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North Island Stockcar Champs @ Stratford |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 21:33 |
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North Island Champs 22nd January
I'm still working and staying out of town so on the Thursday night when I returned to Rotorua I was pretty happy to come back and find the car cleaned and painted. Thanks to my partner Tracey and Antz for that one. A few hours spent in the shed doing a nut and bolt check and a few odd jobs and it was time to load up.
Heading down with the truck loaded up it was raining most of the way there and it didn't look promising for any racing. After a 4.5hr trip we got to the track for scrutineering and all was good until they questioned my right rear tyre.... different interpretations of the tyre rule made for some anxious moments but all was good.
Race one and with 28 cars in the group trying to qualify for 6 spots we were going to need a bit of luck (something we havent had this season) to qualify. Race one went ok but with a hit in the front left taking out the tyre we finished mid pack. Race two we started on grid 4 and needed a good result, First corner and I got to 2nd then got turned around on turn 2 and just hung on for the ride with 26 cars hitting me out of the way on their way through, end result was 2nd down to 30th in one lap so i now was just out there to help the Rotorua boys.
Race 3 I was on the breaks from the start to give the Rotorua boys in front a bit more breathing space to get some good points to qualify. Once the flag drops its actually quite hard to pick out certain cars you are looking for so I was just cruizin looking and just keeping out of the way of the Rotorua boys and hindering anyone after them. Jason Brown 109r was flying and qualified easily and unfortunitly Jeff Munroe 5r just missed out and well we will try again sometime...
North Island Champs 24th January
The rain kept coming down from just after the meeting finished on Friday so the Saturday meeting was held over to the Sunday and although we didn't qualify for the top 26 or the 2nd tier 26 we stayed around to race the consolations and watch the finals. The meeting started around 2pm after the excavators had removed the top layer of mud from the track and to say it was a little rough well shit happens.
We were first up and we decided to try some suspension changes as there wasn't anything on the line any more and the car went well with a 2nd place. Race 2 and we managed a win!! which is something that has eluded us so far this season so we were stoked. Race 3 and nobody was going to let me past easily so we had a bit of fun out there and finished the race mid pack.
It was another awesome well run meeting put on by the Stratford club and although the rain made it difficult they did well under the circumstances. Congrats to palmy boys for taking out the top 3 spots. |
