..... Championships aren't that difficult to do Aaron - you just have to consider yourself a spectator each time you do something - and the class really does not matter too much except for the actual race caller (and maybe the interviewer, if one happens to have a roving mic), but one does require organization in the background and information being available. Unfortunately at WS on Saturday night that didn't always happen, and with the electronics going down several times early in the night we spent the first half of the evening in continual catchup mode. Unlike a normal Springs night, there was much more "writing in" to do at this one due to the way the programme was set out too, and with Jamie arriving late (only stepped off a plane at 5pm, one hour before kick off) I was not aware the roving mic had not been set up as expected. In fact, there wasn't even a second mic set up!! With the current sound system at WS, infield interviews cannot be done anyway - which is a huge shame - and the intention was to do interviews from the pits. The lack of a roving mic meant this could not be done either, so there is plenty of change and improvement that can take place yet. I agree there should be a minimum of two, although in saying that Jamie does a fantastic job on his own.....but obviously they normally use Matt Gunn in the studio as well. Big meetings should have 3, even four, depending on the class(es) run. Two upstairs is always a good idea, one anchor and usually the race caller as well, the other concentrating on comments/grids/results/points. Qualifying night for a class such as stockcars needs one on grids and points alone, as it's a full time job with 160-180 cars to take care of in that class alone. But there's so much you can do with a roving mic, big action-packed meetings can do with one at each end of the track on the infield, there's the pits to cover and also in the crowd. Not only the commentators have to be up to scratch, but the individual microphones and the overall sound system as well. And then there's the communication, both on-air and off-air, between the commentators. At next season's Superstock championship, I'm led to believe, they're going to run four commentators, possibly five. It can be difficult in some circumstances getting two that gel, and work together well, if using four or five organizers are going to have to be well sure everything is in place, and that they can work together as a team.......... |
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Post by dogman on Mar 9, 2009 14:19:58 GMT 12
Was a very good track given the weather and the conditions Springs Speedway has had to dela with over the last couple of weeks. Congratulations to Bill Buckley and Ron Salter for that.
I did not help with this weeks track cant you tell bill had some one else on the roller I was not asked
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) please try and speak clearly.
- Championships are hard todo points etc and it depends on who you work with. I for one would like to see two annoucers min at each track. In the case of Western Springs and Waikaraka Park it depends which two. It could also be perhaps an xtra guest or 3rd person in to spice things up that can add entertainment to the night. 