Greg Viles Stockcar 84R

Well with the wet weather this weekend I figured it was about time to update the website. Its been a busy few weeks for the team with the World 240's and the North Island champs in Stratford the following weekend. Ive been working out of town the last few weeks so the team has had to do a lot of the racecar prep and I just come back to town and go racing so a big thanks to them. Last weekend as we tried to go racing for the Rascals in Kihikihi but the last two days wet weather has put that off for a further few weeks....


Rotorua BoP Stockcar Champs

We were looking forward to this meeting as last year we had come away with a top 6 placing but this year we sure didnt come away with any sort of result we were looking for.

First race we made a good start and got through the first corner but on exit Dale Stuart  95r was hitching a ride on my front bonnet and after getting off the front left shock tower was now rather bent but we carried on and the car was handling ok considering the damage until a car spun up in front of me and then the right front was damaged as well. DNF was the result. With a total front end replacement including tractor links and the repair of the shock tower we just missed the second race by 2 mins.

For the third heat we headed out to make sure the car was handling ok and the slight miss we have been trying to find was sorted as we were teams racing for the rascals the following night. Everything was good so we stayed out of trouble to keep the car straight for the following night. Jason Brown took the tittle away this year from Brent Stewart and Shaun Stewart third. So wasn't anywhere near the result we were after but this season seems to be going that way with always being caught up in someone else's incident.


Rotorua Rascals vs Gisborne Gladiators

In the warm up laps the car had a couple of splutters coming out of the corners and although I could have maybe raced I sat this one out for the team. Its a hard thing to do, but I think when you are racing for a Team the last thing you want is for your car to break down. So Dale Stewart took my position and did an awesome job along with the rest of the boys to come close to winning but the pace of Brett Lloyd kept them just in front.

It was the Rascals first race for the season and for a Team that had no teams race experience it was a brilliant effort. Back in the pits we changed another coil and replaced a spark plug lead in the hope to find this ongoing miss that was really starting to piss me off... We went out for the next race and got some decent laps in without any engine problems so hopefully I have finally found it. Was a good race with the gizzy boys taking on the locals and some fairly decent hits going in.

Race 2 went much the same way and with the car not giving me any problems we decided that was enough and loaded up to keep the car in good shape for the following weekend in Stratford.