Welllll – Bike looking good while warming up but once they got out onto the infield it decided it wasn’t going.  Tried to push start but no joy.  Thanks to Pitty and Sally they loaned Handbag and Tony their bike and to the starting line they went.  Didn’t get a great start, got out of the gate 3rd, obviously handbag wasn’t going to let that stop him, around the outside he went first passing Mick and Blink who put up a bit of fight then he caught up to Derek and Horse and again round the outside and passed them and took off to win the race.  An excellent smooth race the best one of the night loads of comments from the crowd about how great the race was.

Bike now at the Champion Hospital getting fixed hopefully nothing too serious.

Written by Rowena (Beth) and explained by Jaxon

Getting a bit of stick for not keeping the website updated, with working in Wanganui I have about 2 and half hour’s less a day to get thing’s done (yeah get the violin out) sorting the trailer and the bike that’s life i suppose. Anyway Tony and I are starting to get thing’s happenin, had a few win’s along the way the major let down was the Ray Tarrant Memorial, and getting excluded for a start line error in the last qualifying heat and missing the 1 race final. Had the kill switch come out a couple of time’s as well can’t rememeber back that far to the last time that happened, it happened again this past weekend at Kihikihi for the Waikato Champ’s in the last heat of the day equal 2nd on point’s with Les and Kervin 1nz who we were up against. Dean and Rob Millar 9g had taken the title winning the previous heat, so to the race itself on grid 6 into the corner 3rd behind 1nz and Spud and Phiilipa 39p getting into position to pass the both of them and the kill switch fall out f**K said Tony. A couple of the other team’s had mishap’s Clive and Brendon 56g not getting out of the gate and Chuck and Red coming to grief in a hole, we still managed 3rd overall. Thank You to our families and sponsor’s will try to keep this updated the best I can, Rowena may do the odd update.

Have had a team change this season with Tony Hirini swinging for me. We went out for the first time at practice and every thing went well.

Had picture taken for the Wanganui Chronicle with Mick & Blink to promote the Aussie series.

West Coast Champs time again with the Aussies in attendance, had them a bit edgy the thought of 6 on the line generally they only have 4 units line up.

The meeting in general what a buzz some of the most intense on track action I’ve been involved in for a long time, had ex New Zealand Champion’s that were watching saying it was the best racing they had seen in a long time helped greatly by a top track surface and being run at night.

The format had 3 heats of 6 the winner of each of the heats advancing straight to the final that being ourselves passing the legend from Aus Gary Moon / Mike Ing on the way, Steve/ Shaun 42p and Aussie’s Scott Christopher/ Trent Koppe.

The next qualifier involved the remaining bikes staying in there same heat’s with the 1st 2 going to a semi-final of 6 bikes, then the 1st 3 of this race joining the 3 1st round winners for a 3 race final have you got that fiqured out…….cool.

So the 3 other finalist were Gary Moon/ Mike Ing, Mark Whye/ Gordon Campbell and Phil and Simon McNabb. The 1st final heat needed a re-start Moonie apparently crossing before the 30 yard line seeing him excluded the re-run the tractor of 42p got a flyer and we couldn’t peg him back 11p Mark/ Gordy 2nd us 3rd Mark wouldn’t move over lol.

The 2nd heat we were on the wall went around all of them except for Moonie had him as well before the end of the 2nd lap and pulled away 11p 3rd, 42p 5th this gave us a point lead 11p and another point back to 42p.

The last heat was all on you could throw a blanket over the 1st 4 bikes and none of them was the Aussie boy’s 42p went on to win 11p 2nd and we got 3rd meaning a 3 way run-off for 1st.

42p drew pole 11p on 2 we had the outside so we were off 11p pulled a big wheelstand that was his change gone 42p a better gate than us to take the lead the remainder of the race was gaving it heaps to pass them around the outside but couldn’t quite nail it, so there you have it could’nt make this write up any shorter I would’nt have done the meeting justice it was unbelievable racing.

In the wash up it meant we still have not won the West Coast Title lol. Merry Christmas everyone New Zealand Champ’s next come down the pit’s and say hi see you there.

Heavy rain the night before left the track waterlogged basically so were on a hiding to nothing really.

We had 13 bikes so had 2 heats of 6 with some new boys off the back, we were in the first race on the old girl it didn’t let us down and took the win. We went straight to the infield and jumped on the new one did the practise lap and about the first 2 lap’s of the race but its not really happening for us unfortunately probable major structual changes in the front end looking likely.

It has the grunt alright but thats all we got and that was to be all the racing we had for the night the track being to rough.

The West Coast Champs are next for us on the 27th December with the Aussie boy’s here it should be interesting.

Support for the Sprintcar’s this night those yank’s were knocking on the door of a 160kph that’s a 100mph in the old language, we were doing about 115kph apparently. This was another track we had alot of fun on in year’s gone by and they have gone and contaminated it with clay also, give us a break, had 2 ride’s before time went against us won both of our heat’s Steve and Shaun 42p , Stu and Richie 52p (ex52w) had a win each also. We had hoped to have the new bike down in Wellington but the boy’s have been busy so finger’s crossed for Palmy this weekend, both bike’s painted now looking good hopefully G.T. can put up a photo of them together after this coming weekend

Travelled back from Huntly to race at our home track with 5 bike’s in attendance Jeff the maori 33p back for another go, Mick 35v out of action with a broken hand while driving a Superstock at the last meeting. The afternoon meeting’s create havoc in trying to keep moisture in the track, so to the racing if you had an inside gate you had a good change at winning, Cudge and Tony 62v won 2 we won the other and a good day had by Josh and Sam 32p, Phil and Simon 45p keeped it clean so all is good.

Haven’t been to Huntly for about 6 season’s so were interested to see if the track was any better than the last time we visited, but o no it wasn’t to be the dreaded clay surface not playing ball for us again, alright for the car’s not for the bike’s had a top field there as well. Had the 1 ride for a win but nothing to show off about, a big thank’s to Craig Blundell for his effort’s in assembling a top feild a bugger about the track.

Disappointing day for our section especially for the rider of 35v Mike Paul, had work his butt of all week on the track but was unavaliable Sunday morning to keep it watered, the hot day ruined all his hard work. Ourselves Mick and Blink 35v only did the 1st race weren’t achieving anything so called it a day, National’s just around the corner pointless wrecking the gear for nothing.

Sorry about the late post had other things on my mind, anyway Sally back from injury for this meeting probably a bit early but stayed away from the contact so he’s all good, 3 win’s from 3 had some fun with Steve and Shaun 42p. Recorded a 17.7 2nd lap in the last race! lap boxes are weird thing’s, am sure we’ve been faster than that and not recorded as fast a time. The old bike going sweet.